I really didn't know where to start with this question so I thought I would start with you and your E-Sylum readers.

I am not really a book collector, but I recently started collecting Yeoman Red and Blue books. I picked up a copy of Whitman's "A Guide Book of The Official Red Book of United States Coins" authored by Frank Colletti. It has been somewhat helpful, but the pricing is 10 years out of date.

Have you or any of your readers heard about an updated addition of this book? If not can you suggest a website or a catalog that has updated auction prices of the earlier additions of the Red Book and Blue Book? Thanks for your help.

I knew Andrew Pollock at Bowers & Merena in the 1980's. He was an indefatigable numismatic researcher, one of the masters of attribution, from colonials to territorials and everything in between. He didn't make mistakes. When I retired from cataloguing I kept only two numismatic books: my annotated copy of Breen (1988) and a bound copy of Andy's Numismatic Register. Someone still active should nominate him for the ANA Numismatic Hall of Fame.

Recently I found these photos of our visit with the Katens. I look so young. Where did the time go?

While doing some research on a counterstamped coin, I stumbled across the attached article. It was published in an 1898 edition of the New York Sun. The article tells of how a stamped, Canadian coin was instrumental in solving a crime. The coin proved to be a "security device" of sorts. I trust that many readers will find this story interesting and, perhaps, educational.

Well, my informal survey came up with seven Leather bound Dr. French F.P.L.s known to exist. Four have a collector's name stamped on the front cover. They are as follows, Howard R.Newcomb, Col. E.H.R. Green, H.A. Sternberg, and Waldo Newcomer. Many thanks to Dan Hamelberg, Jim Neiswinter, and Bob Schuman for sharing.

I’m on the hunt for a copy of the book "Communion Tokens of the World" by Lester M. Burzinski. Only 250 copies of the book were ever published, and Burzinksi himself self-published it. Any assistance or guidance in the matter would be most appreciated.