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IN OTHER NEWS: APRIL 29, 2018Here are some additional items I came across in the media this week that may be of interest. -Editor
Harvey Stack on U.S. Mint Surcharges We don't typically discuss the coin market or pricing, but here's Harvey Stack's Viewpoint piece on the Numismatic News site dealing with the U.S. Mint's pricing of
commemorative coins. -Editor
I just saw the April 3 edition of Numismatic News and read with great excitement the question you asked: “Coin Surcharges or No Surcharges?” The question was asked many times before. We both remember the series of commemorative coins issued from 1982 to 1999, each of which had large premiums attached to them. By 1995, the premiums absorbed all the gains that people had invested in, and many of the new issues resulted in dropping in price to half their original cost on the numismatic market. Having a retail shop, we experienced such dismay when one came in to sell these and we as dealers were accused of grossly underpaying for these coins. To read the complete article, see: About Lists on the Internet Anybody who clicks around on the internet will comes across articles formed around lists (7 Great Must-Have Bucket List Items, for one made-up example). For bibliophiles, many of these lists concern
books you MUST/MUSTN'T read. These predictably bring a multitude of comments from readers telling the author everything that's wrong with their precious little list. Emily Temple's article is a great summary and
response to people who have nothing better to do than complain. -Editor
Lists are finite. Comment sections are not. Life is short. Death is certain. To read the complete article, see: Three New Books About Libraries For the bibliophiles among us, here's an article on three new books about collections of books. -Editor
Three new books for bibliophiles dig into the hidden human side of book collections. Libraries, writes Stuart Kells, a historian of the book trade, are “human places … full of stories.” Kells’s new book, The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders, offers a history that begins before the written word and follows the development of book collections through the digital age. To read the complete article, see: More-Or-less Facts About U.S. Paper Currency In the clickbait-headline department is this little piece on "8 Fascinating Facts About Our Nation’s Currency!" They're not all exactly or completely true, but it's a nice set of
talking points for cocktail parties, numismatic or not. -Editor
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