News & Notes Volume III, No. 34 February 13, 2018 [NB: Links from previous issues may go stale, and rather quickly at that. Sorry!] Currency Coming and Going Abraham Lincoln's contribution to banking (ABA Banking Journal). South Africa to commemorate the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth on its currency (South African Reserve Bank, pdf). And here (Talk of the Town). Sri Lanka's 1,000 rupee commemorative note (Banknote News). And here (E-Sylum). Redesigning the Naira (Vanguard). Learn to grade like the pros (Coinweek). More on the first U.S. demand notes (Numismatic News). Yemen's new 1,000 rial note (MRI Bankers' Guide). Uruguay's banknotes sport new security features (Coinweek). Czech Republic to update security on its 100 and 200 korun notes (Banknote News). The origins of postage currency (Jacksonville Progress). Don't step on that Thai banknote (New Zealand Herald). And Malawi wants its currency treated more gently (The Maravi Post). First polymer banknotes, now polymer coins? (Numismatic News). Mill that once made British banknote paper is destroyed (The Telegraph). Central Bank of Libya denies banknote withdrawal (Libya Observer). The mystery of India's missing banknotes (The News Minute). Saudi authorities warn against defacing banknotes (GDN Online). Currency as a vector of disease (PM Live). Should Vietnam stop burning paper money? (VN Express). The BEP's Founding Fathers 2018 currency set (Coinweek). The mystery of the Philippines' "faceless" bills (ABS-CBN News). When your country is a basket case, make baskets out of currency (Daily Mail). About the Banknote Industry Sun Chemical acquires Luminescence (Secura Monde). The potential for polymer (Science Daily). Upcoming Industry Conferences High Security Printing Conference Europe, Warsaw, Poland, February 19-21, 2018 (Reconnaissance). Optical Document Security Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 24-26, 2018 (Reconnaissance). Security Printers 2018, Dublin, Ireland, March 21-23 2018 (Security Printers) High Security Printing Conference Latin America, June 11-13, Dominican Republic (Reconnaissance). Banknote 2018, May 21-24, 2018, Dallas, Texas (The Banknote Conference). African Currency Forum, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, September 2-5, 2018 (African Currency Forum). The Anti-Counterfeit & Currency Expo, Las Vegas NV, November 6-8, 2018 (News Anyway). From the Annals of Crime Big Italian fake currency bust (Euronews). Russian app detects counterfeit banknotes (Coin World). Algerian jeweler experienced a painful cash withdrawal (Hurriyet Daily News). Murder victim stashed his cash in biscuit tins around the house (Evening Express). Notes from the "Children Bank of India" (Latestly). Websites to Like (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