Currency Coming and Going

• Cash and Identity in Europe (Glory).
• Turkey loses a central banker (CBC). The Eurozone gains one (CNN).
• Doubts about West Africa's proposed single currency (Quartz).
• Dr. Who on a banknote? (Dr. Who News).
• "Rebooted" Zim dollar still a work in progress (All Africa).
• Writing on Indian banknotes (Traveler).
• An encomium to Diwa Guinigundo of the BSP (Manila Bulletin).
• Exploring China through its currency (Stuff).
• Facebook's Libra and Esperanto (JPKonig).
• Why are vending machines rejecting ringgit notes? (Soyacincau). And here (Says).
• The Bank of England celebrates 325 years with 325 museum artifacts (Londonist).
• Adventures with foreign currency (Numismatic News).
• Another look at Mini-BOTs (Italics Magazine).
• A numismatic riddle (Numismatic News).
• Why strippers need dollar bills (Jezebel).
• The challenge of spending cash in Stockholm (This is Money).

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                                      The 10th Doctor (Doctor Who News).

     The Business of Collecting

• Another report on this year's IPMS (Coin World). Everything's up to date in Kansas City (Numismatic News).
• World's Fair of Money schedule (Coin Update).
• Looking forward to some FUN (Florida United Numismatists).
• PMG registry awards at the end of 2019 (PMG).
• Items from the Early American History Auction (E-Sylum).
• Stack's Bowers offers a Red Seal on the FNB of Santa Maria, CA (Coinweek).
• The BEP marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing (Numismatic News).
• MA-Shops highlight banknotes (Coinweek).

     New Banknote Issues

• Singapore's bicentennial note (Coin World).
• Uruguay's new polymer notes are on the way (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• Nicaragua's new polymer notes (Banco Central de Nicaragua, in Spanish).
• Samoa's commemorative note released (Insidethegames).
• Diokno's "worm-looking" signature (Rappler).
• New banknote series forthcoming in Albania (Invest in Albania).

     Selected Upcoming Shows/Conventions

• Summer FUN Show, Orlando, Florida, July 11-13, 2019 (Florida United Numismatists).
• ANA World's Fair of Money, Rosemont, Illinois, August 13-17, 2019 (ANA).
• Long Beach Expo, Long Beach, California, September 5-7, 2019 (Long Beach Expo).
• Paper Money Fair-Maastricht, Valkenburg, Netherlands, September 27-29, 2019 (Paper Money Fair).
• World Paper Money Fair, London, England, October 4-5, 2019 (IBNS London).
• Numismata Berlin, Berlin, Germany, October 12-13, 2019 (Numismata).
• Whitman Expo, Baltimore, Maryland, November 14-17, 2019 (Whitman Expo).
• 38th annual Paris Paper Money Show, Paris-Bagnolet, France, February 8, 2020 (AFEP).

     Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries

• Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks' rebranding as Virgin Money (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• Security features of the new Philippine banknotes (Panay News). And here (Philstar).
• Guatemala's 5 quetzales note to be printed in Poland (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• In Bolivia, using taxis as cash dispensers (Adweek).