"We wish you continued success in creating and publishing The E-Sylum."

"Congratulations on achieving #25. Celebratory for you, but, truthfully, a bucket of appreciation for your publication and the weekly (25/7) effort you put into the publication. I am probably just one of thousands who look forward to Monday morning to read The E-Sylum. Virtually every article, letter, or rumination is of interest. News for the initiated! Again, Wayne, my appreciation!"

"May I congratulate you on a truly memorable first 25 years. You should, quite rightly, be very proud of your achievements on The E-Sylum, with, of course, your team."

"Thanks for your dedication to our passion. I'm in my 41st year of business and can't stop. It's too much fun."

My thoughts as well. Despite the time and work involved, it's always fun to put The E-Sylum together each week, and knowing it's appreciated keeps me going. -Editor

"The highlight of my weekend was watching the video of you in your library!"

It was a fun day, and the video turned out great. -Editor

"I also thoroughly enjoyed your video on your library."

"I'm hugely impressed after watching the video of you in your personal Promised Land, your extraordinary numismatic library. I enjoyed seeing your fabulous library and your equally fabulous narration of its organization and high point items. I felt mesmerized by the magnitude and elegance of your accomplishment. Thanks to you, and to Kellen Hoard, Jonas Denenberg, and Lianna Spurrier, for creating and sharing the wonderful world of the Homren Library."

Pablo reported that the video froze multiple times during his viewing, greatly marring the experience. While it worked well on my own first viewing, I had a similar problem viewing it again later while working on The E-Sylum. -Editor

"The video is already compressed 10x on Internet Archive. Sometimes IA can serve it in real-time (it's working fine now), sometimes not. Best option is to download the video, then play it: On https://archive.org/details/homrenlibrary2023, hover over MPEG4, then left-click to download."

"I completely relate to the collector's passion that moves you, which I share through my own numismatic journey, focused almost exclusively on the Nuevo Mundo specialty, world paper money. Of course the Nuevo Mundo core reference collection is accompanied by its research library. For those E-Sylum readers who also share this particular interest, it's appropriate to mention here my two most recent bibliographic acquisitions, each an authoritative and highly recommended encyclopedic tome, both masterpieces in their respective specialties:

• Billetes de Nicaragua 1937 – 1979, by Francisco Orozco and Alan K. Luedeking (2022) ISBN -13: 978-1-7375296-0-6
• Las Cedulas Municipales de Guatemala, by Carlos M. Paiz and Carlos Jara (2022) ISBN 978-99939-0-619-3"

Stay tuned for more information on the new books. -Editor

"I don't think I've ever come across either of these terms in 50 years of collecting - "frozen dates" is the term I'm used to in the stated context."

What do readers think? This is a relatively rare phenomenon in numismatics. I've heard the "frozen" term, as in "The date freeze legislated by Congress in 1964 meant that all mints could go on striking cents dated 1964 indefinitely" but have also seen this described without a defined word, as in "Silver pieces dated 1964 were struck right into the early months of 1966".

There are a few references to "immobilized date" found on the Newman Numismatic Portal, just one "obsessive date" and nearly a hundred references of "frozen date." So all terms have indeed been used, none frequently, but "frozen" does seem to have an edge. Does "frozen date" have an entry in other numismatic dictionaries or encyclopedias? -Editor

"I thought I'd find published definitions for "frozen date" immediately in various numismatic dictionaries or earlier editions of Britain's COIN Yearbook - but no joy anywhere so far!"

"I receive E-Sylum every week and enjoy dipping into to it for those articles I have an interest in. It was nice to read your recent article on Tassie coin impressions and I would like to add some additional information at this late stage which may be of interest.

"At the International Coin Fair in Dublin a few years ago I purchased two sets of these coin impressions. They were packed in two very modest flat cardboxes. The twelve impressions are in what I assume is red wax and are sharp, Greek and Roman. The base of each impression is a card frame with a gold layer.

"I was informed by the dealer that they came from an auction in Scotland. Some years ago I visited Glasgow with the Numismatic Society of Ireland to view the Hunterian Collection so I was aware of Dr. Hunter's extraordinary contribution to Numismatics. I was surprised and delighted to discover on a number of the impressions I bought, handwritten in neat black ink, around the frame, the name Dr. Hunter. I sometimes wonder if the coins used to create the impressions were in fact selected from Dr. Hunter's own vast collection."

Thank you - great photo. -Editor

"Your written and visual tour of the process of consigning a portion of your numismatic library to K-F provides interesting content. Thanks for sharing it. Your remaining library in your office still looks jammed-full!"

It is. My storage unit is gone now though, and there's less in our garage. If I get better organized maybe some more will come inside. -Editor

"I read the newspaper article, watched the video and will check out the other links. Too bad there is no way to stretch a dollar, maybe into a ten or a twenty."

Well, crooks do find ways to erase denominations and raise banknotes to higher values. It sure would be nice to find a way to breed a new litter of money pups and kittens, maybe with a new shake-and-bake recipe. -Editor