NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JULY 13, 2014

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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 29, July 13, 2014, Article 12

Nicely done treatment of the sensibilities within “MORE DEBATE ON LOOTING AND COLLECTING”. Always difficult to deal with strong opinions and personalities. You did a well-balanced job.

Thanks. Luckily, most E-Sylum articles don't require much editorial effort (the issues would be awfully short otherwise). But that's what I'm here for. Flame wars are useless wastes of time and energy. But there are often potentially valid points behind even the worst vile spew. I learned a couple things and hope to revisit the topic another time. -Editor

The original Russian edition of Ivan Georgievich Spasskiy’s Russian Monetary System (“Русский монетная система”) has this correct, if memory serves me. The English translation is filled with errors and confusion.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: MORE ON SIBERIAN MINT MARKS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n28a13.html)

Dear E-Sylum Readers:

As some of you may have read in the most recent issue of the ANS Magazine (issue 2, 2014), I have recently left my position as librarian of the Harry W. Bass, Jr. library at the American Numismatic Society in order to move back to my hometown of Chicago primarily to be closer to family.

I wanted to send a short thank you here to all who have made my time working with the numismatic community a memorable and fun experience. I have learned an immense amount about the numismatic field and I have really enjoyed managing the ANS Library. I hope to stay involved in the numismatic community and will continue to serve my post as Vice-President of the NBS through the 2015 term.

Since the ANA is particularly convenient for me now, I hope to attend various events at the World’s Fair of Money in August and will perhaps see many of you there. I look forward to continuing my occasional posts in The E-Sylum and hope that my path will cross with many of you in the future!

Sincerely, Elizabeth Hahn Benge