You Should Always See The Coin
Regarding Bob Van Arsdell's submission titled "Sometimes You Have To See The Coin", Tony Terranova writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SEE THE COIN(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n52a10.html)

Hartzog Limited Edition Catalogs
Rich Hartzog writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:SPECIAL EDITION NUMISMATIC AUCTION CATALOGS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n52a05.html)

Howard Gibbs and Football Player Johnny Unitas
Regarding Pittsburgh numismatist Howard Gibbs, Richard Margolis writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: DECEMBER 22, 2013 : Howard Gibbs in Egypt(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n52a08.html)

Correction: Art Paper
In last week's announcement of Pabitra Saha's new book on current coins of the world, this sentence should read as follows:

Sorry I messed that up; he sent me a correction prior to publication, but it fell through the cracks. We'll update our archive, too.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:NEW BOOK: HANDBOOK OF CURRENT CIRCULATING COINS OF THE WORLD(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n52a03.html)

On Counterfeit Numismatic Books

Gordon Frost discovered a pirated edition of the Red Book, produced somewhere in the Far East. I believe he sold it to Armand Champa and that it was auctioned as part of Champa's collection. Of course in this case the fake is scarcer and more desirable than the original!

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: DECEMBER 22, 2013 : Query: Are There Fake Numismatic Books?(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n52a08.html)

Sulphur Centennial Misspelling
Eagle-eyed reader George Huber writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
SULPHUR, LOUISIANA'S CENTENNIAL MEDAL(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n52a17.html)
VATICAN MEDAL MISSPELLS NAME OF JESUS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n42a24.html)

The Archaeology of Beer
Kavan Ratnatunga writes:

Starting with a few porous clay shards or tiny bits of resin-like residue from a bronze cup, McGovern is able to determine what some ancient Norseman or Etruscan or Shang dynast was drinking as he kicked back thousands of years ago. From a cardboard box, McGovern pulls out several plastic bags containing ancient pottery shards from China. It was from these that he identified the world's oldest known fermented beverage, dating to about 7000 B.C.-a few centuries after humans began transitioning from hunter-gatherers to farmers. From another box, he pulls out shards and residues collected from four Scandinavian settlements, dating to between 1200 B.C. and 200 A.D. All of them contained traces of an essentially identical beverage, suggesting a drink-McGovern dubbed it "Nordic grog"-that was popular across Scandinavia for more than a millennium.

Details will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Danish Journal of Archaeology. But if your curiosity is more immediate and tends toward the gustatory, head to a nearby wine-and-beer store and request a bottle of the most recent Ancient Ale from Dogfish Head. The Delaware-based brewery launched its Ancient Ale Series in 1997, and in 1999 collaborated with McGovern to make Midas Touch, a brew that was inspired by the residue found on pottery fragments in a 2,700-year-old tomb in Turkey.

To read the complete article, see:The Archaeology of Beer(www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-archaeology-of-beer/355732/)

Scoring Big With Physical Bitcoins
Regarding physical Bitcoins, I wondered if any of our readers add one of these to their collection before the Bitcoin price skyrocketed.Ben Keele writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN PHYSICAL BITCOIN MINTER(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n51a14.html)

Query: Wesley Cox Contact Information Sought