The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 51, December 16, 2007, Article 1

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

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editor and a friend both a present for the holiday - invite a
numismatic friend to subscribe.

This week we open with news of the sale of an important
numismatic library on ancient coinage.   Next we have an
excerpt from Michael Moran's 'Striking Change' and a review
of Stephen Mihm's 'A Nation of Counterfeiters".  In numismatic
literature news from the American Numismatic Association, a
copy of first illustrated printed numismatic book has been
donated to the Dwight N. Manley Library.

Next, Ray Williams reviews the Sotheby catalog for the Washington
Order of the Society of the Cincinnati Medal, and 'Double Daggers'
author James Clifford is profiled.  Reviving an old tradition,
if briefly, Martin Purdy provides an update for the NBS online
numismatic bibliography, and an E-Sylum reader translates the
Brongniart Libertas Americana medal letters from French to
English.

New queries this week involve an 1893 AJN article on Postage
and Fractional Currency.  In the news, a coin counterfeiter
is arrested in the U.K., a reward is offered for the return
of the stolen New Zealand medals, and the the PDSA animal
cemetery (resting place of Dickin Medal winners), has been
restored.

To learn which famous American numismatist could be 'Little
Wooden Willie', read on.  Have a great week, everyone.

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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