When I returned home from the ANA Convention, I laid out my back print issues of Coin Worldin order. There is a gap between the issues of August 12, 2024, and April 21, 2025, when I didnot receive the paper.While the weekly edition of Coin World was interrupted, the monthly edition was intermittent. Ihave the August 2024 and December 2024 issues followed by February, March and April andcontinuing. The last issue of Coin World Trends was the June 2024 issue and has not beencontinued.

The E-Sylum previously reported on this including a December 1, 2024, statement from Coin World.

I looked for a listing of Coin World staff in the August 12, 2024, issue. I found Editorial Director,Larry Jewett / Editor-at-Large, Steve Roach and William T. Gibbs / Senior Editors, Paul Gilkesand Jeff Starck. By the April 21, 2025 issue, only Larry Jewett and Paul Gilkes remained.

Coin World has many contributors. In four issues before the break, they included David T,Alexander, Chris Bulfinch, Thomas Cohn, Mike Diamond, Michael Fahey, Ross Johnson, BradKaroleff, Bill O'Rourke, Joel J. Orosz, John Roberts, Gerald Tebben, Wendel Wolka, and VickenYegparian.

For the first four issues after the break, they included David T. Alexander, ChrisBullfinch, Thomas Cohn, Mike Diamond, Kevin Harper, Ross Johnson, Bill O'Rourke, Joel J.Orosz, John Roberts, and Vicken Yegparian. Thus most of the contributors had stayed on.

Gerald Tebben's last "Coin Lore" column was in the March 2025 issue. Joel J. Orosz. "TheNumismatic Bookie," announced his retirement effective August 18, 2025. The "Collectors'Clearinghouse" articles by Mike Diamond were reprinted from earlier articles.

In May of 2024, the size of each issue was reduced from 42 to 34 pages. The May 27, 2024,issue listed seventeen advertisers. The May 26, 2025 issue listed eleven advertisers. The June 2,2025, issue listed just five advertisers. That number fluctuates greatly from issue to issue.The three big auction companies continue to advertise. Individual coin dealer ads are far fewer.

My subscription to Coin World would have expired during the break. I was informed that mysubscription would be extended. I will be giving serious thought to the value provided when timecomes to renew. I suspect that subscription rates are declining.

Coin World did not have a booth at the ANA World's Fair of Money in Oklahoma City. That isunusual. It is apparent that Coin World is going through hard times. Can they recover?

Coin World was discussed at the meeting of the Rittenhouse Society. There is concern that thereis currently little opportunity for commercial writers. Many of us grew up with Coin World asour source for current news of the hobby. Perhaps with all the opportunities for free digitalmedia, there is no longer a viable market for a weekly coin paper.

I believe that current numismatic historians should report on what is currently happening tocreate a record for future research.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
COIN WORLD PRINT EDITION STATUS(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n48a13.html)
JEFF STARCK MAKES A MOVE(https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n02a15.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 17, 2025(https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n33a14.html)