News & Notes Volume I, No. 31

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

Norway's largest bank calls for an end to cash (International Business Times). "Today, there is approximately 50 billion kroner in circulation and [the country's central bank] Norges Bank can only account for 40 percent of its use. That means that 60 percent of money usage is outside of any control. We believe that is due to under-the-table money and laundering."
The head of the EU's anti-fraud office calls for getting rid of the 500-Euro note (Thomson Reuters). This would not go down well in Germany (Handelsblatt, gated but partly readable).
Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduces a resolution to remove Jackson from the $20 (Indian Country). A copy of the resolution is here. It's so thrilling when an Oklahoma politician does something that doesn't embarrass my state! And from the Enid News & Eagle.
Gearing up for the Chicago Paper Money Expo (Numismaster).
This calligrapher's face was once on the 1000-Yen note (Asahi Shimbun).
Collecting banknotes of the Bahamas (Coin Update).
What our wallets teach us (Inquirer).
Those faulty Indian banknotes go up in smoke (Money Life).
Money laundering a century ago, literally (Otago Daily Times).
The War on Cash, continued (Zero Hedge). A Chinese virtual currency? (Bloomberg).
Bitcoin and blockchain at Davos (Cryptocoinsnews).
PETITION: Put Fred on a Fiver (ABC).
New currency series for the Maldives (CNM).
Results of the Archives International auction (ARTFIX Daily).
Getting rid of Evita Peron for a "ruminant animal" (Bloomberg).
Clydesdale's bank head signs the first £10 polymer note (The National).
A survey of Mormon currency (COINWeek).
You don't like "In God We Trust" on the currency? That's just the beginning (Daily Beast). "It's easy to see why people argue that U.S. currency is replete with esoteric religious symbolism. And yet, oddly, atheists are not seeking to remove the eye and the pyramid on the basis that they are either Freemason or ancient Egyptian symbols."
Exchange controls in Azerbaijan (Voice of America).
Dissatisfaction with Gambia's currency (Freedom Newspaper).
The artist Yuken Teruya slices money into his art (New York Times).
BOOK: Tania Prill, Alberto Vieceli, Sebastian Cremers, Money (Edition Patrick Frey). And some publicity here (Crave).
REPORT: The IMF on virtual currencies, pdf (IMF).

Don't cry for me, Argentina (Alberto Raggio/AP Photo)

An insider purchase of De La Rue's stock by its chairman (Corvus Business).
New security features for the 100-Rupee note (New Kerala). More about defective Indian notes (India Today).

Fake Euros in 2015 (Deutsche Welle). And more data here (ECB):
In contrast, Germany reports a 51% increase in fake notes (Deutsche Bundesbank).
Counterfeit currency in the Gaza Strip (Albawaba).
Stamping out fakes in Mumbai (Asian Age). And a roundup of fake Indian currency (Times of India).
Kingpins of fake cash in Nairobi (All Africa)

(in no particular order)

Newman Numismatic Portal
The Banknote Den (David Lok's website, with superb essays as well as a link to his book, The Many Faces of Money).
MRI Bankers' Guide (for its updates of new banknotes)
Stane Straus's Polymer Banknotes of the World
Banknote News
Tom Chao
Stevenbron Banknotes
Scotsbanknotes
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.).
Banknoter
Numismondo
CoinsWeekly, especially its fine list of links to museums and other numismatic resources.
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
Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art).
Pakistani Currency

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