Spurrier
Lianna Spurrier has created a variety of multi-media content for Newman Portal including original videos and video coverage of presentations at numismatic events.
See also https://colonialcoins.org/c4-videos/ for the C4 (U.S. colonial numismatics) videos created by Lianna Spurrier (link verified 2/2023).
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1/22/2020Getting to Know Eric P. Newman, Part 2: Am I Not a Man and Brother
Throughout his decades of research, Eric P. Newman contributed to countless different areas of numismatics. One such area was Hard Times Tokens; unofficially issued in the late 1830s to create small change for commerce, they were poorly documented. Newman solved some of the mysteries regarding this highly varied series, with a special focus on the "Am I Not a Man and a Brother" token.
The original publication by Eric P. Newman is at https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/512500.
1/30/2020Newman Numismatic Portal Beginner's Guide
Beginner's guide to Newman Numismatic Portal, including a video demo of the main site features. Written and produced by Lianna Spurrier.
3/27/2020Detour: Coins that Revealed a Crime Ring
In December 2019, two coins went missing somewhere between being shipped from Gerry Fortin Rare Coins and a customer in Maryland. Soon, the same two coins walked into Julian Leidman's shop.
3/30/2020Wooden Leg Sets St. Louis Legal Community on Fire
April Fools video for 2020, produced by Lianna Spurrier. The premise is that a pair of 1913 nickels were located during the renovation of the former residence of Eric P. Newman.
4/30/2020Yellow Fever & the U.S. Mint
Yellow fever periodically threatened United States Mint operations in the 1790s. In this video, Lianna Spurrier provides historical context and explores impacts of the contagion on the day-to-day life of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
7/15/2020NNP Symposium 2020
Promotional video for the Newman Numismatic Portal 2020 Symposium (https://nnpsymposium.org).
7/20/2020Getting to Know Eric P. Newman, Part 3: A Vermont Numismatic Enigma
12/4/2020Getting to Know Eric P. Newman, Part 4: Origin of the Dollar Sign
An overview of Eric P. Newman's efforts to discover the origin of the dollar sign. Newman's publication on this topic is at https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/512704.
