The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 45, October 23, 2005, Article 1

WAYNE'S WORDS

Among our recent subscribers are Jim DeWitt and Dorel Balaita.
Welcome aboard! We now have 810 subscribers.

Your Editor had an unusual experience while driving home
from a coin club meeting this past Tuesday. While tooling
down the highway the road became suddenly filled with
bouncing hunks of gravel and dirt - a landslide. I kept my
eye on the road and plowed ahead, luckily escaping any
damage beyond some scratches to my car. Traffic stopped
behind me and I called 911 to report the incident.

As a bibliophile, I always figured that if I were to meet my end
being squashed by surprise, that it would be bookshelves
crashing down, not a hillside. I guess it's not too late to get
around to anchoring those shelves behind me... Pennsylvania
isn't exactly earthquake territory, but little ones have happened.

Speaking of 9-1-1, the sellers of the "9/11 Freedom Tower"
coin we've discussed in the past have been fined for making
misleading statements in their marketing materials for the piece.
Dick Johnson adds some comments on the topic, and I tend
to agree with him that lawmakers are going a little too far in
their zeal to protect the public.

Closer to the hearts of bibliophiles is an update on the future
of the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (SNG) series.

We love to help numismatic researchers, and subscribers have
posted three interesting research questions this week, along with
new stories relating to medals and counterfeiting, which seems to
always be in the news these days.

"Mite" is our numismatic vocabulary word this week, but with
an alternate definition many may not have heard before. Finally,
learn why a lot of British consumers won't be hiding the traditional
sixpence in their Christmas pudding this year.

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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