"I have the soft covered version of the book "The Liberty Seated Dollar 1840-1873" by Weimar W. White. It does not contain a signature."

Thanks. -Editor

"Another great issue of The E-Sylum. Don't know what I would do on Mondays without it. Here are a couple of items that caught my eye, besides the greatly-appreciated article about my book on Bible Lore, and the imprimatur.

"My copy of the hard-bound Durst book by Weimar White has the pasted in autograph label and #34 of 500. It also has his autograph on the title page where it is autographed to me and dated 1/22/1994. I knew him well, and am sure that both are his actual autographs. Here is a regrettably lousy picture of the title page autograph.

"I can also verify that the English ‘dump' copper coins are struck and not cast.

"I also greatly enjoyed and appreciated Newman's research on the Bar coppers. It brought back some fond memories."

It's great to hear from you - glad you enjoyed the issue. Thanks for all you do as well. Readers - see the article elsewhere in this issue about Ken's great work with R.S. Yeoman on the Red Book. -Editor

"While reading the current issue of E-Sylum and the Weimer W. White article in particular I wondered if there was a published list available for all the various coin designs and or denominations. In other words, what books are recognized as the standard reference for their types?"

Well, my own go-to list for that would be the latest edition of the Red Book, A Guide Book of United States Coins. See the Bibliography in the back. By necessity the editors and publisher must keep up with all the latest published research and information. If a book is listed there, it's a keeper. Even if it's an oldie, it's still a goodie. Of course, space limitations keep that list very short. There are many excellent works that don't make that cut.

We do have a bibliography section on the NBS Wiki. Here's the U.S. section: http://wiki.coinbooks.org/index.php/Category:United_States .

It hasn't been updated in some time, and there have been a lot of great new titles published since then. Time to recruit a volunteer to help!

I also reached out to Dennis Tucker at Whitman, and got pointed to a great reference I'd overlooked, even though there's a copy sitting right here under my big fat nose. Here's his response. -Editor

Alan Weinberg published this interesting coin image in today's JR Newsletter from the John Reich Collectors Society, wondering if the honoree was related to engraver Jacob Perkins or NBS board member Dave Perkins. Nice piece. -Editor

"Silas M. Perkins died of wounds sustained at Cold Harbor on May 31, 1864. He was accidentally shot in the foot while in his tent. He is buried at Village Cemetery in Kennebunkport, Maine.

"Silas was the son of Silas P. Perkins (1803-1883) and Eliza A. Foss (1810-1862).

"He was the grandson of Stephen Perkins (1765-1833) and Alice Stone (1769-1850).

"He was the great grandson of Abner Perkins (1730-1811) and Anna Perkins."

"The fact that an accidental shooting of a foot would result in death during the Civil War speaks volumes of the status of medical science and the availability of emergency medical treatment during the Civil War during which limb amputations were reportedly widespread."