News & Notes, Volume I, No. 11

•  The Bank of England announces it will begin moving to polymer for the £ 20.

The speech by cashier Victoria Cleland is also a defense of "cash" in the modern economy. It's welcome to hear it, for a change. Approving commentary here. And from The Telegraph, and The BBC. There are costs of this to business, however. The notes will be printed by De La Rue. How often do UK banknotes changes hands? Here's one answer. And selfie technology run amuck. 

• The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will issue new $5 and $10 notes.

Maoris complain about cultural appropriation. More funny, critical commentary about the competition to design both New Zealand's flag and banknotes.

• New 1,000 Franc note from Burundi (from CoinWeek)
• Money falling from the sky, in honor of the Virgin Mary.
• Demonetization schedule for Pakistani currency.
• Cheque it out (from Banknote News)
• Understanding the life of banknotes, from the Reserve Bank of Australia (pdf).
• ISIS bans paper money. They are bad people.
• Exchanging paper money for gold, Shanghai 1948.
• Steve Wozniak's two-dollar bills (from E-sylum).
• Disposing of South Carolina currency hoard (from E-sylum).
• Banknote flyers advertise Edinburgh comedians.
• Currency discrimination in the UK
• Zombie banknote art.