News & Notes Volume XI, No. 38
March 3, 2026
From the Internet Bookshelf
Early 19th Century Labor Money
- Time-Based Currency by Robert Owen (Aeon). With video. From 2020.
- Robert Owen's Labor Exchange Currency (E-Sylum). From 2017.
- Josiah Warren, "The First American Anarchist" (The Consecrated Eminence). From 2016.
- Josiah Warren's Labor Notes (Commonplace). From 2012.
- Robert Owen's Money Problem (People's World). From 2005.
- Robert Owen, Father of British Socialism (Historic UK).
- Robert Owen and Utopian Socialism (Socialist Alternative). From 2021.
- 19th Century Labor Money Schemes (Journal of World Political Economy). Pdf at link. From 2012.
Currency Coming and Going
- Brazilian plane crash produces a scramble for cash (The Chosun Daily). And here (MRI Bankers' Guide).
- Ultra-orthodox threaten to deface Israeli banknotes featuring women (Jewish Telegraphic Agency).
- With wartime disruptions, Iran looks to bolster banknote supplies (Intellinews).
- Getting emotional about Syria's new banknotes (AD).
- Plan for a Gaza stablecoin (MEO).
- Cross-Border Central Bank Operations, 1840-1900 (The Tontine Coffee-House).
The Business of Collecting
- Highlights of Stack's upcoming Spring Showcase Auction (Greysheet).
- The U.S. Paper Money Market (Coin World).
- U.S. Postal Notes, 1883-1894 (E-Sylum).
- The Bicentennial $2 Bill (Coinweek).
- The Prussia Chapter of the Banknote Book (Banknote News).
- Twenty-five anniversary of Tajik currency (Banknote World).
- A banknote worthy of Marco Polo? (Stack's Bowers).
- Le Corbusier on Swiss money (Banknote World).
- A Great Rarity of the Twentieth Century (Stack's Bowers).
- The Forces Reshaping the Silver Market (Greysheet).
- CGB's Bulletin Numismatique No. 261, March 2026 (CGB Numismatique, in French). Pdf at link.
- Travelers' checks from the German Democratic Republic (Geldscheine-online, in German).
- BOOK: Travelers' Money: An Illustrated History of Circular Notes, Letters of Credit, and Travelers' Cheques (Geldscheine-online, book notice in German, book in English).
New Banknote Issues
- Brunei to release new banknotes (Borneo Bulletin).
- Peru issues new 200 soles note with "improved windowed band" (MRI Bankers' Guide).
- New Zimbabwean ZiG notes due in April (MRI Bankers' Guide).
- Comoros new 5,000 franc and 10,000 franc notes (Banknote News).
- Bangladesh new 10 taka note (Banknote News).
Local Coin/Numismatic Shows Happening this Week
Multi-Day Shows
- Michigan's Premier Coin Show, Westland, MI, March 6-7 (Michigan Coin Show).
- Tennessee State Numismatic Society Show, East Ridge, TN, March 6-7 (Coinshows-USA).
- Buena Park Coin Show, Buena Park, CA, March 7-8 (Pacific Expos).
- Inland Empire Coin Show, Coeur d'Alene, ID, March 7-8 (Coinshows-USA).
- Carteret County Show, Morehead City, NC, March 7-8 (Carteret History Museum).
- Salem-Roanoke Valley Coin Show, Salem, VA, March 7-8 (Coinshows-USA).
(Always call ahead to confirm)
March 7
March 8
- Phoenix, AZ; Vacaville, CA; Orange, CT; Melbourne, FL; Countryside, IL; Rockford, IL
- Cedar Rapids, IA; Auburn, MA; Royal Oak, MI; Southfield, MI; Waite Park, MN; Burlington Twp, NJ
Melville, NY; Chillicothe, OH; Telford, PA; New Berlin, WI;
Upcoming Online Currency Auctions
- Heritage Tuesday U.S. Currency Auction, March 3 (HA).
- Heritage Tuesday World Paper Money Auction, March 3 (Greysheet). Not seen on Heritage website.
- Stack's Collectors Choice Auction, March 3 (Stack's Bowers).
- Heritage Winter Colonial Currency Auction, March 8 (HA).
- Stack's Spring 2026 Showcase Auction, Session 5, March 12 (Stack's Bowers).
- Stack's Spring 2026 Showcase Auction, Session 6, March 12 (Stack's Bowers).
- Stack's Spring 2026 Showcase Auction, Session 7, March 12 (Stack's Bowers).
- Trigometric Auction, March 14 (Trigometric).
- Heritage Winter Confederate Currency Showcase Auction, March 15 (HA).
- Stack's Collectors Choice Auction--Hugh Shull Collection, March 19 (Stack's Bowers).
- CGB Internet Auction, March 24 (CGB Numismatique).
- Heritage World Paper Money Signature Auction, March 26 (HA).
- Heritage Hong Kong Spring World Paper Money Showcase Auction, April 5 (HA).
Major Coin and Currency Shows
- Whitman Expo, Baltimore, MD, March 5-7 (Whitman Expos).
- Numismata Munich, Munich, Germany, March 7-8 (Numismata).
- Central States Numismatic Society Convention, Schaumburg, IL, April 23-25 (CSNS).
- MIF Paper Money Fair, Maastricht, Netherlands, May 1-3 (MIF).
- PAN Spring Coin Show, Monroeville, PA, May 28-30 (PAN).
Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries
- France, Portugal, and Austria forge agreement on banknote production (Banco de Portugal).
Upcoming Industry Conferences
- High Security Printing-Latin America, Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 1-3, 2026 (Reconnaissance).
- Security Designers Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, September 7-10. 2026 (Security Designers Form).
From the Annals of Crime
Websites to Like
(in no particular order)
- Paper Money Forum (Numismatic discussion threads)
- Newman Numismatic Portal (Digital numismatic library)
- Numismatic Bibliomania Society (Includes E-Sylum, the weekly online complement to the NBS's journal, The Asylum)
- The American Revenue Association (Hobby website).
- The Souvenir Card Collectors Society
- New York Toll Script and Tokens (Collector 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)
- Cigar History Museum's coupon gallery
- Boordgeld (Dutch ships' money)
- Depression Scrip (emergency money of the 1930s, and more)
- Wisconsin Depression Scrip
- Caishen's Temple-Asia Money
- Elkader Auction House
- Minnesota Nice
- 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).
- Mintage World (online museum of Indian numismatics).
- Chattanooga Money (site details historical episodes in Chattanooga, Tennessee's monetary and banking history)
- My Georgia Collection (collector site devoted to "Georgia State Notes, Obsolete Currency, Bonds, and Alternative Scrip")
- Banknotesworld ("THE German-language Banknote forum") Discussion threads and more.
- Scotsbanknotes
- Cash Essentials (Industry website devoted to promoting cash usage).
- Kuster's Engineering (Company website). Your expert in currency disintegration.
- PYMNTS.com (Industry website).
- Currency Research (Industry website).
- International Association of Currency Affairs (Industry website).
- De La Rue (Company website).
- Giesecke & Devrient (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, numismatic website run by Ursula Kampmann. German-language version is here. Content is not identical.
- 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 (Hobby website, with archived articles on ephemera topics)
- A Library of Scrip and Local Currency
- Fictional currency galleries (Deviant Art).
- Pakistani Currency
