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V4 2001 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 30, July 22, 2001, Article 9 NUMISMATIC HUMOR John Kraljevich writes: "In line with what Ron Guth sent in on humor, a coauthor of Early American Cents in 1949 was "M.H. Sheldon," full name My Hands Sheldon. In the last line of the preface, Dr. Sheldon reports "Horatio and Hazard Sheldon assisted with spirit" -- his two typewriters. Not sure where I first heard this, but I think it was a late 80s Asylum article. Funny stuff." Bill Rosenblum report: "A very minor numismatic hoax... Around 1980 at the height of the coin boom I needed to hire someone and ended up hiring a good friend David Donald. I decided to list all his numismatic memberships when I wrote a press release about the hiring. Among the organizations listed were all the usual suspects along with PANDA. World Coin News printed the press release just as I had written it. PANDA was Poker and Numismatics in the Denver Area and was a loose group of coin dealers and collectors who met every few weeks to play poker." Although no one picked up on it, the item Alan Meghrig was referring to in the Breen Half book has to do with the four Contributing Editors - page viii: Jack 'Planchet Cutter' Collins - p16 Alan 'Rolling Mills' Meghrig - p16 Jon 'Draw Bench' Hanson - p16 Douglas 'Edge Marking' Winter - p18

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