From the Family of Al Zaika
Ann Williams writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
ALEXANDER ZAIKA (1919-2016)(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n37a15.html)

The E-Sylum's Interesting and Varied Numismatic Information
Duane Feisel writes:

Diana Plattner Returns to Whitman
Diana Plattner writes:

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U.S. Mint Metal Changes?
Ginger Rapsus writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
MORE COIN SHOP TALES(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n42a09.html)

On Digital Media
Ken Berger writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
ON THE LIFESPAN OF DIGITAL MEDIA(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n42a11.html)

October 11, 1968
Last week I noted that the hosts of our monthly Nummis Nova dinner suggested "a space exploration theme, because on Oct 11, 1984, Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, part of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger, became the first American woman to walk in space AND on the same day in the year 2000 NASA launched its 100th Space Shuttle mission."Chip Howell writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: OCTOBER 16, 2016(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n42a12.html)

Another Waffled French Indo-China Piastre
Bill Snyder writes:

Howard writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: OCTOBER 16, 2016 : Waffled 1931 French Indo-China Piastre(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n42a12.html)

Images of Dentistry on Paper Money Sought
Gosia Fort of the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System writes:

The Great Australian Poetry Hoax

In 1943, fed up with modernist poetry, two Australian army officers invented a fake poet and submitted a collection of deliberately senseless verses to a Melbourne arts magazine. To their delight, the poems were published and their author was hailed as "one of the most remarkable and important poetic figures of this country." In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Ern Malley hoax, its perpetrators, and its surprising legacy in Australian literature.

To read the complete article, see:
The great Australian poetry hoax, in which deliberate nonsense was hailed as great art(http://boingboing.net/2016/10/20/the-great-australian-poetry-ho.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE BIGGEST ART HOAX IN HISTORY?(http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n42a20.html)