News & Notes Volume II, No. 21

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

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).

The background behind India's new notes (The Hindu).
India's new Rs 2000 note lacks security features (The Kashmir Monitor). Their secret printing (Economic Times). And at full capacity (Hindustan Times). What to do with the old notes that were in the production pipeline? (The Quint).
How the "pink note" was born (The Hindu BusinessLine).
Adapting India's ATMs to the new currency will take weeks (The Hindu).
Inkjet printer tracking (Tech Featured).

Reconaissance High Security Printing Asia Conference, December 5-7. Singapore (Reconnaissance)
11th Security Document Summit, Beijing (Security Document World).
The Currency Conference, May 14-17, 2017, Kuala Lumpur (Currency Conference).

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).

(in no particular order)

Newman Numismatic Portal
Numismatic Bibliomania Society
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 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).
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).
Currency Research (Industry website).
International Banknote Designers Association (Industry website)
International Association of Currency Affairs (Industry website).
International Banknote Designers Association (Industry 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)
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
Ink World Magazine (Ink World).
Middle East Printer (MEprinter). Website homepage.
Let's Talk Payments (LTP). Fintech website homepage.

Advertisement

Donation

Shopping Cart

Thank You!

News & Notes Volume II, No. 21

News & Notes Volume II, No. 21

Advertisement

Search

Donation

Shopping Cart

Thank You!