"The American Numismatic Association will be holding its National Money Show at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta from Thursday, February 27 thru Saturday, February 29. The Fourth Garrideb, the Sherlockian group of coin collectors or the coin club with Sherlock Holmes fans, will be in Atlanta to take part in the activities

"We would like to invite our members, along with our friends and guests to join us for our semi-annual Numismatic Friends of Sherlock Holmes Dinner on Thursday, February at 7 p.m. The venue is Maggiano's Little Italy, located at 1601 Cumberland Mall, a short distance from the Cobb Galleria Centre. Dinner will be served family style and separate checks will be presented to each attendee. There is no need to pay in advance. Cost is $34.99 for dinner, plus tax and gratuity. Adult beverages are also available for those so interested."

"I look forward with great anticipation to see what Rob Rodriguez and Tony Lopez have found in the silver dismes. A few years ago, I discovered and reported in The Numismatist (June, 2017), that the 1792 disme obverse was created from a hub (device punch) that was later used in 1793 to create the two half cent obverses.

"It's also interesting that all three specimens seem to have circulated to some extent, as did many of the copper specimens. The latter most likely circulated at the value of a half cent, since they are about the same size, but it is hard to guess at what value a silver disme circulated."

"Yesterday I was going through a box of early dollar items and came across this clipping, likely originally from Coin World or Numismatic News. The clipping / photo is undated. It was found in a group of items given to me by the late Bob Stark, an early dollar collector, researcher, and author.

"The photo is of a 1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar with 3 Leaves under the eagle's wings, "transformed into a badge for some unknown reason" as captioned.

"The coin appears to grade Extra Fine details, "plus or minus." This would roughly be a $15-20,000 coin today if graded Extra Fine and in a holder! But it would not be as the hair is reengraved.

"It appears to be struck from the relatively common BB-27, B-5 die marriage. Thank goodness it is not struck from an extremely rare die marriage...

"If anyone has seen this item "in person" or knows anything about it please contact me at my e-mail address: wdperki@attglobal.net "