The mention of A. J. Fink reminded me that I was actually a customer of his. In the 1950s I bought a 1916 standing Liberty quarter from him. It was supposedly uncirculated and cost $100, which was a lot for me to spend as a teenager.

The Yoachum Dollars mentioned here a month ago are modern hoaxes. I tried to post a reply to that "News Hub" site but could not.

Two of these came into ANACS when I was there 1978-1984. We did elemental analysis and found them to be near-perfect sterling silver, 92.5% silver 7.5% copper with no significant trace elements. You can get this by melting down old sterling silverware or Franklin Mint medals.

They are not made from crudely-refined native silver.

Offered in a special cataloged internet sale at HA.com (Sale 131599), with bidding open on October 28, and closing November 8, 2015.

80 half cents from the combined collection of Eric P. Newman and R. Tettenhorst, with a special collection name to distinguish these coins from the primary Missouri Cabinet sale.

Highlights include: 1793 C-4 Planchet Lamination AU58 NGC with large obverse lamination
1795 C-6a Double Struck VF30 NGC
1795 C-6a Over TAL Token AU55 NGC
1795 C-6a MS61 Brown NGC
1804 C-8 Spiked Chin MS63 Brown NGC
1809 C-5 MS64 Brown NGC
1826 C-2 XF Details NGC
1846 Original B-1 PR62 Brown NGC

All 80 lots will be available for viewing at our New York office, Oct. 26-29, and in Dallas from Nov. 2-6.

At the start of each morning I usually look at a number of cartoons on the internet (Garfield, Haagar, Marmaduke, The Born Loser, etc.). Today's Blondie 'toon below is about women on our money.

I found this video and thought I'd pass it along.