Welcome to The E-sylum: Volume 2, Number 9: March 1, 1999:
an electronic publication of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
No new subscribers this week; keep passing the word.
Who do you know who would be interested in joining us?
Denis Loring has posted a notice of our new web address to the
rec.collecting.coins internet newsgroup. Where else should we
be publicizing ourselves?
INDEXING THE E-SYLUM
Member William Malkmus, compiler of the index for The Asylum
writes: "It had to happen sometime -- but with the official christening
of the 'E-sylum' we will have to meet it head on! ... doubtless,
someone will eventually have to compile an 'E-ndex' to the 'E-sylum'."
He was concerned about the numbering and dating of the early
issues of what is now the E-Sylum. Luckily, NBS Historian Joel
Orosz and I have been archiving them, and sometime later this year
we plan to add the archive to the NBS web site.
WEB SITE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Larry Mitchell is steadily working on the general numismatic
bibliography for our web site. Sections 27-30 have been
added this week. Please let us know if you have any comments:
http://www.coinbooks.org/ Click on "Bibliography".
RAY ELLENBOGEN
We were saddened to hear this week of the death of Raphael
"Ray" Ellenbogen of the Columbus, OH area. A longtime NBS
member and Asylum contributor, Ray was an avid collector and
researcher of paper money. He served on the board of the
Society of Paper Money Collectors (SPMC), and had just
attended the recent F.U.N. show in Orlando, FL. John and Nancy
Wilson noted "he was a gentleman's gentleman, and will be missed."
DAVID and SHERRY SKLOW
In more Ohio news, Dave and Sherry Sklow of The Money Tree
have completed their long-planned move to the Cleveland area.
Dave took over the task of cataloging Money Tree literature sales
after the death of Ken Lowe. Once the Sklows get settled in
their new home, we can look forward to more regular Money Tree
sale catalogs and coin show appearances.
RECOMMENDED U.S. COPPER TITLES
Carl Honore "would like to recommend two volumes to
collectors of early American copper. These are two anthologies.
The first is entitled United States Large Cents 1793-1857 and edited
by Warren Lapp and Herb Silberman. ... There is information on
anything and everything from uses and abuses of large cents ... to
"A Visit To The Mint, in 1812".
The second recommended volume is Early American Copper Anthology
published by Sanford Durst. This book contains the collected works of
Sylvester Crosby, Frossard and Hays, S. Chapman, Clapp and Newcomb,
and ends with an essay on the Oscar Pearl collection by Abe Kosoff. The
collector can appreciate the work of Sheldon-Breen-Paschal more by
reading the works of their predecessors. "
FEATURED WEB SITE
Also thanks to Denis Loring, there is a new link to the NBS web site
on Bob Johnson's GOLDSHEET Numismatic Directory at
http://goldsheet.simplenet.com/coins.htm
Online since July 1995, GOLDSHEET is one of the oldest and
now the largest collection of coin sites, over 1200 links. Check it
out and if you find a site of special interest to bibliophiles and other
numismatic researchers, please let us know and we'll feature it
here in a later issue.
Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society
The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a
non-profit organization promoting numismatic
literature. For more information please see
our web site at http://www.coinbooks.org/
There is a membership application available on
the web site. To join, print the application and
return it with your check to the address printed
on the application. For those without web access,
contact Dave Hirt, NBS Secretary-Treasurer,
5911 Quinn Orchard Road, Frederick, MD 21701
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