The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 33, August 19, 2007, Article 1

WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM 19 AUGUST, 2007

Among our recent subscribers are Kierstin Egan of Littleton
Coin Company, and Marc Mayhugh.  Welcome aboard!  We now have
1,173 subscribers.

After reading last week's issue Alan Luedeking asked, "What's a
Library Nickel"?  In my Wayne's Words item there was a reference
to "an original 1913 Library Nickel".  It's either a spell-check
error or a special issue struck for numismatic bibliophiles.

Regarding Dick Johnson's note about The E-Sylum and the tenth
anniversary of the web log (or 'blog') Roger deWardt Lane writes:
"Congratulations on the ten years of this blog. I think like
Clinton's Vice-President, who invented the Internet, we should
give you credit for inventing the blog."  Actually, The E-Sylum's
10th anniversary is still a year away.  Our first issue entered
the email ether on September 4, 1998.

This week we open with several items of news relating to activities
and awards at the recent ANA convention in Milwaukee, including
reports from Pete Smith and others on numismatic literature exhibits,
and a report from Alan Weinberg on some superb coins and medals and
new and upcoming numismatic literature.

In the "comings and goings department" are items on career moves
at the ANA and Stack's, and in the "what's new in online numismatics"
department we discuss some of the new electronic offerings from
Krause Publications.

Getting back to the world of paper pages, spines and bindings, I
review the new Adams-Bentley book on Comitia Americana medals and
Patrick McMahon reviews the Boston Public Library exhibit and
catalog on Alexandre Vattemare, ventriloquist/numismatist/diplomat
extraordinaire. In my London Diary I visit the Churchill Museum
and Cabinet War Rooms.

In research queries this week, Leon Worden seeks information on
the author of The Official Black Book of United States Coins.
Follow-ups on topics discussed last week include an important web
site publishing technical specifications of world coins, and
information on Royal Mint engraver Nathaniel Marchant.  Other
topics this week include pattern Amero coins, a protégé of U.S.
Mint Chief Engraver frank Gasparro, and numismatist Julius Guttag.

To learn the history of the E&T Kointainer Company, read on.
Have a great week, everyone.

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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