News & Notes Volume XII, No. 16

September 29, 2026

 From the Internet Bookshelf

  Currency of Alaska

• 1863-1935 Alaska National Bank Notes (Numismatic News). From 2026.
• Alaskan seal and walrus skin money vouchers (Numizmatika). From 2026.
• Walrus-skin notes of the Russian-American Company (PMG). From 2019.
• Postal Note from Sitka, Alaska (Paper Money). Pdf at link. From 2019.
• First National Bank of Ketchikan, Alaska (Paper Money). Pdf at link. From 2014.
• $10 Series of 1882 Brown Back note issued by the FNB Juneau (Coinweek). From 2012.
• First $5 bill issued in Fairbanks, given to Fairbanks (The History Blog). From 2012.
• The 1907 Nome Clearing House Issue (Paper Money). Pdf at link. From 1991.
• Is the 1882 Alaska Territorial a Phantom? (Paper Money). Pdf at link. From 1979.

Currency Coming and Going

• Tissues vs. banknotes in Iran (Iranwire).
• Playing Card Money in Suriname (The Tontine Coffee-House).
• Sudan should dump those zeros (Sudanhorizon).
• Iran to get new cash dollar shipments (Jordan News).
• Bangladesh needs fresh currency supplies (Dhaka Tribune).
• Australians warned to get rid of old Fiji notes before they expire (News.com).
• What would tokenized bank deposits do to Canadian cash? (Canadian Coin News).
• Polish engraver behind banknote designs in over 50 countries (Polskie Radio).
• Delivery driver mixes up won and yen (Khaosod).
• Korea stocks up on fresh banknotes for the holidays (Yonhap News Agency).
• Omani currency symposium (Muscat Daily).
• Africa's Common Currency-in-Waiting (Counter Currents).

The Business of Collecting

• Selections from the upcoming Archives International Sale 117 (E-Sylum).
• Selections from Stack's upcoming Maastricht auction (E-Sylum).
• Spink's Chinese banknote offerings include "Peter Pan" note (PMG).
• Collection Inspiration: 'Brainy' Notes (PMG).
• CGB's Bulletin Numismatique No. 267, October 2026 (CGB Numismatique, in French). Pdf at link.
• Honoring the centenary of Robert Louis Stevenson (Banknote World).
• Banknote featuring Georgian scholar Ivane Javakhishvili (Banknote World).
• Crown Currency offers Dutch banknotes from the Oxenaar collection (PMG).
• Heritage offers Palestine rarity at its World Paper Money Signature auction (PMG).
• The Al Jahili Fort on Emerati currency (Banknote World).
• The Jordanian banknote featuring a Roman theater in Amman (Banknote World).
• Stack's offers Hong Kong color trial specimen (PMG).
• Stack's Bowers at Maastricht (Stack's Bowers).
• Some results of Stack's Summer Global Showcase auction (Greysheet).
• Note of the Month: Nigeria 50 Naira (PMG).
• Selections from Noonans' auction of the George Kanaan collection (PMG).
• Heritage offers two high-denomination FRNs (PMG).
• Highlights of Spink's upcoming Jersey Collection auction (PMG).

New Banknote Issues

• Samoa pauses release of new commemorative note (Samoa Observer).
• What's New in Banknotes - October 2026 (Numismatic News).
• Nepal's new "Series 2025" banknotes (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• A closer look at Nepal's new Rs 1,000 denomination (The Himalayan Times).
• Ghana plans a new series of banknotes featuring national heroes (MRI Bankers' Guide). Also here (GBC).
• Cambodia issues new 50,000 and 100,000 riel notes (MRI Bankers' Guide).

Local Coin/Numismatic Shows Happening this Week

     Multi-Day Shows​

• Arkansas State Coin Show, Little Rock AR, October 1-3 (Coinshows-USA).
• North Carolina Numismatic Association Show, Concord NC, October 1-4 (NCNA).
• Fresno Coin Club, Fresno CA, October 2-3 (Fresno Coin Club).
• Greater Oklahoma City Coin Show, Moore OK, October 2-3 (Coinshows-USA).
• Minot Coin Show, Minot ND, October 3-4 (Coinshows-USA).

      October 3

• Tampa, FL; Timonium, MD; Sudbury, ON; Welland, ON; Knoxville, TN

   October 4

• Anaheim, CA; Apopka, FL; Hollywood, FL; Marietta, GA; Collinsville, IL; Orland Park, IL
• Peotone, IL; Decatur, IN; Topsham, ME; Dedham, MA; Flint, MI; Royal Oak, MI; Wyandotte, MI
  Independence, MO; Parsippany, NJ; Albany, NY; Fairview Park, OH; Gallipolis, OH

Upcoming Online Currency Auctions

• Archives International Auction 117, September 30 (AIA).
• The Jersey Collection, Part II, September 30 (Spink).
• The Mohamed Tawfik Collection of Middle Eastern Banknotes, September 30 (Spink).
• The George Kanaan Collection, Part I, October 1 (Noonans Mayfair).
• The Mulberry Collection of English Banknotes, October 1 (Spink).
• Maastricht Showcase Auction - Session 1, October 1 (Stack's Bowers).
• Maastricht Showcase Auction - Session 2 - The Molshof Collection, October 2 (Stack's Bowers).
• Hong Kong World Paper Money Showcase Auction, October 3 (HA).
• A Special Offering of Large Size Currency Showcase Auction, October 4 (HA).
• The Semper Fi Collection of Iowa National Bank Notes, October 4 (GreatCollections).
• The Schwenk Family Collection, October 4 (GreatCollections).
• CGB Live Auction, October 6 (CGB Numismatique).
• GACC Currency Signature Auction, October 6-9 (HA).
• Crown Currency Live Auction 59, October 9 (Crown Currency).
• Heritage Fall Obsolete Currency Auction, October 11 (HA)
• The Schwenk Family Collection, October 11 (GreatCollections)
• British and Irish Banknotes, October 14 (Noonans Mayfair).
• Hong Kong, Macau, World Banknotes, October 14 (Spink).
• World Paper Money Signature Auction, October 14-15 (HA).
• The Schwenk Family Collection, October 18 (GreatCollections).
• Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Session A, October 22 (Stack's Bowers).
• Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Session B, October 23 (Stack's Bowers).
• Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Session C, October 24 (Stack's Bowers).
• Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Session D, October 24 (Stack's Bowers).
• Hong Kong Showcase Auction, Session E, October 25 (Stack's Bowers).
• The Schwenk Family Collection, October 25 (GreatCollections).

Major Coin and Currency Shows

• Great American Coin & Collectibles Show, Rosemont IL, September 30-October 3 (GACC).
• PAN Fall Coin Show, Monroeville PA, October 22-24 (PAN).
• Baltimore Fall Expo, Baltimore MD, November 12-13 (Whitman Expos).
• Numismata Berlin, Berlin Germany, November 14-15 (Numismata).

Banknote, Security Printing, and Cash Management Industries

• BEP plans to upgrade Washington facility (Numismatic News).
• KOMSCO's latest use of banknote scraps (Seoul Economic Daily).

Upcoming Industry Conferences

• The Coin Conference, Budapest, Hungary, September 28-20, 2026 (The Coin Conference).
• Intergraf Currency + Identity, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14-16, 2026 (Biometric Update).
• Island Nations Currency & Payments Settlement, Nadi, Fiji, October 26-28, 2026 (Currency Research).
• High Security Printing-Asia, Hong Kong, China, November 3-December 2, 2026 (Reconnaissance).
• Optical & Digital Document Security, Berlin, Germany, January 25-27, 2027 (Reconnaissance).
• High Security Printing-EMEA, Vienna, Austria, March 1-3, 2027 (Reconnaissance).
• The Currency Conference, Berlin, Germany, May 24-26, 2027 (Currency Research).
• High Security Printing-Americas, Ottawa, Canada, June 7-9, 2027 (Reconnaissance).

From the Annals of Crime

• Counterfeit Detection: Hong Kong 100 Dollars (PMG).
• A "Prince of Gabon" scam (philenews).

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