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The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 6, February 10, 2008, Article 1 WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM FEBRUARY 10, 2008 Among our recent subscribers are Roger Urce, courtesy of David Klinger, and Dan Burleson. Welcome aboard! We now have 1,122 subscribers. This week we have a bevy of new books to discuss: Whitman's new edition of 'A Catalog of Modern World Coins, 1850–1964', Jeff Ambio's 'Collecting and Investing Strategies for U.S. Gold Coins', Ron Benice's 'Florida Paper Money: An Illustrated History 1817 – 1934', Bob Forrest's 'An Introduction to Religious Medals' and Doug Mudd's 'Money & Sovereignty as Expressed in Gold Coinage'. Responses from previous queries concern 'A Catalog of NENA Medals', and a publication predating the 'Brown & Dunn" grading guide using the same line drawings. Readers provide more background on dealer "Brownie' Brown and Diane Wolf, and we learn which numismatic author worked for the New York State Library (and what he got in trouble for later in his career). New queries cover topics such as coins produced in England for Queen Liliuocalani of Hawaii, Pismo Beach clam money, the obsolete bank note collection of the Philadelphia National Bank, who named the Euro, and a rare-coin-themed episode of Amos and Andy. In the news, from Florida we have a report on toll booth operators refusing "sticky" coins, and from the Houston Chronicle we have an article on a Texas Numismatic Association exhibit of the money of the Lone Star State containing my favorite quote of the week: "Not every historian is a numismatist," he said, "but every numismatist is a historian." (James Bevill). To learn what rare coin Mohamed and Fatima Ismail think they found, read on. Have a great week, everyone. Wayne Homren Numismatic Bibliomania Society Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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