NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

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The E-Sylum: Volume 16, Number 39, September 22, 2013, Article 9

To add to the CreateSpace dialog, I was talking to an author friend about the controversy. He said that he uses it at a modest cost for his mystery novels, but the price goes up exponentially if a lot of pictures are part of the manuscript.

I ordered the book from Amazon at the reduced price and got it within a few days. It is magnificent! While I do not collect medieval coins, I enjoy reading about all aspects of the hobby. This volume deserves an honored place in any numismatic library. Kudos to Paul Torongo for an epic work.

The Hong Kong Plague of 1894
Paul Bosco caught a typo in the article on Jerome Platt's new book. The reference to “The Hong Kong Plague of 1984. “ should be “The Hong Kong Plague of 1894. “. Thanks. I checked with Jerry, and fortunately the information on the slipcase of the book (where the text was taken from) is correct.

The Alan M. Meghrig Library
Last week Mike Paradis submitted an excerpt from the June 7, 2007 Kolbe sale 103, lot 255.

NUMISMATIC TIMES AND TRENDS. VOLUME I, NUMBER 1- VOLUME I, NUMBER 22. New Orleans, January 10-November 25, 1961. 658 pages, illustrated. (bound with) COINS MAGAZINE. VOL. IX, NO. 1. Iola, January 1962. 46, (2) pages, illustrated. Quarto. Black cloth, gilt. Fine.

The above appeared in the second part of the Alan M. Meghrig Library and was quite representative of the consignor's extensive and eclectic holdings. Alan's library was and is extremely rich in obscure American numismatic publications not to be found elsewhere and it was my great privilege and pleasure to have catalogued and sold parts of it.

Magazine Search Follow Up
Regarding last week's compilation of web sites for searching magazines, Fred Michaelson writes:

Wayne, David, Ron, and Dave: Thanks so much for your help! I appreciate it this much. (I'm holding my hands far apart.)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: WEB SITES FOR OLD MAGAZINES (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n38a13.html)

Coins with Images of Books
Pabitra Saha forwarded these images of Hungary's new coin honoring the 200th Anniversary of the birth of József Eötvös, a Hungarian writer and statesman. We numismatic bibliophiles love books about coins, but here's a switch - a book on a coin itself.

The reverse is awful (awfully plain, anyway), but makes me wonder - what other coins out there picture books?

I think we discussed this sculpture in China resembling a giant cash coin, but I was unable to locate the article in our archive. Jim found it on the MSN home page Wednesday. Thanks!

Brenner Motherhood Medal
It's too late for Mother's Day, but this Brenner medal caught my eye in Joe Levine's Presidential Coin & Antique Company 61st Mini Fixed Price List of Tokens and Medals. (I checked with Joe, and this one's been sold already).

CIRCLE OF THE FRIENDS MEDAL BY BRENNER, 1911. Alexander COF 4.1. Smedley 87; Baxter 140; Marqusee 70. 69.9mm. Bronze. Victor D. Brenner. (Davison) Uncirculated, with the usual splotchy finish that appears on almost of Davison medals. Obverse: MOTHERHOOD at top above a seated woman left holding a baby whose head is on her left shoulder. Reverse: Winged cherub on cloud facing left blowing a trumpet. The medal is housed in the die cut page of its original hard cover book which contains an essay on Motherhood and a brief biography of Brenner. The book is in average condition.

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