WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM MAY 23, 2021

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This week we open with a new issue of our print journal The Asylum, three new books, one review, one obituary, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and more.

Other topics this week include commemorative $5 gold, Phillipine numismatics, the largest silver coin in the world, edge lettering, Coin University, auction highlights, Anglo-Saxon gold shillings, an 1883 proof set, the Farouk 1933 double eagle, pogs, and banknote engraver Willian Rollinson.

To learn more about Minting, Printing & Counterfeiting in the U.S. Civil War, Carson City coinage, the Mionnet scale, trisegmented collars, coins from the SS Central America, the Springfield Antiquarians Medal, modern "pieces of eight" and the "trucker's friend", er, tinkling cone" money, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum

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