News & Notes Volume XI, No. 35
February 10, 2026
From the Internet Bookshelf
Sutlers and Their Scrip
- Robbers Road and Sutlers' Scrip: Shopping with the Soldier (Emerging Civil War). From 2026.
- Sutler scrip note from the Indian Territory (Stack's Bowers). From 2025.
- The Complicated Legacy of Civil War Sutlers (The Gettysburg Compiler). From 2019.
- Sutler Scrip (PMG). From 2013.
- Paper Issues by the Civil War Sutlers (Paper Money). From 1995. Pdf at link.
- Sutler Paper (Paper Money). From 1989. Pdf at link.
Currency Coming and Going
- Faroese banknotes to remain in circulation (MRI Bankers' Guide).
- Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda now frown on banknote bouquets (K24).
- Russia's banknote transfers to Iran (RBC-Ukraine).
- TSA cash grabs at U.S. airports (USA Today).
- Syria's Currency Swap Falters (The Syrian Observer).
- What Scottish Banknotes Can Teach Stablecoin Regulators (Oxford Business Law Blog).
- Syria Begins Destruction of Old Banknotes after Issuing New Currency (SANA).
- Syrian money changers impose discounts on older, "white dollar" American $100 notes (Enab Baladi).
- The 10,000 types of U.S. dollars (IFL Science).
- Inflation-Linked Bonds in Two Countries (The Tontine Coffee-House).
- The Silver Corner that Ended in Collapse (Korea JoongAng Daily).
- Dual financial systems in Sudan (The New Arab).
- Sweden may tighten regulation of old banknote redemptions (Riksbank).
- My Week of Only Using Cash (The Guardian).
- China hedges its bet on digital cash (Peterson Institute).
The Business of Collecting
- The Clearwater Collection of New Jersey national bank notes (Stack's Bowers).
- The Ray Czahor Collection of Philippine paper money (Stack's Bowers).
- NEW CATALOG: Miniassegni, As You Have Never Seen Them (Geldscheine-online, book notice in German, book in Italian).
- Horses are Galloping onto Paper Money in 2026 (Numismatic News).
- A report on Berlin's 2026 World Money Fair (Numismatic News).
- Clark Gable Short Snorter Exhibit (E-Sylum).
- New book on Hyderabad banknotes (Deccan Herald).
- Belgian Architect Hendrik Beyaert on a 100 franc banknote (Banknote World).
- Uruguayan Poet & Writer Juana de Ibarbourou on a 1,000 peso banknote (Banknote World).
New Banknote Issues
- Botswana 50 pula note honors its Olympians (MRI Bankers' Guide).
- Macao's new 500 patacas and 1,000 patacas notes (Banknote News). Also here (MRI Bankers' Guide).
- Iran's 5,000,000 rial cheque (Banknote News).
Local Coin/Numismatic Shows Happening this Week
Multi-Day Shows
- Redwood Empire Coin Club Show, Santa Rosa, CA, February 13-14 (Redwood Empire Coin Club).
- Charlotte Coin Club Annual Show, Charlotte, NC, February 13-14 (Charlotte Coin Club).
- Orange Coin Show, Orange, TX, February 13-14 (Coinzip).
- SLNA Greater America Coin Fair, St. Louis, MO, February 13-15 (Coinshows-USA).
(Always call ahead to confirm)
February 14
February 15
- San Fernando, CA; Cromwell, CT; Plantation, FL; Berwyn, IL; Dubuque, IA; North Attleboro, MA; Troy, MI
South St. Paul, MN; Omaha, NE; Hollis, NH; Old Bridge, NJ; Cheektowaga, NY; Liverpool, NY
Hilliard, OH; Langhorne, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Oshkosh, WI
Upcoming Online Currency Auctions
- Heritage Tuesday U.S. Currency Auction, February 10 (HA).
- Heritage Tuesday World Paper Money Auction, February 10 (HA).
- The Ibrahim Salem Collection of Syria and Lebanon, February 12 (Noonans Mayfair).
- The Cordevo Collection of Small Size National Bank Notes, February 17 (GreatCollections).
- CGB Internet Auction, February 17 (CGB Numismatique).
- Archives International Auction 111, February 17 (AIA).
- Stack's World Collector's Choice auction, February 23 (Stack's Bowers).
- Heritage Winter Colonial Currency Auction, March 8 (HA).
- Stack's Spring 2026 Showcase Auction, Session 5, March 12 (Stack's Bowers).
- Stack's Spring 2026 Showcase Auction, Session 6, March 12 (Stack's Bowers).
- Stack's Spring 2026 Showcase Auction, Session 7, March 12 (Stack's Bowers).
Major Coin and Currency Shows
- ANA's National Money Show, Savannah, GA, February 26-28 (ANA).
- Whitman Expo, Baltimore, MD, March 5-7 (Whitman Expos).
- Numismata Munich, Munich, Germany, March 7-8 (Numismata).
Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries
- Koenig & Bauer's Protect-Add-Print security concept (Indian Printer and Publisher).
- Spectra System's contract for vape duty stamps (Tip Ranks).
Upcoming Industry Conferences
- High Security Printing -EMEA, Rabat, Morocco, March 2-4, 2026 (Reconnaissance).
- High Security Printing-Latin America, Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 1-3, 2026 (Reconnaissance).
- Security Designers Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, September 7-10. 2026 (Security Designers Form).
From the Annals of Crime
- European Union's anti-money laundering authority will be operational by 2028 (Reuters).
- Taiwan authorities warns about fake images of redesigned banknotes (Taiwan News).
- Fake Pokemon cards for sale in Utah (ABC4).
- The Curious Case of the Counterfeit Five Dollar Bill from the Trinity Archives (Coinweek).
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 Souvenir Card Collectors Society
- New York Toll Script and Tokens (Collector 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)
- Cigar History Museum's coupon gallery
- Boordgeld (Dutch ships' money)
- Depression Scrip (emergency money of the 1930s, and more)
- Wisconsin Depression Scrip
- Caishen's Temple-Asia Money
- Elkader Auction House
- Minnesota Nice
- 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).
- Mintage World (online museum of Indian numismatics).
- Chattanooga Money (site details historical episodes in Chattanooga, Tennessee's monetary and banking history)
- My Georgia Collection (collector site devoted to "Georgia State Notes, Obsolete Currency, Bonds, and Alternative Scrip")
- Banknotesworld ("THE German-language Banknote forum") Discussion threads and more.
- Scotsbanknotes
- Cash Essentials (Industry website devoted to promoting cash usage).
- Kuster's Engineering (Company website). Your expert in currency disintegration.
- PYMNTS.com (Industry website).
- Currency Research (Industry website).
- International Association of Currency Affairs (Industry website).
- De La Rue (Company website).
- Giesecke & Devrient (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, numismatic website run by Ursula Kampmann. German-language version is here. Content is not identical.
- 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 (Hobby website, with archived articles on ephemera topics)
- A Library of Scrip and Local Currency
- Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art).
- Pakistani Currency
