Wayne Homren

New subscribers this week include:Lower Cape Fear Coin Club membersMichael McKinnon,Calvin Lindsey, andWillie France, courtesy of Robert Neale;Harriette Moore of Baldwin's; andChristopher Muns.Welcome aboard! We now have 1,768 subscribers.

This week we open with an update from Fred Lake, the ANS's search for a new librarian, two new books, and thoughts on numismatic literature from R.L. "Skinny" Miles.

Other topics include the Chinese counterfeit Red Book, Paris Mint privy marks, the 'Confederate' gold dollar, coin shops, replacement notes, first strikes, 18th century British token reference works, the Columbia Farthing, the pound coin reverse design contest, and the world's largest coin mosaic.

To learn more about 1904-O dollar varieties, The Essay-Proof Journal, the Wal-Mart Golden dollars, the first dollar adjusted in the New Orleans Mint, 1950-D nickels, the Arctic Medal, coinage of the barbarian invaders and the world's first eccentric bimetallic coin, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum