The E-Sylum v26n47 November 19, 2023 (short)

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The E-Sylum
  
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Volume 26, Number 47, November 19, 2023
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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. 



On this date in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.



This week we open with a signed Red Book offering, four new books, a review, updates from the ANA and Newman Numismatic Portal, and more.



Other topics this week include Barber coins, a coin identification and grading app, Taylor Swift's great-grandfather banker, 
the Money Museum of the National Bank of Detroit, oroide, Coin-A-Rama City, fixed price and auction offerings, ancient coin hoards, the Inverted Jenny, and a 1624 bond that still pays interest.



To learn more about the Alpha Bank Collection, paper money dealers, 
the Reading Room,  the Susan B. Anthony Dollar, counterfeit coins in fake PCGS holders, semiquincentennial quarter design ideas, Sprague and Blodgett's Georgia Minstrels, another numismatic Titanic relic, the Abundance medal, the Kingdom of Pomona, the Pedley Ryan dollar, mutoscopes, scrip payable in salt, John Dannreuther and I-shoulda-bought-that-when-it-was-cheap remorse, read on. Have a great week, everyone!



Wayne Homren 
Editor, The E-Sylum




For the complete story and text of the Gettysburg Address, see: 


The Writer's Almanac from Sunday, November 19, 2017

(https://thewritersalmanac.substack.com/p/the-writers-almanac-from-sunday-november-cb8)


  




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