NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 19, 2016

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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 25, June 19, 2016, Article 14

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 19, 2016

W.W.C. Wilson Sale Article
Harry Waterson writes:

I was looking through the New York Times for information about a medal issued by Hugo Riesenfeld in 1925 and the attached article turned up. It was not what I was looking for but it might be of interest to one or more of your readers.

Thanks! Contemporary references to major coin sales are an interesting window into the times. The article was published November 19, 1925. Could someone locate for us in the American Numismatic Society museum catalog the records for the items purchased at the sale? If images are available I'd be curious to see the medals, especially the one with a view of Manhattan Island. -Editor

The Pepys library at Cambridge
Len Augsburger writes:

Regarding book chopping, I am reminded of the Pepys library at Cambridge. Pepys wanted to have all his books equally matched in height on the shelf. So he built short boxes to place underneath the smaller books. The library as he built it has survived intact for 300 years. The Pepys diaries written during English Civil War are among the most important historical documents for the period. We can all be grateful that Pepys made his books match by adding boxes rather than chopping the large ones!

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
DECORATING A ROOM WITH A BOOK TSUNAMI (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n24a31.html)

Phung and Howard Daniel at Memphis 2016
John and Nancy Wilson write:

Here's a photo of Phung and Howard Daniel representing the International Bank Note Society and Numismatic Bibliomania Society at the 40th International Paper Money Show in Memphis, TN on June 2 - 5, 2016.

Phung and Howard Daniel representing the International Bank Note Society and Numismatic Bibliomania Society at the 40th International Paper Money Show

Thanks all around! -Editor

The Burpee Rupee
Dick Johnson writes:

If the Burpee Seed Company issued their own paper money in repee denominations would a member of their collectors organization be called a Burpee Rupee Groupe?

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JUNE 12, 2016 : Printing the Zero-Rupee Note (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n24a10.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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