NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MAY 7, 2017

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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MAY 7, 2017

More on Calendar Medals

Duane Feisel submitted these notes on calendar medals. -Editor

Over the years I have seen many different types of calendar medals, the earliest dating to the Columbian Exposition 1892-3. Typically perpetual calendar medals relate to a range of years, such as this one:

But this very unusual perpetual calendar (even labeled as such!) pertains only to the days/dates for a single month!

Both of these perpetual calendars will be offered in my upcoming exonumia auction closing to advance bidding on June 24. Copies of the auction listing when it becomes available can be requested at collector.ca@frontier.com.

Thanks. There's a great deal of variety to be found in this sub-specialty. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
VOCABULARY TERM: CALENDAR MEDAL (www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n17a16.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: APRIL 30, 2017 : More on the Perpetual Calendar Medal (www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n18a09.html)

On Banknote Quote Punctuation

Concept design

Final design

Regarding the punctuation (or lack thereof) on the Churchill quote on the new Five Pound note, Arthur Shippee writes:

Another factor: how much ink is saved by omitting QM, period, & comma? Maybe a lot!

I doubt that - I'm sure it was aesthetic concerns - the design looks nice without the quotes. While required in print I don't know that artists should be held to the standards and norms of print. For example, Lincoln's second Inaugural address is inscribed on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial, and it's not contained within quotes. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
BANKNOTE CHURCHILL QUOTE DRAWS CRITICISM (www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n18a29.html)

1931 Carnegie Hero Medal
Dave Schenkman writes:

My wife Joanne and I were watching Antiques Roadshow, no doubt a rerun, and they featured a Carnegie medal awarded, along with a $1000 check, in 1931. The “expert” placed a value of $4,000 on the medal (which was bronze); seems a bid high…

That is quite high for a bronze example - they usually sell in the mid three figures. I looked online for a reference to the episode and found it right away - it was from the 2014 season. -Editor

To watch the episode online, see:
1931 Carnegie Hero Medal (www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/19/chicago-il/appraisals/1931-carnegie-hero-medal--201406A19/)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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