The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 31, August 5, 2007, Article 14

CORRECTIONS AND TYPOS

Regarding my comment in last week's issue about the value of
the British penny, Tom DeLorey writes: "With the Pound at approx.
$2, one penny is worth approximately 2 cents, not half a cent."

[At least six other sharp-eye readers on both sides of the Atlantic
noticed the blunder, including Phil Mernick, Joe Boling, Charles
Riley, Jeff Kelley and Steve D'Ippolito.  I can't blame that one
on beer or a typo - it's a genuine brain-o.  Sorry!]

Charles Riley adds: "Pence is the plural of Penny (you can't
have one pence - although sometimes you do hear this said,
incorrectly, in the UK)"

[Mea culpa!  I could have sworn the coins actually said "One Pence",
probably because I'm so used to the U.S. coins which say "One Cent".
The coins do indeed state their denomination as "One Penny".
-Editor]

Pete Smith writes: "There is another error in the last E-Sylum.
A reference to the "Furst U. S. Mint" should be "First U. S. Mint."
This was spelled wrong in the copy I sent to you.  Furst came to
America in 1808 so he was not there at the beginning."

Jeff Kelley writes: "The article on the new Maltese Euro coins
quoted the original source of the item as saying 'The outside
edge around the circumference of the EUR2 coins, 10 million of
which are being produced at the Monnaie De Paris, bears small
images of the Maltese cross instead of euro stars.'

"This is simply not true - 'euro stars' are not mandated on
the edge of the 2 euro coin.  Germany, for example, uses text.
I am not sure about all the others, but I know that Malta
would not be the first to use something other than stars."

[Again, sorry for the editing lapses on my part.  The last
issue was assembled and published quickly due to my travel
schedule, as was this one.  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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