New & Notes, Volume I No. 17 | SPMC

[NB: Links from previous issues may go stale, and rather quickly at that. Sorry!]

Sex sells, but not for a whole lot (BBC).
Nasty notes (Times of India).
The high jump on Indonesian banknotes (die Welt, in German).
Plans to redenominate the Iraqi Dinar (ABC News).
Zambia prays to save its currency (New Vision).
Dollars, Slavery, and the War over Images (Jeune Afrique, in French).
One hundredth anniversary of Banco Nacional Ultramarino (Macauhub).
Sweden on the road to a cashless society (KTH), as well as Denmark (France 24, in French).
Concentration camp currency (Jewish Telegraphic Agency).
The absurd world of the Bolivar (New York Times). And living like a king in Venezuela on just 100 Euros, thanks to currency black markets (Vice.com).
An unauthorized "cash factory" in Somalia (Qaranimo Online).
The Kuwaiti dinar's 55th anniversary (KUNA).
A petition to change Australia's currency to "Dollarydoo" (CNET.com). Could these be the new "Dollarydoos"? (Yahoo).
Ben Franklin, patriotic printer (Coin World).
A local currency in Lüneburg, the "Lunar", with Gesellian characteristics (az-online.de, in German). Here is the website for the new currency.
The Wadener Taler, a local currency for Saarland (Saarbreucker Zeitung, in German)
"Fresh but defective" banknotes in Nepal (The Himalayan Times).
Peter Zenger, banknote printer and free-speech icon (Coin World).
The Argentines like big notes and they cannot lie (Panama Post)
Art and design in the history of Colombian paper money (Dinero.com, in Spanish).
Hawaiian-overprinted banknotes (Atlas Obscura).
Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art).

Counterfeiting in Algeria is on the rise (Le Jeune Independant, in French).
Fake 20-Euro notes appear in Cologne and Leverkusen, stimulated by the prospect of the newer, more secure version entering circulation (Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger, in German).
Spotting fakes in Australia (Daily Mail).
Counterfeits in Waupaca County (wbay.com)."The $100 bills aren’t in such good condition, and one had pink-colored Chinese and anti-government writing on it."

Deborah M. Child, Soldier, Engraver, Forger: Richard Bunton's Life on the Fringe in America's New Republic (review in Newport Patch).

Archives International Auction October 24 and 29.
Show me the money: The Image of Finance, 1700 to the Present, at the Peoples History Museum, Manchester, July 11, 2015-
"Money in Lithuania, 1914-1945", at Lithuania's Money Museum.
Banknote 2016, May 23-26 2016, Washington, D.C.

(in no particular order)

Newman Numismatic Portal
The Banknote Den (David Lok's website, with superb essays as well as a link to his book, The Many Faces of Money).
MRI Bankers' Guide (for its updates of new banknotes)
Stane Straus's Polymer Banknotes of the World
Banknote News
Tom Chao
Stevenbron Banknotes
Scotsbanknotes
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.).
Banknoter
Numismondo
CoinsWeekly, especially its fine list of links to museums and other numismatic resources.
Blog du CNA (Club Numismatique d'Argenteuil)
AFEP Association Française pour l'Étude du Papier-monnaie
Monnaies Locales Complementaires
Our Money (Eurozone currency).
The Ephemera Society of America
Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art).

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