Currency Coming and Going​

• Eight money-related tourist attractions in the USA (WiseBread).
• Misperception about Scottish banknotes (Yahoo Finance).
• Pudsey the Bear is heading into a Dundee museum  (The Courier).
• An 1869 Treasury Note proof (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• The case for reintroducing an American "supernote" (Moneyness). With demurrage.
• Slang terms for money, mostly British (Barclays). But in a cashless world do we know what they still mean?
• The French Basque Country's local currency, the Eusko, is doing well (BBC).
• Germany and Austria face the end of the 500 euro note (GMX, in German). There are no 'runs on the bank'.
• China to retire 1 yuan notes (What's on Weibo).
• The Swiss love for cash (BBC).
• A virtual currency experiment in humanitarian aid (Miami Herald).
• Japan's "old fashioned" regard for cash, even as it enters the digital age (Nikkei Asian Review).
• "The Road to a Scottish Currency" (Commonspace).

         There'll be no question about their legal tender (Commonspace).

     The Business of Collecting

• A report on the Paper Money Show at Valkenburg (Coin Update).
• A report on the Hong Kong Coin Show (Coinsweekly).
• A report on the ANA National Money Show (Coinweek).
• What might F+W Media's demise mean for digitizing numismatic publications? (E-Sylum).
• Bidding schedule for F+W Media's assets (Bloomberg).
• Can online currency really become collectible? (Numismatic News).
• "Money Talks" speakers wanted for Chicago World's Fair of Money (Coinweek).
• Good history of the Sacagawea dollar (Coinweek). At least Ecuador prefers Sacagawea dollars to the paper version (Coinweek). From 2017.
• Chinese paper money in Stack's Bowers auction (Coin World). And here (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• The first circulating banknote issued by the U.S. government is back in circulation (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• Spink's auction of rare British notes (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• The Bulgaria Chapter of the Banknote Book (Banknote News).

        International Paper Money Show, Kansas City 2019

• IPMS Show website
• Sign up for the 58th Anniversary Breakfast at the IPMS, Kansas City, June 14, 2019 (SPMC).
• While at this year's IPMS, sign up for a FREE tour of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, June 13, 2019 (SPMC).

     New Banknote Issues

• Solomon Islands to introduce a new polymer banknote (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• New Somali central banker looks forward to issuing new currency (Goobjoog News).
• Bolivia's new 200 boliviano note comes out today (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• Aruba to have a new series of banknotes (Centrale Bank van Aruba).And here (Banknote News).
• Another report on Japan's new notes (Coin World).

     Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries

• "The Science of Security Ink" (The Ink Tank).
• Central Bank of Nigeria's first female Director of Currency (Daily Post).
• In New Zealand, it's German technology to the rescue (New Zealand Herald).
• Touting the ECB's Europa series (Pars Herald).
• Program for the HSP-Latin America conference (Reconnaissance).
• De La Rue and the Ghanaian cedi (Ghana Financial Market).
• De La Rue announces joint venture in Ghana (De La Rue).
• Short profile of Orell Füssli (Swissinfo).
• In India, private buses stick with cash (The Hindu).
• Polish security paper that glows (Science in Poland).
• Another report on the BEP's planned new facility (Coin World).