New subscribers this week include: Central Ohio Numismatic Association membersSteve Rayburn, Stanley J. Dobrowski and Gary Heberline, courtesy of CONA newsletter editor Gerry Tebben; and Bill O'Brien.Welcome aboard!

I feel like Garrison Keillor who wrote, "Back in my [younger] days, I assumed I would die young and become immortal like Buddy Holly or James Dean, but I was too poor to afford a fast sports car or a chartered airplane, and soon I was too old to die young."

This week we open with our new subscriber contest, more highlights from the upcoming Kolbe & Fanning literature sale, three new books, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and more.

Other topics this week include Chet Krause, Ezra Hill, Jules Fonrobert, the Treaty of Paris medal, the New Orleans Mint, medal collecting, counterfeits, another coin heist in Germany, and Nigeria's new banknotes.

To learn more about the Richard Cyril Lockett collection, Betts medals, dealer Doug Spangler, Wikipedia, the Young America Furnace Company, bookbinders, Hermon Atkins MacNeil's plasters, NGC's 10-point grading scale, the Dunscore medieval coin hoard, 'If Day" advertising notes, and the invention of national banks, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum