"Just thought I would drop a quick email and let you know how important and useful the weekly E-Sylum newsletter is to me. I look forward to receiving it in my email every Sunday night at 9pm MST. I consider your online newsletter the best way to learn about new and obscure books that otherwise would be unknown to me. I also enjoy the Vocabulary and Notes from Readers sections. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing my press releases in the past."

You're welcome! It's always nice to hear from readers and we're glad you enjoy our weekly efforts. -Editor

"The Texas Numismatic Association has finally published Part 4 of my L.W. Hoffecker series titled: "Go Tell it on the Franklin Mountains ... L.W. Hoffecker is reborn". There's a lot of information to read, but also a lot of new information that challenges what people thought they knew about L.W. Hoffecker and the Old Spanish Trail Half Dollar; along with an extensive list of references to back each article."

"These days no matter where we turn, we're bombarded with commentary about AI. We're told of transformational productivity gains coupled with dark portents of humanity's demise. But there is an element of AI that benefits any numismatist with a serious interest in non-U.S. coins or medals. AI enables access to never-before translated international books, whitepapers and articles due to its quick and voluminous translating capabilities.

"I recently authored an article related to an admittedly obscure Dutch numismatic mystery dating from the early-1700s. Scholars may scoff at my inability to fluently master other languages, but AI enabled me to identify, locate, and translate relevant information written in French and Dutch. In this case, much of that very early work had never been translated into English.

"While AI is still prone to problems – hallucinations, blind alleys, and dead ends - all still requiring "adult supervision," it does provide newfound opportunities for numismatic bibliophiles and researchers to access an entire world of non-English materials previously beyond our reach."

Thanks for letting us know about your experience. I've heard of others making similar leaps in their research because of the new availability of cheap and fast language translation. AI has also been a boon for transcribing handwritten Mint records and enabling search. It's a brand new world for numismatic research. -Editor

"I am happy to announce that "Hermon Atkins MacNeil - American Sculptor in the Broad, Bright Daylight" is now available in eBook format for readers using Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo and Google Play. The cost is $8.99."

Nice. That's a lot of outlets - I'll link to Amazon here, but choose your favorite seller. My son gets deliveries from Barnes & Noble almost daily. -Editor