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This week we open with highlights of Kolbe & Fanning's numismatic literature sale, four new books, book and website awards, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and more.

Other topics this week include current circulating coins, the money of Bavaria, banknote security, the numismatic Wayback Machine, recoinage, coin hoards and other discoveries, new coin designs, the Boy Scout Liberty Loan medal, fire marks, and U.S. Mint Director Elias Boudinot.

To learn more about Italian Medals of the Renaissance, John Beck, George Hetrich, Carl Würtzbach, Harry Salyards, Zuleima Bruff Jackson, Alexander Nicoll, the 2025 Salmon Fifty Pence, the Walhalla medal, the Glory Bank, the Hammersley Collection, the 1976 Kessler book on Fugio Coppers, signevierists, and the Four Horsemen of the FUN Show, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum