Wayne Homren

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New subscribers this week include: Jennifer Jones of the Division of Numismatics at the Smithsonian Institution, courtesy of Peter Huntoon. Welcome aboard! We now have 1,893 subscribers.

This week we open with updates on Kolbe & Fanning's recent numismatic literature sale and the Newman Numismatic Portal, followed by two new books and two reviews. Other topics include Walter Breen, Bob Vlack, Tom Culhane and Salem, Massachusetts numismatist Rev. William Bentley.

To learn more about Philadelphia Mint souvenir visit medals, the Great Fire of London coin, Guy Fawkes, the Elusive Spondulix, MENSA, an 1848 rebus medal, preserving plaster coin models, Thames tunnel medals, sesquipedalian curiosity and how paper money can be attributed to a certain collection via traces of confectionary sugar, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum