NEW BOOK: MISSING LINK OF JOSÉ MARÍA MORELOS

"I just wanted to reach out and say "Hello" from Mexico City. I am a Canadian that has been living here for more than twenty years, and will actually be returning to my home country, once things calm down a bit in terms of the present contingency.

"The E-Sylum was mentioned in a numismatic conference that I participated in this week, and I went through the page, and subscribed. Congrats on the first issue, that was emailed on September 4th, 1998!!!

"I was wondering whether I could announce my new book. It was published in Spanish this past July 2020, and officially launched with the Mexican Numismatic Society on July 4th. It is an investigative, numismatic work that demystifies more than two-hundred years concerning the enigma of Jose Maria Morelos' 4 Reales coin; specifically, whether the coin existed or not. I also present documental, historical evidence never before seen, including illustrations."

"Here is the book trailer (in Spanish, but I am sure readers can get the gist of it):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJaRwTsJxQo

"I am currently working on the English translation of the book. Hopefully, it will be published sometime next year.

ABOUT THE BOOK
The present investigative work is the first book of its kind, ever to be written about a numismatic enigma, embedded in the history of Mexico. It is a coin that is supposed to have been part of the insurgent coins known as SUD-type, minted between 1811 and 1814; a coin that has inspired countless searches, and inadvertently converted itself into a numismatic missing link of sorts...

A.J. Behul is the author of The Guardian of Aurum and Inmortalis. Member of the Numismatic Society of Mexico, the American Numismatic Association, and the U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association, A.J. has an Executive MBA from the Universidad de las Americas Puebla and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Toronto.

He is a certified numismatic scholar that has published various investigative works, including an article in the magazine ‘The Numismatist' in the United States, in addition to being a keynote speaker in numismatic forums. A.J. is a professional numismatic advisor and an avid coin-hunter in real life. Native of Canada, he has lived in Mexico, his adoptive home, for more than twenty years.

The book includes an inserted copy of the original Morelos side. Limited to only 50 copies hand-numbered and signed by the author.

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