Wayne Homren

Among our new subscribers this week areChristopher Buck and Craig Eberhart.Welcome aboard!We have 1,452 email subscribers, plus 157 followers on Facebook, includingMile Kocev.

This week we open with the exhibit winners in the Numismatic Literature class at last week's ANA convention, and more on the Whitman "black book" series.Other topics include numismatic personalities on "What's My Line?", the Type II Quint, NASCA, and a slabbed 1804 dollar electrotype.

To learn more about an awesome book dude, a rare coin with talismanic powers, the D.C. earthquake devastation, coin laundering and the Trevi Fountain coin toss tradition, read on.Have a great week, everyone!