The E-Sylum v23n07 February 16, 2020

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The E-Sylum

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Volume 23, Number 07, February 16, 2020
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM FEBRUARY 16, 2020
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THE BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE LIBRARY SALE
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NEW BOOK: "ERRORS AND VARIETIES" REPRINTS 
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NEW BOOK: ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE, 2020 EDITION
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NEW BOOK: BANK NOTES AND SHINPLASTERS
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NEW BOOK: THE ROLE OF MONEY IN WARTIME
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BANKNOTE BOOK NEWFOUNDLAND CHAPTER PUBLISHED
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BOOK REVIEW: THE MAN IN THE RED COAT (DR. POZZI)
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NEWMAN NUMISMATIC PORTAL BEGINNERâ€™S GUIDE
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VIDEO: 1715 FLEET SOCIETY DIRECTOR BEN COSTELLO
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1792 SILVER DISME PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT
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JOSEPH LOVELL WRIGHT JR: PEACE MEDAL DESIGNER?
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CORRECTIONS: GROUVILLE HOARD DETAILS
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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: FEBRUARY 16, 2020
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AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER TOKEN PEDIGREES
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BANK OF NEW YORK FUGIO CENTS IN LUCITE
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U.S. MINT 'HOW TO MAKE A PENNY' BROCHURES
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VOCABULARY TERMS: INSCRIBE, INSCRIBING
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KARL "CHARLES" J. H.  FUELSCHER (1863-1936)
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HARVEY STACK'S NUMISMATIC FAMILY, PART 63
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CALL FOR PAPERS: 2020 SUNDMAN SERIES
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SAN FRANCISCO MINT STRIP CAST / SHEARED INGOTS
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BLYTHBURGH HOARD DECLARED TREASURE
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1830 TEMPLETON REID 2 1/2 DOLLAR GOLD OFFERED
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PATTERN COINS FROM CHARLES BARBER ESTATE
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ROYAL MINT DINOSAUR COINS
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MEDIALIA EXHIBITS MASHIKO'S MEDALLIC SCULPTURE
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CHINA DISINFECTS BANKNOTES TO STOP COVID-19
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LOOSE CHANGE: FEBRUARY 16, 2020
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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM FEBRUARY 16, 2020

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This week we open with a numismatic literature sale, six new books, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and a report on the 1792 Dime Project.

Other topics this week include hidden engraver signatures, the Grouville and Blythburgh hoards, Fugio cents encased in Lucite, U.S. Mint visitor brochures, Women in Numismatics, pattern coins from the Charles Barber estate, and the Royal Mint's dinosaur coins.

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Wayne Homren 
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THE BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE LIBRARY SALE

Antiquarian bookseller Forum Auctions in London is offering the Birmingham Assay Office Library on March 26, 2020. Included are a number of numismatic titles as well as some books from the library of Matthew Boulton.  
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The Statute of 1300 allowed the Wardens of the Company of Goldsmiths in London to go out to workshops in the City and assay silver and gold. However, only silver that met the required standard was marked at this time. The mark was the symbol of the leopardâ€™s head which is still the mark of the London Assay Office today. Gradually gold came to be marked in the same way as silver.

Quite some time after, in 1478, the Wardens of Goldsmiths set themselves up in Goldsmiths Hall and paid a salaried assayer to test and mark items submitted to them. This led to the introduction of the date letter in order to make successive assayers accountable for their work.

Birmingham Assay Office was founded by an Act of Parliament in 1773. It had become clear by this time to the silversmiths of Birmingham, especially Matthew Boulton, that their trade would never truly prosper without an Office of their own. Boulton lobbied Parliament vigorously and was finally rewarded by the Hallmarking Act 1773, which founded the Birmingham Assay Office.

For more information on the Birmingham Assay Office, see:

THE STORY OF ASSAY OFFICE BIRMINGHAM

(https://theassayoffice.com/assay-office-birmingham/the-story-of-assay-office-birmingham)

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