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The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 51, December 10, 2000, Article 13 BOWERS DUBIOUS ON DUBOIS Dave Bowers writes: "It is interesting to learn of all of the cover variations of the 1850 Eckfeldt-Dubois work. In case anyone is interested, it is my somewhat studied opinion that W.E. Dubois, a highly competent and literate man, turned "sour" in the spring of 1859--the time when the openness of restriking, making patterns to order, etc., so visible (cf. Taxay's "U.S. Mint and Coinage," Joel Orosz' memorable study of Gilmor, etc., etc.) up to that time, went "underground." This caused many of the later statements of Dubois to be discredited. The problem with Dubois is that, probably, 95% of what he said was truthful, but we are all left to figure out exactly where the other 5% is." Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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