NUMISMATIC TYPOES Publique Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 5, Number 22, May 27, 2002, Article 16
NUMISMATIC TYPOES
Eric Newman writes: "You asked in your May 19, 2002
E-Sylum for major mistakes in publications and my favorite
is Sanford J. Durst, COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO
AMERICAN COLONIAL COINAGE, IT'S ORIGINS,
HISTORY AND VALUE (New York 1976). Errors on
a cover as in this case are rare but this "itsy bitsy" insertion
of an apostrophe is a gem."John Kraljevich writes: "I'm sure others will submit the rare
edition of Penny Whimsy which the noted mathematician
Blaise _Pascal_ worked on. Dorothy _Paschal_ apparently
did not assist with the Durst reprint.Another favorite [also noted by Mark Borchardt -Editor]:
The 2002 Early American Coppers sale, where principal
Chris McCawley's name was spelled incorrectly on the
front cover. And Chris doesn't even have a silent J in his
last name! (Chris -- if you read this, remind me to buy
you a beer for the embarrassment)"Christopher Eimer writes: "Your request for typos, in the
19 May issue of the Asylum, reminds me of one such error
at a particularly crucial place. The excellent 1984 reprint
by the Italian publishers S.P.E.S.of G.F. Hill's Italian Medals
of the Renaissance, which was first published in 1930, invites
readers, in the penultimate paragraph of the Foreword, 'to
reflect on what a remarkable achievement of scholaspih' Hill's
work represents.If there is one word above all else that one would not wish to
see with a typo, it must surely be 'scholarship', particularly in
the context in which it here finds itself being used.But as an author myself, I am the first to confess the
shortcomings of my own work, and the various errors that
can slip into published work."- 2002-05-27
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