The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 32, August 12, 2007, Article 1

WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM 12 AUGUST, 2007

One anonymous new subscriber this week brings our total to
1,167. Welcome aboard!

This week we open with some news from this week's ANA convention,
and an announcement of a new book on modern world gold coins.  In
the research department, we had a tremendous response to Pete Smith's
query about a Brazilian counterstamp, some thoughts from several
readers on forms of the word 'exonumia', and information on the use
of Maria Theresa thalers in Saudi Arabia.

In the news is a profile of money artist Peter Simensky, a newsman
flips an original 1913 Liberty Nickel on the air as his guests gasp,
a Colorado Congressman introduces a bill to allow for the alteration
of the metallic composition of U.S. coins, and New Hampshire's
governor pays a visit to Littleton Coin Company.

For medal collectors there is a nice new article on the history of
the Purple Heart, and for every numismatist the Featured Web Page
holds an interesting essay on the history of metals.

My London Diary returns with a vengeance this week, with entries on
Sir John Soane's Museum, the Samuel Johnson house, St. Paul's Cathedral
and The Tower of London.   To learn whether you'd be entitled to buy
a ticket for the box, pit, first or second galleries at London's
Haymarket Theatre, read on. Have a great week, everyone.

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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