Welcome to The E-Sylum: Volume 2, Number 24: June 13, 1999:
an electronic publication of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society.
SUBSCRIBER UPDATES
This week's new subscribers are David L. Ganz and David
Cassel. Welcome aboard!
OUR OFFICIAL NAME
New subscriber Alan Luedeking wrote: "Two things: First,
thanks for the latest issue of E-Sylum --- it's great! I've
meanwhile accessed your website and printed out every back
issue of the E-Sylum.
Secondly, I've noticed that in the E-sylum messages
themselves, you refer to the newsletter as "The E-sylum",
however, in the website, it's "The E-Sylum". Just for kicks,
which is the "officially correct" version? If I can weigh in with
my two cent's worth, I prefer the latter. And, is the "The"
part and parcel of the name?"
My response: I realize I've been a bit sloppy when it comes
to the name. My vote is "The E-Sylum", too, and if there's
no official outcry I'll attempt to use that as the publication's
name henceforth.
POSTAGE CURRENCY PATTERN RESEARCH
An article in the June 14th, 1999 issue of Coin World described
David Cassel's research into U.S. Postage Currency patterns.
He sought the owner of the piece listed in the Judd pattern
book as J-325a. I wrote to Dave offering to publicize his
quest in The E-Sylum, and inviting him to subscribe. He
responded:
"The owner of the J-325a contacted me through the Coin
World article just as you did.
As happy as I am to have found this unique coin, I am equally
happy to have found you and your organization. I am grateful
for your offer of assistance.
Maybe you would care to ask your members to advise me of
their holdings of Postage Currency coins of 1863 and the
related dated coins of 1868 and 1869. There are still other
coins that have been catalogued that may have been incorrectly
attributed. Also, I am trying to provenance as many as I can.
... there is a period of time from the [B. Max Mehl] Olsen sale
through 1970 that I may be lacking in auction material of the
series. (J-325 to J-331 and J-640 to J-646 and J-714 to
J-717). "
If you have nice runs of 20th century catalogs and are willing
to help David out, contact him for a fax list of the catalogs
he's already used; you may have some of the ones he's
missing. His email address is DavCassel@aol.com.
PATRIOTIC ENVELOPE HELP WANTED
In response to last week's plea from Pete Smith, Russ
Logan writes: "If it is the Geo Walcott catalog as compiled by
Robert Lawrence, that Pete refers to as "a large and expensive
reference on Civil War Patriotic envelopes", then I can help."
ANA CONVENTION EVENTS
The following events from the schedule of the upcoming A.N.A.
convention may be of interest to numismatic bibliophiles:
Nawana Britenriker (ANA Librarian) -"ANA Library Circle
of Friends' Oral History Project" (Wednesday, August 11,
5 pm)
Numismatic Literature Roundtable Discussion with panelists:
Remy Bourne, Phil Carrigan, Gordon Frost, Martin Gergenke
and Stuart Segan. (Friday, August 13, 3pm)
NUMISMATIC THEATRE HELP WANTED
Phil Carrigan writes: "Allow me to follow in Paul's footsteps
regarding the 1999 ANA Convention. I wish to recruit
individuals to introduce Numismatic Theater (NT) speakers.
As Education Chair, I'll do this for several sessions but wish to
engage in other endeavors (plus share the spotlight with others).
There are approximately eight NT sessions running 2 to 4
hours in length. Basic responsibilities entail introducing the
speaker and monitoring Q&A. If interested, I can be reached
as follows:
Day phone: 847/937-5129 Evening phone: 847/546-5609
Email: philip.carrigan@abbott.com
JOHN W. ADAMS COIN WORLD COMMENTARY
The June 21st issue of Coin World features a guest editorial
by John W. Adams of Boston in response to the AJN article
by Buttrey regarding Western Gold Assay Bars.
"Given that my book, United States Numismatic Literature
Volume II, was quoted extensively by Mr. Buttrey, I possess
some credentials to judge his work. I am flattered whenever
my book is employed in shaping numismatic research -- that
was the whole point in writing it. However, in researching
his monograph, Mr. Buttrey used only one chapter of my
book, whereas there were many chapters in Volume II (and
Volume I) that would have pointed to relevant bibliography.
... it is clear that Mr. Buttrey's work is woefully incomplete.
To have arrived at grave conclusions based on demonstrably
superficial research does discredit to the author as well as to
the publisher of his monograph."
ADOLPHUS HART BOOK SOLD IN BASS II
In his summary of the Bass II sale, Michael Sullivan notes:
"A sale highlight was Adolphus Hart's History of the Issues of
Paper Money in the American Colonies, 1851 with the rare
Historical Chart ex. the Fuld library. With an estimate of
$7,500 the book opened at $7,000 and was quickly advanced
by two floor bidders to $19,000."
SUBSCRIBER PROFILE: ALAN LUEDEKING
"I collect first and foremost Nicaragua, which is where I grew
up, son of American expatriates in the machinery business
there. I also collect papal medals of Civitavecchia (the port
of Rome) and Byzantine bronze (anybody have a spare 3
nummi? (oh, sure!) I also take pride in my numismatic library
of Latin America, which has necessitated building expansions
to my home and displaced less important things (like the kids
;-)). My numismatic beginnings and bibliomaniacal adventures
are detailed in the only lonely article I wrote for The Asylum
(Summer-Fall 1997). I greatly enjoy numismatic writing but
have done little of it; just one technical article in PCNS Journal
(1/89), NI Bulletin (9/93), and LANSA (10/95). One of my
passions is literature on Spanish Proclamation coins and medals
(especially of the Americas), and I'm missing the following, so
I'll take advantage of this forum and plea for help:
1) Lyman Low, the Gonzales del Valle sales of 7/10/1907,
7/11/1907, and 9/3/1907 (Gengerke 121,122,123).
2) Perez Varela, Don Hipolito, "Ensayo de Un Catalogo
Descriptivo de Las Medallas de Proclamacion de los Reyes de
Espana", Havana 1863.
3) Addison, Joseph, "Dialogos Sobre La Utilidad De Las
Medallas Antiguas...[etc.]" translated by Don Pedro Alonso
O'Crouley (O'Crowley?), Madrid 1795. Originally published
in English, but the O'Crouley Spanish edition is much more
interesting as it appends O'Crouley's own catalog of his
Proclamation medals, extensively referenced by Medina and
Herrera."
FEATURED WEB SITE
This week's featured site is the Virtual Catalog of Roman
Coins, devoted to helping students and teachers learn more
about ancient Roman coins. The pages contain images and
descriptions of coins from the Early Republic through the end
of the 4th century A.D.
http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/rcape/vcrc/
Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society
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