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<li><a href="http://www.lakebooks.com">May 6, 2014 LAKE</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.finenumismaticbooks.com">June 7, 2014 SKLOW</a>
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Volume 17, Number 08, February 23, 2014 </a>
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM FEBRUARY 23, 2014
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NEW BOOK: FROM THE SILVER CZECH TOLAR TO A WORLDWIDE DOLLAR
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NEW BOOK: BUFFALO COINS: AMERICA'S FAVORITE
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NEW BOOK: ITALIAN CAST COINAGE, REVISED EDITION
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NEW BOOK: THE ARMSTRONG TOKENS
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SIAMESE COINS IAPN BOOK PRIZE CEREMONY HELD
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JEAN-PAUL DIVO, 1937-2014
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MORE CHOPMARKS ON MODERN U.S. PAPER MONEY
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: FEBRUARY 23, 2014
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ERRORSCOPE MARCH-APRIL 2014 ISSUE PUBLISHED
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ALBERT WICK'S AMERICAN COLONIAL COINS & TOKENS
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ANS HUNTINGTON AWARD TO JOHN W. ADAMS
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EDWIN JOHNSTON ON BRAD TROEMEL'S EBAY ART PROJECT
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150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING OF THE HUNLEY
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IF GIVEN A CHOICE, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
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EXHIBITS AT THE 2014 ANA SUMMER CONVENTION
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE MEDAL
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NAPOLEON VAMPIRE TOKENS
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FORUM ANCIENT COINS TRANSLATION PAGES
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GEORG BAUMS: PORTRAIT OF A COLLECTOR
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GEORG BAUMS MEDAL SALE HIGHLIGHTS
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MEDAL OF TSARINA MARIA FEODOROVNA, MEDALIST
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COIN HOARD UNCOVERED IN TWYNHOLM, SCOTLAND
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THE HEMISPHERE COLLECTION OF BRITISH GOLD SOVEREIGNS
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BRITONS SEARCH FOR RARE KEW GARDENS 50P COIN
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ZIMBABWE’S MULTI-CURRENCY CONFUSION
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THE 2014 OLYMPIC MEDALS
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THE LUCKY PENNY RESTAURANT'S WALL OF COINS
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FEATURED WEB PAGE: OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES MEDALS
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM FEBRUARY 23, 2014
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New subscribers this week include
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This week we open with four new numismatic books, and the IAPN book prize.
Other topics include Jean-Paul Divo, an Arabic chopmark on a U.S. banknote, and Albert Wick's <i>American Colonial Coins and Tokens</i> book.
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To learn more about bison in American numismatics, Armstrong Shoe Mart tokens, an Incomplete Curved Clip error, Georg Baums' medal collection, the Kew Gardens commemorative coins, Napoleon vampire tokens, and Zimbabwe condom money, read on. Have a great week, everyone!
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NEW BOOK: FROM THE SILVER CZECH TOLAR TO A WORLDWIDE DOLLAR
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Last year a book arrived at the Numismatic Bibliomania Society address with a note asking us to accept it for the NBS library. Well, we don't have a library and our Treasurer David Sundman forwarded the book to me for <i>The E-Sylum</i>. It ended up deep in my review pile and only now surfaced. It's out of my area of interest and I haven't had a chance to read it, but I will add some comments at the end. Below is information about the book taken from the web site of the publisher, Columbia University Press.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12601019384/" title="From the Silver Czech Tolar by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="https://ycpi-farm4.staticflickr.com/3712/12601019384_fa009f2920_m.jpg" width="159" height="214" align="right" alt="From the Silver Czech Tolar"></a>
<i>From the Silver Czech Tolar to a Worldwide Dollar: The Birth of the Dollar and its Journey of Monetary Circulation in Europe and the World from the 16th to the 20th Century</i>
<br/>By Petr Vorel
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1st English
<br/>June, 2013
<br/>Cloth, 270 pages, 84
<br/>ISBN: 978-0-88033-705-2
<br/>East European Monographs
<br/>$55.00 / £38.00
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This publication may be of especial interest for American readers in that, perhaps for the first time, the complex power and political relationships existing in Central Europe at the beginning of the early modern period, which led to the emergence of the dollar, are clearly explained. It goes on to explain the relationships that existed between the different thaler currencies that were involved in the development of the European currency systems right up to modern times and explains the reasons why the term "dollar" was used in the late 18th Century, at the time of the founding of the United States of America.
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This book offers a very specific perspective on the common historical roots of the contemporary Euro-American civilization and contains significant new information not only for historians concerned with economic and political history, but that is also of importance for numismatists and collectors. The text is illustrated by 84 color photographs of coins and paper currency.
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Petr Vorel is a Czech historian, numismatist and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at the University of Pardubice. His long-term research interest is the economic and political history of Central Europe and specifically with the history of monetary circulation. He considers as his most important publications on this topic the books <i>Monetary Circulation in Central Europe at the Beginning of the Early Modern Age – Attempts to Establish a Shared Currency as an Aspect of the Political Culture of the 16th Century (1524-1573)</i>, and <i>Silver in the European Monetary Circulation of the 16th and 17th Centuries (1472-1717)</i>. At the most recent XXI International Congress of Historical Sciences (Amsterdam 2010) he was the organizer of the independent session “Trade and Civilization from Ancient Times to Present.” Currently he is the Chairman of the Czech National Committee of Historians.
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As a scholarly publication, the book certainly passes my back-of-the-book test.
There are seven pages of Recommended Readings, and each of the seven chapters has an endnotes section. At the end of the book is an 80-page set of color plates encompassing dollar-type coins and banknotes from the 1480s to date.
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The dust jacket on our copy is maroon, but the image shown here (taken from another web site) looks purple. It seems like a very nice book for numismatists interested in economic history, and economists interested in numismatics.
First person to commit to writing a review for <i>The E-Sylum</i> gets the book for the cost of shipping.
-Editor
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For more information, or to order, see:
<a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-88033-705-2/from-the-silver-czech-tolar-to-a-worldwide-dollar">
>From the Silver Czech Tolar to a Worldwide Dollar
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(cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-88033-705-2/from-the-silver-czech-tolar-to-a-worldwide-dollar)
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NEW BOOK: BUFFALO COINS: AMERICA'S FAVORITE
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Dennis Tucker of Whitman Publishing forwarded this press release about Dave Bowers' new book: <i> Buffalo Coins: America's Favorite</i>.
-Editor
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12707615234/" title="Buffalo Coins by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/12707615234_61e3e4eb9a_m.jpg" width="237" height="240" align="right" alt="Buffalo Coins"></a>
Whitman Publishing announces the release of Buffalo Coins: America’s Favorite—The American Bison on Coins, Tokens, Medals, and Paper Money. The 160-page, full-color book by Q. David Bowers will be available in March 2014 from booksellers nationwide as well as online, including at Whitman.com.
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“The American bison, nicknamed the buffalo, is a part of our national history and popular culture,” said Bowers, the coin hobby’s most prolific author. “Nowhere is this great animal more appreciated than in numismatics—the art, science, and enjoyment of collecting coins, tokens, medals, and paper money.” Now, in this richly illustrated new book, Bowers relates the history—and predicts the future—of the “Monarch of the Plains.”
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A main focus of the book is the image of bison on American coins (including the famous and popular 1913–1938 Buffalo nickel, State quarters, commemoratives, and others). A chapter on the bison in American pop culture covers songs, advertising, sports teams, postage stamps, Buffalo Bill and other Wild West shows, movies, television, jokes, and more. Finally, Bowers looks forward to the promising future of this noble animal.
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Contents include: The American Bison: A History and Appreciation ● The Famous “Buffalo” Nickel ● More Bison in American Numismatics ● The American Bison in Popular Culture ● Selected Buffalo and Bison Places on the Map ● Looking Forward: The Future of the American Bison ● Plus these resources for coin collectors: A Virtual Buffalo Nickel Collection ● A Buffalo Nickel Check List and Record Sheet ● The Three-Legged Buffalo and Other Varieties ● Grading Buffalo Nickels
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Buffalo Coins: America’s Favorite will be available online and from hobby shops and bookstores nationwide. Its retail price is $14.95. Members of the American Numismatic Association (money.org) can borrow the book for free from the Dwight N. Manley Numismatic Library.
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Buffalo Coins: America’s Favorite—The American Bison on Coins, Tokens, Medals, and Paper Money
<br/>By Q. David Bowers; foreword by Kenneth Bressett
<br/>ISBN 079483798-0
<br/>Softcover, 6 x 9 inches
<br/>Full color
<br/>Retail $14.95 U.S.
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For more information, or to order, see:
<a href="https://www.whitman.com/store/Inventory/Detail/Buffalo-Coins-Americas-Favorite+0794837980">
Buffalo Coins: America's Favorite
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(www.whitman.com/store/Inventory/Detail/Buffalo-Coins-Americas-Favorite+0794837980)
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NEW BOOK: ITALIAN CAST COINAGE, REVISED EDITION
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The February 20, 2014 issue of <i>CoinsWeekly</i> noted the publication of a new edition of <i> Italian Cast Coinage</i>.
-Editor
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12708950823/" title="Italian Cast Coinage by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3683/12708950823_99c6d45e3d_m.jpg" width="186" height="240" align="right" alt="Italian Cast Coinage"></a>
In 1979, Italo Vecchi, along with Bradley Thurlow, published <i>‘Italian Cast Coinage’</i>. This book was a catalog of all of the then-known types of cast coinage used in Rome and central Italy between the seventh to third centuries BC. In the three-and-a-half decades since its publication, a number of specialized studies have appeared which have revised our knowledge of this coinage, particularly regarding their minting authorities. As a result, Italo Vecchi has produced a new updated edition of ‘Italian Cast Coinage’
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Listing 327 coin types – from the aes rude and currency bars of early 1st millennium Italy to the final issues during the Second Punic War – many of which are previously unpublished, ‘Italian Cast Coinage’ also includes an account of the cast coinages of Rome, Etruria, Umbria, Northeast and Central Italy, Lucania, and Apulia. Arranged overall by geographical area, the mints within each area are then listed alphabetically. Details of the historical or geographical background, an examination of the weight standards and chronology, and three maps of the area are included also. In addition, there are 90 plates illustrating 373 coins and 14 related items. The book is fully indexed. Soon to become the new standard reference for the cast coinage of Italy.
This book will be a useful inclusion into the library of any scholar, numismatist, or collector of coinage of Central Italy and the early Roman Republic.
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You can order the book directly from CNG.
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To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://www.coinsweekly.com/en/News/4?&id=2617">
‘Italian Cast Coinage’ in new edition
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(www.coinsweekly.com/en/News/4?&id=2617)
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<center><h4> THE BOOK BAZARRE</h4></center>
<b> “The Definitive New Reference.” </b>
<i>A Guide Book of Canadian Coins and Tokens</i> is James A. Haxby’s award-winning reference on the subject. Contents include grading, mints, history, technical details, provincial and colonial coinage and tokens, Dominion issues, bullion, die varieties, commemoratives, error coins, sets, patterns, test tokens, Top 250 Auction Prices, and more—all in the Whitman style. 464 pages, hardcover, full color, $19.95. Order at
<a href="https://www.whitman.com/store/Inventory/Detail/Guide-Book-of-Canadian-Coins+0794822517">
Whitman.com</a> or call 1-800-546-2995.
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NEW BOOK: THE ARMSTRONG TOKENS
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Steve Woodland of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association forwarded this release on a new book on the Armstrong Shoe Mart tokens. Thanks! Inspired by Australasian
Tradesmen’s tokens issued in the mid-1800s, these were first struck in the 1970s at the Stokes mint in Melbourne, Australia and used as business cards in retail footwear stores in that country.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12735346635/" title="The Armstrong Tokens by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7405/12735346635_542b3d5ccc_m.jpg" width="181" height="240" align="right" alt="The Armstrong Tokens"></a>
A new full colour catalogue of Armstrong Shoe Mart tokens and associated materials has just been released.
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Written by Mike Carter and Ian Armstrong the catalogue picks up from the early work undertaken by Ian’s brother, Harold and Warren Amundsen.
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The catalogue includes all known Armstrong Shoe Mart token issues; Hall’s of Toorak issues; and associated materials issued by Ian such as medals and postcards. A rarity rating based on numbers issued has also been included.
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Only 100 copies of the catalogue have been printed. As well as the catalogue a new Armstrong Shoemart medal set was produced through the Canning Mint.
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Copies of the Catalogue or the new Armstrong Medals are available from Mike Carter or Ian Armstrong directly.
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Mike can be contacted on mike.carter@optusnet.com.au.
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Cost of the Catalogue is $20; postage $4.
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The Medals are $20 each, $60 for the set of three. Postage $2.80 (small padded bag)
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SIAMESE COINS IAPN BOOK PRIZE CEREMONY HELD
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<i>E-Sylum</i> readers learned of this award last May, but it's always a good time to give authors their due recognition. This article adds images and some additional information about the First Prize IAPN book award, from the ceremony January 19th 2014 in Bangkok Thailand.
-Editor
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/7634104668/" title="Siamese Coins by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7124/7634104668_067ff8b165_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" align="right" alt="Siamese Coins"></a>
Numismatic authors Ronachai Krisadaolarn and Vasilijs Mihailovs are honored recipients of the annual book prize award from the International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN).
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Conducted annually since 1982, the latest IAPN Book Prize Award Ceremony was held on Jan. 19, 2014 in Bangkok Thailand. More than 100 collectors, dealers, enthusiasts and personal friends of the authors attended.
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IAPN honored Krisadaolarn and Mihailovs for their 271-page reference book entitled <i>Siamese Coins from Funan to the Fifth Reign</i>.
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The new book "takes Thai coinage to another level of academics," describes IAPN "The hard cover book is 271 pages, with color images, including graphs and charts discussing the emblems and iconography of Thai coinage. This reference is a definite ‘must have’ for any serious numismatic library."
</div>
<p>
Until Siamese Coins from Funan to the Fifth Reign came along, IAPN notes that very little was published on Thai coinage with the last major reference solely on the subject written some 80 years ago.
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2014/02/19/authors-receive-iapn-award-for-book-on-siamese-coins/">
Authors Receive IAPN Award for Book on Siamese Coins
</a>
(www.coinnews.net/2014/02/19/authors-receive-iapn-award-for-book-on-siamese-coins/)
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n21a05.html">
SIAMESE COINS BOOK WINS IAPN PRIZE
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n21a05.html)
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JEAN-PAUL DIVO, 1937-2014
</h3></a>
<p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12626183955/" title="Numismatique de Dombes by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/12626183955_90eb045b5b_m.jpg" width="168" height="240" align="right" alt="Numismatique de Dombes"></a>
Jean-Luc Van der Schueren, General secretary and Executive Director of the international Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN) writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
I have just been informed that the former IAPN President, Jean-Paul DIVO died on February 13th. He was born on 8th August, 1937. He had been for a long time General Secretary of our Association, and then become its 9th President, being elected in 1997. He quit in 2001, and was then made Honorary President.
</div>
<p>
Thanks to David Fanning for forwarding the above. He adds:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Among other accomplishments, Jean-Paul Divo was the author of the current standard work on the medals on Louis XIV, based largely on the famous 1702 <i>Médailles sur les principaux événements du règne de Louis le Grand</i>. He also wrote on Swiss talers, Napoleonic medals, modern German, Swiss and Greek coins, the medals of Louis XV and other subjects.
</div>
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://jkamericana.com" title="Kralvevich esylum ad5 by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8110/8584883664_3b4c63abbb_o.jpg" width="600" height="300" alt="Kralvevich esylum ad5"></a>
</center>
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MORE CHOPMARKS ON MODERN U.S. PAPER MONEY
</h3></a>
<p>
Phil Iversen writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Regarding the article on “Chopmarks on Paper Currency” in the Feb. 17th issue I, too, have collected a number of these notes over the years. You mostly find them on the larger size notes ($50 or $100) bills usually with either symbols or even letters, but I also have a few on $1 bills too. I have pulled of circulation a number of $1, $5 & $20 notes with the “Where’s George” stamp plus another dozen or so with message such as “I Love You,” dates or names on them. Always fun to watch out for and collect!
</div>
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12710814404/" title="$20 bill with Arabic stamp by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/12710814404_873a66dc04.jpg" width="500" height="209" alt="$20 bill with Arabic stamp"></a>
</center>
<p>
<div class="box">
New subscriber Chip Howell forwarded the above image of a $20 bill with an interesting stamp in Arabic. He provided the translation below.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12710547093/" title="$20 bill with Arabic stamp by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3797/12710547093_83bd205397_o.png" width="105" height="176" align="right" alt="$20 bill with Arabic stamp"></a>
The text of the stamp, as best I can distinguish smudged blue ink from green ink, is...
<p>
1st line, proper name: Lu'ay Naafi'
<br/>2nd line, address: Tripoli [Lebanon] - 'Azmi Street
<br/>3rd line, license: Commercial registration number 2 0 - 2 6 6 7
<p>
While Arabic reads right-to-left, their numbers read left-to-right, like ours. Not sure why! I also don't know what the "SM" means, but if I learn in the meantime, I'll pass that along as well. Notice that just below the stamp, you can see serial number bleed-through from the front.
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a21.html">
CHOPMARKS ON MODERN U.S. PAPER MONEY
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a21.html)
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: FEBRUARY 23, 2014
</h3></a>
<p><b> Ruth Hill Not a Founding IBNS Member </b></br>
Ron Richardson
Editor,
IBNS Journal writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
In response to my colleague Howard Daniel's "correction" to my comment that Ruth Hill was not a founding member of the International Bank Note Society, I would have to point him to the IBNS Journal Vol 50: No 4 of 2011 which has a full listing of the Charter members of IBNS. However, I acknowledge his reference to another copy of the Journal that notes Mrs. Hill was a founding member. That reference is incorrect. I say that with some embarrassment as I was editor of that issue of the Journal and also on the Awards Committee and likely wrote the incorrect reference myself. Everything else Howard writes on the huge contribution Mrs Hill made to paper money collecting I strongly endorse.
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a13.html">
MORE ON RUTH HILL
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a13.html)
<p><b> The Antiquities of the Jews </b></br>
<p>
In last week's review of <i>Coins of the Bible</i> I wrote:
<div class="quote">
<p>
... direct quotations of Bible passages mentioning or referring to coins,
such as: "And when Moses had gathered the multitude together again, he ordained
that they should offer half a shekel for every man, as an oblation to
God; which shekel is a piece among the Hebrews, and is equal to four
Athenian drachmae, (Antiquities 3.8.2)"
</div>
<p>
François R. Velde writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
That's not a direct quotation of the Bible. "drachma" is a sure sign that the quote isn't biblical - it's too late for the Old Testament and too early for the New one
</div>
<p>
My mistake. I wasn't the most attentive Sunday School student, but I didn't recognize " Antiquities" as a book form the Bible, but was in too much of a rush to question it. The book's quotes are not all from the Bible as I stated. This one is from a work
by Flavius Josephus titled <i>"The Antiquities of the Jews"</i>.
<p>
To read the Flavius Josephus book, see:
<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2848?msg=welcome_stranger#link32HCH0008">
Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus
</a>
(www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2848?msg=welcome_stranger#link32HCH0008)
<p>
Publisher Dennis Tucker adds:
<div class="quote">
<p>
<i>Money of the Bible</i>, 3rd edition, has been written up for ProtoView (formerly Book News, Inc.’s “Reference & Research Book News”). Their title entries are sent to discovery services that license their content, including Ex Libris:
<p>
<i>
"This third edition is further updated with more pictures and more anecdotes. Bressett has been involved with numismatics since the 1940s, and this book is a lovingly prepared, abundantly illustrated compendium about money in the ancient world."
</i>
<p>
It’s always nice to see a numismatic book get some coverage outside our rarefied sphere!
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a06.html">
BOOK REVIEW: MONEY OF THE BIBLE, 3RD EDITION
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a06.html)
<p><b> Palestinian £100 Banknote Image Copyright </b></br>
Howard Berlin writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
I was surprised to see the picture of the 1929 £P100 note (S/N A001088) issued during the British Mandate of Palestine in the recent issue of <i>The E-Sylum</i> (v17#07 February 16, 2014). It so happens that I was the former owner of this note, of which there are only four known (that are not specimens or color trials). It was the crowning jewel of my collection of Palestine coins and notes that I had collected for over 20 years. I had sold my whole collection back in 2001 after exhibiting various part of it at national, regional and local shows and was fortunate to have won a few best of show awards.
<p>
This notes appears both on the paperback cover and as a featured color plate of my book, <i>The Coins and Banknotes of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1927–1947</i>, which is also copyrighted. The image of this note has long been on my copyrighted webpage about the coins and banknotes of the Palestine Mandate since 1999. What irritates me is that an individual using the Wikipedia ID of Arabmuslim12 has literally stolen this image and placed it on the Hebrew-language Wikipedia site and has the chutzpah to claim that he/she is the author of this work! This thief has indicated that this file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
<p>
In the past I have graciously allowed individuals to use this image for educational purposes when asked as long as the source is acknowledged. An "official" image, which much better view of this note is attached. I now have find out how to have this Wikipedia page deleted or have the proper attribution made.
</div>
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12709385105/" title="Palestinian £100 1929-9-30 A001088 by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5504/12709385105_dcf245ac91.jpg" width="500" height="280" alt="Palestinian £100 1929-9-30 A001088"></a>
<br/>Image Copyright (c) Dr. Howard M. Berlin
</center>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a25.html">
OSAMA BIN LADEN BANKNOTE
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a25.html)
<p><b> 2014 Belgium Coin Sizes </b></br>
Last week I wrote:
<div class="quote">
<p>
"I like the switcheroo of the two metals in this bimetallic design. Are these the same or different denominations? Despite the clear difference, these could get confusing if they're not the same denomination."
</div>
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12564985045/" title="2014 Belgium coin design by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2867/12564985045_0dd27379dd.jpg" width="431" height="232" alt="2014 Belgium coin design"></a>
</center>
<p>
Pabitra Saha writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
The first one or the one with Copper Nickel ring, is 2 Euro whereas the second one is one euro. The actual coins are different sized.
<p>
Denomination: 1 Euro; Composition: Bi-metallic Copper-Nickel Centre in Nickel-Brass Ring; Diameter: 23.25 mm; Weight: 7.5 g; Edge: Segmented Reeding
<p>
Denomination: 2 Euro; Composition: Bi-metallic Nickel-Brass Centre in Copper-Nickel Ring; Diameter: 25.75 mm; Weight: 8.5 g; Edge: Lettered with legend
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Thanks! <i>E-Sylum</i> illustrations are notoriously uniform in size, making is difficult to tell the relative sizes of coins. That's what full-time editors of real publications get paid to do. I slap in whatever looks good and move on.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a20.html">
SOME NEW COIN DESIGNS: FEBRUARY 16, 2014
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a20.html)
<p><b> 1882-CC dollar Variety Correction </b></br>
Steve Bishop writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
One small correction to Tom Kays' Numismatic diary, which I should have picked up in the preview copy you sent: The 1882-CC dollar was a VAM 2C, not 2A, the difference being that the 2C is a later die state and scarcer, particularly in a GSA holder.
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a16.html">
TOM KAYS' NUMISMATIC DIARY: FEBRUARY 16, 2014
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a16.html)
<p><b> Treating Book Leather </b></br>
Alan Weinberg writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
I've got an approx. 10" x 10" x 1 1/2" US Mint-made leather presentation case for my Dr Frederick Rose 1858 Buchanan portrait Congressional Gold Medal. It is bright red leather in quite nice condition with gold-embossed US mint images- Indian Head, Seated Liberty, eagles, etc.
<p>
To prevent the leather from drying out or becoming brittle, I'd like to treat the leather with an oil or cream to keep it soft and supple.
<p>
When I was a kid, we used to use "Neetsfoot Oil" for our leather baseball gloves. But that was 60 years ago. What did Armand Champa or John Ford use to preserve or bring back to life old leather book bindings? What would you recommend or use? Keep in mind the leather has numerous gilt raised images which I don't want to darken...that may be a factor.
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Well, I'm not sure, but this would be a great <i>E-Sylum</i> topic. What do our readers recommend?
-Editor
</div>
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ERRORSCOPE MARCH-APRIL 2014 ISSUE PUBLISHED
</h3></a>
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Timothy Clough forwarded this press release for the March / April 2013 issue of CONECA’s <i>ErrorScope</i> magazine. Thanks.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
New In the ErrorScope
<br/>Volume 23 Number 2 – March / April 2014
<p>
The latest issue of <i>ErrorScope</i>, CONECA’S (The Combined Organizations of Numismatic Error Collectors of America) bimonthly journal is now at the printers. The March / April issue should be available to members at or around the first of March from the CONECA ErrorScope Online Members Only Area (assessable from the banner at the top of the CONECA homepage) and a hard copy should be showing up in mail boxes to all current members at about the same time.
<p>
In this issue, Tanay Wakhare wrote an interesting article on the transitional dime varieties of 1969 – 1970 discussing both the RDV-001 and RDV-002.
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12734424113/" title="Roosevelt dime error by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3719/12734424113_57dd1f326b.jpg" width="500" height="180" alt="Roosevelt dime error"></a>
</center>
<p>
Kevin Flynn who is working on his current book, “The Authoritative Reference on Liberty Seated Half Dimes” and has an article discussing the over date on the Liberty Seated Half Dimes for the year 1848 and 1849. Mr. Flynn goes into detail of the diagnostics of both over dates using close up photographs and overlays.
<p>
Ken Potter gives a report on CONECA’S presence at the 2013 Michigan State Numismatic Society’s Fall Convention. Of the several coins examined at the CONECA table highlighted in Mr. Potter’s report was a 1946 DDR-001 (FS-801) Walking Liberty half dollars (strong doubling on eagle’s wing feathers) owned by Karl Brenner and a Canadian 1976 one cent piece exhibiting an “Incomplete Curved Clip” brought to the show by Colin Cutler.
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12734738524/" title="1946 Walking half doubling error by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7351/12734738524_cb0ab87aca.jpg" width="500" height="169" alt="1946 Walking half doubling error"></a>
</center>
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12734252715/" title="1976 Canada cent clip error by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3748/12734252715_eac06e7256.jpg" width="500" height="258" alt="1976 Canada cent clip error"></a>
</center>
<p>
Robert H. Knauss continues his articles of in search of Standing Liberty quarter varieties and errors. In this issue, Mr. Knauss focuses on cuds and die breaks.
<p>
Jeff Ylitalo writes about “Bi – Metallic Coins Struck on Solid Denomination Planchets”. Several coins are highlighted including a 2003 Chilean 500 peso struck on a bronze planchet intended for a Chilean 50 peso.
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12734738344/" title="2003 Chile 500 Peso wrong planchet error by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5487/12734738344_f1f1170393.jpg" width="500" height="226" alt="2003 Chile 500 Peso wrong planchet error"></a>
</center>
<p>
Anybody wanting to join CONECA should contact Rachel Irish at 101 West Prairie Center #323, Hayden, ID 83835 or email MRirish5@roadrunner.com A copy of the application form may be download at http://conecaonline.org/content/join.html. Annual dues are as follows: Adult Member $25.00 per year, Young Numismatist (online ErrorScope only) $7.50 per year or (online ErrorScope plus mailed hard copy) $17.50.
<p>
CONECA members wishing to receive a login username and password to access the ErrorScope Online Members Only area, please email the Membership Coordinator, Rachel Irish at the address listed above. A valid email address on file with CONECA is required for access to current and back issues of the ErrorScope online.
<p>
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<br/><br/>
<b>
Archives International Auctions, Part XVII
</b>
</center>
<p>
Rare U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Security Printing Ephemera,
Further Selections From the Hamtramck Collection & Part 1 of the Scarsdale Collection of Modern African Banknotes
<p>
<center>
<b>
March 11th 2014 at our offices in Fort Lee, NJ
</b>
</center>
<p>
Highlights include:
<ul>
<li>
Lot 102 Banco de Quito. 5 Pesos. 1880. Pick #S242 Unlisted as issued note
<li>
Lot 704 Essay Proof of Merchants National Bank of Chicago - a rare essay proof of original issue national banknote
<li>
Lot 394 Central African Republic, 5000 Francs, P-11
<li>
Lot 837 Crescent Mutual Insurance Co., ca.1850's Specimen Stock Certificate
</ul>
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12393528403/" title="Lot 837 Crescent Mutual Insurance by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5516/12393528403_8e2a51ea09.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="Lot 837 Crescent Mutual Insurance"></a>
</center>
<p>
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</a>
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ALBERT WICK'S AMERICAN COLONIAL COINS & TOKENS
</h3></a>
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These was some discussion this week in the Yahoo Colonial Coin group about a rare book on American Colonial Coins & Tokens by Albert Wick. I've compiled some of the discussion here, along with image supplied by Dan Burleson.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12707953883/" title="Wick Cover by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/12707953883_65a87d618f_m.jpg" width="189" height="240" align="right" alt="Wick Cover"></a>
Dan Burleson wrote:
<div class="quote">
<p>
I came across a book/manuscript that is entitled <i>American Colonial Coins
& Tokens</i> by Albert H. Wick. It's a first printing and is dated 1948. The
cover is green paper and the contents look like the old mimeograph. Who
was Albert Wick and did this book ever have any status?
</div>
<p>
David Fanning wrote:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Very scarce book. I don't have it in my own library. Don't think I've ever handled one.
</div>
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12707953233/" title="Wick Pg. 2 by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7367/12707953233_6df415e24d_m.jpg" width="175" height="240" alt="Wick Pg. 2"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12707952973/" title="Wick Pg. 3 by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7350/12707952973_2a8f18d5fb_m.jpg" width="175" height="240" alt="Wick Pg. 3"></a>
</center>
<p>
John Lupia forwarded this entry from his <i> Encyclopedic Dictionary of Numismatic Biographies</i>:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Wick, Albert H. (1899-1977), 5437 Nagel Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. President of the St. Louis Numismatic Society. According to the 1930 U.S. Census he was born in New York in 1899, of two immigrant parents from Germany, Albert (1872-?) and Minnie Wick (1869-?). In 1948 he was appointed District Secretary of the American Numismatic Association.
<p>
That same year published his mimeographed book, <i>American Colonial Coins & Tokens. A Review of the Issues from 1615-1792</i>, and placed it in green wrappers. In 1949 he printed a 3-hole punched and stapled red card wrapper in a revised edition (44 pages), also containing History of Evolution of Money (13 pages), and Picking a Winner: A Short Study of American Coins, an Explanation of their High Catalogued Prices, and A Method of Predicting Future Prices of New Issues, Thru a Study of U. S. Mintage Charts (13 Pages). He was the ANA program chairman in 1970 for the convention at St. Louis. He died in March 1977 at his residence at 91340 San Fernando, Los Angeles, California.
Bibliography :
<i>The Numismatist</i>, Vol. 61, No. 5, May (1948) : 350
<i>The Numismatist</i>, Vol. 78, No. 8, August (1965) : 1259
<i>Numismatic Scrapbook</i>, Volume 36, No. 1 (1970) : 812
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12708303275/" title="Wick revised edition cover red by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3680/12708303275_73736e4a4c_m.jpg" width="184" height="240" align="right" alt="Wick revised edition cover red"></a>
Someone forwarded a link to a copy of the red-covered revised edition. I have the green first edition in my library, but never saw the red one.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://dunedin.locanto.co.nz/si/1/ID_221283043/Al-Albert-H-Wick-American-Colonial-Coins-Tokens-A.html">
Al. [Albert H.] Wick - American Colonial Coins & Tokens.
</a>
(dunedin.locanto.co.nz/si/1/ID_221283043/Al-Albert-H-Wick-American-Colonial-Coins-Tokens-A.html)
<p>
<div class="box">
Can anyone add any more information for us about Mr. Wick and his books?
-Editor
</div>
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ANS HUNTINGTON AWARD TO JOHN W. ADAMS
</h3></a>
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Joanne Isaac forwarded this ANS press release about the Society's 2014 Huntington Award.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12734847893/" title="John W. Adams by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7445/12734847893_ce61a12467_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" align="right" alt="John W. Adams"></a>
The
American
Numismatic
Society
awards
its
2014
Archer
M.
Huntington
Award
for
excellence
in
numismatic
scholarship
to
John
W.
Adams
<p>
The
Trustees
of
the
American
Numismatic
Society
have
voted
to
award
John
W.
Adams
the
2014
Archer
M.
Huntington
Award
in
recognition
of
his
outstanding
career
contributions
to
numismatic
scholarship.
The
award
ceremony
will
be
held
on
Saturday,
26
April
2014
at
the
Massachusetts
Historical
Society
in
Boston.
The
event
will
include
Mr.
Adams’
presentation
of
the
Silvia
Mani
Hurter
Memorial
Lecture,
Titled
<i>
A
Recidivist
Collector,</i>
followed
by
a
reception
in
his
honor.
<p>
John
Adams’
research
in
the
field
of
numismatics
focuses
on
American
and
European
medals,
numismatic
literature,
and
large
cents.
In
his
early
research,
his
approach
is
largely
bibliographical.
His
<i>
Monographs
on
Varieties
of
United
States
Large
Cents,
1793–1794,</i>
published
in
1976,
provided
a
concise
introduction
to
the
various
key
publications
in
this
field.
His
two
volumes
of
<i>
United
States
Numismatic
Literature</i>
(1982,
1990)
are
among
the
most
useful
bibliographical
aids
on
American
numismatic
auction
catalogues
available;
in
particular
Adams’
erudite
introductions
to
the
various
collectors
are
widely
quoted.
<p>
In
the
last
15
years,
Adams
has
focused
primarily
on
medals,
both
European
and
American.
His
Book
<i>
The
Indian
Peace
Medals
of
George
III,
or,
His
Majesty’s
Sometime
Allies,</i>
published
in
1999,
demonstrates
his
breadth
of
knowledge;
through
careful
numismatic
analysis
Adams
was
able
to
expand
our
knowledge
in
this
series.
His
approach
to
medals
is
largely
historical,
and
his
subsequent
work
on
<i>
The
Medals
Concerning
John
Law
and
the
Mississippi
System
</i>
has
become
a
standard
work
on
the
peculiar
medals
satirizing
this
famous
financial
crisis
of
the
early
18th
century.
In
this
book
Adams
illustrates
his
command
of
historical,
financial
and
numismatic
matters.
Together
with
Anne
Bentley,
Adams
Wrote
<i>
Comitia
Americana
and
Related
Medals:
Underappreciated
Monuments
to
Our
Heritage </i>
(2007).
In
this
exhaustive
analysis,
Adams
and
Bentley
re-‐wrote
our
understanding
of
this
important
early
American
series
of
medals.
It
is
now
the
definitive
historical
and
numismatic
study
on
the
subject.
Again,
in
2010
Adams
wrote
the
consummate
book
<i>
Medallic
Portraits
of
Admiral
Vernon:
Medals
Sometimes
Lie </i>
with
Fernando
Chao
and
in
collaboration
with
Anne
Bentley.
This
work
provides
a
study
of
the
many
varieties
of
the
Vernon
series,
which
often
differ
only
in
tiny
details,
provides
historical
context,
offering
a
concordance
with
the
many
prior
studies
and
much
more.
<p>
While
there
is
an
impressive
corpus
of
books
by
Adams,
he
also
is
a
frequent
contributor
to
conference
proceedings,
journals
and
other
publications.
He
has
published
articles
about
coin
sales,
individual
medals,
numismatic
personalities,
and
hoards,
to
name
just
a
few.
His
long
involvement
as
editor
of
<i>
The
MCA
Advisory</i>
has
turned
this
publication
into
a
popular,
well-‐
informed
publication.
<p>
The
Chairman
of
the
Society’s
Huntington
Committee,
Dr.
Jere
Bacharach,
described
the
honoree
with
the
following
words:
“What
distinguishes
John
Adams
from
other
writers
is
his
passion
for
history,
a
beautiful,
academically
correct
writing
style,
and
diligence
in
seeking
out
overlooked
historical
and
numismatic
sources.”
<p>
John
W.
Adams
received
an
AB
from
Princeton
(1957)
and
a
MBA
from
Harvard
(1959).
He
founded
Adams,
Harkness
&
Hill
in
1966,
an
investment
bank
in
Boston,
where
for
the
next
40
years
he
served
variously
as
Director
of
Research,
Chairman
and
CEO.
He
has
served
as
a
Trustee
of
the
Massachusetts
Historical
Society,
where
he
was
instrumental
in
conserving
its
coin
cabinet,
and
as
President
of
the
Numismatic
Bibliomania
Society
and
the
Medal
Collectors
of
America.
He
is
a
Fellow
of
the
American
Antiquarian
Society,
as
well
a
Fellow
of
the
American
Numismatic
Society
where
he
also
served
on
its
Board
of
Trustees
and
was
an
active
Chairman
of
the
Library
Committee.
<p>
<div class="box">
Congratulations on a very well-deserved award!
-Editor
</div>
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EDWIN JOHNSTON ON BRAD TROEMEL'S EBAY ART PROJECT
</h3></a>
<div class="box">
Edwin Johnston of Houston, Texas submitted this note in response to Andrew Hurle's defense of Brad Troemel's eBay Art Project. Thanks.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
As a keen and longtime collector of small independent minters, focusing on those who model their designs based on numismatic history, I was drawn to the <i>E-Sylum</i> article titled, "Money Artist Brad Troemel Exhibition". After reading Troemel's press release in the article I was immediately affronted by the chicanery in regards to his self-described bamboozles on eBay where he alleges he was able to defraud buyers by using altered replicas of US colonial era coins to pass off as genuine, through carefully scripted narratives as his sales tool that were deliberately vague and intentionally misleading.
<p>
As a cover for the commission of what appear to me to be crimes, he claims, as all confidence men do, that the buyers' own sense of greed was at fault, just as a thief often does when caught: "He went thatta way!" I found myself in agreement with Wayne Homren's comments regarding Troemel's eBay scams in the article, but balked at supporting Homren's comparison to J.S.G. Boggs for Troemel's gallery exhibition, which I had viewed on the website link and found to be no more artistic than any number of numismatic exhibits at coin shows and conventions.
<p>
Despite being miffed, I kept my opinions to myself, at least temporarily. However, the next week's <i>E-Sylum</i> featured an article titled, "A Defense of Brad Troemel's eBay Art Project" by Andrew Hurle, who had initially alerted Homren to Troemel's gallery exhibit, a piece that made me boil over and motivated this response.
<p>
It is my impression that Troemel's writing, despite his postgraduate degree from New York University, is evidence of a functional illiterate, most glaringly in terms of numismatics. Hurle's self-styled defense is no doubt meant to seem more educated on its face than Troemel's writing by attempting to situate it within the realm of art, while continuing to obfuscate the apparent criminality of the acts.
<p>
Take for instance the simple fact that Troemel personally and with great descriptive effort removed the federally-required identifying "COPY" stamp from his replicas in order to make them appear as authentic currency. Hurle transforms this apparent crime into a creative act of "erasing" and "blurring" the replica into an "empty space" and a "blank" that buyers could fill with their imaginations.
<p>
However, the buyers were not alerted to this intent in the very least, if indeed it ever existed at all, since it is more likely a cover story developed after the sales.
<p>
Given the facts clearly stipulated in this case, I'm not surprised that both Troemel and Hurle subscribe to the pseudo-anarchistic free market nostrums that are popular among privileged sectors of the digiterati.
<p>
What is missing in all this is that Steve Litzner (a.k.a., J.S.G.
Boggs), though widely renowned for his artwork that came under government scrutiny without ever having been convicted, was jailed for demonstrable offenses entirely unrelated to art.
<p>
<div class="box">
I'm not surprised that a fellow collector would have a similar reaction to mine upon learning of Troemel's admission of removing the COPY marking from coin reproductions. I'm still willing to acknowledge his work as an artist and do get what he was trying to accomplish in the eBay performance, but tampering with the marking crossed the line.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n06a29.html">
MONEY ARTIST BRAD TROEMEL EXHIBITION
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n06a29.html)
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a14.html">
A DEFENSE OF BRAD TROEMEL'S EBAY ART PROJECT
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a14.html)
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150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING OF THE HUNLEY
</h3></a>
<div class="box">
We've discussed the Confederate submarine Hunley in the past, and its numismatic highlight, commander Lt. George Dixon's engraved $20 gold piece. Dick Hanscom forwarded this Associated Press story about the 150th anniversary of the Feb. 17, 1864, mission in which the Hunley sank the Union ship Housatonic. The article appears on many web sites. Dick discovered it at London's <i>Daily Mail</i>. The <i>Mail</i> tarts up their articles with lots of images, so check out their version online.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
On a clear, moonlight night 150 years ago, the hand-cranked Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley glided out over glassy seas off South Carolina, sailing into history as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy warship.
<p>
A century and a half later - and nearly a decade and a half after the sub was raised - just why the Hunley and its eight-man crew never returned is a mystery, albeit one that scientists may be closer to resolving.
<p>
Monday marked the 150th anniversary of the Feb. 17, 1864, mission in which the Hunley sank the Union ship Housatonic as the Confederates desperately tried to break the Civil War blockade that was strangling Charleston. While the Housatonic sank, so too did the Hunley.
<p>
On Monday evening, re-enactors planned a gathering at Breach Inlet between Sullivans Island and the Isle of Palms northeast of Charleston for a memorial service honoring both the Hunley crew and the five Union sailors who died.
<p>
Among the first artifacts recovered from the silt and sand clogging the inside of the submarine were buttons from the crewmen's uniforms.
<p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/4874568852/" title="Lt Dixon Lucky Coin Found on Hunley Submarine by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4116/4874568852_f584f2b9a0_m.jpg" width="165" height="164" align="right" alt="Lt Dixon Lucky Coin Found on Hunley Submarine"></a>
Later came one of the most sought-after artifacts of the Hunley legend - a gold coin that had deflected a bullet and thus saved the life of Hunley commander Lt. George Dixon at the Battle of Shiloh.
<p>
The $20 United States gold piece was given to Dixon by his sweetheart, Queenie Bennett. The words 'Shiloh April 6, 1862 My life Preserver' are inscribed on the coin.
<p>
<div class="box">
I've added an image of Dixon's coin, which is on display with the wreck of the Hunley near Charleston, SC.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561549/Memorial-service-held-commemorate-Confederate-submarine-sank-150-years-ago-just-destroyed-Union-warship.html">
Memorial service held to commemorate Confederate submarine that sank 150 years ago just as it destroyed a Union warship
</a>
(www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561549/Memorial-service-held-commemorate-Confederate-submarine-sank-150-years-ago-just-destroyed-Union-warship.html)
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IF GIVEN A CHOICE, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
</h3></a>
<div class="box">
Dennis Tucker posed an interesting question to collectors this week. Which would you choose?
-Editor
</div>
<p>
<i>E-Sylum</i> readers might get a kick out of this informal study.
Last weekend I ran a poll on the Collectors Universe Message Board asking, “If you had a choice of receiving one or the other of these, which would you choose, and why?” The choices were:
<p>
a) a ten-pound bag of mixed, completely unsearched 19th-century silver dollars (types unspecified), or
<p>
b) a ten-pound bag of mixed, completely unsearched 19th-century U.S. medals and tokens.
<p>
As of Thursday afternoon, 77% of respondents said “Show me the dollars!” and 23% said “Gimme the exonumia!”
<p>
Personally, as tempting as the silver dollars would be, I would go for the medals and tokens. Early 1800s dollars might include various Bust types, Liberty Seated, even Gobrecht dollars. . . . but 1800s exonumia could include Washington medals, Hard Times and Civil War tokens, Feuchtwanger tokens, Lesher Referendum dollars, U.S. Assay medals (this is all theoretical!), Indian Peace medals. . . . figuring 30 to 50 pieces per pound, I wouldn’t be able to resist.
<p>
Some of the respondents’ comments were interesting and surprising:
<div class="quote">
<p>
“I would honestly choose a single circulated common-date silver dollar over option B, since I don't collect medals and tokens.”
<p>
“The tokens and medals would be cooler to sort through with all the different designs. That being said, I have NO clue about them so I'd have to go with the dollars.”
<p>
“Assuming I have no financial stake in this, I'd probably go with the medals as it would be a more interesting historical lesson. I don't know any medal collectors that collect many multiples of the same design; their collections are quite varied, so it'd certainly be fun to look through. A bag of silver dollars could be all 1881-S.”
<p>
“I have already searched thru bags of silver dollars. Never had the chance to go thru a bag of medals/tokens. I would go with the latter just for the experience.”
<p>
“Tokens and medals are cool to see pics of and read about. But dollars are fun to own!”
<p>
“I'd rather sort through a bag of SBAs than a bag of medals and tokens.”
<p>
“I'll go for the dollars and use the money to buy medals and tokens that I have picked out myself!”
<p>
“You didn't specify whether we get to keep the sack. Either way, I'd take the medals. The dollars are probably worth more, but what's money for? It's to make us happy and the medals would probably give me more of that than I could buy with the dollars (unless they were all scarce dates).”
</div>
<p>
I imagine <i>E-Sylum</i> readers would answer more in favor of medals and tokens --- maybe even flipping the ratio from 3-to-1 to 1-to-3.
<p>
<div class="box">
I know my choice, but I'll wait to hear from some <i>E-Sylum</i>readers first - which would you choose, and why?
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=910749&">
If given a choice, which would you choose
</a>
(forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=910749&)
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EXHIBITS AT THE 2014 ANA SUMMER CONVENTION
</h3></a>
<div class="box">
Paul Hybert forwarded this note about exhibits at the summer American Numismatic Association convention.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
Collector Exhibits at the 2014 ANA Summer Convention
<p>
The ANA's 2014 Anniversary convention will be held in suburban Chicago on August 5-9, Tuesday through Saturday -- near O'Hare airport, at the same venue as in 1991, 1999, 2011, and 2013. The convention's web site has links to the Rules and Application for exhibiting in 2014 on page:
<a href="http://www.worldsfairofmoney.com/collector-exhibits.aspx">
http://www.worldsfairofmoney.com/collector-exhibits.aspx
</a>
<p>
That page also links to essays on building an exhibit. A good exhibit tells a story, and we all have some stories that we share with fellow collectors; use the Exhibit Area to tell your story for the entire convention! An exhibit can use from one up to ten cases (ANA supplies the cases), and an ANA member can enter up to four exhibits. Only ANA members can exhibit competitively -- that and other rules are detailed in the Rules document.
<p>
It takes time and effort to create an exhibit -- now, five months before the convention, is a good time to start. The application must be received at ANA by June 20, but the exhibit need not be complete by then. Do you have questions about exhibiting? If you are attending the National Money Show in Atlanta this week, visit the Exhibit Area and look around.
<p>
Exhibiting does take a commitment of time -- the exhibits must be in place by the Tuesday morning opening of the convention, and the exhibits cannot be removed until very late on Saturday afternoon (when the convention closes).
<p>
Send any questions to the local committee at
<A href="mailto:ANA2011Exhibits@ChicagoCoinClub.org">
ANA2011Exhibits@ChicagoCoinClub.org
</a>
(that is not a typo -- it means we have a little experience!)
<p>
<div class="box">
I'd love to see SEVERAL numismatic literature exhibits at the convention this year. Let's get busy, bibliophiles!
-Editor
</div>
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE MEDAL
</h3></a>
<p>
<center>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12665969104/" title="Presidents medal obverse by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7383/12665969104_2148be47ac_m.jpg" width="239" height="240" alt="Presidents medal obverse"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12665512545/" title="Presidents medal reverse by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5540/12665512545_3b311d5f26_m.jpg" width="238" height="240" alt="Presidents medal reverse"></a>
</center>
<p>
Howard Daniel writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
This is a new medal to me and which I think is likely of interest to one or more of the <i>E-Sylum</i> subscribers.
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Howard found the medal on eBay - below is the auctioneer's description. I think it's a nice one. Can anyone tell us more about it?
-Editor
</div>
<p>
Large Bronze Medal. Punch of the edge + Bronze + 1976
Good condition with beautiful Reliefs
<p>
Obverse: effigy of the 2 Présidents of the U.S.A + Benjamin Franklin.
<p>
Inscription : Thomas JEFFERSON La Loi Benjamin FRANKLIN La Politique George WASHINGTON La Patrie
<p>
Inscriptions : PEOCLAMATION DE L'INDEPENDANCE DES ETATS UNIS D'AMERIQUE 4 JUILLET 1776
<p>
Reverse: Soldier with a gun and behind the American flag avec une grande inscription + 1776 - 1976
<p>
Diameter : 8 cm Weight : 406,5 g
<p>
To read the complete eBay lot description, see:
<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/191073212993">
MEDAL : ( INDEPENDENCE JULY 4 1776 ) PRESIDENTS OFTHE U.S.A.
</a>
(www.ebay.com/itm/191073212993)
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NAPOLEON VAMPIRE TOKENS
</h3></a>
<p>
Dave Schenkman writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/6828463984/" title="French satirical medal reverse by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6828463984_d25816ac63_m.jpg" width="239" height="240" align="right" alt="French satirical medal reverse"></a>
I enjoyed the last <i>E-Sylum</i>, as always, even though I got tagged as part of the “boisterous contingent from Southern Maryland” by Tom Kays. My reason for writing is Tom’s mention of the “Vampire” Francais of Napoleon III le Miserable token he passed around. I don’t know much about these, but have ten or eleven different ones, and wondered whether you know of any catalog or article on them.
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Well, I don't know of any books, but there were a couple earlier <i>E-Sylum</i> articles that may be of help. Links included below.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n11a21.html">
NAPOLEON III, THE FRENCH VAMPIRE
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n11a21.html)
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n05a27.html">
FEATURED WEB PAGE: SATIRICAL COINS OF NAPOLEON III
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n05a27.html)
<p>
Bob Leonard writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
These satirical Sedan pieces refer to the surrender of Napoleon III and his entire army at Sedan, France, September 2, 1870.
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
I asked Bob if he knew of any references on these pieces.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
Bob Leonard adds:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Certainly. <i>The Numismatist</i> published a series of articles by Richard E. Dickerson, "Military Headgear On The Satirical Coins Of Napoleon III" (December 1974, p. 2507) and "Pickelhaube Medals of Napoleon III" (with W. G. Schulze: November 1975, p. 2405; December 1975, p. 2650; and September 1976, p. 1941). Note: year, month, and page no. from Numismatic Index of Periodicals--probably correct, but I have not verified them, and hope that readers' sets of <i>The Numismatist</i> are easier to get to than mine.)
<p>
This was an almost excessively detailed study, going into minutia, so it is no wonder that the ANA has steered away from the subject ever since. No doubt there are French and German publications also, but these four articles will tell you more than you wanted to know.
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a16.html">
TOM KAYS' NUMISMATIC DIARY: FEBRUARY 16, 2014
</a>
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a16.html)
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FORUM ANCIENT COINS TRANSLATION PAGES
</h3></a>
<p>
David Pickup writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Can I suggest Forum Ancient Coins pages on Numismatic French, Spanish and German? These guides to foreign languages are extremely useful to anyone who buys coins from continental catalogues or websites or uses foreign books.
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Here's an excerpt of numismatic German.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
aber - but
<br/>Abkürzungen - abbreviations
<br/>abwärts - down (upside down)
<br/>Abweichungen - deviations (varieties)
<br/>achtel - one eighth
<br/>Adler - eagle
<br/>Androkephaler Stier - man-faced bull
<br/>Ähre - wheat ear
<br/>Ährenkranz - wreath of wheat ears
<br/>allen - all
<br/>auf - on
<br/>Anfang - start
<br/>antike - ancient
<br/>aufwärts - upwards
<br/>ausgebreiteten - spread (wings)
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20German">
German numismatic terms and abbreviations
</a>
(www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20German)
<p>
<div class="box">
Spanish...
-Editor
</div>
<p>
barbada - bearded
<p>
cabeza - head
<br/>cabeza descubierta - bare head
<br/>campo - fields
<br/>ceca - mint
<br/>creciente - crescent
<br/>cruz - cross
<p>
debajo - below
<br/>detras - behind
<p>
encima - above
<br/>espada - sword
<br/>estrella - star
<br/>estrella de cinco puntas - pentagram
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<a href=" http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Spanish ">
Spanish numismatic terms and abbreviations
</a>
(www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Spanish)
<p>
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... and French
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favoris - sideburns
<br/>fer de lance - spearhead
<br/>fevrier - February
<br/>flanque - flanks
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grappe de raisin - bunch of grapes
<br/>grenetis - beading (dot border)
<br/>gauche - left
<br/>graveur - engraver
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haut - above
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isiaque - Isis
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joug - yoke
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lance - spear
<br/>laurier - laurel
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To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20French">
French numismatic terms and abbreviations
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(www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20French)
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David adds:
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Perhaps there could be a Numismatic English page?
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Bold fine – nice looking but worn
<br/>Uncleaned – dirty
<br/>Unresearched - don’t know what it is
<br/>Nearly UNC – extremely fine
<br/>Some cabinet wear – scratched
<br/>Has been pierced – some idiot’s drilled a hole in it
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GEORG BAUMS: PORTRAIT OF A COLLECTOR
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In the February 22, 2014 e-newsletter of the Künker auction house is a profile of collector Georg Baums, whose medal collection is being offered by the firm.
-Editor
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12700902773/" title="Georg Baums by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/12700902773_617f0f33b8_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" align="right" alt="Georg Baums"></a>
I have known Georg Baums for more than four decades now, and an interested and curious customer has in that period become a friend. He has racked up notable success not only as a collector, but also in his career as an advertising professional. A partner in the advertising agency Baums, Mang and Zimmermann, with over 100 employees, he was from 1971 to 1990 an independent entrepreneur in Düsseldorf. When his company BMZ was sold in 1990 to the international advertising group Publicis, he initially became head of the German branch and was later given responsibility for Austria and Switzerland as well. As Georg Baums left active professional life in 2000 at the age of 65, “his” company had more than 1,000 employees in Germany only.
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Georg Baums didn’t let his busy life prevent him from buying interesting items and adding them to his collection. He wanted to know more, and once expressed it himself in the following manner: “It’s not collecting in the way that honey bees do it. With real collecting, the work doesn’t begin until the item is won. Which stories are there to be found... what the symbols and pictures mean... which other objects have some connection. Investigations, research, examination. That process will not follow the same pattern immediately with each object, nor with the same classification scheme, but in the course of the collection’s life, the mosaic pieces come together more and more to form a whole.”
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The medal collection on offer in this catalogue represents the second numismatic project which Georg Baums has entrusted to us for auction. Over more than three decades Georg Baums assembled a significant collection of “siege coins”, which also contained historic medals under the heading “war and peace”. This collection was sold during the 116th auction of the House of Künker on 27 September, 2006 which was, according to Georg Baums, also a major success for the collector.
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Through this first focus, Georg Baums was already well acquainted with medals and their specific historic and artistic significance. As a medal collector, however, he no longer wanted to limit himself to a specific subject, but rather to get to know the entire historical span of medals from the Renaissance up to the present, and collect based on various subjects which he personally enjoyed.
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Over the centuries, one thing has been generally applicable to medals: within the narrow space which the medal – by its nature as a small object – sets for the artist, he must introduce the subject in such a way that the observer immediately recognizes the subject or historical personality, and is prompted to desire further knowledge. It is the necessity of reduction to the essentials which imparts to the medal its special charm, when the artistic goal is met.
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The medal’s origin in the 15th century Italy, whence it spread throughout Europe, represents during the Renaissance for a century simultaneously the period of the greatest artistic blossoming of this miniature artform. Thus in large museums, medals of the Renaissance are rightfully collected and displayed. But the medal collector Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had already established that the originals of Renaissance medals were only rarely to be found on the market. Goethe therefore pronounced himself satisfied with recasts of pieces which interested him. As with so many other collectors, Georg Baums actually wanted to collect only originals. The Renaissance period is thus represented by only a few examples.
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Baums became fascinated repeatedly by various subjects, as was the case with a silver medal from 1702, coined on the occasion of the introduction of streetlamps in Leipzig, a discovery at an auction in Zurich. In the course of one decade Georg Baums assembled a collection of more than 1,000 medals. This brought him great pleasure, a phenomenon which must remain unknown to non-collectors. Besides his interest in history he has also attained knowledge and insights which can be valuable to other collectors.
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A collection of historical objects never reaches an endpoint. Some objects are only to be found in museums and cannot be bought. But one’s own lifetime creates limits for each collector. My colleague and friend Bernhard Schulte of Basel, who died much too early, once put it so: “All objects which we acquire are really only on loan, either for our lifetime or until they are sold during our lifetime. The price which we pay is a kind of loan fee, which is however more than worth paying in return for the pleasure we receive from the object.”
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The next article shows some of the highlights of the Baums medal sale.
-Editor
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GEORG BAUMS MEDAL SALE HIGHLIGHTS
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Here are selected highlights of the Baums medal sale (the Spring Sale 247 from the Fritz Rudolf Künker auction house). The German-English is courtesy Google. Some great medals!
-Editor
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<p><b> Lot 5825 – A financial wizard </b><br/>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12705188905/" title="Lot 5825 – A financial wizard by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3830/12705188905_a4217d222b.jpg" width="500" height="251" alt="Lot 5825 – A financial wizard"></a>
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Satirical silver medal in 1615, by Chr painter. Welfenroß jumps r., L deciduous tree, r. Palm branch, in the background ship at sea and city view, top pour two coming from the sky Hands coins on the horse / / Male figure with wand poised vv on a rope that is attached to two palm trees, including three city views. 40.30 mm 22.16 g Brockmann 138; Coll. Fieweger -. Of great rarity. Altvergoldet, especially
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Copy of the auction Fritz Rudolf Kuenker 152, Osnabrück 2009, No. 5920th After the comments with Fiala and Deeke this satirical medal should point out the wastefulness and the financial embarrassment of the Duke. The creator of this medal, Christian painter has represented quite positive with the acrobats the financial problems of the Duke. The Duke symbolically poised on a tightrope between the income and expenditure of its treasury. On the obverse of coins pour two hands above his country, represented by the Welfenroß. This is probably meant the extravagance. Descriptive striking photographs to the present day. The transcriptions of clarify on the front: CAVTE (= be careful!) And on the back ALACRITATIS CALCAR Liberalitas (= The driver of happiness is the bounty).
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To view the complete lot description, see:
<a href="http://5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440034/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc">
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Satirical silver medal
1615 by Chr. Maler.
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(5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440034/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc)
<p><b> Lot 5238 – Strangled with the cravat </b><br/>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12705356573/" title="Lot 5238 – Strangled with the cravat by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/12705356573_8b47b344b8.jpg" width="500" height="244" alt="Lot 5238 – Strangled with the cravat"></a>
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Satirical silver medal in 1678, unsigned, by G. Bower, on the murder of Sir Godfrey Edmundbury. Half-length portrait Godfrey r. with tilted back coat, he is of two hands strangled with his own scarf / / A lying on the ground, naked man is strangled by a man standing over him, in the background given the Pope's blessing. With edge lettering. 39.15 mm 27.71 g bucket 257 a fine tone, excellent
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Sir Godfrey Edmundbury (* 1621 Ó1678) was a magistrate in Westminster. In 1678 published an Anglican clergyman, Titus Oates (* 1649 Ó1705), the plan of an alleged conspiracy of the Catholics - to kill Protestants, London burn down to murder the king and to appoint James II as his successor - in the wake of violent recatholicization England . Based on these allegations, which evoked Oates before Godfrey, some Catholics were executed. Godfrey, an active opponent of the intrigues of the Papacy, was then found dead under mysterious circumstances, they brought the Catholics with this murder in connection. Titus Oates, however, was transferred under James II of perjury and punished severely, until King William set him free again.
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To view the complete lot description, see:
<a href="http://5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440037/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc">
Great Britain. Satirical silver medal 1678 on the
assassination of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey.
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(5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440037/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc)
<p><b> Lot 5929 – The graves are looted </b><br/>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12705356203/" title="Lot 5929 – The graves are looted by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/12705356203_e52b441ffb.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="Lot 5929 – The graves are looted"></a>
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Johann Wilhelm, 1690-1716.
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Silbermedaille 1693, unsigniert, von J. Smeltzing, auf die Plünderung der Kurfürstengräber in Heidelberg durch französische Soldaten. Büste des französischen Königs Louis XIV. r.//Französische Soldaten bei der Grabschändung. 37,17 mm; 31,40 g. Médailles françaises -; Slg. Memmesh. -; Stemper -; v. Loon IV, S. 64. RR Feine Tönung, vorzüglich
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To view the complete lot description, see:
<a href="http://5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440038/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc">
Palatinate. Silver medal 1693 by J. Smeltzing on
the looting of the graves of the Elector Palatines
in Heidelberg by French soldiers.
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(5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440038/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc)
<p><b> Lot 5866 – Inflation and exorbitant grain prices </b><br/>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12705356343/" title="Lot 5866 – Inflation and exorbitant grain prices by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2815/12705356343_5c250d733e.jpg" width="500" height="249" alt="Lot 5866 – Inflation and exorbitant grain prices"></a>
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Satirical Silver Medal, 1694, unsigned, Chr Wermuth. Jews ridicule coin, minted on inflation and the grain usury. Jew with hat and walking stick r. in landscape, on the back of a grain sack, on which a little devil sitting and the bag gets torn, so that the grain falls out / / An upright bushel measure with eight line inscription on the wall. 35.84 mm 14.83 g Coll. Fieweger 82; gaed. II, pp. 16, 6,. Welfare 94035 RR Fine tone, exquisite fine specimen
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Copy of the auction Fritz Rudolf Kuenker 110, Osnabrück 2006, No. 4825th The concept of grain-Jews since the late 17th Century detectable. Publications of the 18th and 19th Century illustrate the insulting term. In a lexicon of 18 Century there is the following definition: Grain Jews are greedy pros and Aufkauffer of corn that collect and aufkauffen to it verkauffen came also in the time of famine to an unfair price with a wrong Maase without distinction again Getraide to inexpensive times, and therefore thereby causing a famine in the land ... In the years 1693 and 1694 (the year of our medal) was available from Silesia to Württemberg over Germany away heavy rainfall on the one hand and plague of locusts on the other. This led to the rise in grain prices, which called speculators corresponding to the plan. The locusts trains arrived already in 1693 from Turkey through Hungary, they lasted a full two months without interruption. At the ensuing famine, the worst so far, also c
ame still a plague, but in these years is almost a third of the population died. Source: Hubert Emmerig, Grain Jews medals in the Brettauer collection: Money History News, September 2013, Issue 269
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To view the complete lot description, see:
<a href="http://5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440039/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc">
Hamburg. Corn Jew Medal 1694 by Chr. Wermuth
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(5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440039/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc)
<p><b> Lot 5058 – Silence is golden </b><br/>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12705658864/" title="Lot 5058 – Silence is golden by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7367/12705658864_c05fa1e854.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="Lot 5058 – Silence is golden"></a>
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Satirical gold ducats to 2 nd, Chr E. Müller, on the secrecy. Two ears, including a mouth / / the nine-line font: WHO WITHOUT / HADER LIVING WILL / MUST fortuitous MUCH / OFFT SILENCE STILL / BECAUSE WHY IS THE / PEOPLE born / WITH A MUNDT / AND ZWEYEN / EARS, above and below, an arabesque including CEM (Christian Ernst Müller, engraver in Augsburg around 1717-1741). 26.17 mm; 6.90 g Forster 619 (there in silver); Coll. Fieweger 226 (there in silver); Coll Brettauer 4826 (there in silver). GOLD. Excellent
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The old rule: A mystery remains only one, when really no one knows it. If one keeps in mind it's not so hard to preserve, as people think. You can make one almost as well know as himself, and it does not read but his thoughts. Daniel Quinn in his novel F
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To view the complete lot description, see:
<a href="http://5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440043/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc">
Satirical gold medal of 2 ducats by Chr. E. Müller
on silentness.
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(5350.seu.cleverreach.com/c/13440043/060103fb4d1d-n1e3tc)
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MEDAL OF TSARINA MARIA FEODOROVNA, MEDALIST
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12707675383/" title="00702r00 Kopie by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/12707675383_27a3cb6f89_m.jpg" width="239" height="240" alt="00702r00 Kopie"></a>
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Ursula Kampmann writes:
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I have made for Künker a little press release on the most expensive lot, which was sold in the Berlin sale. It's about a German princess on the Russian throne who dedicated her time to design medal dies.
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Interesting! Thanks for sharing this story of the Russian Tsarina medalist!
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She was a truly remarkable woman, that Sophia Dorothea Augusta Louise of Wuerttemberg, who – as second wife of Paul I - gave birth to two Russian tsars: Alexander I and Nicholas I.
Now, a gold medal created on the occasion of her death has been sold at Künker for 180,000 euros!
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It is an impressive medal. It exhibits a marvelous portrait of Maria Feodorovna, née Sophia Dorothea Augusta Louise of Wuerttemberg in 1759. The obverse shows a bust of the empress created by P. Utkin. She wears a diadem decorated with oak leaves that represent the Tsarina’s support of the poor among her subjects. On the reverse an angel is depicted surrounded by two shocked children who can only pray sorrowfully. The angel points with his left hand to the eye of God with the name of Maria written within. In his right hand he holds a ring consisting of a snake biting its own tail, as a symbol for eternity which the tsarina has become a part of.
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A bidder was willing to pay 180,000 euros for this perfectly preserved rarity. He acquired not just any medal but a piece of German-Russian history because the wife of Paul I was a remarkable woman who improved her family’s love for Germany a lot. By request of Frederick II of Prussia and Catherine II of Russia – both of them were to become known in history as ‘The Great’ –, the 17 year-old came to Russia, her new home. Although historiography often labels Paul I as being difficult and incalculable, Maria Feodorovna got along quite well with her husband in the first years of their marriage. She bore him four sons and six daughters.
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Catherine kept the heir to the throne, Paul, away from all political tasks which provided Maria Feodorovna with much time to apply herself to her artistic leanings. She designed cameos, carved ivory and is even said to have produced medal dies. Some Russian medals surely derive from her creativity. It was only after Catherine had died that Maria Feodorovna took over the duties of an empress: she devoted herself to social work, visited and supported hospitals, soup kitchens and orphanages so that the two children on the medal may well represent the ones impoverished she had left behind when she died.
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Maria had to deal with the political changes that accompanied the French Revolution. The events in France led to a serious discord between her and her husband who threatened to send her to a convent. She was saved from that fate by the palace coup of 1801 that cost her husband his life.
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After his death, the tsar’s widow continued to be a decisive factor at court. She influenced her two sons Alexander and Nicholas in her – i.e. conservative – interests and pursued ambitious marriage politics: her daughters married an archduke of Austria, the Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the King of Wuerttemberg as well as the King of the Netherlands. Her sons were being given wives that came from Baden, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Prussia and Wuerttemberg. Acting as the center of her family, whose members were dispersed throughout Germany and Europe, she managed to influence political decisions again and again.
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Maria Feodorovna died in Pawlowsk in 1828 at the age of 69 years. The medal that was issued on the occasion of her death realized 180,000 euros, hence 220,000 euros including buyer’s premium, at the Berlin auction sale of Künker’s on 6 February 2014! And that was only the peak result of an incredible auction day. 7.4 million euros was the turnover on a single day. Seven lots obtained prices in the six-figure region. You may find all results at the Künker website at www.kuenker.de
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702 Hammered down at 180.000 euros, the new owner had to pay more than 220,000 euros for this extremely rare and magnificently preserved gold medal of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna in the end. This is a telling example of the large number of impressive results achieved in Berlin on 6 February 2014. The turnover of a single day read 7.4 million euros.
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COIN HOARD UNCOVERED IN TWYNHOLM, SCOTLAND
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Arthur Shippee forwarded this article found via <i>The Explorator</i> newsletter last week. It's about a coin hoard found by metal detectorists in Scotland.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12734171504/" title="Ayrshire coin hoard by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7454/12734171504_9baf3ec940_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" align="right" alt="Ayrshire coin hoard"></a>
Two men have uncovered what is believed to be the biggest collection of medieval silver coins ever found using metal detectors in Scotland.
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Gus Paterson and Derek McLennan, from Ayrshire, made the find in a field at Twynholm, near Kirkcudbright, shortly before Christmas.
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After several return visits, their haul now tops 300 coins.
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They will show them to local residents before handing them over to the Crown as treasure-trove.
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Mr McLennan said they suspected the field would yield something interesting, but were on the verge of giving up when they first made the discovery.
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"We had done quite a lot of research and had targeted that particular area and we had searched several fields around it before we stumbled across it," he said.
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To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-26030715">
Ayrshire treasure hunters uncover Twynholm silver coins
</a>
(www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-26030715)
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THE HEMISPHERE COLLECTION OF BRITISH GOLD SOVEREIGNS
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Harriette Moore of Baldwin's forwarded this press release for the A.H. Baldwin & Sons The Hemisphere Collection of British Gold Sovereigns. Thanks - there are some great coins here.
-Editor
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A collection of Gold Sovereigns that spans 525 years, 15 Monarchs and seven mints, will be offered for sale by London based auctioneers, A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, on Thursday 8th May 2014. The comprehensive date collection of 394 Sovereigns from the earliest hammered examples to modern milled is entitled The Hemisphere Collection and follows hot on the heels of The Bentley Collection of British Gold Sovereigns, sold by Baldwin’s during 2013 for £3,994,638.
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Formed over 10 years from 2003, the current owner’s fascination with the history of the Sovereign has culminated in the only private collection known to the auction house that contains examples of each and every monarch for the Sovereign denomination.
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Steve Hill, Director of British Coins at Baldwin’s said: “We felt 2014 was the year to expand on the success of last year’s sale of The Bentley Collection. The Hemisphere Collection is the first of its kind to track the Sovereign journey from its inception, circa 1500, to today, offering a new generation of collectors the opportunity to embrace the Sovereign, an integral part of British numismatic history and one of the world’s most respected gold coins.”
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“In comparison to The Bentley Collection, The Hemisphere Collection brings together both handmade hammered and machine made milled coinage to give the fullest outline of the Sovereigns history, offering collectors of both hammered and milled Sovereigns an unprecedented opportunity to celebrate the denomination together.”
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Amongst the modern milled coins on offer is an extremely rare example from the reign of King Edward VIII, who abdicated from the English throne just 326 days after his accession and an Elizabeth II Gold Proof Sovereign 1953, with an impeccable provenance, examples of which were never issued for private collectors.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12708047875/" title="A King Edward VIII 1937 Gold Proof Sovereign by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2884/12708047875_a1d7a4090a.jpg" width="500" height="247" alt="A King Edward VIII 1937 Gold Proof Sovereign"></a>
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The King Edward VIII, Gold Proof Sovereign dated 1937, is a legendary coin of the highest rarity. Never produced as a currency issue, due to the controversial abdication of the King, the sovereign was part of a proposed set, or a proof set, that was to be authorised as new coinage ahead of the King’s Coronation in 1937.
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After the death of Edward’s father, King George V, in January 1936, Edward ascended the throne and coin proposals were produced carrying the head of the new monarch. Edward refused to follow the tradition established by King Charles II that dictated the portrait of each ascending monarch should face the opposite direction to his, or her, predecessor. The tradition had been followed by every monarch, with the exception of Edward VIII, who preferred his left facing profile and insisted on facing the same way as his father. The coin is estimated at £250,000-300,000.
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Edward had a number of affairs with married women before meeting American divorcee Wallis Simpson in the 1930s. Against the wishes of his father he developed a relationship with her and famously abdicated his throne on the 10th December 1936 for the woman he loved so fervently, making him the first British monarch to do so voluntarily. Edward and Wallis Simpson married soon after and Edward’s brother George became the next King of England.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12708225893/" title="An Elizabeth II 1953 Gold Proof Sovereign by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7366/12708225893_0561f1e6f4.jpg" width="500" height="251" alt="An Elizabeth II 1953 Gold Proof Sovereign"></a>
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A 1953 Elizabeth II, Gold Proof Sovereign is one of the most valuable coins of our current queen, and beside the Edward VIII Sovereign, is the second rarest of the modern Proof Sovereign series. From her coronation year, the proof set was never issued for public sale, instead, a limited number were produced for national institutions to display publicly for the Coronation.
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This example belonged to The National Museum of Wales, who sold and dispersed their set, with official permission, sometime after The Royal Mint moved to Wales. This example, appearing at auction for the very first time, has excellent provenance and offers bidders the opportunity to secure a piece of modern history. It is estimated at £250,000-300,000.
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Introduced as a political propaganda tool to emphasise the stability and power of the King after the long and bloody War of the Roses, the Sovereign was first presented by King Henry VII in October 1489, with the earliest example in The Hemisphere Collection, a hammered Henry VII, struck circa 1502-1504.
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It was the largest coinage in both size and value, with the reverse bearing the double Tudor rose, symbolising the union of the York and Lancaster Houses, and reinforcing its political message. This very well persevered example is an important piece of the denominations history and is estimated at † £100,000-120,000.
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The Sovereign continued to be issued by the Tudor and Stuart Monarchs until the reign of James I, whereupon it appeared in different later guises termed as ‘Pound’, ‘Unite’ and ‘Laurel’ for over 200 years until the re-coinage of King George III in 1816-17. From here the history of the Sovereign is revived and The Hemisphere Collection continues, with the rarest London Royal Mint Sovereign, an 1819 George III.
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Much smaller in size and weight, the new, redesigned sovereign adopted the iconic and patriotic design depicting St. George slaying the dragon, designed and engraved by Chief Medallist for the Royal Mint, the Italian artist Benedetto Pistrucci.
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This Sovereign is one of only eight currency examples known to exist, and has never been offered at public auction before. The only previous record of the coin is as a plate coin in the Royal Mint publication Royal Sovereign 1489-1989, issued for the 500th anniversary of the Gold Sovereign. It is estimated at £50,000-60,000.
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The Hemisphere Collection will be offered as a single sale in London on Thursday 8 May 2014. The catalogue will be available to view online at www.baldwin.com and online biding with no additional premium is available through the services of www.the-saleroom.com. For more information about this historic collection and a preview catalogue please visit www.baldwin.co.uk .
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For more information, see:
<a href="http://www.baldwin.co.uk">
www.baldwin.co.uk
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BRITONS SEARCH FOR RARE KEW GARDENS 50P COIN
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While working in London some years ago I greatly enjoyed the circulating 50 pence commemorative coins.
The <i>Independent</i> has an article about the 2009 Kew Gardens piece, which has become sought after by collectors.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12708185313/" title="Kew Gardens coin by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/12708185313_9b047f30f7_m.jpg" width="236" height="240" align="right" alt="Kew Gardens coin"></a>
People are being advised to check their change after an “incredibly rare” 50p coin was identified by the Royal Mint as the most uncommon design ever to be placed in circulation in the UK.
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It has been estimated that around one in 300 of us could have one of the coins in our possession – and the finest examples are listed online as for sale at almost £120 each.
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The unusual commemorative 50p piece went into circulation in 2009 to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
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Designed by Christopher Le Brun, shows the pagoda of the Gardens encircled by a twisting vine plant and bears the dates 1759 and 2009 and the word “Kew” at the bottom.
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The Mint described the coins as “incredibly rare”, with just 210,000 of them ever released.
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This compares to the 22.7 million 50p coins produced in 2008 with the shield of the Royal Arms, or the 7.5 million designed in 2010 to celebrate Girlguiding. There are estimated to be around 28.9 billion UK coins in circulation overall.
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The Kew Gardens coin is already in demand among collectors, and the Mint said it could “disappear from circulation” altogether when the public realises its value.
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A spokeswoman at the Royal Mint said that while the face value of the coin remains 50p, “what it is worth to collectors is another matter”.
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Several examples have sold recently for more than £20 on the auction website eBay, and one example that comes with its own protective case and registration number – and in mint condition, of course – is on sale with the London Coin Company for £119.95.
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To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/kew-gardens-50p-coin-is-incredibly-rare-worth-up-to-120--and-one-in-300-of-us-has-one-says-royal-mint-9141817.html">
Kew Gardens 50p coin: ‘Incredibly rare’, worth up to £120 – and one in 300 of us has one
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(www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/kew-gardens-50p-coin-is-incredibly-rare-worth-up-to-120--and-one-in-300-of-us-has-one-says-royal-mint-9141817.html)
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ZIMBABWE’S MULTI-CURRENCY CONFUSION
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I saw this BBC article earlier this month but didn't get a chance to include it until now. Zimbabwe continues to have currency issues, although very different in nature from the days of their hyper-inflation.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12602022944/" title="Zimbabwe currencies by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/12602022944_c1efc00970_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" align="right" alt="Zimbabwe currencies"></a>
Once known for its billion dollar notes and hyper-inflation, Zimbabwe must be the only place in the world to have eight currencies as legal tender - none of them its own.
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For the last five years most people have been using US dollars or South African rand, but pula from Botswana and British pound sterling have also been changing hands.
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Now the central bank is also allowing the use of Australian dollars, Chinese yuan, Indian rupees and Japanese yen.
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For the moment, customers can open bank accounts in these currencies but the hard cash is not yet in circulation.
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"I definitely think there is going to be confusion being caused by so many currencies - for a cashier to be handling so many currencies at the same time," says Denford Mutashu, general manager of Food World, a nationwide supermarket chain.
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Currently most shops in the capital, Harare, mark prices in US dollars. The rand is more commonly used in Bulawayo, closer to the South African border - and cashiers check daily exchange rate for conversions.
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Given the complexities of the multiple currency system, there are now fears that forgery will be easier with unfamiliar notes.
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Zimbabwe's liquidity crisis means shopkeepers and market traders often give change in sweets, airtime for mobile phones and even condoms.
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One elderly shopper in Food World, buying 5kg of the staple food, maize meal, says the severe cash shortages, which meant the festive season was hard to endure, make her nostalgic for the Zimbabwean dollar.
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"We want our currency, we want our Zimbabwean money," she says.
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The small change shortage is reminiscent of what happened here in the U.S. as silver and gold went into hiding at the start of the Civil War. The "small change panic" of 1862 led shopkeepers and their patrons to resort to using candies, packets of flour and postage stamps in lieu of coins. I'd never heard of condoms being used as change, but desperate times lead to desperate measures.
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To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26034078">
Zimbabwe’s multi-currency confusion
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(www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26034078)
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THE 2014 OLYMPIC MEDALS
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I haven't seen any recent articles with images of the 2014 Olympic medals, so here's an excerpt from an article published back when the designs were announced. The medals include a piece of Russian meteorite.
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Today at the IOC executive board meetings in St. Petersburg, the medals for the 2014 Sochi Olympics were officially unveiled. Uh, Russia? It looks like a big chunk is missing.
The medals were designed by the Leo Burnett advertising agency, who beat out actual design firms and jewelers for the contract. Here's the description, from the Sochi organizers:
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The Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic medals are unique and feature the Sochi 2014 "Patchwork Quilt" – a mosaic of national designs from the various cultures and ethnicities of the Russian Federation. The medals have been carefully crafted to depict the landscape of Sochi from the sun's rays reflecting through the snowy mountain tops onto the sandy beaches of the Black Sea coast.
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Each medal is 0.4 inches thick, and 4 inches in diameter. The gold medals weigh one pound, the others slightly more. They are the largest and heaviest Olympic medals ever handed out.
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To read the complete article, see:
<a href="http://deadspin.com/here-are-the-2014-olympic-medals-510440553">
Here Are The 2014 Olympic Medals
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(deadspin.com/here-are-the-2014-olympic-medals-510440553)
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THE LUCKY PENNY RESTAURANT'S WALL OF COINS
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/12705563113/" title="Lucky Penny photo3 by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/12705563113_59b3eba728_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" align="right" alt="Lucky Penny photo3"></a>
We often feature articles on interesting ways that homeowners, decorators and artists incorporate coins into their projects. This restaurant in Santa Barbara, California sports an entire wall covered with Lincoln cents. We discussed it in September 2013 - Tom Sheehan forwarded these new photos of it. Thanks!
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To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
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SANTA BARBARA LUCKY PENNY RESTAURANT HAS WALL OF COINS
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(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n39a24.html)
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FEATURED WEB PAGE: OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES MEDALS
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This week's Featured Web Page is about the Olympic Winter Games medals, from 1924 to date. It's from the site of the Olympic organizing committee.
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This document looks at the evolution of the Olympic Winter Games medals, from the first Games in Chamonix in 1924 to those in Sochi in 2014. Each medal is presented with a photo of its obverse and reverse, with a description of the design and the technical details available.
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Taking a journey from the first Winter Games to the start of the 21st century using the emblematic Olympic medals is a fascinating artistic and cultural experience.
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