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IN OTHER NEWS: JULY 29, 2018Here are some additional items I came across in the media this week that may be of interest. -Editor
Bowers on Postcards and So-Called Dollars Dave Bowers is working on a new book about postcards. While non-numismatic, there are connections in that many postcards were issued by organizations such as banks and exposition which also produced numismatics items such as paper money and commemorative medals. He penned a July 25, 2018 CoinUpdate article focusing on the So-Called Dollar connection. -Editor I am in the middle of a Whitman project to create a book on American postcards. In the works for a decade, this will be a popular volume with much general information and many prices. One section will be devoted to world’s fairs and expositions. For numismatists, many of these fairs issued tokens and medals, some issued So-Called dollars, and a few issued commemorative coins. General information is given below, which I share as a matter of possible interest...
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Wired Interviews Forrest Fenn WIRED magazine has published an extensive article about Forrest Fenn and his deadly Rocky Mountain hidden treasure hunt. -Editor In 1988, at the age of 58, Fenn was given a diagnosis of kidney cancer. Two years earlier, his 81-year-old father, William, was told he had pancreatic cancer, Fenn says. After 18 months, William killed himself by taking 50 sleeping pills, according to his son. “I respected him for having the courage to go out on his own terms,” Fenn recalls. After being racked by chemotherapy and an unsuccessful surgery to remove the cancer, he says, he was given a 20 percent chance of surviving three years. As Fenn tells the tale, he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps—but with his own swashbuckling twist. He would fill a treasure chest with gold and jewels, he thought, and carry it to a special place in the Rockies. Then he would swallow a bottle of sleeping pills and die beside his riches. But first, he would write a poem containing clues to the treasure’s location. “Take the chest,” read an early draft of his poem, “but leave my bones.”
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D.L. Hansen’s Numismatic Moonshot Charles Morgan of CoinWeek published an article July 26, 2018 about collector dell Roy Hansen and his daunting quest to form a complete collection of U.S. coins. -Editor
Dell Loy Hansen is no stranger to success. The Utah businessman aims high – sky high. He operates dozens of businesses, owns a Major League Soccer team (Real Salt Lake), and has his eyes set on a most grandiose of numismatic challenges: building the greatest U.S. coin collection of all time. Of course, cobbling together the thousands of coins necessary to lay legitimate claim to the “all-time greatest collection” title is no easy task. “I’ve always admired what Mr. Eliasberg put together and it’s quite amazing,” said Hansen. “To add to the challenge, I thought that it would be fascinating to try to eclipse his collection and take it to the present day. It adds a lot of complications and a lot more coins, but I thought that we should simply try to bring it to the present and see what we can do.”
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Thomas Paine was a coin collector! From the Coeur d'Alene/Post Falls Press is this numismatic "Gastly Groaner" that only a bibliophile could truly love. -Editor Rumor has it that Thomas Paine was a coin collector who tried to save old and unique pennies, but all he could come up with was, wait for it... common cents.
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