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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 30, July 22, 2001, Article 9

NUMISMATIC HUMOR 

   John Kraljevich writes: "In line with what Ron Guth sent in 
   on humor, a coauthor of Early American Cents in 1949 was 
   "M.H. Sheldon," full name My Hands Sheldon.  In the last 
   line of the preface, Dr. Sheldon reports "Horatio and Hazard 
   Sheldon assisted with spirit" -- his two typewriters. Not sure 
   where I first heard this, but I think it was a late 80s Asylum 
   article. Funny stuff." 

   Bill Rosenblum report: "A very minor numismatic hoax... 
   Around 1980 at the height of the coin boom I needed to hire 
   someone and ended up hiring a good friend David Donald. 
   I decided to list all his numismatic memberships when I wrote 
   a press release about the hiring. 

   Among the organizations listed were all the usual suspects 
   along with PANDA. World Coin News printed the press 
   release just as I had written it. PANDA was Poker and 
   Numismatics in the Denver Area and was a loose group 
   of coin dealers and collectors who met every few weeks 
   to play poker." 

   Although no one picked up on it, the item Alan Meghrig 
   was referring to in the Breen Half book has to do with the 
   four Contributing Editors - page viii: 

      Jack 'Planchet Cutter' Collins - p16 
      Alan 'Rolling Mills' Meghrig - p16 
      Jon 'Draw Bench' Hanson - p16 
      Douglas 'Edge Marking' Winter - p18 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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