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Among our new subscribers this week are John W. Barber and Kenneth Marshall. Welcome aboard! We now have 1,332 subscribers.

We have a new advertiser this week - Whitman Publications. Welcome, and thank you for your support! Readers are encouraged to thank and support all of our advertisers - please click through on their ads and shop around on their web sites for additions to your numismatic library.

This week we open with an announcement relating to the NBS web site - some great new content is available for collectors of American Numismatic Literature. Next up is an announcement of a new book on Mexican coinage and a review of Leonard's Curious Currency.

Other topics this week include The Colonial Newsletter, the hobby in the 1960s, and a modern high-tech bank robber. We have a numver of queries for readers this week on topics including Olympic medals, a numismatic periodical and a mystery coin dealer. To learn about the offer of a new car for $50, Frank Dupee Stamps and Coins, Numisamtic and the Law and "galloping consumption", read on.

Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society