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THE 2018 ROYAL MINT FRANKENSTEIN COMMEMORATIVEA 2018 Royal Mint commemorative £2 coin pays tribute to Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, first published 200 years ago. -Editor
 Although I don't like wordy coins, I think the depiction of the name as a bolt of lightning is interesting for a coin. It also evokes a heart monitor, illustrating a
now-universal sign of life.
As a bibliophile, I went looking for an original edition of the book, which I've never actually read. The early printings had no illustrations. An 1831 edition on Internet Archive does have a depiction of Frankenstein's creature, much different from the film versions. -Editor   This is the influential 1831 edition which most people know the story by (there were two previous versions, substantially shorter). It is notable that an actual picture of "the creature" is depicted on the inside cover because the description in the text is vague. Shelly of course was alive when this edition was published although it is unclear if she had any influence on the creatures portrait for this edition. It is certainly much different, more human, than the 20th C Boris Karloff creature. To read the book on Internet Archive, see: For more information on the coin, or to order, see:  Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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