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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: OCTOBER 16, 2011BROWSER'S DELIGHT
I brought some newspapers with me, and did not get around to reading them for some time. I found an article in the weekend edition of the August 13-14 Wall Street Journal that I REALLY enjoyed reading it, thinking "This is me"! It was titled BROWSER'S DELIGHT, by Henrick Bering, and was about the joy of reading through auction catalogs. He said that as a boy their house was filled with auction catalogs, and he became interested in them. Of how he took them with him on trips to read when things are dull. I remember Armand Champa telling me that he also did that. Of how everything else stops when an auction catalog arrives. "That's me"! The catalogs discussed are mostly art and antiques, but book catalogs are mentioned. It was such a surprise to find this great article, and for sure I will save it. George W. Rode, ANA Pioneer
E-Sylum readers should note an article by our own Wayne Homren in the October 2011 issue of The Numismatist. Under the title of "Anonymous Pioneer," Homren tells the story of George W. Rode who was a founding member of the Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society and Charter Member 12 of the ANA. The sub-heading of the article makes this remarkable claim, "In the late 1850's, George W. Rode embraced and nurtured the blossoming public interest in the hobby." Later in the article it mentions that Rode was born in 1858 or 1859. Thus the young Rode was already nurturing the hobby by the age of one. This must be a record for the accomplishments of a young numismatist.
Naturally, that should have been "the late 1800's".
That part was added in the editing process. Many thanks to The Numismatist editor Barbara Gregory and her staff for publishing the article this month, coinciding with the ANA show which took place in Pittsburgh this week. Rode was a real pioneer of the numismatic hobby in the U.S., and played a key role in holding the ANA's first true convention in Pittsburgh in 1892. -Editor Dan Tague's Money Art
His folded currency is not art. It's dollar bills he has played with. Tsch!
"Live Free or Die"
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: THE ORIGAMI-STYLE MONEY SCULPTURES OF ARTIST DAN TAGUE (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n42a21.html) Joe Boling writes: Apropos of our earlier exchanges about newspaper websites not saying where they are, The News Tribune that reported the Lakewood challenge coins is a Tacoma newspaper. Lakewood is between Tacoma and Ft Lewis (now known by the incredibly ugly name "Joint Base Lewis-McChord").
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-Editor
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