New subscribers this week include: Gary Swartz, courtesy of Allen Pauly; Christian Thomsen, and 15 Fairfax Coin Club members courtesy ofDaryl Haynor, including Gregg Coburn and Chris Robey. Welcome aboard! We now have 5,945 subscribers.

Thank you for reading The E-Sylum. If you enjoy it, please send me the email addresses of friends you think may enjoy it as well andI'll send them a subscription (but let me know if they are located in the European Union). Contact me at whomren@gmail.com anytime regarding your subscription, or questions, comments or suggestions about our content.

Happy Bloomsday, Joyce fans! This week we open with three new books, two reviews, a numismatic job opening, and updates on the Newman NumismaticPortal and the parent of Krause Publications.

Other topics this week include catching counterfeiters, the 50 State Quarter series, early Chinese paper money, Walmart's coin department, thefinest known 1856-S dime, a Nobel Peace Prize medal, a Harriet Tubman banknote design, the money art of Karl Lagasse, and the work of coin sculptorDon Everhart.

To learn more about the Early Paper Money of America, Mexican paper money, ancient Syrian coins, coin doctoring and disclosure, cuds, U.S.Large Cent collector A. Heistand Glatz, the Poultry Club medal, Joseph Merriam's counterstamp, the Pan American games medal, apothecary weights,and How the great Khan Caused the Bark of Trees, Made into Something Like Paper, to Pass for Money All over His Country, read on. Have a great week,everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum