NEWMAN PORTAL ADDS WILSON’S MONTHLY BULLETIN

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V20 2017 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 2, January 8, 2017, Article 8

The latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is Frank Causey Wilson’s Monthly Rare Coin Bulletin. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report. -Editor

A recent addition to the Newman Portal is Frank Causey Wilson’s Monthly Rare Coin Bulletin. Ken Lowe provided an overview in Remy Bourne’s American Numismatic Periodicals:

“Another periodical worthy of comment was Frank Causey Wilson’s Monthly Coin Bulletin for which Bourne lists 12 monthly issues from April 1945 to March 1946. It consisted primarily of display ads for many mail order dealers including Raymond, Federal Coin Exchange, Kenneth Lee, Clint Hester, M. Powills and others not so prominent. Its special feature was that each issue contained a biography of a different numismatist such as Lee, Frank Katen, Hans Schulman, and also of Whitman Publishing. Even individual issues of this Chicago based periodical are scarce.”

Causey himself was an advertiser, so this periodical falls somewhere between a house organ and a general interest numismatic publication. The ANA obviously did not consider it a competitive situation and included their own ads for The Numismatist. The Newman Portal acknowledges Wayne Homren for loaning this interesting, short-lived publication from the mid-1940s.

I was very happy to lend this group for scanning. It's a very scarce and interesting little periodical. Elsewhere in this E-Sylum issue is the article about numismatic literature dealer M. A. Powills from the July 1945 issue.

I love my family and carry their pictures around in my wallet. As collectors, we love our numismatic collectibles and literature almost as much. And just like our kids, we love pictures of them. That's all digital archives like the Newman Numismatic Portal are - photo albums of the things we collectors love. And while pictures are great, they are no substitute for the real thing. Original printed auction catalogs, house organs, price lists, buying guides, letters and other ephemera (not to mention original books) are tangible links to our hobby's past, rare and bona fide collectibles in their own right. I'm happy to share pictures of my collection with friends like you, dear readers, and all of the future numismatists who will come along after us. -Editor