[NB: Links from previous issues may go stale, and rather quickly at that. Sorry!] Local currencies and local payments systems (The Guardian). The public prefers Tanzanian banknotes over coins (All Africa). This "signature scrawl" bought Alaska (Alaska Dispatch News). "The design of American money is institutional narcissism." (Forbes). Jim Bevill and the Republic of Texas (Houston Chronicle). Chart of currency in circulation (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). Coming soon: The Earth Dollar (earthdollar.org). "Earth Dollar is an asset-backed currency based on nature that fights climate change." Indiana's sales tax exemption for coins and paper money (Coin News Update). Torn notes unloved in India (Bangalore Mirror). David Stockman on bringing back the $1000 bill (David Stockman's Contra Corner). BOOK: Alexander Monro's The Paper Trail (Pop Matters). Marco Polo, paper, and currency. Negative interest rates may lead Japanese firms to hoard physical cash (CNBC). Reserve Bank of India to issue new 10-Rupee notes (WebIndia123). BEP to issue Founding Fathers currency set (Coin World). Selections from the Heritage Newman sale (E-Sylum). Cash is still king in most places (Dough Roller). The cost of cash in the UK (TechWeek Europe). UK businesses must prepare for polymer notes (IBS Intelligence). An argument for Pamela Anderson to be on the Canadian $20 (Niagara This Week). I'm sympathetic. The Lady from Ladysmith, British Columbia (Niagara This Week) Ukraine to use flax in in its banknotes (Sputnik International). Nanotech and the "Regional Banknote of the Year" (Stockhouse). De La Rue proposes to end the passport (Express). Nanotech's KolourOptik (Equities). A criminal conspiracy to smuggle fake Indian notes (The New Indian Express). A counterfeit note at Pattaya's Underwater World (Pattaya One). Central Piedmont Community College to create a certificate program to fight counterfeiting (Charlotte Observer). Rapper Fat Trel arrested for using nine counterfeit $50s at a Maryland casino. SALTY LANGUAGE (Complex). The notes had matching serial numbers. Gilbert Chikli, money launderer (Times of Israel). Lima's Fake Dollars (Vice News/Youtube). Video, approximately 20 minutes. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. (in no particular order) Newman Numismatic Portal 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). COINWeek (numismatic aggregator with some paper money content). MRI Bankers' Guide (for its updates of new banknotes). 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). 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.). 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) 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). Pakistani Currency