The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 53, December 18, 2005, Article 1

WAYNE'S WORDS

No new subscribers this week.  Our count is 826.

Seven years ago I reported in The E-Sylum issue
#12 (v1n12) that my son Christopher was born on
December 18, 1998.  So today's his birthday and he
had a great weekend of parties.  The E-Sylum is just
a bit over seven years old as well.  Happy birthday!

We have a lot of good tips on maintaining a numismatic
library this week. On the web we have a new collection
of images of numismatic postcards and StereoView cards
and a site for collectors of encased coins.  Katie Jaeger
contributed an interesting story of an art historian's
numismatic detective work to identify a number of medals
depicted in a painting of a Civil War general by John
Singer Sargent.

Two important events are approaching next month - the
NBS meeting at the Florida United Numismatists show on
January 7 and the January 12 Numismatic Book Auction to
be held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City for the
benefit of the American Numismatic Society Library Chair
Endowment.

The 100th anniversary of the San Francisco Mint building's
ordeal in the 1906 earthquake is coming up next year.
Our quiz question for this week is: who designed the
sturdy building? Read on to find out!

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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