Does anyone have sharp photographs of the following coin as described in U.S. Patterns? I am reactivating a project of about 30 years ago in comparing the stars with those on the 1794 cent, S-48 starred reverse. At one time I had thought of writing a book on this coin. Photograph of an S-48 reverse attached.

The story on stickered coins reminded me of the time I was president of a pool league in Newport Oregon around 1980 and gave out the league winnings in two dollar bills. I am sure everyone complained but it got the attention of the merchants and banks that the league had an effect on the economy.

The delicious diversity of numismatics and astonishing ability of The E-Sylum to cover it is demonstrated by the story on coins in Lucite that generated a letter and now a second. On reading the letter, I remembered the time in 1964 with a rather new driver's license I made my first solo overnight trip to Detroit. In addition to my official task, I visited coin shops. At one I purchased a current set of coins in a Lucite cube. I just went to the living room where the cube is on the coffee table. I thought that it held a proof set, but it is simply an uncirculated set of 1964 coins. I have been carrying it around for 50 years. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.

I see where Pat McBride sent you some information regarding the PAN Banquet and our guest speaker, Bob Evans, Friday night, October 24th but we also have the Lecture Series Speakers for that same afternoon starting at 12:00PM:

12:00PM- Simcha Kuritsky-"Israel's Innovative Designs that Avoid Graven Images"

1:00PM- Bill Bugert- "Martin Luther Beistle-Numismatist Extraordinaire"

2:00PM- E. Tomlinson Fort-"The Mints of the Aquitaine during the Reign of Charles the Bald: 840-877 AD"

3:00PM- Bob Evans-"S.S. America: An Update (2014)"

It promises to be a very educational and interesting Friday afternoon at the Lecture Series.

There will be a "coin" show, the Wall Street Bourse, October 23-25, 2014 at the Museum. Museum admission is free during the show. As you'd expect, there will be stocks & bonds, as well as numismatic stuff.

I have a query concerning a copper plate I picked up over 20 years ago that I’m hoping you can solve for me.

I was in a coin shop in Ohio one day going through a basket of old coins when I came upon the following: A copper intaglio printing plate of the John F. Kennedy 5 cent postage stamp, the one showing the eternal flame. It has a an extensive (what looks like) Federal I.D. Number engraved on its back.

My question is: “How did an intaglio printing plate of the 5 cent JFK postage stamp get into a coin basket in a coin shop in Ohio?” Doesn’t the Postmaster General have the plates destroyed when the stamp is no longer being printed? Are there collectors of these printing plates?

The Anna Coleman Ladd piece pictured last week, about Serbia in WW1, likely a piece given for contributions? I have had this –perhaps still do—but small, maybe nickel-size. If I recall it was wearable (looped).

This piece (shown at right - Editor) is uniface. The patina is green, very possibly a reference to the sea.

Vicken Yegparian made it onto CNN (re 1804 dollar).