WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM DECEMBER 6, 2020

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This week we open with four new books, a new numismatic website, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and more.

Other topics this week include a new headquarters for Stack's Bowers, a new owner for PCGS, user queries, coins in Lucite, open face dies, dealer George Arnold, collectors Harold J. Bareford, Bob Simpson and Sarah Sophie Banks, upcoming auctions, 3D-printed coins, Eliasberg's Barber Half Dollars, the 1965 Churchill Crown, Purple Heart commemoratives, and mythology on Roman Imperial coinage and Indian banknotes.

To learn more about coins of England and the UK, New Zealand medals, the Medallic Art Company archives, the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics, the origin of the dollar sign, the January 2021 Florida United Numismatists (FUN) show, sports card mania, Thousand Dollar Road, the National Bureau of Engraving, Salvation Army kettle donations, the Olympic mule cart race, and the bringer of plague, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum



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