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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 47, November 18, 2001, Article 8

THE MASON PLATE,  FELDMAN, AND THE SCRAPBOOK    

  Russell  Rulau of  Iola, Wisconsin writes: "I was pleased to see   
  this notice in E-Sylum for Nov. 11.  Lee F. Hewitt was chief   
  editor of Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine when that plate   
  was first exposed to the modern collecting public in the August,   
  1967 issue of the magazine, having then been recently   
  rediscovered by the late, lamented Aaron Feldman.    

  Aaron was a friend and a constant supplier of interesting tidbits   
  for coin magazines.    Aaron had also supplied the photo of the  
  Mason Plate to me as chief editor of World Coins, and it   
  appeared in the August, 1967 edition on page 630. In an ironic   
  twist of fate, I was to take over as chief editor of NSM in May,  
  1968  when Hewitt sold out to Amos Press in Ohio.    

  Speaking of "Scrapbook," all serious collectors miss that   
  periodical. It had only three editors:  Lee Hewitt 1935-68,   
  Russ Rulau 1968-74, and Courtney Coffing 1974-76.   
  Courtney has produced an index to the magazine, but   
  magazine copies in existence are insufficient to supply today's   
  crop of scholarly collectors and researchers.    

  In my mind I have always thought of the ending of NSM in   
  early 1974 as the "Crime of '74". NSM was a pioneer in   
  honest-to-goodness numismatic depth, which fell victim to   
  bottom-line-business journalism."  

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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