ABOUT THIS ISSUE: MARCH 16, 2025

I got a late start on the issue this week, not creating the new file until Saturday morning, although I did whittle thru a larger email backlog. Garrett got a late start, too - he was at a conference and didn't start until today. But somehow, we always manage to pull an issue together, and I think it's a good one with another interesting range of numismatic topics.

I'm always amazed and heartened by the number of new publications showing up every week. The market for numismatic information is strong, and it's always worth repeating that no, you really can't find all the good information you need in the internet. Much of the best, most up-to-date information is under copyright and found only in physical books. Any dummy spending thousands on a bicentennial quarter would be much better off buying the book before the coin - case in point, the new edition of Washington Quarters, which leads off this issue: $24.95 retail well spent.

I've been setting aside some new numismatic literature to bring to my Nummis Nova dinner - look for these in my Diary article next week. I'm also looking forward to stopping at the Whitman Baltimore Expo later this month. Have a great week, everyone. -Editor

Wayne Homren
Wayne Homren is the founding editor of The E-Sylum and a consultant for the Newman Numismatic Portal. His collecting interests at various times included U.S. Encased Postage Stamps, merchant counterstamps, Pittsburgh Obsolete paper money, Civil War tokens and scrip, Carnegie Hero Medals, charge coins and numismatic literature. He also collects and has given presentations on the work of Money Artist J.S.G. Boggs. In the non-numismatic world he's worked in artificial intelligence, data science, and as a Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Garrett Ziss
Garrett Ziss is a numismatic collector and researcher, with a focus on American paper money and early U.S. silver and copper coins. He is also a part-time U.S. coin cataloger for Heritage Auctions. Garrett assists Editor Wayne Homren by editing and formatting a selection of articles and images each week. When he's not engaged in numismatics, Garrett is a Senior Honors student at the University of Pittsburgh.

Pete Smith
Numismatic researcher and author Pete Smith of Minnesota has written about early American coppers, Vermont coinage, numismatic literature, tokens and medals, the history of the U.S. Mint and much more. Author of American Numismatic Biographies, he contributes original articles to The E-Sylum often highlighting interesting figures in American numismatic history.

Greg Bennick
Greg Bennick (www.gregbennick.com) is a keynote speaker and long time coin collector with a focus on major mint error coins and US counterstamps. He is on the board of both CONECA and TAMS and enjoys having in-depth conversations with prominent numismatists from all areas of the hobby. Have ideas for other interviewees? Contact him anytime on the web or via instagram @minterrors.

John Nebel
Numismatist, photographer, and ANS Board member and Fellow John Nebel of Boulder, CO helped the ANA and other clubs like NBS get online in the early days of the internet, hosting websites gratis through his Computer Systems Design Co. To this day he hosts some 50 ANA member club sites along with our coinbooks.org site, making the club and our E-Sylum archive available to collectors and researchers worldwide.

Bruce Perdue
Encased coinage collector (encasedcoins.info) Bruce Perdue of Aurora, Illinois has been the volunteer NBS webmaster from its early days and works each week to add the latest E-Sylum issue to our archive and send out the email announcement.