The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 37, August 28, 2005, Article 1

WAYNE'S WORDS

Among our recent subscribers are Dave Millington of the
U.K., and Nancy White Kelly Young Harris of Georgia.
Welcome aboard! We now have a lucky 777 subscribers.

The E-Sylum got some publicity in Q. David Bowers'
column in the latest Coin World (September 5, 2005 issue,
p58). Dave raises a number of interesting points about the
Internet and its effect on our hobby, including, "Remarkably,
there are fewer members of the Numismatic Bibliomania
Society now than there were 10 years ago. Is e-Sylum,
which is emailed to subscribers for free, stealing from the
paid membership?"

The E-Sylum has always been intended to supplement, not
supplant, The Asylum, our print journal. I would argue that
any E-Sylum subscriber who doesn't also belong to NBS
either doesn't understand what they're missing,or would
not likely become a member regardless. The E-Sylum has
been a recruiting tool for NBS, attracting new members
who didn't know that NBS existed, or might not have
considered membership before. I'd be happy to hear our
readers' thoughts on this topic.

This issue brings another interesting assortment of numismatic
news and information, including a new cache of letters relating
to James Longacre, some more background on Israel Switt,
and some web sites covering Mexican Revolutionary coinage,
lead tokens and Chinese currency. Our lead item is about
The E-Sylum itself - thanks to Fred Reed and Rich Jewell,
an important anniversary will not go unnoticed.

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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