WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM DECEMBER 27, 2020

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The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 52, December 27, 2020, Article 1

New subscribers this week include: Alex M. Welcome aboard! We now have 6,603 subscribers.

"My wish is that next year on this date you’ll report... We now have 10,000 subscribers."

Great thought as we head into the new year. We clawed and inched our way to the present level mostly on word of mouth - individual readers telling their friends about us and signing them up. Some find our site as the result of a web search and sign up. Once in a while someone invites their whole local club along.

To get to 10,000 in just a year we'll need some big helpers. Some of our best surges have come when dealers publish a note in their newsletter or add a link to us on their website. Can you help? If you're a dealer or just a well-connected hobbyist with a lot of numismatic friends, please contact me and we'll discuss options for bringing people onboard. The simplest is to just sign them up; once people are on board, they rarely unsubscribe, but they can do that at any time if they decide The E-Sylum is not for them. Our coverage is broad though, and most people find something of interest in nearly every issue.

Thank you for promoting The E-Sylum and bringing more voices into the mix. Contact me at whomren@gmail.com anytime about connecting your friends and clients to one of the best hangouts for smart and engaged numismatists.

This week we open with six new books, a periodical, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and more.

Other topics this week include the U.S. Grant medal, the Big Maple Leaf, coin counting boards, Julius Dreifus and the 1804 dollar, the ANS Gala, the new quarter designs, auction highlights, coin hoards, Walrus skin notes, fake coins, alternative currency, and the Huster mint.

To learn more about English silver and gold coinage, Belgian numismatics, Canadian Tire money, the 1,000-ton medal press, the Comprehensive U.S. Silver Dollar Encyclopedia, Martin Gengerke's hobby contributions, when Baby Doc left Haiti, Banjo Paterson, William Preston Beaver, the new “Washington Crossing the Delaware” quarter, the Bristol Halfcrown, pig pennies, the Dardanelles overprints, Berkshares, and the Sacagawea dollar treasure chest, read on. Have a great week, everyone!