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Volume 26, Number 49, December 3, 2023
** WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM DECEMBER 3, 2023 <#a01>
** KUNZE’S 1800 COIN COLLECTION DESCRIPTION <#a02>
** NEW BOOK: EARLY ERA OF THE NEW ORLEANS MINT  <#a03>
** NEW BOOK: SESTERCES DES ANTONINS - IV (96-192) <#a04>
** NEW BOOK: COINAGE IN IMPERIAL SPACE <#a05>
** PERIODICAL: NUMISMATIQUE ASIATIQUE NO. 47 <#a06>
** NNP ADDS NOVEMBER 2023 SYMPOSIUM VIDEOS  <#a07>
** VIDEO: 2016 PCDA CURRENCY CONVENTION <#a08>
** CCAC SEEKS MEDALLIC ARTS APPLICANTS <#a09>
** THE INVERTED JENNY LOCKET <#a10>
** NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: DECEMBER 3, 2023 <#a11>
** FIDELITY MEDAL AT THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM <#a12>
** SILVER AND GOLD COIN LOVE TOKEN JEWELRY <#a13>
** VOCABULARY TERMS: OVERDATE, OVERDATING <#a14>
** WHITMAN PUBLISHING, PAST AND FUTURE <#a15>
** MONEY MUSEUMS IN THE U.S., PART ONE <#a16>
** MONEY MUSEUMS IN THE U.S., PART TWO <#a17>
** DAVID SCHENKMAN INTERVIEW, PART FIVE <#a18>
** NUMISMAGRAM MEDAL SELECTIONS: DECEMBER 3, 2023 <#a19>
** ANS CANADIAN TOKEN SALE <#a20>
** NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: DECEMBER 3, 2023 <#a21>
** MORE ON ROMAN EMPEROR ELAGABALUS  <#a22>
** THE CLASSIC LINCOLN CENT <#a23>
** DICKIN MEDAL 80TH ANNIVERSARY <#a24>
** DENVER MINT SILVER INGOT OFFERED <#a25>
** THE ANILINE DOLLAR <#a26>
** WHAT IS A WEB NOTE? <#a27>
** A RECORD NUMBER OF $50 BILLS  <#a28>
** LOOSE CHANGE: DECEMBER 3, 2023 <#a29>
** COIN MAGICIAN NICOLE CARDOZA <#a30>






  

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WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM DECEMBER 3, 2023





Thank you for reading The E-Sylum. If you enjoy it, please send me the email addresses of friends you think may enjoy it as well and I'll send them a subscription. Contact me at whomren at gmail.com anytime regarding your subscription, or questions, comments or suggestions about our content. 



This week we open with a rare publication of the contents of an early coin collection in the U.S., three new books, a periodical, 
updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and more.



Other topics this week include notes from readers, Love Token jewelry, overdates, money museums in the U.S., fixed price and auction sales, the classic Lincoln Cent, the Dickin Medal, silver ingots, web notes, and coin magic.



To learn more about John C. Kunze’s coin collection, the early New Orleans Mint, Una and the Lion, the CCAC, the Inverted Jenny Locket, the Fogg Museum coin robbery,  the Van Wart Fidelity Medal exhibit, Whitman Publishing, the Tammany Society Museum, Communion tokens, Emperor Elagabalus, analine dollars, 
and the coins of future economic powerhouses, read on. Have a great week, everyone!



Wayne Homren 
Editor, The E-Sylum



   

 


 



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KUNZE’S 1800 COIN COLLECTION DESCRIPTION



In an online bookstore listing, Kolbe & Fanning Booksellers offer a copy of the only published 18th-century account of a coin collection formed by an American.
-Editor




DESCRIPTION OF A CABINET OF COINS AND MEDALS ANCIENT AND MODERN.

Kunze, John C.





The Medical Repository. Volume III (New York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1800). Conducted by Samuel L. Mitchill and Edward Miller. 8vo, modern full brown speckled calf; spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt. 7, (1), 428 pages [Kunze’s article is on pages 351–359]. Some spotting. Near fine in a fine binding. Item #7218



John C. Kunze’s 1800 description of his coin collection, possibly the only 18th-century account of a coin cabinet formed by an American collector. Kunze’s little-known article, written in the form of a letter to Dr. Samuel Mitchill though intended for publication, is one of the very few detailed portrayals of coin collecting in the early days of the Republic. Kunze (1744–1807) was a Lutheran minister and professor. Having studied at the University of Leipzig, he moved to Philadelphia in 1770, married, and established the Lutheran Theological Seminary. The pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, he served as a member of the Board of trustees of the University of the State of Pennsylvania, where he also served as a professor of languages and philology. He later moved to New York, where he served the Trinity and Christ Church and taught Oriental languages at Columbia. In addition to his religious and scholarly activities, Kunze studied medicine and astronomy, and was the official 
 translator for Congress in 1785. 






He begins his letter to Mitchill: 


“With pleasure I comply with your request, to give you a short description of the little cabinet of coins in my possession. It would be the extravagance of curiosity, bordering on the lust of the eyes, had I made this collection only for my own two eyes. I can therefore have nothing against its publication, provided it is well remembered, that I do not attach any idea of greatness to it.” He does admit that for New York it is a large collection and “at any rate, the foundation for a good one is laid.”




 




Kunze’s collection was heavily comprised of modern (i.e., post-Renaissance) European coins and medals, though some ancient coins and American pieces were included. Given the collection’s contents, it seems reasonable to surmise that he collected in both Europe and America during the late colonial period through his death in 1807. Among the American items in his cabinet were a 1757 Quaker Treaty of Easton Indian Peace Medal (Betts 401), four 1652-dated Massachusetts silver pieces “all of different sizes,” a St. Patrick farthing, Boscawen, Pitt and Vernon medals, a Rosa Americana piece, and a Voce Populi. 


“My duplicates I have in a particular chest, from which every spectator is permitted to take what he pleases, by replacing each with a coin, of any value, which is not yet in the collection.” 





On Kunze’s death, the New-York Historical Society contacted his widow and heirs to inquire about the disposal of the collection. At its meeting of July 14, 1818, the Society’s Vice President, Dr. Kosack, read a letter from Mrs. Kunze dated June 30, 1818, in which she donated the collection to the Society. The collection was well-regarded at the time; the 1821 volume of the Collections of the New-York Historical Society contains David Hosack’s inaugural address as president of the Society (pages 269 to 280), in which he comments on the Society’s coin collection, much of it received from Rev. Dr. Kunze. 



The circumstances of the donation were retold in the Proceedings of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1843. While virtually unknown today, Kunze’s epistolary article has not always been forgotten, with Daniel Parish publishing “A New York Collection of Ancient and Modern Coins as Described in the Year 1800, by the Owner, the Rev. Dr. John C. Kunze” in the 1907 volume of the Proceedings of the American Numismatic and Archæological Society. More recently, John N. Lupia III has made note of the 1805 printing of the article on his website. Joel J. Orosz, in his monograph on Pierre Eugène du Simitière, cites Robert Hendre Kelby’s 1905 history of the New-York Historical Society, which states that the Kunze collection was eventually stolen from that institution, “nothing remaining but the cabinet which held the coins and medals.” 



The Medical Repository was more specialized in title than in actual scope of coverage, reviewing “publications on physic, surgery, chemistry, natural history, civil history, politics, topography, voyages & travels, more particularly those that relate to America.” Frank Luther Mott’s A History of American Magazines (1930) considered it to be the first scientific journal published in the United States. Our 2014 fixed price catalogue included the first offering of this title in a numismatic context; the recent acquisition of another copy is exciting. Not in Attinelli. Evans 37947. Ex Library of the New York State Medical Association, with their ink stamp on opening pages.



Price: $3,500.00



To read the complete item description, see: 


DESCRIPTION OF A CABINET OF COINS AND MEDALS ANCIENT AND MODERN.

(https://www.numislit.com/pages/books/7218/john-c-kunze/description-of-a-cabinet-of-coins-and-medals-ancient-and-modern)










 




NEW BOOK: EARLY ERA OF THE NEW ORLEANS MINT 



Numismatic Researchers Richard Kelly & Nancy Oliver have made a compilation of research material on the early New Orleans Mint available on NNP.  Here's their announcement.  Thank you!
-Editor



 






Treatise of the Early Era of the New Orleans Mint 1837-1861

by Richard G. Kelly, Nancy Y. Oliver



This is our contribution to Newman’s Numismatic Portal online. It is a treatise of the history of the early years of the New Orleans Mint from 1837 until the takeover by the Confederacy in 1861. The work is taken from the many thousands of copies made of Mint Record Group 104 by two noted numismatic researchers, Robert Julian and Roger Burdette, and archivists at the National Archives in Philadelphia and College Park, Maryland.



It is 75 pages long and contains information about the building, employees and coinage. Put together chronologically, and noted from hand written letters (many hard to decipher) from mint officials and others, it took two years to complete. Some years’ info has been gleaned from other Portal sources and contemporary newspapers from the period when copies from the archives were not accomplished. However, a recent surge of copies from these sparse years noted is now coming available, and this will require a future update and revision of this said work. This will take some time.






Anyway, because of our appreciation for these folks' untiring efforts to make this information available to researchers, we have decided to donate this work to the Portal with free access to all. Enjoy.



To read the complete work, see: 


Treatise of the early era of the New Orleans Mint 1837-1861

(https://archive.org/details/TreatiseNewOrleansMint)

 













NEW BOOK: SESTERCES DES ANTONINS - IV (96-192)



Laurent Schmitt passed along notice of a new volume in a series on the sestertius of the Antonines. Thank you. It can be ordered directly from the author or online at CGB Numismatics, where I found this English description.
-Editor







Sesterces des Antonins - IV (96-192) 

Marc Aurèle César (139-161) - Marc Aurèle Auguste (161-180) - Lucius Vérus (161-169) 


by Jean Lacourt



The present work, the fourth of a series of 5 volumes devoted to the sestertius of the Antonines, covers the reigns of Marcus Aurelius Caesar (139-161), Marcus Aurelianus Augustus (161-180) and Lucius Verus (161-169).



Intended for both amateurs and professionals, it is designed as a practical tool to facilitate the recognition of these coins. Indeed, it is not a classical catalog or a historical and chronological study, but a key allowing the very fast and sure identification of these sestertius. Contrary to the method usually used in numismatics, this key, of new conception, starts with the precise study of the obverse, and ends with its coding. To this obverse code will then be grafted and merged one or more reverse codes.



For each type of sestertius, the reference works are cited, followed by an inventory of their presence in most of the world sales of the last 12 years, allowing the reader to better appreciate their degree of rarity.
This key is illustrated by more than 800 photographs of obverse and reverse.






Author : Jean LACOURT

Publisher : Jean LACOURT

Language : French

Description : 2023, paperback, (21 x 29.7 cm) 428 pages including 40 color plates

Weight : 1880 g.



For more information, or to order, see:


ls117 - Sesterces des Antonins - IV (96-192) Marc Aurèle César (139-161) - Marc Aurèle Auguste (161-180) - Lucius Vérus (161-169) LACOURT Jean

(https://www.cgbfr.com/sesterces-des-antonins-iv-96-192-marc-aurele-cesar-139-161-marc-aurele-auguste-161-180-lucius-verus-161-169-lacourt-jean,ls117,a.html)

 

Or contact the author at

Sesterces61 at orange.fr
















NEW BOOK: COINAGE IN IMPERIAL SPACE



The December 2023 ANS eNews from the American Numismatic Society announced a new volume of conference papers.
-Editor







Coinage in Imperial Space: Coins in the Economy of the Achaemenid and Early Hellenistic World: Conference Papers in Phoenix




Papers from the 2017 conference in Krakow, Poland will be published in volume 76 of Phoenix, a journal of the Classical Association of Canada. The conference was organized by the Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University, the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford, and the National Museum in Krakow. Authors in the conference report include Peter van Alfen (ANS Chief Curator), Jonathan Kagan (ANS Trustee), and Andrew Meadows (former ANS Deputy Director). To purchase, contact phoenix at utoronto.ca.







Here's a list of the papers.
-Editor




1.	Andrew Meadows, "Coinage in Imperial Space: The Problems Raised by the Ps. Aristotelian Oikonoinika"



2.	Peter van Alfen, "Payment, Profit, or Prestige? The Political Economy of Achaemenid Coin Production"



3.	Francois de Callataji, "Pseudo-civic not Civic: The Abundant Double Sigloi Struck by Pamphylian and Cilician Cities (ca 460-333 BCE)"



4.	Jaroslaw Bodzek, "Kings, Satraps, Local Dynasts and Cities in Achaemenid Imperial Space: Ps. Aristotle's Oikonontika and the Numismatic Reality"



5.	Christopher Tuplin, "Of Darics, Staters and Disks: Some Issues in Achaemenid Imperial Space"



6.	Selene Psosna, "The KIN (Symmachikon) Coinage of the Classical Period: Agesilaus Versus Lysander"



7.	Aneurin Ellis-Evans & Jonathan Kagan, "Bimetallism, Coinage, and Empire in Persian Anatolia"



8.	Frederique Duyrat, "Money in Southern Transeuphratene during the 4th century BCE"



9.	Haim Gitler & Oren Tal, "Indigenous Coinages in Palestine: Towards an Understanding of the Persian — Hellenistic Transitional Phase of Money Use"



10.	Evangelism Markou, "The Coinage of the Kings of Cyprus from the Achaemenid to Hellenistic Rule: An Autonomous Royal Coinage?"



11.	Marek Jan Olbrycht, "The India-related Tetradrachms of Alexander the Great"



12.	Karsten Dahmen, "Money and Legitimacy after Alexander"



Cost: $95 USD ($148 for institutions) To purchase, contact

phoenix at utoronto.ca





www.phoenix.utoronto.ca


 





 







PERIODICAL: NUMISMATIQUE ASIATIQUE NO. 47



Here are the contents of the latest issue of Numismatique Asiatique.
-Editor






EDITORIAL

About the forgeries offered on the numismatic market


 
ANNAM


 
The Bài Plaques Used in Vietnam during the Nguyễn Dynasty

by Craig Greenbaum


  
CENTRAL ASIA


 
Apropos of coins with the legend zhou-yuan tong-bao from finds in Kyrgyzstan 

by V. A. Belyaev, S. V. Sidorovich


 
LAOS






La fabrication et l'usage des lats dans le Bas-Laos à la fin du XIXe siècle selon les témoignages français

by Alain Escabasse 


  
HISTOIRE 



Il y a 125 ans : la ruée vers l'or du Yukon



For more information, or to order, see: 


https://sites.google.com/site/societedenumismatiqueasiatique/revue


 














THE BOOK BAZARRE

 KENNETH W. RENDELL  
has traveled the world tracking down, buying, and selling the most significant,
iconic historical letters and documents from the ancient world through the Renaissance to today. Read
about his early start as a rare-coin dealer in the 1950s—and much more—in his thrilling new memoir,
Safeguarding History. Order your copy online (including
at 
Whitman.com
), or call 1-800-546-2995.




 



NNP ADDS NOVEMBER 2023 SYMPOSIUM VIDEOS 



The latest additions to the Newman Numismatic Portal are videos of the latest NNP Symposium. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report.
-Editor




NNP Symposium Video Posted





Video from the NNP Symposium, held November 2-4, 2023, is now posted. Our feature presentation, Treasures of the ANA Museum, began with the debut of an NNP-produced video on the subject, followed by American Numismatic Association Museum Curator Doug Mudd answering viewer questions on various aspects of the collection. In other presentations, Bill Eckberg presented new photographs of the enigmatic 1792 Judd-6 Birch cent, a coin last seen at the 1981 Garrett sale. Patrick McMahon spoke on Anna Powell Jones and Rebecca Salisbury, two early U.S. numismatists, while Bob Bair provided an overview of the famed “Una and the Lion” coinage. Other sessions focused on various aspects of U.S. and world coins and paper money.



The NNP Symposium, sponsored by the Newman Numismatic Portal, was launched in the fall of 2020 in response to the pandemic. This free event is Zoom-based and draws presenters from all areas of numismatics. The recent event represented the seventh Symposium. As always, many thanks to our speakers, and for those who are interested in presenting at a future event, please contact 

NNPCurator at wustl.edu.







Here's a list of presentation titles.  What a great selection of topics!
-Editor



 






Changing Coin Markets: What, Me Worry?



Easy Money: American Puritans and the Invention of Modern Currency



Collecting Byzantine Coins



American Slavery and the Liberty Cap



The Evolution of Postage and Fractional Currency



Anna Powell Jones and Rebecca Salisbury: Founders of the Numismatic Collection at the MFA



The Rabbit Hole of the 1909 Lincoln Wheat Cent



Treasures of the ANA Museum



Facts and Misconceptions Concerning the Medallic Issues During Lafayette's 1824/5 Visit



Running a Successful Coin Club



A Historical Sketch of Reformation Numismatics (1983-2023)



Little Louis: How a Piece of Small Change Sparked a Fashion Craze and 
Untangling Keicho Ichibu



King Edward VII 1 Rupee Coins



The First Coin Made Under the U.S. Constitution



The Coin Show Podcast



Japanese-American Relocation Center Monies of World War II



Large Cent History



Big, Bold, and Beautiful: England's 1839 'Una and the Lion' Coins




 




Link to NNP Symposium video: 


https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/539070


 

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 


NOVEMBER 2023 NNP SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCED

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n41a08.html)


                      












VIDEO: 2016 PCDA CURRENCY CONVENTION



The David Lisot Video Library on the Newman Numismatic Portal can be found at:


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




We highlight one of his videos each week in The E-Sylum.
Here's one about the 2016 PCDA Currency Convention
-Editor



 







COOL CURRENCY! PCDA Currency Convention Nov 2016

 

See paper money valued at millions of dollars from some of America's top experts. Interviewer: David Lisot with Sammy Berk, 1886 Silver Certificate $1 "Martha Washington" Fine Condition, 1896 Educational $1 VF+, Sergio Sanchez, $5 Silver Certificate 1886 "Silver Dollar Back," PMG 6, Andrew Shiva, $20 Reno, NV First Charter PCGS PPQ VF35, $10 Winnemucca, NV Brownback, PCGS VF30, $5 Carson City PCGS VF25, 3 and Peter Treglia, 1993 FRN $10 "Four Eyes" PMG AU55


 




To watch the complete video, see: 


https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/548603








 







CCAC SEEKS MEDALLIC ARTS APPLICANTS



The U.S. Mint is seeking applicants for an open seat on the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). Here's the press release.
-Editor



 




 

Opportunity to Apply for Appointment to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee 

as the Member Specially Qualified in Medallic Arts or Sculpture





The United States Mint is seeking applicants for an appointment to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) as the member specially qualified to serve on the advisory body by virtue of their education, training, or experience in the medallic arts or sculpture. The deadline to email submissions is no later than 5 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. The United States Mint will review all applications and forward recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury for consideration.






The CCAC is composed of 11 members — one specially qualified in numismatic collection curation; one specially qualified in the medallic arts or sculpture; one specially qualified in American history; one specially qualified in numismatics; three individuals appointed to represent the interests of the general public; and four individuals recommended by leadership of both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate.



Members are appointed for a term of four years. No individual may be appointed to the CCAC while serving as an officer or employee of the Federal Government, and all applicants must be United States citizens. CCAC members are Special Government Employees and are therefore subject to various applicable conflict of interest laws and ethics regulations.



Individuals wishing to be considered for appointment to the CCAC should submit a resume or curriculum vitae along with a cover letter describing their reasons for seeking appointment, and detailing their specific education, training, or experience by email to info at ccac.gov, Attn: Jennifer Warren. The deadline to email submissions is no later than 5 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.



About the CCAC
The CCAC was established by an Act of Congress in 2003. It advises the Secretary of the Treasury on theme or design proposals relating to circulating coinage, bullion coinage, Congressional Gold Medals, and other medals produced by the United States Mint. The CCAC also makes commemorative coin recommendations to the Secretary and advises on the events, persons, or places to be commemorated, as well as on the mintage levels and proposed designs.



The CCAC is subject to the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury. The United States Mint is responsible for providing necessary and appropriate administrative support, technical services, and advice. The CCAC submits an annual report to Congress and the Secretary of the Treasury, describing its activities and providing recommendations.



For more information, or to apply, see: 


https://www.ccac.gov/



Request for Candidates Interested in Appointment to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee

(https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/21/2023-25719/request-for-candidates-interested-in-appointment-to-the-citizens-coinage-advisory-committee)

 













THE INVERTED JENNY LOCKET


 








Last week I asked about the whereabouts of the locket containing an "Inverted Jenny" stamp given by Col. E.H.R. Green to his wife Mabel.
-Editor





Julia Casey writes:


"The Inverted Jenny Locket was sold by Stack's in 2015 - to an anonymous coin collector! "









Wow, nice find! Interesting story that has a connection to a famous Jenny theft.  Here's an excerpt from the lot description.
-Editor





Mabel Green’s “Jenny” Locket



Gift from Colonel Edward H. R. Green to his wife




United States Air Post 1918 24c Carmine Red and Blue, Center Inverted (C3a), position 9, never hinged, straight edge at top, short corner perforation at upper left, trivial corner creases at bottom left and right, encased back-to-back with never hinged example of the normal stamp (C3) in gold-rimmed glass sided locket with clasp, one side with small chip at bottom.



When Mabel Green died in Miami at age 79 in April 1950 she bequeathed the locket to her longtime companion Dorothy Nicholson. Dorothy moved to Long Island, later marrying a New York lawyer named Lester Stickles, the locket remained in a safety deposit box in New York.



As the years passed collectors began recording all the known positions from the sheet from the numbers Eugene Klein had penciled on the backs of the stamps in 1918. Only one stamp from the top row eluded the researchers; position 9. In an interesting twist position 18 from the Miller collection housed at the New Public Library was stolen in 1977 along with 53 other rare stamps. Recovered in the early 1980’s its perforations had been removed at top and its number on the reverse had been altered from 18 to the missing number 9. Finally on December 26th 1984, George Amick, author of The Inverted Jenny, Money, Mystery, Mania (1986) was permitted to photograph the locket for the first time. By comparison to the adjoining stamps it was confirmed as the missing position.



To read the complete lot description, see: 


United States Air Post 1918 24c Carmine Red and Blue, Center Inverted (C3a), position 9, never hinged, straight edge at top, short corne...

(https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/1-1DLCA/united-states-air-post-1918-24c-carmine-red-and-blue-center-inverted-c3a-position-9-never-hinged-straight-edge-at-top-short-corne)



Julia adds:


"During my search for information, I came across a 2015 post on a stamp forum. This is about another of Green's Inverted Jenny stamps that Mabel played a part in its history.  I haven't found any more details about this other one!"






This is the one she used for postage, and is cancelled.
-Editor




Two of the most fabled inverted Jenny stamps (my opinion) but not known by many collectors are the inverted Jenny locket and the used inverted Jenny. Both are associated with Colonel Green's wife, Mabel. The later stamp, she took from his desk to mail a letter to him, not realizing its value. Colonel Green went into shock when he received the letter and noticed the stamp, but took it in stride. That is NOT the one being sold.



To read the complete article, see: 


US inverted Jenny locket up for auction again

(https://stampbears.net/thread/3339/inverted-jenny-locket-auction-again)



To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 


COL. GREEN AND THE INVERTED JENNYS

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n48a22.html)





 

 







NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: DECEMBER 3, 2023



 George Kolbe on Coin-A-Rama City 
George Kolbe writes:


"From 1962 to 1968 I lived in Redondo Beach, not that far away from Coin-A-Rama City. I was a regular visitor. I sold coins on the bid board and occasionally rented a bourse table on Wednesdays. What an amazing hub of numismatic wheeling and dealing it was.



"My wife Linda and I were good friends with Eileen Lawson. Eileen was a major force in Southern California coin clubs and numismatic organizations and conventions. She was smart as a whip and selfless in devotion to promoting her chosen hobby. She died fairly young and deserves far more credit than generally accorded her.



"In later years I visited Coin-A-Rama City a time or two. The magic was gone."






Thanks - it's great to get these first-person accounts from people who were there.
-Editor




To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 


COIN-A-RAMA CITY

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n47a18.html)










 Study Head of Hettie Anderson Sells 
Robert Luton writes:


"I learned of the recent auction of the Saint Gaudens Hettie Anderson sculpture sale from your newsletter.  It had a $40k-$60k estimate which I told my wife I thought was very conservative.  Indeed, it did in fact sell for $200k (including premium) on Nov 17th.  Indeed, it belongs in a museum."






Thank you. Congratulations to the new owner.
-Editor




To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 


NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: OCTOBER 29, 2023 : Saint-Gaudens' Study Head of Hettie Anderson

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n44a09.html)



 More on Harvey Richer 
Chris Sutter writes:




"I was extremely surprised to read about Harvey Richer’s passing.



"I met Harvey at the ANA in Chicago when he taught a class in Newfoundland gold coins.  While I had no prior knowledge in the coins of Newfoundland I was fascinated by his talk and decided to collect the set of Two Dollar Gold coins.  I purchased his book and even contacted the ANA to get his email address and send him a short note telling him how much I enjoyed his class and that he had inspired me to start my new collection.  He responded with a nice reply.



"At this time I did not know who Harvey was.  To me he was just a nice man who gave back to the hobby by writing a book and teaching a class.  To find out that he was an eminent Astronomer was a complete shock to me.



"At the 2022 ANA I saw Harvey when he was selling his “100 Greatest Canadian Coins and Tokens” book at Whitman’s booth.  While I had no intention of buying the book, I just wanted to say “Hi”, I left not only with a book, I left with a signed inscribed copy!



"An additional surprise in the article was the 1944 birthdate.  I never would have guessed that he was 78 when I last saw him.



"I try to stay informed regarding the people in the hobby by reading hobby publications, Coin World and the Numismatist especially, and attending the ANA Summer Seminar and Fall Show when it is in Chicago.   Your weekly newsletter is also a great source for this information. However, it really hits home when the news is about someone I knew and had actually met.



"Thank-you for your effort on the newsletter.  I hope you never wonder if you actually have an impact in someone’s life, but if you do wonder, this email should reinforce the fact that you do."






Thank you. It's always fun to put together, and nice to know it's read and appreciated.
-Editor




To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 


HARVEY B. RICHER (1944-2023)

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n48a08.html)



 ANACS Authenticator Tom DeLorey 
Tom DeLorey writes:


"The last issue of the E-Sylum illustrated a 1981 ANACS certificate for an 1892 Proof Nickel with a repunched 1 & 2. As the Senior Authenticator and variety specialist at the time I would have handled the piece, though I cannot claim to remember it."




 




To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 


CIRCA 1981 ANACS GRADING CERTIFICATES

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n48a24.html)



 More on the Money Museum of the National Bank of Detroit 
Tom DeLorey adds:




"The same issue has a nice writeup of the Money Museum at the National Bank of Detroit. As a student at Wayne State University beginning in the Fall of 1968, I would occasionally after classes walk down Woodward Ave. to downtown Detroit to visit coin shops and old book stores along the way, and at least twice to visit the Money Museum. Sometime during my years at Wayne State I asked Charles Hoskins if there might be a possibility of a part-time job at the Money Museum, but he explained that the exhibits were basically static, and his was a one-man operation.


 
"(I do remember that one of the exhibits was a complete original set of the Thomason Medallic Bible displayed as though fruit on a tree-like structure inside a tubular glass case, the medals attached to the ends of the branches by means of metal loops pinched down under the high rims on either side! I strongly suspect that the soft White Metal medals were permanently damaged by these rings, but I do not know that for a fact.)



"By the time I graduated in 1972 Hoskins had gone on to found ANACS in Washington, D.C., and when I heard that he was looking to hire an Assistant Authenticator I once again asked him for a job. However, he hired fellow Detroiter John Hunter instead, which left me at liberty to go to work for Coin World when an opening came up in 1973. ANACS moved to Colorado Springs in 1976, without Hoskins, and I was offered a job there in 1978."






Thanks for your notes - the best part of The E-Sylum is hearing directly from the people who were there as hobby history was being made! 
-Editor




To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 


SHAPERO, DODSON AND THEIR MONEY MUSEUM

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n48a20.html)



 Big Framed Stamps 
 





Wayne Pearson writes:


"I liked the big framed stamps. I had an idea to enlarge stamps to fill an 8.5 X 11 and the postal service could sell them for $5 to collectors and raise money at the same time. I made some up and mailed them to my then congressman Greg Pence. That was in 2020. NEVER heard back. My new congressman Banks, is no better. I've pitched him the idea to modify our existing coin designs with different versions of the same people, now for the last eleven months. 



I believe the enlarged stamps would generate a lot of money for the postal system. I even hung some of the enlarged stamps up and they look great. 
But alas, I'm not a lobbyist so there was nothing in it for them. 
Anyway, those enlarged stamps look cool!"






I like them, too. Great artwork, so often overlooked.
-Editor




To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 


WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: NOVEMBER 26, 2023

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n48a26.html)



 Dumb Bell 
In the you-get-what-you-pay-for-department, 
Rob Luton writes:




"Do you recall your skepticism regarding Morgan Dollars at less than melt values?  Well, unless the U.S. changed their coin design (and the spelling of UNUM) then I believe your instincts were correct.  Had to see one to confirm (and yes I’m pursuing the seller to correct their false advertising).  My guess is at best they use melted Morgans in the silver used to plate the non-silver cast bell."






Ugh. No angel's getting their wings when that one rings...  Thanks for the follow-up!
-Editor




To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 


NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: NOVEMBER 12, 2023

(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n46a22.html)



 This Week in Numismatic History 
Pete Smith writes:


"Fifty years ago, on December 2, 1973, a man used a ruse to get into Harvard’s Fogg Museum.
Once inside, he pulled a gun, tied up a guard and opened the door for three more robbers. They
went to the third floor and used the guard’s keys to open the coin room.



"The robbers removed a safe with 2650 coins on loan from the Dewing Greek Numismatic
Foundation and additional coins from the Harvard collection adding up to more than 6000
ancient Greek and Roman coins and 105 medals.



"Value of the loss was estimated at $5 million dollars. It was the largest art theft in the United
States up to that time."






Thanks - what a sad event.
-Editor








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