The publication you're reading was inaugurated twenty years ago this week with a short message on the morning of Friday, September 4, 1998. Created initially as a newsletter to connect members of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society, it has been free and open to all from day one, and grown to a hefty weekly dose of all things numismatics. Thanks to all our readers whose contributions have made The E-Sylum a useful and enjoyable exchange of ideas and information in the world of numismatics.

We are now in our 21st year with 1,052 issues behind us totalling 25,089 individual articles and 28,171 images. The archive is fully searchable on the NBS web site and is also backed up as part of the Newman Numismatic Portal. -Editor