The E-Sylum v18#25 June 21, 2015

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Volume 18, Number 25, June 21, 2015
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JUNE 21, 2015
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LAKE BOOKS SALE #122 CATALOG AVAILABLE
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NEW BOOK: KUSHAN, KUSHANO-SASANIAN, AND KIDARITE COINS
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NEW BOOK: THE COINS AND MEDALS OF MERSEBURG
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NEW BOOK: SAMPLE SLABS
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WHITMAN 'SHARE YOUR HOBBY' CONTEST DEADLINE JULY 4, 2015
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JOHN BURNS MEMORIAL REFERENCE LIBRARY AT 2015 ANA
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COIN BOARD NEWS NUMBER 35 PUBLISHED
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 21, 2015
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2015 CSNS SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED
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A WOMAN'S PORTRAIT PLANNED FOR U.S. $10 BILL
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SEVERAL WOMEN TOUTED FOR $10 BILL
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TIME CAPSULE RETURNED TO MASSACHUSETTS STATEHOUSE 
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MORE SELECTIONS FROM NUMISMATIC AUCTIONS SALE #57
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QUERY: ENGLISH LANGUAGE NUMISMATIC DICTIONARY HELP SOUGHT
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THE GEORGE G. EVANS GIFT BOOK STORE
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DRESDEN COIN CABINET REOPENS
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NUMISMATICS IN COPENHAGEN MUSEUMS
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THE FORTS VISIT SCOTLAND'S NUMISMATIC MUSEUMS
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1890'S BANK OF ENGLAND FIVE POUND BANKNOTE IMAGES SOUGHT
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THE 1973 SERIES A AND B COINS OF GREECE
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MORE FAMOUS NAMES ON OBSOLETE BANKNOTES
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THE WILDCAT BANK OF TINKERVILLE
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QUERY: GEORGIA CIVIL WAR OVERPRINTED SCRIP NOTES
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CIA INFORMATION  OPERATIONS CENTER MEDAL
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SOME MORE SELECTIONS FROM PRESIDENTIAL AUCTION #85
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ANCIENT COIN MOLDS FOUND IN NORTH CHINA
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COINS IN DON QUIXOTE
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MEDIEVAL COIN HOARD DISCOVERED IN WALES
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND EDWARD I HAMMERED HALFPENNY
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THE ELUSIVE UNTOUCHED ROMAN BRONZE COINS
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DETROIT DOCTOR COULD FORFEIT $MILLION COIN TROVE
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JUNE 21, 2015






New subscribers this week include:
Gary Beals and
James Mayer.
Welcome aboard!
We now have 1,848 subscribers.  


Your Editor will be on the road the next two weekends, traveling for a family vacation.   As a result, the upcoming issues may be abbreviated or late.  But keep your email submissions coming in the meantime, and thanks for your patience.


This week we open with a note from numismatic literature dealer Fred Lake, three new books, and updates on the Whitman photo contest and the John Burns traveling numismatic library.


Other topics include  the planned woman's portrait for the $10 bill, the Massachusetts Statehouse time capsule, numismatic museums in Dresden, Copenhagen and Scotland, famous names on obsolete banknotes, a CIA medal, and coins in Don Quixote.


To learn more about Kushan coinage, sample slab collecting, the George G. Evans Gift Book Store, J.L. Berch and the runaway slave girl, Napoleon Bounaparte banknotes and the Wildcat Bank of Tinkerville, read on.   Have a great week, and Happy Father's Day, Dads!


Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum



	
LAKE BOOKS SALE #122 CATALOG AVAILABLE


Fred Lake sent the following notice about his next numismatic literature sale.  Thanks.
-Editor



Lake Books announces that its 122nd mail-bid sale of numismatic literature is now available for viewing on their web site at

 http://www.lakebooks.com/current.html  The 460-lot sale contains reference material from the library of Maj. C. H. “Rusty” Schroeder and other consignors.  Ancient Greek and Roman coinage is covered in long runs of books such as the BMC editions and the RIC books. United States catalogs are featured with sets that showcase the holdings of Nelson and William Hunt. In addition, you will find valuable information relating to Paper Money, Tokens & Medals, U. S. numismatic literature dealers, and a number of books that cover Exonumia.


The sale has a closing date and time of Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 5:00 PM and bids may be placed via email, fax, telephone or US Mail until that time. 


Good Luck with your bidding, Fred


Lake Books
6822 22nd Ave N
St. Petersburg, FL 33710-3918
727-343-8055   fax: 727-381-6822



	
NEW BOOK: KUSHAN, KUSHANO-SASANIAN, AND KIDARITE COINS


The American Numismatic Society announced a new publication on Central and South Asian coinage.  Here's the press release.
-Editor



New Kushan Publication Available from The American Numismatic Society 



A long-awaited publication from The American Numismatic Society (ANS), Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins, is now available for sale. The 322-page hardcover catalogue with 79 full-color plates, a work by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan, presents all of the Kushan coins in the ANS collection and provides detailed descriptions, selected illustrations, and commentary, which represents four centuries of Central and South Asian ancient history.


Differing from previous publications, there have been major revisions to the organization and chronology of the production system of Kushan coinage. This catalogue is based on the latest coin-based research, including site find analysis and die studies. Essays in the introduction present the historical and cultural context of the kings and their coins, with the coins classified by ruler, metal, denomination, mint, production phase, type and variety.


This catalogue features two series of coins issued by the Kushano-Sasanian and the Kidarite Hun rulers of former Kushan territory as they adapted and followed the Kushan coinage system. It also contains illustrations of all the ANS gold coins and a selection of copper coins.


Andrew Reinhard, Director of Publications, commented on this newest title available from the ANS, “With a very strong cabinet of Far Eastern issues, we at the ANS were excited to produce material on our Central and South Asian coinage. This catalogue is an incredible tool for academics, numismatists, and collectors, as it will assist in identifying coins and with the general understanding of this significant historical period.”


Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins is available to order on the ANS website, http://numismatics.org/Store/Kushans, or you can call Catherine DiTuri to place your order at 212-571-4470, ext. 117. The list price is $150; ANS members may purchase it for $105.


To read the complete article, see:


New Kushan Publication Available from The American Numismatic Society

(http://numismatics.org/NewsEvents/KushanKushano)



	
NEW BOOK: THE COINS AND MEDALS OF MERSEBURG


In the June 18, 2015 issue of CoinsWeekly. Ursula Kampmann published a nice review of a new book on the coins and medals of Merseburg.  Here's an excerpt, but be sure to read the complete version online.
-Editor




Manfred Mehl
Die Münzen und Medaillen von Merseburg von den Anfängen bis 1738. 
Verlag Manfred Mehl, 
Hamburg, 2015. 
250 pages with illustrations in color and black and white. 
21.8 x 30.3 cm. Hardcover. 
ISBN: 978-3-933420-04-0. 
50 euros.


Once again, Manfred Mehl presents a new, exemplary corpus that brings together everything a numismatist can access: the material, the archival records, and the hoard finds. This time, the subject-matter is Merseburg, the important cathedral city on the Saale River that became an imperial palace as early as the 10th century. In 980, the city was granted the minting privilege by Otto II for the first time. 


The first coins we can surely identify, however, date to the years between 1009 and 1018. Magnificent bracteates were manufactured in Merseburg before the production of coins was brought to a temporary halt around 1300. Yet Merseburg exerted his right to mint coins from time to time: in the 14th century when it produced bracteates, for example, or – being in good company with many others who remembered that they still possessed the minting privilege granted long ago – during the Kipper and Wipper Period.


Manfred Mehl is presenting the material with due attention to detail. He has written a type catalog that is the perfect tool to identify coins with. His book is much more though. 


It starts with the history of research and goes on to tell the history of the Bishopric of Merseburg. Outclassing even the most comprehensive internet lexicon, Manfred Mehl examines the primary sources and the relevant literature. A documentation of all coin finds in the Merseburg region and an excursus on accounting in Merseburg are next. That is quite beneficial for those who still think of the pound as a unit of weight and the mark as a denomination. Better than any list of hoards, this itemization provides an insight into the different means of payment in Merseburg back then. In an exemplary manner, this chapter illustrates how much historical knowledge is still hidden in the archives.  


The central part of book comes next, the catalog of the medieval coinage of Merseburg. A summary of the coinage and a list of all hoards containing coins made in Merseburg are followed up by the catalog, arranged according to the different bishops. A biography is provided for every bishop, even for those in whose era no coins had actually been minted. The coins struck under a particular bishop are next, with photographs including a drawing, if necessary, and a detailed description, a list of finds of which the particular piece has been part of, and a list of collections that includes the type of coin. Another chapter deals with coins whose attribution to Merseburg is questionable.     



See the CoinsWeekly article for details on a special offer of Manfred Mehl's books.
-Editor



To read the complete article, see:


Merseburg: A New Corpus Presented by Manfred Mehl

(www.coinsweekly.com/en/News/4?&id=3492)









	
NEW BOOK: SAMPLE SLABS


A June 17, 2015 CoinWeek article provides a preview of a new book scheduled for publication in September.  The topic?  Sample coin slabs.
-Editor




Sample slab collecting, a formerly obscure numismatic niche, is about to move to the edge of the mainstream with the publication of the first book on the subject on September 17, 2015.


When third-party grading services began encapsulating coins in 1986, they often gave away samples of their new coin holders.  Originally distributed free to collectors, these sample slabs have an active secondary market, with many desirable varieties commanding $100 – $300.


Although, like vintage coin boards and coin albums, samples have become collectibles in their own right, the field had no comprehensive catalog and value guide.


Sample Slabs by COINage columnist and The Numismatist contributor David Schwager, which covers 580 types from 32 grading services, fills that gap.  Like other seminal works, from Lyman Low’s Hard Times Tokens in the 19th century to Charlie Rogers’ A History of Disney Dollars in the 21st, Sample Slabs has the potential to define, organize, and energize the field.


More details and a 70-page sample chapter are available at 

SampleSlabBook.com
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To read the complete article, see:


Sample Slab Market about to Expand with Publication of First Catalog

(www.coinweek.com/education/coin-grading/sample-slab-market-about-to-expand-with-publication-of-first-catalog/)




WHITMAN 'SHARE YOUR HOBBY' CONTEST DEADLINE JULY 4, 2015


Dennis Tucker of Whitman Publishing forwarded this update on the firm's Share Your Hobby contest. Thanks.
-Editor



The deadline for Whitman Publishing’s numismatic photography contest is approaching: July 4, 2015. Prizes are worth up to $500 in retail value. The Whitman “Share Your Hobby” Photo Contest, for human-interest views of coin and paper-money collecting, is open to all photographers 18 and older. Entries will be judged by Whitman Publishing staff, Numismatic Director Q. David Bowers, and Red Book Senior Editor Kenneth Bressett. All submissions are eligible to be included in future Whitman books, and winners will be publicized at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Chicago, August 2015.


“Numismatics is about more than just accumulating round pieces of metal,” says Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker. “We’re looking for images of people enjoying their pursuit of the hobby. They might show grandparents with their grandchildren, collectors studying or displaying their coins and paper money, friends examining new purchases, or a hobbyist talking and laughing with a favorite coin dealer. The setting could be your den or home office, a coin show, a presentation at your local club, or the comfortable chair where you relax to read books. The only limits are your imagination and creativity.”


Entries may be old photographs or new.


Prizes are as follows:


First prize:                           $500 retail shopping at Whitman.com
Second prize:                     $250 retail shopping at Whitman.com
Third prize:                         $100 retail shopping at Whitman.com
 (10) runner-up prizes:    A copy of the new 1,504-page Guide Book of United States Coins, Deluxe Edition ($49.95 retail value)


Digital entries: Should be at least 6 megapixels. May be emailed to ShareYourHobby at whitman.com.


Print entries: Should be mailed to Whitman Publishing, Attn: Share Your Hobby Contest, 3101 Clairmont Road, Suite G, Atlanta GA 30329.


All entries: Include your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address. By entering the contest you grant permission for your photograph to be published by Whitman Publishing. A standard model-release form must be signed for any photographs showing people. The permission form and full contest rules are 
available at 

www.Whitman.com/ShareYourHobby
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JOHN BURNS MEMORIAL REFERENCE LIBRARY AT 2015 ANA


Patrick McBride of the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN) forwarded this press release about an event taking place at this summer ANA convention.
-Editor








The John Burns Memorial Reference Library will have its traveling debut at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Rosemont, Chicago, Illinois on August 11-15, 2015.  It has been produced as a result of the remaining money in the John Burns Memorial Fund that was created upon the unexpected passing of the well-known numismatic book dealer on January 11th 2014.  


The purpose of the library is to provide a welcome area to relax and browse through the numismatic reference books on the shelves.  The books are part of John’s inventory along with additional book donations from friends and colleagues. 


 Coin show attendees are welcome to use the books but are not permitted to take them off the show floor.   All the borrowed books must be returned to the shelves before exiting the coin show.  The library has been set up as a test run at the last two PAN coin shows and proved to be very popular with collectors, dealers, and exhibit judges.  The Burns library will be transported to the World’s Fair of Money to be set up at booth location #1959 on ANA show floor.
  

A dedication ceremony will take place at the library booth location on Thursday August 13th at 3:00pm.  The invitation is open to anyone with interest.  PAN is also in need of continued financial support and book donations to build this innovative new coin show feature.  The goal is to garner monies through the John Burns Memorial Fund so that it can continue as a regular component at future ANA shows and other major and minor coin shows.  




 Ed Krivoniak Using the Burns Library



PAN board members manage the Burns Memorial Fund and the library travel arrangements.  Donations of money or books are needed to keep this idea a reality in the future.  More information can be found on the PAN website on the Donate to PAN page:
 
www.PANcoins.org.
 



 

TOKEN, MEDAL AND POLITICAL AUCTION


Presidential Coin & Antique Co., Inc.'s Auction Eighty-Five of Tokens, Medals and Political items  closes  June 30, 2015.  Hardcopies $6 - contact Joe Levine at Jlevine968 at aol.com  or view the catalog online
here .


Hard Times Tokens, 19th Century Storecard Tokens, Civil War Tokens, Military & Related, So-Called Dollars, Presidential & Political, World's Fairs & Expositions, U.S. Mint Medals, ANS Medals, Foreign Tokens and Medals, and MORE!






	
COIN BOARD NEWS NUMBER 35 PUBLISHED


For several years David Lange has been publishing Coin Board News, an electronic newsletter for collectors of antique coin boards. Here are some excerpts from the latest issue: Number 35 — Summer 2015.
-Editor



NEW COIN BOARD PUBLISHER IN TOWN

 The excitement of the 1930s lives again, as a new
publisher of coin boards is offering several titles at reasonable prices. Board collector Mark Mally has produced his
own line which includes entirely new titles, such as that for Franklin Halves. I’m attaching a photo of this board.
Also available now are ones for Indian Head Cents and the complete Lincoln Cent series (three pieces). Other titles
will be released soon. Contact Mark at mallyccb at gmail.com or write to 112 W. Main Street, Stony Point, NY 10980


SHOW YOUR COIN BOARD PRIDE!
 In CBN #34 I made an appeal to all readers to exhibit their coin
boards at shows or other venues, and longtime reader Donald Kocken stepped up to meet this challenge. His
extensive coin board display at the recent Numismatists of Wisconsin (NOW) show in Iola drew high praise and
made many persons aware of this hobby for the first time. I’m including a couple photos of Donald and wife Marie
at the show with their exhibit. Let’s hope that others can answer the call, too.












BOOK UPDATES
 For the first time since this newsletter began more than seven years ago the past quarter
has produced not a single new or revised entry. That’s not to say that more won’t be found, but the pace has
certainly slowed down recently. As a consolation, I’m including with this newsletter a photo of an Oberwise board
on which his change of address from 1308 South Vermont Street to 1317 across the street was noted by hand.







For more information, see:


www.coincollectingboards.net




	
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 21, 2015


 Reader Fan Mail 
Ron Guth writes:


The E-Sylum is to heroin as the June 14, 2015 issue is to an overdose




I should double the subscription price!
-Editor



Ron Guth writes:


We're all so addicted, we'd pay the price!  That was a great issue...




I enjoyed the last issue, too.  Funnily, I was a little concerned earlier in the week.  Although I had a good bit of material, there wasn't any blockbuster news until the items on Catherine Eagleton's article arrived.  But collectively, the variety of material and top-notch expertise of our contributors made for a marvelous issue.
-Editor



 Advertiser Fan Mail 
Steve Davis of Numismatic Auctions L.L.C. writes:


I have had 7 or 8 requests from your newsletter already vs 3 on my last full color full page ad in a print publication.




Readers: thank you for supporting our advertisers!
-Editor



To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:


NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 7, 2015 : E-Sylum Ads Work!

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n23a10.html)


 British Museum Continental Dollar

Saul Teichman forwarded a link to this British Museum collection item relating to last week's item about Continental dollars.  Thanks.
-Editor








Object type: coin 
Museum number: SSB,168.60
Description: Tin coin.
Date: 1776
Production place: Minted in: USA (Americas,North America, United States of America)
Materials: tin
Dimensions: Weight: 17.19 grammes
Location: G46/18/4/8
 Acquisition name: Donated by: Dorothea, Lady Banks 
Previous owner/ex-collection: Sarah Sophia Banks 
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Coins & Medals
Registration numberSSB,168.60


To read the complete inventory item, see:


Museum numberSSB,168.60

(www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=937836&partId=1)


To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:


SARAH SOPHIA BANKS AND THE ‘CONTINENTAL DOLLAR' OF 1776

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n24a06.html)


 Photo of  1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta Stamp Owner
David Sundman writes:


Here's a photo from the Smithsonian Postal Museum exhibit of the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp.





Donald Sundman, Stuart Weitzman, Weitzman's Daughter, and Wade Saadi
 Smithsonian Postal Museum photo



To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:


MORE ON THE ONE-CENT MAGENTA STAMP

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n24a32.html)



	
2015 CSNS SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED


Kevin Foley forwarded this press release about the speakers for the November 2015 Central States Numismatic Society show education symposium.  Thanks. 
-Editor



The Professional Currency Dealers Association, Central States Numismatic Society and the Chicago Coin Club will collaborate to produce a four session numismatic education symposium on Sunday, November 22 in Rosemont, Illinois. Held in conjunction with the November 19-21 30th Annual National Coin and Currency Convention, the event will take place at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare, located at 5440 North River Road, one mile from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.


Ray Lockwood, Education Director for CSNS said, “Our CSNS sponsored educational forums held in association with other numismatic organizations have proven to be highly popular. Our November Rosemont presentation will feature four well known speakers, Steve Feller, Dr. Lawrence Lee, Mark Hotz and Peter Huntoon. Dr. Feller’s subject will be The Money of Iowa from Pre-Civil War to World War II Prisoner of War Scrip. His program will open the symposium at 9am. He’ll be followed at 10:30am by Dr. Lawrence Lee, speaking on The Gold Banknotes of Clark Gruber & Co., Denver City, Colorado Territory 1861-1863. Numismatic columnist Mark Hotz will talk about John Dillinger: America’s Most Wanted and the Banks He Robbed at 1pm. The closing speaker will be national bank note researcher Peter Huntoon at 2:30pm on Colonel Green: America’s Most Extravagant Collector.”


There is a $20 registration fee for members of the Central States Numismatic Society to attend the symposium, $30 for non-members, which includes a one year CSNS membership. The symposium registration fee also includes continental breakfast and a light lunch. Enrollment for the symposium should be made through CSNS Education Director Ray Lockwood at 2075 East Bocock Road, Marion, IN 46952, with checks made payable to “CSNS”.


The symposium will be held the day after the 30th Annual National Coin and Currency Convention at the same Crowne Plaza site. The NCCC public bourse hours will be 10am-6pm on Friday and Saturday, November 20 and 21. Registration for the bourse is $5 for a two day pass. The public hours will be preceded by a Professional Preview and Early Bird Day on Thursday, November 19, for which there is a $75 registration fee. Lyn Knight will hold a three session auction Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.


For more information about Central States, see:


www.centralstates.info










	
A WOMAN'S PORTRAIT PLANNED FOR U.S. $10 BILL


This is old news by now since it was announced early in the week, but plans are afoot to place the portrait of a woman on the U.S. $10 bill.   Here's some of the coverage.  First, David Sundman sent a copy of the U.S. Treasury Dept. press release.
-Editor



Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew today announced that a newly redesigned $10 note will feature a woman.  In exercising his responsibility to select currency features and design, Treasury Secretary Lew will select a notable woman – with a focus on celebrating a champion for our inclusive democracy.  In keeping with that theme, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is asking the American people to share ideas, symbols, and designs for the new $10 note that reflect what democracy means to them


In 2013, the U.S. Department of the Treasury selected the $10 note for redesign based on a number of factors and with guidance from the Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence (ACD) Steering Committee, an inter-agency group established to monitor and communicate counterfeit deterrence issues and dedicated to maintaining and ensuring the integrity of U.S. currency. While many factors are taken into consideration, the primary reason for redesigning currency is to address current and potential counterfeiting threats.  In addition to featuring a woman, the new $10 note will include a tactile feature that increases accessibility for the visually impaired.


For more information, see:


https://thenew10.treasury.gov/




Matthew Wittmann of the 
American Numismatic Society was interviewed on the topic by reporter Melissa Block on Thrsday's All Things Considered program on National Public Radio (NPR).  
-Editor



MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:


And who decides whose face gets on our currency? How is that decision made?


WITTMANN: For paper currency, it's more or less at the discretion of the secretary of the treasury. Now, obviously there are parameters. If you did try to do something crazy, I'm sure Congress would intervene. But in 1928 in 1929 when they made this decision, it was just a committee that he put together that made recommendations. And he actually did not use the recommendations. The committee wanted to go with all presidents, but the secretary of the treasury felt that well-known Americans like Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton that weren't presidents could also be on the currency.


BLOCK: And there they are still, at least for now.


WITTMANN: Yes, at least for now, right.


BLOCK: I was interested to read about the fact that Martha Washington, wife of George, had her own place on a note or a certificate in the 19th century. What was that about?


WITTMANN: Yes, she was on the $1 silver certificate from 1886 to 1896. And you just have to understand that this is a time when the U.S. government issued a lot more different kinds of money. So there was legal tender, there were national bank notes, there were treasury notes. And so they had a broader cast of characters on these bills. And Martha Washington was chosen and, for a decade, was on the $1 silver certificate.


BLOCK: When you think about likely contenders of the woman who will be on the $10 bill in the end, who do you think leads the pack?


WITTMANN: Well, the candidate I'm backing, if you will, is Amelia Earhart. I think she's an American hero. She's got a broad base of support, which is what you're going to need to be the first woman on a U.S. $10 bill. I think there's a variety of people that could be on there. I know Harriet Tubman would also be a great candidate.


To read the complete article, see:


Woman To Share $10 Bill With Alexander Hamilton In 2020

(www.npr.org/2015/06/18/415537140/woman-to-share-10-bill-with-alexander-hamilton-in-2020)



USA Today discussed the last woman on U.S. paper money, Martha Washington.
-Editor




The last time a woman appeared on any U.S. paper money was in the 1800s, when Martha Washington's portrait graced $1 bills.


Some 120 years later, a woman will appear on the $10 bill, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday.Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is asking the public to weigh in on which female historical figure should appear on the bill that will be released in 2020. Some popular suggestions include Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony and Rosa Parks.


In the 1800s, Martha Washington, the USA's first first lady, was featured on the $1 silver certificate — a common form of U.S. currency then, backed the precious metal. Back then, there weren't many high-profile women to chose from, says Manning Garrett, a paper money expert and the president of Manifest Auctions.


"The people featured on money were limited to political figures and if you look back and decide what American woman to put on a silver dollar certificate — women didn't see much of politics, so the pool of candidates was very limited," Garrett tells USA TODAY Network.


To read the complete article, see:


A woman on U.S. bill? Martha Washington did it

(www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/06/18/martha-washington-united-states-dollar-bills-silver-dollar/28933355/)



Is that the best image they could find of a Martha Washington note?  Sheesh...
-Editor




Arthur Shippee forwarded a June 17, 2015 New York Times article, which discussed earlier efforts to put women on U.S. coins.
-Editor



Putting a woman on paper notes is certain to be an honor more long-lived than that accorded two history-making women whose images were put on coins. Susan B. Anthony, the social reformer, appeared on silver dollars minted from 1979 to 1981, and again in 1999, and Sacagawea, the Shoshone guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition, was featured on gold-colored dollar coins from 2000. Both coins, which were often confused with quarters, proved unpopular, and production of them was stopped.


Faces on bills have not changed since 1929, when Andrew Jackson replaced Grover Cleveland on the $20 note. Basic currency designs date to that time; redesigns occur every decade or so to deter counterfeiting.


For the latest change, the Treasury has invited the public to use the hashtag #TheNew10 “to spread the word about the redesign.” Also, Mr. Lew and other officials will solicit the public’s ideas in round-table discussions and town-hall meetings.


The note will include tactile features to make it easier for people who are blind or visually impaired to identify the bill.


To read the complete article, see:




(http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/us/portrait-of-a-woman-to-share-space-on-the-dollar-10-bill-with-hamiltons.html?_r=0)



Pablo Hoffman and David Gladfelter forwarded this Opinion piece by Steven Rattner from The New York Times arguing to replace Jackson on the $20 rather than Hamilton on the $10.  Thanks.  I have to agree - I'm much more a fan of Hamilton, for the same reasons Rattner lays out.
-Editor



I’M all in for the plan announced last week by the Treasury to put a woman on a piece of American folding money. But in bumping Alexander Hamilton from the center of the $10 bill, we would be exiling the man most responsible for our nation’s having a sound currency in the first place.


The solution is simple: Evict Andrew Jackson from the $20 to make room for a worthy woman. In stark contrast to Hamilton, Jackson did more than most presidents to damage our financial system and our economy.


We are taught early on about Hamilton’s central role in the decision by the newly independent United States to assume the debts of its former colonies, a key step in constructing a sound monetary system and a creditworthy nation. That’s just a tiny example of the achievements and the visionary genius of our first — and greatest — Treasury secretary, who built the nation’s financial architecture from scratch.


In its announcement on Wednesday, the Treasury Department said that “the image of Alexander Hamilton will remain part of the $10 note.” That’s not nearly enough for one of the greatest of our founding fathers.


The various women who’ve been put forward for this pioneering role — including Susan B. Anthony (a second try after her dollar coin flopped, twice), Harriet Tubman and Eleanor Roosevelt — are all outstanding individuals worthy of recognition. Just don’t push aside Alexander Hamilton to make room.


To read the complete article, see:


Leave Hamilton Alone

(www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/steven-rattner-leave-hamilton-alone.html)



	
SEVERAL WOMEN TOUTED FOR $10 BILL


There will be plenty of opinions spouted over the choice of a woman to honor of the U.S. $10 bill, but the first to come to my mind is Harriet Tubman.  As noted earlier, Tubman was chosen by money artist J.S.G. Boggs to grace his design for a new $100 note many years ago (1996, I believe).  They say life imitates art, don't they?   Anyway, here's an article from CNN by one of the Tubman proponents, Donna Brazile; it gives a good overview of Tubman's life and accomplishments.
-Editor



The early favorite is also my own personal favorite -- famed abolitionist and hero of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman. Tubman has been heavily touted as a replacement for Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. People campaigning to put a woman on the $20 bill held an online poll this year that drew more than 600,000 responses. Tubman got the most votes -- more than 100,000 -- narrowly to beat out former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt.


There are many reasons that Tubman is a front-runner in the race to replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. She is justly famous for the many people she helped to escape from slavery. Born a slave herself around 1820, she escaped and fled to the North in 1849. But she risked her newfound freedom returning to the South 19 times in the subsequent years. In all, she personally led more than 300 slaves to freedom along the Underground Railway.


During the Civil War, Tubman helped the Union cause by serving as a cook and a nurse for Union troops in Confederate territory. She conducted scouting expeditions for the Union Army, worked as a spy and even helped conduct the planning and execution of Union raids on plantations along South Carolina's Combahee River.


In her later years, Tubman worked for women's right to vote alongside well-known suffragettes such as Anthony. Her social and humanitarian work took so much of her time and energy that she lived much of her life in poverty.

Tubman lived until 1913, at the age of around 91 (her date of birth is uncertain). After growing to adulthood as a slave, she helped to end that cruel institution and died only seven years shy of seeing women win the right to vote.


To read the complete article, see:


My choice for the $10 bill

(http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/18/opinions/brazile-choice-for-10-bill-harriet-tubman/)



Even the Brits are speculating on the choices.  Here's an article from The Independent.
-Editor



Will it be Susan B Anthony or Harriet Tubman? Eleanor Roosevelt or Rosa Parks? Following the Obama administration's announcement that a woman will be featured on the $10 bill, this is the first time in well over a century that a female portrait will grace the United States' paper money.


The redesigned bill will be unveiled in 2020 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the right of women to vote, and the Treasury Department is launching a publicity campaign to solicit suggestions for what it should look like and who should be on it.


Other attempts to incorporate images of women into the currency have failed to take off. Susan B Anthony and Sacagawea had brief sojourns on the $1 coin, so unpopular the mint stopped making them in 2011, and Pocahontas was part of a group portrait on a bill circulated in the mid-19th century. "Young girls across this country will soon be able to see an inspiring woman on the $10 bill who helped shape our country and know that they too can grow up and do something great," says Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who began moves in April to get a female onto the American currency. "Make no mistake, this is a historic announcement and a big step forward."


Shaheen's legislation was a response to a movement actually calling for an overhaul of the $20 bill. A campaign called "Women on 20s" petitioned the White House this spring to oust Jackson from the denomination. But replacing him with a woman was only part of the reason for targeting this banknote. The group also objected to Jackson's treatment of Native Americans (and he was sceptical about paper money, preferring to use gold or silver).


The Women on 20s campaign went viral and more than 600,000 people voted in an online poll. Out of a list of 15 women suggested by the group, slavery abolitionist Tubman emerged as the top choice.


To read the complete article, see:


When America puts a woman on its $10 bill, who will be the best symbol of democracy?

(www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/when-america-puts-a-woman-on-its-10-bill-who-will-be-the-best-symbol-of-democracy-10330060.html)



Steve Bishop forwarded this editorial cartoon from the June 19, 2015 Washington Post. Thanks.
-Editor









	
TIME CAPSULE RETURNED TO MASSACHUSETTS STATEHOUSE 


Anne Bentley forwarded this local Boston news report about the returning of the 1795 time capsule (which contains many coins) to the cornerstone of the Massachusetts Statehouse.  The article includes a video of the ceremonies.  Thanks.
-Editor




In an elaborate ceremony steeped in tradition, a time capsule dating to 1795 was returned Wednesday to the cornerstone of the Massachusetts Statehouse, with a set of 2015 U.S. mint coins and a silver plaque added to its contents for a future generation to discover.


A procession of freemasons marched up Beacon Hill as a fife and drum corps, clad in Colonial garb, played on the Statehouse lawn. Military units stood at attention and a 19-gun salute was fired, all part of an effort to approximate the historically documented atmosphere of July 4, 1795, when the newly built cornerstone was drawn by 15 white horses from Boston's Old South Church, across Boston Common to the construction site for the new state capitol.


On that day, then-Massachusetts Gov. Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, then Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons, presided over a ceremony in which the time capsule was first deposited into the cornerstone.
    

During Thursday's ceremony, Gov. Charlie Baker joked that Adams is today better known to many people as a beer-maker than a key Revolutionary-era figure. But he said it was humbling to consider that the original capsule was placed just 15 years after Massachusetts adopted its constitution.
    

"What makes this time capsule so unusual is it's not an interpretation from a historian, it's not a passage in a text book, it's the story that our predecessors from that Revolutionary time wanted us to know and understand," Baker said.
    

The original container included an engraved silver plaque, a medal in honor of George Washington and a set of coins including one believed dated to the mid-1600s.
    

The capsule was removed in 1855 during construction of a new wing of the building. Its contents were transferred to a sturdier brass box and new items, including coins and newspapers, were added. Rediscovered last year during a water filtration project, the box was gingerly excavated from the building and later opened by conservators at the Museum of Fine Arts.
    

The latest contents, not revealed until Thursday's ceremony, were a 2015 U.S. mint coin set - including dollar coins of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson - and a silver plaque commemorating Thursday's event.

    
As was the case in 1855, the contents were placed in a new container, this one made of stainless steel with an oxygen-free interior to prevent deterioration.












To read the complete article, see:


Time capsule returns to Statehouse cornerstone

(www.wcvb.com/news/time-capsule-returns-to-statehouse-cornerstone/33625694)


To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:


1795 MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE TIME CAPSULE

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n51a12.html)


BOSTON TIME CAPSULE OPENED

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n02a08.html)


MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE TIME CAPSULE EXHIBIT

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n12a09.html)



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MORE SELECTIONS FROM NUMISMATIC AUCTIONS SALE #57


Here are some more lots that caught my eye in the upcoming Numismatic Auctions LLC Auction Sale #57, which closes June 29, 2015.  Thanks to Steve Davis for sending me the images.
-Editor


 Lot 927: Civil War Dog Tag. Liberty Seated Half Dollar, 1858





Possible Civil War Dog Tag. Liberty Seated Half Dollar, 1858-
O with single-line letter punch “J.L. BERCH” across obverse
and holed at 12 o’clock. Host coin Toned VG, countermark EF.
A little research might yield the background of Berch. ($75+)


Steve Davis adds:


The soldier in lot 927 had a colorful history in the Civil War out of Racine, WI - his family settled postwar in a town about 20 miles from my office where this item came from - he played a role in the escape of a freed slave.



For more information, see:


Wisconsin Union Soldiers and Runaway Freedwoman

(http://civilwartalk.com/threads/wisconsin-union-soldiers-and-runaway-freedwoman.80974/)

 Lot 950: Pedley-Ryan Dollar, 1933





Pedley-Ryan Dollar, 1933. HK-825. Double-struck ltly toned
Unc. Scarce. ($150+)

 Lot 1125: Araucania-Patagonia: Piedfort Peso in Silver, 1874





Piedfort Peso in Silver, 1874. Bruce-X#13. Hairlined Proof
with some scattered inclusions. Very scarce as a piedfort and
lacking in recent auction records, originally acquired in 1958.
($1000-1500)

 Lot 1181: Brazil Fantasy Ceara 960 Reis Countermark 





Countermarked Coinage. Fantasy Ceara 960 Reis Countermark
Star on Mexico 8 Reales, 1798-MoFM. See Bruce notes on such
issues. Host coin retoned VF, c/m EF. An example as of many
spurious issues from the Howard Gibbs/Hans Schulman Auction,

 Lot 1186: British Honduras Fantasy Countermarked French Ecu 





Fantasy Countermarked French Ecu, 1726-T. Features incuse
“Crowned GR” c/m – See Bruce-X#5. Host coin toned VF, c/m
EF. Ex: Hans Schulman as Jamaica, interesting history on this
blatantly spurious issue. ($100+)
1187. Decimal Coinage. Cent, 1909. KM-

 Lot 1207: Costa Rica  Fantasy Countermarked 8 Reales Countermark 





Fantasy Countermarked 8 Reales Countermark on genuine
Morgan Dollar, 1878-S. See Bruce-X#20 and detailed notes.
Nicely executed on gold and violet toned Unc host coin. Ex:
Howard Gibbs/Hans Schulman Auction of 3/18-19/1966 – Neat
curio item. ($100-150)


For more information, see:


www.numismaticauctionsllc.com



To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:


NUMISMATIC AUCTIONS SALE #57 CLOSES JUNE 29, 2015

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n22a14.html)


SELECTIONS FROM NUMISMATIC AUCTIONS SALE 57

(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n23a20.html)



	
QUERY: ENGLISH LANGUAGE NUMISMATIC DICTIONARY HELP SOUGHT



Gary Beals writes:



I am now working on a new book from here in Spain and I will keep you folks apprised of its progress — perhaps to press in 2 or 3 months.  It will be about 200+ pages.


I noted the mention of Howard Daniel's glossary terms. Is there so way I could check my material against that?
I am taking an international approach to my book.


I'm happy to share anything Hispanic in my book, and I would like to have some volunteer editors for the English language stuff.  Can anyone help?


I was a serious collector in the 1960s as a teen and college kid, wrote NUMISMATIC TERMS OF SPAIN & SPANISH AMERICA in 1966 — and about 1969 I dropped out of collecting for some 40 years! I'm back!




I've already put Gary in touch with Howard.  Can anyone else help?  Gary can be contacted at

segovia.gary at Yahoo.com
.
-Editor




	
THE GEORGE G. EVANS GIFT BOOK STORE



George G. Evans was the publisher of The Illustrated History of the United States Mint.  He owned a bookstore in Philadelphia and sold many a copy to tourists visiting that city.  During the Civil War, he was also an issuer of Encased Postage Stamps.
Pete Smith writes:


This morning I came across the image of a lithograph of George G. Evans'  "Gift Book" store at 439 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. This copy is at the Historical Society of Philadelphia. Other copies may also have survived.









Thanks!  I've never seen this before.  Nice.  Pete also found the following illustrations from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of December 31, 1859.  Thanks! 
-Editor




















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DRESDEN COIN CABINET REOPENS


An article in the June 18, 2015 Coins Weekly discusses the June 6th reopening of Germany's  Dresden numismatic cabinet.   Here's an excerpt.
-Editor




One of the internationally most important universal collections of coins and medals has returned to its origin. Since 6 June visitors can see Dresden’s coin collection in the Georgenbau of the Dresden Residenzschloss.


Since the end of WWII only a small permanent exhibition represented the coin cabinet in the so-called Albertinum Museum. During the last 10 years the museum has even been restricted to smaller temporary exhibitions.












The coin cabinet was founded by George the Bearded (1500-1539). At the epoch it was housed in the Georgenbau, a part of the Residenzschlosses where it has now eventually returned to.






Empress Galla Placidia (421-450), Solidus, Ravenna mint, gold



Objects in the Dresden coin cabinet range from antiquity until today. The cabinet has grown over nearly five centuries up to over 300,000 objects comprising not only coins and medals but also orders and decorations, banknotes, historical security papers, dies of coins and medals, signets, models, premonetary means of payment, and coin-producing machines and instruments. And, of course, the world’s largest collection of coins and medals from Saxony.







In the ‘medals and orders’ room the focus lies on the development of the medal art from Renaissance time to today. To Orders and decoration medals a special section has been dedicated here, too.


In the Elbsaal room eight different topics ‘Around money’ are presented in a showcase each breaking deliberately with the chronological order in the other rooms.


Here visitors learn about coins and metals, curious shapes of money or inventive names of money. Under the title ‘From the thaler to the dollar’ the triumph of the world’s most prominent and half a millenium old currency is vividly presented.

You can find more information on the coin cabinet on the official website of the museum.


To visit the museum web site, see:


Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet)

(www.skd.museum/en/museums-institutions/residenzschloss/coin-cabinet/index.html)


To read the complete article, see:


Coin Cabinet Dresden re-opens

(www.coinsweekly.com/en/News/4?&id=3491)



	
NUMISMATICS IN COPENHAGEN MUSEUMS


An article by Ursula Kampmann in the June 18, 2015 Coins Weekly covers numismatic displays in Copenhagan museums.  Here's an excerpt.  Be sure to see the complete article online.
-Editor



Copenhagen is much more than the Little Mermaid and Tivoli. It is a city which match up to every metropolis throughout the world thanks to its museums. The National Museum of Denmark houses treasures like the Trundholm Sun Chariot and the enigmatic Gundestrup Cauldron, the Thorvaldsen Museum as the world’s first museum devoted to one single artist, and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek with its outstanding portrait gallery of Roman emperors – in their permanent exhibitions, they all display coins, medals, and orders. Those are not the only places in Copenhagen where something interesting, in terms of numismatics and economic history, can be encountered though. 
Today, we visit the museums of Copenhagen to search for numismatic traces.







Here you see the Kirial Hoard which was buried around 1365. With its 81,000 (sic!) coins from Northern Germany, England and France, it is the largest hoard ever discovered in Denmark.







It goes without saying that Thorvaldsen possessed a high-caliber coin collection, on display on the upper floors. It consisted of 2,794 Greek coins and 673 Roman-Byzantine specimens that all became part of the museum. Roughly 1,000 coins were auctioned in Copenhagen as early as 1866. Much of the remaining material is still exhibited in the museum.







As is his extensive collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities. The sculptor further assembled a collection of plaster casts of famous ancient statues which served as an inspiration for his own creations.


To read the complete article, see:


The Numismatic Side of Copenhagen: 2. The Museums

(www.coinsweekly.com/en/News/4?&id=3488)




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THE FORTS VISIT SCOTLAND'S NUMISMATIC MUSEUMS



In response to an emailed invitation to a meeting near Pittsburgh of the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN), Tom Fort responded:


As some of you know I am presently a bit out of town and shall not be able to make this month's PAN meeting. However, I do have a suggestion. On the 26th I shall be again in Edinburgh and Gosia and I found a great place to eat -The Auld 100- a pub and restaurant located in the new town. Why don't we all meet there instead?


 I can invite Dr. Lynday McGill, the keeper of medieval antiquities at the National Museum of Scotland. Afterwards we could prevail upon her to give us tour through their massive exhibit on Scottish coins. Once we are finished there we could go to the Bank of Scotland Museum on the Mound and see their galleries of Scottish coins and paper money. All you have to do is be here by then. So instead of going where we usually go, let's try something different. I'll see you all at the NMS on the 26th.




Well, raising the funds for a club boondoggle to Scotland isn't in the cards, but Tom's wife Gosia filed the following report on her travels with their daughter.  Thanks!
-Editor



While Tom was slaving through numerous trays of Scottish coins in the National Museum, Annamaria and I took a wonderful three hour walking tour of Edinburgh filled with history and great stories of kings, rebellions, scientific discoveries and ground breaking inventions of Scots. Inspired by our tour guide we went to see two exhibits on early people and beginnings of Scotland, and on the Kingdom of Scots. 




Bank of Scotland Museum Exhibit



Tired and dragging our feet we stopped at the Bank of Scotland museum. It fairly new, less than 10 years old, and it is known as Museum on the Mound (MoM). It is small but fantastically rich and has seven display rooms covering the history of the Bank as an financial institution and its building, history of money and money making, security from safe, fraud, crime to building societies and following the dream of house owning to life insurance. 


They have great displays of paper money and coins of all Scottish kings. I must have been exhausted with all this abundance of information because my brain did not want to process everything I read so I spend a few minutes staring at the introductory display case pondering why there was a bottle of whisky there? But everything there was eye pleasing so even though I could not find answer to the why question, it looked good!


They have a case of one million pounds in £20 notes to illustrate the mighty presence of money. Very cool. The website does not have enough, we have to visit the museum to appreciate it fully. I highly recommend it.



	
1890'S BANK OF ENGLAND FIVE POUND BANKNOTE IMAGES SOUGHT



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