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• The E-Sylum: Volume 8, Number 2, January 9, 2005, Article 13
  

  NEW YEAR'S QUIZ ANSWERS
  

  Ralf W. Böpple of Stuttgart, Germany writes:
  "All the best for a successful 2005 and for the continuation
  of your fantastic work!
  

  With regard to last week's quiz, this was a very positive start
  into the new year for me - there are actually two out of six
  questions I can answer without going to the E-Sylum archive:
  

  John Leonard Riddell is known by his book "A Monograph
  of the Silver Dollar, Good or Bad", published in 1845. It is a
  cambist-style listing of the coins and medals he encountered
  at the New Orleans mint, where he worked in the 1830s and
  1840s, I think as refiner, which is why so many coins from all
  over the world crossed his desk. The work is very important
  for collectors of Mexican coins mainly because it depicts
  many contemporary counterfeits. It was reprinted in 1969 by
  the Sociedad Numismática de México
  

  I never had the pleasure of meeting Alan Luedeking, but the
  eclectic mix of modern Nicaragua, medieval papal medals
  and classical Byzantine coins stuck to my mind when I read it.
  Maybe I'll get the chance to have a chat with him on Latin
  American numismatic literature one day, preferably during an
  event of the ANUCA, the Central American Numismatic
  Association!
  

  [Both answers are correct. Anyone want to try answering
  the remaining questions? -Editor]
  

Source URL

• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v08n02a13.html

Date published

• 2005-01-09

Volume

• 8

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