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This week we open with NBS events at the Pittsburgh ANA, four new books, two obituaries, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and more.

Other topics this week include Half Dimes, U.S. Treasury Notes, Coal Mine scrip, numismatics on the radio, VAMs, National Medals, auction previews, Trinity College Dublin gold medals, Limerick Soviet notes, and Duchamp's Monte Carlo bonds.

To learn more about buckram bindings, Ed Fritz, "Miles" Standish, Spanish and South American Eight Reale coins, the Museum Plantin-Moretus, Wizard Coin Supply, the MyCollect social network, the Speared Bison Nickel, the founder of the Higgins National Bank Note Museumand The Man Who Makes the Money at the Mint, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum