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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 16, 2020 Abner Kreisberg "I was in college in Southern California in the mid 1960s. I bought a few coins from Jerry Cohen. I never spoke to Mr. Kreisberg but saw him sitting behind his desk in the shop. What a long time ago!"
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1967 San Francisco Assay Office Video "I was examining a video archive of San Francisco Bay Area news stations and came across a 1967 report on the San Francisco Assay Office. It includes a scene of the special mint sets being made and packaged. Note that the reporter calls it the "San Francisco Mint," which is only natural. It didn't regain that title until 1988."
Thanks! Check it out. -Editor
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Mayflower 400 Unsure of a link in a Coin World article referenced last week, I reach out to the author, Jeff Starck. -Editor
"Turns out the link is: https://www.mayflower400uk.org/ . I will have the Coin World story updated."
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Matte Proof Cents Thrown Into the Trash Dave Bowers shared this great (but sad!) story with me by email earlier this week, -Editor
I was in charge of buying. Fred Vollmer (still active today) had a bunch of Matte Proof cents for sale—many duplicates, dozens altogether. We agreed on a price. The package arrived, and someone on staff took off the multiple paper wrappings on the outside of a coin box and spread the contents out for me to see. I looked them over, found them to be of beautiful quality, and sent a check to Fred. Fred then called and said that I had paid for only part of the shipment. How could that be? Fred checked at his end and found that a clerk had put the cents in a long cardboard box and had sealed it. Then it was found that some had been left out, so the clerk spread them out on top of the wrapped box and added other layers of wrapping paper. When the box arrived the clerk at my end threw away the wrappings and gave me the cents. Somewhere in a solid waste facility north of Dayton some Matte Proof cents probably remain today. Fred and I discussed the loss and each of us agreed on a compromise settlement. Nostalgia!
Wow! Quite a shame, but as they say, "Stuff happens." Do readers have other tales to share about the unfortunate loss of numismatic material. -Editor
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More on Book Dealer John Jenkins My wife sent me this article about a rare book dealer: "Rather than tweed, he favored white Stetsons and alligator-skin cowboy boots — and sometimes a mink coat. He excelled at high-stakes Texas hold ’em. He took part in an FBI sting at a Queens motel and went to great lengths to exact revenge on enemies. And in 1989 he took a bullet to the back of the head."
Interesting and sad character. See the earlier E-Sylum article for another review of the book. This one's from the New York Post, and has a numismatic connection - coin doctoring. -Editor
Jenkins fell into his business as a Texas teen — washing desirable coins so they looked uncirculated and, later, misrepresenting documents supposedly signed by JFK (but actually by Kennedy’s secretary). “He was a good guy on some levels and a crook on the deepest level,” Vinson told The Post. “He thought of it all as bluffing.”
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Fyre Festival Token "I recently came across a "fascinating" numismatic item- the U. S. Marshals Service is auctioning off a token (among other items) from the famed, or better yet infamous "Fyre Festival" that was to happen in the Bahamas in 2017, but completely fell apart- of which Netflix made a very popular Documentary about called Fyre Festival: The Greatest Party that Never Happened. I would be interested to see how these types of items keep their value over time- current auction price of $151."
Thanks. Ugly thing, but an interesting tale. It brought $210! -Editor Jeremy writes: "I also thought they were quite hideous! "
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The British Newspaper Archive "The British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ is a useful source of information for this type of query. This, I think, is the original newspaper report of the event referred to on the medal, although it may be observed that the names do not exactly coincide; newspapers are notorious for misrendering, and I would be inclined on balance to favour the medallist’s interpretation over the newspaper’s. From the Dublin-based Freeman’s Journal of Friday 7 June 1861:"
David adds: "The following article from the Evening Freeman. of Tuesday 27 November 1860 contains some of the same names but is not directly relevant:"
Thanks. Yes, newspapers are horrible at name spelling. My father got a mention once in The Pittsburgh Press, and they labeled his photo "Walter Hommeran." -Editor
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