A small correction to the discussion about the 1895 Morgan dollars in last week's E-Sylum: The Mint did use the old large screw press (called the medal press or sometimes, the dollar press) to strike Proof coins through 1893. Starting in 1894, all Proof coins were struck on hydraulic presses, although they were produced in the medal room.

Roger Burdette’s article about 1895 Morgan $1s appeared in the September 2006 issue of Coin Values.

For information and keeping an accurate census, Arlie Slabaugh presented us with his copy of the "American Edition 1126, The Coinage of Different Countries", the President Coolidge copy from the Editor A. J. Blumel and at bottom Vienna - Austria. It is a very nice copy with very little foxing. Inside the back cover it has a stamp "Foreign Department - The Citizens National Bank of Los Angeles." It has a maroon cover like the one pictured in your story.