The Numismatic Bibliomania Society

PREV ARTICLE       NEXT ARTICLE       FULL ISSUE       PREV FULL ISSUE      

V24 2021 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 24, Number 16, April 18, 2021, Article 14

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: APRIL 18, 2021

Clifford Mishler on Meeting Prince Philip
Clifford Mishler writes:

Prince Philip, painter "Reading your ‘numismatic connection" reference to Prince Philip as "president of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee," I thought I might share another related sidelight.

"In 1996 I was accorded the favor of having the opportunity of shaking hands and briefly chatting with Prince Philip when I visited London for the purpose of presenting the British Royal Mint and the United Kingdom with the "Coin of The Year" recognition of their being honored as the producer of the premiere 1994 COTY winner, the "50th Anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy" 50 pence commemorative, which was the work of one of England's most talented sculptors, John Mills. Displayed on my office wall is a sketch of that winning design, which was tendered to me at the time by Mr. Mills."

Marvelous - what a great experience. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: APRIL 11, 2021 : Prince Philip, Royal Mint Advisor : 2017 Prince Philip Coin (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n15a14.html)

J.N.T. Levick's Civil War Tokens
Dave Schenkman writes:

German silver Civil War Token 60-346j "I've enjoyed reading the postings about J.N.T. Levick. When I taught courses on Civil War era numismatics at the ANA's summer seminars, I always discussed his 1884 sale catalog, and especially the statement in the section of Civil War tokens that "Most of the nickel cards in Mr. Levick's collection are proofs struck to order, and cost in quantity 15 cents at the time." Concerning the large number of silver tokens which were in the sale, it was noted that "all were struck to order."

Obviously Levick was instrumental in the manufacture of many rare Civil War tokens which now sell for prices that are often thousands of dollars."

What a great collector. I added an image of an R8 Patriotic token in German silver from Steve Hayden's https://civilwartokens.com/ site. -Editor

Query: J.N.T. Levick's Birthdate

Pete Smith submitted the entry for J.N.T. Levick from his book American Numismatic Biographies. -Editor

Levick CDV Levick, Joseph N(apoleon) T(ricot) Collector (ca. 1828 d. 9/7/1908)

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana. During the Civil War he served as a captain with the New York Volunteers. Married. In 1870 he advertised in the AJN as a banker and broker dealing in government securities, foreign and domestic specie, stocks, bonds, and gold. He also bought and sold rare coins.

In 1866 he proposed a journal for the ANS. This led to publication of the American Journal of Numismatics. He also contributed articles. He was Treasurer of the ANS May 9, 1867, to March 26, 1874.

His collections were included in several auction sales. One sale was scheduled for April 27-29, 1865. Because of the death of President Lincoln, the sale was postponed to May 29.

Pete adds:

"I have never seen his full date of birth. Can any E-Sylum reader provide it?"

Can anyone help? -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
MORE ON J.N.T. LEVICK (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n15a15.html)

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Regarding Harvey Stack's article last week, Harry Cabluck writes:

"The name of the newspaper started/owned by Amon Carter is the Fort Worth Star-Telegram."

Thanks. And the paper is very much still around. See an article elsewhere in this issue about dealer B. Max Mehl excerpted from the paper. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
HARVEY STACK'S NUMISMATIC FAMILY, PART 93 (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n15a18.html)

Catalog of Small German Coins
George Kolbe writes:

Kleiner deutscher Münzkatalog "What a confusing book title: SMALL GERMAN COIN CATALOG. Interpretations abound, including:

1) a small format catalogue;
2) a brief catalogue;
3) a catalogue written by a diminutive German;
4) a catalogue written for a diminutive German;
5) a catalogue written about small-sized German coins.

"The list might go on, not even including the catalog vs. catalogue wrinkle, or "until today."

"Mainly, the problem is the translation from an exacting language to an inherently imprecise one, largely attributable here to the computerized rendition."

Indeed. I thought that myself when I wrote that headline, so I'm not surprised someone mentioned it. "Catalog of Small German Coins" (as in Option 5) would have been a much better choice. "Kleiner Deutscher Münzkatalog" wouldn't have cut it for most of our readers. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NEW BOOK: SMALL GERMAN COIN CATALOG (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n15a03.html)

The Seated Liberty Design
Ken Bressett writes:

"Your recent stories about the Peace of Breda medals brought to mind a story that I wrote some time ago about the Liberty Seated image; it was published in the January 1991 issue of COINS, on pages 50 and 54.

Peace of Breda obv Peace of Breda rev
Peace of Breda Medal

Thanks. Ken kindly forwarded a copy of the article. It traces the figure of Seated Liberty from the Peace of Breda medal through Thomas Simon's Petition Crown and British copper coinage through to the U.S. Seated Liberty design by Christian Gobrecht. Ken also provided these images from the article. Thanks! -Editor

Charles II farthing obv Charles II farthing rev
Charles II farthing

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE FONROBERT PEACE OF BREDA MEDAL (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n15a12.html)

Monneron 2 Sol Pattern Piece
Jim Duncan writes:

"Can any of your many contacts provide a reproducible pic of a Monneron 2 Sol pattern piece (that's Hercules / Pyramid)? I'm a collector in NZ who cannot find one on the web. jimchris.d@xtra.co.nz I'd be most grateful."

Archives International Sale 66 cover back



Wayne Homren, Editor

Google
 
NBS (coinbooks.org) Web

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

PREV ARTICLE       NEXT ARTICLE       FULL ISSUE       PREV FULL ISSUE      

V24 2021 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

Copyright © 1998 - 2021 The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS)
All Rights Reserved.

NBS Home Page
Contact the NBS webmaster
coin