The E-Sylum v21n45 November 11, 2018

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The E-Sylum

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  The Numismatic Bibliomania Society

Volume 21, Number 45, November 11, 2018
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM NOVEMBER 11, 2018
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BUY OR BID SALE #8 CLOSES NOVEMBER 14, 2018
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NEW BOOK: SPANISH COLONIAL COINS IN EL SALVADOR
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THE COMMEMORATIVE TRAIL JOINS THE NEWMAN PORTAL
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THE EARLY DAYS OF NUMERICAL COIN GRADING
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MEDAL COLLECTORS OF AMERICA MEETS IN BOSTON
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: NOVEMBER 11, 2018
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MORE ON JOHN PINCHES TWO-HEADED MORGAN DOLLARS
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PRESIDENTIAL DOLLAR DOUBLE TAKE: GROVER CLEVELAND
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BLIND MAN'S NICKEL PATTERNS
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VOCABULARY TERMS: MILLED EDGE, MILLED MONEY
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HARRY EDSON KELSO (1902-1988)
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ANS 2018 HUNTINGTON AWARDEE JOHN KLEEBERG 
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NEW DELHI NATIONAL MUSEUM NUMISMATICS GALLERY
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THE BANGLADESH BANK CURRENCY MUSEUM
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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: NOVEMBER 11, 2018
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PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGIES
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WAYBACK MACHINE: THE INTERNET’S TIME CAPSULE
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MEXICO'S LIBERTAD COIN DESIGNS
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AUTHOR ROALD DAHL PASSED OVER FOR COIN DESIGN
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ELECTROTYPE MEDAL SHELLS IN ADVERTISING SIGNS
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MORE HYDRA IMAGES IN NUMISMATICS
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CHRISTIE'S SELLS STEPHEN HAWKING'S MEDALS
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HOW THE CURRIE VICTORIA CROSS STAYED IN CANADA
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PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON MEDAL PUZZLE ANSWERS 
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PANCHO VILLA'S PAPER MONEY
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WHAT IS A "SHORT SNORTER?"
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LOOSE CHANGE: NOVEMBER 11, 2018
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM NOVEMBER 11, 2018

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This week we open with a numismatic literature sale reminder, a new book and an update from the Newman Numismatic Portal.
Other topics this week include the early days of numerical grading, John Pinches' two-headed Morgan dollars, the blind man's nickels, numismatic museums, hydra images in numismatics, electrotype medal shells, and short snorters.

To learn more about Spanish Colonial coins circulating in El Salvador, The Commemorative Trail, the IAPN Bulletin on Counterfeits, George Washington's silver Comitia Americana medal set, Grover Cleveland's dollars, milled money, the Wayback Machine, and Stephen Hawking's medals, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren 
Editor, The E-Sylum

BUY OR BID SALE #8 CLOSES NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Here's a reminder that 
Kolbe & Fanning's Buy or Bid sale closes Wednesday.
-Editor

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers’ eighth â€œBuy or Bid Saleâ€ will close on Wednesday, November 14. The sale focuses on modestly priced books, giving collectors an opportunity to add to their libraries at minimal cost.

The sale includes over 1300 works on ancient, medieval and modern coins, as well as general works, periodicals and sale catalogues. â€œBuyâ€ prices have been kept low to promote sales. To further encourage participation, the firm is offering free domestic shipping to bidders spending at least $300; there will also be no packing and processing fee for this sale. Again, please read the Terms of Sale before participating. 

As the name of the sale suggests, customers may bid on items they wish to acquire or buy them outright at the published price. The Terms of Sale will give full instructions on how to participate: please read it carefully. 

There will be no printed catalogue. The PDF catalogue is available now for downloading from the Kolbe & Fanning website at 

numislit.com
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Please send all bids to orders at numislit.com or use the bid sheet included at the end of the PDF catalogue. 

NEW BOOK: SPANISH COLONIAL COINS IN EL SALVADOR

Dale Seppa submitted these notes on a new book by Roberto Jovel.  Thank you!
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LAS MONEDAS QUE CIRCULARON EN EL SALVADOR DURANTE LA EPOCA
COLONIAL ESPANOLA, SIGOS XVI A XIX 

(Translation â€“ The Coins that
Circulated in EL SALVADOR during the Spanish Colonial Epoch, 16th to 19th
Centuries.) by Roberto Jovel.

Newly issued in 2018 this massive (over three pounds) book is in an 8½ by 11 inch format and has 508 well illustrated pages.

I would actually love to do a review on the book but with my aging eyes  and rapidly diminishing life span I am afraid that I would never be able to finish it.

While the book is in Spanish the simple fact is that the hundreds of good photos will be of great use to anyone interested in this period of El Salvador’s monetary history.

The book is so new that, as far as I know, it is not currently being offered in the United States. Although several of Jovel’s books are listed on Amazon this one is not included. 

NOTE: The book is quite heavy, nearly 4 pounds in weight, which makes it costly to send via regular mail.
For ordering information, contact Roberto via email at

rjovel at jovel.org

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Roberto adds:

Thanks to Dale for submitting the information about my new book.
It is only in Spanish at the present time.
It covers the coins that circulated in the country, from the founding of San Salvador in 1525 to Independence from Spain in 1821.

This book, with the additional volumes covering the same subject for the 19th and for the 20th Centuries provides complete coverage of El SalvadorÂ´s history of coinage. Please note that El Salvador dollarized its economy in 2001 and no Salvadorian coins/banknotes have been used since then; the country now uses US coins and banknotes only.

THE COMMEMORATIVE TRAIL JOINS THE NEWMAN PORTAL

The latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is The Commemorative Trail. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report.
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The Commemorative Trail Joins the Newman Portal Lineup

Recently added to the Newman Numismatic Portal is The Commemorative Trail, the journal of the Society for U.S. Commemorative Coins. We are indebted to Alan Meghrig for supplying a set for scanning. This run covers 1984 to 2011, and, while not exhaustive, appears to be fairly complete. Writers included Q. David Bowers, Anthony Swiatek, Helen Carmody and many others. 

The journals focus on the modern commemorative series and lend considerable color to the individual issues that one will not find in general sources such as the Guide Book of U.S. Coins. The Winter 1990 issue, for example, discusses plaster casts for the 1932 Washington â€œcommemorative.â€ Originally conceived as a one-year commemorative coin celebrating the bicentennial of Washington’s birth, the chosen (John Flanagan) concept proved so well-received that a decision was made to replace the current (Standing Liberty) quarter design with Flanagan’s bust.

Link to The Commemorative Trail on NNP: 

https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/529176

I was a subscriber for few years and always enjoyed reading the issues.  I've wanted for some time to add a set to the Portal.  Thanks to Anthony Swiatek who confirmed that the society is defunct.   Alan Meghrig answered my call in The E-Sylum and with no small effort pulled together his set from storage and shipped it to St. Louis for digitization.  Thanks to all involved, including students and staff at Washington University in St. Louis.
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THE EARLY DAYS OF NUMERICAL COIN GRADING

On November 5, 2018 CoinWeek published an important article by Tom DeLorey on "The Early Days of Numerical Coin Grading".  Here are a couple paragraphs to whet your appetite, but be sure to read the complete article online.
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I decided to add one grade between 60 and 65 and another grade between 65 and 70. For the first one, I chose 63, because I wanted a number that would be closer to 65 than 60, thereby implying a coin that was significantly better than 60 without being good enough for a 65 grade. For the upper number, my choices were 67 or 68, and I chose 67 partly because I thought it had a chance of occasionally being reached (remember, we were not anticipating grading any common modern coins at the time), and partly because 63 and 67 were symmetrical around the highly desired MS-65.

We opened for business on March 1, 1979, using Sheldon’s numbers plus AU-58, which I created for those â€œun-circulated coins with rubâ€ that I refused to call Mint State, plus MS-63 and MS-67. We also adopted the practice of grading each side separately, so that a Morgan dollar with a few too many bag marks on the cheek but a nice reverse might get an MS-63/65. I guess we were trying to throw a small bone to the people whose coins did not make a full MS-65 by saying â€œwell, half of your coin made it!â€

To read the complete article, see: 

The Early Days of Numerical Coin Grading

(https://coinweek.com/education/coin-grading/the-early-days-of-numerical-coin-grading/)

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