The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 39, September 30, 2007, Article 1

WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Among our recent subscribers are Mark Brown of Syracuse University,
and Henry Nienhuis.  Welcome aboard!  We now have 1,186 subscribers.

This week we open with a reminder about Lake Books' current sale
and a review of a new book on the 1858 Cents of Provincial Canada.
We also cover news of a major exhibition on "Numismatics in the
Renaissance" at Princeton University, and of the death of numismatic
writers Arlie Slabaugh and Joseph Noble.

Next, NumisMaster.com, the web site driven by Krause Publications'
numismatic content announced large gains in readership.  In queries
this week Philip Mernick seeks a copy of a long-lost 1697 publication
on coffee pence.  On a related topic, we have some information on
Michael Czapla's missing manuscript on Gallery Mint Museum die
varieties.

In a thoughtful editorial Dan Gosling likens the destruction of
electronic files (accidentally or otherwise) to book burning.  In
his second piece on the topic, Dick Johnson evaluates medals at the
30th FIDEM Congress.  In the news this week are profiles of a U.S.
Mint Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee member, coiner Ken Hopple
of the Nevada State Museum, and a Danbury family of three generations
of coin collectors.  In a non-numismatic news item, one of the most
important documents in world history is going on the auction block
in New York.

While my London Diary series is over, this week I've penned a diary
installment about my recent visit from author Roger Burdette.
To learn how an Edward VII penny is helping put the bong back
in Big Ben, read on.  Have a great week, everyone.

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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