The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 21, May 22, 2005, Article 6

KITTANNING ARTICLE AND NUMISMATIC SCRAPBOOK

Dave Ginsburg writes: "I'm pleased to be able to say that a
week ago I arrived at a small local coin show early enough
to relieve a fellow (but older) numismatist of a box of 115
issues of The Numismatic Scrapbook for a fairly nominal
sum. There are a few copies from the '40s, but most of them
are from the late-50s, mid-60s and mid-70s. I've only started
to go through them, but one relevant item came to my attention:
a three-page article in the July 25, 1966 issue by R.J. Hudson,
MD on the Kittanning Medal. He describes the battle in some
detail and then describes and comments on the medal. He
states that the original medal is known in silver, pewter and
copper; that the United States Mint Kittanning Medal is known
in bronze; that there are some counterfeits known in lead and
that there were a few medals in copper struck after the dies
cracked that show the impression of the broken die "beautifully."
He says that according to the Pennsylvania Historical Society,
the silver medals were presented to Lt. Col Armstrong and his
commissioned officers, while Dr. Hudson believes that the
copper and pewter medals were awarded to the
non-commissioned officers and enlisted men.

This is my first experience with The Numismatic Scrapbook
and I'm both surprised and pleased at the breadth of scholarship
in its pages. I'm really looking forward to reading my copies!
(On a side note, in a recent conversation, bookseller John Burns
assured me that he has "tons" of copies of the Scrapbook for
sale, should I wish to fill in any holes in my new holdings!)"

["Doc" Hudson was a member of my local club, the
Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society, although I
never had the chance to meet him. Exonumia trivia:
Hudson had a personal token made (in the 1960s or early
70s, I believe) which exists in two varieties - on the first his
nickname was misspelled "Dock" -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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