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The E-Sylum: Volume 25, Number 43, October 23, 2022, Article 13

NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: OCTOBER 23, 2022

Sylvester Sage Crosby's FindaGrave Page
Steve Tompkins writes:

Sylvester Sage Crosby tombstone "I saw the note and picture of the S.S. Crosby headstone and noticed the remarks that the grave was not on Findagrave. As I belong to that organization and have listed many thousands of graves on the site, many of my family, but several complete cemeteries found in the areas around where my ancestors lived and died, I took the liberty of adding Crosby's grave and that of his 2nd wife. I also linked Sylvester to his father and his 1st wife's listings."

Per Steve's suggestion, I alerted Mark Vitunic, who uploaded his photo of the headstone. Thanks, everyone. -Editor

To read the updated Find a Grave page, see:
Sylvester Sage Crosby (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/244751707/sylvester-sage-crosby)

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
SYLVESTER SAGE CROSBY (1831-1914) (https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n41a20.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: OCTOBER 16, 2022 : Sylvester Sage Crosby's Resting Place (https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n42a16.html)

J.S.G. Boggs Flips Us Off
Bob Van Arsdell writes:

"Er….have you viewed the Boggs photo in last week's E-Sylum upside down?"

Actually, I hadn't... yet. -Editor

  Boggs in black at King of Bohemia

Boggs T-shirt closeup Ken Spindler of San Diego writes:

"You realize what the t-shirt being worn by J.S.G. Boggs in the photo accompanying the article says, right?"

Jeff Koyen writes:

"Lol - yes, I actually put the image in photoshop the other day."

Bob Van Arsdell adds:

Go F Your-Self pinback "This one's an old, old joke. The motif on his T-shirt isn't an inscription in Hebrew. Turn it upside down and you'll see it's something entirely different.

"The same motif is used on a pin-back button, usually dated to the 60s. I have one of those, but I've never found the motif on a token or medallion.

"Boggs' antics will reach down through the ages!"

Just like Boggsie to be flipping us off from beyond the grave. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
BOGGS ESTATE SELLS NFTS, RECEIPT AND CHANGE (https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n42a17.html)

Farouk Sale Sleeper Lot
Rex Stark of Gardner, Mass writes:

"No doubt the greatest "sleeper" ever was at the 1954 "Palace Collection" sale of King Farouk's collection. A 1913 Liberty Head was buried in a generic lot spanning almost 100 years of United States nickels. Mrs. Norweb managed to have it removed and sold separately. She asked Sol Kaplan to buy it for her (which he did), but he lost her permanently as a client when he subsequently tried to con her after buying the lot. See Dave Bower's eminently entertaining "Coins and Collectors" (2014) for more details."

  NNC-US-1913-5C-Liberty_Nickel_(cents)

Thanks. The 1933 Double Eagle was removed from a bulk lot as well. The Farouk-Norweb 1913 Nickel is now in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: OCTOBER 16, 2022 : On "Sleepers" in Large Auction Lots (https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n42a16.html)

The Perfect Banknote

  Jubilee Note Face
Bob Leuver writes:

"The Queen E note pictured in The E-Sylum was excellent. Unfortunately, as a former BEP director, I value and appreciate well designed and beautiful notes—beautiful in my estimation. The Royal E note matches all my requirements, an excellent depiction of the personage, a well designed note without the detritus demanded by a committee, and an easily recognized denomination. Well done!

"We all understand the parameters which restrict BEP in the design of notes, sometimes which I must agree, but it nonetheless dulls my sense of appreciation of US banknotes.

"I often wonder how Wendell Wolka would describe the perfect note?"

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
QUEEN ELIZABETH II PLATINUM JUBILEE NOTES (https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n42a31.html)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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