The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 2, January 9, 2005, Article 13

NEW YEAR'S QUIZ ANSWERS

Ralf W. Böpple of Stuttgart, Germany writes:
"All the best for a successful 2005 and for the continuation
of your fantastic work!

With regard to last week's quiz, this was a very positive start
into the new year for me - there are actually two out of six
questions I can answer without going to the E-Sylum archive:

John Leonard Riddell is known by his book "A Monograph
of the Silver Dollar, Good or Bad", published in 1845. It is a
cambist-style listing of the coins and medals he encountered
at the New Orleans mint, where he worked in the 1830s and
1840s, I think as refiner, which is why so many coins from all
over the world crossed his desk. The work is very important
for collectors of Mexican coins mainly because it depicts
many contemporary counterfeits. It was reprinted in 1969 by
the Sociedad Numismática de México

I never had the pleasure of meeting Alan Luedeking, but the
eclectic mix of modern Nicaragua, medieval papal medals
and classical Byzantine coins stuck to my mind when I read it.
Maybe I'll get the chance to have a chat with him on Latin
American numismatic literature one day, preferably during an
event of the ANUCA, the Central American Numismatic
Association!

[Both answers are correct. Anyone want to try answering
the remaining questions? -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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