Young Collector Jaireet Chahal

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Jaireet stayed with numismatics as a hobby because of the amazing friends and connections made through Instagram and other social media platforms.

Jaireet is a great example of younger generations modernizing numismatics and collecting in the digital realm.

To read the complete article, see:
Young Collector Highlight: Jaireet(https://canadiancoinnews.com/young-collector-highlight-jaireet/)

To read a related earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NYT FEATURES MILLENNIAL AND GEN Z COLLECTORS(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n04a24.html)

What Was Your First Coin Book?

The first numismatic book my parents ever bought me was written by the late, great Margo Russell and was entitled Start Collecting Coins. It featured a blister pack containing a handful of uncirculated foreign coins, which immediately launched my curiosity about the coins I couldn't find in my domestic United States pocket change. My first pricing book came a few weeks later, when my parents purchased the October 1992 edition of Edmund's United States Coin Prices; this little blue book boasted a gorgeous photo of an 1804 Draped Bust Dollar, a coin I immediately fell in love with and decided I must have someday. When I realized the coin, then worth several hundred thousand dollars (no coin had publicly sold for $1 million or more at that time), was all but an impossible dream for me, I lowered the bar some to acquiring any Draped Bust Dollar. I did about 20 years later (and, no, it's definitely not an 1804 Draped Bust Dollar!).

I wouldn't own my first copy of A Guide Book of United States Coins until 1994, when I received a copy of this annual publication famously dubbed for my 13th birthday. Suffice it to say, this book provided me with an incredible source of basic knowledge on many fronts, and I still to this day recommend any collector begin their numismatic journey with a contemporary edition of A Guide Book of United States Coins, a volume that has only grown in size and scope since I received my first edition all those years ago.

To read the complete article, see:
What Was Your First Coin Book?(https://www.pcgs.com/news/what-was-your-first-coin-book)

Angry Woman Eats Money

In a fit of anger with her family, a 31-year-old woman in Dak Lak Province swallowed 25 VND500,000 banknotes (worth $551.88) that had to be surgically removed.

A doctor picked up 13 banknotes after doing an endoscopy. Next, the patient was transferred to the operating room, anaesthetized, and the remaining 12 notes were removed from her stomach.

The patient was recovering well after the surgery, doctors said.

To read the complete article, see:
Woman swallows $550 in banknotes, hospitalized(https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/woman-swallows-550-in-banknotes-hospitalized-4422908.html)