News & Notes Volume III, No. 22

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

Obituary (New York Times). In Memoriam: Eric P. Newman (Coinweek). Numismatist extraordinaire (Coin World). And here (St. Louis Business Journal). And Wayne Homren's memorial issue of E-Sylum (E-Sylum). And more from the latest E-Sylum, and here too, with some overlap from other sources (E-Sylum).

General Aung San moves closer to appearing on a banknote (Eleven).
Bitcoin as "crisis currency" (Bloomberg). And more on Bitcoin in Zimbabwe (Bloomberg).
Will Narendra Modi go after check books next? (Catch News).
South Sudan's cow currency (NPR). "In our society, we don't talk about the number of cows you have. We don't mention it."
The new Vanuatu note (Banknote News).
July 12, 1709 (E-Sylum).
President Benjamin Harrison, chewed up and spit out for sale (E-Sylum).
Kenya is looking for new currency (Citizen News).
The Syria Chapter of The Banknote Book (Banknote News).
Indian coins and currency on display (Hindustan Times). “Calling it stamps and coins dumbs it down. People think we are fanatics or madmen. This is the business of heritage. We save and savour heritage."
Money 101 (Forbes). And changing money (BBC)
When a $70,000 Australian note is a disappointment (News.com).
Israeli banknotes enter circulation next week (Jerusalem Online).
The 7th edition of Kenneth Bressett's Guide Book of United States Currency (Numismatic News).
New edition of Mexican Paper Money (Coinweek).
Unclaimed property (Our Quad Cities).
A valuable bundle of Chinese notes (Coin World).
A rare British Honduras note at auction (Coin World).
Chinese patriotic interest in historical paper (Financial Times).
Mnuchin and the Missus: let them eat cash! (AV Club). And did Mnuchin print his name? (Coin World)
Lucky money for the Year of the Dog (Coinweek).
Spink China's Hong Kong sale (Numismatic News). And a recent sale of Indian banknotes (Numismatic News).

De La Rue is doing well (Digital Look).
Crane's new banknote security design (New Hampshire Union-Leader).
The Holography Conference, November 16-17, Barcelona (Reconnaissance).
High Security Printing Conference Asia, December 4-6, 2017, Melbourne (Reconnaissance).
The Anti-Counterfeit & Currency Expo, Las Vegas NV, November 6-8, 2018 (News Anyway).
The Banknote Conference, Dallas, TX, May 21-24, 2018 (Banknote Conference).

Forgeries of Paraguay's 20,000 Guaranies note (Ultima Hora, in Spanish).
Canadian counterfeiters get crafty (CBC News).
Iranian counterfeit scheme exposed in Yemen (Voice of America).

(in no particular order)

Newman Numismatic Portal
Numismatic Bibliomania Society
The American Revenue Association (Hobby website).
The American Historical Print Collectors Society (Hobby website).
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 Higgins Museum (the one in Okoboji, IA, not Worcester, MA)
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).
Mujand (fantasy banknote maker).
Alternative Banknotes and Coins (Alternatehistory). Fantasy thread.
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).
Kuster's Engineering (Company website). Your expert in currency disintegration.
PYMNTS.com (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).
De La Rue (Company website).
Secura Monde International (Company website). Good banknote news feed.
Giesecke & Devrient (Company website).
Patronus Systems (Company 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)
French Banknotes of War (Collector's website). Abundant material in English and French.
AFEP Association Française pour l'Étude du Papier-monnaie
Monnaies Locales Complementaires
Guild of Independent Currencies (promotes local currencies in the U.K.)
Our Money (Eurozone currency).
The Ephemera Society of America
Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art).
Pakistani Currency

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