[NB: Links from previous issues may go stale, and rather quickly at that. Sorry!] Ships on banknotes (COINWeek). INTERVIEW: Arthur L. Friedberg (Coin World, via E-Sylum). Cambodia's banknote swap (Phnom Penh Post). Poland to issue a commemorative banknote honoring Our Lady of Czestochowa (Steven Bron). Great Britain's new five pound polymer note contains animal fat (Quartz). Bank of England: "there is a trace of tallow in the polymer pallets used in the base substrate of the polymer £5 notes." There is a protest petition (Change.org). "This is unacceptable to millions of vegans, vegetarians, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and others in the U.K." Nicaragua's 1000 Cordoba notes to honor the poet Ruben Dario (Steven Bron). Getting rid of the A$ 100 note? (Australian Financial Review). Production schedule for the new U.S. $10 note (Coin World). A useful timeline of India's banknote travails (FirstPost). How to dispose of 23 billion worthless banknotes? (Bloomberg). Maybe they could generate power (Hindustan Times). India's chaos (Reuters). "Day of Rage" (U.S. News & World Report). Nepal declares new Indian currency "illegal" (Times of India). How the poor can help the rich, in India (The Age, via E-Sylum). "In return for depositing the scrapped notes, domestic staff and others are being offered 10 to 25 per cent as commission." What should banknotes commemorate? A debate in Egypt (Madamasr). Bhutan's new commemorative banknote (Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan, pdf). Barbados' $50, 50th anniversary note (Central Bank of Barbados). The Bank of Canada's shortlist (Financial Post). Maybe no-one should be on the currency (Our London). Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe: Trust us (All Africa). And don't you dare try to deface them (All Africa). Bricks of bond notes (Tech Zim). "Embrace bond notes and coins." The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's press release (RBZ, pdf). Video here (Reuters). "Glaring" printing defects in India's new 500-Rupee notes (Huffington Post). Upcoming Reconnaissance High Security Printing Asia Conference program is here (Reconnaissance) De La Rue would also do post-Brexit passports (Northern Echo). Reconnaissance High Security Printing Asia Conference, December 5-7. Singapore (Reconnaissance) 11th Security Document Summit, Beijing (Security Document World). The Currency Conference, May 14-17, 2017, Kuala Lumpur (Currency Conference). "They make the finest counterfeit money in the world" (Washington Post). (in no particular order) Newman Numismatic Portal Numismatic Bibliomania Society 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 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). 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). Currency Research (Industry website). International Banknote Designers Association (Industry website) International Association of Currency Affairs (Industry website). International Banknote Designers Association (Industry 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) 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 Ink World Magazine (Ink World). Middle East Printer (MEprinter). Website homepage. Let's Talk Payments (LTP). Fintech website homepage.
