Welcome to The E-sylum: Volume 2, Number 7: February 15, 1999:
an electronic publication of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
Two new subscribers this week: Carl Honore' and
Hank on aol.com Welcome aboard!
Carl writes: "I love books in general, especially ones dealing with
numismatics. I am a dedicated researcher. ... By the way: the neat
photo of books at the top of your web page is now the wallpaper on
my computer. "
OUR NEW NAME
"The E-sylum" name seems to be a hit - we've received
compliments from a number of subscribers:
DENIS LORING: "I think the name is terrific!"
KEN BRESSETT: "I love the new name 'E-sylum.' Nice going.
Keep up the good work. Your efforts are very much
appreciated."
FRED SCHWAN: "Nice job."
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN: "This was the best issue of the
'E-sylum' to date. Great Job."
COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR INFO.
Michael also wrote a detailed reply to Wendell Wolka's
request:
I studied the photocopy you sent in October regarding
the State Bank of Ohio $5 and the Ohio State Stock Bank
$5 counterfeit notes along with the descriptive text provided.
As you know most counterfeit detectors do not include any
illustrations of actual notes from circulation. Rather, they
typically provide engravings from design elements or entire
notes for the express purpose of education.
The $5 State Bank of Ohio note matches the descriptive text
found in Hodge's 1857 edition. Other bank note lists from the
era also match the $5 State Bank of Ohio note. There are
three publications subtitled "Bank Note Mirror" which contained
actual woodcut illustrations of counterfeit notes found in
circulation:
Dye's Book of Bank Note Plates, an Accompaniment to his
Illustrated Bank Note Mirror for 1853. See Champa lot 211
which reads "An album of reproductions of counterfeit notes,
both entire bills and selected vignettes."
Dye's Bank Mirror, 1853 and 1855.
Kennedy's Fac Simile Counterfeit Bank Note Detector.
Pittsburg, 1856. See Kolbe-Adams lot 496 which reads
"lithographic facsimilies of 8 counterfeit bank notes with
descriptive text."
Unfortunately, I've seen but don't own these items. I suggest
two ideas: 1) an OCLC search; and 2) Contacting Frank
Campbell at the ANS to locate the items for your research
GENGERKE UPDATE?
In response to Saul Teichman's suggestion of an update to
Gengerke's list of U.S. auction catalogs -
FRED LAKE: "As far as I know Martin Gengerke is still
planning to produce a volume 9 of his "Numismatic Auction
Catalogs" listings.
DENIS LORING: "Great idea, if and only if someone is
willing to take ownership of the project and commit to seeing
it through to completion (and, of course, if Martin agrees)."
MICHAEL BERKMAN: "I have already compiled a list of
20th Century auction sales for my own use and I would not
mind expanding it as a replacement to Gengerke. I would
welcome any participation from others who would like to add
to it, as it primarily covers the more recent auctionhouses (e.g.
Bowers, Kagin's, Paramount, Stack's Superior, etc). Unlike
Gengerke, it gives occasional notes as to the content of sale
and, when applicable, the different bindings and special editions."
FEATURED WEB SITE
In my copious free time, I've also been working on a web site for
my local club, the Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society. It's
still a work-in-progress, but you can check it out at
http://www.coinlibrary.com/wpns/
Numismatic bibliophiles may want to click on "History" to view
my paper on the early history of the society (1878-1889).
Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society
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