News & Notes Volume II, No. 21

• Who will be hurt by India's snap demonetization? (Scroll.in). "A lot of very smart people now have skin in the game when it comes to gaming the demonetisation." Demonetized notes are trading at up to a 60% discount on the black market (Mumbai Mirror). Further links and discussion are here (Marginal Revolution). Chaos at the banks (Sky News). And here (Reuters). How it hurts the poor (BBC). It's bad for the wedding season (Live Mint).  It has occasioned at least one suicide (Sky News). But is it a "scam"? (Forbes).
• Would Pakistan do the same thing? (Dawn).
• India's new Rs 2000 note celebrates its successful Mars mission (Astronomy Magazine). As its own citizenry goes ballistic...
• Hindi chauvinism? Scroll.in).
• A history of paper currency in India (Quartz).
• Costa Rica's new 5000 Colones note (The Tico Times).
• Colombia's new 5000 Peso note (El Espectador, in Spanish).
• Malawi's new 2000 Kwacha banknote (All Africa). And here (Nyasa Times).  Public discontent with it (Malawi24).
• Trump collectibles (Coin World). Would Trump keep Jackson on U.S. paper money? (Numismatic News).
• A cashless Ireland (Irish Times). A cashless Ukraine (CoinTelegraph).
• Iran to issue polymer banknotes (Financial Tribune, via MRI Bankers' Guide).
• A new Argentine 1000-peso note in 2017 (Te Leemos las Noticias, in Spanish).
• Venezuela's new notes will range up to 20,000 Bolivars (el Nacional, in Spanish).
• More on Macedonia's new notes (COINWeek).
• Banknote to feature Papuan hero (Jakarta Post).

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• India's banknote move is bad for the gold smuggling business (First Post). And it's bad for counterfeiters (The Indian Express). A forgery has already been reported (Hindustan Times).
• China, India to cooperate in fighting counterfeits (The Hindu).
• That movie money (Coin World).
• Counterfeiting in the Gaza Strip (Numismaster).
• Counterfeit court seals in India (The New Indian Express).
• Fake parking coupons in Malaysia (Daily Express).
• "Mr. Mouse", in a trap (Trib Live).
• Children behaving badly (The Sentinel).