Although I do not have a copy of this book myself, it would appear that a couple of copies are available for purchase through AbeBooks and Amazon. Here is the link to the results: http://tinyurl.com/m6455v7

At 76 pages in length, it is a relatively short title. Kind of an interesting piece of history though considering this came out following silver's last big heyday in the early 1980's.

Vincent F. DeAndrea's book "Silver Coins: Where did they Go and Why" appears in Lake Books July 23, 2013 sale at lot J31. It was copyrighted in 1984 and details the coin shortage of 1963-1965 and presents some detail of the years 1959 to 1972. The book has 79 pages and is full of charts and graphs. You can view the sale at http://www.lakebooks.com/current.html

I received my first E-Sylum publication, and spent some time the last couple of days perusing the archives. All I can say is Wow. That you publish so much information on a weekly basis while, I assume, still holding your real day job is astonishing and already much appreciated.

I am trying to locate an article by Didier Vanoverbeek on the 1904 issue of El Salvador Pesos or Colones at the Hamburg Mint. I searched The E-Sylum without success. Would anyone have any suggestions as to where else I may search? Many thanks in advance for any advice on this matter.

As we understand it, 150,000 of those coins were minted in Hamburg and 450,000 in Brussels, both in 1904. I sincerely hope someone can remember the article I am interested in.

I perhaps shouldn't be picky, but Dick Johnson was in error when he stated "Bronze powder must be used. It is pure copper." Bronze is an alloy of copper with other elements, most commonly tin, but which could also include aluminum and lead. Zinc can be present in a bronze provided that other alloy elements are present. Plain old copper and zinc with no other elements is classified as brass (although old fashioned names for specific alloys can seem to contradict that definition).

In the note about V. M. Hanks two weeks ago, it mentioned that he was proud to be a direct descendant of Nancy Hanks and in his obituary which was reprinted in last week's issue it mentioned that he was a descendant of Abraham Lincoln. I do not see how either could be true. Although I do not know the Hanks line, I wonder if he was a collateral descendant of Nancy Hanks and thus a cousin of Abraham Lincoln.