News & Notes Volume III, No. 35 February 20, 2018 [NB: Links from previous issues may go stale, and rather quickly at that. Sorry!] Currency Coming and Going A history of "In God We Trust" (Salon). Some paper money trivia (Numismatic News). Is Sweden going cashless too quickly? (Financial Post). When the local bank closed, this Scottish cafe stopped taking cash (Daily Record). Swedish panhandler had hundreds of thousands in cash on his person (LAD Bible). Thailand's former Note Printing Facility gets a makeover (The Nation). A $1,000 trophy note (Coinweek). Lacking cash, Venezuela finds an app for that (Reuters). The Euro and the law of legal tender (European Central Bank). Sierra Leone: New banknotes by 2021 (Awoko). One honest person (Florida Today). Darwin is soon to evolve off of Bank of England notes (The Telegraph). Note shortages for the Chinese New Year (Today). In Germany, cash not quite the king that it once was (Reuters). Steel engravings on fiscal paper and postal savings notes (E-Sylum). Currency unification planned for Cuba (Havana Times). Real violence for virtual currencies (Straits Times). "Hope, skip, and a lump" (The Sun, via E-Sylum). Short Youtube video on the security features of the new $A 50 (Youtube). Another announcement of Sri Lanka's 1,000 rupee commemorative note (Coinweek). Snotty behavior by a Russian footballer (Daily Mail). France's local currencies (Coin World). The Lake District Pound. Not everyone is on board, however (The Westmorland Gazette). And here (Daily Mail). No images seem available yet. A streetcar on fiscal paper (Numismatic News). How a New Zealander became Bosnia's central banker (New Zealand Herald). The Fremont Coin Club honors its town's namesake (Numismatic News). The Eastern Caribbean Dollar to get a polymer makeover (winnfm). About the Banknote Industry European Commission clears Bain Capital acquisition of specialty paper maker Fedrigoni (Euwid). De La Rue Kenya hosts delegation (De La Rue). 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 The courts decide who owns those Lunar New Year notes (South China Morning Post). Fancy printers aid Australian counterfeiters (Coin world). He lost half a million in his driveway (The West Australian). Philippine pastor's cup runneth over (Hawaii News Now). Mombasa bank employee helps himself to the vault at lunch hour (Standard Digital). 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