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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 Mintage Charts in the 1971 Mint Report Tom DeLorey writes: class="quote"> There were a lot of useful charts back then. There are other years in the same era with the same charts. To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 18, 2013 : Three Dollar Gold Piece Mintage (www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n34.html) On "Script" vs Scrip Did the Franklin footnote about the Butterworth manuscript really use the word "script" when it should have said "scrip"? If so, shame on whoever was the editor of the Franklin book.
Actually it did. It's a common misuse of the word that rubs me the wrong way, too. I almost mentioned it in my review, but maybe I'm mellowing in my old age. I did use the proper term "scrip" in my review, but didn't bother calling out the use of "script" in the footnote.
-Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: BOOK REVIEW: ANATOMY OF AN INGOT (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a09.html) Morocco Leather Your closing comment on the catalog of the Missouri Cabinet of U.S. Half Cents mentions "Super-deluxe editions in full Moroccan leather...." I believe that should be "Morocco leather," a compound noun describing a particular kind of leather, not necessarily Moroccan in origin.
I fell down in my editing chores on this one; Jim Neiswinter's email used "full morroccan leather" and me and my spell checker changed it to "full Moroccan leather". I shoulda/coulda/woulda looked it up. Thanks for setting us straight.
-Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: CATALOG REVIEW: MISSOURI CABINET OF U.S. HALF CENTS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a10.html) Great Debate Tapes I had a quick footnote about an error in my last blurb about the NBS Symposium. I mistakenly noted that I was surprised to learn that the ANS had the only copies of the "Great Debate", when in fact copies of the tapes do exist among various personal collections, including various individuals that were present at the NBS Symposium. Thank you to Bob Leonard for clarifying this point for me and mentioning that he has a copy of the recording. Bob adds: I spoke up at the presentation to advise that I have a copy of the Great Debate tapes (I think that Chris Cipoletti charged me $50 for them), and one or more audience members mentioned other copies. I don't believe that Karl used them for his book, but they add detail to refuting Ford's claims about the "Brother Jonathan" ingots. To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: NBS EVENTS AT THE 2013 CHICAGO ANA (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a02.html) John Maynard Keynes and Yap Stone Money A friend asked me if this article is credible, I have no idea. I've heard of Yap stone money but not of its influence on Keynes. Wondered if you might know if it's fact? In today's selection -- from Money: The Unauthorized Biography by Felix Martin. What is money? Is it a hard asset like gold? Or is it instead "tradeable debt" -- IOUs that can be used by the noteholders to pay for other goods and services? Even today the debate rages, with crucial policy implications -- including the current debate between austerity and stimulus. In the early 1900s, an unexpected discovery was made on the tiny and remote Pacific island of Yap [or Wa'ab] that eventually came to the attention of a young John Maynard Keynes, the most influential economist of the twentieth century. For the inhabitants of Yap, money came in the form of stone wheels as large as twelve feet in diameter, lending support to the idea that money is at bottom an IOU. To read the complete article, see: delanceyplace.com 8/26/13 - money, for some, is twelve-foot wide stones (www.delanceyplace.com/view_archives.php?2324)
Well, this connection was mentioned in a review of the book recommended by George Kolbe. That's no independent confirmation since the articles are both getting the information from the book by Felix Martin. Can anyone shed light on this?
-Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: BOOK REVIEW: MONEY: THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n27a08.html) The Legal Tender Status of U.S. Coins I don't recall the dollar limit, but coins are not legal tender in unlimited quantities. Francois Velde writes: In the US, all coins are legal tender without limit since 1965: see 31 USC 5103 (public law 89-81, section 102, as amended).
Thanks for setting us straight!
-Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: DEMONETIZING OLD CURRENCY (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a12.html) A Species Change Operation This coin is something that went further than a sex-change operation: Andrew Tamburin, a hobo nickel carver did a species-change operation on the cow on the reverse of a Wisconsin quarter. It's a lizard now.
Interesting lizard, but I wouldn't vote for it to be Grand Marshall of the Trans-Species Pride parade.
-Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
ON MADE-UP MEDICAL TERMS AND LIMERICKS
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Oops - The Asylum vs The E-Sylum To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: NBS EVENTS AT THE 2013 CHICAGO ANA (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a02.html)
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