WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: MARCH 8, 2026

I've been planning it for a while, but last week I made it official - I'll be retiring from my day job at the end of June. My oldest son gave me an early retirement gift - a copy of the new Mega Red X from Whitman. The gift was timely; on Thursday I headed up to Baltimore for the Whitman Spring Expo, where I had it signed by Senior Editor Jeff Garrett and Publisher John Feigenbaum. Len Augsburger took this great photo. It was the first copy signed at the show.

 
John Feigenbaum, Wayne Homren, and Jeff Garrett

I'd been meeting at the Whitman booth with John and Len discussing the latest happenings at the Newman Numismatic Portal and possible things we could work on together to bring more information to the numismatic community. As our meeting wrapped up a line of people was forming for the signing opportunity.

Next, Len and I headed over to the booth of numismatic literature dealer Charlie Davis, where he was speaking with Charles Morgan of PCGS. We chatted on a number of topics, and I thanked Charlie for his eulogy at the funeral services in London for Phil Skingley who was not only his colleague but also a close personal friend. Marcus Davis also stopped by the table while we were there. Here are some photos I took of Charlie's stock.

   

 

 

 

 

It was whirlwind show for me. It snuck up on me and I hadn't made any dinner plans and ended up heading back home to Virginia for a normal homecooked dinner with my family. I didn't find anything to purchase but did get to speak with longtime E-Sylum supporters Doug Winter and Dave Kahn. I swung by other sponsor and advertiser tables (Northeast Numismatics, Jon Sullivan and others) but as often happens I caught them with customers and didn't want to interrupt.

I did get to visit a bit with Julian Leidman and Erik Douglas, and spotted Tony Terranova, Vicken Yegparian and others at their tables. On my way out I chatted some more with Len about some E-Sylum issues. So it was a short, but productive afternoon. My next show will likely be PAN in May.

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