"I am in possession of one of the hero medals awarded by the Pennsylvania Railroad and was delighted to find your article discussing them.

"My maternal grandfather, Dana G. Finley, was a fireman aboard a tugboat in NY Harbor from approx 1915-1960. According to my mother, he jumped into the harbor to save somebody who had fallen into the water.

"I've always wanted to know more or to find some documentation to back up the family story, so thanks for your article."

"In your latest E-Sylum you refer to a book on the coinage of Tripura and its 'pointless synopsis'. I should point out (and doubtless others may too) that Nicholas Rhodes died in 2011. He remains much-missed in the world of Indian and Oriental numismatics."

"My bank, Mt. McKinley Mutual Savings Bank received an email from the Mint, with a phone number to call. They called and could not buy them at face value. They were instructed to go to the mint website to order them... at the same price as anyone. They purchased 250 for $289.75 plus $4.95 shipping.

"So, how do banks buy them at face value?

"The mint is disregarding the State's request for these to be released to circulation."

"I guess others will have been in "touch" already about this - either that, or I've missed a gag at Google Translate's expense - but anyway, "placebo" is Latin for "I shall please", which basically tells you the purpose of the tablet of the same name, i.e. it doesn't do you any good but it keeps you happy!"

"The note given by the American soldier to the survivor is for sure an Allied Military note used in Germany."

"Yes, it is the Allied military currency 10-mark note, distinguishable from the back in the absence of any denomination by its dimensions. The lower denominations were almost square, and the higher denominations longer rectangles (about the size and proportions of current US notes). The large M appeared on all of the notes in the series, and apparently represented M-arks. To me it always screams "one thousand.""

"I am trying to find some information about the numismatic activities of H. W. Gumaer who seemingly was a bookseller in the mid-1930's. Anything the E-sylum readers can supply will be appreciated."

"While researching in the Temple University Digital Library, I came across a 1957 Philadelphia Bulletin photo of Adeline Bebee at the American Numismatic Association convention in the Sheraton Hotel. In the fold of Mrs. Bebee's dress is a double bill printed as a five on one side and a ten on the other. I thought you might be interested in sharing the photo."

In the post about numismatic author A. M. Smith, one of the titles listed was "A History of Colonial Coins". I have most of Smith's works in my library, but was unfamiliar with that one. I checked my library list, and do not have it. I then went to the Charles Davis book, American Numismatic Literature. It is not listed there. So, is this a title that we did not know before?"

"I created a free, printable inventory template sheet for numismatists to use in their collections. I know a lot of people are split between online software or a regular piece of graph paper to take inventory of their collection, so I tried making one of my own for everyone to use that isn't too bland but at the end of the day is still a printable sheet.

I made a separate page for it on my site instead of just a blog post; for anyone interested, it's here:
www.jetnumismatics.com/inventory ."