NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MAY 12, 2013

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The E-Sylum: Volume 16, Number 19, May 12, 2013, Article 10

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MAY 12, 2013

The Drakkar Viking Ship on American Coinage
O. T. Thompson, who signs himself as "the LAST Viking in North Carolina!" writes:

Regarding your article in the May 5, 2013 E-Sylum on 'Ships on American Coinage', SHAME on Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for delegating the great Viking ship to ONLY an 'Honorable Mention'!

The Drakkar was THE basis for ALL ships these authors thought were 'significant'! It pioneered the way for America's discovery nearly five-hundred years BEFORE Columbus and can NOT be ignored! SHAME!

Howard A Daniel III adds:

My source for information about ships/boats on coins is Yossi Dotan's two volumes, Watercraft on World Coins.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: SHIPS ON AMERICAN COINAGE (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n18a22.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles on Yossi Dotan's books, see: REVIEW: WATERCRAFT ON WORLD COINS, VOLUME I BY YOSSI DOTAN (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n45a05.html)
NEW BOOK: WATERCRAFT ON WORLD COINS, VOL. II: AMERICA AND ASIA, 1800-2008 (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n22a06.html)

Dueling Porpoises
Last week I quoted the April 2013 PAN eNews:

PAN president Tom Uram will be making the trip to Schaumburg IL for the Central States Show. His trip is duel purposed. He is taking material to promote PAN and will also be entering an exhibit, Morse code on Money.

Leon Saryan writes:

Who is Uram going to shoot at?

That should be "dual" purposed, not "duel". Sorry I didn't catch that. -Editor

Leon adds:

I hope he's not after me, as my exhibit in the same category placed higher than his!

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: MORSE CODE IN NUMISMATICS AND THE MAY 2013 PAN SHOW (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n18a19.html)

Spink Titles Not New
Numismatic literature dealer Charlie Davis writes:

Those "new" Spink titles are from 2004!! I have had them in stock for 9 years.

These titles were highlighted in the latest Spink Insider. The web site identified them with a New Product icon:

. But for a firm founded in 1666, 2004 is only yesterday. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see: NEW BOOK: COINAGE IN THE ROMAN WORLD (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n18a02.html)
NEW BOOK: COINAGE IN THE GREEK WORLD (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n18a03.html)

More on eBay and Cuba Embargo
Alan V. Weinberg writes:

Simply splendid issue of The E-Sylum. I was riveted by the J.C. Lighthouse and Harvey Stack accounts.

Regarding Orlando Pina's letter to eBay on the Cuban numismatics embargo issue, I just learned from the PCGS Coin Forum that the US. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council is Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, who is the wife of John Donahoe, CEO of eBay.

That sure puts a new light on this eBay policy embargoing all things Cuban numismatics and from where this silly all-compassing policy originates. "Using an axe to kill a fly on the forehead" indeed! Notwithstanding that, there are millions of people of Cuban descent in the U.S. and a U.S. Senator and how many Congress members?

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: MORE ON EBAY'S BAN OF CUBAN COINS AND BANKNOTES (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n18a11.html)

Minting vs. Printing
Tom Sheehan writes:

Now with 3D printers has anyone copied a coin? How fast could someone print $1,000.00 in dollar coins? I understand that an operational gun has been made with a 3D printer.

Well, it's never quite as simple as one would hope. Certainly personal 3D printers are unable to do this today, and I'm not sure commercial grade printers could do this today, either. There are at least two considerations - material and resolution. The most commonly printed materials are forms of plastics, although metals and even human tissue has been printed. I'm not sure if any coinage metals have been printed. A bigger problem I think, would be the resolution of the image. I doubt any printer today could handle the details produced by the strike of a die. But stay tuned - advances in technology come fast these days. We could see 20,000 years of progress in the next 100 if change continues to accelerate at the current pace. What do readers think? -Editor

Separating Damp Banknotes
Joe Boling writes:

I hope somebody told the owner of the Tennessee safe hoard that he does not need to dry out and try to separate his mass of damp notes. The BEP will do it for free, and likely salvage more value than the owner would be able to recover.

Good point! -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: TENNESSEE FAMILY FINDS COINS AND SILVER IN HIDDEN SAFE (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n18a26.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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