The E-Sylum v22n36 September 8, 2019

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Volume 22, Number 36, September 8, 2019
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
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NEW BOOK: GERMAN COIN CATALOG 1800-DATE, 34TH ED.
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NEW BOOK: GERMAN BANKNOTES FROM 1871
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NEW BOOK: UKRAINIAN PAPER MONEY CATALOG
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NEW BOOK: PAPER MONEY FROM YUNNAN
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BOOK REVIEW: TUPI: PHILIPPINE PAPER MONEY GUIDE 
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EXHIBIT: LITERATURE OF NAPOLEONIC MEDALS
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GOLD ST. PATRICK PIECES CORRESPONDENCE
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ENGRAVING = DAMAGE? 
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
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DOCUMENTING POLITICAL SLOGANS ON BANKNOTES
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VOCABULARY TERMS: FIRST STRIKE, EARLY STRIKE
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DR. WILLIAM DICKINSON (1822-1894)
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INTERVIEW: JIM HALPERIN OF HERITAGE AUCTIONS
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HARVEY STACK'S NUMISMATIC FAMILY, PART 52
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BRITISH MUSEUM NUMISMATICS SUMMER SCHOOL
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NUMISMATIC SEMINAR
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SELECTIONS FROM SOVEREIGN RARITIES AUCTION 2 
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THE BIRTH OF THE GOLD GUINEA
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NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: AUGUST 2019
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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
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MORE ON THE CHEW VALLEY NORMAN PENNY HOARD
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THE WEM HOARD OF ROMAN HACKSILVER
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COINS OF THE KUSHAN EMPIRE
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CANADA'S NEW PULSATING MAPLE LEAF COIN
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MORE ON HENNING NICKELS
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CALL HIM THE $2 BILL GUY
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COLONIAL COIN & STAMP BOUND COIN ALBUMS
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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION MOUNTAIN DEW SOAK
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ON BIBLIOMANIA - THE BOOK DISEASE
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LOOSE CHANGE: SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
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FEATURED WEB SITE: ANTIQUE SCALE COLLECTORS
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM SEPTEMBER 8, 2019





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John Smithwick, courtesy Tom Mulvaney; and
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This week we open with four new numismatic books, one book review, an exhibit, and an important group of correspondence files on the Newman Numismatic Portal.



Other topics this week include engraving as damage, early strikes, collector Dr. William Dickinson, dealers Geoffrey Bell, Jim Halperin and John Queen, the R.L. "Skinny" Miles sale, summer schools and seminars, and selections from Sovereign Rarities, Stack's Bowers and Numismagram.



To learn more about German and Ukranian banknotes, Napoleonic medals, the gold St. Patrick's pieces, Henning nickels, the Chew Valley Norman penny hoard, the  1663 Silver Pattern "Reddite" Crown, the Ribbit award and the Golden Horse, the Jade Cock, and the pulsating Maple Leaf, read on. Have a great week, everyone!



Wayne Homren 
Editor, The E-Sylum

 



NEW BOOK: GERMAN COIN CATALOG 1800-DATE, 34TH ED.



The latest edition of the AKS  catalog of German coins (named for authors Arnold, Küthmann and Steinhilber) was published earlier this year.  Here's a Google-translated description from the publisher's web site.
-Editor







Paul Arnold | Harald Küthmann | Dirk Steinhilber | Dieter Fassbender

Great German coin catalog from 1800 to today (AKS)



Publisher: Battenberg Verlag

ISBN: 978-3-86646-167-3

Edition: 34th edition 2018/2019

Illustrations: numerous black and white illustrations

Paperback: 704 pages

Format: 17 x 24 cm



Description
34th updated edition, completely revised and expanded
all new products recorded and currently evaluated
with numerous illustrations in original size



A well-founded standard work for the collector of German coins: Insiders call this catalog only "AKS", after the first letters of the authors.



The coins of the German states and cities since 1800 can be found in this standard reference book without gaps over 137 search terms, the market prices are updated for the various degrees of conservation and differentiated individually by vintages and mints. More than 3000 coins are shown in original size with front and back.



This catalog is made especially for the collector, after all, he wants to easily find a coin, find out names, origins and ages, learn the value and also get an overview of what coins there are for a specific area and for a certain period. Each coin is precisely defined by the description of the front and back, the details of the mint, the coin master's mark, the metal used and the minting years.



The 34th edition was again thoroughly revised, expanded and brought up to date. The prices given are based on recent market developments.



For more information, or to order, see: 


Großer deutscher Münzkatalog

(https://www.battenberg-gietl.de/sammeln/buch/grosser-deutscher-muenzkatalog)

  










NEW BOOK: GERMAN BANKNOTES FROM 1871



A new book in German by Hans Ludwig Grabowski covers German banknotes from the year 1871.  Here's a Google-translated description from the publisher's web site.
-Editor







Hans Ludwig Grabowski

Concordance list of German banknotes from 1871



ISBN: 978-3-86646-186-4

Edition: 1st edition 2019

pictures:

Paperback: 76 pages

Format: 14.8 x 21 cm



Description
With the current catalog of German banknotes from 1871, a comprehensive revision, numerous extensions and a completely new numbering according to historical epochs went hand in hand. To facilitate the orientation in the jungle of the catalog numbers of various citation works, a concordance list was created. This makes it possible not only to compare old and new catalog numbers in the "Rosenberg / Grabowski", but also to compare them with the concordances in the standard "World Paper Money" catalogs.



The list of concordances, which contains not only all main numbers with denomination and issue date, but also the variants with short descriptions, is sorted according to the catalog references in the old "Rosenberg catalog". Attached is a list of all issues that have been added to the current catalog.



For more information, or to order, see: 


Konkordanzliste der deutschen Banknoten ab 1871

(https://www.battenberg-gietl.de/sammeln/buch/konkordanzliste-der-deutschen-banknoten-ab-1871)

 










NEW BOOK: UKRAINIAN PAPER MONEY CATALOG



Here are a couple new world paper money books discovered via
News & Notes from the Society of Paper Money Collectors (Volume V, Number 10
August 27, 2019).  First up is one on Ukrainian banknotes.
The text is a Google translation.
-Editor







Maksim Zagreb:



"Paperowi groschi kinzja XIX - oiwatky XXI ct w obigy Ukrainian catalog (Paper money from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 21st century - catalog)"



518 pages. Size 16.5 cm x 23.5 cm, perfect binding brochure,



1st edition of the Kiev logo 2019, Ukrainian, throughout in color, price: 48 euros



ISBN: 978-617-7446-93-3



Various Mr. Zagreba's catalogs on coins and banknotes were introduced as early as 2013. A new catalog of 2019, which he created with Mr. Sergi Jazenko, deals exclusively with state-issued paper money of his country. It is likely to be the most comprehensive work on the subject to date. As the title promises, we find here paper money expenses that were on the territory of Ukraine in the given timeframe. History buffs may remember a public television film that chronicles the life of an 80-year-old woman who lived her entire life in one place and owned eight different nationalities. According to many different currencies, state and private emergency money will have used them.



Chronologically, this book is built. Chapter I is called "Pomish dwoch imperii", meaning "between two empires". Here are all the bills of Austria-Hungary and Russia in the subsections. The second chapter deals with "state expenditure", according to the notes of the Ukrainian People's Republic. "Under Occupiers" is the title of the third chapter, which is the most comprehensive with more than 170 pages and begins with the various Russian and Soviet editions. The Polish money signs from 1919 to 1939 are recorded under "Poland - Occupation of Galicia", followed by Romanian notes from 1918-1944, the CSR of 1919-1938 and the Hungarian emissions of 1939-1944.



The German editions form the last part of the subchapter ("German occupation 1941-1944"): Here, however, all notes issued in Germany from 1926-1945 are included, as well as the zloty notes printed by the German administration of the issuing bank for Poland. Chapter IV covers the Soviet bills after 1944 until the end of the USSR, and Chapter V is dedicated to the independent Ukraine.



Just the enumeration of the various sub-areas in the chapters should make it clear to German collectors that there are already excellent catalogs for many areas - let us just think of Poland. Extremely interesting are certain "additions", such as illustrations of ration cards and documents.



For German users on the one hand, the overview might be very impressive, on the other hand, the last chapter is probably of great use for collectors who are interested in Ukraine and not in the "secondary areas". This also affects the prices. They are usually given in three degrees of maintenance in the local currency hryvnia. 1000 hryvnia are about 35 euros, one euro is about 28 hryvnia. Who makes rollover bills, will calculate with 30, but of practical use are usually not the many hryvnia prices listed in the book.



If we look only at Poland here, so many bills are marked with RARE here. Few collectors have ever seen these bills, they are missing in most collections in the world, and often there are no auction results for them due to lack of supply. This also applies to other areas. By contrast, there are certainly surprises on Soviet bills and the latest issues of independent Ukraine. Here is worth a closer look certainly, because in the turmoil of the 1990s, a lot of material has been brought to Germany and sold in part for "pennies" what you are looking for in the East today and paid accordingly.



This excellently designed book is a work of two Ukrainians for Ukraine, it is written in Ukrainian. Anyone who is proficient in the Cyrillic alphabet and has Russian or even Polish language skills will be able to guess a lot. It is very easy to find prices, because here we find the usual English abbreviations VC, VF and UNC. If you want to build or expand a Ukraine collection, this book has an excellent guide. The plant can also be useful for language-savvy "treasure hunters" and traders specialized in Eastern Europe because of the prices and variants.



Unfortunately, literature distribution from Ukraine to Germany does not work as it should and could. Gladly trying to help, without being able to give a guarantee of success: "BMV MEHLHAUSEN", D-13125 Berlin, Florastraße 24A and delivers this for 48 € + 4,50 € shipping costs. E-Mail-Address: mehlhausen at snafu.de



Wolfgang J. Mehlhausen



To read the complete article, see: 


Zagreba: "Papiergeld vom Ende des XIX. bis Anfang des XXI. Jahrhunderts"

(https://www.geldscheine-online.com/post/zagreba-papiergeld-vom-ende-des-xix-bis-anfang-des-xxi-jahrhunderts)

 




NEW BOOK: PAPER MONEY FROM YUNNAN



The second book discovered via
News & Notes from the Society of Paper Money Collectors (Volume V, Number 10
August 27, 2019) is on paper money from Yunnan, China
The text is a Google translation.
-Editor







Fàn Chāngmíng / Sū Jùn: "Paper money from Yunnan"



In China, more precisely in Kunming, a new book about banknotes has been published. The two authors are called Fàn Chàngmíng and Sū Jùn. The title translates as "paper money from Yunnan", the book covers 508 pages and depicts every note published in the province of Yunnan in color, with very few exceptions in their real size.



Many of the described notes are missing in the SCWPM, other notes listed there prove to be Fantomscheine. The text contains many details about the historical development of paper money in Yunnan.



The collector of Chinese notes knows that on many banknotes of the provincial bank of Yunnan two globes are shown (see cover), on which a bird and a horse stand. There is always something in the Western literature about "Phoenix Bird and Horse." From this book, we learn that it is "The Golden Horse and the Jade Cock," two mythical creatures around which many stories spring up in Yunnan ,



The book also mentions an ISBN: 978-7-222-15050-8. It is sold in China for a fixed price of 800 yuan (just over 100 €).



To read the complete article, see: 


Fàn Chāngmíng/Sū Jùn: "Papiergeld von Yunnan"

(https://www.geldscheine-online.com/post/f%C3%A0n-ch%C4%81ngm%C3%ADng-s%C5%AB-j%C3%B9n-papiergeld-von-yunnan)













BOOK REVIEW: TUPI: PHILIPPINE PAPER MONEY GUIDE 



Ken Berger submitted this review of a new book on Philippine Paper Money.  Thanks!
-Editor






“Tupi 1852 – 1985, Collector’s Guide and Catalog of early Philippine Paper Money from
Pesos Fuertes to Piso” by Bayani


Review by Dr. Kenneth J.E. Berger





I recently learned of this newly published book and, as a collector of Philippine banknotes, I was
anxious to obtain it. I found a copy on ebay for U.S. $150.00, including shipping. Based upon
further research, this appeared to be the going price. Today the book arrived and I excitedly
opened the package. To say that I was disappointed is an understatement!



My first shock was the size of the book. Although it consists of 438 pages, it is only 5.5” x 8”.
That is quite small! For comparison, Shafer’s 1974 book (Philippine Emergency and Guerrilla
Currency of World War II, 464 pages) & Basso’s 1968 & 1975 book (Coins, Medals and Tokens
of the Philippines, 136 and 184 pages) & Legarda’s 1976 book (Piloncitos to Pesos, 84 pages)
measure 6.25” x 9.5”; even Beals’ recent 2016 book (El Numiscadero, 354 pages) measures
6.75” x 9.5”. I rechecked the ebay listing and the size of the book was not given. How
convenient.



My second shock was that the paper, although glossy, was black rather than white. This, coupled
with some poor reproductions, made a number of the pictures in the book difficult to discern (e.g.
Seals 5, 8 & 10, Minor Seals 1 & 2, and the seals depicted on pages 45, 52 and 55 are completely
undecipherable). Another problem is that many of the left-facing pages are trimmed too short
along the outside edge which cuts into the wording.
I next observed that a large majority of the pictures are identical to those that appear in the book
“Salapi” by Bersales and Apuhin (2014).



I then began to read the book and was disappointed in the large number of grammatical mistakes
I found. In too many cases to mention, the subject-verb agreement in a sentence was wrong,
words were capitalized for no apparent reason, prepositions were missing, words were
misspelled, sentences were incomplete, etc., etc. The book is in desperate need of an editor with
a good command of the English language.



The book also uses its own numbering system rather than one of the more commonly known ones.



The only good thing about this book is that it does list all the banknotes and their characteristics
(e.g. date, size, printer, color, etc.) and has a hard cover, although it does not have a dust jacket.



My recommendation is that you avoid buying this book and save the $150.00. Instead, I would
suggest that you purchase “Salapi” which is well-written, gives much more information
(especially historical), has a hard cover and a dust jacket, is 9.25” x 12”, consists of 287 glossy
pages, and is even less expensive!





Here is the eBay description.
-Editor






Tupi 1852-1985

Collectors Guide and Catalog of Early Philippine Paper Money from Pesos Fuertes to Piso.


Written by Bayani



A new elegant hardbound release with 400+ full color pages.
Really a beautifully designed, well written book that covers everything you want to see in a book on this topic.
This book covers Spanish, American, Japan Occupation and Philippine Republic issues along with seals, grading standards, rarity scale, cross references to other publications, signature varieties, print varieties, printers, history and so much more. 



This is absolutely the best book written on anything related to Philippine Numismatics in the last 40 years and it can be seen that the author did his homework and really executed his project well. This book has combined the information in at least 7 or more books into just this one.



A great reference guide for any collector. 



Printed and written in Switzerland by a Filipino who has a great love for this topic



To read the complete item description, see: 


NEW BOOK ~ Tupi 1852-1985 ~ Collectors Guide for Philippine Paper Money ~ Bayani

(https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BOOK-Tupi-1852-1985-Collectors-Guide-for-Philippine-Paper-Money-Bayani-/312721478385)








  



EXHIBIT: LITERATURE OF NAPOLEONIC MEDALS



At the ANA World’s Fair of Money in Rosemont last month, I took photos of exhibits in the numismatic literature category.  Last week I published photos of Michael Shutterly's exhibit on the literature of Byzantine numismatics.  Another prize-winning exhibit at the show was placed by NBS Past President Marc Ricard.  Here are those photos.  Please excuse the shadows and glare from the overhead lights, which can be really hard to avoid.



Like Michael, Marc has agreed to provide the text of his exhibit for a page on the NBS web site.  Stay tuned for a future announcement on these great 2019 exhibits.



It's not too early to start planning for next year - the 2020 WFOM will be held in Pittsburgh, PA.  With a $3,000 donation to the ANA in 1991 our group established and endowed in perpetuity the Aaron Feldman Memorial Exhibit Award for numismatic literature exhibits.  Let's have another great showing next year!
-Editor

































































To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 


EXHIBIT: BOOKS FOR THE BYZANTINE COIN COLLECTOR

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n35a07.html)

 

To view the NBS Numismatic Literature Exhibits page, see: 


Numismatic Literature Exhibits : The Aaron Feldman Award

(https://www.coinbooks.org/about/exhibit_winners.html)









 



GOLD ST. PATRICK PIECES CORRESPONDENCE



The latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is a set of 
correspondence relating to the gold St. Patrick pieces.  Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report.
-Editor






The Gold St. Patrick Pieces
 







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