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<ul><li><a href='#article1'> WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM NOVEMBER 8, 2020 </A></a><li><a href='#article2'> NBS BIBLIOTALK PODCAST ON BOOKBINDING </A></a><li><a href='#article3'> KOLBE & FANNING AUCTION SALE 158 HIGHLIGHTS </A></a><li><a href='#article4'> NEW BOOK: MONEY AND POWER IN HELLENISTIC BACTRIA </A></a><li><a href='#article5'> NEW BOOK: CURRENCIES OF RAJPUTANA </A></a><li><a href='#article6'> WARNER CLYDE HUBBARD (1916-2020) </A></a><li><a href='#article7'> ROBERT OBOJSKI (1929-2020) </A></a><li><a href='#article8'> NNP ADDS NUMISMATICS OF ABOLITION MONOGRAPH </A></a><li><a href='#article9'> VIDEO: PANDAAMERICA FOUNDER MARTIN WEISS </A></a><li><a href='#article10'> DIGITIZING THE NATIONAL NUMISMATIC COLLECTION </A></a><li><a href='#article11'> MORE ON THE BANK OF ALCATRAZ OVERSTAMP </A></a><li><a href='#article12'> NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: NOVEMBER 8, 2020 </A></a><li><a href='#article13'> THE RECTANGLE COINS: JAPANESE BAR MONEY </A></a><li><a href='#artic
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<ul><li><a href="#article1"> WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM NOVEMBER 8, 2020 </a></li><li><a href="#article2"> NBS BIBLIOTALK PODCAST ON BOOKBINDING </a></li><li><a href="#article3"> KOLBE & FANNING AUCTION SALE 158 HIGHLIGHTS </a></li><li><a href="#article4"> NEW BOOK: MONEY AND POWER IN HELLENISTIC BACTRIA </a></li><li><a href="#article5"> NEW BOOK: CURRENCIES OF RAJPUTANA </a></li><li><a href="#article6"> WARNER CLYDE HUBBARD (1916-2020) </a></li><li><a href="#article7"> ROBERT OBOJSKI (1929-2020) </a></li><li><a href="#article8"> NNP ADDS NUMISMATICS OF ABOLITION MONOGRAPH </a></li><li><a href="#article9"> VIDEO: PANDAAMERICA FOUNDER MARTIN WEISS </a></li><li><a href="#article10"> DIGITIZING THE NATIONAL NUMISMATIC COLLECTION </a></li><li><a href="#article11"> MORE ON THE BANK OF ALCATRAZ OVERSTAMP </a></li><li><a href="#article12"> NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: NOVEMBER 8, 2020 </a></li><li><a href="#article13"> THE RECTANGLE COINS: JAPANESE BAR MONEY </a></li><li><a
href="#article14"> JAPANESE COIN COLLECTION AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM </a></li><li><a href="#article15"> VOCABULARY TERM: NONSENSE DIE </a></li><li><a href="#article16"> EDGAR HOLMES ADAMS (1868-1940) </a></li><li><a href="#article17"> HARVEY STACK'S NUMISMATIC FAMILY, PART 82 </a></li><li><a href="#article18"> HARVEY STACK ON NEW YORK'S NUMISMATIC DISTRICT </a></li><li><a href="#article19"> COLTRANE NORTH CAROLINA CURRENCY </a></li><li><a href="#article20"> AZERBAIJAN MUSEUM DISPLAYS ANCIENT COINS </a></li><li><a href="#article21"> PAKISTAN NUMISMATIST SHAKEEL AHMAD KHAN </a></li><li><a href="#article22"> ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY COIN COLLECTION </a></li><li><a href="#article23"> COINS FOUND AT MARYLAND PLANTATION </a></li><li><a href="#article24"> ZOOMISMATICS: STACK'S BOWERS LARRY MILLER EVENT </a></li><li><a href="#article25"> TRIPLE COUNTERMARKED COIN EXAMINED </a></li><li><a href="#article26"> TOKEN AND MEDAL MAKER JOHN GIBBS </a></li><li><a href="#article27"> HISTORY
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The latest episode of the NBS <i>Bibliotalk</i> podcast, “The World of Bookbinding” is now available on the NBS website and other popular podcasting platforms such as Buzzsprout. Lianna Spurrier, <i>Bibliotalk</i> producer, interviews Scott Kellar of Scott Kellar Bookbinding and Restoration in Chicago.
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Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are holding our 158th auction sale on Saturday, November 21, 2020. The 467-lot sale features material from the extensive working library of Eldert Bontekoe, the TAB Library of works on ancient coins, and other properties. Most heavily focused on books and catalogues relating to ancient coins, the sale also features a substantial section on world coins and a smaller, but choice, selection of items of American interest.
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NEW BOOK: MONEY AND POWER IN HELLENISTIC BACTRIA
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The American Numismatic Society has published a new book on the coinage of Hellenistic Bactria. Here's the announcement.
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<b>
<i>Money and Power in Hellenistic Bactria</i>
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(Numismatic Studies 40)
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By Simon Glenn
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$150
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?member price: $105
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The coins produced by the kings of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom of the third and second centuries BC are the best and, in some cases only, primary source of evidence for the history of the period. The lack of context has, however, often led to highly speculative uses of the numismatic evidence in previous historical reconstructions. Money and Power in Hellenistic Bactria returns the focus to the coins themselves and presents the results of a full die study of the issues of Euthydemus I, Demetrius I, Euthydemus II, Pantaleon, Agathocles, and Antimachus I. In doing so it proposes a new, soundly based history of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom under these kings based on a thorough understanding and suggested reconstruction of these enigmatic coins.
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NEW BOOK: CURRENCIES OF RAJPUTANA
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A new book has been published on the currencies of the Hindu states of Rajputana.
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<b><i>
The Currencies of Rajputana
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William Wilfrid Webb (Author)
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<i>Synopsis</i>
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The author, who was posted as Surgeon Captain in the Indian Medical Service, Bengal Army, in his leisure hours during the years spent on duty at the courts of Udaipur and Bikaner, devoted his attention to the subject of coinage in the native states of Rajputana. The amount of local coins circulating in the Rajput states was very large, almost the collection of a century.
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The coins were fashioned in a crude way with a hammer and anvil and had plain unmilled edges. Stamping was carried out in a similarly rough manner – one workman holding the piece of metal between two dyes, while another workman with a blow from a heavy hammer completed the coin.
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WARNER CLYDE HUBBARD (1916-2020)
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Numismatics has lost another of the great numismatists of all time: Clyde Hubbard passed October 26th at the age of 104.
Thanks to Adrián González-Salinas for letting us know, and for the book images below.
-Editor
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The Sociedad Numismática de México writes:
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"The Numismatic Society of Mexico mourns the sensitive passing of 104-year-old Clyde Hubbard (Philadelphia, 1916) who was a founding partner of SONUMEX in 1952, with partner number A-22, occupied different Society positions, numismatic researcher, co-authored in various works including: "Hookneck, the profile eagle" and "A Guide book of Mexican coins 1822 to date"
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ROBERT OBOJSKI (1929-2020)
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Pete Smith passed along the obituary of numismatic author
Robert Obojski. Thanks. I found more information on Wikipedia and elsewhere and pieced together this article. Would any of our readers have something to add to this?
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Robert Obojski age 91, born Oct 19, 2029, passed away Oct 31, 2020 in Roslyn, NY.
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Robert Obojski received a Ph.D. from Western Reserve University in 1955, became a college professor of English and went on to write numerous books on baseball, stamp and coin collecting, and memorabilia. Among other things, he was known for his amazing recall of statistics, particularly on baseball.
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NNP ADDS NUMISMATICS OF ABOLITION MONOGRAPH
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The latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is
a new monograph on the numismatics of abolition.
Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report.
Thanks.
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Ernie Nagy Publishes <i>Numismatic Collateral of British and American Abolition</i>
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Black history is drawing increased attention in our society, with the formation of related academic programs and focal points such as the recently opened National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Numismatics forms another lens through which to view Black history, with notable contributions such as John Kraljevich’s Black History Month blog, initially published in 2017.
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Ernie Nagy’s monograph <i>Numismatic Collateral of British and American Abolition</i> is the latest contribution to the field. This work serves as a catalog of American and British coins, tokens, and medals related to the 18th and 19th century abolition movement. Britain was well ahead of the U.S. in this regard, as these artifacts well demonstrate. Graphics and layout for this work were provided by Lianna Spurrier under sponsorship of Newman Numismatic Portal.
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It's an excellent work, well worth taking some time to read. I learned a number of things from it, and will look forward to further research on the topic.
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Link to <i>Numismatic Collateral of British and American Abolition</i> on Newman Portal:
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<a href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/booksbyauthor/539733">
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/booksbyauthor/539733
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Link to John Kraljevich’s Black History Month blog:
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http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/nnp-selections/blackhistorymonth2017
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To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
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2018 WORLD'S FAIR OF MONEY EXHIBITS
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 :
More 2018 World's Fair of Money Exhbits
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VIDEO: PANDAAMERICA FOUNDER MARTIN WEISS
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These are selections from the David Lisot Video Library that feature news and personalities from the world of coin collecting. David has been attending coin conventions since 1972 and began videotaping in 1985. The Newman Numismatic Portal now lists all David’s videos on their website at:
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<a href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/522852">
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Here's one on PandaAmerica founder Martin Weiss.
-Editor
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Numismatic Personality: Martin Weiss Interview, Long Beach Expo, September 19, 2008.
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Marty Weiss was one of the most innovative and creative marketers in the coin industry. He started out as a coin collecting pharmacist and branched into international coin distribution for the mints of China, Macao, Australia, Singapore and more. He was a true Renaissance man with other interests that included photography and music. Marty was one of the first sponsors of the Coin Report on the Financial News Network with David Lisot in 1987. He and David became good friends and business associates. David called Marty “Napoleon Weiss” because of his dominance in world coin marketing.
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In this video taken at the Long Beach Expo on September 19, 2008, David interviews his longtime friend about the current gold market, how he started out as a pharmacist collecting coins, how he started distributing modern coins that evolved into PandaAmerica. Marty tells the story of how in 1984 the director of the Shanghai Mint came to the ANA Convention in San Diego which resulted in the creation of the first 12 ounce gold Panda. Marty relates how he was in the Hong Kong Airport when he conceived the “Inventions of China” as a coin series. He talks about when he started a television network and what came from it and much more. Martin “Marty” Weiss passed away on November 1, 2020. His marketing brilliance and positive attitude will be missed.
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Martin David Weiss
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April 3, 1939 – November 1, 2020
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An excerpt of the video is available for viewing on the Coin Television YouTube Channel at:
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https://youtu.be/PrwApJKtdLU
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DIGITIZING THE NATIONAL NUMISMATIC COLLECTION
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Dr. Ellen Feingold is the
Curator of the National Numismatic Collection at the
National Museum of American History. She submitted this summary of NNC's digitization progress to date. Thank you! Excellent endeavor.
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Many of you are familiar with the Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection (NNC), but
have had limited access to the treasures it holds. Since 2015, the staff of the NNC have been
working diligently to share this rich and diverse collection online in order to make it a public
resource for research and education.
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We are proud to announce that over the past six years we have added over 320,000 new
numismatic records and images to the National Museum of American History’s online database.
The new records include the famous collections of Josiah K. Lilly Jr., Grand Duke George
Mikhailovich, Paul A. Straub, and many others accessible via the links below:
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MORE ON THE BANK OF ALCATRAZ OVERSTAMP
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Regarding the "Federal Prison Bank of Alcatraz 1955" overstamp discussed last week,
Jim Downey writes:
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"The Alcatraz stamp is a fantasy. It purports to be from 1955 but is shown on a Series 1957B Silver Certificate.
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"The 1957B Silver Certificates were delivered to the Treasury from the BEP between January and November 1963. Alcatraz ceased operating as a prison in March 1963."
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"I remember seeing these on eBay and challenged the seller. I received a less than professional response. It was an easy thing to disprove."
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: NOVEMBER 8, 2020
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<p><b> On the Stone Mountain Distinguished Service Medal </b><br>
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Regarding Ty Gardner's questions on the 1926 Stone Mountain Distinguished Service Medal,
Dick Johnson writes:
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"Here is all we know: Catalog cards show these medals were issued in both bronze and gold. Quantities are unknown. MACO records no longer exist."
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Thanks. Anyone with further information on these, please contact Ty Gardner at
<a href="mailto:tygardner2006@yahoo.com">
tygardner2006@yahoo.com
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THE RECTANGLE COINS: JAPANESE BAR MONEY
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JAPANESE COIN COLLECTION AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
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The initial collections of the British Museum, founded in 1753, were acquired under the provisions of Sir Hans Sloane’s will, and included over 20,000 coins and medals from all over the world. As inscribed objects, the coins and medals were regarded as ‘metal manuscripts’ and were housed within the Department of Manuscripts. In 1807, they were moved to the Department of Antiquities. In 1860, a separate Department of Coins and Medals was created, where the coins and medals have been ever since. The entire collection of coins and medals was removed for safekeeping during the second world war, but the Department was badly damaged and its gallery, offices and much archival material were destroyed.
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VOCABULARY TERM: NONSENSE DIE
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EDGAR HOLMES ADAMS (1868-1940)
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He was born in 1868, in Pennsylvania. His father’s family came from Baltimore, Maryland and his mother from what is now called West Virginia. In 1880, at the age of twelve he was accidentally shot in the leg tripping over a loaded shotgun dropped by a companion that severely wounded him handicapping him for life with a walking disability requiring him to use a cane. The 1880 U. S. Census lists him living in Saint Clairsville, Ohio, with his widowed grandmother Elizabeth Adams, his younger sister Elizabeth and three spinster aunts, one of whom, Amelia was a school teacher. The lack of parents from this Census report contributes to the perplexity and confusion of the circumstances at the time compounded by the shooting of young Adams.
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HARVEY STACK'S NUMISMATIC FAMILY, PART 82
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The latest article in Harvey Stack's blog series looks at 1981 and the fallout from the silver bubble and grading certificate shenanigans.
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The year 1981 turned out to feature a few outstanding collections, a greater dedication at the ANA to stopping counterfeiting and "doctoring," and the stabilization of the silver market back at the original $10 per ounce. All this seemed to stimulate greater interest in numismatics, which had waned in 1980. This did not mean there were not challenges to deal with.
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When the price of silver dropped on the world markets from over $50 per ounce to under $10 an ounce in a very short time, traders, speculators and coin collectors felt the sting. Speculators were forced to sell their "futures," the raw material they had bought on margin. Those who had counted on getting rich on the value of silver, were caught "short" and had to cover their losses by selling their collections or numismatic holdings. Many a bankruptcy occurred, and market confidence was damaged by all the forced sales. Such uncertainty in the metal markets of course had an effect on the rare coin market.
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HARVEY STACK ON NEW YORK'S NUMISMATIC DISTRICT
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Paul Bosco's ( N.Y. Numismatic Walking Tour" was great to read
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COLTRANE NORTH CAROLINA CURRENCY
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AZERBAIJAN MUSEUM DISPLAYS ANCIENT COINS
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The National History Museum's Archaeological Fund has displayed silver coins found in 1958 in Ibrahimhajili village of Tovuz region.
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The find was handed over to the museum thanks to numismatist Ali Rajabli. The silver coins were minted in Derbent, Barda, Baku, Nakhchivan and other cities during the reign of the Sassanid kings - Gubad I, Khosrov I, Hormuz IV and Khosrow II.
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PAKISTAN NUMISMATIST SHAKEEL AHMAD KHAN
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The pursuit of passion is a priceless endeavor, to which many dedicate their entire lives.
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The young numismatist’s collection features more than 250,000 banknotes and coins from over different 250 countries. Among his treasury are also coins dating back to 2,500 year ago, attributed to Macedonian king Alexander the Great as well as all memorial currency issued by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to-date.
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ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY COIN COLLECTION
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There are some 750,000 coins stored in one room in a well-protected Israel Antiquities Authority vault and Donald T. Ariel, the head of the IAA’s Coin Department, stands watch over them all.
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Ariel, who immigrated to Israel from the United States, has headed the department since 1991. He is the editor of the Israel Numismatic Research journal and serves as the coin expert on several ongoing excavations in the country. He took The Times of Israel Community on a virtual tour of the history of Holy Land coinage and pulled out some of the IAA’s treasures during a recent Behind the Headlines conversation.
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COINS FOUND AT MARYLAND PLANTATION
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Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of 300-year-old slave quarters at Newtown Neck State Park in Maryland that was the location of an 18th-century Jesuit plantation.
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ZOOMISMATICS: STACK'S BOWERS LARRY MILLER EVENT
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TRIPLE COUNTERMARKED COIN EXAMINED
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Countermarks have long served in the role of "repurposed numismatics," with a host coin issued under the auspices of one authority being appropriated by another sometime down the road. The concept of repurposing coins is not new, and often involves the melting down of a coinage seized, for example, during a war and then giving it new life when re-coined. Such production need not be so ambitious, however, as the original coin can, rather more conveniently, be altered simply with a stamp that conveys the new authority or usage while not attempting to hide the coin's original issuer or purpose. As there would sometimes be no clear connection between host and subsequent countermark, this field of collecting creates some rather unusual pairings and historical blending on the same piece. Nowhere is this more the case than a particularly extraordinary and unique 18th century silver issue that is featured in the Matthew Orsini Collection to be offered in January 2021.
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TOKEN AND MEDAL MAKER JOHN GIBBS
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In an American Numismatic Society <i>Pocket Change</i> blog post, Dr. Jesse Kraft examines the career of John Gibbs, a token maker and possible counterfeiter. Here's an excerpt - see the complete article online for more.
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Opportunity often leads to innovation. Sometimes the events that contribute to an evolution of this nature are well-known and documented, while other times they are lost to history and only able to be speculated by present-day researchers. This is the case with the career of John Gibbs. In the course of the 1830s, his profession took a radical turn. While the exact details are currently unknown, the numismatic evidence of how his occupational path evolved creates a compelling story.
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HISTORY OF GERMANY’S BLUE MAX MEDAL
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This article from <i>The National Interest</i> covers the history of Germany's famous "Blue Max" medal.
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While the name is in French rather than German, the “Blue Max” is an award that has become nearly legendary. The origins date back to 1667 when the German state of Brandenburg introduced the Order of Generosity or Ordre de la Génerosite. The name was in French as it was the common language of many German courts of the day. This award was later renamed the Pour Le Mérite (For Merit) by Prussian King Friedrich the Great in 1740 and was issued to loyal subjects for meritorious service in the pending war over the lands of Silesia. More commonly known today as the “Blue Max”—in no small part due to the book and film of the same name—this is among the most famous Imperial German decorations.
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THE STORY OF CANADA'S 1975 TWO-DOLLAR BILL
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Here's a great story from the Bank of Canada Museum about the illustration found on Canada's 1975 two-dollar bill.
Found via <i>News & Notes</i> from the Society of Paper Money Collectors (Volume VI, Number 20, November 3, 2020).
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In the early 1970s, real people appeared in the vignettes on
Canadian bank notes for the first time? — including Joseph Idlout and his relatives.
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LOOSE CHANGE: NOVEMBER 8, 2020
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<b> Roman coins from the war against Hannibal</b><br>
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Michael Shutterly published a <i>CoinWeek</i> article on Roman coins from the war against Hannibal.
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Waging war is expensive, and the Romans had to debase their currency in order to have enough coins to pay the costs of the Second Punic War; within a few years of Hannibal’s invasion, Roman currency was nearly worthless. But in 212 BCE, when Rome’s economic situation bottomed out, Roman armies outside of Italy began capturing enormous amounts of booty which could be used to replenish the empty treasury.
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In 211 BCE, the Romans used their new-found wealth to launch an entirely new precious metal monetary system, based on a denarius that would be struck in good quality silver. The new coinage system was enormously successful and financed Rome’s ongoing military efforts – when the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio marched against the Carthaginian armies in Spain in 210 BCE, he did so with a war chest that included 2,400,000 denari.
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I always wanted to invent a new coin denomination of my own, like "the stupendius of Emperor Tiberios". Send me your own faux denominations and we'll have some fun with this.
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A SURREAL ESCHERESQUE BOOKSTORE IN CHINA
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One more for our bibliophiles: here's a <i>Smithsonian</i> magazine story about a wondrous-looking new bookstore in China. See the full article online for more great images. Wow!
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A recently opened bookstore in southwest China looks like it came straight out of one of Dutch artist M.C. Escher’s fever dreams.
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Located west of Chengdu in the Sichuan province, Dujiangyan Zhongshuge boasts spiraling staircases, curved archways and strategically placed mirrors; these architectural features work in tandem to create the illusion of an impossible space similar to the one depicted in Escher’s gravity-defying <i>Relativity</i> (1953).
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FEATURED WEB SITE: THE TYRANT COLLECTION
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This week's Featured Web Site is The Tyrant Collection, recommended by
Ed Moore in Texas. Be sure to drill down to see the photos. NOTE: for bibliophiles, five books are available at just $10 each, one for each of the collection exhibits.
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