The one-stop suppliers reference guide for the currency industry

AVAILABLE NOW  - THE 4TH EDITION

The Directory of Currency Suppliers is a resource book for all those involved in the specification, production and circulation of currency - central banks and issuing authorities, commercial banks, coin and banknote producers and their suppliers, manufacturers of cash handling systems and providers of cash handling services. The 4th edition, published in May 2011, is being distributed free of charge to all central banks and monetary authorities, as well as Currency News subscribers and other currency producers and suppliers of cash handling services that are included within the listings. 

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The Directory of Currency Suppliers is arranged in category sections - Components, Producers, Production Equipment and Systems, Processing/Management, Circulation/Distribution and Support Services - which list the organisations that supply products or services. These are cross-referenced to the alphabetical section, in which full contact details of these organisations are provided. There are also two additional sections listing central banks and currencies of the world.

• Components - coin metals, alloys and blanks; substrates (paper, polymer and hybrids); inks, coatings and varnishes; security threads; optically variable features (diffractive, reflective, microlenses); fibres and planchettes; taggants and forensic features; anti-scan and anti-copy features.
• Producers - mints and commercial and state-owned printers
• Production - coin production equipment and systems; banknote design and services; pre-press equipment and consumables; printing presses; print equipment and ancillaries; papermaking/handling/coating equipment; numbering systems, quality control and inspection systems; foiling equipment; packaging and strapping systems.
• Processing and management - currency sorting and processing systems; disintegration systems; note and coin handling products; cash centre/vault automation and management systems and services; cash management and optimisation software; detection and authentication components and devices; verification and analytical systems and services.
• Circulation and distribution - ATMs (deposit, dispensing, recycling); security packaging and transportation products; cash protection and degradation systems; CIT, cash handling and logistics services; foreign currency services.
• Support services - associations, consultants, conferences, document reference systems; publishers.
• Central banks of the world
• Currencies of the world 

The Directory of Currency Suppliers is designed for use by the key specifiers in the currency world, including monetary authorities and central banks, commercial banks and financial institutions, banknote printers and papermakers, mints, cash offices, cash management companies and suppliers of security technologies and equipment for the handling and distribution of cash.

The Directory of Currency Suppliers is published as an A4 reference book. It is also available on CD-ROM and will be shortly be available in database format as well via DataVault secure site for subscribers to Currency News.  

Currency News subscribers and central banks and issuing authorities receive their first copy free of charge. Subsequent copies are available for £25 each. It is available to others for £150. Requests for copies will be vetted to ensure the Directory is made available only to those organisations with a legitimate interest in currency.