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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: SEPTEMBER 16, 2012 A Charles Fremantle Portrait Challis' New History of the Royal Mint has an excellent portrait of Fremantle on p.515. Looks very Edward VII To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: QUERY: CHARLES WILLIAM FREMANTLE PORTRAIT SOUGHT (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n38a14.html) Were the 1817 Jolas Cast?
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: QUERY: HOW WERE THE 1817 JOLAS MADE? (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n38a13.html) More on the Curved Baseball Commemorative The US scyphate commemorative that I mentioned two weeks ago is further along than I thought - it's already law, signed on 3 August (see this month's issue of The Numismatist, p 27). It's the Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative, coming in 2015 to a ball field near you. The two denominations will have concave obverses and convex reverses, the better to look like a baseball. The article says that the legislative sponsor promises that "proceeds from the sales will cover the coins' production costs." So costs go through the roof, and nobody springs for the coins - the Baseball Hall of Fame gets nothing, because surcharges only get disbursed after costs are covered. I am not optimistic about ever seeing this hare-brained design. To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: MORE ON CURVED COINS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n37a11.html) The SpongeBob SquarePants Coins To read the complete article, see: Silver SpongeBob Seized (www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=25688) Gar Travis writes (sarcastically): Wow they do retail for $259! Gar included this item from the Nickelodeon web site:
To read the complete article, see:
SpongeBob SquarePants Premium Bullion Coin Set
(www.parentsconnect.com/product-review/toys/ To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: THE CASE OF THE MISSING SPONGEBOB COINS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n38a26.html) Musician vs Royal Canadian Mint
Tom Kays forwarded this article about a Canadian musician being hassled by the Royal Canadian Mint. Thanks!
-Editor
Halifax folk musician Dave Gunning wanted to pay tribute to the soon-to-vanish Canadian penny in song with his upcoming album No More Pennies. But the Royal Canadian Mint was not happy about the image of the Canadian penny he is using on the album cover. It says Gunning is contravening copyright and must pay a fee. For every 2000 copies of the album he creates he has to fill out an application, wait for approval and be charged $1,200. So, Gunning has launched a penny drive, requesting that fans bring pennies to his fall shows so he can afford to issue his album. The Ottawa-based mint has waived the fee on the first 2,000 albums, to come out Sept. 18. But it is firm that Gunning must pay up for future releases. A mint spokeswoman confirmed that there is copyright on images of coins.
To read the complete article, see:
Mint charges musician pretty penny for use of coin image
(www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2012/09/10/dave-gunning-penny.html)
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