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This week we open with a numismatic literature sale, six new books, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and a report on the 1792 Dime Project.

Other topics this week include hidden engraver signatures, the Grouville and Blythburgh hoards, Fugio cents encased in Lucite, U.S. Mint visitor brochures, Women in Numismatics, pattern coins fromthe Charles Barber estate, and the Royal Mint's dinosaur coins.

To learn more about the Birmingham Assay Office, engraver William Wyon, error coins, shinplasters, money in wartime, Boardman Silversmiths, the the Snyder Collection at the Truman Library, the manin the red coat and the Little Frenchman and His Bank Notes, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum