The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 14, April 8, 2007, Article 1

WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM APRIL 8, 2007

Among our recent subscribers are Mikhail Istomin of Kharkov, 
Ukraine, courtesy of Howard Daniel, Ray Neff, and Dave Kranz of 
F+W Publications. Welcome aboard! We now have 1,089 subscribers.

This week's issue opens with a recap of the April Foolery in last 
week's issue. We got a few folks, at least for a while. Other 
publications had their fun as well, and we discuss a few of those 
pranks, too. 

Back on our core subject of numismatic literature, we have an update 
on the Canadian Numismatic Bibliography project, and word on the 
reprinting of a modern classic of American numismatic literature. 

In exhibit news we have word from the CNA E-Bulletin on a new display 
at the Currency Museum of the Bank of Canada, and belated news of an 
art medal exhibit in New York.

Research queries this week cover a wide range of topics, including 
Joan Miro plaques, push-out coins, medal sizes, countermarks of the 
10th Roman Legion, why a dollar is called a 'buck', and where the green 
in greenbacks comes from. Responding to an earlier inquiry, David 
Sundman proposes a candidate for the earliest mention of a U.S. error 
coin in the popular press.

And speaking of the popular press, this week we highlight new articles 
on U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy, military challenge coins, voting for 
Hawaii's new state quarter design, and three new members of the 
Citizen's Coinage Advisory Committee.

To learn what coins could be counterfeited by a crooked lumberjack, 
read on. Have a great week, everyone.

Wayne Homren 
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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