QUERY: INPUT FOR 'PRIVATE GOLD COINS' 2ND EDITION SOUGHT

The Brasher Bulletin is a publication of the Society of Private and Pioneer Numismatics (SPPN). The summer edition (July 2013) includes a review by Doug Nyholm of Paul Franklin's book, Anatomy of an Ingot. An article by Louis Carufel chronicles a visit to the Ironstone Heritage Museum two hours east of San Francisco, where displayed is the "Gold Pocket", "one of the world's most astonishing chunks of gold."

Other articles include one by Fred Holabird on California fractional gold pieces recovered from shipwrecks, and one by researcher Dan Owens on an 1849 gold rush venture - the Cayuga Joint Stock Company.

Reprinted in full is a great four-page article from the November 7, 1914 issue of The Engineering and Mining Journal on "Handling Gold Dust at Fairbanks", describing gold dust as a medium of exchange as well as a myriad of methods for swindling gold dust buyers.

Another Alaska item is a Serial #1 $10 National Currency brownback from Juneau, Alaska Territory.

Included with this issue is a seven-page note from author Don Kagin asking for reader input for a second edition of his book, Private Gold Coins and Patterns of the United States. Questions include how to handle the controversial Franklin/Ford issues, the Nagy fantasies, and whether and how to renumber listings to account for removed and added pieces.

Kagan had three general questions I thought I'd repeat for E-Sylum reader consideration. Can anyone help?

• Who was Ferdiand Gruner?
• Who was Walter L.S. Langerman?
• What do you know about collector/dealer Don Keefer?

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