The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 52, December 23, 2007, Article 9

THE NUMISMATIST IS THE NUMISMATIST AGAIN

Charles Davis writes: "In a press release this week, 
the A.N.A. announced 'In a recent decision by the Board 
of Governors, the name of the ANA magazine has been changed 
back to The Numismatist, the original title used by George 
Heath when he founded the publication in 1888.' Too bad 
that David Sklow is no longer on the staff to catch such 
errors before they are published. (I won't insult readers 
by pointing out the obvious error)."

[Well, I doubt every E-Sylum reader is well versed in the 
history of the ANA's publication, so I'll publish the 
correction here. The ANA addressed the mistake in their 
December 21 "In the Loop with the ANA" email publication:

"Thanks to members Pete Smith and David Sklow, who provided 
feedback from Wednesday's Money Mail. The original title 
of ANA founder George Heath's publication was The American 
Numismatist. The title remained...for one issue! The word 
"American" was dropped from the November-December 1888 
issue to avoid a conflict with C.E. Leal's New Jersey 
periodical of the same name (from Charles Davis' book, 
American Numismatic Literature)." -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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