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Coins Salvaged from the SS City of Cairo
Regarding the WWII trove of silver coins salvaged from the wreck of the SS City of Cairo, Ian Marshall writes:

Not ALL coins were melted! Most were melted but a few were offered to relatives. As a nephew of Captain Rogerson, I have two.

Thanks. I'm glad to learn some pieces have survived. See the earlier article for more information. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
SS CITY OF CAIRO COIN TREASURE SALVAGED (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n16a32.html)

Pawn Stars Location: Las Vegas
Last week Julian Beer of the Birmingham City University stated that he was inspired to make a replica of the Washington Cent by an episode of Pawn Stars "which centres on life at a Los Angeles pawn shop..." Duane H. Feisel writes:

Las Vegas, not Los Angeles!

Correct! -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
BIRMINGHAM WASHINGTON CENT REPLICAS STRUCK (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n23a21.html)

Moe Berg Film Opens June 22, 2018

Last month I mentioned the upcoming Paul Rudd biopic about Moe Berg the WWII spy honored in medals. Dick Hanscom forwarded this Daily Mail article about Berg and the film (The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg), which opens in theatres June 22. -Editor

To read the complete article, see:
The baseball star who trained as a secret ASSASSIN: The unlikely story of catcher Moe Berg, who investigated Germany's progress on the atomic bomb in the World War II and helped the US assault on Japan, and is now being told by Hollywood (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5852855/Pro-baseball-player-secretly-trained-government-ASSASSIN-World-War-II.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
MOE BERG'S PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n35a33.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 : Moe Berg Jewish-American Hall of Fame Medal (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n37a12.html)
WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: MAY 13, 2018 (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n19a27.html)

About Books on Civil War Topics
Dick Johnson writes:

At a lecture on Abraham Lincoln by Lincoln authority Charles van Doren, during Q&A I asked him since so many books have already been published on Lincoln would this ever stop? I had thought just about every subject on Lincoln had been covered. There couldn’t be anything new to write about.

His answer: “Never!”

This is certainly true. Here’s proof: The Smithsonian just published a Lincoln Cookbook. “55 Authentic Recipes!”

We'll file this in the non-numismatic category. But it's true that Lincoln and the U.S. Civil War is a perpetually popular topic. There will always be a market opening for good books on Civil War numismatics. See the link below for one of the latest. -Editor

Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen is a culinary biography like none other. This 224-page paperback book shows the everyday life of one of the nation's most beloved presidents, Abraham Lincoln, through the foods he cooked, served, and ate. Award-winning food historian and chef Rae Katherine Eighmey does some culinary sleuthing to bring the tastes, flavors, and textures of 1820-1865 alive for today's cooks. This is a side of Lincoln never before examined, and a true taste of history.

To read the complete announcement, see:
Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen is a culinary biography like none other.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
BOOK REVIEW: PATRIOTIC CIVIL WAR TOKENS 6TH ED. (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n20a06.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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