PNG ADDS JAMES EARL JONES COLLECTING VIDEOS

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V20 2017 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 22, May 28, 2017, Article 11

As noted in earlier E-Sylum articles, actor James Earl Jones is an active numismatist. In a great move for the hobby, PNG and the ANA have produced videos promoting coin collecting narrated by Jones, who career includes voicing the evil Darth Vader of the Star Wars franchise. Here's an excerpt from the press release issued May 25, 2017 (the birthday of the timeless, Yoda-like Eric P. Newman). -Editor

The award-winning educational video, “Money: History in Your Hands,” narrated by acclaimed actor James Earl Jones, now is available for free viewing on the Professional Numismatists Guild YouTube.com channel.

“We currently have more than a dozen videos about rare coins, paper money and precious metals available for complimentary viewing on PNG’s YouTube channel. They will be helpful for beginners to advanced collectors and investors with informative advice about buying, storing and selling numismatic items as well as gold, silver and platinum bullion items,” said PNG Executive Director Robert Brueggeman.

“An important part of our educational effort is the video, ‘Money: History in Your Hands,’ jointly created by PNG and the American Numismatic Association, and hosted on camera by James Earl Jones. It gives viewers a compelling overview of the history of money, and how it relates to art, culture, history, politics and religion,” explained Brueggeman. “The 29-minute video is available for convenient viewing in two parts.”

Other informative PNG videos focus on topics of discovering the enjoyment of coin collecting, how to determine the value of your coins, and the importance of working with a reputable, knowledgeable dealer when you buy or sell. All of the videos are can be viewed at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb5co6ZLKPitRAw-6pDxeCw

If you have a numismatic web site or email list, consider linking to and promoting the videos.

While the PNG YouTube channel is brand new, the Jones videos are not. I reached out to PNG Public Relations contact Donn Pearlman for more information. -Editor

This is the same "Money: History In Your Hands" program that was shown on many PBS TV stations some years ago. I was involved in getting it distributed nationwide and placed through WTTW-TV in Chicago. I also wrote the script for the original video.

I had already started about four or five pages of script when I was informed that James Earl Jones had agreed to be the on-camera host and do the voice-over narration. I immediately ripped up my initial writing and started again with his voice in my head.

I completely rewrote the video's opening segment so that viewers would see a montage of different kinds of money and hear Mr. Jones voice reading a list of slang terms for money. His final word is, "Moola."

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
MORE CELEBRITY NUMISMATISTS (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v03n22a04.html)

AUCTION CATALOGS FOR SALE

In the process of retiring, the book inventory has been sold, only the auction catalogs remain. The physical size of the group is two racks 12 feet long, 6 feet high, 18 inches wide, 6 shelves in each rack. The catalogs should be able to fit it in a 15 foot panel van, there are 165 boxes, catalogs are already boxed and labeled with the auction firm noted on the box. Will consider selling some of the steel shelving.

My asking price is $4500 for the lot. The majority of the catalogs are US sales (about 70%) the remainder are Foreign (about 30%), all are better sales. There are multiples of most of the US catalogs and of some of the foreign sales, a total of nearly five thousand catalogs. Anyone interested should feel free to inquire and discuss potential purchase.

Thanks, Orville Grady (402-721-8348)