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This week we open withseven new books andupdates from the Newman Numismatic Portal.

Other topics this week include Persis coinage, St. Kitts banknotes, coin boards, Mint Director James Ross Snowden, POGs, muling, dealer Willian Sexton, coin shows big and small, the Larry Miller collection, chopmarked coins, a braille pattern dollar, a Commodore Perry medal, auction selections, fake mint errors, and a long-lost Purple Heart.

To learn more about the elusive 4 reales coin of Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, Snowden's Coins of the Bible, a Lindbergh medallion by Julio Kilenyi with a remarkable engraving, the Koinpanel, the General Motors Ocean Operations medal, die-link charts, the "R" and "S" experimental Silver Certificates, the Salvatore Vigano medal, the 1959 wheat cent, and the numismatic connection ofpassion fruit, orange and guava, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum