Wayne Homren

New subscribers this week include: Tony Micciche. Welcome aboard! We now have 1,911 subscribers.

This week we open with a bidding reminder from Kolbe & Fanning, a fabulous new digitized resource from the Newman Numismatic Portal, two new books and an author's note from Scott Travers.

Other topics include the John Burns Reference Library, William Sumner Appleton, Dieter Raab, Tom Cederlind, the Boston Numismatic Society, the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, Dow metal, Sweden's cash-free economy, the 1894-S dime, and Zimbabwe's curious plan to adopt Chinese currency.

To learn more about the U.S. Mint Cabinet Accession book, the first Boston Numismatic Society medals, black dogs and stampees, Geese on coins and medals, a banknote for the annexation of Crimea, and why we no longer use $1,000 bills, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum