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Welcome to our newest advertiser - David Kahn Rare Coins. Thank you for your support! This week we open with a final reminder for the Kolbe library sale, four new books, onereview, updates from the Newman Numismatic Portal, and a podcast review.

Other topics this week include the IACA Excellence in Currency Awards, "In God We Trust", the "Yankee Slayers" medal, collector J. M. Finotti, coin toning,coronation medals, collection evacuation plans and the Gorgons of Parion.

To learn more about "The Widow Game", Uruguayan brewery tokens, Colombia and French paper money, paper money and Christianity, Vermont coppers, medal finishes, proof 1827quarters, sulphatization, abrasive blasting, Herman the Pianist, Smurf-fingered coin dealers, Stella cufflinks, and the coin banjo, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum