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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Quote:Unfortunately I could not locate the 2009 Coin World article online. I've been frustrated by that as well. Apparently they've all been digitized for the Newman Numismatic Portal but Coin World won't release their copyright. If you're an ANA member, the librarian will find the article and send you a copy, I think for $5. "Jeff Garrett acquired a hoard of 298 (this lot contains 297) Uncirculated 1883 No CENTS nickels" - I wonder what happened to the 298th coin, or was the original $14.90 tag miscounted? Also, that whole Josh Tatum thing and supposed original of the meaning of "joshing" is just plain wrong. The word origin goes back to at least 1845, well before the No Cents nickel.
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kbbpll, I subscribe to Coin World and cannot search back issues. They don't even have that option on their site. But I'll be letting my subscription expire - I subscribed to the e-version and they also charged me for monthly hard copies which I did not want. They never responded to my repeated emails so goodbye. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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I exchanged a couple emails with the publisher a few years ago now, seeking a specific article, which was refused, and then I recommended that they could put their archives online and charge a subscription for it and have another income stream, which was also rejected. It seemed logical to me since they're already digitized (at least I was told that by Roger Burdette). He seemed rather gruff about it as I recall. But I suppose putting archives up on their site costs money and there may not be demand for it. Sites like Numismatist go back to the 1880s!
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kbbpll, I recently developed an interest in Bryan money and was able to download The Numismatist from July 1926 which has THE article on this topic: BRYAN MONEY. Tokens of the Presidential Campaigns of 1896 and 1900 — Comparative and Satirical. By FARRAN ZERBE. pp. 318 - 382. The ads in these issues are incredible. How about a Proof 1822 half dollar for $5.00, or Proof Barber half dollars for $1? Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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OT, but there are a lot of amazing things in the early Numismatist. Somewhere around 1910s is a list of all the dies destroyed by the mint including patterns that may have never been produced. 100+ years later it makes you cringe, but I recall that it was in response to a lot of flack about dealers with connections getting coins made.
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I like how the author of the "Curious Hoard" article refers to the makers of the Racketeer Nickel as "scoundrels."  |
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"scoundrels" An underappreciated and underutilized term these days, much like one of my favorites: "simpleton". 
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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I mischaracterized the Coin World editor's response to me as "gruff", so I apologize for that. I must have been thinking of a different email exchange. I dug up the email from May 2019 and it was merely a boilerplate reply that they don't have the resources to look up individual articles from their archives but they hope to put them online as a subscription tier in the future. I wanted to issue a retraction on my "gruff" comment. |
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