"Congratulations. I just looked and you have over six thousand subscribers, wow, I remember when these numbered in the hundreds, good show !!!"

"With all of the numismatic society meetings and coin shows being cancelled, it's nice to know that the gathering of minds represented by The E-Sylum continues to appear.

I recently acquired a nice bit of ephemera titled The Nickel Album, but clearly it was not intended for coin collectors. It's actually a book to house nickels solicited as donations to churches or charities. It was published by the Christian Finance Association of New York as a fund-raising tool. From the art nouveau fonts used I date this to the 1890s or very early 1900s. The really interesting thing is that it's not made of the expected cardboard and paper. Instead, both the coin panels and cover are of wood."