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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 28, July 8, 2001, Article 5 HUMOROUS TIDBITS IN NUMISMATIC PUBLICATIONS Alan Meghrig hints at some entries in the Breen Half Cent book, hoping to ring a few bells and send some of us scurrying to our libraries. Bob Lyall, author of "The Tokens, Checks etc of the British Caribbean" recalls inserting the following on p123: "Efforts to trace the issuers (of a Jamaican banana tally) have proved fruitless...." He also notes that the publisher of "The Tokens and Checks of Malta" is listed as "Lolly Barret", an anagram of his full name (Robert Lyall). Dave Bowers writes: "Concerning literary hoaxes, a minor one occurred in the early days of COIN WORLD (which was established in spring 1960). Robert Bashlow (since deceased) made up a fake obituary of a great Russian numismatist who had recently died, noting that for years he was the secret source of rarities, etc., for the Chapman brothers. He sent the obituary to Coin World, and it was published. There never was any such person.

Wayne Homren, Editor

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