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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JANUARY 7, 2018Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these. -Editor
Heslop's Middlesex Halfpenny Token   This choice Conder token features a creature who appears to be straight from a Dr. Seuss story and an impressively flexible person with a beer gut. I do NOT plan these things, but here's another item from the inventory of E-Sylum supporter Northeast Numismatics. -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: 1907 Argentina Santa Fe Province Medal   This is a 4 ounce silver medal. The size isn't stated, but it had better be big to fit all that text. Nice medal regardless. -Editor
To read the complete lot description, see: 1871 Robert E. Lee Medal   Description: Medal: "Tribute to the Memory of Gen. Robt E. Lee, at one side a bust in the likeness of Lee surrounded by the names of several Civil War battle names over "N.O. 1871" (New Orleans), the opposite side with the Virginia state seal above Lee's birth and death dates, GEN LEE BORN JAN. 19 1807 - DIED OCT. 12 1870, a medal used to raise money for the New Orleans statue of Lee finally completed in 1884 and dedicated on Washington's birthday in a "ceremony attended by former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, two daughters of General Lee, and Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard", the Lee stature was removed to an unknown location on May 19, 2017, 1.7/8" diameter, dent at one edge Not a stellar specimen, but an interesting connection to current events.
A Google search for better images of the medal took me to the Newman Numismatic Portal image collection, which in turn took me back to our own E-Sylum archive. Here's the image, which was provided by Confederate Numismatica author Peter Bertram just a couple months ago. -Editor  To read the complete lot description, see: To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:  Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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