WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM MARCH 27, 2011

Among our new subscribers this week are Bernard Olij and John Huffman. Welcome aboard! We now have 1,408 email subscribers, plus 125 followers on Facebook, including Aleksey Chernov and Galecio Tan Merian Septo.

Thanks to all of this week's contributors for their patience while I worked through the blogger's nightmare, a computer crash. On Monday evening I found myself staring at the fateful Microsoft Blue Screen of Death - my old laptop was no more. Luckily, most of my E-Sylum tools are web-based, and I have web acccess to my email accounts. I also use a service that automatically backs up my data files. It took some time to collect the needed pieces, but it all came together in plenty of time, thanks to my wife's handy computer.

Thank goodness the crash came just AFTER publishing an issue, not just before a deadline. I've got a spiffy new laptop now, and although my environment isn't back to 100% yet, all the essentials are there. My apologies if any submissions slipped through the cracks - please resend them and we'll catch up next week.

This week we open with information on four new numismatic books and an interview with Mark Borckardt of Heritage Auctions. Other topics include the "Lucky Coin" submarine, stickered silver dollars, and the Paris Mint.

To learn more about war savings stamps, the private Franklin Mint Collectors Society Club Room, and a "Gold Delivery Book" containing original handwritten records from the San Francisco Mint , read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society

Wayne Homren, Editor

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