NEWMAN PORTAL: HOUDINI HALLOWEEN MEDAL

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The E-Sylum: Volume 24, Number 43, October 24, 2021, Article 6

NEWMAN PORTAL: HOUDINI HALLOWEEN MEDAL

In time for the upcoming holiday Newman Numismatic Portal Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report. Thanks. -Editor

JewishAmericanHallOfFameMedals Houdini 2

JewishAmericanHallOfFameMedals Houdini 1

Houdini Escapes From a Halloween Medal Commissioned by the Jewish American Hall of Fame in 1996, this Halloween-themed Houdini medal set cleverly utilizes the three-dimensional aspect of the medal. A Halloween scene is incuse on one piece while in relief on the other, and the two pieces are intended to be mated. When a mated pair, the set depicts Houdini on the obverse and set of handcuffs on the reverse. As the pair is separated, symbolizing Houdini's escape, the mayhem of Halloween is unloosed on the viewer. Fittingly, Houdini died on October 31, in 1926. The full story of the medal set is related in Mel Wacks' Jewish American Hall of Fame Medals, available on Newman Portal.

Link to Jewish American Hall of Fame Medals on NNP:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/556056

THE BOOK BAZARRE

1946–2021: CELEBRATING 75 YEARS of the RED BOOK. The 75th edition of the Guide Book of United States Coins will release next week, April 7, 2021. Preorder now to reserve your copy—online at Whitman.com , or call 1-800-546-2995.

Wayne Homren, Editor

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