The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 35, September 3, 2007, Article 1

WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM 2 SEPTEMBER, 2007

Among our recent subscribers are Dwight Brown, courtesy of John
and Nancy Wilson, Leon Saryan courtesy of Karen Jach and Tom Valentine.
Welcome aboard!  We now have 1,177 subscribers.

On September 4, 1998, the first issue of The E-Sylum was published.
The ninth anniversary of that date is coming up Tuesday.  Our son
Christopher was born that December, and this year he'll be nine, too.
Next came our son Tyler in 2000.  In 2004 our daughter Hannah came
along and later that year I was General Chairman of the Pittsburgh
ANA convention. Last year we moved our family to Northern Virginia
and since mid-May I've been working in London.  That assignment and
my London Diaries will end soon, but life and The E-Sylum will go on.

In the course of publishing this newsletter we've grown from 49
subscribers to nearly 1,200.  It's become so popular that I don't
think I'd be allowed to stop even if I wanted to.  But I don't -
despite the work it's always fun for the same reason all of us love
this hobby.  For the curious, there is always something new to
learn about numismatics and its connection to history, economics,
politics, people, collectors and the world at large.

This week we open with the latest Lake Books numismatic literature
sale, which includes a number of interesting items.  Next, Howard
Daniel gives us a report on his visit to the former Krause Publications'
numismatic library, the ANS announces a new Saint-Gaudens exhibit,
and Dave Lange provides some background on the ANA and his U.S.
Mint book.

We have a number of responses to items published last week on
topics such as stuck book covers, Sacagawea dollars in Ecuador
and coin photography.  We have one new research query relating
to the Katen numismatic library.

My London Diary has relatively little on numismatic topics this
week, but readers may find something of interest in my visits to
Kensington Palace, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Imperial
War Museum in Duxford and the Greenwich Observatory.  Hey, it's
my last full weekend and I had to cram in a lot.

In the news an archeologist claims a coin find could prove Captain
Cook wasn't the first explorer to discover Australia, the BEP
adopts a new high-tech security thread, and interesting new coin
hoards are discovered in China and England.  To learn what the
ditch-digger found, read on. Have a great week, everyone.

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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