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This week we open with results of the NBS benefit auction, FIVE new books. an author obituary andupdates from the Newman Numismatic Portal.

Other topics this week include coins from the Confederate treasury, game counters, a rare Ormsby pamphlet, collector-dealer Ferguson Haines, auction and dealer inventory updates, Australia's Donation Dollar, the great American COVID-19 coin shortage, money art, and the fantasy banknotes of the Trash Isles.

To learn more about moneyers and the monetarii, George Washington on coins and currency, New Zealand commemorative medals, Disney Dollars, Richard Plant, P. O. Tremblay, "Proof polish", Chihli silver dollars, the Amazonian $20 pattern, the last encased postage stamp issuer, the Mayflower coins, dwarven supporters and the Dickin medal for animals, read on. Have a great week, everyone!

Wayne Homren
Editor, The E-Sylum