Numismatic Literary Guild Symposium
Scott Travers passed along this information:

Early Half Dollar Book Signing
Steve Tompkins writes:

The Workflow of the First United States Mint
In today's JR Newsletter, a publication of the John Reich Collectors Society (JRCS) David Finkelstein writes:

Armenian Numismatic Roundtable
Leon Saryan writes:

For more information about the Armenian Numismatic and Antiquities Society, see:
http://anasociety.org/

Civil War Token Society Programs

The Excitement & Potential of Patriotic Civil War Tokens:
A New Book & the Market Place
Q. David Bowers & Susan Trask

Join Dave and Susan in this exciting presentation of Patriotic Civil War Tokens. See what the 6th Edition of Fuld's Patriotic Civil War Tokens holds for the collector. Enjoy the narrative and pictures of some of the most interesting of Patriotic Tokens. The presentation begins at 3:00 pm on Thursday, August 13th at the ANA World's Fair of Money in Chicago.

Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island
The Story of a Prisoner Of War Camp and Related Sutler Scrip
by Thomas Reed and Susan Trask
Thursday Aug 13, 2015 4:00 pm

Confederate Officers imprisoned on an island north of Sandusky, Ohio in Lake Erie. What was daily life like? What about the chance of escape? What was offered for sale by the camp sutler to make life easier?

Chicago Host Committee Compiles Program Details
Paul Hybert writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
OTHER 2015 ANA CONVENTION EVENTS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n30a21.html)