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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 22, May 31, 2015, Article 8

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MAY 31, 2015

More on the Hunt for Confederate Gold In Lake Michigan
They're baaaack! The treasure seekers who think the "long lost" Confederate treasury is lying at the bottom of Lake Michigan claim to have found the wreck of a tug boat they think holds a clue. Thanks to Dick Hanscom for forwarding the story. He found it first in the Daily Mail, but here's a more detailed USA Today article.

To read the complete article, see:
Shipwreck discovery may lead to Great Lakes treasure (www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/28/treasure-hunters-find-shipwreck-in-lake-michigan/28044245/)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
TREASURE HUNTERS SEEK CONFEDERATE GOLD IN LAKE MICHIGAN (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n09a35.html)

Numismata Antiqua
Dave Hirt writes:

I want to comment on the Wyatt copies, especially the Good Samaritan Shilling. In the 19th century there was a long debate about the genuineness of this piece. The Chapman brothers cataloged the Bushnell piece as genuine in the sale of his coins in 1882. After questions were raised, they even published a separate supplement attempting to back up their opinion.

I believe the book that the illustrations came from was Numismata Antiqua, a thick volume, almost all of which are ancient coins, that illustrate the coins in the Thomas Pembroke collection published in 1746.

It is an interesting story how I bought this book. At an ANA convention in New York, I was standing with several literature collectors on the bourse floor when a man approached us, and offered this book for sale. I remembered I had once read that this book had the first illustrations of American coins. I started to look through the book.

Phil Carrigan, who was standing next to me said "Dave, you wouldn't be interested in that".

I said. "If what I think is in this book, IS in this book I am interested". Sure enough, I came to a page titled Coins of the English Colonys and Settlements Abroad. Illustrated are the Good Samaritan, Maryland, New England and Carolina coinage. I had the spine rebound in full leather, and now this volume is a prized possession in my library.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE STRUCK COPIES OF THOMAS WYATT AND OTHERS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n21a07.html)

Happy Birthday Eric Newman!
I misplaced this greeting last week, so here it is, belatedly. John Feigenbaum writes:

Happy 104th Birthday to the Grand Statesman of American Numismatics.

Eric's son Andy Newman writes:

Thanks for your delightful birthday wishes to Eric. The article stimulated many emails --- with The E-Sylum on top of the pile.

Fred Michaelson writes:

The news about the amazing Eric Newman reminds me of something from a few years back. On his 99th birthday, George Burns said that for his 100th birthday he would rent the London Palladium---if it was still there.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
HAPPY 104TH BIRTHDAY, ERIC NEWMAN! (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n21a02.html)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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