

News & Notes Volume XI, No. 41
March 24, 2026
From the Internet Bookshelf
Various Material on Pennsylvania National Banks and Their Banknotes
- Charter Number 1 (Wells Fargo).
- First National Bank Museum, Columbia, PA (Bank Museum).
- Banknotes from the Saegertown and Meadville, PA, areas (knowthyme.com).
- National bank notes from Brownsville, PA , Intercourse, PA, and Pittsburgh, PA (all Stack's Bowers).
- A Monumental Time in Sipesville, PA; All Aboard to (Strasburg) Pennsylvania; Making a Pit Stop in Pottsville, PA ; and Coaldale, PA--Two Different Towns, Two Issuing Banks (all Numismatics News).
- The First National Bank of Forest City, PA, Charter #5518 (Paper Money). Pdf at link. From 2021.
- Sand, Clay, Coal, and National Banks (Paper Money). Pdf at link. From 2019.
- The First National Bank of Edinboro, Pennsylvania (Paper Money). Pdf at link. From 2004.
- The Grange National Banks of Pennsylvania (Paper Money). Pdf at link. From 1996.
- AND, a few Pennsylvania banker biographies: Samuel McCord Linn (Chambersburg); Henry George Catlin (Scranton); Thomas Hartley Given (Pittsburgh); and O. Howard Wolfe (Philadelphia) (all Bank Note History Wiki).
Currency Coming and Going
- The dearth of small banknotes in Gaza (Euronews).
- Should Jersey Follow English Banknote Design? (AOL/BBC).
- Badgering Churchill (AEI).
- Churchill and British identity (Yahoo News / The Conversation).
- QR Codes in Banknotes (Numismatic News).
- Sweden's government takes another look at paper money (Euractiv).
- The Seven Stages of Empire (GoldSilver).
- South Sudan plans for larger banknote denominations (MRI Bankers' Guide).
- French Reparations, the Imperial War Treasury, and the July Uprising (SixBid).
- The Höchstetters and the Mercury Market (The Tontine Coffee-House).
The Business of Collecting
- Some results from Noonan's auction of the Ibrahim Salem Collection of Levant notes (Numismatic News).
- Noonan's offers rare Bank of England notes in upcoming auction (Numismatic News).
- Highlights of upcoming Crown Currency auction, as well as some Dutch proof notes (PMG).
- A Straits Settlements proof note at auction (PMG).
- What Makes a 'Date Back'? (Stack's Bowers).
- The Olive Sprig Collection of Palestine Paper Money (Stack's Bowers).
- Rezwan Razack: The Man Who Kept India's Money from Being Forgotten (The New Indian Express).
- March 2026 Greensheet Market Analysis (Greysheet).
- Upcoming at Heritage's World Paper Money Signature auction (E-Sylum).
- Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the New Taiwan dollar (Banknote World).
- Toussaint Louverture & the Bicentennial of the Haitian Constitution (Banknote World).
- Transnistria honors the Russian military commander Pyotr Rumyantsev (Banknote World).
- Hawaii's Story Through Banknotes (HA, via E-Sylum).
- The Republica Filipina 5 Pesos (HA, via E-Sylum).
New Banknote Issues
- Iran's largest denomination ever (Yahoo Finance).
- Opposition to Guinea printing new banknotes (APA News).
- Botswana awaits a new 10 pula note (MRI Bankers' Guide).
- Papua New Guinea's 100 kina commemorative (Banknote News).
- Brunei's new 1 dollar, 5 dollar, 10 dollar, 100 dollar, and 500 dollar banknotes (Banknote News).
Local Coin/Numismatic Shows Happening this Week
Multi-Day Shows
- Northeast Alabama Coin Show, Gadsden, AL, March 27-28 (Coinshows-USA).
- Northwest Arkansas Coin Show, Springdale, AR, March 27-28 (NWACC).
- Eagle Rock Numismatic Society Coin Show, Idaho Falls, ID, March 27-28 (Coinshows-USA).
- Mustang Coin Show, Mustang, OK, March 27-28 (Coinshows-USA).
- California State Numismatic Association Convention, Arcadia, CA, March 27-29 (Coinshows-USA).
(Always call ahead to confirm)
March 28
- Scottsdale, AZ; Naugatuck, CT; Tampa, FL; Owatonna, MN; Brandon, MS; Asheville, NC; Owego, NY
Marietta, OH; Richardson, TX; Colonial Heights, VA
March 29
- Phoenix, AZ; Elgin, IL; Livonia, MI; South St Paul, MN; Albany, NY; Jamestown, NY; Cincinnati, OH
Chatham, ON; Mechanicsburg, PA; Zelienople, PA; Appleton, WI;
Upcoming Online Currency Auctions
- CGB Internet Auction, March 24 (CGB Numismatique).
- Heritage World Paper Money Signature Auction, March 26 (HA).
- Stack's Collectors Choice Auction, March 26 (Stack's Bowers).
- Heritage Hong Kong Spring World Paper Money Showcase Auction, April 5 (HA).
- Archives International Auction 112, April 6-7 (AIA).
- Stack's World Collectors Choice Auction, April 7 (Stack's Bowers).
- Spink Hong Kong World Banknotes and Coins Auction, April 8 (Spink).
- Spink China Banknotes and Coins Auction, April 8 (Spink).
- Stack's Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Session A, April 17 (Stack's Bowers).
- Stack's Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Session B, April 18 (Stack's Bowers).
- Stack's Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Session C, April 19 (Stack's Bowers).
- Stack's Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Session D, April 19 (Stack's Bowers).
Major Coin and Currency Shows
- Central States Numismatic Society Convention, Schaumburg, IL, April 23-25 (CSNS).
- MIF Paper Money Fair, Maastricht, Netherlands, May 1-3 (MIF).
- PAN Spring Coin Show, Monroeville, PA, May 28-30 (PAN).
- Baltimore Summer Expo, Baltimore, MD, June 11-13 (Whitman Expos).
Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries
Upcoming Industry Conferences
- 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
- Fake yoga guru, fake currency (The New Indian Express).
- Man pays bail bondsman with counterfeit cash (TXK Today).
- New Guinean note is actually an "A.I. Fantasy" (MRI Bankers' Guide).
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


