Tuesday, July 20, 2021 was not only the anniversary of the first moon landing, it was the night of the latest dinner meeting of my Northern Virginia numismatic social group, Nummis Nova. Mike Packard was our host at a familiar location - The Epositos Restaurant, a nice little Italian place in Fairfax, VA.

I arrived early to spot Tom Kays entering the restaurant. My phone rang and I learned my guest had arrived, too. Elsewhere in the parking lot was CoinWeek editor Charles Morgan. We chatted for a bit and went inside to find Tom and Dave Schenkman already seated at our table. Before long there were ten of us in all - me, Charles, Tom, Dave, Mike, Eric Schena, Jon Radel, Steve Bishop, Julian Leidman and Roger Burdette.

We had a number of exhibits which were passed around the table or placed on a nearby empty table. Among those two big to pass around were a Numismatic Literary Guild scrapbook displayed by Charles, who is that group's new Executive Director as well as an incoming member of the American Numismatic Association Board of Governors. Other large-scale items included two big bank ledgers and Jon Radel's plastic tub full of large bronze Finnish art medals.

The ledgers had recently been returned to me by the Newman Numismatic Portal after having been scanned. Here are photos I'd taken prior to the meeting.Eric lent to NNP a massive volume which records daily cash transactions for the Housatonic Bank of Stockbridge, MA from September 18, 1862 to September 23, 1864. I lent a volume I purchased in Pittsburgh and believe to be from the Union Bank of Pittsburgh. The ledger records transactions from 1860 to 1871.

Numismatic Ephemera

In addition to the ledgers I brought along a couple recent additions to my ephemera collection - an 1891 H.E. Morey price list and the pamphlet on Edward Rausch's Numismatic Urn, discussed recently by Dave Hirt. We arranged a trade and I sent him a book from my library in exchange for the ephemera.

To read the complete article, see:
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MAY 30, 2021 : Edward Rausch's Numismatic Urn(https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n22a09.html)

Printing Press Medals
Dave Schenkman brought along a nice group of three 1740 medals relating to the 300th anniversary of the invention of the printing press. The eyes on the first one are haunting!

Dave writes:

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Longfellow Plaque

Steve Bishop showed this great bronze plaque of Longfellow by sculptor John Flanagan.

Rainbow Toned 1887 Morgan Dollar

Steve also brought this Rainbow Toned 1887 Morgan Dollaralong with a spectacularly toned 1943-D Mercury dime graded MS 68 FB, and anequally spectacularly toned 1880-S Morgan dollar graded MS 64.

'Til next time.