Tony Terranova reported that this Fugio was stolen in the USPS between Florida and New York, and should be identifiable by the surface defects. Please keep an eye out! -Editor

"I have a 2010 50 cent coin. On the year of minting side of the coin, you will see that the year 2010 reads "201 0". There is a gap between the 1 and the 0. On the other side of the coin, at the top of the 5 in the 50, there is an extra piece on the 5. I have attached pictures of the coin. Please send me your opinion and if there is any value to this coin."

I see what he means but have no knowledge of this coin and can't assist. But I offered to put this to our readers. Thoughts, anyone? The "5" seems like a normal digit to me, but that date spacing is odd. Shaun can be reached at shaungthomson@gmail.com . Examples pictured on Numista and other online platforms show the same features. -Editor

Wayne Pearson's niece Mara found this while working at Goodwill and he asked me what I thought of it. -Editor

This looked like post-mint damage to me, not a mint error. But I'm new to error collecting, and only collect off-centers. So I reached out to our error expert friend, Greg Bennick of The Combined Organization of Numismatic Error Collectors of America (CONECA). He agreed and quickly replied "Damaged!" Online bidders disagreed, and the coin raised $52 for Goodwill.

Below is another cent Mara asked about, which also looks like post-mint damage. Both coins are interesting, showing damage not seen with typical circulation - someone likely played around with these. What do readers think? Has anyone seen coins like these? -Editor

Another item I've been sitting on for a while is this interesting 1680 German proclamation on no good, very bad, perfectly awful coinage sent in by Patrick Parkinson. Thanks. Here's an image and seller link with a Google translation of the seller's description. -Editor

After a noble, strict, prudent, and highly wise councilor of this city received thorough information that a large number of prohibited, excessively rich, and not better types of coins had been brought here these days under the authority of Lord Augustus Frederick, Bishop of Lübeck, and Duke of Holstein, etc., as well as Lord Carl Wilhelm, Prince of Anhalt, by decree in the Senate on March 6, 1680.

Jim Haas sent in this image of a medal I don't think I've seen before. Thanks. It's been buried in my email since July, but I guess the universe wanted it to resurface in time for Columbus Day. A Google image search helped me locate an article discussing these medals on the NGC site. There's no byline, but it was probably authored by the late Dave Lange. -Editor

"A few decades ago when I was working with ANA PR Director Steve Bobbitt to promote ANA conventions, we made arrangements in one city with a popular coffeehouse to have a TV station videotape Steve as he purchased a $3 cup of coffee.

"The cashier did not know in advance that Steve would pull out an uncut sheet of 32 $1 notes and use scissors to cut off a block of three notes, which he handed to the bewildered cashier.

"I was cordially asked by the BEP if we could not do that again, as it might give the public the wrong idea about uncut sheets."

Funny. Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak was also an uncut sheet prankster. -Editor

"I got this series 2009 $20 in change at the Raleigh Coin Show. Fits in nicely with your previous versions."

Paul sent me this over the summer just after the show, but it got buried in a pile of email I'm just now sorting through. Thanks. I haven't run across political message stamps on notes, although I did come across a "Where's George" note a few weeks ago. -Editor

I haven't had time to mention this before either, but I recently came across this dollar bill with a "Where's George" stamp on the left margin. It had been so long since I'd seen one I wondered if the website was still around. It is, and my old login still works.

The bill had only been entered for the first time on June 20, 2025 in Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland. I work in Maryland but don't recall if I got the note up there or down here in Virginia. I'll put it back in my wallet and spend it again. -Editor

Have any of our readers been finding and entering "Where's George" notes lately? -Editor