I missed the original article regarding the hyphen in New-York but after reading this one I am reminded that several Hard Times Tokens use the hyphen; some with the full spelling, NEW-YORK, some as N-YORK and some as N-Y. I always figured it was just artistic license, I never knew that that was the way it was originally spelled.

I enjoyed Dick Johnson's contribution about retention of the hyphen in historical names. I agree with Louise Mirrer's defense of the hyphen in the name of the New-York Historical Society. My local coin club is in St. Mary's County, Maryland, but our club name, St. Marie's Coin Club, preserves the county's historical name. It is a small thing, but we take great pride in it.

A number of our folks will know Michael Annis, a dealer in ancient coins, foreign coins, antiquities, a number of other things, a helpful gent out of Michigan who worked the Whitman show and the ANA conventions. Mike came down with Lou Gehrig's disease, and it's terminal. He's got a few weeks to live at the most, and this past Thursday he moved into the hospice where he'll die. I think it's better to be piped aboard with people wishing you well and thinking good thoughts than not knowing.