WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JULY 6, 2025

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Happy birthday to author and researcher Gene Hessler, who turned 97 today!

This week we open with three new books, the Shekel Prize, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, notes from readers, and more.

Other topics this week include cameographs, Samuel Breck, Howard Gibbs, Robert Friedberg, department store coin shops, fixed price and auction offerings, gold dinars, the coins of Charlemagne, Hyderabad hotel tokens, East Caribbean States currency, and the Historical Medal Society.

To learn more about the finds from Barikot, Siam Specimen Banknotes, the 250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in America, Founding Father John Adams, Southern California National Bank Notes, the 2025 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin, varieties of 1857-S double eagles, the Cathedral of St. Maria, Gothic crowns and florins, the Lord Baltimore shilling, the Saifabad Mint Museum, the Calexico National Bank of California, and Philippine Anting Anting medals, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum

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