Buy the book (and Read It)
Fred Michaelson writes:

A 'Grading Set' of Counterstamped Coins
In my earlier review of the Grading Guide for Early American Copper Coins, I wrote:

Fred Michaelson writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:BOOK REVIEW: GRADING GUIDE FOR EARLY AMERICAN COPPER(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n19a07.html)

Henry Bergos and That Crazy Roman Salute

Speaking of crazy ideas, I was struck by last week's picture of Henry Bergos and his classmates in the 1987 Ancient Roman Coinage seminar. I couldn't put my finger on why the image was stuck in my head until I realized how perfectly it expresses Henry's typical effect on people.

It was the most natural thing in the world for him to tell everyone in the picture to do the Roman salute; in his mind it was obvious, and everyone should do it. Some of them thought, "I love it - it's crazy!" The rest of them thought, "I'm not doing that - it's crazy."

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:MORE ON HENRY BERGOS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n21a12.html)

More On Cataloguing Prison Scrip
Paul Cunningham writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:AN APPROACH FOR CATALOGUING PRISON SCRIP(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n21a16.html)

Engineering Books, Books, Books

I like books. Most of the rooms in my home are covered with bookshelves, many of them floor to ceiling. Most of my books are nonfiction-I'm guessing over half of them are STEM-related.

For the edification of the few digital natives (anyone born with a smartphone in his or her crib) who may be reading this, let me briefly explain what a book is. It consists of a number of sheets of paper with writing or printing on them, fastened together along one edge, usually between protective covers. (I am not against "e-books"-I both read them and write them. But they are not books!)

Stephen Kahne, emeritus professor and former vice president of technical activities for IEEE, recently expressed his concern about the fate of "the once outstanding libraries of classic technical texts and reference books" that many of us own. "What are we going to do with them?" he asked.

Professor Kahne's question, reinforced by a review of my own library, prompted me to search for possible recipients of classic engineering texts. Many public libraries no longer accept technical textbooks as additions to their holdings or even for resale at fundraisers. - See more at: http://www.todaysengineer.org/2014/May/backscatter.asp#sthash.Wv82rwxz.dpuf

To read the complete article, see:Books, Books, Books(www.todaysengineer.org/2014/May/backscatter.asp)