The E-Sylum v14#25 June 19, 2011

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The E-Sylum
  
  An electronic publication of
  The Numismatic Bibliomania Society


Volume , Number 25, June 19, 2011
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JUNE 19, 2011
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NEW BOOK: A GUIDE BOOK OF CANADIAN COINS AND TOKENS
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NEW BOOKS: NEW TITLES FROM MONETA
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NEW BOOK: TEN DAYS TO MADNESS
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NUMISMATIC BOOKIE COLUMN DEBUTS IN COIN WORLD
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ANS LIBRARY SEEKS DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF F. GORDON FROST 
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U.S. MINT PRODUCES MEDALS FOR 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11
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MORE ON THE ANS' UTE CHIEF'S LIFE-SAVING LINCOLN PEACE MEDAL
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COINAGE COIN SHOP ADS CIRCA 1965
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QUERY:  THE JOURNAL-EXAMINER TRANSCONTINENTAL YELLOW FELLOW MEDAL
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 19, 2011
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MORE ON AMERICAN COINS IN THE SHORTHOUSE COLLECTION
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URSULA KAMPMANN VISITS THE STUTTGART MINT
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QUERY: $50 CHINESE "PRACTICE NOTE"
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THE SCIENTIST OF THE BANK OF CANADA
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ANNAPOLIS COIN FIND: SUPERNATURAL PROTECTION?
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1870-CC DOUBLE EAGLE OFFERED BY BONHAMS & BUTTERFIELDS
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ABOUT THOSE FAKE BANKNOTES IN THE TOILET...
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FEATURED WEB PAGE: SLAVE BADGES BOOK
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JUNE 19, 2011





Among our new subscribers this week are
Frank Crowe, courtesy of Howard A. Daniel III, and
Kathy Lawrence of Heritage.
Welcome aboard! 
We now have 1,430 email subscribers, plus 147 followers on Facebook.


This week we open with word of five new numismatic titles and a new COIN World column on numismatic literature.
Other topics include  September 11 medals, the Stuttgart Mint, Chinese "Practice Money" and an 1870-CC Double Eagle.


To learn about the Slave Badges, Yellow Fellows, and a lost fortune in Bechtler Gold coins, read on.
Have a great week, everyone!


Wayne Homren
 Numismatic Bibliomania Society




NEW BOOK: A GUIDE BOOK OF CANADIAN COINS AND TOKENS


The latest online Whitman review announced an upcoming book on Canadian Coins and Tokens.
-Editor



Canadian Coins and Tokens
Marvel at the Treasures of Our Northern Neighbor



An informal poll in early 2011 suggests that more than 40% of U.S. coin collectors also collect Canadian coins. This comes as no surprise to enthusiasts such as award-winning researcher James A. Haxby, a numismatist known throughout the hobby community as a distinguished expert on Canadian coinage. Now, Dr. Haxby has teamed up with Whitman Publishing to create the definitive price guide and reference book on the coins and tokens of Canada, from colonial times to the present.


Who will be interested in the Guide Book of Canadian Coins and Tokens?


beginning to intermediate collectors of Canadian coins

advanced Canadian specialists who want a well-laid-out single-source reference for mintages, 

specifications, and other technical data

token collectors looking for an expert guide to Canadian colonial and provincial pieces

U.S. collectors who want to learn more about closely related Canadian coinage

world-coin collectors building a type set or more advanced collection of Canadian coins

new hobbyists and investors attracted to Canadian coins by the recent rise in gold and silver

casual collectors and travelers with unidentified Canadian coins and tokens, curious about their history and values
 


Call it the “Red Book with a Canadian accent”—the Guide Book of Canadian Coins and Tokens uses the same familiar format, layout, and design as the hobby’s best-selling annual price guide, Whitman’s Guide Book of United States Coins (the “Red Book,” now in its 66th edition). Coin collectors know and love the Red Book; more than 22 million copies have been sold since the first edition. We’re confident that the Guide Book of Canadian Coins and Tokens will be just as popular with active collectors.


Stay tuned for more information.


To read the complete article, see:



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NEW BOOKS: NEW TITLES FROM MONETA


Georges Depeyrot forwarded this announcement about the latest titles in his Moneta series.
-Editor










The last volumes of the Moneta Collection
are now available


 # 125, F. Steyaert, Les médailles religieuses du Cabinet des Médailles
(Bruxelles) (XVIe– XVIIIe siècle), 2011, 106 pages ISBN 978-90-77297-93-3; € 45 


# 126, J.-L. Dengis, Trouvailles et trésors monétaires en Belgique, X. 
Province du Hainaut, Les monnaies romaines, 2011, 400 pages. ISBN 978-90-77297-94-0; € 75 


# 127, J.-L. Dengis, Trouvailles et trésors monétaires en Belgique, XI. 
Province du Brabant, Les monnaies romaines, 2011, 120 pages. ISBN 978-90-77297-95-7; € 45


Three other volumes are now in print and will be available in September 


# 128, Documents and Studies on 19th c. Monetary History, France, Republication of Ministère des Finances, Documents relatifs à la question monétaire (Paris, 1857), G. Depeyrot, ed., 2011, IV + 6 + 154 + 4* p.; € 50 


# 129, Documents and Studies on 19th c. Monetary History, France, Republication of Ministère des Finances…, Conseil Supérieur du Commerce, … Enquête sur la question monétaire (Paris, 1872), Volume I, G. Depeyrot, ed., 2011, IV + 2  + XVI + 768 + 2* p.; € 125


# 130, Documents and Studies on 19th c. Monetary History, France, Republication of Ministère des Finances…, Conseil Supérieur du Commerce…, Enquête sur la question monétaire (Paris, 1872), Volume II, G. Depeyrot, ed., 2011, IV + 2 + IV + 584 + 2* p.; € 100


Information and orders on Moneta (

www.moneta.be

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NEW BOOK: TEN DAYS TO MADNESS



Jamie Clifford, author of Double Daggers has a new numismatic fiction book coming out.  He writes:


I have a new book coming out in the Fall titled Ten Days To Madness. There is a numismatic theme. The lead character
is trying to discover a hidden fortune in Bechtler Gold coins. The Bechtler Coins were a territorial mint before that operated in North Carolina  during the mid 1800's. Legend has it that the last Bechtler disappeared while transporting a large amount of the gold.   Neither he nor the gold have ever been discovered. Ten Days To Madness may answer what happened to that last shipment of Bechtler Gold Coins.




Neat premise!  Sounds like a great tale.  Below is a synopsis of the book.  We'll look forward to it!
-Editor



 
Only Charlie Parker knows that his image as a successful, well-respected family man is a complete lie 
and with his life collapsing around him he travels to the secluded mountain house that has been owned 
by his family for generations. Hidden in his father’s library Charlie unearths a bizarre diary that claims 
a rogue tribe of Cherokee Indians stole a fortune in gold coins before the Civil War and hid the treasure 
in an ancient burial cave in a remote part of the Appalachian Mountains. 


Compelled by forces he doesn’t understand, Charlie embarks upon a self-destructive march to uncover the 
truth as he discovers his family's darkest secrets.  His ancestor’s heinous crimes force Charlie to face the 
demons unleashed by his family from so long ago and he is haunted by nightmares, tormented by a strange 
man claiming ownership of the diary and terrorized by Cherokee spirits known in Indian mythology as 
The Nunnehi.  The horrifying encounters send Charlie spiraling into an alcohol fueled frenzy to find the 
Cherokee gold, no matter the cost.  


Does the gold exist? Are the bizarre events really happening to Charlie or has his mind finally collapsed under 
the pressures of mental illness, alcohol abuse and a failed business? Those questions linger in the reader’s mind 
until the final page as Charlie battles internal demons and external monsters to discover the truth about himself, 
and the legend of the Cherokee Gold.  


For more information, see:

James R. Clifford

(www.jrclifford.com/order.html)




NUMISMATIC BOOKIE COLUMN DEBUTS IN COIN WORLD


Longtime Numismatic Bibliomania Society officer Joel Orosz has launched a new column in the pages of Coin World aimed at new and beginning collectors of numismatic literature.  Hooray!  Joel forwarded the following announcement and request for input.  Good luck!   
-Editor




I have achieved a lifelong ambition of becoming a bookie--a Numismatic Bookie--which will be the title of my new monthly column for Coin World.  I pitched editor Beth Deisher on doing such a column, aimed at collectors and potential collectors of numismatic literature, as opposed to scholars.  I hope to bring a few new collectors into the fold thereby, and to popularize the hobby in general.  Beth has been very supportive of the concept, and agreed to give it a go in the regular issues of Coin World.


The first column will appear in the June 27 issue.  It has been announced in the online version of Coin World, and will soon be announced in the corresponding print edition.  I'd appreciate receiving any ideas E-Sylum readers have for column subjects.  I can talk about any literature-related item I want--as long as I don't talk about it for more than 600 words!


My aim in writing The Numismatic Bookie is to introduce potential collectors and beginning collectors of numismatic literature to the fascinating and fun (hence the playful title) world of collecting coin books, magazines, auction catalogs, price lists and ephemera.  The column won't break new ground in research--The Asylum and The E-Sylum already do a great job of that--but I hope it will attract some new collectors to a truly wonderful hobby.



Joel can be reached at 

Joeljorosz at gmail.com
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-Editor



To read the COIN World column announcement, see:

Orosz column 'Numismatic Bookie' debuts

(www.zillionsofcoins.com/articles/orosz-column-numismatic-bookie-debuts/)




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