News & Notes Volume IV, No. 8 August 14, 2018 [NB: Links from previous issues may go stale, and rather quickly at that. Sorry!] Currency Coming and Going Preview of Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Coin Update). The World's Fair of Money, August 14-18, Philadelphia PA (ANA). Meet Whitman authors at the 2018 ANA World's Fair of Money (Coin Update). The ANA's 2018 literary awards (Coinweek). PNG's 2018 awards (Coin News). Former U.S. Treasurer Cabral to autograph PMG cert labels for currency bearing her signature (Coinweek). John E. Herzog's contribution to the study and preservation of financial history (Coinweek). Among other things, Thaddeus Stevens helped create the first federal paper money (Lancaster Online). Q. David Bowers on collecting the Civil War (Coin Update). A "thonsand" dollar error (Coin World). A note issued by B.D. Pitts (Coinweek). What will crypto do for Venezuela's currency turmoil? (PCMag). Ireland's souvenir zero euro note (Business Wire). UAE has new 100 dirhams note with fancy seal (MRI Bankers' Guide). And UAE pumps out fresh banknotes for Eid (UrduPoint). Puntland businesses fear a new Somali banknote printing facility (MENA FN). Algerian banks refuse to accept worn notes (Algerie Monde, in French). Mauritius plans new banknote series to deal with "l'argent sale" (l'express). New banknotes for Curacao and St. Maartens (Steven Bron). Also Aruba (Steven Bron). "Roving exhibitions" begin for Hong Kong's new banknote series (7th Space Interactive). Why is U.S. Paper Money Green? (Youtube, video). Very good content starts at 1:47, after commercial pitch. Strange symbols on currency (Youtube, video). Some familiar examples, some new. By Let me Know. What happens to the homeless when the world goes cashless (Wired). Central Bank of Nigeria expands distribution of small Naira notes (360nob). Nigerians' dissatisfaction with their banknotes includes complaints about polymer (All Africa). About the Banknote Industry How the blockchain may lead to "smart" paper (Vanilla Plus). Nanotech Security discuss 3Q 2018 earnings results (Seeking Alpha). A lockout at Note Printing Australia (SBS News). The Philippines looks to manufacture banknote paper from indigenous materials (PhilStar Global). China's state-owned banknote printer has a license to print money (South China Morning Post). Indian politicians challenge report that China will print their banknotes (Times of India). CCL Industries announces 2Q 2018 results (Globe Newswire). Kurz promotes its proprietary security foils (Security Document World). Upcoming Industry Conferences African Currency Forum, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, September 2-5, 2018 (African Currency Forum). World Banknote Summit, Frankfurt, Germany, September 24-26, 2018 (World Banknote Summit). High Security Printing-Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 3-5, 2018 (Reconnaissance) The Anti-Counterfeit & Currency Expo, Las Vegas NV, November 6-8, 2018 (News Anyway). The Future of Cash 2019, Athens, Greece, February 20-21, 2019 (Future of Cash). From the Annals of Crime Canberra duped by training banknotes (International Business Times). And here (The Canberra Times). Counterfeit euros on the decline (Coin World). A counterfeit $100 note from the archives (Numismaster). Counterfeit NAf 100 notes a problem on Curacao (The Daily Herald). Thai banknote app to help catch fakes (Thai Visa News). HK police take down counterfeiting operation (The Standard). Fake yuan were to pay for his daughter's medical bills (South China Morning Post). A board game for counterfeiters? (Dice Tower News). SYMPOSIUM: Law & Order in the National Archives, September 15, 2018 (National Archives). Pecunia Olet (Dice Tower News). Websites to Like (in no particular order) Paper Money Forum (Numismatic discussion threads) Newman Numismatic Portal (Digital numismatic library) Numismatic Bibliomania Society (Includes E-Sylum, the weekly online complement to the NBS's journal, The Asylum) The American Revenue Association (Hobby website). The American Historical Print Collectors Society (Hobby website). International Bank Note Society (useful features even for non-members). The Banknote Den (David Lok's website, with superb essays as well as a link to his book, The Many Faces of Money). The Higgins Museum (the one in Okoboji, IA, not Worcester, MA) The Currency Collector (more good essays by John Sandrock). COINWeek (numismatic aggregator with some paper money content). MRI Bankers' Guide (for its updates of new banknotes). Mujand (fantasy banknote maker). Alternative Banknotes and Coins (Alternatehistory). Fantasy thread. Stane Straus's Polymer Banknotes of the World Banknote News (roundup of news and promotional website for The Banknote Book). Tom Chao (collector's blog with active updates). Stevenbron Banknotes (collector's blog with active updates). Mintage World (online museum of Indian numismatics). Chattanooga Money (site details historical episodes in Chattanooga, Tennessee's monetary and banking history) Banknotesworld ("THE German-language Banknote forum") Discussion threads and more. Scotsbanknotes Counting on Currency (Industry website). Kuster's Engineering (Company website). Your expert in currency disintegration. PYMNTS.com (Industry website). Currency Research (Industry website). International Banknote Designers Association (Industry website) International Association of Currency Affairs (Industry website). International Banknote Designers Association (Industry website). De La Rue (Company website). Secura Monde International (Company website). Good banknote news feed. Giesecke & Devrient (Company website). Patronus Systems (Company website). Our Passports (travel documents and other ephemera) Social Money (a Flickr album of photographs illustrating modern complementary currencies, heavy on Argentina). Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (search for banknotes etc.). Where's George? (currency tracking project). Banknoter Numismondo CoinsWeekly, especially its fine list of links to museums and other numismatic resources. Blog du CNA (Club Numismatique d'Argenteuil) French Banknotes of War (Collector's website). Abundant material in English and French. AFEP Association Française pour l'Étude du Papier-monnaie Monnaies Locales Complementaires Guild of Independent Currencies (promotes local currencies in the U.K.) Our Money (Eurozone currency). The Ephemera Society of America (Hobby website, with archived articles on ephemera topics) Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art). Pakistani Currency