Coin talks on gold coins and new numismatic releases
Bob Frederic review covers Gold Coins for Financial Survival by WoW Turner and Ken Bressett’s Buying and Selling United States Coins third edition. It notes prices, editions, and availability from publishers, plus a Nixon China medallion and Master Photo Dealers trade show previews in Chicago with Polaroid Square Shooter 2 at under $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wow Turner
American Numismatics Association
Whitman
United States
Ken Bressett
Master Photo Dealers & Finishers Association
Chicago
Nostalgia and guitar legends in 60s and 70s reissues
A critique of Don McLean's American Pie as nostalgia and a tour of vintage and reissued rock albums. Highlights include Guitar Boogie featuring Clapton Beck and Page from RCA's British Archives, a fourth British Archives release with Stewart Baldry and others, and Long John Baldry's It Ain't Easy with Elton John production. The piece argues real early rock influences outlive the era's purported demise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don McLean
Sergeant Pepper
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Yardbirds
Allstars
Cream
Blind Faith
Led Zeppelin
RCA
McLean
British Archives
Albert Lee
Rod Stewart
Fleetwood Mac
Jeremy Spencer
Earl Vince
The
Valiants
Jo-Ann
Dave Kelly
Baldry
Stewart
Warner Bros. Records
Faces
Elton John
Inexpensive 60-second color photos and film gear debut
Polaroid unveils its cheapest all color camera aimed at mass market buyers with rapid 60 second color portraits and passport shots. Bell & Howell introduces a new cassette movie projector for Filmosound 8 synchronized sound, plus a line of darkroom reels and a Paterson filter system to tackle hard water deposits and improve processing quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polaroid
Bell & Howell
Harme
Paterson
Brain North America
Antique highboy and other curios seek value and style
Readers ask for values on a Chippen dale style Philadelphia highboy from the late 1700s, Joe Palooka watches, a scarce Nashlight flash light, a Pranklar D Roosevelt check, World War I era wedding obi pieces, and generic antique valuations. Answers note prices from about 5,000 for highboys, around 200 for watches, 20 to 645 for the Nashlight, about 80 for Roosevelt autographs, and 15 to 35 for obi textiles, with cautions on condition and provenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Philadelphia
Lten
Pranklar D. Roo
Stamp auction reveals errors and a far flung catalog fluid
The fourth day of Jacques Do Selif di. Inc. sale at the Americana Hotel New York showcases stamps with printing omissions from the American Revolution Bicentennial issue of 1971 and a block described as 1 Stamp Brick and Gray Omittal. Only four stamps are normal with 18 showing partial lettering, while the sheet’s thin paper caused ink bleed through. Collectors can request the sale catalogue from 336 Well St New York NY 10025 with a 50 cent fee. prices realized are sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Do Selif di. Inc
Americana Hotel
New York City
Seoul
Schiff
Well St
New York
United States
Disney
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
U.S. Postal Service
American Air Lines
Amtrak
Stamp contest prizes and international philatelic notices
Planned Parenthood World Population directs a mail contest to Roger Day's department in New York for stamp design with a cachet for a federation. Mlada Fronta in Prague sponsors a Czech postage stamp contest inviting opinions on artistic conception and engraving. Entries offer philatelic souvenirs, and Sweden issues four stamps honoring Lars Johan Hierta, Frans Michael Franzen, Iago Allgen, and George Stierntielm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planned Parenthood
Roger Day
Fuly
Seventh Ave
New York
N.Y
Mlada Fronta
Messrs. Mlada Fronta
Panska
Prague 1
Czechoslovakia
Swedish Postal Administration
Lars Johan Hierta
Frans Michael Franzen
Iago Allgen
George Stierntielm
Coming Attractions and World Health Day Events Across North America
Listings preview upcoming events and mail rates from Cape Hatteras to Washington D C including World Health Day on April 7 and Canada World Health Day. Notable items include Be Be World Health Day 9¢ and 21¢ air mail rates, the Garfield Perry Exhibition and Bourse at the Statler Hilton Cleveland with weekend hours, and dates from April to August across multiple venues and locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Mail
Canada
Frontenac
New France
Garfield-Perry
Statler-Hilton
Cleveland
Bernoulli coin flip challenge with four dimes
A playful science note explains a trick to flip a dime over a smooth table by blowing air across its top. It cites Bernoulli’s principle that moving air has lower pressure, causing higher pressure beneath to flip the coin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernoulli
Bernoulili
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By Bob Frederick
Turner Publications
Nashville
Tenn
Brown and Dunn
Department M. Western Publishing Co. Inc
Racine
Wis
International Numismatic Agency
Prince St
Nixon
China
Irving Desfor
Nostalgia
RCA Victor
Long John
United Artists Records
Long John Baldry
Hoochie Coochie Men
Stewart- Baldry
Nikor
Honeywell
Easgenes
Vel
Nilsson
Smends
John
Young
Everything Lown
Simon
Osmond
By Dorothy Hammond
C.T
Joe Palooka
Olr
Roosevelt
Japan
E.N
Dorothy Wimmond
National Audio Visual Center
NSA
Washington, D.C
Planned Parenthood Federation
Hugg Alfven
Cape Hatteras
Fatteras
City of Refuge le Vair
Honitunau
Tawait
Wolf Trap Farm
Vienna
Mt. McKinley
Mt. McKinley Park
Alaska
Lair
United Nations
Amed
Science
Gen. Men. Corp
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