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The E-Sylum: Volume 16, Number 13, March 31, 2013, Article 10

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MARCH 31, 2013

Comments on 'From Mine to Mint'
Dick Hansom writes:

From Mine to Mint After reading about Roger Burdette's book, I feel inadequate ;) At least I can afford it, unlike the following book on India coinage.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see: NEW BOOK: FROM MINE TO MINT (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n12a04.html)
NEW BOOK: COINS OF JAHANGIR: CREATIONS OF A NUMISMATIST (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n12a05.html)

Comments on 'Pictures From a Distant Country'
Author Dick Doty writes:

Pictures From a Distant Country I'm absolutely DELIGHTED to report that I just received an advance copy of the second edition of my book, PICTURES FROM A DISTANT COUNTRY, an examination of nineteenth-century America via the medium of the imagery on its obsolete currency. The book is full-color, coffee table-size, nearly three hundred pages, will hit the stores next month, retailing for $24.95. Forward by Dave Bowers, published by Whitman, who really did me proud. How on earth they're bringing it out for that price (and it's made in USA!), I have no idea. It's the best thing I've ever written, and I ought to know. Amazing- the first glimmers of an idea for this book came about in '93; and now, finally, here it is in the form I hoped for. And it WORKS!!! Who knew?

Joe Boling writes:

I will be looking for the Whitman booth at the Central States show and hope that Doty's new book will be available. It sounds compelling (as in, I am compelled to buy it, and maybe to give it as gifts).

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: NEW BOOK: FOR PICTURES FROM A DISTANT COUNTRY (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n12a03.html)

Ordering Bowers' Silver Dollar Encyclopedia
Prompted by a curious Craig Eberhart, I contacted Melissa Karstedt for ordering information on the new Bowers Silver Dollar Encyclopedia. She writes:

Bowers Silver Dollars 1794-1804 Thank you for contacting us regarding Q. David Bowers' new Encyclopedia of United States Silver Dollars 1794-1804. We are offering an early bird special of $39.95 plus a shipping and handling fee of $10 to United States addresses. Please feel free to call 866-811-1804 Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT to arrange payment by credit card or you can mail a check for $49.95 to Stack's Bowers, Silver Dollar Book, PO Box 1804, Wolfeboro, NH 03894. Please be sure to include your correct shipping address.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: BOOK REVIEW: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. SILVER DOLLARS, 1794-1804 (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n08a05.html)

More on Vermeil
Joe Boling writes:

Regarding vermeil medals, in philatelic exhibiting one of the award levels is vermeil (between gold and silver, as you would expect).

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: VOCABULARY WORDS: VERMEIL AND RUBEDO (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n12a12.html)

Norman Shultz and Chinese Cash Coins
Joe Boling writes:

I bought world coins from Norman Shultz back in the '70s. I may be confusing him with someone else, but as I recall he had Chinese cash coins by individual reign title in any quantity you might want. He had brought buckets of them home from service in China, and on the trip back by slow boat he sorted them on a board with nails on which he hung the best condition pieces. The lower quality pieces he threw overboard.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: ED REITER INTERVIEWS NORMAN SHULTZ (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n12a15.html)

The Coins of Eiraku/Yongle
Speaking of Chinese cash coins, in the last two issues we ran articles about the discovery of Chinese coins on an island in Kenya. Martin Purdy writes:

Rare Coin Found Thanks for running this story. Just to keep the record straight, "Yung Lo" is just another transcription into Latin letters of the Chinese pronunciation (same as "Yongle" or Yong-le"). The Japanese reading is Eiraku - the character readings actually derive from the Chinese though it's not immediately obvious and is something of a long story. To Japanese collectors these pieces are known as "Eiraku-sen", i.e. "coins of Eiraku/Yongle".

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: CHINESE COIN ON KENYAN ISLAND: OLD NEWS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n12a23.html)

On the Coins of Pontius Pilate
2001_NZNJ_cover Regarding last week's Featured Web Page on the coins of Pontius Pilate, Martin Purdy writes:

I thought the illustrations of the three coins shown on this site looked familiar - twelve years ago Prof. Fontanille submitted an article to the New Zealand Numismatic Journal (no. 79, December 2001) with almost identical wording to the featured website.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: FEATURED WEB PAGE: THE COINS OF PONTIUS PILATE (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n12a28.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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