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Newsflash: The E-Sylum has won the 2017 PCGS Education Award. See my ANA Diary for more information. And as you'll see in the next article, our print journal The Asylum alsogarnered awards.

This week we open with the NLG Writer's Competition Awards, four new books, three Newman Numismatic Portal updates, and a research note on the Nova Constellatio Quint.

Other topics this week include CCAC member of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the 2018 America the Beautiful Quarter designs, half dime tokens, astronomer Maria Mitchell's gold medal, and a newly awardedCoast Guard Lifesaving medal.

To learn more about British Historical medals, the coinage of Congo/Zaïre, Arthur White Westhorpe, Rev. Justus Doolittle, David Proskey, Harley Freeman, Pictured Rocks, the 1893-S dollar, and theworld's morst valuable Morgan, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum