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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM MAY 15, 2011
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THE JANUARY–MARCH 2011 ISSUE OF THE ASYLUM
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SOME LOT ILLUSTRATIONS CZAHOR MAIL BID SALE XV CLOSES
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NEW BOOK: STRIKE IT RICH WITH POCKET CHANGE, 3RD EDITION
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BOOK REVIEW: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE LIBYAN BANKNOTES
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8TH ANNUAL SOCIETY OF PAPER MONEY COLLECTORS AUTHORS FORUM JUNE 10, 2011
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HISTORICAL MARKERS AND NUMISMATIC HISTORY
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QUERY: CELL PHONE CAMERAS FOR TAKING NUMISMATIC IMAGES
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MAY 15, 2011
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DICK JOHNSON'S SPOTLIGHT ON SILVER
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AMERICA'S FIRST BANK BURGLARY?
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RESPONSES ON CATALOGS FOR FLYING EAGLE CENT PATTERN RESEARCH
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MORE ON CLIFFORD HEWITT
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COINS AT THE BAD SäCKINGEN GERMANY DARK AGE FESTIVAL
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THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL
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DISTANT RELATIVES LOCK IN BIDDING WAR OVER ANCESTOR'S MEDAL
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THE “RUB AND SNIFF” MARIJUANA COIN
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM MAY 15, 2011





Among our new subscribers this week are
Kevin Wasmer, courtesy of John and Nancy Wilson and
Macedonio Tamez, courtesy of Howard A. Daniel III.
Welcome aboard! 
We now have 1,425 email subscribers, plus 140 followers on Facebook, including 
Allan Speedy and Kenny Meredith.


This week we open with word of the latest issue of our print journal, The Asylum, a reminder of Ray Czahor's literature sale, a new edition announcement and a review of a recent book on Libyan banknotes.    Other topics this week include Harmon's Mint, taking numismatic photos with cell phone cameras, and the Distinguished Flying medal.


To learn more about the History of Collecting Confederate Paper Money, Albert Medals in gold, America's first bank burglary, and  the “Rub and Sniff” marijuana coin, read on.


Wayne Homren
 Numismatic Bibliomania Society





THE JANUARY–MARCH 2011 ISSUE OF THE ASYLUM



David Yoon, editor of our print journal The Asylum writes:



I've sent another issue of The Asylum to the printers. Here are the
contents:




Dan Hamelberg - President's Message

Benny Bolin - Fractional Currency Literature 

Myron Xenos - "You Don't Say": Numismatic Quarterly Quiz

 Denis W. Loring - Charles L. Clarke—Unpublished Numismatic Author 

Dave Hirt - Circulation Finds 

David D. Gladfelter - Book Review: Tales from the Bourse 

List of Issues of The Asylum by Volume and Number, 1980-2010





Remember, although The E-Sylum is free to all, only members of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society receive The Asylum.  Join today!
-Editor



For an NBS membership application, see:

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SOME LOT ILLUSTRATIONS CZAHOR MAIL BID SALE XV CLOSES


Last week Eric von Klinger mentioned the upcoming June 14 literature sale by Philippine coin specialist Ray Czahor.  Ray forwarded some images of lots in the sale.  Here are a few.
-Editor














To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:

CZAHOR MAIL BID SALE XV CLOSES JUNE 14, 2011

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n19a02.html)





NEW BOOK: STRIKE IT RICH WITH POCKET CHANGE, 3RD EDITION


Meghan McKeon of F+W Media, Inc. forwarded this press release about the new 3rd edition of "Strike It Rich With Pocket Change" by Ken Potter and Dr. Brian Allen.
-Editor




Strike It Rich With Pocket Change, 3rd Edition
Error Coins Bring Big Money
By Ken Potter and Dr. Brian Allen


Can You Spot the Errors in Everyday Coins?
Imagine fishing in your pocket for change to buy a candy bar and discovering a nickel worth $50—not a bad day! The truth is the U.S. Mint, through production mishaps, has and will continue to create a small but significant number of “mistakes.” Discoveries range from a couple bucks to several thousand! No computers or coin dealers are necessary with this book, just a fist full of coins. 


Unlike rare and obsolete coins, these hidden treasures are laying around in cash drawers and piggy banks, waiting for the common eye to spot them. This book is a clear and simple guide to prepare any collector or treasure hunter to spot rare coins the average consumer normally would never notice. 


With the potential to uncover valuable rarities, this book will bring out the treasure hunter in anyone! It’s perfect for both novice and expert collectors, as well as providing an indispensable tool for U.S. coin dealers and researchers.


Strike It Rich provides hundreds of impressive, detailed images for accurate identification and a comprehensive grading guide in plain English. There is no need for previous knowledge to get started! Each page has a detailed description with diagramed photos to help identify each coin and to clarify the type and degree of error.
 

Get started on your treasure hunt now! Empty your purses and turn out your pockets—maybe your penny will be worth more than a thousand words.


About the Authors
Ken Potter and Dr. Brian Allen are leading experts in the field with an absolute passion for uncovering the next scarce variety that eludes the U.S. Mint's quality control procedures.  Ken Potter has been a dealer in U.S. coins, specializing in errors and varieties, for many years with a sterling reputation for accuracy and a keen eye. You can visit his website which he regularly updates with new coin discoveries: http://koinpro.tripod.com. Brian Allen has been collecting since childhood. He is a founding member of the National Collector’s Association of Die Doubling and has co-authored three coin-related books.


US $19.99 (CAN $22.99) | 978-1-4402-1578-0 |  (Y1748) 352 pages
Krause Publications, a division F+W Media, Inc. 





BOOK REVIEW: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE LIBYAN BANKNOTES


In an article originally y printed in Bank Note Reporter (and now available on Numismaster.con), Neil Shafer reviews
 The Encyclopedia of the Libyan Banknotes by Dr. Ali Mehilba.  Here are some excerpts.
-Editor




The Encyclopedia of the Libyan Banknotes is its title, and it was written by Dr. Ali Mehilba, well-known numismatic scholar in Middle Eastern numismatics. With Libya so much in the news these days, the emergence of this particular book may have an added degree of interest as any possible change of regime would of course necessitate a new series of bank notes.


The book will be popular because the text appears in both Arabic and English. Proceeding by chapters, the first one deals with an historical perspective on the country and some of its leading personalities through the years. Chapter II takes a close look at grading standards using the International Bank Note Society as a guide, and giving comparative abbreviations for various grades as used in a number of countries. There is also some discussion about the effects of grading on the value of a note, particularly if the piece is desired for investment. The various signatures found on Libyan bank notes are listed with the years they appeared, along with some pictures of the individual signers themselves.


Chapter III, the heart of the book, begins the listing of bank notes, proceeding by issuer. After a thorough analysis of the issue as a whole, each note is presented; data given consists of its own list of specifics, a face and back illustration in color, and a catalog listing including values in five grades. Catalog numbers are based on those in the Pick references; values appear to be in U.S. dollars though this fact is not stated. Issues progress in the following order: Kingdom of Libya, United Kingdom of Libya, National Bank of Libya, Bank of Libya, and Central Bank of Libya. 


When one observes the dates on the first two issues, it would seem that they are correctly listed in the Standard Catalog. Notes of the United Kingdom were made under Law No. 4 of 24th October 1951 as stated on the pieces themselves. But according to this new reference, the King Idris portrait notes with their date of Jan. 1, 1952 and issued under the Kingdom of Libya actually come before those with the 1951 Law date. Apparently there was agitation for the removal of the king’s effigy, so the next issue, United Kingdom notes with illustrations of some famous ruins in Libya, replaced those showing the king; they may have been issued under the 1951 Law date but certainly after the portrait notes of 1952. 


After going through all government issues from beginning to end, this same chapter continues with two well-known World War II military-related emissions: British issue for Tripolitania in lire, and French occupation of the Fezzan. 


Chapter IV deals with counterfeiting of regular-issue Libyan bank notes, followed by a detailed discussion of genuine pieces and forgeries of Fezzan overprints by world expert Joe Boling. A number of illustrations highlighting his presentation are provided to help clarify the problems involved.


To sum it up, collectors will find this reference a valuable tool in their pursuit of this series full of history amid notes of real rarity. While there are a few rougher spots in the English text, there is no problem with understanding it fully. The author is to be highly commended for a fine piece of pioneering work with the notes of Libya.


To read the complete article, see:

New Book on Libyan Bank Note

(www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=19974)



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8TH ANNUAL SOCIETY OF PAPER MONEY COLLECTORS AUTHORS FORUM JUNE 10, 2011


Fred Reed, Editor of Paper Money, the official publication of the Society of Paper Money Collectors (SPMC) forwarded this announcement.  Thanks!
-Editor



The 8th Annual Society of Paper Money Collectors Authors Forum will be held on June 10, noon-2p.m. in the Marriott Heritage Ballroom during the upcoming Memphis International Paper Money Show.  The event is part of SPMC’s golden 50th anniversary celebration.  "The Welcome Mat is out," said SPMC President Mark Anderson, who will greet attendees at the event.  The event is free to the public.


Speakers for the forum are diverse and promise something of interest to all collectors, noted forum organizer Fred Reed.  "Once again we've got a stellar lineup of authors eager to tell about their new books and share their insights into the book publishing process with prospective authors and other readers," Reed added.


Leading off the forum will be Confederate Currency authority Pierre Fricke.  Fricke, author of several successful CSA titles in recent years, will present an illustrated survey of his new title "The History of Collecting Confederate Paper Money," coauthored with Bank Note Reporter columnist Fred Reed.  In fact, the root of the book is the series of articles Reed contributed to BNR in his "Shades of the Blue & Grey" column during 2004-2007.


Noted Southeast Asia specialist and author Howard Daniel will speak on his new "Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Coins & Currency."  Daniel is author of a series of books on Vietnamese numismatics. The Army veteran splits his time between homes in Virginia and Viet Nam.  It took censors in Hanoi months to clear the new book for publication and sale in Viet Nam, Daniel reported.  


In keeping with the theme of the convention, Past Token & Medal Society President Bob Leonard will discuss the paper aspects of his wonderful new book on curious forms of exchange, “Curious Currency: The Story of Money from the Stone Age to the Internet Age.”  An expert on primitive money, curious currency in the author’s view includes “paper” money materials, counterfeits, bills of exchange, checks, notes payable in labor, encased stamps and other items.


F&W Publications paper money guru Bill Brandimore will discuss new projects simmering on the stove in far off Iola, WI including the latest edition of the "Standard Catalog of United States Paper Money."  Brandimore and George Cuhaj are responsible for the lively and colorful catalog.  Brandimore also writes a column and provides price guide commentary on the U.S. series for Bank Note Reporter.


Noted World War II and military currency specialist Fred Schwan will be on hand to discuss his colorful new work "World War II United States Savings Bonds and Stamps."  This new reference is co-authored by Larry Smulczenski, James Downey and Mark Watson.  The work debuted at this Spring's MPCFest.


Bringing up the rear in the lineup will be BNR columnist Fred Reed, who will discuss the upcoming sequel to his 2009 book on Lincoln numismatics for Old Abe’s Bicentennial.  The new work, “Abraham Lincoln: Beyond the American Icon,” gives Reed a chance to develop the themes he introduced in his original Lincoln book.  Reed’s research has shown that Lincoln’s money images are normative in advertising, media, and popular culture.  “The Lincoln on the money, is the Lincoln people know best,” Reed said. 

As in recent past years, the Forum will be kept lively by emcee author and raconteur Wendell Wolka.  “The Forum is free.  Come on up to the ballroom at noon on Friday and share an enjoyable break from your hectic show schedule,” Wolka suggested.


For a half century SPMC has been an international group of hobbyists that fosters collecting and study of bank notes and other paper collectibles.  Dues are only $30 annually for U.S. addresses.  Others inquire.  Members receive the Society’s award-winning, bimonthly journal “Paper Money.”  For information on SPMC, contact Membership Director Frank Clark, P.O. Box 117060, Carrollton, TX 75011-7060.



Congratulations to the authors for their literary achievements.  Sounds like a great event!  I'm looking forward to some of the new titles, and think bibliophiles and researchers will be particularly interested in "The History of Collecting Confederate Paper Money," by Fricke and Reed.
-Editor





HISTORICAL MARKERS AND NUMISMATIC HISTORY


An interesting discussion in the Colonial Numismatics yahoo group was kicked off by a chance encounter with an historical marker alongside a road.    It led me to a web page written by Rob Retz about 1997 relating a numismatic excursion in Vermont in 1994.  Here's an excerpt. It's a great account of a numismatic road trip.   I added an image of a Vermont copper from the site of today's Featured Web Page.
-Editor









The day after the Stack’s auction in June, 1994, three colonial nuts went out in search of numismatic history. Our goals were to examine the Connecticut coppers in the collection of the Connecticut State Library for a day and then drive over the Green Mountains to view the Vermont coppers in the collection of the Bennington Museum. If we had the time – and you just knew we’d make time! -- we were going to try to track down the probable site of Reuben Harmon’s mint, the one responsible for many of the Vermont coppers.


Gene Kosche, the gracious retired curator of history at the Bennington Museum, arranged for us to view the collection and take notes and then casually dropped a bombshell on use. "Have you folks been over to see the mint building?" Three dumbfounded stares answered his question and a few minutes later one of us recovered our senses enough to blurt out that all accounts of the building indicated that it had been destroyed in a storm nearly 150 years ago. "Nah, it’s over on Bob Graf’s farm – everyone ‘round here knows about it. You really ought to see it."


Talk about waving a red flag in front of some copper bulls! Early the next day, with plenty of sunlight to help, we headed north out of Bennington. About half an hour later we passed through the town of Dorset on Highway 30. This is the "main road leading from Dorset to Pawlet" mentioned in Crosby, and appears to follow roughly the same path as it did two centuries ago. Just north of Dorset we crossed over the Pawlet River. We were on Reuben Harmon’s home turf, and we were getting close. About half a mile further we crossed a small creek and struck paydirt. This is the "small stream of water called Millbrook" that Harmon used to power his rolling mill.


Continuing towards Pawlet we passed the Graf place, called Southwind Farm, made a quick U-turn and pulled into the driveway. Bob Graf was out of town, but his son-in-law was mowing the lawn and came over to talk to us. We asked about the mint building and with a hearty laugh he said "You want to see old Harmon’s mint? It’s right over here." He led us to a small garage just off the main driveway and said "You guys look around all you want. I’ve got to finish the yard, so just turn out the light when you’re done."


The building itself looked promising. While the roof and siding were old they certainly weren’t more than three or four decades in age, and the cement floor was probably not what Reuben Harmon would have put in. The frame of the building, however, was of a much earlier vintage – rough hewn and assembled by mortise and tenon – and almost certainly late 18th Century. We paced out the size of the building, figuring it at roughly 16 by 20 feet, a pretty close match to Crosby’s description of "about 16 by 18 feet." The age, size, and structure of the building fit what we knew about the mint, and local lore has ascribed it as the mint building for at least the last century, usually with that special New England flair that mixes pride for their history and extreme surprise that anyone else should care.


We spent about two hours searching the area with a metal detector, hoping to locate at least a few landscape Vermonts (or an original die or two!), but only came up with a few broken bits of pottery and a rusted metal ring about two inches in diameter, probably from some type of horse’s tack.


As the sun was beginning to set we headed south back towards Bennington. Looking up at the mountains we all realized that the landscape Vermonts are not the stylized depiction that collectors assume them to be, but are rather a pretty accurate picture of the view from Reuben Harmon’s own land. Gazing up at their majestic beauty, it was easy to understand why the Green Mountain Boys emerged over two centuries ago and fought for their property.


In the end, we all agreed that everything looked right: if we were going to plan a mint, the building on Bob Graf’s farm would have been perfect for the job, and we would have chosen the place at the mouth of the canyon where Millbrook descended from the mountains. We also began to wonder if Sylvester Crosby ever spent a sunny weekend afternoon wading up a river!




The reference is:  
Retz, Rob; Rock, Jeff; and Thies, Dick. In Search Of… Reuben Harmon’s Vermont Mint and the Original Mint Site. The Colonial Newsletter. September, 1996. Volume 36 Number 3. pp. 1655-1658. Reprinted by permission of the authors, bless ‘em, and the Colonial Newsletter Foundation.   For more information, see today's Featured Web Page.



To read the complete article, see:

VERMONT VACATIONING

(www.alfirin.net/wcc/wcc97jan.html)




QUERY: CELL PHONE CAMERAS FOR TAKING NUMISMATIC IMAGES



Bruce W. Smith writes:


I am thinking of buying a cell phone and understand that most now come with the ability to take images. What I want to know is, has anyone compared different phones for the ability to take images of coins or paper money? Maybe none of them will image something that small. Does anyone know? If I buy a new cell phone, I would want one which can take images of coins and notes.  





I'm not sure if any of these devices have macro lenses or lens attachments.  I do use my Droid X's camera for family photos and the occasional E-Sylum illustration, but not for numismatic items themselves.  But I've never been much of a photographer.  Can anyone help?
-Editor




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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MAY 15, 2011



Regarding Philip Mernick's question about ordering the book, Coins of Indian States - Part A" by L. C. Bawa & S. C. Gupta, P.K. Saha writes:


I will be going to India in October and can ensure shipment of the book.




I put P.K. in touch with Philip, and hopefully this will work out.  Thanks for the offer!
-Editor



To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MAY 8, 2011

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n19a10.html)


Regarding the bronze Albert Medal discussed  last week, I asked via Facebook if anyone could locate an image of a GOLD one.
Dan Friedus writes:


Lot 42 in this sale (Spink "Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria," Thursday 19 November 2009) is a gold Albert medal and it is illustrated: 

www.spink.com/auctions/pdf/9033.pdf




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Dan also sent a link to a page illustrating a gold Albert Medal at the U.K.'s National Maritime Museum.  Thanks!
-Editor




Albert Medal of the First Class (MED0564)

(www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=MED0564)





DICK JOHNSON'S SPOTLIGHT ON SILVER


Dick Johnson submitted these thoughts on the future of silver in commerce.
-Editor



Recently I had noticed an increasing number of silver items being offered in auction sales around the country. As the price of silver rises, citizens often examine their holdings of silver items in their households. Are those candlesticks received as a wedding gift so many years ago still an item to keep? Or should they be converted to cash as their value as bullion rises above their value as a utilitarian item in the home. For many the answer has been to sell.
 

These days we are bombarded with advertisements in newspapers and on TV -- sell us your old gold and silver. Also the ads encouraging us to buy bullion gold and silver are just as compelling. I observed this week silver spiked into the $40s for an ounce of silver, then dropped back into the $30s. Midweek I plunged and bought a sizable amount on the drop in price.
 

We also observe the soothsayers telling us of an impending meltdown in the American economy, the dollar may drop as the world's universal currency, and that a financial panic is possible. Survivalists tell us to have on hand six months supply of food, water and medicines. Then put as much as you can afford into gold and silver bullion.
 

But what would happen if we did have to use those bullion items for, say, purchases at the supermarket? What kind of coins or cash do we offer vendors?  I don't see banks being bullion dealers, accepting silver rounds in exchange for some kind of coin or cash the supermarket would accept. I do foresee, however, coin dealers becoming money changers -- even bullion dealers! -- accepting bullion coins for spendable cash.
 

For all those citizens with a stash of gold and silver bullion, they should become friends with their local coin dealer.  After all, he may be your best bet, when your bank refuses to accept those bullion coins.
 

This is not a statement in any way to encourage you to acquire bullion in any form, but I would like to expose you to the following article:

www.moneynews.com/Advani/ashish-advani-silver-gold/2011/05/11/id/395921



Then go visit your local coin dealer. Make sure he remembers you. You might need his services in the near future.




AMERICA'S FIRST BANK BURGLARY?


COINWeek has a nice article by Cole Schenewerk from The California Numismatist about what could be America's first bank burglary (first BIG one, anyway).
-Editor




The yellow fever outbreak of summer 1798 was the worst in Philadelphia’s history. Over 5,000 residents were infected, and nearly 1,300 died, causing even President Washington to flee. While yellow fever swept the city, hot heads prevailed when a huge sum of money went missing from the vaults of a bank. This was America’s first bank robbery.


Carpenter’s Hall was built in 1770 and had been a meeting place for the First Continental Congress, home of the Philadelphia Library, and until the year preceding the robbery had housed the Bank of the United States. The new tenant of the building was to be the Bank of Pennsylvania, who had hired Samuel Robinson to oversee the move. One of the first things that needed to be done before moving into the building was the changing of the locks on the vaults. During the summer of 1798, Robinson hired a local blacksmith, Pat Lyon, to do the job. Lyon was on the verge of leaving the city because of the yellow fever outbreak, but took on the rush job before he left town. While Lyon was working on the vault, Robinson brought a stranger to watch him work.



After completing the job, Lyon and his apprentice left town, taking a ship to Delaware. Two days after their arrival, the apprentice died of yellow fever. Reading the newspaper while he was away, Lyon was interested in accounts of a robbery at Carpenter’s Hall on the night of September 1, where he had changed the locks on the vaults just before leaving. The massive amount of $162,821 ($2.9 million today) had been stolen, and blacksmith Pat Lyon was a prime suspect.


There were no signs of forced entry, so it must have been an inside job. The authorities suspected that Lyon had simply made himself an extra key and entered the vaults the night before he left town. Lyon felt the need to return to Philadelphia and tell his side of the story. Lyon explained that he suspected Samuel Robinson and the stranger as the real thieves. The authorities were not convinced. Pat Lyon was arrested and thrown in Walnut Street Prison.


After leaving prison, Lyon wrote a book with the incredible title of “The Narrative of Patrick Lyon: who Suffered Three Months Severe Imprisonment on Merely a Vague Suspicion of Being Concerned in the Robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania, with his Remarks Thereon”.



This is an interesting story I don't think I'd come across before.  Any now I know more about Pat Lyon.  I'd seen images of the "Pat Lyon at the Forge" portrait on the obsolete paper money of Pittsburgh.  Here's another excerpt from the article. Read the whole thing to learn of Lyons' ultimate fate.
-Editor



Lyon’s portrait was painted by John Neagle, whose painting is titled Pat Lyon at the Forge. It is an excellent likeness of Lyon, and the spire of Walnut Street Prison where Lyon was held is shown in the background.


A modern numismatist would be willing to rob the bank himself to get some of the specimens that would have been inside. There were probably several chain cents, possibly an early half dollar, and certainly a large stash of Spanish dollars (the legendary piece of eight), which were legal tender in the U.S. until 1857.


To read the complete article, see:

America’s First Bank Robbery

(www.coinweek.com/coin-guide/numismatic-history/rica%E2%80%99s-first-bank-robbery/)




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A receipt for Hiram Deats’s 1904 subscription to 
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