WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM DECEMBER 24, 2017

New subscribers this week include: Mike Sherman, courtesy of Ron Guth, Craig Rose, courtesy of Martin Kaplan, and Balazs Csanady of Hungary, courtesy of Dave Hirt. Welcome aboard! We now have 3,382 subscribers.

Your Editor will be travelling for the holiday this week, so the next issue may be abbreviated or late. Meanwhile, Merry Christmas!

Thank you for reading The E-Sylum. If you enjoy it, please send me the email addresses of friends you think may enjoy it as well and I'll send them a subscription with your compliments. Contact me at whomren@gmail.com anytime regarding your subscription, or questions, comments or suggestions about our content.

This week we open with one new book, one review, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, Christmas Club tokens, and notes from E-Sylum readers.

Other topics this week include Jack Dies, Tom Noe, Isaac Excell, Robert Savage, the Alaska Mint, January auction sale highlights, Maine's Viking penny, and the Numismatic Crime Information Center.

To learn more about Ohio's "Coingate", Trench Art, Christmas pudding coins, the Whitman Coin Supply Merchandiser, the 1814 Czar's Visit to Paris medal, Australia's WWII internment tokens, Trump's Challenge Coin (it's huuuuge!), and the stunt pilot coin dealer, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum

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