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MORE ADVENTURES WITH RARE COINSI've spent some more time with Dave Bowers' new book, "More Adventures With Rare Coins". It is one of the few numismatic books that is much more than a reference - it is a book for reading from cover to cover. As a collection of chapters on disparate topics, it lends itself well to the furtive, piecemeal reading habits of many of us living in today's time-sliced, cellphone world. It's hard to pick just one favorite "Adventure", as the chapters are labeled. There are many reasons to like each. As a longtime collector of U.S. encased postage stamps, I enjoyed #41, "Drake's Plantation Bitters." As a collector of counterstamped U.S. coins I also greatly enjoyed #39, "Little Billboard of a Bygone Era" and #27, "The Numismatic Legacy of Yankee Robinson" Number 42, "The 'Too Classic' 1915-S Panama-Pacific $50" is another gem. I was delighted to see the photo of Farran Zerbe's "Money of the World" exhibit booth. Similarly, I was fascinated to see the photo of the Philadelphia Mint exhibit at the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in #28, 'The Story of the 1892 Columbian Half Dollar Dave's done it yet again - the book is a gem and a true service to numismatics. May he have the longevity of Florida numismatist Bob Hendershott (104 and going strong). I suspect that no matter how many years Dave continues to research and write about numismatics, he'll never run out of interesting topics. -EditorWayne 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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