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• The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 32, August 6, 2000, Article 7
  

  I THOUGHT I COLLECTED OBSCURE STUFF
  

  The August 2000 issue of the TAMS Journal, official
  publication of the Token and Medal Society, contains
  an ad by Denis Loring seeking tokens or medals depicting
  a manatee. Now that's specialization! I've seen dolphins
  on coins, but can't recall a manatee appearing anywhere.
  

  Several years ago, your editor developed a code phrase
  for obscure numismatic specialties. Whenever I had
  trouble making someone understand why I like numismatic
  ephemera, I'd explain that "it's sort of like collecting die
  varieties of Lithuanian subway tokens." "Oh, OK," they'd
  say, thinking to themselves, "I get it - this guy's a nut".
  You got it.
  

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• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v03n32a07.html

Date published

• 2000-08-06

Volume

• 3

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