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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 52, December 23, 2001, Article 7 CONTEMPORARY PERIODICAL TOKEN SEARCH In an article in the Winter 2001 issue of The Conder Token Collector's Journal, Richard Doty describes his latest research project. "I began wondering what would happen if one were to make the eighteenth-century British magazine a cornerstone of token research. In other words, what would happen if one took every available member of the genre, go over it with a fine-tooth comb for every mention of the token phenomenon from before its beginning until well past its end? What would one find, and would it have been worth the effort?" "The eighteenth-century correspondence magazine was a marvelous invention, the equivalent of the twenty-first century electronic bulletin board and chat room. You could find virtually anything between is covers, month after month, from a curious stone which fell from the sky in Bedfordshire to the proper method of harvesting potatoes in Kent to a curious seal found on Skye - to the latest token from Anglesey." "I'm just at the beginning of this research project, but it does seem worth pursuing, and I'll be sharing my findings from time to time." [It sounds like an interesting and rewarding project - It would be marvelous if more numismatic researchers had the time and patience for projects of such scope. Best of luck! -Editor]

Wayne Homren, Editor

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