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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 28, 2016

Thoughts on Victorian Half Pennies in Iron Mounts

David Pickup writes:

I am not an expert as you know but the “coins” look as though they are weak strikes without a collar for the blank. I wonder if they were done using genuine dies by Mint officials for some reason. I suggest the owner contact the Royal Mint museum and ask for their views.

That's a possibility. Unusual items. Thanks. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
QUERY: VICTORIAN HALF PENNIES ENCASED IN IRON (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n33a09.html)

Correction: Lange NLG Awards
There was an error in the reporting of Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) awards this year. David Lange writes:

I did indeed get an Extraordinary Merit award for my new book, Coin Collecting Albums, but its title was listed a second time under club publications. My second award was actually for my column "USA Coin Album," which runs in The Numismatist and received Best Column in a Large Club Publication.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
2016 NLG WRITERS’ COMPETITION RESULTS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n34a06.html)

Query: Louisiana Token Information Sought
Yosef Sa'ar writes:

Here is a recently reported token from an eBay sale, unlisted in any catalog known to me. Described as being for use on the nineteenth century Alexandria-Pineville, Louisiana, ferry. Uniface, brass, diameter unknown. STR. J.M. SANDIDGE is supposed to be "Steamer J.M. Sandidge". Readers may comment at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154295543995560
&set=gm.10154382213289030&type=3&theater

Fugio vs. Continental Dollar Designs
Tony Terranova writes:

Regarding the "Fugio" floor plaque: this is, more properly, a "continental" dollar design.

Thanks. Examples of each design are shown below. -Editor

Fugio and Continental Dollar reverses;

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
A TEXAS-SIZED FUGIO CENT (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n34a42.html)

Steve Bishop's Russian Coppers

I got a late start on my Numismatic Diary last week, and wasn't able to include these images of some neat Russian coppers Steve Bishop brought to our Nummis Nova meeting the previous week. Here they are! Thanks. -Editor

1739 Denga (Half Kopeck) Double Struck

1758 2 Kopecks Overstruck

1788 MM 5 Kopecks Overstruck

1793 EM 5K Reoverstriking

1795 EM 5 Kopecks

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: AUGUST 21, 2016 (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n34a27.html)

And the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Numismatics Goes To...

Yosef Sa'ar passed along this amusing bio of a writer at the Snopes.com web site:

Jeff Zarronandia is the pseudonym of J. Eff Zarronandia, an American author and journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for numismatics in 2006 and was one of four finalists for the prize in 2008. He was also the winner of the Distinguished Conflagration Award of the American Society of Muleskinners for 2005.

For Jeff's bio and articles, see:
http://www.snopes.com/author/jeff-zarraonandia/

Wayne Homren, Editor

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