New subscribers this week include: Alvin Stern, courtesy of John and Nancy Wilson, and Jeff Garrett, courtesy of Tom Uram. Welcome aboard! We now have 1,959 subscribers.

This week we open with a new fixed price list from Kolbe & Fanning, a note about So-Called Dollars in the new Mega Red, three new books and one review.

Other topics this week include the latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal, reader numismatic origin stories, Farran Zerbe, the U.S. Mint high-relief gold coins, the Royal Maundy coinage, land scrip, and banknotes by the planeload.

To learn more about Medicina in Nummis, the Rise of the Dollar, watercraft on world coins, the Red Book on the comic page, Karl Moulton's 1817 large cent, Ken Spindler's 1835 dime, the Mint Directors Conference, numisnautica, "Peanut Ear", and "Portuguese Joe", read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum