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The Newman Numismatic Portal has reached an important milestone. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report. -Editor  The Newman Portal this week passed the 25,000 document milestone. The 25,000th document added was The Complete Guide to Barber Quarters, 2nd edition, published by
DLRC Press (David Lawrence Rare Coins) in 1994. This particular copy was David Feigenbaum’s (DLRC founder) personal copy and was loaned for scanning by John Brush, President of
DLRC. This volume provides an overview of the Barber quarter series, details major varieties, pricing history, and describes diagnostics for key issues such as the (commonly
forged) 1901-S. Today this study is continued through the journal of the Barber Coin Collectors Society.
The 25,000+ documents on Newman Portal comprise over 2 million pages. Among the collection is the largest group of digitized U.S. Mint material from the National Archives (nearly a quarter million pages), and almost 8,000 auction sale catalogs with nearly complete coverage of the auction catalogs listed in John Adams’ United States Numismatic Literature (2 vols., 1982, 1990), scanned primarily at the American Numismatic Society library. In addition we host back issues of numerous collector organizations and societies. We’re not stopping there! Work continues on the (seemingly endless) Eric P. Newman research papers, the David Lisot video library, and the contributions of a large number of private authors and organizations who continue to build Newman Portal through their generous donations of digital content and printed material. Link to The Complete Guide to Barber Quarters, 2nd edition: Chris Fuccione writes: I think it is great that they were able to hit this milestone in such a short amount of time. It shows the dedication of the people that are scanning and the individuals, clubs, and organizations that have donated items to be scanned. I am happy that the Newman Numismatic Portal has become embraced and accepted in the numismatic community. Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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