The E-Sylum v20n03 January 15, 2017

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The E-Sylum

  An electronic publication of
  The Numismatic Bibliomania Society

Volume 20, Number 03, January 16, 2017
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JANUARY 15, 2017
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NEW BOOK: EL NUMISCADERO
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NUMMUS CANADA DEBUTS
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NEWMAN PORTAL FEATURES U.S. MINT FIXED PRICE LISTS
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DICK JOHNSON ON NUMISMATIC PERIODICAL PUBLISHING
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JANUARY 15, 2017
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ERIC NEWMAN'S HOMEMADE COIN BOARD
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JEWISH-AMERICAN HALL OF FAME PLAQUES
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VOCABULARY TERM: ACANTHUS LEAF
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ARCHIBALD "ARCHIE" L. DOHERTY, (1864-1930)
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THE RESIGNATION OF THE OLD COPPERS
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PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION MEDALS
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NO OFFICIAL INAUGURAL MEDAL FOR TRUMP
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NO TRUMP INAUGURAL LICENSE PLATES?
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COINS, MEDALS AND TOKENS: JANUARY 15, 2017
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HISTORIAN STEPHEN AMBROSE 
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QUERY: SPENCER CLARK CORRESPONDENCE SOUGHT
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THE COLCHIS LIGHT STATER AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE
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COIN MACHINE FIRMS RETOOL FOR NEW POUND COIN
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D.B. COOPER EVIDENCE CLAIMED
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PIANO TUNER FINDS GOLD COIN STASH
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PRINCE'S GOLD BAR STASH
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BLOG: VEGANS GO OVERBOARD WITH POLYMER NOTES
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VIRGINIA MAN PAYS DMV WITH 300,000 CENTS
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FEATURED WEB SITE: COINS OF MALTA
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JANUARY 15, 2017

As noted last week, due to travel this week's issue was delayed a day.  It's also smaller than usual, and I apologize to everyone whose content didn't make it in this time.  I'm still in catch-up mode but hope to make progress before next Sunday's issue.

New subscribers this week include: 
Harry Eichman, courtesy of Dave Bowers; 
Melissa Karstedt, courtesy of Wayne Homren;
Nico Verhoef, courtesy of Matin Kaplan;
Rick Wolfe, courtesy of Dave Hirt;
Barbara Bailey,
Steve Bourassa,
Michael Carl,   
Dale Carlson, 
Tom Corey, 
Riley Dahlin,
Donald Hanson, 
David Haugstad, 
Rob Leach, 
Sylvia Mann, 
John Misczuk,
Rob Schwein, 
Jon Seehusen,
John Shea and
Stephen Timmel.
Welcome aboard! We now have 2,064 subscribers.

Wow!  Many of these new subscribers likely came as a result of Ron Guth's nice writeup about us last week.  Thanks!  We hope you enjoy The E-Sylum.  Feel free to write to me anytime at whomren at gmail.com if you have any problems, questions, comments or contributions.  We'd love to hear from you.

This week we open with one new book, a new periodical, and some interesting U.S. Mint ephemera on the Newman Numismatic Portal.

Other topics this week include Chicago dealer Archie Doherty, Presidential Inaugural medals, a diverse set of auction lots, the Colchis Light Stater, D.B. Cooper's tie, gold coin stashes, and the coins of Malta.

To learn more about the Acanthus Leaf, torculadora work, Eric Newman's homemade coin board, the resignation of the old coppers, Stuart Gwynn and Spencer Clark, and the New York State Poultry Society Medal, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren 
Editor, The E-Sylum

NEW BOOK: EL NUMISCADERO

Gary Beals has published his new Spanish –
English numismatic dictionary.  Congratulations!  Here's the press release.
-Editor

A 354-page book just published called El Numiscadero is now the most extensive Spanish –
English numismatic dictionary in the field. It is now being distributed by its author from both Spain
and California. A first edition of 1,000 serially numbered copies have been printed in Spain. Half of
the books for distribution in Europe are in Spain, and half for the Americas have been shipped to
California.

The dictionary’s author is veteran numismatist Gary Beals, of San Diego, California who has
lived in Spain for 16 years. The inch-thick book has a full color, plastic laminated cover with a
sewn spine and fold-in wings. It lists 2,543 Spanish terms, 1,876 English terms and has 1,264
illustrations and photographs. The book’s price is $39, or $30 for numismatic association
members.

The book has four sections: An introduction, a Spanish to English glossary, a English to Spanish
glossary, and a special lists section that includes major numismatic associations, grading coins,
current spending power of old Spanish coins, money slang, monarchs of Spain, monarchs of Great
Britain, Roman emperors, a list of popes, and Presidents of the USA. The listings at the rear of the
book augment the main glossaries and clarify certain points quickly and easily.

“Spanish-speaking and English-speaking collectors have a lot to share with each other,” Beals said.
“This book is a tool to make the numismatic learning curve more fun and a richer experience. This
is a jumping off point into deeper corners of the coin collecting world. Sometimes there are three
or four numismatic languages to consider. For example the process of rolling the edges of coins for
stacking capability is called upsetting in USA English, rimming in UK English and torculadora
work in Spanish. There are Spanish terms in the Americas which are different from those of Spain.”

Spanish-speaking collectors could be baffled by such English words as bucks, slabs, crack-outs,
brockages, hubs, banknote pinholes, cuds, junk silver, basining, non-circulating legal tender,
Sacagewea, smackeroos, chops, bits, whizzing, trussels, tressures and artificial toning.

“English speaking collectors might wonder about Spanish terms like media leche, patacones,
pachucos, pacificos, pasta, patolcuachtlis, menudo, mereauz, perra gorda, marias, marinos,
ochavos, onzas, óbolos, novenos and vellón — both rico and pobre.

Technical Editor for the book is D. Wayne Johnson, past editor of Coin World and a veteran medals
production expert for Medallic Art Company. “Thanks to Dick we have some fascinating and little-known details about coin and medals manufacturing,” Beals notes.

“The English to Spanish glossary makes this book a far more complete cross-cultural reference. It
relates the two languages more completely by listing expressions in English about coin production,
collecting and a full range of numismatics — much more on medals, tokens and banknotes. Our
hope is that Spanish speaking numismatists will add to their English vocabulary of British and
American coin collecting with this section at hand,” Beals said. “We can imagine new collectors in
Argentina wondering ‘Que es un slab?’ Well amigos, los gringos invented the slab, or encapsulated
coin, in 1972. It began its major growth in 1989. Interestingly, slabs are pervasive in the USA now
yet still almost unknown in Europe where collectors like a close touching rapport with their coins”

“Some great numismatists generously helped in the research and preparation of these books. As a
young collector and author of the 1966 book I received the assistance, friendship and
encouragement of noted numismatists who I remember to this day for helping with Numismatic
Terms of Spain and Spanish America.

Interested collectors and dealers can contact Beals directly at: 

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