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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JUNE 25, 2017
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ANA ANNOUNCES E-SYLUM COLLABORATION
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NEW BOOK: WHITMAN GUIDE TO COIN COLLECTING
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NEW BOOK: MEXICO CITY FRACTIONAL PILLAR COINAGE
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NEW BOOK: MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN COINAGE, VOLUME 12
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NEW BOOK: THE JUDAS HOARD
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EL SITIO NO. 23 PUBLISHED
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THE HELFENSTEIN LARGE CENT SALE COVER PHOTO
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NEWMAN PORTAL UPDATE: JUNE 2017
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NOTES FROM THE TREASURY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 25, 2017
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THE KNIGHTS OF ST. ELIGIUS
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THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS MEDAL
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THE MORMON DESERET ALPHABET
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VOCABULARY TERM: BRITANNIA STANDARD
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EVERETT GRANT EMERSON (1885-1944)
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LETTER SHEDS LIGHT ON 1838-O HALF STRIKINGS
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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JUNE 25, 2017
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NUMISMATOURIST VISITS CLEVELAND FED
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BANK OF CANADA'S MONEY MUSEUM
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EXHIBIT: THE VICTOR ADDA COLLECTION
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EXHIBIT: CHINESE COINS FROM A SCHOLAR’S STUDY
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HIDDEN TREASURES IN ITALIAN LIBRARIES
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A PAINTING BY NUMISMATIST A. G. HEATON
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LADY LIBERTY AND U.S. COINAGE
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CANADIAN LILAC COIN DESIGNER JAN POYNTER
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THE MEDALS OF HANS SLOANE
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NANO LOPEZ’S 2009 “SHERLOCK” MEDAL
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AINA PRODUCES BALFOUR DECLARATION MEDAL
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ALUMINUM USE IN TOKENS AND MEDALS
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KU KLUX KLAN TOKEN BOOK, 2ND EDITION
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SPENCER CLARK'S FRACTIONAL NOTE PORTRAIT
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ARTICLE PROFILES KURDISH BANKNOTE DESIGNER
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GOVERNMENT'S PLAN B: TWO DOLLAR BILLS
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AUTHOR'S TREASURE SEARCH BRINGS ANOTHER DEATH
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A FORTUNE IN AIRPORT CHECKPOINT CHANGE
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FEATURED WEB SITE: HERBSTMAN AMERICAN FINANCE
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This week we open with word of a great new collaboration with the American Numismatic Association, four new books, one new periodical issue, a 21-year coin poster hunt, and an update from the Newman Numismatic Portal.
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Other topics this week include the U.S. Treasury seal, the patron Saint of numismatics, the 1838-O half dollar, medals of Hans Sloane and Sherlock Holmes, two dollar bills, American fiscal paper, and museums from Cleveland to Canada, Israel and England.
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To learn more about <i>The E-Sylum ANA Edition</i>, Mexico City fractional pillar coinage,
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Last week we began a new collaboration with the American Numismatic Association. Here is the press release. We're looking forward to having many new readers and contributors as a result of this new arrangement.
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In an effort to provide its members with an additional source of hobby-related news, the American Numismatic Association (ANA) is pleased to announce its collaboration with Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS), producer of <i>The E-Sylum</i> weekly online newsletter. Beginning June 21, ANA members will receive the eNewsletter weekly. The bulletin offers reports of coins, medals, tokens, and numismatic literature.
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“Each week I eagerly await the next edition of <i>The E-Sylum</i>,” says ANA President Jeff Garrett. “I believe members of the ANA will enjoy <i>The E-Sylum</i> as much as I do, and I'm thrilled that we have developed a collaboration that will make this a reality.”
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With readers and contributors around the world, <i>The E-Sylum</i> is a clearinghouse for news and information about a wide range of numismatic topics. Content presented in <i>The E-Sylum</i> is not necessarily researched or independently fact-checked, and views expressed do not represent those of the ANA.
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“<i>The E-Sylum</i> has been likened to a weekly cocktail party attended by the top collectors and researchers in the world,” says <i>E-Sylum</i> editor Wayne Homren. “The eNewsletter covers a range of topics, and I think most readers will find something of interest in every issue.”
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<b>About NBS and ANA</b><br/>
The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is an educational organization founded in 1979 to support and promote the use and collecting of numismatic literature, to include books, periodicals, catalogs and other written or printed material relating to coins, medals, tokens and paper money—ancient or modern, U.S. or worldwide.
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The American Numismatic Association is a congressionally chartered, nonprofit educational
organization dedicated to encouraging the study and collection of coins and related items. The ANA helps its 25,000 members and the public discover and explore the world of money through its array of instructional and outreach programs, as well as its museum, library, publications and conventions. For more information, call 719-632-2646 or visit www.money.org.
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Bill Fivaz writes:
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WOW!!! What a virtual cornucopia of fantastic information!
Thank you and everyone else involved in making this happen...KUDOS!!!
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Dave Bowers writes:
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<i>The E-Sylum</i> is one of my favorite things in numismatics. With his wide-ranging knowledge, feeling for what readers like, and his indefatigable efforts in tracking down fascinating numismatic trivia Wayne should leave numismatics completely and take over the <i>New York Times</i> or some other paper, so they will publish stuff other than the latest disaster or executive tweet!
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Today numismatics, tomorrow... probably more numismatics. This is too much fun to switch gears. I hope you'll all enjoy today's issue as much as I did while putting it together. There is just no end to the interesting things we can discover and learn about numismatics.
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To read the inaugural ANA Edition, see:
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Volume 1, Number 1, June 21, 2017
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<b> GOLD: Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Sell Today.</b>
The new second edition of the best
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beautiful full-color images, and pullout charts and cards. Order your copy for $12.95
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NEW BOOK: WHITMAN GUIDE TO COIN COLLECTING
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<b>Starting Out in the Hobby, With Kenneth Bressett’s Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting</b>
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by Dennis Tucker
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Coin collectors have long been fascinated by the great rarities of the numismatic world. Even if we can’t afford them, we love to learn about them, to look at them, to marvel over their fantastic stories. We’re inspired (often amazed, and sometimes shocked) by the adventures of the “super-collectors” like King Farouk of Egypt, a decadent monarch who drained his treasury to indulge his pastimes . . . the fabulously wealthy Colonel E.H.R. Green, who could afford any coin he wanted and once owned all five 1913 Liberty Head nickels . . . and Louis Eliasberg, the only collector ever to acquire one of every federally issued United States coin.
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Of course, we know that we’ll never be an Egyptian king, and few of us will ever attain the wealth of, for example, Chicago beer brewer Virgil Brand, who owned 350,000 coins (including more than two dozen $4 gold Stellas). But we can aspire to maybe, just maybe, be a John Jay Pittman—an “ordinary working man,” happily married for 60 years, a chemical engineer for Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York, who had to collect coins on a regular budget. When Pittman’s collection was auctioned in the late 1990s, it went for more than $30 million.
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Here at Whitman Publishing headquarters we know thousands of hobbyists who got started collecting coins from their pocket change. In the 1940s you could still find Liberty Head nickels dating from the 1880s to the early 1900s in circulation. Buffalo nickels, minted from 1913 to 1938, continued to serve American commerce into the 1950s. Wheat cents became obsolete after 1958 (replaced by the Lincoln Memorial design in 1959) and entered the realm of coins to be picked out and set aside. Then in 1965 the alloy of most of the nation’s silver coins was changed to a copper-nickel composition. It didn’t take long for older silver dimes, quarters, and half dollars to completely disappear from circulation and go into collections and piggy banks. And in more recent years, hundreds of thousands of new collectors have joined the hobby by saving State quarters and other circulating coins.
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This simple style of collecting common-date coins at face value is the foundation for much of today’s hobby. Numismatics is no longer an elite “gentlemen’s club” reserved for the wealthy. Now it is a popular pastime, fueled by the quarters found in our pocket change, pursued by countless schoolchildren, waiters and waitresses, cashiers, computer techs, mechanics, farmers, college students, and other “ordinary” Americans.
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Rich or poor, every hobbyist needs to start somewhere. If we’re lucky, we do so with the guidance and mentoring of experienced collectors and teachers like Kenneth Bressett. Ken has been active in the hobby since the 1940s. He has worked continuously on the <i>Guide Book of United States Coins</i> (the annual retail and history guide known as the “Red Book”) for more than 60 years. He was officially recognized with the title of editor in 1974, taking the lead from the Red Book’s founder, R.S. Yeoman. Today Ken serves as senior editor and <i>paterfamilias</i> for the Red Book, the Blue Book, and the massive Mega Red, the 1,504-page Deluxe Edition Red Book. “Senior editor” is not an honorary title, but an active role that benefits greatly—and uniquely—from his constant study and exploration of American numismatics.
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The <i>Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting</i>, first published in 1999, is one of Ken Bressett’s many contributions to the hobby. The book’s goal: to provide a much-needed gateway to numismatics, offering in a single volume everything new collectors need to get their feet on the ground. Not surprisingly, the “Yellow Book” (as it has come to be known) proved to be a popular beginner’s guide. It was updated and revised several times, including in a new edition in 2003. It has been a best-seller for nearly 20 years—an “evergreen,” as we say in the publishing world.
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We later published two companion books to give hobbyists a complete set of guides for every level of collecting. For intermediate collectors who want to continue expanding their knowledge there is Q. David Bowers’s <i>Inside the Rare Coin Marketplace</i>, and, for advanced students ready to fully immerse themselves, Bowers’s <i>Expert’s Guide to Collecting and Investing in Rare Coins</i>.
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The journey to expertise begins with the tried-and-true “Yellow Book.” The expanded Golden Edition, which will debut on the Fourth of July, 2017, has been updated with new information and guidance for today’s hobbyists, and upgraded to full color, with even more illustrations. Its readers will enjoy a one-on-one appointment with Ken Bressett, who opens the vault doors to his immense storehouse of practical, hands-on knowledge. It’s the perfect welcome to the world of coin collecting.
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<i>Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting: An Introduction to the World of Coins</i>
<br/>By Kenneth Bressett; foreword by Rodney Gillis
<br/>ISBN 0794845215
<br/>Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 288 pages, full color
<br/>Retail $12.95 U.S
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NEW BOOK: MEXICO CITY FRACTIONAL PILLAR COINAGE
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Author Brad Yonaka shared this press release for his new book on the fractional pillar coinage of Mexico City. Thanks!
-Editor
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<p>
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<i>A Variety Guide to the Fractional Pillar Coinage of Mexico City 1732-1771</i>
<br/>
by Brad Yonaka
<br/>
ISBN: 978-0- 9986825-0- 1
<br/>
262 pp. | 6 x 9 inch paperback, spiral bound
<p>
In 1732 the first machine-struck coins in the New World were manufactured, at the Spanish colonial
mint of Mexico City. They were dubbed pillars or ‘columnarios’ due to the prominent rendition of the
Pillars of Hercules flanking globes symbolizing the Old and New Worlds, united under the Spanish
banner. They quickly became an international currency, trusted and traded around the world.
<p>
This book, published April 2017, is a much-needed variety guide for the fractional pillar issues,
specifically the half, one, two, and four reales. The targeted audience is the collector of Spanish colonial
or Mexican coinage, and presumes the reader has a basic knowledge of 18 th century minting processes.
It draws from a database of over 5000 high resolution coin images gathered over a period of ten years
from online auctions and photographs of private collections. It has been over a decade since the last
published accounting of die varieties in this series, and since that time, over sixty unlisted overdates and
other significant design variations have been recorded by the author. Additionally, some speculative
variety types listed but unproven in past research are refuted by lack of current evidence, to the end of
simplifying the task of the ardent variety collector. With over 400 black and white photos of full coins
and close-ups of variety details, this book strives to provide collectors with the most descriptive tools
possible in pursuit of this famous coin type. Full cross references are given for varieties already proven
from previous works. The 6x9 inch spiral bound format is designed to facilitate portability and allow the
book to lay flat without support.
<p>
The book also contains descriptive and historical information on the various design elements, estimated
rarities (based on the author’s extensive auction database and comprehensive die pairing study), and
pricing guide based on recent auction results.
<p>
Order from:
<p>
Agorocu Consulting Inc.
<br/>
PO Box 41515
<br/>
Long Beach, CA 90853
<br/>
acanthite@live.com
<p>
Price: $18 + $3 shipping
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NEW BOOK: MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN COINAGE, VOLUME 12
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A new volume in the Medieval European Coinage (MEC) series has been published. The 1166-page hardbound book contains 152 black and white illustration, 6 maps and 61 tables.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35146630290/in/dateposted-public/" title="Medieval European Coinage Vol 12"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4281/35146630290_b8e4f5effd_o.jpg" width="180" height="236" align="right" alt="Medieval European Coinage Vol 12"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Medieval European Coinage
<br/>Volume 12. Northern Italy
<br/>Part of Medieval European Coinage
<p>
<b>Authors:</b>
<br/>William R. Day, Jr, University of Cambridge
<br/>Michael Matzke, Historisches Museum, Basel
<br/>Andrea Saccocci, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
<br/><b>Date Published:</b> November 2016
<br/><b>Availability:</b> In stock
<br/><b>Format:</b> Hardback
<br/><b>ISBN:</b> 9780521260213
<br/><b>Price:</b> £ 175.00
<p>
This volume of <i>Medieval European Coinage</i> is the first comprehensive survey of the coinage of north Italy c.950–1500, bringing the latest research to an international audience. It provides an authoritative and up-to-date account of the coinages of Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy and the greater Veneto, which have never been studied together in such detail on a broad regional basis. The volume reveals for the first time the wider trends that shaped the coinages of the region and offers new syntheses of the monetary history of the individual cities. It includes detailed appendices, such as a list of coin hoards, indices and a glossary, as well as a fully illustrated catalogue of the north Italian coins, including those of Genoa, Milan and Venice, in the unrivalled collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, largely formed by Professor Philip Grierson (1910–2006).
<p>
<ul>
<li>
The first comprehensive survey of the medieval coinages of north Italy
<li>
Makes previously inaccessible specialist work available to an international audience
<li>
The illustrated catalogue enables easy comparison and familiarisation, including coins from the world-famous Grierson collection
</ul>
<p>
For more information, or to order, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/history/european-history-1000-1450/medieval-european-coinage-volume-12?format=HB#DLAeGPwXe4cb4bpC.97">
Medieval European Coinage
Volume 12. Northern Italy
</a>
(http://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/history/european-history-1000-1450/medieval-european-coinage-volume-12?format=HB#DLAeGPwXe4cb4bpC.97)
<p>
To read a review by <i>CoinsWeekly</i> editor Ursula Kampmann, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinsweekly.com/en/News/A-must-have-for-every-library-on-the-Middle-Ages/4?&id=4772">
A must-have for every library on the Middle Ages
</a>
(http://www.coinsweekly.com/en/News/A-must-have-for-every-library-on-the-Middle-Ages/4?&id=4772)
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NEW BOOK: THE JUDAS HOARD
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We cover numismatic fiction titles on occasion, and here's a press release for a new book whose plot involves Judas' thirty pieces of silver. Thanks to the CDN Publishing blog, where this was published June 19, 2017.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
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In <i>The Judas Hoard</i>, the latest novel by author Barbara Erlichman, a priceless collection of ancient coins disappears, an innocent woman is accused of theft, and the 30 pieces of silver Judas received for betraying Jesus take center stage.
<p>
Erlichman was raised in England and came to the United States intending to work her way across America. Arriving in New York, she met her future husband, Jay Erlichman, and they started a rare coin and collectibles business. Based in New York, they traveled throughout the United States and Europe buying coins and collectibles.
<p>
The idea for <i>The Judas Hoard</i> came to Erlichman when she heard that a woman had been hospitalized with no memory and no ID. Erlichman wondered how the woman had ended up in such a situation and if, maybe, she was guilty of stealing something. As Erlichman’s imagination caught fire, she decided that the “something” might even be rare coins. And what could be rarer than the 30 pieces of silver mentioned in the bible? Although Judas Iscariot’s purchase of the Field of Blood is well-documented, Erlichman asked herself, “What happened to the change?”
<p>
It was a challenge she couldn’t resist, and while the coins’ fate can never be proved, her scenario is very believable. <i>The Judas Hoard</i> is the story of the coins’ journey from biblical times to the 21st century. As the Hoard’s mystique grows, it becomes worth a fortune – and the highlight of anyone’s collection.
<p>
Now living in Florida, Erlichman is the author of two previously-published novels. <i>One of a Kind</i>, which is about the discovery and auction of a unique 1873-S silver dollar. In Yesterday’s Enemy, an American art historian agrees to inventory an art collection at a remote chateau in France but soon realizes that the job description was a lie.
<p>
<i>The Judas Hoard</i> is a compelling, immensely readable novel of suspense and intrigue. It is available at Amazon and all on-line booksellers. Barbara can be reached through Facebook, LinkedIn or at barbara.erlichman829@gmail.com.
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://blog.greysheet.com/press-release-what-happened-to-the-30-pieces-of-silver/">
PRESS RELEASE: What happened to the 30 pieces of silver?
</a>
(http://blog.greysheet.com/press-release-what-happened-to-the-30-pieces-of-silver/)
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EL SITIO NO. 23 PUBLISHED
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Horacio Morero is the editor of <i>El Sitio</i>, the club publication of the Instituto Uruguayo de Numismática. He submitted this summary of the contents of the latest issue. Thanks!
-Editor
</div>
<p>
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“El Sitio” N° 23 was published and contains, in its 34 pages, five numismatic articles
about different issues. The June edition of “El Sitio” commemorates the 62
Anniversary of the Instituto Uruguayo de Numismática, founded on June 11th, 1955.
<p>
The first article, by Ramón Rodríguez Hernández, is related to the banknotes and coins
issued by the Uruguayan Central Bank that is celebrating this year the 50 Anniversary
of its creation.
<p>
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<p>
“Historia e intento de catalogación de las fichas de las canteras del Cerro de Carmelo” is
the name of the second article, devoted to catalogue –as a first attempt- the tokens of the
mining companies located in the Carmelo hill, in the Colonia department, Uruguay. The
author, Miguel Garepe Sallé, unfortunely passed away a few days ago, on June 15th.
Miguel was an old member of the Instituto Uruguayo de Numismática and a very
appreciated and recurrent collaborator of “El Sitio”.
<p>
Carlos Rucks wrote the third article, about a soccer medal: “Técnico holandés dirigió un
equipo de fútbol en Uruguay” (a Dutch manager led a soccer team in Uruguay).
<p>
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The next one, by Horacio Morero, talks about a particular Uruguayan token used for a
psychiatric clinic in the city of Salto, founded by the doctor Julio Jurkowski. This token,
issued between 1895 and 1900, hides a rich story and involves some prominent people,
as the writer Horacio Quiroga and the painter Juan Manuel Blanes.
<p>
The last article, wrote by Daniel Padula, is related to the medals struck by the “Cabildos
abiertos del Ruralismo”.
<p>
In addition, “El Sitio” gives us varied information about some events. To hightlight: the
page 34 informs the donation of the Mr. Héctor Carlos Janson coin collection to the
Argentinian Central Bank. To read more information about this magnific collection, you
can look up:
<a href="http://www.bcra.gob.ar/Noticias/BCRA_coleccion_monedad_post.asp">
http://www.bcra.gob.ar/Noticias/BCRA_coleccion_monedad_post.asp
</a>
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THE HELFENSTEIN LARGE CENT SALE COVER PHOTO
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In his latest <i>Making the Grade</i> newsletter dealer Dave Wnuck recounts the story of his quest for a poster of the iconic cover photo from the 1964 Helfenstein sale.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
<b>I Found The One That Got Away</b>
<p>
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When I was a boy of around 12, I came across an old auction catalog of large cents. Specifically, it was the Louis Helfenstein Collection of Large Cents, sold by Lester Merkin in 1964. The cover photo stopped me in my tracks. See below for that image.
<p>
His large cent collection was out of this world in terms of quality. I purchased the catalog and that was that.
<p>
Then, sometime later, I was lucky enough to win a scholarship to attend the ANA Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs. And there, in the darkened bowels of the ANA museum there was a large, back-lighted image of this famous (in the numismatic world, anyway) photo above a display of large cents. I don't remember the coins in the display, but when I saw that image "floating" in a darkened room it was a near religious experience for me.
<p>
Fast forward to the mid-1990's.
<p>
The eminent numismatic book dealer Mr. Charles Davis had a stack of maybe 25 or 50 of these images at a coin show in Boston. They were poster size, in full color -- just beautifully done. Exactly what I was looking for. Wow! My dream had finally come true.
<p>
So I obviously went right over there and purchased one. Right?
<p>
Wrong-o.
<p>
He had a whole pile of them, and I was very busy at that show. Besides, I didn't want to put that fragile photograph behind my table and then carry it home for fear that I might damage that precious cargo. So I told myself I'll buy a copy at the next show when I'm better prepared to handle this fragile, awkward item.
<p>
So right at the start of the next show on the circuit I ran up to Charlie's table and told him to put one aside for me.
<p>
He said: Sorry. They are sold out.
<p>
Wha...?
<p>
All gone? So quickly? He had a big pile of them about 3 weeks before!
<p>
Long story short -- I have spent the next 21 years looking for one of those damn posters.
<p>
And wouldn't you know it? At this Spring's Early American Coppers show in Philly, Charlie Davis once again had a (very small) stack of them. This time I bought one right away.
<p>
Now I can die a happy man.
<p>
As an epilogue to this story, later in that show a good friend and customer said - "I've got a present for you." And sure enough -- he had bought another one for me at the same show, not knowing I already bought one. I thanked him profusely, of course. (I had told everyone who would listen during those 21 years my tale of woe and of "the one that got away". Remarkably enough -- he remembered. My stories must be more memorable than I thought).
<p>
So I went from no posters, to 2 posters. I've since given one away to a family who is collecting high end early copper in a big way. Hopefully they will enjoy the image as much as I know I will.
<p>
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This example illustrates two (nearly) mutually exclusive lessons for collectors. Many popular aphorisms conflict when you think about it, as in "It takes money to make money" and "A fool and his money are soon parted". The lessons here are:
<br/><br/>
1. if you have a chance to buy something you really, really want, you'd better buy it - you may never get another chance.
<br/><br/>
2. if you wait long enough, maybe you will get a second chance after all. The uncertainty of course, is the length of the wait - you may be dead before that second chance shows up.
<br/><br/>
Here's a listing from Charlie Davis.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
Photographic print, 20x24" taken directly from the original transparency of the classic image, a cropped version of which was used on the front cover of the August 14, 1964 auction sale conducted by Lester Merkin who also commissioned 5 in the 20x24" size. The present print is one of 100 made in 1996 from the original transparency and is superior in all respects those done by Merkin. being less cropped and with colors more vibrant. For the full story and a illustration of the 1964 print, see lot 409 of the November 17, 1994 Armand Champa Library sale (Bowers & Merena). Sold unframed and shipped in large tube with perfect delivery guaranteed.
<p>
For more information, or to order, see:
<a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/charles_davis/44/product/merkin_color_photograph_20x24_of_the_louis_helfenstein_collection_of_large_cents/106784/Default.aspx">
Merkin: Color Photograph, 20x24", of the Louis Helfenstein Collection of Large Cents
</a>
(https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/charles_davis/44/<br/>product/merkin_color_photograph_20x24_of_the_louis_helfenstein<br/>_collection_of_large_cents/106784/Default.aspx)
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.davewcoins.com/newsletter/making-the-grade-36-authenticating-coins-vs-modern-art-plus-the-one-that-got-away">
Making the Grade #36: Authenticating Coins vs. Modern Art; Plus - The One That Got Away
</a>
(http://www.davewcoins.com/newsletter/making-the-grade-36-authenticating-coins-vs-modern-art-plus-the-one-that-got-away)
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NEWMAN PORTAL UPDATE: JUNE 2017
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Newman Numismatic Portal Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following update, with a teaser about future additions.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
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June is typically a slow month for the numismatic business as collectors tend to be out and about and transitioning into summer activities. Not so at the Newman Numismatic Portal - in fact, summer is our busy season as students are looking for work and are less stressed than during the school year. Situated at Washington University in St. Louis, we have access to a great group of students, and our project employs at least half a dozen during the summer months.
<p>
Our content continues to correspondingly grow and we are close to reaching the 15,000 document milestone. Earlier this year our accumulated scanned page count exceeded one million. We're not stopping there! We have a constant stream of auction catalogs, periodicals, books, and numismatic archival material moving through the scanning center in St. Louis.
<p>
Our center at the American Numismatic Society (ANS) is equally engaged, and is currently scanning the archival records of the New Netherlands coin firm of New York. Earlier this year the ANS completed scanning of the Virgil Brand ledgers, and already a number of individuals have stepped forward to assist in indexing this massive record of one of the most important American collections. Without online access, this could not happen, and we are grateful to the ANS and individual transcribers for facilitating this work.
<p>
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In addition to St. Louis and New York, we recently initiated a special project at the Internet Archive scanning center located at Princeton University in New Jersey. Two pallets of material, weighing nearly a ton, will keep them busy for some months. Can you guess what it is? We will comment further on this going into the American Numismatic Association convention in Denver in August. For those attending, we'll be presenting on the Newman Portal at the Numismatic Literary Guild symposium on August 3 at 10 A.M - all are invited.
<p>
As always, feel free to contact me with any of your research needs. I can be reached at leonard.augsburger@wustl.edu.
<p>
Len Augsburger
<br/>Project Coordinator, Newman Numismatic Portal
<br/>Washington University in St. Louis
<p>
To visit the Newman Numismatic Portal, see:
<br/>
<a href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/">
https://nnp.wustl.edu/
</a>
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NOTES FROM THE TREASURY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
</h3></a>
<p>
David Sundman of Littleton Coin Company in Nw Hampshire writes:
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<p>
The Treasury Historical Association newsletter for April 2017 contains several articles that may interest <i>E-Sylum</i> readers. Of particular interest to NBS members and other book lovers is the article on the Treasury Library, with some nice photos.
<p>
I’m a member of the THA. I joined years ago just to provide support. Someday I’d like to attend some of their lectures, but I seem to be too far away to be able to make them.
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Thanks. Here are a couple excerpts.
-Editor
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<p>
<b>
Treasury Library Celebrates 200 Years</b><br/>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35116550790/in/dateposted-public/" title="Sketch of the Financesof the United States"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4206/35116550790_1ceca39827_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" align="right" alt="Sketch of the Financesof the United States"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Treasury Library celebrated its
bicentennial this year with events during
April’s National Library Week.
<p>
The establishment of the Treasury Library
did not occur in a specific moment. It is
likely that components of what would
become the library existed in some form
prior to 1817, the first year of a verifiable
budget. Treasury Secretary William H.
Crawford submitted a report to Congress
in 1823 that detailed the average annual
funds for book purchases. It showed that
between 1817 and 1822 Treasury purchased
approximately 172 books a year at
a cost of $406. In 1850, Congress directed
the Library of Congress to set aside
$1,000 for the Treasury Library. With the
Printing Act of 1895, the Treasury Library
became a federal depository library.
<p>
In addition to its holdings, the growth of
the Treasury Library is measured by its
significance in the lives of Treasury
employees. In 1865, 136 Treasury clerks
petitioned Treasury Secretary Hugh
McCulloch to open up the library to all
Treasury employees. The clerk in charge
of the library at the time, Samuel Yorke
Atlee, did not approve of letting employees
borrow books; he thought only the Secretary
should be allowed to take books out of
the room. Secretary McCulloch disagreed
with Atlee, and issued an order allowing
employees to use the library and check
out books. Between January 1867 and
October 1869, Treasury employees borrowed
over 22,000 volumes from the
library. Clerks from throughout the organization
were detailed to the library to help
run it until June 4, 1897 when Congress
directed the Treasury Secretary to appoint
a salaried librarian. Today, the Treasury
Library continues to support the information
needs of employees and Treasury’s
many missions at Departmental Offices
and Treasury’s bureaus with three
librarians.
<p>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34693297683/in/dateposted-public/" title="U.S. Treasury Seal jewelery box"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4279/34693297683_42aa495728_m.jpg" width="240" height="234" align="right" alt="U.S. Treasury Seal jewelery box"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<b>
Rare Treasury Seal Found on eBay Site</b><br/>
THA's Chairman Tom O’Malley checks the
eBay site frequently for unusual Treasury
Department items, both for his own collection and for THA’s consideration to
purchase and give to Treasury. Recently,
he found a rare Treasury seal medallion
on a man’s jewelry box
<p>
As presented in a number of previous THA
newsletter articles, the Treasury seal was
changed in 1968 from a very intricate
artistic form with Latin inscription to the
modern version with English text that is
used today on the Department’s stationery
as well as on all currency notes. The
earlier version bore the inscription
“Thesaur. Amer. Septent. Sigil.” which
was the abbreviation for “the seal of the
Treasury of North America.”
<p>
The recent eBay item that O’Malley
discovered had similar intricate artistic
form, but with the full Latin text of the
Department’s name: “<i>Sigillum Thesauri
Americae Septentrionalis</i>,” a full-text
version that has not been found in THA’s
research over the years.
<p>
For more information on the Treasury Historical Association, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.treasuryhistoricalassn.org/">
www.treasuryhistoricalassn.org
</a>
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 25, 2017
</h3></a>
<p><b> Buying Experience: Currencies of Ancient China </b><br/>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35133206325/in/dateposted-public/" title="Les monnaies de la Chine ancienne"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4272/35133206325_b06d78216e_m.jpg" width="156" height="240" align="right" alt="Les monnaies de la Chine ancienne"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Martin Purdy of New Zealand writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Just thought I'd let you know - I ordered M. Thierry's book immediately and it got here in just nine days. Good service, especially given that domestic mail can sometimes take that long!
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Thanks for the report - it's good to know orders are handled promptly. Let us know what you think of the book!
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n24a04.html">
NEW BOOK: CURRENCIES OF ANCIENT CHINA
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n24a04.html)
<br/><br/>
<p><b> Roger Siboni Goes Out on a Limb </b><br/>
Roger Siboni writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34589124086/in/dateposted-public/" title="Out on a Limb v1n1"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4171/34589124086_e8b3a748ba_n.jpg" width="204" height="320" align="right" alt="Out on a Limb v1n1"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
So funny you brought up "Out on a Limb". I just recently picked up a second copy in Charlie Davis' last sale for Florida because outside of <i>The Colonial Newsletter</i>, it is one of my favorite just-pick-it-up-and-read newsletters. I actually reread the Norweb story and equally funny story of their trip to visit Armand Champa in the last month.
<p>
Being a past President of the American Numismatic Society and having hosted a few such "Norweb"events with a cross-section of members and patrons, and yet also being a Berkeley grad and a child of the 60s, I must say I enjoyed the full dynamic of how they described the experience.
<p>
But I must also echo the comment about <i>Out on a Limb</i> being a must-read for what was going on in the late 1980s to 1990s. Robert Martin, a world class bibliophile in his own right, first directed me to this treasure of numismatics, sarcastic humor and great pearls of gossipy bibliophile goings-on. I would also suggest <i>Copper Tomes</i> by Tom Rinaldo for the same kind of great fun but informative read.
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Thanks, Roger. For readers unfamiliar with <i>Out on a Limb</i>, a full set is available for reading on the Newman Numismatic Portal.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a08.html">
THE NEWMANS GO OUT ON A LIMB
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a08.html)
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n20a08.html">
DIGITIZED: THE MONEY TREE’S OUT ON A LIMB
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n20a08.html)
<p><b> The Knave of Jacobin Clubs</b><br/>
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<p>
Paul Schultz writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
The description of the Paine token in last week's <i>E-Sylum</i> may have missed a play on words in its description. The knave in many situations is a bad guy, but in card games, the knave is an old name for the jack of any suit. A "trick" in card games is a single play (of which there are many) in which each player exposes a card and one player takes all of the exposed cards based on the values of the cards shown. Therefore, "May the knave (jack) of clubs (one of the four card suits) never get a trick" is asking in card parlance that Paine never succeed or win, even a single play. Sort of three puns in a row.
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Thanks. A fascinating piece with many stories to tell.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a20.html">
WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: JUNE 18, 2017 : Thomas Paine "End of Pain" Conder Token
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a20.html)
<p><b> Question: Martin Ibert Dates </b><br/>
<div class="box">
Here's another interesting trick, noticed by Dave Schenkman in an auction lot description quoted last week.
-Editor
</div>
<div class="quote">
<p>
Martin Ibert was born in Baden, Germany in 1861, emigrating from that country to the United States in 1847 with his brother Albert. He became a clerk in Henry Zimmer's store in Brooklyn, and then worked for A. Saul before opening his own business dealing in flour at the corner of Leonard Street and Montrose Avenue. He later moved his business to Montrose and Graham avenues, as depicted on this token, and in 1889 left the flour business to start a brewing company.
</div>
<p>
Dave writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
It appears Ibert came to this country fourteen years before he was born; interesting trick!
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Thanks - good catch. My guess is that the correct birth date would be 1841.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a18.html">
SELECTIONS FROM STACK'S BOWERS JUNE 2017 SALES : Lot 9111: Martin Ibert Civil War Token
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a18.html)
<p><b> New Zealand Decimal 50 Conference July 2017 </b><br/>
<div class="box">
Jim Duncan of New Zealand reminds us of next month's "Decimal 50" conference in Auckland. Thanks.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
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Yes, it’s been 50 years since we changed to decimal currency! To celebrate, the
Numismatic Society of Auckland and The Royal Numismatic Society of New
Zealand are hosting a Conference and Bourse over 14 - 17 July at Quality Hotel,
20 Gladstone Road, Parnell. The public are welcome on Saturday 15 July from
10.00am to 4.00pm to meet Dealers from Australia and New Zealand. On
Sunday and Monday specialists from Germany, USA, Australia and New Zealand
will speak on their chosen topics. If you wish to attend these lectures contact:
<div class="quote">
<p>
The Registrar, 7 Pierce Road, Milford, Auckland 0620
<br/>
Or email allan@speedy.co.nz
</div>
<p>
For more details, go to:
a href="http://www.rnsnz.org.nz/">
www.RNSNZ.org.nz
</a>.
<p>
This will be the most high-powered numismatic conference for some years and
offers a great chance to learn more, to enhance your collection, and to meet
dealers and fellow collectors from across the world.
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n17a30.html">
NEW ZEALAND DECIMAL 50 CONFERENCE JULY 2017
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n17a30.html)
<p><b> More Works by Edward Gibbon </b><br/>
Tom Fort of Pittsburgh, PA writes:
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<p>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35136859580/in/dateposted-public/" title="Gibbon 4"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4241/35136859580_e3bbeef0fd_n.jpg" width="320" height="208" align="right" alt="Gibbon 4"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I enjoyed David Lange's picture of my favourite book (<i>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</i>) by my favourite writer (Edward Gibbon). Many years ago in <i>The Asylum</i> I published some notes that Gibbon wrote about Joseph Addison's <i>Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals</i>. [E. Gibbon, <i>'A dissertation on the Allegorical beings found on the reverses of medals,' The Asylum</i> 21 (2003), pp. 2-7.].
<p>
He also began a numismatic book: <i>Principes de poids des monnoies, et des mesures des anciens</i> (Gibbon was bilingual). [The fragments of this work can be found in E. Gibbon, <i>The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon</i>, ed. Lord Sheffield, vol. 3 (London 1814), pp. 66-169. The original manuscript is in the British Library and a new modern edition of this work is desperately needed.]
<p>
I am very fortunate to own a numismatic book from Gibbon's library: Rene Budder's <i>De monetis, et re numaria</i> (Cologne, 1591).
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Thanks. Here are some additional images Tom sent.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35523333055/in/dateposted-public/" title="Gibbon 5"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4286/35523333055_b5f11709a1_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="Gibbon 5"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a09.html">
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 18, 2017 : Decline and Fall In Seven Short Book Spines
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a09.html)
<p><b> On Price Guides </b><br/>
Last week John Sallay wrote:
<div class="quote">
<p>
... the valuation guides to Bob Julian's mint medal book or Neil Musante's Washington medal book are nice to have, but are not central to the value of those publications.
</div>
<p>
Rich Hartzog writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Sorry, but this is not true, at least for the Julian book. TAMS printed 3000 copies of Julian's massive work on US Mint Medals, but was only able to sell 700 copies as there was no price guide. I purchased the 2300 remaining copies and wrote my 1982 and 1986 supplemental Price Guides, packaging the Julian book and my Guide together. I then sold the remaining 2300 copies, and I'm down to the last dozen copies. Very few people wanted the book without the prices. The information is great, the price guide sells. I still sell copies of my 30 year-old price guide, as the numbers are still relatively accurate to each other, just higher today.
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Well, 700 is more than a few, and a print run of 1,000 would have been sufficient. But Rich's point is well taken - a price guide is always a selling point and more people would be interested in a book with one than without one.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a12.html">
A “RED BOOK” FOR TOKENS AND MEDALS?
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a12.html)
<p><b> Barnes and Noble Mega Red Closeout Sale </b><br/>
Gary Dunaier writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35521769445/in/dateposted-public/" title="Red Book sale at Union Square (NYC)"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4280/35521769445_c63d6a509b_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" align="right" alt="Red Book sale at Union Square (NYC)"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I went to Barnes and Noble at Union Square in New York City Saturday and was surprised to see they were selling the first edition of the Mega Red Book at a bargain price of $9.98. Not a bad deal for someone still on the fence about whether the Mega Red is for them. And besides, it's a genuine First Edition Red Book - not the 1947 first edition, of course - but still, a genuine First Edition Red Book for less than ten dollars!
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Bargains abound if you keep your eyes open for them. Pricing information gets stale fast and older editions of price guides drop off the collector radar equally fast, but that just creates an opportunity for the bibliophile and information seeker. The book is in its third edition now, but the wealth of nonprice data in the first edition is still well worth having.
-Editor
</div>
<p><b> Coins, Stamps, Whatever </b><br/>
Carol Bastable writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35492237746/in/dateposted-public/" title="Pipsqueak cover"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4206/35492237746_e5d811f08d_m.jpg" width="144" height="240" align="right" alt="Pipsqueak cover"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I just finished reading a novel, <i>Pipsqueak</i> by Brian M. Wiprud, and was surprised to find one paragraph in it with a reference to numismatics. It is always exciting when our world of collecting is picked up on by what I like to call mainstream media such as television, movies, books, or network news.
<p>
While in one breath I was excited to read the term NSA being interpreted in the novel as possibly the Numismatic Society of America or the National Security Agency, the next breath and following sentence led to disappointment and disbelief. It read, "I didn't notice any of the telltale stamp fatigue on his tongue, so I assumed the latter."
<br/>
<p>
I can only assume he has confused us with stamp collecting or Philatelics. Where was the editor in all this? It only goes to show that we have a lot of educating to do.
</div>
<p>
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<p>
<div class="box">
Thanks. It's amazing the mistakes that get made out there regarding our hobby.
-Editor
</div>
<p><b> On the Fear of Coins </b><br/>
<p>
<div class="box">
Here's what readers had to say about the definition for the word said to mean "the fear of coins".
-Editor
</div>
<p>
<div class="quote">
<p>
<b>Cuprolaminophobia</b> is the fear of coins. Since coins are made of metal, sufferers of metallophobia would readily suffer cuprolaminophobia too. Since many coins are used for money, this fear may lead to chrometophobia, but not readily. Since some coins are used as religious values, sufferers may believe that coins could summon gods or demons that they may fear.
</div>
<p>
Chip Howell writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Odd--based on the roots, I thought this might describe my personal fear that our "pennies" are just copper-plated pieces of, I dunno, something horrible like zinc!
</div>
<p>
Ken Spindler's Friend #1 writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Fear not, Ken. Judging from the word, a cuprolaminophobic would only be fearful of “copper-layered” (viz., nickel-clad copper) coins. Your friend could be completely comfortable with gold or silver. I’d request a reconsideration if I were you, your invitation was very gracious.
</div>
<p>
Ken Spindler's Friend #2 writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
I think cuprolaminophobia is the fear of copper-nickel sandwich coins only. I can’t imagine anyone living in fear of gold or silver coins.
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Thanks, everyone. Good thing the rest of us ain't afraida no coins....
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a28.html">
VOCABULARY TERM: CUPROLAMINOPHOBIA
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a28.html)
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THE KNIGHTS OF ST. ELIGIUS
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<p>
Frank Galindo of San Antonio, Texas is a Knight of St. Eligius in the St. Eligius Brotherhood. He writes:
<div class="quote">
<p>
Recently a friend sent an e-mail of your publication, <i>The E-Sylum</i> Volume 16, Number 45, November 3, 2013, Article 21. The article mentioning Claude Proulx has an error. It states: “He even created the Knights of St. Eligius. Selected recipients were given a beautiful, large, pewter medal Claude had made. Among the recipients were <b>Frank Gasparro (Texas)</b>, Doug Andrews, and Bret Evans (editor of <i>Canadian Coin News</i>)”
<p>
Frank Gasparro was never inducted into the Knights of St. Eligius Numismatist Brotherhood. There is only one Knight from Texas, and that is me.
The founder, Claude Proulx of Val David, Quebec, Canada, invited me to Val David where I was Knighted in 1995.
<p>
I have the complete list of members, and Frank Gasparo was never a member. In addition, Gasparro did not design a St. Eligius medal prior to his death in 2001.
<p>
Claude established specific requirements relating to the promotion of St. Eligius that are necessary in order to be invited into membership and receive the special medal that was designed and produced by Claude. Simply being a designer of coins and/or medals would not qualify anyone to receive the special membership medal given to Knights.
</div>
<p>
<div class="box">
Thank you! We'll update the archive article.
St. Eligius is the Patron Saint of Goldsmiths, Blacksmiths, Other Metalworkers, Coin Collectors and Craftsmen. Here is some more information about the Knights of St. Eligius.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
<center>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34665400663/in/dateposted-public/" title="St. Eligius medals"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4232/34665400663_1ef5a6a202.jpg" width="500" height="316" alt="St. Eligius medals"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>
Claude Proulx, Chancellor, founded the Order first in July 1989 in Quebec City (PQ) and then across other parts of Canada, then through Europe. Claude honoured Frank Galindo bringing him into the Order, and Frank then founded the Brotherhood in the U.S. in 2009.
<p>
Claude founded the Order to create a friendly informal environment in which people of like mind can associate in pursuit of their common interest.
<p>
Its members are the Knights of St. Eligius. One of its charitable programs is promotion of numismatic knowledge, particularly among youth. The International Committee meets for selecting numismatists who will be inducted into the order.
<p>
For more information on the St. Eligius Brotherhood of Numismatists, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.kste.ca/">
http://www.kste.ca/
</a>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n44a11.html">
SOME IMAGES FROM PABITRA SAHA: OCTOBER 27, 2013
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n44a11.html)
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n45a21.html">
MORE ON THE SAINT ELIGIUS MEDAL
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n45a21.html)
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JUNE 29th 2017 AUCTION
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SELECTIONS FROM THE DR. ALAN YORK COLLECTION OF INTERNMENT CAMP AND RELATED PAPER MONEY INCLUDING 3 DIFFERENT NOTES FROM CAMP HAY, NUMEROUS WORLD WAR II RELATED NOTES FROM BRITAIN, ISLE OF MAN, ETC. PLUS A COMPLETE SET OF GIL GIL POW CAMP NOTES FROM KENYA
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A NICE SELECTION OF WORLD COINS, TOKENS AND MEDALS IN ALL METALS INCLUDING: ANCIENT AND WORLD COINS INCLUDING MANY CERTIFIED COINS
<br/><br/>
THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE, AND PERHAPS FINEST KNOWN, 1947 1 MIL COIN OF PALESTINE
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HIGH GRADE AND RARE WORLD COINS WITH MANY COINS FROM AFRICA: SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1932 PROOF SET SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1954 2 SHILLINGS OTHER RARITIES FROM SUDAN TO ZANZIBAR
<br/><br/>
JEWISH RELATED MEDALS, TOKENS AND PAPER MONEY AND MANY OTHER ITEMS
<br/><br/>
Catalogs will be mailed early to mid-June, send $10 for printed copy or check our website for color images. The sale should be up on our website in early June as well.
<br/><br/>
LOT VIEWING at Kansas City International Paper Money Show June 8-10, Colorado Springs Coin Show during the break from the ANA Summer Seminar June 21-24.
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THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS MEDAL
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34574933623/in/dateposted-public/" title="Possible Canadian Jesuit Indian Peace Medal obverse"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4277/34574933623_f11a7e131a_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="Possible Canadian Jesuit Indian Peace Medal obverse"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34574933593/in/dateposted-public/" title="Possible Canadian Jesuit Indian Peace Medal reverse"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4228/34574933593_35ec8a52b3_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="Possible Canadian Jesuit Indian Peace Medal reverse"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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LAst week Alan V. Weinberg asked readers for assistance identifying the above medal which he acquired in 1991 from the James Curto's estate.
-Editor
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Our first response was from Ken Berger, who writes:
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34701873193/in/dateposted-public/" title="Sacred Heart of Jesus medal"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4279/34701873193_ff792ce4cb_o.jpg" width="236" height="314" align="right" alt="Sacred Heart of Jesus medal"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Any person who went through 12 years of Catholic education (such as myself) would immediately recognize Alan's medal as a Sacred Heart (of Jesus) medal.
Doing a quick Google search, I found a similar medal. The one pictured is described as antique French, Flaming Heart, Sacred Heart, ex voto (a religious offering given in order to fulfill a vow) medal.
<p>
I do not think it is from the Jesuits.
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<p>
To see similar examples on Google, see:
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<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=antique+french+sacred+heart+medal&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi10cmT8MjUAhVX9WMKHXaiBdIQ_AUICigB&biw=1024&bih=725#imgrc=-vGXqItG_skZ1M:">
antique+french+sacred+heart+medal
</a>
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Julia (Purdy) Casey writes:
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<p>
I did some googling on this piece utilizing terms to describe the sacred heart imagery. The trail led into "ex-voto" or "milagro" pieces associated with Mexico, Latin America, South America.
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Here are a few links to pieces that resemble Alan Weinberg's. These may help with further research -- his piece may be older than these - but definitely appears to be related. I don't know if the term "ex-voto" or "milagro" is accurate for these exact pieces but it seems to be how eBay sellers are classifying them.
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34670486544/in/dateposted-public/" title="Sacred Heart medal2"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4238/34670486544_3f59712a86_n.jpg" width="238" height="320" alt="Sacred Heart medal2"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34670489324/in/dateposted-public/" title="Sacred Heart medal3"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4216/34670489324_83f2c24952_n.jpg" width="252" height="320" alt="Sacred Heart medal3"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vtg-hi-polished-brass-ex-votos-429244666">
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vtg-hi-polished-brass-ex-votos-429244666
</a>
<br/>
<a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-french-flaming-heart-sacred-506836078">
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-french-flaming-heart-sacred-506836078
</a>
<br/>
<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/475622410628553690/">
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/475622410628553690/
</a>
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<a href="http://www.antiquetrader.com/features/marvelous_milagros">
Marvelous Milagros
</a>
(http://www.antiquetrader.com/features/marvelous_milagros)
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Ira Rezak writes:
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<p>
The badge from Alan Weinberg's collection is clearly in the tradition of Sacred Bleeding Heart of Jesus medallions. Google: "Sacred Heart" or "Sacred Bleeding Heart of Jesus" and look at the text, then at the images where one can see hundreds of such images with the exact same elements. Since I can't tell when and where it was issued one cannot preclude the possibility that Jesuits distributed it to Native Americans or Canadians but I tend to think that this is a normal Catholic devotional object rather than an Indian peace medal.
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<p>
To for information, see:
<br/>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart">
Sacred Heart
</a>
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart)
<p>
To see similar examples on Google, see:
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<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=sacred+bleeding+heart+of+jesus&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF2K_UudfUAhWJOT4KHbg2A7YQ_AUIBigB&biw=1536&bih=686">
sacred+bleeding+heart+of+jesus
</a>
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34723474313/in/dateposted-public/" title="Sacred Heart cross0"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4205/34723474313_2d259bb091_n.jpg" width="213" height="320" alt="Sacred Heart cross0"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34691464154/in/dateposted-public/" title="Sacred Heart cross1"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4234/34691464154_88b3892ee7_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="Sacred Heart cross1"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Rich Hartzog writes:
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<p>
This is a relatively modern Catholic Sacred Heart medallion, likely 19th century or newer. Sometimes listed as funerary. I saw one not too long ago priced around $40-45 (unsold). See similar example at this link:
<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/543528248759534293/">
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/543528248759534293/
</a>.
See also:
<a href="https://larryflaxman.com/product/antique-radiant-heart-cross/">
https://larryflaxman.com/product/antique-radiant-heart-cross/
</a>
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<p>
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Thanks, everyone!
-Editor
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<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
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<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a15.html">
QUERY: CANADIAN JESUIT INDIAN PEACE MEDAL?
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(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a15.html)
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THE MORMON DESERET ALPHABET
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In the I-think-these-people-must-read-The-E-Sylum department is this <i>Atlas Obscura</i> blog article published June 21, 2017 about the forgotten Mormon alphabet, which was used on the 1860 Mormon $5 Uniface Obverse Restrike I chose as a selection from the Stacks Bowers June 2017 Baltimore auction.
-Editor
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34992228780/in/dateposted-public/" title="1860 Mormon $5 Uniface Obverse Restrike obverse"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4200/34992228780_30b8c8330d_m.jpg" width="237" height="240" alt="1860 Mormon $5 Uniface Obverse Restrike obverse"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35379078235/in/dateposted-public/" title="1860 Mormon $5 Uniface Obverse Restrike reverse"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4213/35379078235_d36f32e28c_m.jpg" width="239" height="240" alt="1860 Mormon $5 Uniface Obverse Restrike reverse"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>
This particular pattern is popular not only for its unused design, but also for its use of the short-lived Deseret alphabet to deliver a phonetic rendering of the phrase "Holiness to the Lord".
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Here's an excerpt from the <i>Atlas Obscura</i> article, which pictures the Mormon piece.
-Editor
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35455711036/in/dateposted-public/" title="Book of Mormon in Mormon alphabet"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4289/35455711036_f5cec261a9.jpg" width="500" height="280" alt="Book of Mormon in Mormon alphabet"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<br/> The Book of Mormon, printed in Deseret.
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THIRTY-TWO YEARS AGO, WHILE ON a Mormon mission in Florida, amateur cryptologist Scott Reynolds was browsing a public library when he discovered a book with pages printed in a code of symbols he did not recognize. There was no key or explanation, but he copied down the peculiar characters. It would be over a decade until he discovered that the foreign-looking script was a nearly forgotten writing reform experiment called the Deseret Alphabet.
<p>
“There was very little information about the DA on the internet back then,” says Reynolds, “but enough that I finally learned what it was and where it came from. I found the first three readers [books of excerpts for language learners] on eBay and purchased them.”
<p>
Reynolds decided to create a space for people to learn. He founded a website and multiple online discussion forums.
<p>
This alternative alphabet was created more than a century ago and fell into obscurity shortly thereafter, but a modern enthusiast can download several Deseret fonts, translate between Deseret and Standard English directly on the web, or purchase a swath of transliterated paperback classics—from the The Federalist Papers and the U.S. constitution, to works of Shakespeare, P.G. Wodehouse, or Isaac Asimov. Indeed, a far greater number and variety of books are available in the Deseret Alphabet today than ever were in the time its implementation was seriously pursued.
<p>
Work on the Deseret Alphabet began in the same year of the Mormon migration. The system was to simplify spelling by creating a distinct symbol for each unique sound in the English language.
<p>
Critics (both today and formerly) have protested that the Deseret Alphabet was created as a means of control—keeping the Mormon population from reading outside material and keeping non-Mormon settlers and officials from easily understanding church documents. However, alternative spelling experiments were not uncommon in the English speaking world in the 19th century, and records show that Young and the creators of the alphabet were hopeful its use would spread beyond Utah.
<p>
Work on the system continued—at an eventual price near $20,000 (approximately $544,880 adjusted for inflation) to the early church government. Utah became a U.S. territory and the alphabet was taught in some schools, used for road signs, a few books, coinage, on headstones, and even in the creation of an English-Hopi dictionary (Hopi is a Native American nation located primarily in Arizona).
<p>
Public interest in the alphabet was less than hoped, however, and use never became widespread. The railroad was soon to reach Utah and with it would come a myriad of settlers and travelers unfamiliar with the alphabet. After escalating cost projections and about a decade of promotion, official attempts to enforce the use of Deseret ceased.
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/deseret-alphabet-mormon">
The Deseret Alphabet, a 38-Letter Writing System Developed by Mormons
</a>
(http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/deseret-alphabet-mormon)
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a18.html">
SELECTIONS FROM STACK'S BOWERS JUNE 2017 SALES : Lot 11624: 1860 Mormon $5 Uniface Obverse Restrike
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a18.html)
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VOCABULARY TERM: BRITANNIA STANDARD
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Dick Johnson submitted this entry from his <i>Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Terminology</i>. Thanks.
-Editor
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<b style="font-size:24px"> Britannia Standard. </b>
A fineness of silver, 958.4 parts per 1000. This standard was instituted in Great Britain beginning in 1697 – coins were actually struck in this fineness from 1697 to 1719 – but like pure silver it is too soft for coining, silverware or commercial use. A more popular fineness, of course, was STERLING: 925 parts silver per 1000. Silver was alloyed with copper, and the small increase of copper (from 41.6 for Britannia to 75 parts per 1000 for sterling) gave the alloy a satisfactory strength and wearing quality for most uses including coinage. Britannia Standard had its own HALLMARK and despite its somewhat softer composition it was used infrequently in Great Britain even to the 20th century for objects not subjected to heavy wear. Its nominal replacement, sterling silver, was, in fact, the silver coinage standard in Great Britain for 150 years (until 1920). See FINENESS.
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CLASS 05.2
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<b>
Looking for the meaning of a numismatic word, or the description of a term?</b> Try the Newman Numismatic Portal's Numismatic Dictionary at:
<a href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/dictionary">
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/dictionary
</a>
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Photos wanted.
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<p>
<b>Note.</b> <i>Not all entries in</i> An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology <i>will have illustrations, in fact, over 400 terms do not require illustrations. We are seeking photos which are ideal examples of the term explained.</i>
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Check out Newman Portal for the entire list of terms. They are in the Dictionary section along with two other dictionaries – Be sure you have an term from the Encyclopedia. If you think we should include it send the photo to Dick.Johnson@snet.net. Hundreds needed.
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Do you have an example of <b>adjustment marks</b> or <b>flow marks</b>? Send a photo.
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EVERETT GRANT EMERSON (1885-1944)
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John Lupia submitted the following information from the online draft of his book of numismatic biographies for this week's installment of his series. Thanks! As always, this is an excerpt with the full article and bibliography available online. This week's subject is dealer
Everett Grant Emerson of Indiana.
-Editor
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35148765000/in/dateposted-public/" title="EMERSON, Everett G 1940s"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4285/35148765000_2a0ee57cac_n.jpg" width="235" height="320" align="right" alt="EMERSON, Everett G 1940s"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Everett Grant Emerson (1885-1944), was born in Bloomdale, Ohio on May 10, 1885, son of William W. Emerson of Virginia and Hester A. Wenick Emerson of Ohio.
<p>
Emerson was a compositor/printer by trade and like Edgar Holmes Adams worked as a stamp, coin and curio dealer on the side. However, Emerson did not rise to the heights of E.H. Adams but was more in line with Arthur Henry Kraus. He is numbered among the dozens, and perhaps, hundreds of small time dealers that sprang up throughout the country and still do.
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35535671725/in/dateposted-public/" title="EMERSON, EVERETT G., 9-27-1923"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4253/35535671725_8c79e9a4b1_n.jpg" width="320" height="201" align="left" alt="EMERSON, EVERETT G., 9-27-1923"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
His final decades of living and dealing were in Elkhart, Indiana, home of Dr. A. L. Fisher, M.D., A.N.A. Member No. 130, who also served as A.N. A. Treasurer; and James Kavanaugh, A.N.A. Member No. 132; William Brimelow with his radio talk show with the moniker "Bill the Coin Man" during the golden days of radio in 1935. Since he was a printer by trade he also published a series of Fixed Price Lists from about 1917 until 1944. All of them are excessively scarce and that fact alone is responsible for leaving him in obscurity.
<p>
He died ... on April 11, 1944. He is buried in Burr-Oak Cemetery, Burr-Oak, St. Joseph County, Michigan.
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<br/>
<a href="https://sites.google.com/a/numismaticmall.com/www/numismaticmall-com/emerson-everett-grant">
EMERSON, EVERETT GRANT
</a>
(https://sites.google.com/a/numismaticmall.com/www/numismaticmall-com/emerson-everett-grant)
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LETTER SHEDS LIGHT ON 1838-O HALF STRIKINGS
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Kin Carmody of Savannah, GA submitted this article about the ultrarare 1838-O and how the coins may have come into being. Thank you!
-Editor
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<p>
<center>
<b>
NEWLY DISCOVERED LETTER SUGGESTS
<br/>
A POSSIBLE 1838-O DECEPTION
</b>
</center>
<p>
On May 1, 2017, a previously unknown letter from The Chief Coiner of the New Orleans Mint to New
Orleans Mint Superintendent David Bradford was discovered in the National Archives, and this letter
suggests that Tyler may have intentionally deceived Robert Patterson regarding 1838-O half dollar
specimens sent to Philadelphia. The Tyler letter is dated April 16, 1839, and the critical portion reads as follows:
"THE LARGE COINING PRESS BEING NOW IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION WILL OF COURSE
DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF COINAGE IN BALANCE WITH THE SAME COUNT OF LABOUR.”
<p>
This newly discovered letter is significant because it PROVES that the large coining press was NEVER made
operational after the first "circulation strike" run of 1838-O half dollars in Jan 1839 and before the start up of
the half dollar press on March 27 1839. While most experts agreed that an interim repair of this large press was
extremely unlikely, it always remained a possibility. This letter confirms the conclusions in "ALIGNMENT OF
THE STARS" by Dannreuther and Flynn ( published 2016) that there were ONLY TWO production periods for
the 1838-O half dollar. The first was in Jan 1839 in New Orleans on the large dollar press to make circulation
strikes per the written directive of Mint Director Patterson. This event is well documented via archival letters.
Exactly 10 circulation strikes were struck before the support system for the reverse die collapsed ending the run.
The second run was on March 27 in New Orleans on the half dollar press which had finally become operational.
There is absolutely no documentation for this second run, but Dick Graham and John Dannreuther have proven
this run took place with their examination of existing specimens.
<p>
Dick Graham is the Numismatic expert on the "Reeded Edge " half dollars which includes the 1838-O. He has
identified the GR-1 reverse die crack as a key marker for ALL 9 known 1838-O and MOST 1839-O half dollars,
and the extent of this crack determines the sequence in which these coins were struck. Those coins with the
most developed crack were struck latest while those with the least developed crack were struck earliest.
<p>
John Dannreuther has studied most of the 1838-O and 1839-O ( "Proof") half dollars and has been able to
determine a sequence of production. He discovered that the Smithsonian ( Mint Cabinet) specimen was
produced AFTER one or more of the 1839-O " proof" half dollars. He also established that all 9 known 1838-O
half dollars have less developed GR-1 die cracks than any circulation strike 1839-O 's, and therefore had to have
been produced before those circulation strikes.
<p>
On March 29 1839, New Orleans Mint Superintendent Bradford wrote Mint Director Patterson that Tyler had
made the half dollar press operational and production of 1839-O half dollars had begun on March 27.
<div class="quote">
<p>
"I have the pleasure of informing you that Mr. Tyler has got the half dollar coining press in operation.
He commenced striking on the evening of the 27th inst and the press is now performing
admirably.” (<i>courtesy National Archives Philadelphia</i>)
</div>
<p>
This means that the Smithsonian "proof" 1838-O MUST HAVE BEEN PRODUCED ON MARCH 27 ON THE
HALF DOLLAR PRESS BEFORE THE PRODUCTION START UP OF CIRCULATION STRIKE 1839-O's.
This timing makes sense because the production of proofs is "one at a time" process, while the production of
circulations strikes is a continuous automatic operation. It would be extremely inefficient to interrupt the
continuous striking once it had started.
<p>
In ALIGNMENT OF THE STARS, Dannreuther and Flynn also postulate that 4 or 5 other proofs may have
been made at that time (since lost) in order to get closer to the currently accepted mintage total of "not more
than 20" (10 circulation strikes on the first run plus 6 proofs on the second ). They also postulate that these
coins were requested by Mint Director Patterson for his Mint Cabinet collection. This conjecture is very
reasonable given that one of these proofs is in the Mint collection.
<p>
<center>
<b>
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND FINDINGS
</b>
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<p>
New research on one of the 1838-O half dollars was completed in 2016 and published in E Sylum on Oct 30
2016. This research PROVES ( based again on GR-1die cracks) that there is ONLY ONE SURVIVOR FROM
THE FIRST CIRCULATION RUN IN JAN 1839. This means that all 8 remaining specimens had to have been
produced in the second run on March 27. The research also shows that all 8 of these specimens were sent to
Patterson based on their survival rate, condition and late appearance in the numismatic marketplace. The newly
discovered April 16 1839 Tyler letter proves that there was no press available to produce any of these 8 other
specimens before March 27. This is an excessively large number to send to Patterson for the selection of one for
his Mint Cabinet Collection, and that presumes a100% survival from the March 27 run. The best estimate is that
10 proofs were produced on March 27 with 8 surviving to this day.
<p>
<center>
<b>
THE PATTERSON DIRECTIVE
</b>
</center>
<p>
Patterson learned of the failure of the Jan 1839 circulation strike run in a a letter from Rufus Tyler dated Feb 25
1839.
<div class="quote">
<p>
"I have however spliced one of them (the reverse die) in order to try the press and succeeded in making
10 excellent impressions, the very first one struck being as perfect as the dies and entirely satisfactory,
but the piece upon the bottom of the die became loose and I was unable to strike any more without
fixing.” (<i>courtesy of the National Archives Philadelphia</i>)
</div>
<p>
After learning of this failure, Patterson sent the following letter on March 15 1839 to Superintendent Bradford.
<div class="quote">
<p>
"I advise that the dies of 1838 be not used by you, that we have sometimes used the dies of a particular
year for a few days after its close.” (<i>courtesy of the National Archives Philadelphia</i>)
</div>
<p>
This letter is remarkable in the specificity of his order. It was an absolute ban on any further use of the 1838
dies, and he did not make any exception for the production of proofs for his Mint Cabinet collection. The
production and distribution (by obvious extension) of out of date coins was against his policy. He ordered that
"The dies of 1838 BE NOT USED BY YOU.”
<p>
The order contained in this letter was so clear that Bradford felt compelled to affirm his receipt of the directive
AND that he had passed it on to Chief Coiner Rufus Tyler. At this time, letters between Philadelphia (Patterson)
and New Orleans (Bradford) took about 7 to 10 days to get to their destination, so Bradford would have
received the directive before the half dollar press start up on March 27. On March 29 1839, Bradford wrote to
Patterson as follows:
<div class="quote">
<p>
"I stated to Mr. Tyler that you advised that the dies of 1838 be not used and I suggested that it would be
best to return them to you, thinking that they might serve some purpose, but he thought it not
worthwhile.” (<i>courtesy of the National Archives Philadelphia</i>)
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<p>
<center>
<b>
THE FIRST PROBLEM
</b>
</center>
<p>
Given the clarity of Patterson's order that "The dies of 1838 be not used by you", the production of one or more
1838 samples for his cabinet collection would have REQUIRED another letter to Bradford making this request .
Patterson would have had to reverse his previous "not used by you" order just days after it was issued, which
would have been most unlikely and out of character. In addition there would have to have been considerable
correspondence regarding his new order, the production of the proof samples, the shipping and finally the
receipt of these samples by Patterson. As stated earlier, absolutely NO DOCUMENTATION referencing this
second March 27 proof run has ever been found. The explanation that ALL the letters on this particular subject
have been lost is not very credible.
<p>
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<b>
THE IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEM
</b>
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<p>
The second problem renders impossible the entire theory that Patterson REQUESTED any samples for his Mint
Cabinet Collection. On March 29,1839, Bradford wrote to Patterson that his direct order that the dies of 1838
"be not used by you" had been given to Chief Coiner Tyler. However, WE HAVE PROVEN THAT THE
PROOFS HAD ALREADY BEEN PRODUCED ON MARCH 27, 1839.
<p>
Since it is not possible (based on GR-1 die cracks) that any 1838-O's were made after that date, it is an
inescapable conclusion that these 10 coins were not made AT Patterson's request. Clearly, no letter from
Patterson with a change in policy had been received by Bradford two full days AFTER the proofs had already
been struck. Rather, they were made DIRECTLY AGAINST THE EXPLICIT ORDERS OF BOTH
PATTERSON AND BRADFORD, AND THE COINS WERE THEN SENT TO PATTERSON BY TYLER.
<p>
<center>
<b>
THE POSSIBLE DECEPTION
</b>
<br/>
THE REASON WHY THE PROHIBITED COINS MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE
</center>
<p>
It is clear from Patterson's order that the minting of out of date coins AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE
COINS was against his policy. Upon receipt of this order, Bradford asked Patterson how properly to dispose of
the dies. Bradford wanted to return them to Patterson, and it is highly probable that he ordered Tyler to return
the coins as well. If Tyler no longer had the original circulation strikes or if he felt they were not of adequate
quality to be presented to the Mint Director, he would have had a major problem. This problem would have
been aggravated by the fact that he needed to be in Patterson's good graces due to his conflicts with Bradford
and his pending investigation.
<p>
The only way out of this situation would have been the clandestine striking of 10 extremely high quality
replacement coins to send to Patterson instead of the originals. The images below show the only surviving
circulation strike and a representative "replacement" proof restrike. It is clear from these images that the
replacements proofs would have presented a far superior picture of Tyler's work.
<p>
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35325886961/in/dateposted-public/" title="1838-O Half Dollar comparison"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4236/35325886961_491c9e4bd6.jpg" width="500" height="293" alt="1838-O Half Dollar comparison"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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(<i>Images courtesy of Heritage Auction Galleries</i>)
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<p>
<center>
<b>
HOW THE PROHIBITED COINS COULD HAVE BEEN MADE
</b>
</center>
<p>
The space in the New Orleans coining area was limited, and it is clear from sworn testimony in the Tyler/Bradford investigation that others were well aware of their surroundings and took note of any "unusual" activity.
How could Tyler accomplish a clandestine striking of 1838-O half dollars without drawing any attention from
his co-workers? There are three unusual events that would have helped greatly in any deception. First, Tyler's
production run began on the EVENING of March 27 rather than during normal working hours. Second, the
production of 1839-O "proofs" has never been explained. There was no need and no request for such samples.
By indicating that he was going to use the initial March 27 start up of the half dollar press to make some "test"
1839-O proofs, Tyler would have been able to conduct "single coin" production along with die and planchet
polishing without raising any suspicions. Third, by retaining the 1838 reverse, even though it was cracked and
he had a perfect 1839 reverse, he would have eliminated the need to switch the reverse dies, further minimizing
unusual activity.
<p>
<center>
<b>
SUMMARY
</b>
<br/>
WE NOW KNOW THE FOLLOWING:
</center>
<p>
1) Exactly 10 circulation 1838-O half dollars were struck in Jan 1839 on the large dollar press in New Orleans, and
there is only one survivor from that run. This first circulation run was specifically ordered by Mint Director Patterson.
<br/>
2) Between 8 and 10 (best estimate 10) "Proof restrikes" were made on March 27, 1839 on the half dollar press
in New Orleans, and there are 8 survivors from this run.
This production run was specifically prohibited by both Mint Director Patterson and Superintendent Bradford.
<br/>
3) No documented evidence of this second run has ever been found, and this documentation should exist
because of Patterson's explicit prohibition order.
<br/>
4) The prohibited proof restrikes were sent to Mint Director Patterson
<br/>
5) There were no other production runs of 1838-O half dollars
<p>
It is SPECULATION that the proof restrikes were made as replacements for the original circulation strikes and
that this was a deception orchestrated by Tyler, but I have found it difficult to come up with any other
explanation that accounts for the 5 proven facts above. As a result, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE OTHER E-SYLUM READERS TO OFFER THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS SUBJECT. ANY NEW EVIDENCE OR
EXPLANATION IS EXTREMELY WELCOME!
<p>
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I'll forward reader thoughts to Kin. Thanks!
-Editor
</div>
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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JUNE 25, 2017
</h3></a>
<div class="box">
Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
<b> Carthage Half Shekel </b><br/>
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34689022314/in/dateposted-public/" title="Carthge Half Shekel"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4213/34689022314_7e59e6405c.jpg" width="500" height="271" alt="Carthge Half Shekel"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>
Lot 092. Carthage, Second Punic War. Barcids in Spain (Mago, younger brother of Hannibal?). 220-201 B.C. AR 1/2 shekel.
<p>
After 209 B.C. Rare. Ex Numismatic Ars Classica.
Carthage, Second Punic War. Barcids in Spain (Mago, younger brother of Hannibal?). 220-201 B.C. AR 1/2 shekel (18.51 mm, 3.36 g, 1 h). After 209 B.C. Laureate male head (Melqart or Hannibal) left / Elephant right; in exergue, Punic character A(leph). Robinson, Essays Mattingly, pl. 3, 8b; Burnett, Enna Hoard, 120 (these dies). EF, edge chips, scrapes. Rare. Ex Numismatic Ars Classica.
<p>
<div class="box">
My wife collects elephants, but not on coins. I like this one, even if it's a bit crudely executed.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the complete lot description, see:
<br/>
<a href="https://www.agoraauctions.com/listing/viewdetail/36602">
Lot 092. Carthage, Second Punic War. Barcids in Spain (Mago, younger brother of Hannibal?). 220-201 B.C. AR 1/2 shekel. After 209 B.C. Rare. Ex Numismatic Ars Classica.
</a>
(https://www.agoraauctions.com/listing/viewdetail/36602)
<p>
<b> 1813 Weald of Kent One Pound Banknote </b><br/>
<center>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35363011642/in/dateposted-public/" title="1813 Weald of Kent One Pound Banknote"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4238/35363011642_a39915d80d_o.png" width="495" height="291" alt="1813 Weald of Kent One Pound Banknote"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</center>
<p>
Early 19th century Weald of Kent one pound white banknote, cashier GO Bishop dated 1813
<p>
<div class="box">
I didn't know what a "Weald" was, so I looked it up. It's an Old English word meaning a heavily wooded area; it also is used to represent a region of England including Kent and Surrey, hence Weald of Kent. These plain early banknotes have a special charm all their own. I like this one.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the complete lot description, see:
<br/>
<a href="https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/1285f3e933c67f4c7d87e77b556c4ad8/1f1638c9faeb7c2641b7b1e9c67628d0/fine-art-and-antique-sale-lot-219/">
Early 19th century Weald of Kent one pound white banknote, c...
</a>
(https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/<br/>1285f3e933c67f4c7d87e77b556c4ad8/1f1638c9faeb7c2641b7b1e9c67628d0/<br/>fine-art-and-antique-sale-lot-219/)
<p>
<b> 1919 Interallied Games Swim Medal </b><br/>
<center>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35529830155/in/dateposted-public/" title="1919 Interallied Games Swim Medal obvere"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4277/35529830155_775a592a4e_m.jpg" width="240" height="238" alt="1919 Interallied Games Swim Medal obvere"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34688458524/in/dateposted-public/" title="1919 Interallied Games Swim Medal revere"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4280/34688458524_0a58991c73_m.jpg" width="238" height="240" alt="1919 Interallied Games Swim Medal revere"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</center>
<p>
Description: NORMAN ROSS (SWIMMER HALL OF FAME RECIPIENT) 1919 INTERALLIED GAMES 1ST PLACE 800 METER SWIM MEDAL
<p>
<div class="box">
I didn't know what the Interallied Games were until I saw this medal and looked it up. Nice medal. Here's some info from Wikipedia:
-Editor
</div>
<p>
The Inter-Allied Games was a one-off multi-sport event held from June 22 to July 6, 1919 at the newly constructed Pershing Stadium just outside Paris, France following the end of World War I. The host stadium had been built near the Bois de Vincennes by the U.S. Military in cooperation with the YMCA. The event was only open to participation by military personnel who were currently serving or had formerly served in the armed forces during the War. Around 1500 athletes from a total of eighteen nations participated in the proceedings which featured nineteen sports. Following the conclusion of the games, Pershing Stadium was presented as a gift to the people of France from the United States of America. The area, still known as Le Stade Pershing, continues to be used as an open air recreation park to this day.
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<br/>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-Allied_Games">
Inter-Allied Games
</a>
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-Allied_Games)
<p>
To read the complete lot description, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-28D4FCA8D0">
Lot 24: NORMAN ROSS 1919 INTERALLIED GAMES 1ST SWIM MEDAL
</a>
(http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-28D4FCA8D0)
<p>
<b> 1934 Union Pacific Alcoa Aluminum Medal </b><br/>
<center>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34720724243/in/dateposted-public/" title="1934 Union Pacific Alcoa Aluminum Medal obverse"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4229/34720724243_59b85ff60a_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="1934 Union Pacific Alcoa Aluminum Medal obverse"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34720724143/in/dateposted-public/" title="1934 Union Pacific Alcoa Aluminum Medal reverse"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4254/34720724143_1b97678183_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="1934 Union Pacific Alcoa Aluminum Medal reverse"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</center>
<p>
<div class="box">
This is timely because of Dave Schenkman's article elsewhere in this issue on aluminum in numismatics. It's of interest to me personally because I'm a native of Pittsburgh, home of the ALCOA company. But I find it most interesting because of the great art deco style of the piece, which I'd never seen before.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the complete lot description, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-B6A4E19917">
Lot 462: 1934 UNION PACIFIC ALCOA MEDAL
</a>
(http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-1-c-B6A4E19917)
<p>
<b> 1938 Society of Belgian Bibliophiles Medal </b><br/>
1938 Belgium Bronze Medal Centenary of Society of Belgian Bibliophiles 69 mm
<p>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35108577990/in/dateposted-public/" title="Society of Belgian Bibliophiles medal"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4284/35108577990_7e5de2c74a_n.jpg" width="320" height="240" align="right" alt="Society of Belgian Bibliophiles medal"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Belgium, the 1938 Belgian Medal Issued for the Centenary of the Society of Belgian Bibliophiles at Mons, H. Delmotte and L. Losseau Obverse, by the Royal Society of the Friends of the Medal as Art, Engraved by Ad. Wansart for Fisch & Co. The medal is 69 mm in diameter and is made of bronze (with a total weight of 5.059 ounces or 143.4 grams). The medal has gorgeous rich, very nice light brown color and sharp well detailed and very, very high relief surfaces. It comes in its original case of issue with certificate.
<p>
<div class="box">
Harry Waterson suggested this eBay offering. Thanks - something for both the bibliophile and numismatist.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the complete lot description, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1938-Belgium-Bronze-Medal-Centenary-of-Society-of-Belgian-Bibliophiles-69-mmN141-/382137557667">
1938 Belgium Bronze Medal Centenary of Society of Belgian Bibliophiles 69 mmN141
</a>
(http://www.ebay.com/itm/1938-Belgium-Bronze-Medal-Centenary-of-Society-of-Belgian-Bibliophiles-69-mmN141-/382137557667)
<p>
<b> 1978 Canadian Cent Reverse Die Cap Error </b><br/>
<center>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35393596881/in/dateposted-public/" title="1978 Canadian Cent Reverse Die Cap Error"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4257/35393596881_d9037f1a77.jpg" width="500" height="156" alt="1978 Canadian Cent Reverse Die Cap Error"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>
1978 Canada One Cent, Elizabeth II, deep reverse die cap error, Red & Brown Uncirculated [uncertified].
Holy moley is this thing cool! Sorry for my sudden display of enthusiasm, but it is true. This coin tells a story – a story of a wayward planchet that deformed greatly and then somehow got past the legendary Canadian mint quality assurance personnel. If this was on a US coin it would sell for multiples of this price. If the next owner wants me to have it slabbed by either PCGS or NGC, I will do so at my cost. But quite honestly – it is quite fun to examine it “in the raw”. $895
<p>
<div class="box">
This is from Dave Wnuck's price list and email newsletter making the Grade #36.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To read the complete lot description, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.davewcoins.com/newsletter/making-the-grade-36-authenticating-coins-vs-modern-art-plus-the-one-that-got-away">
Making the Grade #36: Authenticating Coins vs. Modern Art; Plus - The One That Got Away
</a>
(http://www.davewcoins.com/newsletter/making-the-grade-36-authenticating-coins-vs-modern-art-plus-the-one-that-got-away)
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NUMISMATOURIST VISITS CLEVELAND FED
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<p>
<div class="box">
I nicknamed Howard Berlin of Delaware "The Numismatourist" for his varied travels around the world visiting numismatic sights and museums. Here's his latest report from closer to home - the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's Money Museum. Thanks!
-Editor
</div>
<p>
On Monday, our last day in Cleveland, we went to the Cleveland Federal Bank’s money museum. There I met up with an acquaintance, Tom Babinszki, whom I had met several years ago at a coin show in Chicago. Born in Budapest and blind at birth, he collects coins. He has been using my book about money museums as a guide when he travels to various cities here and abroad. He has a blog, aptly named, “The Blind Coin Collector.
<p>
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34594410794/in/dateposted-public/" title="Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Money tree"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4201/34594410794_64918552e9_n.jpg" height="360" alt="Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Money tree"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35436350465/in/dateposted-public/" title="Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Tom Babinsky, Judy and Howard berlin"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4202/35436350465_47a66a3b17_n.jpg" height="360" alt="Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Tom Babinsky, Judy and Howard berlin"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>
Yes, money does grow on trees. At the Fed museum, there is a money tree with leaves of banknotes.
At right: Tom Babinszki with Judy and Howard Berlin
<p>
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34594298214/in/dateposted-public/" title="Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4211/34594298214_e6c34cb877.jpg" width="600" alt="Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>
The East 6th Street side main hallway of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
<p>
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34594298244/in/dateposted-public/" title="Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland exhibit"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4251/34594298244_6efd9a8fc9.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland exhibit"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>
A display with a relatively small Yap stone money specimen.
<p>
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/34594298234/in/dateposted-public/" title="Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland exhibit1"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4209/34594298234_6d6c07711c.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland exhibit1"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>
An exhibit challenging museum visitors to identify whether U.S. banknotes are genuine or counterfeit.
<p>
<div class="box">
Thanks again. The various Federal Reserve branches across the country often have nice numismatic exhibits. All are worth considering when on a trip to one of their home cities.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
To visit Tom's Blind Coin Collector blog, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://blindcoincollector.com/">
http://blindcoincollector.com/
</a>
<p>
For more information about the Cleveland Fed, see:
<br/>
<a href="https://www.clevelandfed.org/en/about-us/tours.aspx">
https://www.clevelandfed.org/en/about-us/tours.aspx
</a>
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BANK OF CANADA'S MONEY MUSEUM
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There's a soon-to-be-opened Bank of Canada Museum coming together in Ottawa. This short article gives a short preview.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35115598410/in/dateposted-public/" title="Bank of Canada museum"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4281/35115598410_19752a9b8f_n.jpg" width="320" height="193" align="right" alt="Bank of Canada museum"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Bank of Canada is embarking on a new mission with its soon-to-be-opened museum — to show people just how much fun monetary policy can be.
<p>
The bank says highlights of the museum include an exhibit where visitors can design their own banknote and a video game that simulates the flight of a rocket ship through a galaxy of inflationary and deflationary forces.
<p>
Governor Stephen Poloz gave a sneak peek Tuesday of the revamped Bank of Canada Museum at its headquarters in downtown Ottawa.
<p>
The free museum is scheduled to reopen July 1 after a four-year closure during which the Bank of Canada offices underwent major renovations.
<p>
The museum features old banknotes, coins and other artifacts as well as interactive exhibits that explain how the economy works.
<p>
Poloz says it’s a “totally reimagined” museum that helps visitors, especially young people, explore all the functions of the Bank of Canada.
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.citynews.ca/2017/06/20/bank-of-canadas-re-imagined-museum-aims-to-make-monetary-policy-fun/">
Bank of Canada's 'reimagined' museum aims to make monetary policy fun
</a>
(http://www.citynews.ca/2017/06/20/bank-of-canadas-re-imagined-museum-aims-to-make-monetary-policy-fun/)
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EXHIBIT: THE VICTOR ADDA COLLECTION
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This article published June 21, 2017 discusses a new exhibit of Roman coins at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
.
-Editor
</div>
<p>
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35462584715/in/dateposted-public/" title="Addr exhibit Roman Gold coinage"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4289/35462584715_3c6c81e38b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Addr exhibit Roman Gold coinage"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Elagabalus is remembered as one of the most corrupt emperors in Roman history and did not shy from bloodshed. But he is also known for granting rights to women. S The coins minted during his years on the throne clearly reflect his desire to shake up the accepted world order. On one side of the coins is the youthful face of the emperor and on the flip side are horses harnessed to a chariot carrying the holy meteorite with the Roman eagle above it. The coin was intended to make it clear that the Syrian god was on his way to join the pantheon of Roman gods.
This coin can now be viewed in a new exhibit at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, starting on Thursday. ”Faces of Power: Coins from the Victor Adda Collection” displays 75 gold coins of Roman emperors and their wives never shown to the public before.
<p>
The collection of gold coins was donated to the Israel Museum by Johanna Adda Cohen, an 89-year-old resident of Rome. Her father, Victor Adda, was a Jewish businessman originally from Egypt and he collected the coins in the first half of the 20th century. When the family moved to Italy from Egypt, they smuggled the coins out in the pockets of relatives and friends.
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The exhibition displays 75 coins, a small fraction of the original collection. The collection was divided up between Victor Adda’s four daughters, but because it was originally so enormous, each daughter received what was really an almost full collection in its own right representing all the periods of the Roman Empire.
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The oldest coin is of Julius Caesar, who was the first living person to put his portrait on a Roman coin. His decision to use his portrait on coins was a major symbol of the change to one-man rule, and one of the causes of his assassination. On the reverse of a later coin (which is not part of the exhibit), minted by one of the most famous murderers in history, Brutus, can be seen the dagger, a symbol of the assassination.
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The portraits are most likely accurate reflections of the way the emperors really looked, without any major attempt to beautify, or “Photoshop” reality. Vespasian, the emperor remembered in Israel mostly for his siege of Jerusalem, is shown as rather ugly and fat with an angry face.
The imperial gold coins were not originally intended for collectors or decoration, but were part of the foundation of the economy of the Roman Empire. “People held on to [the coins] because they knew they would keep their value,” says Gitler. Each gold coin was worth 25 silver coins, and every silver coin was worth 25 bronze coins. Mostly they were made from pure 24-karat gold. The entire exhibition has 518 grams of gold, worth about $22,000 just for the metal content. But the coin collection is worth an estimated $7.5 million.
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To read the complete article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.796986">
Coins of the Realm: Heads (And Tails) of the Roman Empire on Display at Israel Museum
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.796986
</a>
(http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.796986)
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EXHIBIT: CHINESE COINS FROM A SCHOLAR’S STUDY
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The Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford has an exhibit curated by Dr Lyce Jankowski which opened in the Money Gallery on April 25th, 2017. At my request, Lyce kindly forwarded the following text and images. Thank you!
-Editor
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The display presents the tradition of coin collection in China. The earliest known Chinese coin collector was Li Shouli (672–741), Prince of Bin. His collection was discovered in Hejiacun in Shaanxi. It was buried by his heirs after his death, probably in the face of the advance of An Lushan's troops to Chang'an in 756. The collection contained Chinese, ancient and contemporary currencies, Japanese currencies, a Sassanian coin and an imitation of a Byzantine coin.
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Coin collecting developed mainly in China during the Song dynasty (960–1279). This passion originated in the imperial court's enthusiasm for the past and antiquities. Coins are scholarly antiques par excellence: their appreciation requires a certain cultural background, because they are above all historical objects. They are direct witnesses to history. For scholars, the study of ancient inscriptions is key to understanding the past, and coins contribute to it.
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Your readers may be interested to know that the earliest numismatic book in China is the <i>Qianzhi</i> and dates back to the 6th century AD. But the earliest extent coin catalogue dates back to the 12th century, it is the <i>Quanzhi</i> written by Hong Zun (1120-1174) - a 1874 reprint of this book is included in the display. Books in China were printed using woodblocks, which does not give accurate illustrations. To produce an accurate image of coins and of their inscriptions Chinese scholars used to do their own rubbings. After apposing his seal on his rubbing, a collector would send it to his friends as a scholarly gift.
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The display presents coins with inscriptions in different calligraphic styles, including the slender gold style, invented by the Emperor Huizong (AD 1100-1126) himself (see <i>Chong Ning tongbao</i> coin with Emperor's calligraphy).
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The highlight of the display is a coin cabinet in red lacquer and silk. This cabinet belonged to a Japanese numismatist, Kutsuki Masatuna (1750–1802). Kutsuki Masatsuna 朽木 昌綱, daimyo of Fukushiyama in Tanba province collected around 10,000 coins during his lifetime (18th c Japan). He not only collected all Japanese coins that had been issued in Japan since the 7th century (both official or unofficial), he also selected foreign coins from China, Korea and Vietnam which made up the bulk of Japan’s currencies from the 10th to 16th centuries. He authored a dozen of books on East Asian numismatics. He also wrote the first book in Japan devoted to non East Asian coins, the Seiyō senpu 西洋銭譜 [Account of Western Coins] in 1787. He was indeed able to acquire foreign coins through his contacts with Dutch people. Both in quantity and quality, his entire collection was exceptional. Luckily, part of this collection is now at the
Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK.
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For more information on the display and on the East Asian coin collection at the Ashmolean, see
<a href="http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/content/Chinese_coins_from_a_scholars_study">
http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/content/Chinese_coins_from_a_scholars_study
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<h4>THE BOOK BAZARRE</h4>
</center><b>AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS</b>: Are your books carried by Wizard Coin Supply? If not, contact us via <a href=
"http://www.WizardCoinSupply.com">www.WizardCoinSupply.com</a> with details.
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HIDDEN TREASURES IN ITALIAN LIBRARIES
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Harry Waterson writes:
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May I bring your readers' attention to the front page story of the Travel Section of the Sunday <i>New York Times</i> (6/18/17). The first four paragraphs by David Laskin are maybe the best I have every read on the magic of the library. The article is well illustrated but disappoints because having set me up in the beginning, it never shows me the magic of the Marciana. The pictures of Italian libraries that illustrate the article are wonderful but do not make up for the lack of the one image Laskin set me up for.
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The article nevertheless presents some great advice for tourists abroad, and one doesn't have to be a bibliophile to benefit. The magnificent buildings can be a joy in themselves, and are usually far from the usual madding crowd of fellow tourists. Off the beaten path lie many overlooked treasures.
-Editor
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In the madness of late spring at San Marco Square in Venice, amid the hordes pouring in from land and sea, hard by the hissing espresso machines and sizzling panini presses of overpriced cafes, I found the still point of the turning world.
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I found it in the library.
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It was 10 in the morning and I was standing, alone and enthralled, on the second floor balcony of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana. Across the Piazzetta rose the Doge’s Palace. At my feet, tourist insanity. At my back, an immense, hushed, empty reading room designed by Jacopo Sansovino and decorated by Titian and Veronese.
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Why go to the library in Italy when all around you there is fantastic art, exalted architecture, deep history and intense passionate people? Because, as I discovered in the course of a rushed but illuminating week dashing from Venice to Rome, Florence and Milan, the country’s historic libraries contain all of those without the crowds.
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Accompanied by my friend Jack Levison (a Bible scholar at Southern Methodist University who was in Italy to study ancient manuscripts), I hit six libraries in a literary Giro d’Italia. Not once were we shushed or told not to touch.
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Carlo Campana, the librarian on duty in the Marciana manuscript room when we arrived, was typical in his affable erudition. Bald, voluble, with a pirate’s flashing grin, Mr. Campana left his post to take me on a quick tour of the library’s monumental public rooms.
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“The Marciana was built here as part of the 16th-century project to create a triumphal entry to the city from the lagoon,” he said, joining me on the balcony off the “salone,” Sansovino’s palatial reading room. “Situating the library in the most important place in Venice reflects the prestige of the book in the culture of the city.” Knit seamlessly into the architectural fabric surrounding San Marco, the Marciana was hailed by Palladio as the richest and most ornate building “since Antiquity” when it opened in 1570.
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To read the complete article, see:
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/travel/italian-libraries-hidden-treasures-books-architecture-art.html">
The Hidden Treasures
in Italian Libraries
</a>
(https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/travel/italian-libraries-hidden-treasures-books-architecture-art.html)
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A PAINTING BY NUMISMATIST A. G. HEATON
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Here's a nice non-numismatic item with a numismatic connection.
As discussed in an earlier article, some well-known numismatists also have talent as artists, including R. S. Yeoman, Pete Smith and Frank Lapa.
Steve Roach of <i>Coin World</i> put me in touch with dealer Steve Stoops of
Stevens Fine Art in Arizona, who has for sale this 1871 painting
by American Numismatic Association president Augustus Heaton (1844-1930). Heaton also authored what is arguably the most influential monograph in American numismatic history, <i>A Treatise on the Coinage of the United States Branch Mints.</i>, 1893.
-Editor
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To contact Stevens Fine Art, see:
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<a href="http://stevensfineart.com/contact.php">
http://stevensfineart.com/contact.php
</a>
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To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
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<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n13a10.html">
NUMISMATISTS WHO WERE ALSO PAINTERS
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n13a10.html)
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n14a05.html">
BOOK REVIEW: HEATON'S TREATISE ON MINT MARKS
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n14a05.html)
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For more information on Heaton, see:
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._G._Heaton">
A. G. Heaton
</a>
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._G._Heaton)
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LADY LIBERTY AND U.S. COINAGE
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Lou Golino published a nice article on <i>Coin Update</i> June 15, 2017 on <i>Lady Liberty and U.S. coinage since colonial times</i>. Here's an excerpt.
-Editor
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Most Americans and others around the world are aware that the United States was founded on the ideal of liberty (or freedom) and typically associate the idea concretely with the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.
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The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France that began welcoming visitors in 1886, not only represents our enduring commitment to those ideals and our friendship with France but also serves as a symbol of the American melting pot.
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But many people likely have no idea about the historic roots of the idea of Liberty, or why it is usually depicted as a female in classical art and on much of U.S. coinage.
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Lady Liberty is an allegorical, or symbolic, representation of the democratic and republican ideal of freedom depicted as a female figure or goddess. The idea dates to ancient Greece and Rome, where she was known, respectively, as goddesses named Eleutheria, who appeared briefly on the coins of Alexandria, and Libertas, who was honored with temples and statues built in her honor as well as on coinage.
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Lady Liberty is by far the most frequently used American numismatic motif and “has been an integral part of U.S. numismatic art” since the time of the original 13 colonies, according to Cornelius Vermeule’s <i>Numismatic Art in America</i>. And the classic American Lady Liberty designs remain highly popular with most collectors, especially older ones, which is why the U.S. Mint continues to issue coins that reuse those designs.
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<b>
British and French influences</b><br/>
Lady Liberty is the best-known numismatic goddess in this country, and many other cultures have their own versions of the concept. Two of the prime examples are France’s Marianne and the United Kingdom’s Britannia, which have appeared for hundreds of years on the coins of those countries and are still used today in clever designs that blend classic and modern artistic styles.
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In fact, some of the Lady Liberty designs that have appeared on U.S. coinage were strongly influenced by French and British antecedents—especially Britannia, which dates to Roman times. Colonial coinage, for instance, included many designs that clearly were inspired by Britannia coins on which the goddess Liberty was shown seated.
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This Roman coin from 143–144 AD features an obverse with a bust of Antoninus Pius and carries a reverse with an image of Britannia seated left on a heap of rocks. Britannia, the Greek and Roman term for Britain and the female personification of Britain on art and coinage since Roman times, influenced both colonial and 18th- and 19th-century U.S. coin designs
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To read the complete article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://news.coinupdate.com/lady-liberty-and-u-s-coinage-since-colonial-times/">
Lady Liberty and U.S. coinage since colonial times
</a>
(http://news.coinupdate.com/lady-liberty-and-u-s-coinage-since-colonial-times/)
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CANADIAN LILAC COIN DESIGNER JAN POYNTER
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This article from Canada published June 22, 2017 has a very brief profile of coin artist Jan Poynter featuring her lilac blossom silver coin design.
-Editor
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<a data-flickr-embed="false" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/35105032910/in/dateposted-public/" title="coin artist Jan Poynter"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4238/35105032910_0c8a19868d_n.jpg" width="350" align="right" alt="coin artist Jan Poynter"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Artist Jan Poynter has designed her third coin for the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) and the $15 lilac blossom silver coin is now available at the Mint’s online store.
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After the popular RCM cherry blossom coin appeared in April 2016, Poynter was asked to submit a second blooming tree design in the Celebration of Spring series.
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Her colourful Preston lilac design won the competition.
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Poynter is pictured in her Granthams Landing garden with a Preston lilac.
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This lilac was named for its creator, Isabella Preston (1881 - 1965), Canada’s first female hybridist who was also an acclaimed ornamental plant breeder.
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While I diaapprove of colorization for colorization's sake, I do appreciate colorized designs that are approproate for the subject material. This is a nice one.
-Editor
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To read the complete article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coastreporter.net/entertainment/arts-entertainment/jan-poynter-designs-third-coin-1.20720962">
Jan Poynter designs third coin
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THE MEDALS OF HANS SLOANE
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Ira Rezak of Stony Brook, NY writes:
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Regrading Dave Bowers' note on Hans Sloane, there are at least three medals that depict him. One by Jacques-Antoine Dassier in 1744 honors his presidency of the Royal College of Physicians, One by Paul Vincze in 1953 commemorates the 200th anniversary of his death, the sale of his collection and the consequent foundation of the British Museum. The last is a modern medal currently sold as a souvenir at the British Museum.
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Ira provided the following images. Thanks!
-Editor
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<p><b> 1744 Dassier Medal </b><br/>
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<p><b> 1953 Vincze Medal </b><br/>
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<p><b> Britih Museum Medal </b><br/>
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To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
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<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a26.html">
HANS SLOANE: THE MAN WHO COLLECTED THE WORLD
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a26.html)
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NANO LOPEZ’S 2009 “SHERLOCK” MEDAL
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Here's an excerpt from Greg Ruby's Sherlock Holmes <i>Fourth Garrideb</i> blog about an unusual 2009 medal depicting the great fictional detective as a dog.
-Editor
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Walla Walla, Washington is home to the studios of Nano Lopez, a sculptor born in Bogota, Columbia.
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Lopez has created a series of sculptures that he calls Nanimals and describes them as:
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Nanimals evoke the magic of seeing the world again for the first time with the eyes of a child. In his artistic process, Nano integrates organic textures and human made objects into his bronzes to create pieces of art that reflect the same attention to the magic, wonder, and creativity that children find in the world around them.
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One of the Nanimals that Lopez has created is called Sherlock, “a well weathered Welch terrier. He’s extremely experienced in the art of finding things, that’s why for many years now he’s been working as a detective. Sherlock refuses to give up his pipe, doesn’t mind rainy weather or cats, and he used to be a part of the K9 units, and on Saturdays he just goes fishing.”
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In 2009, Lopez created a bronze collector “coin” featuring his Sherlock design and this is pictured at the top of this post.
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OBVERSE: Nano Lopez “Sherlock” In A Good Nose We Trust / (a right-facing Welch Terrier with a pipe and wearing a deerstalker cap) / 2009
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REVERSE: (blank)
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76 mm (3 inches), Bronze, Round
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If you are interested in purchasing one of these collector “coins,” it will set you back three figures. According to the gallery’s website, you have to have a minimum purchase of either $12,500 or $2,500 (it’s a little confusing) before you can buy one of these medals.
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To read the complete article, see:
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<a href="http://fourthgarrideb.com/2017/06/nano-lopezs-2009-sherlock-medal/">
Nano Lopez’s 2009 “Sherlock” Medal
</a>
(http://fourthgarrideb.com/2017/06/nano-lopezs-2009-sherlock-medal/)
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AINA PRODUCES BALFOUR DECLARATION MEDAL
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Mel Wacks submitted this press release for the latest medal produced by the American Israel Numismatic Association. Thanks.
-Editor
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The American Israel Numismatic Association issues medal commemorating the Balfour
Declaration, the Reunification of Jerusalem, and AINA’s 50th anniversary
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The American Israel Numismatic Association has issued a triple-commemorative medal to celebrate its 50th anniversary and two historic events in the history of Israel. The design concepts by Mel Wacks, were refined and sculpted by renowned medalist Heidi Wastweet. Mel has been President of AINA for 15 years, and Heidi Wastweet has created over 1000 coins, medals, and tokens since 1987. In 2010, Heidi was invited to serve a four year term on the Citizen's Coinage Advisory Committee for the U.S. Mint and is now serving her second term.
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The obverse commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration; it features a portrait of the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour and the historic text from his letter sent on November 2, 1917 to Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland: “His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national homeland for the Jewish people.”
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The reverse pictures the Israeli Defense Forces liberating the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on June 7th, 1967. Triumphant Brigadier General Shlomo Goren, later to become the Chief Rabbi of Israel, is shown holding a Torah and sounding the shofar (ram’s horn), as Israeli soldiers honor their comrades killed in combat. Rabbi Goren then recited <i>“Le-shana HA-ZOT be-Yerushalayim ha-b’nuya, be-yerushalayim ha-atika!”</i>—a portion of which is featured on the medal: “THIS YEAR IN A REBUILT JERUSALEM-5727.” The legend also includes: “REUNIFICATION OF JERUSALEM JUNE 7, 1967.”
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The third commemoration is inscribed on the edge: “AINA 50th ANNIVERSARY 1967-2017.”
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Tiny mintages are limited to just 250 bronze, 100 pure 2 ½ oz. silver and 50 gold-plated pure 2 ½ oz. silver 2-inch high relief medals, produced by Medallic Art Company—available at $50 for bronze, $200 for pure silver, $250 for gold-plated pure silver, and $485 for a 3-piece set. Add $5 per order for shipping in USA. Each serial numbered triple-commemorative medal comes with a certificate of authenticity and metal display stand. Mention that you read about these medals in <i>The E-Sylum</i> and take 20% discount. To order call 818-225-1348 or send check to AINA, PO Box 20255, Fountain Hills, AZ 85269.
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AINA publishes The Shekel, The Journal of Israel and Jewish History and Numismatics, quarterly. Dues are $25 per year in U.S. For further information visit
<a href="">
www.theshekel.org</a>.
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ALUMINUM USE IN TOKENS AND MEDALS
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David Schenkman writes:
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The article on aluminum was interesting, but factually inaccurate. In 1880 aluminum was still $8 a pound; way too high to be used to strike tokens and medals. It wasn’t until Charles Hall invented his Hall process of reducing aluminum by electrolysis in 1886 that it started coming down. It wasn’t until the very late 1880s that numismatic items started to appear. Incidentally, I believe the earliest US Mint product in aluminum was a unique striking of a 1855 half dollar.
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Many years ago I wrote a rather lengthy article on the numismatics of aluminum, which was in the <i>TAMS Journal</i>.
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This is in reference to Dick Johnson's Vocabulary item a couple weeks ago - I ran out of time to get this in last week's issue.
Dave offered to send me the text of his <i>TAMS Journal</i> piece, but I thought I'd try the Newman Numismatic Portal first. I found the article in seconds - Vol. 30, No. 6, December 1990. Of course, I had to use an appropriately specific search string - "aluminum" along would return thousands of hits. Including Dave's name in the search brought the article back near the bottom my my first page of results. Here's an excerpt from the article.
-Editor
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Aluminum, that wonderful new metal! Eulogized on
medals of the early 1890s as malleable, tasteless, sonorous,
ductile, untarnishable, odorless, and one-quarter the weight
of silver, it is no wonder that this “discovery” would capture
the fancy of a nation. However, as we shall see, aluminum
was hardly a newly discovered metal in the last decade of the
nineteenth century. In this article we will review nineteenth
and early twentieth century efforts to manufacture
aluminum, trace the early history of a company whose growth
is intertwined inseparably with the metal, and discuss the
early usage of aluminum in numismatics.
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The first significant attempt to isolate aluminum from
alumina (aluminum oxide) was by an English electrochemist.
Sir Humphrey Davy, in 1807. Convinced that alumina had a
metallic base, he named the metal alumium, later revising the
word to aluminum. This n<ime has remained unchanged to the present time, although the English spelling is usually
aluminium.
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In Philadelphia, at Col. William Frishmuth’s chemical
works, a 100 ounce aluminum pyramid was cast in 1884.
After being placed on exhibit at the Fifth Avenue showroom
of Tiffany’s in New York City, it was mounted on the top of
the Washington Monument. This was undoubtedly the best
known usage of aluminum prior to the Hall process. The
pyramid, incidently, was removed for inspection fifty years
later; it had remained in good condition, and after a thorough
cleaning the inscriptions could still be read.
No longer was the problem how to manufacture the
metal — now what was needed was a method for producing
it inexpensively. At $17 an ounce (in 1854) it was worth
nearly its weight in gold. In 1886 the price of $8 a pound still made it prohibitive for use in industry. Since sodium, the key
element in the process, was the most costly item (and nearly
three pounds were needed to produce one pound of
aluminum), most research during this period was directed
towards finding less expensive methods for its extraction.
It remained for a twenty-two year old inventor, working in a makeshift laboratory, to discover that which had eluded
scientists for years.
<p>
Charles Martin Hall was truly one of the giants of
American industrial history. Born 6 December 1863 at Thompson, Ohio, he was the son of a minister. When he was
nine years of age his family moved to Oberlin, Ohio, where
young Charles developed an absorbing interest in chemistry.
<p>
In 1880 Charles enrolled in Oberlin College, a liberal
arts school. He took those chemistry courses which were
offered, supplementing his interest by studying at home.
Frank F. Jewett, his chemistry professor, recalled that even when in high school, Charles would visit the college
laboratory to purchase equipment for his experiments.
On one occasion he confided to the professor that he was
experimenting with ways to produce aluminum from its ores.
<p>
To read the complete article on the Newman Portal, see:
<br/>
<a href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/525533?page=10">
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/525533?page=10
</a>
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To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
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<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n24a12.html">
VOCABULARY TERM: ALUMINUM
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(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n24a12.html)
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KU KLUX KLAN TOKEN BOOK, 2ND EDITION
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Regarding Dale Birdsell and his Ku Klux Klan token book, Duane Feisel sent the following:
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The front cover of the second edition
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The back cover of the second edition
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Inside front cover second edition
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Letter sent with the second edition
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Thanks! Above is the front cover and the remaining images are below.
-Editor
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Duane adds:
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I’ve never encountered the book the second edition promotes.
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Rich Hartzog writes:
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Back in the 1970's and 1980's, I corresponded with, and talked with Dale Birdsell. My records indicate we met at the 1981 ANA where he spent $112 with me. He was TAMS member 4431. Please note I do not endorse the views of the KKK, but I do buy and sell the exonumia.
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A bit fuzzy now, but if my memory serves me, he had written a massive book on KKK items (not just exonumia) and that the manuscript had been seen by some collectors. The story I got was that he was kiting checks in order to pay for the publication of the book, and he planned on paying everyone back once it was selling. That might just be a story. Some years ago I attempted to track down a copy of the manuscript, without success.
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A Google search on his full name reveals some interesting criminal history! "Dale Estin Birdsell claimed that he cashed 200 bad checks totaling $10,000 to finance a rightwing revolution".
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Thanks. Perhaps the manuscript will turn up someday, but this explains why Duane Feisel hasn't seen the book.
-Editor
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Regarding Pete Smith's discussion of Birdsell in last week's issue,
Harold Levi of Blairsville, GA writes:
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There's a mistake in this piece, made by Dale Birdsell. Contrary to popular belief, Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest did not found the KKK. He was the first Grand Wizard. In 1869, he tried to disband the KKK because of its excessive violence. This can be verified at:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kkk-founded">
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kkk-founded</a>.
</div>
<p>
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a09.html">
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 18, 2017 : More on Dale Birdsell
</a>
(http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n25a09.html)
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SPENCER CLARK'S FRACTIONAL NOTE PORTRAIT
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Another <i>Atlas Obscura</i> article this week is of interested to numismatists for a different reason - it's focused on Spencer Clark and the 3rd Issue 5 cent fractional currency note that bears his portrait.
-Editor
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IN 1866, SPENCER M. CLARK, then Superintendent of the National Currency Bureau, made a daring decision: to print his own face on U.S. currency.
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Clark, who served as Superintendent from 1862 to 1868, had no authorization from his superiors to do this. But U.S. paper bills were in flux because of the recent introduction of fractional money, and as the supervisor of the new bills, he was in a unique position to influence the design.
<p>
>From 1862 to 1876, the U.S. Treasury issued fractional money to combat a growing coin shortage. “At the beginning of the Civil War,” according to the website Antique Money, “people started hoarding coins for their precious metal content.” To avoid a crisis, the Treasury introduced paper money to represent a cent amount rather than a dollar amount. These fractional bills were physically smaller than dollars and consisted of three-cent, five-cent, 10-cent, 25-cent, and 50-cent notes.
<p>
It was the third issue of that five-cent note that caught Clark’s attention. Congress had asked for the note to honor William Clark of the Lewis and Clark explorations. But allegedly, the document that reached the Treasury specified only that the new bill should honor “Clark,” without clarifying which one—and Spencer M. Clark, despite surely knowing Congress’s true intention, seized the opportunity to print his own face on the bill.
<p>
The move infuriated Congress. Clark was already roundly disliked because of the scandals he had brought the federal government. Two years earlier, in 1864, the House of Representatives investigated his department after Representative James H. Brooks claimed the Treasury had become a “house for orgies and bacchanals.” Clark was accused of “hiring women based on their looks rather than their ability”; female employees described how he “plied [them] with oysters and ale and made ‘improper’ overtures to them.” In fact, one woman told Congress that he had “offered her first $100, then 10 times that amount, for a tryst with her.” (An investigating body, however, concluded that these claims had no basis and that Clark was the victim of a “conspiracy.”) By the time he printed his own face on U.S. money, Congress had little patience remaining.
<p>
One Congressman in particular—Pennsylvania Congressman Russell Thayer—”took immediate exception” to Clark’s five-cent note when he learned of it in February 1866. That March, he amended an appropriations bill to say “hereafter no portrait or likeness of any living person shall be engraved or placed upon any of the bonds, securities, notes, or postal currency of the United States.”
<p>
To read the complete article, see:
<br/>
<a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/treasury-official-us-bill-fractional-money-spencer-m-clark">
A Treasury Official in 1866 Put His Own Face on U.S. Currency
</a>
(http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/treasury-official-us-bill-fractional-money-spencer-m-clark)
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ARTICLE PROFILES KURDISH BANKNOTE DESIGNER
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An article published June 22, 2017 profiles the designer of banknotes for a country that doesn't exist yet.
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It has been nearly a quarter century since Aso Mamzada first envisioned an independent Kurdistan with a currency of its own. Back then he was living in Iran and without a computer that could help him to design Kurdish banknotes. Things have changed since then and he is not far from fulfilling his dream.
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Sitting in his office behind a computer, Mamzada unveils his latest though not final version for Kurdish banknotes he calls Diraw or currency in Kurdish.
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In his original vision years ago, he planned for a currency for greater Kurdistan comprised of all four parts from Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria. But knowing all too well that each one of these parts has its own politics and different path to the future, he has now changed his design to only include symbols from the Kurdistan Region.
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“In terms of the international law if I use the Bestun [Inscription] of Kermanshah, Iran would immediately come out and say that there it is 'Kurdistan has not become a state yet, or is about to be one and soon try to expand into our territory'. And also based on the international law, Bestun of Kermanshah is part of Iran.”
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Mamzada started re-publishing his work soon after Erbil announced to hold a referendum for independence in the fall, and he did the same in 2011 when there were talks of a similar plan.
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Twenty-three years into his designs for a Kurdish currency, he is still making changes. His main bank note with Kurdish and English writing had gone viral on social media. But for Anoo Abdoka, a Christian residing in Erbil, there was still room for other components of Kurdistan.
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He told a Kurdish media in 2011 that he added a modern touch to textile and rug designs drawn by the Kurdish people centuries ago.
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He also used some Kurdish figures for his work that represent different phases of the Kurdish rebellion against successive Iraqi governments.
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To read the complete article, see:
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<a href="http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/220620173">
A designer's dream for Kurdish banknotes closer to reality than ever before
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(http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/220620173)
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GOVERNMENT'S PLAN B: TWO DOLLAR BILLS
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In the how-much-is-my-two-dollar-bill-worth department is this thought-provoking article from National Public Radio about a new book on the U.S. Government's disaster plans. Thanks to Dick Hanscom of Alaska for passing this along.
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It's a bunker that dates back to the late 1940s, right at the beginning of the atomic age, as the government began to think about what it was going to mean to build evacuation facilities, in case something happened to Washington.
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Raven Rock is this massive, hollowed-out mountain. It's a free-standing city ... with individual buildings, three-story buildings, built inside of this mountain. It has everything that a small city would — there's a fire department there, there's a police department, medical facilities, dining halls. The dining facility serves four meals a day, it's a 24 hour facility, and it was sort of mothballed to a certain extent during the 1990s as the Cold War ended and then was restarted in a hurry after Sept. 11 and has been pretty dramatically expanded over the last 15 years, and today could hold as many as 5,000 people in the event of an emergency.
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<b>On what the IRS would do</b><br/>
Not even nuclear war would stop the taxes. So the IRS had all their plans for how they would levy taxes on nuclear damaged property and how they would raise revenue to keep the government going. The Federal Reserve built this bunker in Mount Pony, Va., where they kept $2 billion cash, which would've been the money that we would've needed to keep the economy going for 18 months, which was the length of time that they expected it take us to begin printing currency again after a nuclear attack. ...
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A large portion of that money was hidden away in $2 bills because in the 1970s when the government first introduced the $2 bill and discovered that Americans didn't want to use them, they didn't want to pulp and waste the money. So they just shrink-wrapped all the $2 bills and hid them away in a government bunker, figuring that after nuclear war, people wouldn't have that much of a choice about what type of currency they wanted to use anymore.
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To read the complete article, see:
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/06/21/533711528/in-the-event-of-attack-heres-how-the-government-plans-to-save-itself">
In The Event Of Attack, Here's How The Government Plans 'To Save Itself'
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(http://www.npr.org/2017/06/21/533711528/in-the-event-of-attack-heres-how-the-government-plans-to-save-itself)
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AUTHOR'S TREASURE SEARCH BRINGS ANOTHER DEATH
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Last year we discussed the hunt for the treasure hidden by an author in remote New Mexico mountains. Now another treasure-seeker has died while looking for it.
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A recent death isn't deterring intrepid treasure hunters in New Mexico from searching for a chest supposedly stuffed with unimaginable riches.
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While state police told NBC News they are urging people to give up on any quest for the king's ransom because of the dangers involved, some thrill seekers say they'll continue to look for the haul hidden by antiquities dealer and author Forrest Fenn.
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"So ever since the chase started in 2010, (Fenn) has always emphasized that he was 80 years old when he hid the chest. It's not in a dangerous place — it's a place you can take your kids," said unrelenting adventurer Cynthia Meachum, 63. "You don't need to rappel, you don't need to climb up a cliff face. It's just not a dangerous place."
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Fenn, 86, claims in his 2010 self-published memoir "The Thrill of the Chase" that he stashed a trunk filled with gold coins and nuggets, ancient artifacts and precious gems in a secret location somewhere amid the Rocky Mountains. In the book, Fenn includes a poem that he said has clues to help people discover the loot.
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He came up with the idea for the hunt when he was diagnosed with kidney cancer, according to <i>The New York Times</i>.
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Fenn estimates that more than 65,000 people, including treasure hunt enthusiasts and tourists, have traveled to the region where they believe the extravagant wealth is buried — spanning Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, The Times said.
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Fenn told the newspaper last year that the treasure is likely worth $2 million.
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The body of Paris Wallace, a pastor from Colorado, was found last week by investigators along the Rio Grande just west of Santa Fe, according to <i>The Albuquerque Journal</i>. He was reported missing after he told his family that he was going to try to find the treasure.
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His death follows that of Randy Bilyeu, who more than a year ago disappeared after venturing into the Rocky Mountains. The remains of his body were also found in the Rio Grande seven months after he vanished, The Times said.
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To read the complete article, see:
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Police Urge Treasure Hunters to Stop After Latest Death
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(http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/police-urge-treasure-hunters-to-stop-after-latest-death/ar-BBD7vqZ)
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<i>The Washington Post</i> has some more information, and a complete reprint of the poem holding the clues.
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A millionaire says he buried a hidden treasure. A pastor just died looking for it.
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A FORTUNE IN AIRPORT CHECKPOINT CHANGE
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If you're looking for a small fortune, one is hidden in plain sight at airports across the country. This <i>Washington Post</i> article tallies up the spare change and bills left behind at TSA checkpoints.
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All the nickels, dimes and quarters travelers leave behind at airport security checkpoints adds up to big bucks — enough that next time you forget your change after emptying your pockets, you might want to go back for it.
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In fiscal year 2016, travelers left behind a record $867,812.39, according to a report from the Transportation Security Administration. That’s over $100,000 more than went unclaimed the previous year. Of that amount, nearly $80,000 was in foreign currency.
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“TSA makes every effort to reunite passengers with items left at the checkpoint, however there are instances where loose change or other items are left behind and unclaimed,” TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said. “Unclaimed money, typically consisting of loose coins passengers remove from their pockets, is documented and turned into the TSA financial office.”
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New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport ranked the highest for unclaimed money with $70,615. That was followed by Los Angeles International at $44,811.82.
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To read the complete article, see:
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<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/06/19/all-that-spare-change-you-forget-at-tsa-checkpoints-adds-up-to-big-bucks/">
All that spare change you forget at TSA checkpoints adds up to big bucks
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(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/06/19/all-that-spare-change-you-forget-at-tsa-checkpoints-adds-up-to-big-bucks/)
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FEATURED WEB SITE: HERBSTMAN AMERICAN FINANCE
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This week's Featured Web Site is the Joe I. Herbstman Memorial Collection of American Finance.
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Presented here are some of the documents that have shaped the course of American financial history for well over two hundred years- from the Revolutionary War era through the 1980's and the end of paper Treasury Bonds.
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The collection is organized both thematically and chronologically. Each piece tells a small story of America's financial history. Although most of items are federal debt instruments, there many other fascinating exhibits as well, including publications of Congress, Treasury Department ephemera, and war bond advertising to name but a few.
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The mission of this collection is to serve as an educational resource to the public- presenting a visual history of the nation's debt. There is particular pride in the collection's 20th Century material, which may be the finest publicly known outside the archives of the Smithsonian.
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