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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 41, October 7, 2001, Article 11

GLEANINGS FROM THE NUMISMATIST    

  Early issues of The E-Sylum often included mentions of the   
  numismatic writings and other activities of subscribers.  But   
  our subscriber list has grown so much that such mentions   
  would be tantamount to an index of the week's published   
  works.  So often many weeks go by between such mentions.   
  But the recent issue of the American Numismatic Association's   
  journal has a number of noteworthy items, so here goes:    

  Foremost is the cover article by NBS Secretary-Treasurer   
  David Sklow on the rare ANA memorial medals of founder   
  Dr. George Heath.   Sklow is the ANA's Historian, and with   
  good reason - with his database of ANA members from 1891   
  to 1941 he has at his fingertips more information than anyone,   
  including most ANA staffers.    

  Dave Bowers' "Coin and Collectors" column features a history   
  of the Dahlonega Mint, including the text of a letter about the   
  mint dated April 30, 1848 and published in the National   
  Intelligencer - a great example of the use of primary source   
  material.    

  ANA President Pete Smith's "Names in Numismatics" column   
  highlights the Pioneer Family Memorial in Elgin, IL, sculpted   
  by Trygve Rovelstad, designer of the Elgin commemorative   
  half dollar  (see E-Sylum v4n30 and v4n31, July 22 & 29,   
  2001).    

  ANA museum curator Lawrence J. Lee, in his "Outside the   
  Vault"  column, writes about Charles Willson Peale, "The    
  Father of the American Museum".   Lee reveals the   
  interesting tidbit that his predecessor in the curator position,   
  Robert Hoge, is a distant relative of Peale's.    

  And finally, while not related to numismatic research, and   
  since E-Sylum readers love a good prank, here's a great tale   
  from Donn Pearlman's "Pearlman's People" column:   
  "Paul Whitnah revealed that years ago while managing the   
  American Airlines office in Shreveport, Louisiana, he   
  substituted the contents of a BEP bag of shredded currency   
  for the office's petty cash.  Later, the staff member in charge   
  of petty cash opened the safe, saw the minced paper money,   
  and with a horrified expression, informed Whitnah, "We've   
  got rats!"   

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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