WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JULY 10, 2022

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This week we open with three new books, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, notes from E-Sylum readers, and more.

Other topics this week include Reed Hawn, Bill Rau's pattern database, the La Capitina shipwreck, Thomason's scientific medals, keystone medals, the Sommers Island gold pound, Alan Turing, Alfred Wallace, Bauman Belden, Servant to the Home medals, the Medal of Freedom, coins and paper money from the Titanic wreck, and the oldest national bank still operating under the same original name and Office of the Comptroller Charter number.

To learn more about the Baldwin's sesquicentennial, U. S. National Bank Notes, Operation Bernhard counterfeits, the Magdalen Islands token, Federal Reserve bank bags, Hillbilly Handfishing, Fred Weinberg, the Connecticut Snipe Nose Copper, Make Business Better scrip, the missing 1,000 tola gold coin, a medal inspired by Isadora Duncan, carpet beaters, and the Fields medal, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum

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