The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 34, August 24, 2003, Article 18

FORGIVE ME FATHER, FOR I HAVE MEDALSIN

  Speaking of errors, Dick Johnson writes: "Generally I
  collect only numismatic bloopers in print. This week I
  have an electronic blooper.  It's a doosey from the
  Smithsonian's website on their magnificent numismatic
  holdings.  The SI's collection is unparalleled and their
  attempt to describe it contained a dropped space in the
  first line of this paragraph:

  "The collection emphsizes the development of money
  and medalsin the United States. The core of the U.S.
  collection, consisting of more than 18,000 items,
  including coins of great rarity, came to the Smithsonian
  in 1923 from the United States Mint.  Among exceptional
  rarities in this section are the Brasher half doubloon, the
  1849 double eagle (first of the gold 20 dollar pieces),
  and two 1877 fifty dollar patterns.

  Other rarities are the very popular and rare 1913 Liberty
  head nickel as well as all three types of the 1804 dollar,
  and two of three known examples of the world's most
  valuable coin, the 1933 double eagle, the third of which
  recently sold for 7.6 million dollars. Among recent donations
  are the unprecedented Josiah K. Lilly holdings, consisting
  of 6,150 gold coins, including an almost complete US gold
  coin collection, a very rich Latin American gold section,
  and many of the great rarities of European gold coins, such
  as a 20 excelentes de la Granada of Ferdinand and Isabella,
  and two large and heavy 100 ducats of Austria and Poland."

  You can find this at:
  http://americanhistory.si.edu/csr/cadnnc.htm."

  [Is it "Medalsin" to mishandle or damage a beautiful medal?
   Dick also notes that "emphasizes" was misspelled on the
   same line.  Typos can creep into the best of publications.
   My secret diversion is finding spelling and grammar errors
   in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.  It
   happens more often than you might think.  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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