ASYLUM WINTER 2024 ISSUE PUBLISHED

Welcome to The Asylum's Winter 2024 edition.

In this issue:

• "J.D. Ferguson: A Bibliographical Tribute" By Darryl A. Atchison, F.C.N.R.S.
• "Guido Crapanzano, an Extraordinary Man" By Stefano Poddi
• "An Incomplete Listing of Coin Columnists" By Pete Smith

Message from NBS President Len Augsburger

Welcome to the Winter issue of The Asylum. While there is nothing quite as pleasant as the scent of a book-filled room, it's appropriate that we acknowledge our electronic publication, the E-Sylum, which celebrated its 26th anniversary on September 4. In a rapidly evolving digital age, an online periodical lasting for 26 years is a rare bird, and congratulations to Editor Wayne Homren for the weekly production of the E-Sylum are much in order. Wayne wears many hats as editor, handling everything from editorial to advertising to IT. Wayne has built the circulation to a whopping 7,000 readers, and more so has created a community that continually informs itself with fresh and compelling content.

In addition to Wayne's contributions, which never cease to inform and entertain on a weekly basis, I would like to mention two other individuals who contribute in ways that might not be readily apparent. John Nebel provides free webhosting services to NBS (including the E-Sylum), in addition to related maintenance of the same. We are blessed to have a numismatist in this position, who understands our technical issues more intimately than we could expect from another commercial provider. Bruce Perdue, past president of the Central States Numismatic Society, administers the NBS website, coinbooks.org. This site presents several features, including the quarterly podcast, and I would like to call special attention to the E-Sylum archive, which is best described as a structured database of the entire E-Sylum since inception.

Finally, I'd like to welcome Garrett Ziss to the E-Sylum team. Garrett is known to many of you as the 2020 American Numismatic Association Young Numismatist of the Year. Garrett studies economics and business at the University of Pittsburgh and expects to begin graduate work in fall 2025. Under Wayne's direction, Garrett is handling the production of several articles in the E-Sylum each week. Welcome to Garrett, and thanks to all of those involved with the weekly E-Sylum.

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