LAST WORD ON "THE GREAT DEBATE"?

A four-column comment article by Q. David Bowers regarding the "Great Debate" over Western Assay Bars appears in the same issue of the ANS newsletter. While the article contains much of interest to numismatic bibliophiles, I'll just quote one paragraph, which follows up on an earlier mention in The E-Sylum: "Researcher Dan Owens has completed the manuscript for a new book, the working title of which is "An Encyclopedia of California Coiners and Assayers Related to Numismatics, 1849-1863." Upon publication, Mr. Buttrey will find hundreds of pages of documentation about firms that issued gold bars, nearly all of this material having come from readily available sources."

The ANS newsletter's editor notes, after stating the usual disclaimer that all such articles and publications do not represent the opinion of the ANS, its officers, and staff, that "this communication will conclude discussion on this topic in any of the publications of the American Numismatic Society."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 2, January 9, 2000, Article 9

LAST WORD ON "THE GREAT DEBATE"?

Wayne Homren, Editor