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This week we open with NBS events at the Denver ANA convention, some rare and important numismatic literature, six new books and one review.

Other topics this week includeTaiwan's tokens, Philippine medals and tokens, coin forum web sites, hubbing dies, Lesher dollar exhibits, the Chormann patterns, the J. K. Lilly collection, and the fate of the stolen "Big Maple Leaf."

To learn more about Colonel E.H.R. Green, F.C.C. Boyd, Eric P. Newman, Leon Hendrickson, the Ballantine Beer Spinner, recoinage, the Falkland Islands Liberation Crown, Paddy the Pigeon, and William Dunham's 1913 Liberty Nickel, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum