WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM OCTOBER 11, 2026

New subscribers this week include: Carol Hartman, courtesy Richard Lobel; Patrick Wall, courtesy Roger Burdette; and Bob Black. Welcome aboard! We now have 6,336 subscribers.

Thank you for reading The E-Sylum. If you enjoy it, please send me the email addresses of friends you think may enjoy it as well and I'll send them a subscription. Contact me at whomren@gmail.com anytime regarding your subscription, or questions, comments or suggestions about our content.

This week we open with one new book, a periodical, an online numismatic literature exhibit, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, ANA, ACEF, and more.

Other topics this week include WWII Belgian steel francs and Jefferson nickels, the Oriental Numismatic Society, the Edward Worth library, Beth Deisher, Bill Fivaz, the ANA's Federal Charter, auction previews, coin finds, prisoner of war medals, and the National Medals of Science and Technology.

To learn more about numismatic references from the sixteenth, seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, Forrer's Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Women Medallic Sculptors in America, William Ashbrook, Frank Duvall, Style and Technique, specimen banknotes, Nevada tokens, the Quantum coin, ferrotypes in Tagua nuts, Ethelred the Unready, Olaf the Holy, "Brenner foot" and "Menconi mouth", read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum

 
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