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The E-Sylum
An electronic publication of
The Numismatic Bibliomania Society
Volume 16, Number 01, January 6, 2013
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JANUARY 6, 2013
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KOLBE & FANNING’S 2013 NEW YORK BOOK SALE BIDDER OPTIONS
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CHARLES DAVIS AT THE 2013 NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL
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NEW BOOK: COIN COLLECTING ALBUMS
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NEW BOOKS FROM SPINK: JUEDEA AND ROME, ENGLAND AND UNITED KINGDOM
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NEW BOOK: HISTORY OF OTTOMAN COINS - VOLUME 6
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NEW BOOK: THE ANIMALS’ VC: FOR GALLANTRY & DEVOTION
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FREE BOOK: WHITMAN OFFERS FIVAZ LOCAL LEVEL COIN CLUB GUIDE
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BOOK REVIEW: THE 1815 HALF EAGLE
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ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL 2013 HONG KONG AUCTION
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MORE U.S. COINS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
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MORE ON THE U.S. MINT'S ALTERNATIVE COIN METALS STUDY
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JANUARY 6, 2013
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COIN DEALERS AND DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TEXAS
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MORE ON THE 1902 PARIS IN LONDON EXHIBITION MEDAL
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QUERY: BOGHOS PASHA NUBAR MEDAL INFORMATION SOUGHT
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QUERY: HOW WAS THE ALASKA PURCHASE CHECK REDEEMED?
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QUERY: ARMS OF DUNKIRK MEDAL BY ROETTIERS INFORMATION SOUGHT
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THE OBITUARY OF JULES FONROBERT
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COINS MAILING LIST TO SHUT DOWN
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DAVE BOWERS ON NUMISMATIC LITERATURE IN THE 1950S
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QUERY: INFORMATION ON AUTHOR STARR GILMORE SOUGHT
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WILL CANADA ELIMINATE NICKEL NEXT?
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VENDING MACHINES CAN'T ACCEPT NEW $20 BANK NOTE
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BRITISH MUSEUM ACQUIRES SOUTH POLE EXPLORER SCOTT'S MEDALS
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PERTH MINT ISSUES HOLEY DOLLAR AND DUMP
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TEENAGER CAMPS OUT TO BE FIRST AT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT SALE
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ODYSSEY MARINE FACES OPPOSITION TO HMS VICTORY RECOVERY PLANS
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A BOOKCASE/STEAMER TRUNK
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BOOK TRANSFORMS INTO PORTABLE TOILET
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JANUARY 6, 2013
New subscribers this week include
Ray Feller, courtesy of Steve Feller, and
Joe Ryan, courtesy of Gary Patterson.
Welcome aboard!
We have 1,618 email subscribers, plus 207 followers on Facebook.
We'd also like to welcome new advertiser CoinSupplyPlanet.com and returning advertiser Whitman Publishing. Thank you for your support!
This week we open with updates from literature dealers at the New York International show, followed by word of several new numismatic books.
Other topics include U.S. coins at the British Museum, the B. Max Mehl building in Ft. Worth, the COINS mailing list and collector Jules Fonrobert.
To learn more about King Farouk's specially-made coins, the Musée d’Orsay French medals exhibit, the 1902 Paris in London Exhibition medal, the Dickin medal, Captain Scott's medals, Canadian Silver Dollar author Starr Gilmore, and the book that transforms into a, um, well..., you just need to read on. Have a great week, everyone!
Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum
KOLBE & FANNING’S 2013 NEW YORK BOOK SALE BIDDER OPTIONS
George Kolbe and David Fanning forwarded this note about their upcoming New York numismatic literature sale.
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Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers will be holding their 2013 New York Book Sale at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on Saturday, January 12 beginning at 12:30 pm. Printed catalogues have been delivered to those on the mailing list. Clients attending the sale should bring their copies, as there are very few extra copies available.
As in the past, a PDF version of the catalogue is available from the Kolbe & Fanning website at www.numislit.com. The PDF is handy for searching for items by keywords or when your copy of the catalogue is not conveniently at hand.
Once again, we will be offering free live internet bidding for this auction via the-saleroom.com. Every lot is illustrated in this version of the catalogue and the illustrations can easily be enlarged. Through the-saleroom.com, you may register to bid in the auction, and you may leave absentee bids to be executed by the-saleroom.com staff who will attend the auction. In addition, you may watch the auction take place in real time and directly participate in the live event via your computer. There is no additional fee for using this service: the same buyer’s premium for absentee bidders applies. All bidders should read the catalogue’s Terms of Sale before bidding.
To register to participate in the online auction, go to the-saleroom.com and create an account (a credit card will be necessary to register, though other forms of payment may be used). You will find Kolbe & Fanning listed in the directory of auction houses. The online catalogue is easy to navigate and, as previously mentioned, every lot is illustrated. The following link should lead directly to the catalogue:
www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/george-frederick-kolbe/catalogue-id-2869813
You may also simply go to our www.numislit.com home page and go to Register for live online bidding and view all lots at the-saleroom.com to get to the online catalogue. Please register in advance of the sale, as it will take a few minutes. The sale is relatively small, at 271 lots, but it includes an unusually rich selection of outstanding numismatic works in all fields. We look forward to your participation, whether through the online catalogue or through more traditional methods. Please contact us if you have any questions about participating in the sale.
The last day that faxes and mail bids can be received in the Ohio office is Monday, January 7. After that, bids should be emailed to David Fanning at
df at numislit.com, who can be reached by phone at (614) 256-8915 while in New York. Messages left at other numbers may not be received.
CHARLES DAVIS AT THE 2013 NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL
Numismatic literature dealer Charles Davis sends this reminder:
Spink and I will have our usual table at the New York International in the Waldorf-Astoria Thursday January 10 through Sunday January 13. For the show, we have prepared a Price List of some of the items available and have posted it on our website at
www.numisbook.com
NEW BOOK: COIN COLLECTING ALBUMS
Dave Lange made the following announcement in the Winter 2013 issue of his Coin Board News.
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For the past three years I’ve been working on a new book about coin albums
that is far more extensive and complex than my last one on coin boards. Its rather grand title is Coin Collecting Albums, A Complete History & Catalog, Volume One -- The National Coin Album and Related Products Published by Beistle, Raymond & Meghrig.
What was once conceived as a single volume covering all coin albums and folders
almost immediately outgrew the limits of practicality, and I anticipate that this will be the first of many volumes covering the entire spectrum of albums and folders published in the USA since 1927. It’s currently in the layout process, and I expect it to be in print by the time of this summer’s ANA Convention in Chicagomont.
Wow! What a treat for the hobby this will be. Here are a couple more sample pages Dave provided.
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NEW BOOKS FROM SPINK: JUEDEA AND ROME, ENGLAND AND UNITED KINGDOM
The Winter 2012 Spink Insider announced some new publications from Spink in London. Here's some information from their web site.
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Judea and Rome in Coins
JACOBSON, D.M. & KOKKINOS, N. Judaea and Rome in Coins 65 BCE - 135 CE.
The Papers in this casebound volume are based on presentations at an international two-day conference held at Spink & Son in London on 13-14 September, 2010. The period covered spans the Roman conquest of Judaea by Pompey through to the last major Jewish uprising against Rome under Simon Bar-Kokhba, encompassing the age of the Herods and the birth of Christianity. The contributors to this volume have pooled their specialist knowledge to illuminate important issues in the history of Judaea and its relationship to Rome. Price £50.00
To order, see:
JACOBSON, D.M. and KOKKINOS, N. Judaea and Rome in Coins 65 BCE - 135 CE
(staging.spink.com/books-publications/book-description.aspx?id=68)
Coins of England 2012
Skingley, P Coins of England and the United Kingdom 47th Edition 2012 Coins of England and the United Kingdom remains the only single-volume reference work which features every major coin type from Celtic to the present day with accurate market values for every coin type listed. It is an essential guide for beginners, serious numismatists and anyone interested in British Coinage. As with every new edition, all sections of the catalogue have been carefully checked by the specialists at Spink and the prices of the coins have been updated to reflect current market conditions. The reference numbers used are recognized world-wide and are quoted by all of the leading auction houses and dealers.
To order, see:
Skingley, P Coins of England and the United Kingdom 47th Edition 2012
(staging.spink.com/books-publications/book-description.aspx?id=1)
The Uniform Coinage of India 1835 to 1947
I was unable to find anything on the Spink site about this one, but did locate an image of the cover on World of Coins.
Does anyone have any more information? I have asked Philip Skingley of Spink for more information on these books, but haven't received anything yet. I did come across this video on coinweek.com with an interview of author Randy Weir:
New Book on Coinage of British India
(www.coinweek.com/world-coins/new-book-on-coinage-of-british-india/)
NEW BOOK: HISTORY OF OTTOMAN COINS - VOLUME 6
Eric Vanhove forwarded this note announcement of the publication of the sixth volume in Atom Damali's series on Ottoman Coins, in Turkish and English. Thanks!
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OTTOMAN SULTANS - Suleyman II - Ahmed II - Mustafa II - Ahmed III - Mahmud I
>From the end of the sixteenth century onwards, various administrative, military, industrial, commercial, financial and social developments, which occurred within the boundaries of the Ottoman state and throughout the world, were instrumental in exacerbating the economic problems of the Ottoman Empire.
These developments which greatly affected coin minting can be summarised briefly as follows:
The silver crisis that emerged due to the closure of the silver mines in the 17th century in the Ottoman Empire was also a factor causing the collapse of the Ottoman monetary system. The standards of the coins produced at the mints outside of Istanbul started to degrade and the state was not able to inspect the fineness and measures of the coins due to the weakness of the central authority. The state which could not control the mints under these difficult circumstances ended the operations of many of them. While the number of mints producing coins had been above 50 at the beginning of the century, as of the mid-17th century the number of active mints came down to less than 10 as indicated in the list below.
The present volume of this work, which is expected to be completed in nine volumes, covers the reigns of sultans Mustafa I, Osman II, Murad IV, Ibrahim and Mehmed IV, and contains:
Year-by-year chronological information regarding the 67 years of these sultanates;
The most significant historical developments of this period;
Detailed information on coins.
This volume includes the details of 28 coins of Sultan Suleyman II, 18 coins of Sultan Ahmed II, 104 coins of Sultan Mustafa II, 346 coins of Sultan Ahmed III and 335 coins of Sultan Mahmud I; i.e. 831 gold and silver coins. Additionally, the book provides the local history of nearly 50 provinces which issued coins during these reigns and examines the characteristics of the coins minted in these provinces.
An inventory of the coins belonging to the sultans is provided at the end of the book.
Heading: History of Ottoman Coins - Volume 6
Author: Dr. Atom Damali
Language: Turkish and English in the same book
Pages: All in colour, 420 pages
Published By: Nilüfer Damalı Education, Culture and Environment Foundation
Size: 210 x 297 cm
Binding: Hard cover
For more information, or to purchase, see:
History of Ottoman Coins - Volume 6
(www.niluferdamalivakfi.org/eng/gallery.asp?ID=36&CID=&PID=476&do=showdetails)
NEW BOOK: THE ANIMALS’ VC: FOR GALLANTRY & DEVOTION
E-Sylum readers have seen a number of articles over the years about the Dickin Medal. Known as "the Animals' Victoria Cross", the medal has been awarded to brave dogs, cats and even pigeons for their service to mankind.
Well now there's a book about the Dickin medal. Sadly for numismatists, the book has no information about the medals themselves. But it does compile a number of great stories about the exploits of the animals who have won them, and it looks like a good read. I bought a copy on eBay last week (only $10 including postage). It's a nice hardcover book with dust jacket, and looks like interesting reading. I found the following on the author's web site.
Recognising the most extraordinary achievements of animals in war - including pigeons flying through enemy lines, a life-saving cat on a Royal Navy destroyer, and Army dogs sniffing out IEDs in Afghanistan - the PDSA Dickin Medal remains the most prestigious award of its type anywhere in the world, with just 64 awarded in its near 70 year history.
Now for the first time a new history, authorised by the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, details every one of their remarkable stories. Describing with moving testimony the individuals and their exploits, it explores the remarkable bonds which develop between animals and the men and women they serve alongside and covers the period from the Blitz to the present day.
Produced with the full cooperation of the PDSA, a royalty from every sale will go to save sick animals.
I’ll lend the book to my twelve year old son Tyler - he loves dogs and may be interested in some of their stories. By the way, I'd like to publicly thank reader Bob Neale who read my earlier note about Tyler's interest in dog coins. A package arrived yesterday from Bob for Tyler - it was a nice proof set of four silver Canadian 50-cent pieces, each of which features a different breed of dog. He was delighted. What a generous gift! Thanks!!
For more information, see:
www.davidlong.info/the.animals.vc/
FREE BOOK: WHITMAN OFFERS FIVAZ LOCAL LEVEL COIN CLUB GUIDE
Dick Johnson submitted these thoughts on a book being offered free by Whitman Publishing.
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Whitman Publishing in its email newsletter this week offered a free book ... a free pamphlet really. What a magnanimous act I thought. I couldn't wait to download and print it.
Written by cherrypicker guru Bill Fivaz ten years ago he has compiled some useful tips for local coin collectors as he has in his books on identifying scarce coin varieties. The information is just as useful today as it was ten years ago.
The subject is local coin club management. Wow, is this timely. Local clubs have been dying off as membership continues to decline in recent years. Perhaps our lifestyles are changed, we have vast more opportunities for vocational activities, but here are some suggestions to increase interests in a local coin club.
The benefits of coin club membership far outweigh winging it alone in collecting. Members have a chance to learn a lot and view some numismatic items new to them. And obtain some new items for their collection.
I cannot explain why the drop-off in coin clubs recently. Perhaps it just stops being fun to attend. I have been a member of local coin clubs for 62 years, perhaps two dozen clubs over the years as I moved around the nation for military service, college and employment. I found a coin club in every new location and took an active part. Probably seen it all, experienced every possible activity at club meetings. My endorsement: The good far outweighs the bad.
Sponsored by The Metropolitan Coin Club of Atlanta, Bill's local club, the pamphlet, titled "A Guide for Organizing, Operating and Growing a Successful Coin Club," this pamphlet is well worth viewing. This should be read, not only by every club officer in America, but also by club members. Let's hope it helps reverse the current trend.
Thanks to Bill Fivaz and to Whitman for making it so accessible. And for free! Join a club.
To access the complete book, see:
A Guide for Organizing, Operating and Growing a Successful Coin Club
(/news.whitman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/guide-coin-club.pdf)
BOOK REVIEW: THE 1815 HALF EAGLE
Heritage recently announced The 1815 Half Eagle: New Discoveries, a 50 page monograph by David Stone and Mark Van Winkle, edited by Jim Halperin and published by Ivy Press. I now have a copy in hand and here are a few impressions.
First, E-Sylum readers should know I have a soft spot for one-coin books. The ultimate in numismatic specialization, they are an opportunity to record all of the available information, folklore, and images surrounding the known specimens (there are great books about the 1804 Dollar and the 1913 Liberty Nickels). Not every coin is worthy of this special treatment, but the 1815 Half Eagle is a storied rarity certainly deserving of monograph treatment. The authors have put together a fine and useful tribute to this coin, of which just ten genuine specimens are known.
Not unsurprisingly, several E-Sylumites participated in the project, including Mark Borckardt, Roger Burdette, Dick Doty, Saul Teichman, Karl Moulton and Ron Guth. Morten Eske Mortensen helped locate a previously unillustrated specimen held in the Kungliga MyntKabinett (first reported by Joseph Mickley in the early 1870s).
The authors cover what little is known about the early history of this coin and illustrate the earliest printed record of the discovery of the first known specimen as recounted by Elliot Woodward in his 1883 catalog of the William J. Jenks collection. This account is augmented by letters written by Jenks to Mint Cabinet Curator R.A. McClure, discovered in the National Archives by Roger Burdette.
It's a short book by necessity, but still one packed with great information and mentions of a star-studded cast of the great early collectors of U.S. coinage, including Mickley, Col. Mendes I. Cohen, George Seavey, J.N.T. Levick, T. Harrison Garrett, Harold P. Newlin, and Matthew Stickney. Even those of us (which is nearly all of us) who will never own one of these elusive coins should read this monograph. It's a delight for bibliophiles and researchers, chock full of the facts and anecdotes we crave about our hobby.
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NEW BOOK: THE 1815 HALF EAGLE
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n53a03.html)
ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL 2013 HONG KONG AUCTION
E-Sylum advertiser Archives International issued this press release about their upcoming January 25th Hong Kong currency auction. Here it is, with images of a couple highlighted lots.
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Archives International Auctions, in association with Dynasty Auctions Company, Ltd., will offer the Allen Berk collection of rare Chinese and Asian banknotes at the Harbor Plaza North Point Hotel in Hong Kong.
There will be over 1,000 lots of rare Chinese, Asian and Worldwide Banknotes, coins and scripophily offered with many rarities and discovery notes.
Lot 131 Hupeh Government Cash Bank, 1904 Issue
One of the major highlights of the auction from the Berk collection is a 1904 Hupeh Government Cash Bank, high-grade rarity. "We are proud to offer the China and Asia portion of the Allen Berk Collection and also The Hamtramck Collection, both never offered before at auction and almost all of the banknotes having been off the market between 20 to 50 years," said Dr. Robert Schwartz , President of Archives International Auctions.
The lots will be available for viewing at the NY International Numismatic Convention, January 10-13, 2013 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC and at Dynasty Auctions Company, Ltd., Hong Kong from Jan. 23-25.
Lot 1063 Stockholms Banco, Daler Sylvermynt “1666” Issue Banknote
The auction features hundreds of rare items including many Hong Kong banknotes highlighted by the Mercantile Bank of India, 1954, $100 Issue. One of the many worldwide banknote highlights, a 1666 Swedish banknote rarity – a Stockholms Banco, Daler Sylvermynt issue banknote. This note represents one of the first paper money issues in the western world.
The Harbour Plaza North Point Hotel, located at 665 King's Road, Northpoint in Hong Kong. The auction will have a start time of 9:30 a.m. Collectors unable to attend in person may participate live and online, through the Archives International Auctions website, at www.archivesinternational.com . The website also provides a link to a virtual catalog of all the lots as well as information on absentee bidding.
To consign one item or an entire collection, they can be reached at (201) 944-4800 or you can e-mail them at info at archivesinternational.com.
For more information about Archives International Auctions and the upcoming Hong Kong auction, please visit their website at www.ArchivesInternational.com.
To read the complete article, see:
Archives International Auctions To Offer Rare Chinese And Asian Banknotes In Hong Kong
(www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/archives-international-auctions-to-offer-rare-chinese-and-asian-banknotes-in-hong-kong-185425722.html)
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MORE U.S. COINS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Last week's Featured Web Page was a selection of U.S. coins from the British Museum collection. Here are some notable specimens, courtesy of Saul Teichman, who originally suggested the page. Thanks!
-Editor
Saul writes:
Most of the nicer British Museum pieces got there in 1818 from Dorothea Banks.
By the way, some surprising condition rarities in the British Museum include
an 1853-O No Arrows Half Dime - donated in 1906
1806 Half Dollar pointed 6 stem not through claw
1901-S Half Dollar
1869-S Half Eagle, donated in 1987 !!
1853-O No Arrows Half Dime
1806 Half Dollar pointed 6 stem not through claw
1901-S Half Dollar
1869-S half eagle
Catherine Eagleton of the British Museum is working on a book about the history of the BM collection, and she promises it will have a good bit of information on Sarah Sophia Banks and her collection, which was donated to the BM by Lady Dorothea Banks, her sister-in-law in 1818 after Sarah's death. We're looking forward to it!
-Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
FEATURED WEB PAGE: BRITISH MUSEUM U.S. HOLDINGS
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n54a20.html)
MORE ON THE U.S. MINT'S ALTERNATIVE COIN METALS STUDY
Scott Barman submitted these thoughts on the U.S. Mint's alternative coin metals study.
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In regard to the comment from Dave Lange about the alternative metals study and your follow-on comment, the U.S. Mint was required to perform the alternative metals study by law. According to the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010 (Public Law No. 111-302), the U.S. Mint was told to "conduct any appropriate testing of appropriate coinage metallic materials" and "solicit input from or otherwise work in conjunction with entities within or outside of the Federal Government" in order to "develop and evaluate the use of new metallic materials."
The law requires the U.S. Mint to report "[b]efore the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and at 2-year intervals following the end of such period" with "detailed recommendations for any appropriate changes to the metallic content of circulating coins in such a form that the recommendations could be enacted into law," "include recommendations for changes in the methods of producing coins that would further reduce the costs to produce circulating coins," and minimize the alterations that would have to be made "to coin-accepting and coin-handling equipment to accommodate changes to all circulating coins simultaneously." The report cannot recommend that "a specification change that would facilitate or allow the use of a coin with a lesser value produced, minted, or issued by another country, or the use of any token or other easily or regularly produced metal device of minimal value, in the place of a circulating coin produced by the" U.
S. Mint.
Since the law was signed by President Obama on December 14, 2010, the report was due to congress by December 13, 2012.
Restrictions placed on the study by congress made it a lesson in futility. While reading the full 400-page report it was evident that there are no alloys that would make U.S. coins unique and be able to satisfy all of the competing interests especially the coin-operating equipment lobby. Since the U.S. Mint was required to do this study, they did their job and made as much news by recommending nothing as they would have by recommending anything.
Congress will have to show leadership in this matter. After all, Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution says that “The Congress shall have Power... To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof...." Congress passed the laws that govern what coins are produced, where they are produced, what the metal content will be, and sometimes the design of the coins (see 31 USC § 5112). There is not much the U.S. Mint can do without an act of congress.
If the U.S. Mint was being run like a business, the one and five cent coins could be classified as loss-leaders since other coins generate the profits (seigniorage) that provides the U.S. Mint with a healthy profit. To make profits even stronger, congress could eliminate the one-dollar note and reap a 72-cent profit (based on 2011 costs) for every dollar coin put into circulation. But that is another issue for another time!
Scott provided the following links to more information. Thanks!
-Editor
COIN MODERNIZATION, OVERSIGHT, AND
CONTINUITY ACT OF 2010
(www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ302/pdf/PLAW-111publ302.pdf)
31 USC § 5112 - Denominations, specifications, and design of coins
(www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112)
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: DECEMBER 30, 2012: Why Bother Studying Alternative Cent and Nickel metals?
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n54a09.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JANUARY 6, 2013
Web Site for Early Coins of Myanmar (Burma) Book
Web site visitor Sophie Mahlo in Berlin writes:
My father just published a book that appeared on your blog The E-Sylum. For his birthday, my brother and I created a website around that book. It can be visited at
www.earlycoinsofmyanmar.com
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As you will see, the site is still in progress. But we would be still grateful, if you could mention it in your next post.
Done!
-Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NEW BOOK: THE EARLY COINS OF MYANMAR (BURMA)
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n50a03.html)
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