The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 37, September 16, 2007, Article 1

WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM SEPTEMBER 16, 2007

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This week we open with news of a numismatic book sale from Scott
Semens, a book on eighteenth-Century European Medallists, and the
2007 FIDEM Congress exhibit catalogue.  Regarding previous topics
we have a number of interesting responses relating to high relief
U.S. coins and more information on Daniel Carr's "Amero" patterns.

In the news, the unique gold medal presented to Commodore Matthew C.
Perry sells in a Maine estate sale, a couple is arrested while
attempting to "spend" Liberty dollars, and a motorist is jailed
for attempting to use obsolete highway toll tokens.

Longtime Pittsburgh numismatist Charles N. "Chuck" Erb passed away
last week.  According to Dave Bowers, also passing away recently was
Robert Batchelder, a well-liked coin dealer in and around Ambler, PA
in the 1950s and 1960s.  Batchelder later became a leading dealer in
autographs.  I have no other information on Batchelder and would
appreciate hearing from anyone who knew him.

In other news, a run on a British banking institution evokes fearsome
memories of the Great Depression, British banknotes are studied for
drug contamination, and eight tons of stolen original Euro banknote
paper has been recovered from counterfeiters.

To read what may be the world's first ribald limerick about
King Farouk, read on.  Have a great week, everyone.

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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