The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 42, October 21, 2007, Article 3

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SMALL SILVER COINS BY ROGER DEWARDT LANE

Roger deWardt Lane writes: "Nearly forty years ago, I
started my interest in Modern Dime Size Silver Coins of
the World, and put together a type set of 18 mm silver coins
from countries around the world.  The dates started with the
issues of Queen Victoria and ended with the last circulating
silver coins of this size - 1970 Netherlands Antilles, minted
in Holland.

Several years later, I enlarged the series to include 17mm -
19mm, all dates, mintmarks, assay initials and fineness
arranged by date order within mints. The collection will
never be completed, unless taken over by an institution or
individual with unlimited time plus some wealth and great
fortitude.

The manuscript was reworked many times: hand-printed,
AppleWriter, WordStar, MSword, Adobe PageMaker and finally
Acrobat. A laser printed copy was donated to The American
Numismatic Society Library and I have the other copy. In
2002 a CD-ROM was burned with a few copies to numismatic
friends and a few sold at my local coin clubs.

In 2003 an improved disc was created and copies were presented
to the American Numismatic Association, Numismatic International,
Numismatic Literary Guild and others. Since the subject is
extremely specialized, I have, with this final update, presented
it to the numismatic community.

This 2007 Third Edition in Adobe Acrobat is posted on
TheDimeMan's web site, with each country a separate chapter.
Files can be copied to your hard drive. The full works is
copyrighted 2001 by Roger deWardt Lane. There are over one
hundred files. Excluded are countries outside this series."

To read 'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?' see:
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime

[Many thanks to Roger for making his effort available to all
numismatists.  More than "just" a catalog, the work includes
a lot of interesting stories and anecdotes about some of the
coins.  I encourage readers with interest in world coins to
review the files and let us know their thoughts.  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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