The Numismatist

132 Pages·2000·97.2 MB·English

by  American Numismatic Association

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August 9-l2, 2000, Philadelphia, PA
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U.S.COINAGE
A Wealth of Double Eagle Die Varieties
740 A study ofthousands of 1857$20 gold pieces recovered from the ill-fated S.S.Centrul America
reveals the Mint's use ofeight different reverse dies.
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EXONUMIA
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AUSTRALIAN COINAGE
Coin Designer with the Midas Touch
763 Stuart Devlin, one ofthe world's foremost numismatic artists, used his creative talents to
produce 28 gold and silver coins for the 2000 Olympic games in Australia.
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JULY 2000
VOLUME 113
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DEPARTMENTS
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722 From Your President 821 From One to Seventy
by H. Robert Campbell by David W. Lange
724 Mint State Views 823 The Collector's Edge
727 Letters by Don Bonser
731 New Issues 826 ANA Authentication Bureau
Austria, Portugal, Zimbabwe by Brian A. Silliman
735 Numismatic Narratives 830 Advertising Rates
769 Coins and Collectors 831 Display Classified Ads
by Q. David Bowers 832 Curator's Corner
772 Names in Numismatics by Robert W. Hoge
C 0VER by Pete Smith 834 Auction Insights
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E 835 Classified Ads
The curator ofcoins and ingots recov- by David Schenkman
ered from the S.S.Central America had 776 Information for Authors 839 Advertiser Index
the rare opportunity tostudy more
than 5,000double eagles struck atthe 778 Presents from the Past 840 Pearlman's People
San Francisco Mint in I857(page 740). by David R.Sear by Dorm Pearlman
MILTBUTTERWORTH 782 Coins in Cyberspace
byAlan Herbert
785 The Other Side ofthe Coin
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789 Consumer Alert
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793 Bookmarks
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Schedule ofEvents, Philadel-
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CALENDAR OFEVENTS Sydney 2000Olympics, artist Stuart
CLUBNEIvs Devlin called upon his considerable
Coins tell astory ofturbulent times in MEMBERSHIP REPORT artistic talent and his experience in
ancient Rome (page 778). OBITUARIES computer-generated design (page 763).
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