NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JANUARY 15, 2012

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The E-Sylum: Volume 15, Number 3, January 15, 2012, Article 10

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JANUARY 15, 2012

An Eye for an Eye, a Piece for a Piece
Last week's item about the Roman brothel token was one of my favorites. According to the quoted article,

On the reverse of the token is the numeral XIIII, which experts say could indicate the holder handed over 14 small Roman coins called asses to buy it.

Bill Eckberg writes:

So, 14 whole asses for one piece of ass? Does that make sense?

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: ROMAN BROTHEL TOKEN UNCOVERED IN LONDON (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n02a17.html)

The Beistle Company Archives
David Lange writes:

I was glad to see Bill Bugert chime in about the Raymond Christmas Tree and the Beistle Company. Bill has been extremely helpful and generous in both loaning me images he shot at the Beistle Company in Pennsylvania and providing me with an introduction to company President Tricia Lacy. I plan to visit Shippensburg myself after winter recedes and examine the Beistle Company archive of letters and coin holders.

It's simply amazing that the company remains family owned after all these years and that it has retained examples of products that went out of production decades ago. I'm having a lot harder time learning about coin album publishers of the 1950s and '60s, because they seem to have left behind almost nothing but the used albums!

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: MORE ON THE RAYMOND-BEISTLE CHRISTMAS TREE COIN HOLDER (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n01a13.html)

The Liberty Dollar and the Price of Silver
In an earlier E-Sylum article, Bob Leonard wrote:

"But even von NotHaus is not above market forces: when I bought my Liberty Dollar, silver was about $6 an ounce (the quote from their website gives only $5.10), and the face value and selling price (one troy ounce, proof) was $10; now that silver has broken $8, I see that the face value of a 2005 Liberty Dollar has doubled to $20. For an "inflation-proof" currency this is not how it's supposed to work!"

Web site visitor Paul Brett writes:

This is not sound economics - the real value of the metal is going up in this case of Liberty Dollars, meaning you can buy more with it. Extra paper money is being created from nothing meaning that you can buy less with it. It is only purchasing power that counts.

I think Bob was referring to the fact that when silver rose in value, von NotHaus raised the price of his silver coins. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: IN DEFENSE OF THE LIBERTY DOLLAR (coinbooks.org/esylum_v08n52a20.html)

COIN Company
Dick Johnson writes:

I got a stock advisory Saturday for COIN (Pink symbol for Converted Organics INc). Its a PENNY stock. They manufacture fertilizer!

Not from coins I hope.

We don't make this stuff up. Here's my proof: Converted Organics Inc. (COIN)

More on the Sydney Emden Medal
Jim Downey writes:

A couple of issues of The E-Sylum ago there was a discussion of the commemorative badges made in Australia for the sinking of the SMS Emden by the HMAS Sydney in WWI. The badges were made from Mexican 8 reales pieces captured from the Emden. Attached is the other side of the coin, so to speak.

Wayne Homren, Editor

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