Wayne Homren

The E-Sylum is the electronic sibling of The Asylum, the quarterly print journal for numismatic bibliomaniacs - people crazy about coin books. It was on this week in 1817 that the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason was founded in Philadelphia. Founded by Quakers, it was the first private mental health hospital in the United States.

Our new subscribers this week include Roger Noble. Welcome aboard!We have 1,730 email subscribers.

This week we open with an note form David Sklow about his upcoming literature sale, SEVEN new books, and the latest developments surrounding the recovery of artifacts from the SS Central America.

Other topics include Henry Bergos, Hank Bieciuk, prison tokens, the Fallen Heroes of 9/11 medal designs, coins of the Vandals, the work of Leonard Wyon, and Sudbury's Big Nickel.

To learn more about the cardboard tokens of G. H. Kent, Rafael Bini's Chilean Revolution notes, the Richard L. Lissner world coin collection, Purple Power and jousting in numismatics, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum