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MORE ON THE KP CHRISTMAS SILVER ROUNDSRegarding the Krause Publications Christmas ornament, George Cuhaj writes: The Christmas Silver round was a KP thing for several years when the company was still employee-owned. They were made by Silvertowne from reclaimed silver from the film negative developers. Many of the KP rounds during those days were from such reclaimed silver. This particular one shows Colin Bruce on the caboose, and George Cuhaj on the station platform. The caboose and station form a centerpiece of the Iola Historical Society's building collection. It was matched with a color printed card as a night scene. How magic - who else can claim to be on a Christmas ornament, looking out at the holiday festivities? There may be a Disney/Hallmark Channel movie script in here... Thanks for the background. Collect 'em all, everyone. -Editor George adds: I have not done a Standard Catalog of Krause Publications Silver Ounce Ingots/Rounds, but a full set is probably over 50 pieces, some of which are fairly uncommon (and some types were even struck in .999 gold). Many employees were not numismatically inclined, and many have gone into the big melt pot when silver was at a more advantageous number. George followed up with the following photos and text. Thanks! First is the Krause Christmas card that used the image. -Editor    Here is a view of the Iola Station and caboose. The Caboose was moved a bit since the KP image was taken. The station sign was added in the card image and the round by the graphics department. This past summer a multi-year exterior renovation was completed, which resided the caboose to a bead board finish. The station is in its original location as built in 1894.  In the second image, the re-built bay window on the station is visible, and in the background is a reconstruction of our first fire house, expanded to three bays from the original two (as the collection includes two trucks and a horse drawn vehicle). To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:  Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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