News & Notes Volume IV, No. 14 September 25, 2018 Currency Coming and Going The $100 bill now beats out all other denominations, in terms of number in circulation (Quartz). In praise of small banknotes (Quartz). The "Leman", the Canton of Geneva's local currency (monnaie leman, in French). Dix Noonan Webb's new banknote department (Numismatic News). On the iconography of some banknotes (Coinweek). Abkhazia's new 500-apsars commemorative banknote (MRI Bankers' Guide). New 20 hryvnia note enters circulation in Ukraine (The Koz Times). A look at the International Banknote and Stamp Fair in Penang, Malaysia (The Star). "The Future of Money" (Breaker). Uruguay's new 50-peso note (Coin World). How to convert "Jacksons" into "Tubmans" (Kottke.org, via E-Sylum). How to get your own Tubman stamp (Tubmanstamp.com). This New York City store accepts Mexican pesos (Daily Mail, via E-Sylum). More historical episodes of hyperinflation (BBC, via E-Sylum). Belarus' "modified" notes to appear starting in 2019 (Banknote News). Venezuela's new 100-bolivar note (Banknote News). And here (Steven Bron). Yigal Arkin wins the AINA's Shekel Prize (Numismatic News). Uzbekistan denies plans to issue new banknote (Azernews). Nigeria tends to the quality of its banknotes (The Sun). Zimbabwe will continue relying upon others' currencies (All Africa). The Afghani is not very popular (TOLO News). Denmark may ban the 500-euro note (The Local). Something is rotten in the state of Denmark (The Local) About the Banknote Industry Nanotech Security shines in Vancouver (Nasdaq). Spectra Systems doing well (Shares Magazine). De La Rue wins Swedish banknote contract (De La Rue). Why Crane Currency lost out (Printweek). Upcoming Industry Conferences World Banknote Summit, Frankfurt, Germany, September 24-26, 2018 (World Banknote Summit). Mint and Print International Conference, September 24-29, Beirut, Lebanon (Mint and Print). High Security Printing-Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 3-5, 2018 (Reconnaissance) The Anti-Counterfeit & Currency Expo, Las Vegas NV, November 6-8, 2018 (News Anyway). The Future of Cash 2019, Athens, Greece, February 20-21, 2019 (Future of Cash). From the Annals of Crime When forgery and counterfeiting merited the death penalty (JSTOR Daily). After latest robbery, this Edmonton coin dealer gives up (CTV News). Liberia loses track of $100 million in banknotes (ABC News). The plot thickens (All Africa). Liberians: "We want our money back!" (Yahoo News). Websites to Like (in no particular order) Paper Money Forum (Numismatic discussion threads) Newman Numismatic Portal (Digital numismatic library) Numismatic Bibliomania Society (Includes E-Sylum, the weekly online complement to the NBS's journal, The Asylum) 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 (Hobby website, with archived articles on ephemera topics) Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art). Pakistani Currency