A comment on Bill Murray - what a great guy! Whenever I would see him at a coin show, we would sit down and share stories. He would freely pass along information on any number of topics. And he was well known for his love of the kids, supplying them with various freebies and running programs for them too I believe. Personally he helped me with some advice on my several books, especially the two volumes on military tokens. He will be missed.

I was shocked to hear of the passing of David Ginsburg. We had occasionally corresponded since 2005, most recently on January 23rd about an article he was writing for The Numismatist. David was fascinated by the economics of precious metals and their impact on coinage, and always found the little-known sources of information – obscure government reports, banking histories, and the like. He wrote in The Asylum, The Numismatist, the Gobrecht Journal, the Southern Gold Society Newsletter and no doubt other publications. In 2005 I forwarded to him information from the National Archives on the Kerens, TX gold hoard (1947), which he carried forward with additional research. I am sure he would have continued to share his insightful and careful work, and the numismatic world is a lesser place without him.

The prospective purchaser searching through the sale of the John Huffman library should be alert to this oddity: that a number of items described as "Books", with "First edition" etc., are actually auction catalogues, two quite different beasts to my mind.

Would anyone have the prices-realized list of the auction by Santamaria, auction [33], Milan, 24 January 1938? A copy would be really useful to me. And an annotated copy with buyers' names even more!!

Can anyone provide information on this token? The best that I can make out with it is its reverse - GOOD FOR / HALF / DIME. The device on the front looks familiar, but I can't place it. Most of the lettering on the front is illegible.

I have checked Rulau and the Token Database, but have not had any luck. Thus far the feedback that I've received from David Schenkman and Steve Hayden is that it's probably from the St. Louis area, pre-Civil war. Eric Schena noted that there's similar piece listed by Rulau (T.L. Rives) that shares a similar reverse denomination. Any help would be appreciated.

I have a set of the American Journal of Numismatics but the bindings are shot and the set needs rebinding due to leather turning to dust. Do you have any suggestions as to who I should get a price from for rebinding?