The E-Sylum v25n34 August 21, 2022

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The E-Sylum

  An electronic publication of
  The Numismatic Bibliomania Society

Volume 25, Number 34, August 21, 2022
** WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM AUGUST 21, 2022 <#a01>
** NBS 2022 ANA CONVENTION REPORT <#a02>
** MORE KOLBE & FANNING 2022 SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS <#a03>
** WBNA OFFERS RARE BANKNOTE VIGNETTE BOOK <#a04>
** 2022 NUMISMATIC LITERARY GUILD AWARDS <#a05>
** THE JOEL OROSZ NUMISMATIC LIBRARY TOUR <#a06>
** NUMISMATIC NOTABLES: CLIFFORD MISHLER <#a07>
** THE 1942 ANS EXHIBIT OF MASSACHUSETTS SILVER <#a08>
** VIDEO: WHAT A GIRL ASKED PRESIDENT LINCOLN <#a09>
** NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 21, 2022 <#a10>
** THE TRILOBITE COINS OF VERMONT <#a11>
** RANGER INDUSTRIES <#a12>
** VOCABULARY TERM: LIMITING GUIDE <#a13>
** WILLIAM WETMORE'S TRAVELING DESK <#a14>
** ANS ANNOUNCES RESOLUTE AMERICANA CHAIR <#a15>
** NAC AND SHANNA SCHMIDT FORM NAC USA <#a16>
** STACKâ€™S BOWERS SUMMER 2022 AUCTIONS <#a17>
** STACKâ€™S BOWERS SUMMER 2022 U.S. CURRENCY <#a18>
** MORE FEISEL AUGUST 2022 TOKEN HIGHLIGHTS <#a19>
** HOLABIRD AUGUST 2022 SALE SELECTIONS <#a20>
** LARRY SWICK â€œPEACE MEDALâ€ COLLECTION <#a21>
** NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: AUGUST 21, 2022 <#a22>
** 2022 ANA CONVENTION DIARY <#a23>
** BLONDEAU'S COMMONWEALTH PATTERNS <#a24>
** THE WILDMEN <#a25>
** CANADA'S NEW OSCAR PETERSON COIN <#a26>
** CANADIAN COIN FEATURES METIS BEADWORK <#a27>
** GEORGE LESLIE, KING OF BANK ROBBERS <#a28>
** FAUX WHAT IT'S WORTH <#a29>
** REAL AND FAKE COIN-PUSHER VIDEOS <#a30>
** FEATURED WEBSITE:  ANCIENT COIN CLUB OF LOS ANGELES  <#a31>

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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM AUGUST 21, 2022

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Rich Perilloux of the  Ancient Coin Club of Los Angeles (ACCLA),
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This week we open with a report on NBS events at this week's ANA convention, numismatic literature sales, the NLG awards, 
updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and more.

Other topics this week include the Joel J. Orosz numismatic library, an eye-popping exhibit of Massachusetts silver, the trilobite coins of Vermont, limiting guides, collector William Wetmore, dealer Shanna Schmidt, auction previews, more from the ANA convention, Wildman thalers, new Canadian coins, coin-pushers and bank robbers.

To learn more about the George Fredrick Kolbe Lifetime Achievement Award, 
 Attinelliâ€™s Numisgraphics, Marisâ€™s Varieties of the Copper Issues of the United States Mint in the Year 1794, American Banknote Company vignettes, NLG's 2022 Book of the Year, Clifford Mishler's numismatic career, the Penn-New York Auction Company, the Numismatic Poet Society, Ranger Industries, the 1792 Copper Disme, and what a nine-year old girl asked President Lincoln, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren 
Editor, The E-Sylum

NBS 2022 ANA CONVENTION REPORT

Numismatic Bibliomania Society President Tom Harrison provided this report on NBS events at this week's American Numismatic Association convention in Rosemont, IL. Maria Fanning provided images of NBS events. Sorry I couldn't be there this year.  I'll look forward to meeting with my numismatic friends at the Whitman Baltimore Expos, and the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN) shows and next year's ANA in Pittsburgh.
-Editor

The ANA Worldâ€™s Fair of Money opened to the public Tuesday, August 16th at 1:00 PM. Again
this year, the NBS hosted a club table to promote the benefits and enjoyment of building a
numismatic library. The table was strategically located next to literature dealer Charles Davisâ€™s
booth. The table afforded convention goers the opportunity to purchase a NBS commemorative
coffee mug to support the NBS, view highlights of Fridayâ€™s charity auction and connect with
fellow literature enthusiasts.

This year there was an outstanding nine-case literature display titled â€œA Select Numismatic
Literature Collection.â€ Examples displayed in the award-winning display included rare items
authored by Dickeson, Ormsby and Beazel.

NBS Treasurer, Chuck Heck, presented an entertaining and informative talk detailing his
research and the production of his outstanding new book, Die States of 1794 United States Large
Cents at Thursdayâ€™s Symposium. Chuck addressed a number of challenges and then detailed
solutions to help prospective authors navigate the complexities of publication.

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Photo: Maria Fanning and Tom Harrison holding ANA Awards

I am delighted to report that both The Asylum and 
The E-Sylum received recognition at the
ANA awards ceremony Thursday afternoon. The E-Sylum received first place in the electronic
category of the Barbra J. Gregory Outstanding Club Publication Competition. Congratulations to
Wayne, Bruce, John, and all of The E-Sylum contributors and advertisers for this well-deserved
award. The E-Sylum remains one of the real treasures of the numismatic community. The Asylum
brought home third place in the speciality category of the Outstanding Club Publication
Competition. Congratulations to our talented Editor, Maria Fanning, and all the fine authors who,
together with Maria, continue to make The Asylum one of the premier numismatic journals.

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Charles Davis with Tom Harrison and the Kolbe Award medal

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Auction lot viewing

Highlights of Fridayâ€™s General Meeting included the presentation of the George Fredrick Kolbe
Lifetime Achievement Award, the annual charity auction, The Asylum author awards and a video
tour of the amazing Joel Orosz numismatic library. The Kolbe Award was presented to long-time
literature dealer, author and NBS supporter, Charles Davis, who served on the NBS Board and as
editor of The Asylum. Again this year, several generous donors stepped up to provide fifty quality
lots for the charity auction for which enthusiastic bidders competed to raise funds to support the
NBS. On behalf of the NBS membership, I extend a heartfelt thank you to the open-handed
members who raised over $10,000 for the NBS! 

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The Asylumâ€™s Jack Collins Award for the best
article by a first time author was presented to Charles Sullivan for his fine article â€œThe Curious
Evolution of a Classic Numismatic Reference.â€ Jim Neiswinterâ€™s outstanding article titled â€œTwo
Versions of the Levick Plate of 1793 Centsâ€ received the Joel J. Orosz Award for the best article
appearing in The Asylum. In July, Len Augsburger and Lianna Spurrier produced a video
recording of NBS Historian, Joel Oroszâ€™s, extensive numismatic library. As a result of their
efforts and Joelâ€™s hospitality, we had an opportunity to enjoy a video tour and view a number of
special volumes including an extensive collection of NBS archival material dating back to the
society's inception. Following the formal part of the meeting, members were invited to remain
for an informal social time to share a special item from their libraries and connect with old
friends and make new acquaintances.

The bibliophiles' week was capped off with a well attended Money Talks presentation by NBS
Vice President, Len Augsburger, titled â€œBuilding a Numismatic Library for Pleasure and Profit.â€
Lenâ€™s discussion focused on different collecting strategies and the wide range of opportunities
collectors have to assemble a significant library regardless of oneâ€™s budget.

It was a great week of biblio fun due to the efforts of many dedicated NBS members who
generously gave of their time and resources. Many thanks to everyone for your continued
commitment to the NBS!

For more on the Orosz Library video and additional photos from the convention, see articles elsewhere in this issue.
-Editor

To view ANA photo albums on our Flickr archive, see: 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/albums/72177720301476699

(https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/albums/72177720301476699)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/albums/72177720301482653

(https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/albums/72177720301482653)

For more information on NBS, see: 

https://www.coinbooks.org/

MORE KOLBE & FANNING 2022 SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS

Here are some additional highlights from the Kolbe & Fanning 2022 Summer Americana sale of numismatic literature.  Wow - this is an impressive sale, with opportunities to acquire rarities seen only once in a generation.
-Editor

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are holding our Summer Americana sale on Saturday, August 27, 2022. Featuring highlights from the Cardinal Collection Library of American numismatic auction catalogues, the Bourne Library of U.S. numismatic periodicals, and the Jim Neiswinter Library of works on U.S. large cents, the sale promises to be one of the most important of the year.

Some highlights of the sale include:

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Lot 3: the only known copy of Geoffrey Charlton Adamsâ€™s 1906 Dixie Land sale with both photographic plates

Lot 19: Attinelliâ€™s 1876 Numisgraphics, the foundational bibliography of U.S. numismatic literature

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Lot 50: an original 1925 edition of Ard W. Browningâ€™s Early Quarter Dollars of the United States, with 8 fine photographic plates

Lot 86: a plated copy of S.H. & H. Chapmanâ€™s 1904 catalogue of the Ralph Barker collection, from the library of Homer K. Downing

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Lot 133: S.H. Chapmanâ€™s personal plated copy of his catalogue of the Dr. J.M. Henderson sale, in splendid condition

Lots 186: Tom Elderâ€™s 1917 catalogue of the George Carlton collection, with 5 fine plates, from the Lyman H. Low library

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Lots 299 and 300: both the 1869 and 1870 editions of Edward Marisâ€™s Varieties of the Copper Issues of the United States Mint in the Year 1794

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Lot 223: Ed Frossardâ€™s very rare and controversial offering of works by John Trumbull, one of the key rarities of his series

Lot 438: Carl Würtzbachâ€™s copy of the deluxe plated edition of the United States Coin Companyâ€™s 1915 catalogue of the H.O. Granberg collection.

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Lot 402: the Eshbach-Cardinal collection of Charles Steigerwalt catalogues, the most complete set ever offered at auction

Register early to bid online
Bids may be placed via post, email, fax or phone, as well as online. Kolbe & Fanning use Auction Mobility as our third-party online bidding platform. Auction Mobility is an app-based platform allowing users the ability to participate in the sale through phones, tablets and computers. To register for the sale, bidders must go to bid.numislit.com and sign up. Once you have set up an account, you may browse lots, place advance bids, or participate in the live sale online. Those wishing to participate on their devices can download the Kolbe & Fanning app through the Apple or Google Play Store. The sale is also listed on Biddr and NumisBids.

The printed catalogue of the Summer Americana sale has been mailed to active customers on our mailing list. As international mail speeds have been inconsistent, we encourage our foreign clients to consult the electronic catalogue in case their printed catalogue does not arrive promptly. A PDF of the printed catalogue has been posted to our main website at 

numislit.com for those who prefer that format. Bids placed via post, email, fax or phone must be received by August 26, the day before the sale, in order for them to be processed. Advance absentee bids may also be placed at any time online at 

bid.numislit.com. Live internet bidding will be available during the sale itself through the same platform.

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC is a licensed and bonded auction firm in the State of Ohio. For more information, please see the Kolbe & Fanning website at 

numislit.com or email David Fanning at 

df at numislit.com. To register for the sale, go to 

bid.numislit.com. We look forward to your participation. 

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see: 

KOLBE & FANNING 2022 SUMMER AMERICANA SALE

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n32a03.html)

KOLBE & FANNING 2022 SUMMER SALE HIGHLIGHTS

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n33a03.html)

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WBNA OFFERS RARE BANKNOTE VIGNETTE BOOK

In a rare opportunity for bibliophiles and currency collectors, World Banknote Auctions is offering a presentation book of vignettes produced by the American Banknote Company.
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World Banknote Auctions has now launched Live Sale 30 at www.worldbanknoteauctions.com. Live Sale 30 starts on August 25, 2022, with live bidding that day at 1 PM  Eastern / 10 AM Pacific. Please note that Sale 30 is divided in two parts, each selling on a different day. The first live sale with 547 lots takes place on August 25 at 10 AM PST. The second timed sale with 471 lots starts to close on August 28 at 3 PM PST (special bidding rules apply for the timed sale, please see our website for details). Our bidding platform can be accessed directly by going to 

bid.worldbanknoteauctions.com or through our mobile apps.

One of the most interesting and unique items in the sale is a presentation book of vignettes produced by the American Banknote Company, most likely sometime in the late 1860s or 1870s. The book, offered as lot 30004 in the sale, contains 74 individual vignettes, many which appear on banknotes from the United States, Canada and South America.  The book has the name Joseph Lesley on the front cover, and appears to have been presented to him. Intact books such as this are extremely rare, and we are aware of just a few intact books that have sold publicly in the past three decades. The book was carefully produced, with gilded edges, and while it does display some wear (as would be expected from a book of this age) it is completely intact and no individual plates appear to be missing.

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A fascinating page appears early in the book, and is a full page engraving containing the portrait of Czar Alexander II of Russia, flanked by U.S. Presidents Lincoln and Grant. This engraving, which is quite rare by itself, appears to have been produced after Alexander II freed the Serfs in Russia in 1861 and after, according to some historians, the Czar aided the Union during the American Civil War by sending Russian ships into American waters in the same year. While some historians dispute the role Alexander II played in the conflict, the fact that he appears on this engraving fairly shortly after both those events indicates that he did gain some notoriety in the United States at the time.

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Navigation and Aloft

The book contains vignettes with a wide range of topics, including allegories, natural scenes and historical figures. There is no particular order to the vignettes, and with each page being turned there is a new scene or figure to be discovered. All engravings are typical of the high quality product that the American Banknote Company was able to produce at the time that this book was made.

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Paso Del Laya and The Eagle

World Banknote Auctions has created a page on its website where all pages of the book have been photographed, giving bidders a rare look at the entire book and all the vignettes. Additionally many banknotes on which these vignettes appear have been identified, highlighting the diversity of the book, as many different issuers and locales can be found. In all, this book represents a fascinating and rare opportunity to acquire a completely intact copy of an ABNC presentation book from the 19th century.

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The Milk Pail

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Freight Car

The online gallery of vignette images is a marvelous resource for collectors and researchers!  Many of the vignette images are annotated with lists of the banknotes on which they appear.  Here are a few more examples.
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Independence Hall in 1776

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Sailor & Cannon; Victory

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Washington and Mount Vernon in 1796

To review the gallery of vignettes, see: 

American Banknote Company Presentation Book

(https://www.worldbanknoteauctions.com/abnc_presentation_book/)

To read the complete article, see: 

World Banknote Auctions Offers Rare ABNC Presentation book

(https://www.worldbanknoteauctions.com/news/world-banknote-auctions-offers-abnc/)

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2022 NUMISMATIC LITERARY GUILD AWARDS

The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) is a separate organization from ours, the Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS). But we share a love of the numismatic hobby and numismatic research and writing in particular. Congratulations to all of the winners, many of whom are E-Sylum and NBS regulars. Here are this year's Awards Competition results. I've added images of some of the books which were announced or reviewed in earlier E-Sylum issues. See the links below for more information about adding these award-winners to your numismatic library. 

Founded in 1968, the NLG is a nonprofit organization open to any editors, reporters, authors, writers, catalogers, webmasters, bloggers or producers of audio or video involving all forms of money, medals, tokens and other numismatic collectibles. Information about applying for NLG membership is available online at 

www.NLGonline.org/membership.
-Editor

1. BEST SPECIALIZED BOOKS

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a. United States or Related Coins 

A Guide Book of Quarter Eagle Gold Coins â€“ 

Q. David Bowers

b. Ancient and Medieval Coins 

Bible Lore and the Eternal Flame: A Numismatic, Historical & Archaeological Trip Through Biblical Times â€“ 

Kenneth Bressett

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c. World Coins 

Siege Coins of the World 1453-1902 â€“ 

Lawrence C. Korchnak, PhD

d. Paper Money 

(no entries)

e. Tokens & Medals 

Numismatic Commemorations of the 200th Birthday of George Washington in 1932 â€“

Sydney F. Martin

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f. Numismatic Investment or Marketplace 

Type II Double Eagles â€“ 1866 to 1876 â€“ 

Dr. Mike Fuljenz

g. Numismatic History or Personalities 

Fads, Fakes & Foibles â€“ 

Roger W. Burdette

2. BOOK OF THE YEAR 

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The Identification and Classification of Connecticut Coppers 1785-1788 â€“ 

Randall P. Clark

3. NUMISMATIC FEATURE ARTICLES

a. United States Coins â€“ Early 

â€œThe Coins Made â€˜for the Islands and Mainland of Americaâ€™ by the French West India Company 1670â€ â€“ Jérôme Jambu â€“ Journal of Early American Numismatics

b. United States Coins â€“ Modern 

â€œSaint-Gaudensâ€™ Model: from Victory to the Glimmering Gold $20, Hettie Anderson Inspired Manyâ€
â€“ Robert R. Van Ryzin â€“ Numismatic News

c. Ancient and Medieval Coins 

â€œCoins and the Colosseum: How Coinage Illuminates the Greatest Amphitheaterâ€ â€“ Nathan T. Elkins â€“ ANS Magazine

d. World Coins 

â€œThe Origins and Context of the First Coinage for Liberiaâ€ â€“ Bill Dalzell â€“ American Journal of Numismatics

e. Paper Money 

â€œNorth Carolinaâ€™s First Currency Printerâ€ â€“ David E. Schenkman â€“ The Numismatist

f. Tokens & Medals 

â€œCompany Stores and Scrip in Americaâ€ â€“ David E. Schenkman â€“ The Numismatist

g. Numismatic Investment or Marketplace 

â€œBig Lessons in Small Coins: Numismatics Changed after the Pandemicâ€ â€“ Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez - COINage

h. Numismatic History or Personalities 

â€œThe Crane Ring of Rupert, Vermont: A Family of Counterfeiters at Reuben Harmonâ€™s Mintâ€ â€“ Julia Casey â€“ Journal of Early American Numismatics

4. NUMISMATIC COLUMNS

a. United States Coins â€“ Early 

â€œIntroduction by the Editorâ€ â€“ Harry Salyards â€“ Penny-Wise

b. United States Coins â€“ Modern 

â€œUSA Coin Albumâ€ â€“ David W. Lange â€“ The Numismatist

c. Ancient or Medieval Coins 

â€œNGC Ancientsâ€ â€“ NGC eNews

d. World Coins 

â€œCounterfeit Detectionâ€ â€“ NGC eNews

e. Paper Money 

â€œUncoupled: Paper Moneyâ€™s Odd Coupleâ€ â€“ Fred Schwan & Joseph E. Boling â€“ Paper Money

f. Tokens & Medals 

â€œTokens & Medalsâ€ â€“ David E. Schenkman â€“ The Numismatist

g. Numismatic Investment or Marketplace 

â€œWeekly Market Reportâ€ â€“ Jim Bisognani â€“ NGC eNews

h. Numismatic History or Personalities 

â€œPast Times with Coins: The Story of â€˜Ye Old Mintâ€™â€ â€“ Robert R. Van Ryzin â€“ Numismatic News

5. PERIODICALS

a. Best Investment Newsletter 

The Rosen Numismatic Advisory â€“ Maurice Rosen, Editor

b. Best Professional Periodical 

Coin World â€“ William T. Gibbs, Managing Editor

c. Best Club or Not-for-Profit Periodical
â€“ Large Circulation 

The Numismatist â€“ Caleb Noel, Editor-in-Chief

d. Best Club or Not-for-Profit Periodical
â€“ Small Circulation 

Paper Money â€“ Benny Bolin, Editor

6. WEBSITES

a. Best Online News Website 

(no entries)

b. Best Dealer or Industry Website 

Coins.HA.com â€“ Heritage Auctions

c. Best Non-Trade Website 

Numismatics.org â€“ American Numismatic Society

d. Best Numismatic Social Media Platform or
Coin Collector Forum 

facebook.com/AmericanNumismaticSociety - ANS

e. Best Blog 

numismatics.org/pocketchange â€“ American Numismatic Society

7. AUCTION OR FIXED-PRICE CATALOGS

a. Best U.S. Coin Auction Catalog 

The August 2021 ANA Rarities Night â€“ Stacks Bowers Galleries

b. Best World Coin Auction Catalog 

Triton XXV â€“ Classical Numismatic Group

c. Best Paper Money Auction Catalog 

The Mike Coltrane Collection, Part 2 â€“ Heritage Auctions

d. Best Book or Exonumia Auction Catalog 

The E Pluribus Unum Collection, Part 3 â€“ Stackâ€™s Bowers Galleries

8. AUDIO-VISUAL

a. Audio Coin World Podcast â€“ 

Jeff Starck & Larry Jewett

b. Video 

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hansen Collection â€“ 

Lianna Spurrier â€“ Newman Numismatic Portal

c. Still Photography 

1907 $20 HR Saint Gaudens Flat Rim MS67 â€“ 

Jack McNamara â€“ Rare Collectibles TV

d. Software or App 

www.HA.com/live - 

Heritage Auctions

9. SPECIAL AWARDS

a. Lee Martin Founder's Award - Best All-Around Portfolio 

Greg Reynolds

d. The Ribbit 

John Kraljevich

e. The Clemy 

John Dannreuther

Book of the Year author Randy Clark writes:

"The Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4) and I are delighted to have been awarded
the prestigious NLG Book of the Year award for 2022. A heartfelt thank you goes out to the NLG organization and to John Kraljevich for accepting the award on C4's behalf!

"The Identification and Classification of Connecticut Coppers is another great accomplishment for the C4 organization and the award is an important acknowledgement for the author and editors who worked as a team to help complete the work. A special thank you also goes out for supporting contributions from the C4 Board, Publications Committee, Membership and my family who all helped make publishing this book possible."

Congratulations to all the winners!
-Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

IN APPRECIATION OF QUARTER EAGLE GOLD COINS

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n06a02.html)

NEW BOOK: BIBLE LORE AND THE ETERNAL FLAME

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n05a03.html)

NEW BOOK: SIEGE COINS OF THE WORLD 1453-1902

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n27a04.html)

NEW BOOK: COMMEMORATIONS OF WASHINGTON

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n48a06.html)

NEW BOOK: FADS, FAKES & FOIBLES

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n24a02.html)

NEW BOOK: CONNECTICUT COPPERS (1785-1788)

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n29a03.html)

THE JOEL OROSZ NUMISMATIC LIBRARY TOUR

The latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is a video tour of the Joel Orosz Numismatic Library. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report.
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The Joel Orosz Numismatic Library Tour

On July 14, 2022, Len Augsburger and Lianna Spurrier visited the Joel Orosz library with the idea of presenting a video tour of the library highlights. Produced by Lianna Spurrier, this video premiered at the Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) meeting at the ANA convention on August 19. Joel walks us through the library highlights, including antebellum literature related to numismatics, numismatic association items, the NBS archives, and more. Thanks to Joel Orosz for hosting this event and allowing us to share his library with a wider audience.

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Left to right: Joel Orosz, Len Augsburger

I dropped everything to sit and watch this.  It's wonderfully done, and should be mandatory for every card-carrying NBS member and anyone interested in American numismatic literature and numismatic history.
-Editor

Link to Joel Orosz Library Tour on Newman Portal:

https://archive.org/details/OroszLibraryTour

NUMISMATIC NOTABLES: CLIFFORD MISHLER

But wait, there's more! Another recent addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is a two-part video interview with Clifford Mishler. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report.
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Numismatic Notables: Clifford Mishler 

Newman Portal is pleased to present an in-depth, two-part interview with Clifford Mishler, who, along with Chet Krause, led Krause Publications for many years. In the first episode, Cliff discusses how he got involved in numismatics and his early days at Krause Publications, leading up to the first edition of Krause's Standard Catalog of World Coins. In part two, Mishler discusses the IT behind the Standard Catalog of World Coins, succession planning at Krause Publications, and the American Numismatic Association governance. Interviewed by Joel Orosz and Len Augsburger, this video was produced by Lianna Spurrier of Numismatic Marketing.

What a great oral history of the hobby!
-Editor

Link to Clifford Mishler interviews on Newman Portal

https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/529486?Year=2022&take=50

THE 1942 ANS EXHIBIT OF MASSACHUSETTS SILVER

The Newman Numismatic Portal stars in a great new video on the landmark 1942 ANS exhibit of Massachusetts silver coinage published by Ron Guth.  Check it out - what a mind-blowing exhibit, and great numismatic history. 
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In 1942, the American Numismatic Society hosted an exhibit of approximately 500 Massachusetts Silver Coins dated circa 1652.  The exhibition included loans from prominent collectors such as T. James Clarke, Carl Wurtzbach, and William B. Osgood Field (who owned a record number of eight New England Shillings and one New England Sixpence).  The American Numismatic Society memorialized the exhibit in a photo album that currently resides in their collection and which has been made available on the Newman Numismatic Portal.  For anyone interested in early American Colonial coins and, specifically, Massachusetts Silver coins, this video is a first look at this little-known photo album and exhibit.

To watch the complete video, see: 

Ron Guth on Coins 15 - A 1942 Exhibit of 500 Massachusetts Silver Coins

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqFHuSR0LZA)

VIDEO: WHAT A GIRL ASKED PRESIDENT LINCOLN

These are selections from the David Lisot Video Library that feature news and personalities from the world of coin collecting. David has been attending coin conventions since 1972 and began videotaping in 1985. The Newman Numismatic Portal now lists all Davidâ€™s videos on their website at:

https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/522852

Here's one with a young lady numismatist's questions for President Abe Lincoln.
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What Would a Nine-Year Old Girl Ask President Lincoln?

VIDEO: 7:11.

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Allisa Dyer, Young Numismatist, 

Dennis Boggs, Abraham Lincoln, 

David Lisot, Video Producer, CoinTelevision.com. 

May 20, 2022.

There was a young lady who came to the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists Coin Show and worked as a page. While there she decided to interview President Abraham Lincoln. What she asked him was extraordinary.

David adds:

"The PAN Coin Convention is dedicated to promoting coin collecting to the youth of America. As a way to do this, these kids interested in coins can be pages at the coin conventions and help dealers by getting them food or cleaning their showcases. One girl who was a page wanted to interview Abraham Lincoln. We caught her on camera doing so. Find out why this young lady numismatist could end up being our next US president!"

An excerpt of the video is available for viewing on the Coin Television YouTube Channel at: 

https://youtu.be/kSEATo6FAe8

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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 21, 2022

 The Penn-New York Auction Company 
Dave Hirt writes:

"I would like to comment on the 50th anniversary of the first Bowers and Ruddy Public sale,  Public meaning live bidders in the auction room. However, I have a catalog of a mail bid sale that they had almost 15 years earlier. This was held under the name The Penn-New York Auction company Q David Bowers - James F Ruddy. Inside the back cover is an announcement of future auction sales. However none took place.

"Dave was still a teenager at the time of that 1957 sale.
Although he had been already been selling coins for two years through advertisements."

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I sent my early Bowers periodicals to the Newman Numismatic Portal for scanning.  Here's what the 1957 Penn-New York sale looks like.  Great numismatic ephemera, and hard to find today.
-Editor

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To read the catalog on NNP, see: 

PENN-NEW YORK COIN CO.

(https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=511479&AuctionId=529023)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

THE FIRST BOWERS AND RUDDY PUBLIC AUCTION

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n33a18.html)

 More on Counterstamped Cash Coins 
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Ted Puls writes:

"The second counterstamped â€œChineseâ€ coin in the 8/14  E-Sylum is actually a Japanese coin.  It is listed as Hartill 4.102.  minted â€œfrom  1668 .ADâ€.  It is sought after as it was made from a Daibutsu or Buddha statue that was destroyed in an earthquake.  As part of Buddhist practice, gold leaf was attached by the faithful thus the coin may have a gold content.  All this lead to the belief that this coin if cast into a pipe would protect the user from the ill effects of smoking.  What a fun coin."

Mal Carey writes:

"Perhaps some readers may have encountered cash countermarks such as those below.

"My surmise is that it is a membership token of a political nature, probably Communist, with the numbers below being a unit designation or a serialization for individual membership.

"I've collected Chinese cash for 70 years and have only encountered one such item."

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Thanks, everyone.  Can anyone help with this countermark? 
-Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 14, 2022 : More on Counterstamped Chinese Cash Coins

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n33a11.html)

 Holocaust Survivor's 10 Mark Allied Payment Certificate 
Bob Van Arsdell writes:

"The Lily Ebert noteâ€™s a 10 Mark Allied Payment Certificate. The fives are smaller and the twenties are larger. The MPC experts may be able to provide more information, itâ€™s not my specialty."

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Thank you.
-Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

BANKNOTE RECONNECTS HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n33a29.html)

 MEX = Medium of Exchange? 
Dave Lange writes:

"Regarding the 3-cent token and its mysterious MEX inscription, that may be an abbreviation for "medium of exchange." It's just a guess on my part."

Hmmm.  Could be, I guess.  Better than any of my guesses (I didn't really have any).  Other thoughts, anyone?
-Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: AUGUST 14, 2022 : 1890 Danish West Indies 3 Cent Mex Token

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n33a23.html)

 Numismatic Poet Societyâ€™s 2022 Award  
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John Phipps writes:

"Caleb Black has received the Numismatic Poet Societyâ€™s 2022 award for â€œBest Original Poem in a Numismatic Exhibitâ€ at the Georgia Numismatic Association Show.  The award is a 2022 Proof American Silver Eagle in a Congratulations Set.  Caleb is a Young Numismatist member of several organizations and a regular contributor to the ANA Member Blog.  He has also exhibited, attended and paged at regional coin shows. The Award was Presented by John Phipps, founding member of the NPS.  Also in the picture is Tom Youngblood, president of the GNA
His poem is a haiku related to his interest in Chinese Silver Panda. Here is his winning poem.

Panda Coin Haiku by Caleb Black

Chinese panda coins

never fail to impress me

forty years minted

"The Numismatic Poets Society was started in 2012.  A lifetime membership is available to any poet that writes and submits an original numismatic related poem and agrees to let it be distributed to all members. Membership is currently at 10 poets."

I like it.  Congratulations.
-Editor

To read an earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

NUMISMATIC POETS SOCIETY AWARD

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n16a22.html)

 On Indian Peace Medal Provenance 
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Indian Peace Medal attributed to Honkapkna

Jim Wells writes:

"In the August 14 E-Sylum, Nathan Markowitz wrote about Indian Peace Medals and how the provenance info is difficult to obtain. I found this true when writing an article "Indian Peace Medals... did they help keep the peace?" in the Summer 2022 issue of The California Numismatist. I described (all?) 30 IPMs, and found the story of Chief Honkapkna's IPM especially interesting. 

"I had described that medal this way: "Another remarkable example of the 1862 President Lincoln medal is in the collection of the American Numismatic Society. This piece has a bullet embedded in its reverse, and is said to have belonged to the Ute Indian chief Honkapkna, who probably received it in 1864 after a series of treaties created a reservation for the Ute tribe in what is now Utah. The chief had been shot in battle, probably in the Black Hawk War (1865â€“1872), but the medal saved his life by preventing the bullet from penetrating his body.
Nevertheless, Honkapkna reputedly sold the medal in disgust in 1872 in its present condition because he had expected its â€œmedicineâ€ to have completely shielded him from harm. In this case, perhaps a Peace Medal saved at least one life."

"Another famous medal was the Chief "Three Fingers" engraving on a Benjamin Harrison IPM, undated but struck around 1890, the last of the original IPM series. This medal was originally presented to Chief Buffalo Meat of the Southern Cheyenne. It eventually became the property of Buffalo Meat's contemporary Chief Three Fingers. The eradicated name "Buffalo Meat" cold be partially read at the place where Three Fingers' name was then added. The medal was reportedly later acquired in a yard sale. (Provenance known, then lost!)

"Here is the Three Fingers medal reverse, and a photo of the chief wearing it."

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To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

THE CHIEF THREE FINGERS MEDAL

(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n45a18.html)

MORE ON THE CHIEF THREE FINGERS INDIAN PEACE MEDAL

(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n46a17.html)

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 14, 2022 : On Indian Peace Medal Recipients

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n33a11.html)

 Coin Dies Used In 1922 
Steve Shupe writes:

"As to the dies used in 1922 this is the information from the Mint report. Probably not enough detail, but I thought I would still share."

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Thank you.
-Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 14, 2022 : 1922 U.S. Mint Die Records Sought

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n33a11.html)

 August Moyaux Sale Catalogue Sought 
David Pickup writes:

"Would any of your readers have a copy of a sale catalogue 110 by a Belgian firm called Charles Dupriez who sold the August Moyaux collection?
I am trying to research Captain Ernest Swan who had an extensive railway medallion collection."

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Can anyone help?
-Editor

 More on the Reakirt Famous Old Collection 
Julia Casey writes:

"I searched the NNP for Reakirt and I found this terrific write up of the rare sale catalog in the 19th mail bid sale of numismatic literature by The Money Tree (Rocky River, Ohio)."

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Thank you!
-Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 7, 2022 : More on the 1963 "Famous Old Collection" 

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n32a16.html)

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 14, 2022 : More on the Joseph Reakirt Collection

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n33a11.html)

THE TRILOBITE COINS OF VERMONT

Julia Casey recently learned about a private coin in Vermont.
-Editor

The Trilobites of West Rutland, Vermont

Julia writes:

"I recently spoke at the Dorset Historical Society about my research into the Crane Ring of counterfeiters in Rupert, Vermont.  One of the attendees was Glenn Campbell, a talented artist who runs the Campbell Plaster & Iron foundry in West Rutland.  Glenn had some interesting perspectives on 18th century cast counterfeit coins, which came from his years of experience in working with molten metals.

"He also gave me, for free, this terrific â€œTrilobiteâ€ that he had made!  It is about 28mm x 20mm and weighs 10.6g.  There is no legend or denomination.  Glenn has a neat little experiment where he hands out these beauties and tells people to â€œvalue it as they please.â€  He leaves it up to the local community to put them into barter commerce for goods and services.  Though I wonâ€™t be doing that with mine as it is a definite â€œkeeperâ€ and a lovely souvenir of my day in Dorset!"

Thanks! 
This naturally reminds the numismatist of the private issue in nearby Connecticut circa 1737-1739 - the Higley Coppers, some with the legend "Value Me As You Please."
-Editor

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For more information on Campbell Plaster & Iron, see: 

https://cpisculpture.com/

For more information on trilobites, see: 

Trilobite

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite)

Vermont Trilobite

(http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/72428-vermont-trilobite/)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see: 

ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS HIGLEY COPPERS

(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n14a18.html)

PHILADELPHIA BANK BUILDING COIN SCULPTURES

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n16a07.html)

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RANGER INDUSTRIES

Like many of us, I'm on the receiving end of a lot of numismatic marketing emails.  Most go straight to spam or trash, but sometimes one sticks out.
Gene Frink's Ranger Industries started out creating military insignias and challenge coins, but now offers a range of custom coin and medal products.  At my request the company provided the following profile and images of some of their numismatic medal work. 
-Editor

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An expression of appreciation, camaraderie, and accomplishment 

Ranger Industries is an industry leading resource for high quality Emblematic, Medallic and Custom Award & Recognition products, with offshore options that also provide cost-conscious solutions to meet your budget requirements.

Ranger Industries, founded in 2016, originated in the 1980s, when then PFC Gene D. Frink designed a pocket patch for his Army unit, B Co., 2nd Bn 75th Infantry Rangers, Airborne.  After completing his tenure of service, Gene started DeVere Enterprises, and branched out into making custom minted Challenge Coins.  After several decades in the business, Army Contractor as a recruiter after 9/11, and his return to the industry with SOCOM Industries, later becoming Ranger Industries, LLC., Gene would establish a team of professionals with more than 100 years of combined custom minting experience.

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Our companyâ€™s core capabilities are centric to custom designed Challenge Coins, Commemorative Coins, Award Medals, Medallions, Lapel Pins and Patches.  Ranger Industries is also a great resource for custom Personalized Achievement Awards. With these core product capabilities, we work through the full spectrum of metal alloys such as Brass, Bronze, Nickel, Zinc, Steel, and precious metals such as .999-fine Silver and Gold.

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Businesses, military units, government agencies, clubs, first responders, associations, municipalities and individuals from all over the United States and beyond trust Ranger Industries, LLC. to provide original die struck and metal cast expressions of appreciation and celebration that are certain to be treasured for a lifetime. We can accomplish your objective, provide helpful creative assistance, meet your budget and help you recognize achievement and build esprit de corps.

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Contact us today to receive a FREE, no-obligation quote for your project! And make sure to browse our new Online Store that has over 2,500 retail items available - with more added weekly!

For more information, see: 

http://www.rangercoin.com/

VOCABULARY TERM: LIMITING GUIDE

Here's another entry from Dick Johnson's Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Terminology.  I added token images from the website of dealer Steve Hayden.
-Editor

 Limiting Guide. 
A design element on a medallic piece to position additional work, as the focus to drill a hole, or for piercing; to affix a foot or hanger; to apply a jewel or appliqué, or such.

A few 19th century medals had tiny raised circles as limiting guides or piercing guides for drilling a hole at the 12:00 position just inside the rim. These can be found on several early U.S. Mint Indian Peace Medals, including James Madison (IP-5) and John Tyler (IP-21) Indian Peace Medals. Also a number of hand engraved medals by J.E. Eyman for the American Methodism Centenary, 1866, had limiting guides, some on both sides.

Limiting guides disappear if the hole drilled is larger than the diameter of the circle. However some specimens are found intact without the hole drilled. Hence they indicate a scarce variety of the piece since most such medals were intended to be issued holed (and usually are so). The raised circle's shape is called an annulet (but "limiting guide" when intended to have some further work done).

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Another interesting example is the enigmatic diestruck token collectors call Contrahendo et Solvendo (Rulau Y3). It bears limiting guides, on either side of a large 2. It is speculated the pieces are intended to be suspender buttons and the two holes are for sewing to a garment!

Sometimes an incuse limiting guide was employed, as where a gemstone was to be set in. An example is the American Numismatic Association Chicago Convention Medal of 1966, where a diamond was inset. Limiting guides found on the reverse of a uniface piece generally indicate some form of mounting to be attached. Paperweight plaquettes with half ball feet frequently had limiting guides struck as raised circles where the feet were to be attached. The hemisphere fits within the raised circle, which acted as a tiny fence around the feet.

In very rare instances the diesinker or medal designer would allow for spacing in the legend near the rim (without the limiting guide). An example is a Stephen A. Douglas Medal of 1866; the word monument contained space indicating where a hole is to be drilled, thusly: monu [space] ment.

Reference: 

{1999} Rulau (Russell) Standard Catalog of United States Tokens, 1700-1900, p 321-322.

To read the complete entry on the Newman Numismatic Portal, see: 

Limiting Guide

(https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/dictionarydetail/516235)

To read the complete lot description, see:  

638 - RULAU Y3C Raw MS63 1857 Non-Local Merchant token
(75-100)

(https://www.civilwartokens.com/Event/LotDetails/2685739/638-RULAU-Y3C-Raw-MS63-1857-NonLocal-Merchant-token)

WILLIAM WETMORE'S TRAVELING DESK

Dave Fegley submitted these biographical notes on collector William Wetmore and photos of Wetmore's traveling desk, which Dave found recently at the antique arms show in Allentown PA.  Cool item!
-Editor

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LT WILLIAM BOERUM WETMORE

6th CAV

December 7, 1849 - March 24 1919

William Wetmore was born in New York on December 7, 1849
to Samuel Wetmore and Sarah Boerum. Great-great-grandson of
Capt. William Boerum, of Revolutionary Army; Great-grandson of
Col. Jackson Browne, of British Colonial Army, who served in the
Barbadoes, W. I.; Grandson of Capt. William Boerum, U. S. N. in
battles of Hornet and Peacock; Hornet and Penguin.

Cadet at West Point Military Academy, July 1, 1867, to June 14,
1872, when he graduated and was promoted in the Army to
Second Lieutenant 6th Cavalry.

He served at the Military Academy as Assistant Instructor of
Ordnance and Gunnery, July 5â€29, 1872, and of Field
Telegraphing, July 29 to Aug. 31, 1872; on graduation leave of
absence, Aug. 31 to Dec. 12, 1872; on frontier duty at Fort Reilly
Kansas, Dec. 13, 1872, to Feb. 1, 1873,; Fort Wallace Kansas to
July 10, 1873, â€” and at River Bend, Colorado to Oct. 3, 1873,
being engaged on Sep. 10, 1873 in a hand-toâ€hand encounter
with a band of desperadoes attempting to rob the Paymaster, he
shot the chief of whom was the notorious ex Captain Graham; as
Aide-deâ€camp to Bvt. Major-General Pope Oct. 3, 1873, to
Sep. 4, 1875, at Headquarters of Fort Leavenworth Kansas as
Acting Aide-deâ€Camp, Aug. 1 to Dec. 1, 1874, to Bvt. Major-
General Miles, commanding Expedition to Indian Territory, being
engaged, Aug. 30, 1874, in the Action of Red River, for which he
was recommended to be brevetted First Lieutenant and Captain;
on leave of absence, to make a tour around the world, Sep. 4,
1875, to Oct. 4, 1876. - Resigned, Dec. 1, 1876.

Major, New York Militia, 1879â€82. Delegate to Democratic
Convention at St. Louis, Mo., to nominate a candidate for the
Presidency, 1888.

His marriage to Annette Butler in 1882 resulted in divorce and
made the society papers in 1892 complete with allegations of
gambling and other unpleasantness.

His second marriage was to Katherine Havercamp.

He raised in Philadelphia, Pa., and vicinity, the "Wetmore
Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers," for the Spanish-American
war, but finally had to disband it, as preference was given to the
National Guard, who filled up the entire quota of the State. On
the outbreak of the war with Spain, he offered his services to the
government for any position to which they might choose to
assign him. Friends wanted him to raise his regiment from Rhode
Island and Fall River, but finding the State's quota full, he
decided to raise one in Pennsylvania. He opened a recruiting
office, all his men being physically examined, and had a regiment
ready to go to the war, but unfortunately Pennsylvania's quota
was at this time also full, and finding it impossible to get to the
front, he got as many of his men as possible to join vacancies in
other Pennsylvania regiments, even sending two companies to fill
up one that was short. He then offered to take command of a
battalion of troops in one regiment and put his men in, and it was
accepted, but it was found the State's quota was full.

Throughout his life he was an avid coin collector and went on to
be a noted numismatist assembling one of the great collections
of early US coins and sold by S. H. & H. Chapman in 1906.
The catalog of his sale is reprinted to this day and included the
famous â€œCohenâ€ specimen of the 1804 dollar.

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Some of his correspondence with S. H. Chapman is in the
archive collection of the American Numismatic Society. He was
friends with John Work Garrett who requested President Andrew
Johnson recommend his admission to West Point.

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A December 23, 1878 letter from Major William Wetmore to S.H.
Chapman from the ANS archives concerning the use of the
metric system to measure coins.

Retired Major Wetmore was a member of the U. S. Military
Service Institute; U. S. Naval Institute; U. S. Cavalry Association;
American Numismatic Society, New York; National Academy of
Design, New York; American Geographical Society, N. Y.;
Chamber of Commerce, N. Y.; American Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York; New England Society, New York; Order of the
Cincinnati; Order of Society of War of 1812; Naval Order of United
States; Order of Veterans of Indian Wars of the United States.

- He died on March 24, 1919 in Atlantic City, New Jersey -

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Major William Boerum Wetmore 1870s traveling desk as found at
antique arms show in Allentown, Pa. Believed to be a gift from
his mother at his graduation from West Point in 1872.

Dave adds:

"It was a bit out of this poor guy's budget, but way too cool to leave to obscurity. I was about halfway home from that show when it struck me who (Major - not Lieutenant) Wetmore was. I turned around and drove 60 miles back to get it.

"It really is beautiful even after 150 years.
The (aged) owner had bought it at the Baltimore Antique Antique Arms Show in the early 80s. He didn't know who Wetmore was other than serving in the 6th Cav. This is the first it will be presented with proper identification."

Thanks!  Great association item.
Wetmore's metric scale is akin to the Collet and Kolit scales discussed by Pete Smith last week.
-Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

THE COLLET AND KOLIT SCALES

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n33a17.html)

ANS ANNOUNCES RESOLUTE AMERICANA CHAIR

This news came out earlier this month, but I wanted to make sure we covered it here.  The ANS has a new endowment to support curatorship in American numismatics.
-Editor

The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is pleased to announce the naming of the curatorial position in American numismatics as the Resolute Americana Chair of American Numismatics. Thanks to a generous donation by ANS Life Fellow Robert L. Rodriguez, a longtime researcher and collector of Colonial and early United States coinage, the endowment to support this curatorship has now grown substantially.

The chairâ€™s new name honors one of Mr. Rodriguezâ€™s outstanding achievements, the assemblage of his Resolute Americana Collection, which includes coins and medals ranging from the beginning of the colonial period in the Americas to the earliest days of the United States Mint. Notable among them are some of the finest examples of Massachusetts silver coinage from 1652, the most complete collection of Continental dollars, and among the finest sets of 1792 mint pattern coinage ever assembled. Mr. Rodriguez chose the name â€œResoluteâ€ for several reasons, among them his belief that the word aptly describes his own personal nature. He noted that the name also evokes the HMS Resolute, a British ship that has its own unique ties to American history.

The Resolute Americana Chair of American Numismatics supports the work of the curator overseeing the Societyâ€™s collection of North American and Latin American coins, tokens, and paper currency, as well as portions of the collection of medals. With nearly 200,000 objects dating from the early sixteenth century to the present, the Societyâ€™s American holdings represent one of the premier collections of American-related numismatics in the world.

Assistant Curator Dr. Jesse Kraft holds this endowed chair. Dr. Kraft, who completed his Ph.D. in United States History from the University of Delaware in 2019, has become acknowledged as an expert in the field of American numismatics. He has published extensively in both the Journal of Early American Numismatics, where he currently serves on the Editorial Committee, and the ANS Magazine; his forthcoming monograph, Colonial Change: The Circulation and Rejection of Foreign Coinage in the United States, ca. 1600â€“1900, will be published in 2023.

â€œWe are very grateful for this contribution from Mr. Rodriguez, who has been extraordinarily generous in his support of the research and publication of American numismatics at the ANS,â€ said Executive Director Gilles Bransbourg. â€œWe are pleased that this gift recognizes the quality of the collection of American numismatics here and ensures that research in this area will continue to expand and deepen.â€

Many thanks to Rob Rodriguez for this generous donation, which will enable continued research and publication in this important and still perplexing area.
-Editor

To read the complete article, see: 

ANS Announces Resolute Americana Chair of American Numismatics

(https://numismatics.org/resoluteamericana/)

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NAC AND SHANNA SCHMIDT FORM NAC USA

This press release details the new partnership between Numismatica Ars Classica and longtime E-Sylum supporter Shanna Schmidt.
-Editor

With the founding of NAC USA, Numismatica Ars Classica and Shanna Schmidt are forming
a strategic partnership to improve NACâ€™s services for American customers. Thanks to NAC
USA, American customers can buy and sell via NAC as though the European auction house
were located in the United States.

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>From left to right: Giuliano Russo, Shanna Schmidt and Arturo Russo.

Anyone whoâ€™s interested in high-quality ancient and Italian coins will be familiar with the
auction house Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC) located in London, Zurich and Milan. It is
one of the worldâ€™s most important auction houses, especially when it comes to high quality
ancient and Italian coins. Hereâ€™s a good example to illustrate this: NAC is responsible for
seven of the ten best results ever achieved for Roman gold coins at auction.

Originally based in Naples, the companyâ€™s founder Roberto Russo decided to relocate to the
Swiss city of Zurich, which was the center of the international coin trade at the time. A decade
ago, NAC opened its London office. Now, his sons Arturo and Giuliano Russo are going a
step further: they are founding an additional NAC location in Chicago. And as a partner,
theyâ€™ve secured one of the best-known and most creative personalities in the American trade
in ancient coins: Shanna Schmidt.

>From a very young age, Shanna Schmidt has known the world of numismatics inside out, and
sheâ€™s been working in the coin trade for several decades. She also has an academic
background. Her Masterâ€™s thesis covered the cultural property debate, with a particular focus
on ancient coins. Shanna Schmidt has been working as an independent coin dealer in Chicago
since 2016. She has excellent connections and represents some of Americaâ€™s most prominent
collectors at auctions around the world.
Shanna Schmidt is committed to a vision: she wants to bring the European and American
markets closer together. You might say that she was predestined to follow this path: after all,
in addition to her first language, she also speaks fluent German.

Together, Numismatica Ars Classica and Shanna Schmidt have developed a concept that will
offer American customers a whole new dimension of service. Consigning coins to and buying
them from NAC will be as easy as doing business with a U.S. company. There are no longer
any problems with money transfers or customs formalities. NAC USA organizes everything
for the customer. Payments can be made in dollars within the USA. The coins are sent straight
to the customer from Chicago. NAC USA enables customers to purchase coins in auctions in
Europe, while at the same time enjoying the service of an American company. The same
applies to consignors. They have the option of consigning their coins for NAC floor auctions
and the NACâ€™s online format Naville straight to Shanna Schmidt in the USA â€“ whether at a
coin fair or at the NAC premises. NAC USA will take care of all formalities and practical
arrangements for consigners. This makes it much easier for customers in the USA to consign
to one of the most successful auction houses in Europe, which has an extremely affluent
clientele.

NAC USA will be opening its own gallery in October. It will be offering customers coins at
fixed prices, from both NACâ€™s and Shanna Schmidtâ€™s stock. Moreover, NAC USA will be
present at most major coin shows in the U.S. in order to get in touch with collectors all over
the country. Shanna Schmidt will share her extensive expertise, in order to assist collectors in 
making the most of their budget when buying and the most of their collection when
consigning.

NAC USA combines the best of the American and European coin trade.

NAC USA

8 South Michigan Ave

Suite 3600

Chicago, IL 60601

Tel: +1 (312) 883-8541

shannaschmidt at arsclassicacoins.com

The gallery will be opened in October 2022.
Office and gallery are open on appointment only.

For more information, see: 

https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/

STACKâ€™S BOWERS SUMMER 2022 AUCTIONS

This press release summarizes the various collections and offerings in the  Stackâ€™s Bowers Galleries Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auctions.
-Editor

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1907 Indian Eagle Rolled Rim

Stackâ€™s Bowers Galleries is thrilled to present an exceptional selection of United States coins
and Numismatic Americana in their Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction. This will be remembered as a historic
milestone in numismatics, highlighted by the finest known Proof 1825/4/1 half eagle offered as part of the Mocatta
Collection. Graded Proof-67 Cameo (PCGS) CAC, this specimen is one of just three known and can be traced to
before 1864, through the cabinets of such luminaries as Parmelee, Eliasberg and King Farouk of Egypt. It is
accompanied in the Mocatta Collection by numerous other rarities including a pair of 1796 Stars and No Stars $2.50
quarter eagles, a lovely 1879 Flowing Hair $4 Stella, Wire Rim and Rolled Rim â€œPatternâ€ 1907 Indian $10 pieces, a
Gem Proof 1887 Liberty Head $20, and many others.

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1792 Copper Disme

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Silver 1826 Erie Canal Completion Medal

A truly astounding selection is offered from the legendary Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation. Famous for
its focus on top-quality Early American coins and medals, this selection is anchored by an incredible 1792 Copper
Disme that was once in the collection of Dr. J. Hewitt Judd. Graded SP-62 BN (PCGS) CAC, it is the second finest
known and can be traced back to before 1908. Also offered from the Cardinal Collection is the famous Charles Jay
1793 Sheldon-14 Liberty Cap cent which ranks as the finest known at AU-53+ (PCGS), and an important Specimen-
62 (PCGS) 1826 Erie Canal Completion Medal in silver, HK-1000 variety.

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1786 New Jersey Copper. Maris 21-N Wide Shield

The inaugural offering from the Sydney F. Martin Collection is presented in a meticulously researched, stand-alone
catalog featuring over 260 coins and medals. Included are his front-line collections of New Jersey coppers and
Massachusetts coppers, both among the finest holdings in these series ever assembled. The collection contains 113
of 145 confirmed die pairings of New Jersey coppers including major rarities such as the 1786 Maris 9-G â€œNo
Coulterâ€ variety graded PCGS VF-30, as well as superb quality pieces like the 1786 Maris 21-N graded PCGS MS-65+ Red-Brown, one of the very finest known New Jersey coppers of any variety. The Massachusetts half cents and
cents dated 1787 and 1788 are even more complete, as Martin gathered 46 of the 51 known die pairings in the series.
Rounding out this initial auction are incredible offerings of Saint Patrick coinage, Higley coppers, Pitt tokens, Rhode
Island ship medals, and Libertas Americana medals.

Stackâ€™s Bowers Galleries is honored to present a historic selection of 35th Anniversary American Eagle Gold and
Silver coins on behalf of the United States Mint. Offered are the final 500 each of the classic American Eagle gold
and silver 1 ounce coins and the first 500 coins each of the new American Eagle gold and silver 1 ounce coins.
Deemed the American Eagle At Dawn and At Dusk Coins, these coins were produced in a special striking ceremony
under the guidance of former Director of the Mint David Ryder and will be offered exclusively in the Stackâ€™s
Bowers Galleries Summer 2022 Auction. In recognition of this historic offering, the auction firm will also waive the
Buyerâ€™s Premium on these 35th Anniversary coins, meaning that the highest bid on each lot (the hammer price) will
be the final amount paid by the winning bidder, excluding shipping fees. These 35th Anniversary coins are also
exempt from sales tax, which should encourage even stronger bidding from collectors!

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1885-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle

The incredible JBR Set of Gold Coins from the Fairmont Collection is a landmark feature of the Summer 2022
Global Showcase Auction. Comprising nearly complete runs of the $5, $10, and $20 denominations beginning in
1834, the JBR Set exhibits an astounding combination of Condition Census and Everyman quality across the rarest
dates and varieties of U.S. gold. The 554 coins in the set feature an overall CAC approval rate of 63% and rank
among the top PCGS Registry Sets in their respective categories. Highlights include an 1864-S $5 graded EF-45
(PCGS) CAC, an 1853/'2' $10 graded MS-62 (PCGS) CAC, and a monumental selection of Liberty Head $20s led
by an 1861-O graded AU-55+ (PCGS) CAC, an 1866-S No Motto graded AU-58 (PCGS), and an 1885-CC graded
MS-62 (PCGS) CAC.

One of the most significant collections of Classic Head gold coinage ever formed â€“ the Virginian Collection â€“ was
assembled by Daryl J. Haynor and includes some of the finest Classic Head quarter eagles and half eagles known.
The cabinet features Condition Census examples of the 1838-C, 1839-C and 1839-O quarter eagles and both the
HM-1 and HM-2 varieties of the historic 1838-C half eagle. Virtually all die varieties among circulation strike issues
in this series are represented, including the rare 1835 HM-5 and 1836 HM-9 half eagles.

The Georgia Gold Rush Collection, offered by the John O. Sykes Family, represents a pinnacle of numismatic
achievement for the Dahlonega Mint gold series. Containing a complete date and major variety set of the coinage of
this branch mint, it also includes multiple examples of many issues. The result is that among the 150 coins that
comprise this outstanding collection can be found famous Condition Census rarities in Choice and Gem Mint State
alongside more affordable, yet still scarce and highly desirable coins in EF and AU grades. Highlights include an
1861-D gold dollar graded MS-63 (PCGS) CAC, an 1861-D Liberty Head half eagle graded MS-63 (PCGS), and an
1854-D three-dollar gold piece graded MS-62 (PCGS) CAC.

The Augustana Collection contains thousands of coins from around the world accumulated over nearly five decades.
The goal of the collection was to portray human progress over the last few centuries. The United States coins
featured in the sale span from the extinct Charlotte and Dahlonega mints to the work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens,
reflecting Americaâ€™s emergence on the world stage. Highlights include an 1844-C Liberty Head half eagle graded
MS-62+ (PCGS), a MS-64 (PCGS) CAC 1907 High Relief, Wire Rim Saint-Gaudens $20, and a MS-62 (PCGS)
Octagonal 1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition $50.

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1797 Heraldic Eagle Capped Bust Right

The Andrew M. Hain Collection is a provenance that requires no introduction among seasoned numismatists. It is
most famously associated with a captivating selection of Massachusetts Silver coins and other Early American
rarities that were offered in Stackâ€™s January 2002 auction. Over two decades later, Stackâ€™s Bowers Galleries is
delighted to present another magnificent selection from this cabinet in the Summer 2022 sale. The core of this
offering is a delightful group of early gold coins that have been off the market for many years, highlighted by such
treasures as a MS-62 (PCGS) 1802/'1' Capped Bust Right quarter eagle, an AU-53 (PCGS) OGH 1797 Heraldic
Eagle Capped Bust Right $10, and an AU-58 (PCGS) OGH 1803 Capped Bust Right eagle.

The Jones Collection is a wide-ranging cabinet of rarities spanning from the very earliest American issues to the
renaissance of U.S. coinage in the early 20 th century. It is highlighted by a magnificent MS-65 (PCGS) â€œ1776"
Continental Dollar, a Proof-64 (PCGS) CAC 1895 Morgan dollar, and an EF-40 (PCGS) CAC 1855 Wass, Molitor
& Co. $50.

The Madrone Collection is an impressive selection of Territorial and other gold rarities that includes such treasures
as a pair of AU-53 (PCGS) 1851 Augustus Humbert Lettered Edge $50 coins (the 880 THOUS and 887 THOUS
types) and a pair of MS-65 (NGC) 1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition $50 coins (Round and Octagonal varieties).
The Pacific Rim Collection offers an important selection of Proof silver dollars including such rarities as a 1921-S
Zerbe Special Strike Morgan in Specimen-65 (PCGS), a Proof-65 Cameo (PCGS) CAC 1876 Trade dollar, and a
Proof-66 Ultra Cameo (NGC) 1896 Morgan.

An exciting selection of Bitcoins and other Physical Cryptocurrency is presented at the end of the Rarities Night
Session. This category has been earning incredibly strong premiums among traditional coin collectors and crypto
enthusiasts alike. This selection is highlighted by an extremely rare 2011 Casascius 1 BTC DOUBLE ERROR
variety graded MS-66 (PCGS) that is one of just five known, as well as an impressive 2012 Casascius 5 BTC
â€œBitnickelâ€ graded MS-65 (PCGS).

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1777 Philip Syng, Jr. Regulated Bolivian 8 Reales

Beyond these curated selections of U.S. coins, numerous individual rarities can be found in the Summer Global
Showcase Auction, including a historic ca. 1777 Philip Syng, Jr. Regulated Bolivian 8 Reales graded VF-25 (NGC),
a flawless MS-68 RD (PCGS) 1902 Indian cent, a MS-66 FH 1926-D Standing Liberty quarter, the unique Proof
1829 half dollar graded Proof-66 (NGC), a possible specimen striking 1839-C Liberty Head half eagle graded MS-64 (PCGS), a near-Mint AU-58 (PCGS) 1861-O Liberty Head double eagle, and a world-class 1878 Pattern quarter
eagle, Judd-1566 graded Proof-67 Cameo (PCGS).

Passionate collectors of Numismatic Americana will delight in a historic offering from the Collection of Paul A.
Volcker, Jr., who served as the 12th Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987. In a career spanning
nearly six decades including public service under five U.S. presidents, Volcker worked for private and public firms
as an esteemed economist and helped shape the nationâ€™s economic policies. This selection from the Volcker
Collection is highlighted by an impressive 96 mm Benjamin F. Fairless Memorial Medal in Gold and a historic
Nelson A. Rockefeller Public Service Award Gold Medal.

Additional rarities among the Numismatic Americana include a historic AU-58 BN (NGC) "1781" Libertas
Americana Medal in Bronze, a ca. 1790s signed sketch by Augustin Dupre (designer of the Libertas Americana
medal), and an 1825 John Quincy Adams Indian Peace Medal in silver.

The entire Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction is now available for pre-bidding at 

www.StacksBowers.com.
Live bidding will take place from August 22 through September 1, hosted from Griffin Studios, Stackâ€™s Bowers
Galleriesâ€™ state-of-the-art auction venue in Costa Mesa, California. For questions about any lots in the Summer 2022
sale or to consign your collection to the future event, contact Stackâ€™s Bowers Galleries at

Consign at StacksBowers.com or 800-566-2580.

STACKâ€™S BOWERS SUMMER 2022 U.S. CURRENCY

Another press release summarizes U.S. currency offerings in the Stacks Bowers 2022 Summer Global Showcase Auction.  Some great notes here.
-Editor

Stacks Bowers Galleries is thrilled to present an important offering of United States Currency in
their Summer Global Showcase Auction. The firmâ€™s first showcase currency sale since their Spring 2022 Auction, it
features many rarities and advanced collections. Given the strong prices realized in their Spring 2022 Auction,
another record-breaking sale is anticipated.

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Lot 20330: 1918 Boston $500 Federal Reserve Note

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Lot 20262: 1918 $5 Replacement

One notable cabinet is the â€œBoston Proper Collectionâ€ of large size Federal Reserve Bank Notes and Federal
Reserve Notes from the Boston district. Highlights include lot 20330, a Fr. 1132-A 1918 $500 in PMG Very Fine 25
(one of just three known), and lot 20262, a Fr. 781* 1918 $5 FRBN replacement graded PMG Very Fine 30 (one of
just two known).

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Lot 20529: 1869 $1 Legal Tender Note Mismatched Serial Number

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Lot 20530: 1899 $1 Silver Certificate Mismatched Serial Number

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Lot 20531: 1929 $100 National Bank Note Mismatched Serial Number

The Summer 2022 Auction will also present â€œThe Mismacthed Serial Number Collection.â€ Built over decades, this
offering features the most extensive and comprehensive collection of mismatched serial numbers ever assembled.
Among the key notes being offered from this group are lot 20529, an 1869 $1 Legal Tender note, lot 20530, an 1899
$1 Silver Certificate, and lot 20531, the famous 1929 $100 National Bank Note from Dayton, Ohio.

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Lot 20126: 1880 $100 Legal Tender Note

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Lot 20510: 1928 $500 Gold Certificate

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Lot 20188: 1886 $10 "Tombstone" Silver Certificate 

The standout highlight of the sale is lot 20126, a Fr. 172 1880 $100 Legal Tender Note in PMG 65EPQ. Other
important offerings include lot 20188, an 1886 $10 Silver Certificate graded Gem 65PPQ by PCGS Banknote, lot
20510, a 1928 $500 Gold Certificate in PCGS Banknote 63, and lot 20437, a stunning 1928 $500 from St. Louis in a
PMG 66EPQ holder.

The entire Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction is available for viewing and bidding at the firmâ€™s website

StacksBowers.com. For more information regarding these offerings, to inquire about bidding, or to consign to a
Stackâ€™s Bowers Galleries Auction, please contact PeterT at StacksBowers.com.

MORE FEISEL AUGUST 2022 TOKEN HIGHLIGHTS

Here's another announcement with highlights from the upcoming token sale from Duane Feisel, closing on August 28, 2022.  He can be reached at

dhfeisel at frontier.com
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-Editor

Bidding on the auction has picked up substantially by the delivery of the print version of "Talkin' Tokens," the monthly publication of the National Token Collectors Association (NTCA).  Increased viewing activity of some of the auction lots has also been noted on the photo hosting site accessible at:  

https://collector-ca.smugmug.com/Tokens-Exonumia/2022-AUGUST-MAIL-BID-SALE/

And as a reminder, when submitting your bids be sure to use the lot number rather than the image number from this site.

Should still need a full listing of the auction lots, please let me know and Iâ€™ll send you a PDF color copy.

If you have not yet submitted your bids, now is the time to do so!

This auction offers a wide variety of better exonumia items including:

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Lot 3:  THE / BREWERY / SALOON / ALTURAS // Good For / 1 / Drink, br rd 21mm.  Listed 2F-2 $500/1,000.  G3-MB$600

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Lot 30:  ECKERTS / SALOON / MAGALIA, / CAL. // Good For / One / Drink, br rd 21mm.  Listed 2F-1 $250/500. G3-MB$550

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Lot 62:  MANHATTAN SALOON / 248 / SOUTH / SAN JOAQUIN / STREET / STOCKTON. / CAL. // Good For / 10Â¢ / In / Trade / (sm: C.A. Klinkner & Co. S.F.), br sc-12 26mm.  Listed 2F-16  $250/500.  G5-MB$300

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Lot 72 :  THE BUDWEISER / SALOON / AUGUSTA, / MONT. // Good For / One / Drink, br rd 23mm.  Unlisted!  G3-MB$500

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Lot 501:  THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE / GOOD FOR / 12Â½Â¢ / TONOPAH // (miner with pick), al oc 30mm.  Listed 1897 $2,200. G3-MB$2,000

There are so many additional desirable items!

If you have any questions, please let me know.  I'll be looking for your bid list!

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 

FEISEL AUGUST 2022 TOKEN SALE HIGHLIGHTS

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n33a21.html)

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HOLABIRD AUGUST 2022 SALE SELECTIONS

These are some numismatic items that caught my eye in the upcoming Holabird sale.
-Editor

 Lot 4065: Iwo Jima Bronze Plaque 
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This plaque is the Iwo Jima flag raising made famous by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal. It is cast bronze about 7in. in diameter with two mounting hole from the back. Appears to be new and never mounted.

Great display item for a numismatic library or office.
-Editor