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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 37, September 9, 2001, Article 5

ELECTRONIC NUMISMATIC BOOKS 

   The same issue of Coin World contains not one, but 
   TWO mentions of electronic numismatic books introduced 
   at the ANA convention.   We've discussed the first 
   electronic auction catalogs in the E-Sylum before, but these 
   may be among the first electronic books. 

   John Baumgartner introduced a CD book he compiled on 
   the "Hot 50" Morgan dollars at the August 11th meeting of 
   the Society of Silver Dollar Collectors' meeting.  "The 'book' 
   is really a software program that allows users to learn die 
   characteristics or diagnostics to facilitate identification of the 
   "Hot 50" VAM [Van Allen-Mallis] variety coins..." (p70) 

   Earlier, at the August 9th meeting of the Liberty Seated 
   Collectors Club, "Gerry Fortin spoke to an enthusiastic 
   audience about the status of his CD 'book' on the 
   Liberty Seated Dime series.... He said he believes that 
   electronic books are the future in numismatic research 
   publications" (p88). 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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