WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM APRIL 19, 2020

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This week we open with a reminder of the Kolbe & Fanning Buy or Bid sale, two new books, sculptor Glenna Goodacre and updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal.

Other topics this week include Van Loon medals, the future of coin shows, coins and poison, the coinage act of 1857, the 1883 nickel rush, the Weir Farm quarter, women in numismatics, notgeld coins, fantasy countermarks, the Dickin medal, and the collectibility of coronavirus stimulus checks.

To learn more about Irish Gunmoney, coinage debasement, the I Stayed Home pandemic medal, Barbara Gregory and The Numismatist, the Numista banknote catalog, the George III Recovery medal, the greatest swindle ever perpetrated, and the Philadelphia halfpence riot, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum

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