NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: APRIL 13, 2014

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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: APRIL 13, 2014

SS Gairsoppa Bullion Coins Edge Marked
Last week I asked how the 20,000 coins striuck by The Royal Mint from silver recovered from the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa would be marked. Apparently the name "Gairsoppa" will be on the edge. Describing a photo available on the Mint web site, Jim Duncan writes:

The photo is such that you can read some of the edge lettering - A I R S O

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: ROYAL MINT RECEIVES SS GAIRSOPPA BULLION (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n15a27.html)

Yet More Bald People on Coins
Fred Michaelson writes:

Here's another baldie: Edward VII.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MARCH 30, 2014 : Still More Bald People on Coins (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n13a08.html)

The Sherlockian Numismatists Club
Regarding Greg Ruby's call to organize a club of numismatic fans of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, Alan Luedeking writes:

Count me in! I collect Sherlock Holmes medals. Here's one of my favorites.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: SHERLOCKIAN NUMISMATISTS CLUB PROPOSED (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n15a15.html)

The Rare NGC Chocolate Slab
Dave Lange of Numismatic Guaranty Corporation writes:

Regarding the subject of chocolate coins, I have a brief recollection to share. When I first joined NGC in 1994 and started working its booth at shows, among the souvenir items we dispensed were replicas of the NGC slab with a Franklin Half Dollar enclosed, the entire unit made of chocolate and covered in gold-colored foil. I don't know how long these had been on hand, but I did venture to open and taste one of them. It was then I determined that they probably dated almost back to the company's 1987 founding, as the chocolate had nearly turned to stone. I believe we tossed the remainder a year or so later, and I've never seen one since. How's that for a rarity to entice the slab collectors?

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: MORE ON CHOCOLATE COINS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n15a18.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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