The E-Sylum v12#19, May 10, 2009 [RESEND]

Mon May 11 18:18:03 PDT 2009

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    The E-Sylum

  An electronic publication of
  The Numismatic Bibliomania Society

Volume , Number 19, May 10, 2009
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM MAY 10, 2009
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SKLOW NUMISMATIC LITERATURE SALE #7 CATALOG AVAILABLE
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NEW BOOK: A REGISTER OF LIBERTY SEATED HALF DOLLAR DIE VARIETIES
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REPRINT: NEW ORLEANS MINT PAMPHLET: HOW MONEY IS COINED
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NEW BOOK: GUIDE BOOK OF FLYING EAGLE AND INDIAN HEAD CENTS BY RICK SNOW
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NEW BOOK: LARGE PRINT EDITION OF THE 2010 "RED BOOK"
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BOOKS ON ONTARIO TOKENS AND MEDALS
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BOLING COMMENTS ON RECENT BOOK REVIEWS 
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PRESIDENTIAL 79TH SALE CATALOG AVAILABLE
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NEW BOOK: THE QUARTERMASTER COLLECTION OF RARE AUSTRALIAN GOLD 
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS NOW ONLINE
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COLUMN: HARVEY STACK REMEMBERS
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QUERY: SALATHIEL ELLIS PORTRAITS, CAMEOS SOUGHT
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QUERY: NAME THE BIBLIOPHILE ON THIS FRANKLIN MINT MEDAL
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QUERY: JOHN J. FORD COLLECTION: SOLD AND UNSOLD
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MORE ON JOSEPH JENKS
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MORE ON THE SCHULMAN-HOLZER COIN COLLECTORS' ALMANAC
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MORE ON CANADIAN ELONGATED CENTS 
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AMAZON'S KINDLE E-BOOK READER GAINING FAST; NEW LARGE-SCREEN COMING
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MORE ON THE YOACHUM SILVER DOLLAR 
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SOME HAUNTING BOOK-SCULPTURES
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QUEEN’S TRINITY CROSS MEDAL DEEMED UNLAWFUL
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MORE ON THE REALISTIC VIETNAMESE PLAY MONEY
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT ISSUES RECALL OF ALL US DOLLARS
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FEATURED WEB SITE: WORLDCAT
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM MAY 10, 2009

[Several subscribers have reported a repeat of last week's formatting problem.  We're trying to isolate the problem.  Meanwhile I'm resending yesterday's issue.  If you wrote to me earlier describing a problem, let me know if this issue is any better  - thanks.]

Among our recent subscribers are
Ans ter Woerds of the Netherlands,
and Karl Burgess.
We now have 1,224 subscribers.  

This week we open with an update from literature dealer David Sklow and information on several new books and reprints in the numismatic field.  We also look at two important new auction catalogs.   Queries this week involve Salathiel Ellis, and a new mystery bibliophile.   

Topics continuing from previous issues include Joseph Jenks, the John J. Ford collection, Hans Holzer, and Vietnamese play money.  
To learn about the recall of all U.S. paper money, read on.  Have a great week, everyone!  

Wayne Homren
 Numismatic Bibliomania Society

SKLOW NUMISMATIC LITERATURE SALE #7 CATALOG AVAILABLE

David Sklow sent the following update on his upcoming sale.
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On June 13, 2009, David Sklow-Fine Numismatic Books will close their 7th auction.  Catalogs available by request; Send inquiries to: David Sklow-Fine Numismatic Books, P. O. Box 6321, Colorado Springs, CO 80934. Telephone: (719)-302-5686; Fax: (719)-302-4933; Email: numismaticbooks at aol.com. 

The catalog is in the mail and currently accessible on-line: www.finenumismaticbooks.com   Bids will be accepted by, telephone, fax, email and regular mail. 

Several sale highlights: The Estate Numismatic Library of a Connecticut Bibliophile; Myron Xenos Personal Library of United States Copper Related Literature; The Personal Library of a Former Numismatic Literature Publisher and Dealer; Memorabilia From Laurese Katen; Several other Consignments;

NEW BOOK: A REGISTER OF LIBERTY SEATED HALF DOLLAR DIE VARIETIES

Author Bill Bugert forwarded the following details about his new book,
 A Register of Liberty Seated Half Dollar Die Varieties
Volume I, San Francisco Branch Mint
by Bill Bugert with Special Edits by and Consultations with Randy Wiley
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The purpose of my new book is four-fold:

To document all the currently known Liberty Seated half dollars die marriages produced at the San Francisco Branch Mint

To assist the beginning or advanced Liberty Seated half dollar collector into expanding beyond type, date, or date/mint collecting into die marriage collecting

To aid the casual collector or dealer with proper variety identification and other pertinent information

To establish a standard nomenclature for the Liberty Seated half dollar die marriages.

Previously, The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars listed a finite and pre-determined number of the most easily identifiable die varieties of the series.  This new book is different and individually documents the San Francisco Branch Mint Liberty Seated Half Dollar die marriages of the obverse, reverse, and collar dies currently known.  

It is commonly misunderstood by many collectors and dealers that the Liberty Seated denominations have been studied as extensively as the older copper and bust series, where the discovery of new die marriages is rare.  This is far from reality.  

The older copper and bust series have been extensively collected, exhaustively studied, and completely documented for many decades.  The Liberty Seated series are far behind in that respect and have a lot of catching up to do.  I hope to help that along for the half dollars.

The book details all 228 known San Francisco Branch Mint Liberty Seated Half Dollar die marriages with narratives, photos of diagnostics, rarity ratings, background information, etc.

Includes nearly 1,400 photographs

313 pages in 8.5 by 11 inch size

Printed on high quality 100# anthem gloss paper

Available in 3-hole punched format (ready for your binder) or plastic comb binding format

$45 plus $5 postage (Specify which format you desire)

Shipment date is late-May 2009. Order directly from the author at

Bill Bugert
1230 Red Rock Road
Gettysburg, PA 17325

REPRINT: NEW ORLEANS MINT PAMPHLET: HOW MONEY IS COINED

Kerry Rodgers forwarded the below image of the new reprint of the 1897 guide to the New Orleans Mint entitled, How Money is Coined.   Many thanks also to Kerry for making us aware of the reprint in an earlier E-Sylum submission.
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In 1897 author E.S. Gardiner spent some weeks at the New Orleans Mint. Gardiner took a series of photographs illustrating key aspects of the coining process and later that year published a comprehensive illustrated 30 page guidebook titled, How Money is Coined: A Visit in the United States Mint, New Orleans. It sold for 25 cents.

This booklet is excessively rare - I've never seen one.  The Centre for Louisiana Studies has used an early negative photographic copy of one of the booklets, originally owned by a woman working in the Mint's adjusting department, to reprint the booklet in full. It comes complete with an introduction by Greg Lambousy, Director of Collections at the Museum.

Those wishing to purchase a copy should contact: Centre for Louisiana Studies, Dupré Library, P.O. Box 40831, Lafayette, LA  70504, or email cls at louisiana.edu.  The cost is $8 plus shipping.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:

HOW MONEY IS COINED: RARE NEW ORLEANS MINT PAMPHLET TO BE REPRINTED

(http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n05a08.html)

NEW BOOK: GUIDE BOOK OF FLYING EAGLE AND INDIAN HEAD CENTS BY RICK SNOW

Dennis Tucker of Whitman Publishing forwarded this release about their latest publication.
-Editor

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