Welcome to The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 5, January 30, 2000:  
an electronic publication of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society.  
Copyright (c) 2000, The Numismatic Bibliomania Society.  
   

SUBSCRIBER UPDATES   

   We have one new subscriber this week:  Rick Bilak of  
   Anchorage, Alaska.  He writes: "I have interest in books  
   about Medieval Islamic Numismatics in almost any  
   language."  Welcome aboard!  This brings our subscriber  
   count to 276.  
   

THE NEXT ASYLUM IS ON ITS WAY   

   Asylum editor E. Tomlinson Fort reports that the delayed  
   1999 No. 4 issue will soon be on its way to the printer.  
   Contents include:   

   Eben Locke Mason, Jr. - A Double Life (D.R.R. Pepper)  
   The Printer's Devil: The Tenth Annual "Shammies" Awards  
        (Joel J. Orosz)  
   Communion Tokens of the World, by Les Burzinski  
        (Book Review  by Larry Dziubek)  
   News from the Net (Pete Smith)  
   George Marion Klein of Vicksburg, Mississippi  
         (J.H. McInnis)   

   Work has already begun on the No. 1 issue of the year  
   2000 volume.  If you are not already a member of  
   NBS, please consider joining.  Our secretary, Dave Hirt,  
   may be contacted at the address shown at the end of this  
   newsletter.  
   

CHARLES DAVIS SALE   

   Numismatic literature dealer Charles Davis announces a  
   750-lot sale of  "Selected Duplicates from the Library of  
   Presidential Coin and Antiques", closing March 4, 2000.  
   Photographs of selected lots are available at this web  
   address: http://members.aol.com/numislit/   

   Catalogues are available for $5.00.  Mr. Davis can be  
   contacted via email at numislit@aol.com.  
   

BUST HALF QUOTES RELEASED   

   Brad Karoleff writes: "The seventh edition of  Bust Half Quotes  
   has just been released by Pierre Fricke and Brad Karoleff.  
   It prices bust half dollars by die variety from 1794-1836.  
   Those interested in more information, or orders for $20  
   postpaid can contact me at: Karoleffs4@aol.com or Brad  
   Karoleff,  PO Box 135 Harrison, OH 45030"  
   

GARRETT ARCHIVE AT ANS   

   In response to last week's question about the Garrett archives,  
   ANS Executive Director Ute Wartenburg writes: "Yes, this is  
   indeed the Garrett Archive, and we are really thrilled to receive  
   this gift.  It came to us thanks to the hard work of David and  
   Susan Tripp, who have been tireless supporters of the ANS  
   and in particular the library.  They also contributed $1000 for  
   a fund for the Garrett Archive.  Any suggestions what a fund  
   that will hopefully grow could do?   Frank Campbell will write  
   a major piece for the next ANS Newsletter."   

   With the ANS in financial straits, there is no better time to  
   for bibliophiles to support the library with a donation.  Mr.  
   Campbell undoubtedly has a wish list of good uses for library  
   funds.  Two important categories would be preservation and  
   publication.  The library and its new acquisitions must be  
   preserved and protected above all else.  Indexing and  
   publication are next - the library is useless if researchers can't  
   find what they need.  The library's program to convert its  
   catalogue to electronic format is of paramount importance for  
   the 21st century.  It will be a banner day for numismatic  
   research when this newsletter can publish the address of  
   a web page for the ANS library catalogue.  
   

FEATURED WEB SITE   

   This week's featured web page is from the web site of  
   American Atheists, promoting the removal of the motto  
   "In God We Trust" from United States currency.   

   "Across the country, there is a movement afoot.  It isn't  
   using picket signs, or a flood of letters to congress, or  
   even a lawsuit -- that's already been tried. Instead, some  
   Atheists and separationists are taking pen in hand, and  
   obliterating the "In God We Trust" motto from the national  
   currency. Others are using rubber stamps, or inserting their  
   own messages like "In Reason We Trust," or "Keep Church  
   and State Separate."   

      http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/igwt1.htm  
   

  Wayne Homren  
  Numismatic Bibliomania Society  
   

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