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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JANUARY 12, 2025
More on Camden's Britannia "I see an upcoming K&F auction has a copy of Camden's Britannia from 1590. This rare book was discussed in one of my recent articles. I hope this can help readers appreciate the historic importance of Camden's book to numismatics." Thanks! - here's a link and short excerpt. -Editor 
In the late 1500s, antiquarian writers began to study Ancient British coins. Some coin inscriptions seemed to match the accounts of ancient Roman authors. Camden and Speed used these coins to illuminate a murky period in British history. Cunobeline's coins were identified first. His large coinage with a bold "CVNO" was hard to miss – Camden illustrated four Cunobeline types in the 1590 edition of his Britannia. These are the earliest images of Ancient British coins to appear in print. Surprisingly, the large coinage of Verica was not identified for another 250 years. Although a Verica stater was found before 1610, it was misattributed as a coin of Commius. Scholarly errors over the next two centuries made the coinage of Verica "invisible" to the general public. The stater was mis-attributed because it had been struck from damaged dies – the inscriptions could easily be misread. And, of course, Commius was a prominent figure in Caesar's Gallic War. The attribution to such a famous man proved to be an exciting discovery. It was easy to miss the correct attribution to Verica. He's only mentioned by Dio in one sentence.
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"Where can one find a list of US companies engaged in recovery of gold from non-traditional sources, like mother boards, gold-chip cards etc?"
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Query: Numismatic Reprints from Chicago "I have in my library two books by S. S. Crosby in reprint editions from Chicago. S.S. Crosby, Coinage of 1793 Cents and Half Cents (Reprint 1933 by Lee F. Hewitt, Chicago; limited edition of 100 copies with photographic plates.) S.S. Crosby, Early Coins of America. (Reprint 1945, edition limited to 500 copies. R. Green, Room 1020, Board of Trade Bldg., 141 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 4, Ill.) I have basic information about R. Green, husband and wife coin dealers in downtown Chicago. I have basic information about Lee F. Hewitt, founding publisher of Numismatic Scrapbook. I am at the early stages of trying to find out 1) Are there other numismatic reprints from Chicago from around the mid-20th Century? 2) If so, why Chicago? 3) Does anyone have or know about other such reprints, not just of Crosby? I am making inquiries among Chicago Coin Club members who may know such things, but would be grateful to hear from others among numismatic bibliophiles who may know more." I'm sure Lee Hewitt is a key; can anyone shed some light on this? -Editor
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Who was Zeleima Bruff Jackson? "A question for E-Sylum readers: who was "Zeleima Bruff Jackson"? "I am researching the large gold medal presented to Joseph Francis on April 12, 1890. He later donated it to the Smithsonian. Museum and archive sites claim the medal was "designed by Zeleima Bruff Jackson and modeled by the famous American sculptor Louis St. Gaudens (sic.)." However, no reference to Ms. Jackson has been located and the Louis Saint-Gaudens attribution, while stylistic with Augustus' "Washington" medal is not mentioned in documents (per SG papers at Dartmouth College). Likewise the papers of Sen. Evarts and others involved are silent. "All ideas would be appreciated." Wow, great question. I don't recognize the name at all. Can anyone help? -Editor
Mystery Coins 
This image came in from a neighbor of mine, who knows I'm into coins. The image was posted by someone else on a neighborhood app. I'm stumped. They have an odd look to me, like cheap souvenir copies. Can anyone help? -Editor
KKK Medal? "I seem to have found another Donald Trump medal. The legends seem to be SYMWAO - spend your money with Americans only and MIAFA - made in America for Americans. 'Anthan Silba' is probably a shortened Gothic version of 'not others, but self'." 
That's another mystery piece to me. It looks old and holed for wearing. A search for the slogans found references to Ku Klux Klan material and an entry for a matching piece on Numista. -Editor 
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Korean Movable Type
Interesting - thanks. Thomas Edison didn't make the first light bulb, either - just the first one that worked long enough to be practical. -Editor
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Modern Counterstamps on U.S. Paper Money
Great news - I'm very pleased to hear that. We'll look forward to your published article! -Editor
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