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This is another big issue, and my apologies to those who've forwarded comments and articles that didn't make it into this issue. Some will appear next week.

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This week we open with a numismatic literature sale, four new books, a new journal, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, penny dresses, and more.

Other topics this week include the Valentine medal, Tanguay pennies, Roman Imperial coinage, Don Everhart, Roger Durand, Andrew Burnett, auction previews, colonial coins and lottery tickets, Canadian historical medals, and Superbowl coins.

To learn more about the coins of Muscat & Oman, Santa Claus notes, Daniel W. Valentine, provenance and scholarship, origins of the German coin trade, the first coin collector, feather coil money, the Free State Penny, Goldfield Miners Union Scrip, the New York City Draft Riotand Greg's Grill Garden, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum