"You asked, 'Is there a U.S. Coin with more stars than the Kennedy Half Dollar?'

(One) Answer: YES! The 1794 Starred reverse Large Cent. Sheldon in Penny Whimsy says there are 94 Stars around the circumference."

"How about 1794 S-48, the beloved Starred Reverse LC? 94 stars!"

"I was happy to finally finish up a week of ConferZoom and grading Midterms for my appraisal classes at Glendale College. A really great thing about this is I see and interact with my students almost as well as being in front of them. Another great thing is that I do not have to make a 94 mile round trip from Orange County to the campus to teach. Ain't technology great?

"I did not let any grass grow under my feet and immediately ordered the Michael Collins note shown in the newest newsletter. My Irish Grandmother was an admirer of this gentleman. She detested De Valera who she said could not wait to murder true Irishmen like Collins and take away the rights of women that had been granted them in Ireland's first Constitution.

"Grandmother was among a group of young ladies who presented Queen Victoria with a basket of flowers during her 1900 Progress through Dublin. She said she ran like a wild gazelle, lost her patent leather shoes, and tore the bottoms from her best silk stockings to get there in time. She said the old queen smiled, waved, and stopped her carriage to speak to them. She said that she could not get over how tiny the queen was and that this lady ruled the greatest empire on earth and yet took time to stop and chat with a group of teenage schoolgirls. She also said that even the most confirmed Fenians cheered the "Dear Old Queen" She told the truth, there are nineteen reels of Pathe film showing the queen in Dublin. One of them shows that scene.

"My Grand Mom lived to watch men walk on the Moon. She was as my Grandfather once described her- "A force of nature". Oh, she loved to read and collected stamps, banknotes, and coins! She presented me with a complete set of Baden-Powell's Mafeking notes and stamps when I was a teenager. One of her relatives was a soldier at the siege and saved them for her. Ireland issued stamps for Collins some time back but no banknotes- so this will have to do.

"The new book Money by Jacob Goldstein is on my list to get. I spent this month's "Mad Money" on several banknotes, several stamps and three books about John Law - They are Millionaire by Janet Gleeson, John Law of Lauriston by A.W. Wiston-Glynn, and John Law by James Buchan. My interest in this gentleman began when Ralph "Curly" Mitchell sold me a 1720 Banque de France note forty years ago.. So, I would add that Law also pretty much invented the concept of stocks and a stock market as well as the concept of issuing paper currency up to the limit of a nation's "Gross National Product". Have you heard that phrase before? I believe Law invented it. The 1368 Ming notes, the 1660's Swedish issues, the Massachusetts 1690's colonial issues, and these John Law notes are among the earliest collectable paper money. "

"Some of the readers of The E-Sylum may be interested in knowing the Daniel Carr 2020 COVID-19 Outbreak Hard Times Token is again available. Just got mine!"