News & Notes Volume II, No. 41

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

New 50-Euro note enters circulation (Deutsche Welle). And cash is still king in Europe (Reuters).
Bank of England may use palm oil instead of animal fat (News Channel 13).
Another legislative try to get rid of the U.S. $1 note and the cent (Coin World).
Money laundering (literally) at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Atlas Obscura). And the BEP's 2017 Intaglio Print Subscription Program (Coin World).
In Malaysia, do the dead prefer U.S. dollars? (Mashable).
Tibetan banknotes at auction by Stack's Bowers (COINWeek).
Libya receives banknote delivery (Libya Herald).
Overseas Pinoys, your deadline has passed (Inquirer).
Trade in those old Swiss banknotes now! (The Local).
Was there a secret post-Euro currency for the Netherlands? (Steven Bron).
Canada to introduce new $10 note (Banknote News).
Survey of local currencies, with a focus on British examples (Fusion Wire).
India to issue new 200 Rupee notes (Livemint).
A security arms race in high-denomination Indian notes (Deccan Chronicle).
Palestinian banknotes from Dix Noonan Web (E-Sylum).
Iran: No redenomination any time soon (Financial Tribune).
Bank of Israel encourages public to exchange old notes for new ones (Jerusalem Post).
Another story about the Grolier Club exhibit (HyperAllergic). Many fine images.

De La Rue's "Centre for Excellence" (De La Rue).
Special Achievement Award for Omani banknote at the Security Currency Printing Conference (Times of Oman).
Reconnaissance high security printing conference-Latin America, Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 19-21, 2017 (Reconnaissance)
Security Document World conference, London June 26-28, 2017 (Security Document World).
The Currency Conference, May 14-17, 2017, Kuala Lumpur (Currency Conference).
The Future of Cash conference, Vienna, Austria, October 4-5, 2017 (Reconnaissance).

Forgeries of Mexico's 100-Peso note (Mientras Tanto en Mexico, in Spanish).
That big gold coin heist (E-Sylum, with good a summary). It's not paper, but still a story.
Europe's most counterfeited note (Deutsche Welle). The contributions of neuroscience (Quartz).
The most common counterfeits (Marketplace).

(in no particular order)

Newman Numismatic Portal
Numismatic Bibliomania Society
The American Revenue Association (Hobby 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)
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).
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).
Kuster's Engineering (Company website). Your expert in currency disintegration.
PYMNTS.com (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).
De La Rue (Company website).
Secura Monde International (Company website). Good banknote news feed.
Giesecke & Devrient (Company website).
Patronus Systems (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, especially its fine list of links to museums and other numismatic resources.
Blog du CNA (Club Numismatique d'Argenteuil)
French Banknotes of War (Collector's website). Abundant material in English and French.
AFEP Association Française pour l'Étude du Papier-monnaie
Monnaies Locales Complementaires
Guild of Independent Currencies (promotes local currencies in the U.K.)
Our Money (Eurozone currency).
The Ephemera Society of America
Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art).
Pakistani Currency

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