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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 2, January 8, 2017, Article 12

HOW TO WRITE THE BEST NUMISMATIC BOOK EVER

In response to last week's article by Joel Orosz on R. W. Julian's superb book, Medals of the United States Mint: The First Century, 1792-1892 , Paul Bosco offers these thoughts on how to keep your catalog from being superseded. Thanks. -Editor

1) Issue a perfect work. Those of Dave Schenkman come to mind.
2) Tackle a subject too daunting for everyone else. Julian may be the best example.
3) Tackle a subject no one else cares about. Ah, but you’d be surprised….

One of my favorite catalogers was Russ Rulau. His catalogs had gaps, errors, meaningless prices and other suchlike peccadillos. They were MADE to be superseded. But they laid out a roadmap, with convenient starting points, for much of the research and publishing in the exonumia field.

Russ’s catalogs were also filled with the digressions and byways that make collecting worth the effort. He also knew how to see a book thru publication, at mass-market pricing. Although some might say he knew Chet Krause, who probably published some of Russ’s catalogs out of altruism.

A last note on the Julian catalog. The Rich Hartzog Price Guide alluded to includes supplemental information; it’s not just obsolete prices. Rich had some top-notch collaborators.

Thanks, Paul! -Editor

Paul adds:

Dick Johnson and Harvey Stack are MS65PQ E-Sylum contributors.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
BOOK REVIEW: MEDALS OF THE UNITED STATES MINT (www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n01.html#article8)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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