Wayne Homren

New subscribers this week include: Ray Levato of COINage, courtesy of Ed Reiter, Denice Brackemyre of Heritage Auctions, and Francis Dieulafait. Welcome aboard! We now have 1,951 subscribers.

Welcome also to our newest advertiser Rare Legacy, a new firm specializing in historical medals run by Tony Lopez and Skyler Liechty.

This week we open with a reminder about Bryce Brown's numismatic literature sale, several new books, and one review. Other topics include Mehl's Numismatic Monthly, Franklin Peale's European Mint trip report, coin dealer John Bingham, the Pogue collection, and coins collected by Arthur Conan Doyle.

To learn more about Mike's Morgans, women on coins, a German Duke's visit to the U.S. Mint, bookbinder recommendations, 1792 pattern cents, the 1822 Half Eagle, the first Columbian Half Dollar, the cost of collecting all 2015 U.S. Mint issues, "smartminting technology" and Santiago Montoya's money art, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum