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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: OCTOBER 28, 2018Coppola's Directors Guild of America Medal I don't know who designed this medal. But I do know where you can see one. Francis Ford Coppola has his displayed, along with numerous Oscar statuettes and other awards, at the museum in his winery in Geyersville, California. It is indeed an impressive piece. Food and wine are good there, too... Thanks. Check it out if you're in the area. -Editor To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: Inscribed Numismatic Books Regarding books dedicated and/or autographed by the author - In some categories of books these are highly prized by collectors, and sell much higher than plain editions. However, with numismatic books this does not seem to be appreciated. I have bought dedicated numismatic books with that fact not even mentioned in the seller's description. Do our readers have any ideas why this is? Well, I'll be interested to see what readers have to say. Some numismatic literature cataloguers certainly do mention inscriptions. These are books I like to collect as well - one copy of a book is the same as any other, but an inscription makes it unique. -Editor Video: Jewish-American Hall of Fame Medals Skyler Liechty of the Medal Collectors of America (MCA) sent this link to a video of the talk given to the group by Mel Wacks at the ANA World's Fair of Money in Philadelphia this past summer. -Editor   Mel Wacks presents medals created by Victor Ries and Gerta Ries Wiener between 1969-1994. Keynote given to the Medal Collectors of America August 2017 at the ANA World's Fair of Money. Skyler adds: The talk was summer 2017. We are behind trying to get videos edited. Luckily Joe Marino our webmaster has stepped up to take that task off my plate. To watch the complete video, see: Correction: Purple Heart Medal Not Kennedy's "Kennedy was awarded this medal and many others for heroism as commander of Patrol Torpedo Boat 109." I wrote: But this one knocked my socks off - Kennedy's Purple Heart! Wow - how did that come to rest at the Edward C. Rochette Money Museum? Robert Hoge writes: I noticed your amazement regarding the Purple Heart medal in the ANA Museum attributed to President Kennedy. In fact, I believe the label for that piece (which you showed) was quite misleading; if it really had been the actual medal awarded to Kennedy, you could be sure that the ANA would have made much mention of this fact. Although I have not verified this, I very much doubt it is his own personal medal. Andy Dickes of the ANA writes: Thanks for featuring the Kennedy page I put together. I need to clarify that the Purple Heart featured is not Kennedy's, just an example of the award. I will adjust the text to make that more clear. Thanks. That makes more sense. I assume Kennedy's medal is either with his family or resting at the Kennedy Presidential Library. -Editor To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: Spooky 1792 Birch Cent A new 1792 Birch Cent has appeared on the market. One story is that it was found by a metal detector in a Massachusetts cemetery near Salem. According to this story, acidic conditions in the soil caused corrosion on the obverse leading to the unusual appearance. I am skeptical of this story but don’t have a better one to offer. Whatever the explanation, I think the coin makes a good lead-up to Halloween. Miss Liberty certainly is in a fright, but she's kept her smile. Thanks, Pete. -Editor  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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