"I was sad to read of the death of Greg Brunk in your latest issue of The E-Sylum. I have never met Greg in person but have communicated by email. In 2014 Harry Manville asked Greg to contact me regarding any updates to Greg's book on world Countermarks, for the chapters concerning UK merchant countermarked dollars. This we did throughout 2015. He was such a gentleman and not only received my input with great thanks but also supplied me with thousands of scans and copies from his files of UK merchant countermarked dollars. Nothing was too much for him, though he always seemed to be having computer problems. His eyesight too created difficulties for him but he soldiered on regardless. His work output was prolific, it will be a sorry state of affairs if his updates were lost to numismatics. I am honoured to have known him, even for such a short time."

"I believe Spink and Son in London should also be credited with an early use of digital photography in a numismatic publication. They ran an article in the June 1993 issue of the Numismatic Circular that carried a digital image. The article's available on line. The technical details of the digital image capture and processing are noted in the last two paragraphs of the article."

"I've heard neither of these terms before - "frozen date" is the term I'm more used to, with regard to the Maria Theresa thalers, 1967 English pennies, etc. You live and learn!"

"Be aware that the last monthly membership count showed ANA membership at 29,887, up from 29,684 in September."

"Nearly 40 years ago we built our dream home on Thousand Dollar Road. When people hear our address they rightfully believe this must be in an upscale gated community, however until the last ten years it was a narrow graveled (well minimal gravel) country road. As the story goes the road received its name because nearly 100 years ago the county only allocated $1000 for construction. Over the years people have forgotten my name, but when I mention I live on $1000 Road they suddenly make the connection."

"There is a Gold Street in lower Manhattan. Technically, it may not count because in this case "Gold" refers to flowers, not money. Gold Street is one block away from 140 William Street, which served as the headquarters for the American Numismatic Society from 2003 to 2008."

"You asked about the first edition of Snowden's "Coins of the Bible." Here is a description from George Kolbe's Sale 67."

"Regarding the destructive propensity of our feline friends, I have a story to add. Frasier, my cat pictured atop the Bowers catalogs, had a brother named, of course, Niles. While still a kitten Niles was inclined to gnaw on anything within his reach. My collection of Whitman coin folders was then stored in a wooden armoire which is just barely visible at the far left of the Frasier photo. One day I failed to close this fully, and I came back to find three early folders with their bottoms chewed away, one of them being a rare First Edition folder for Liberty Head Nickels."

"Have you seen this note? This note was shown in Charles Affleck's book, Obsolete Paper Money of Virginia Vol. 2, on page 50.

"I'm working on a DVD about the history of paper money (1690 to The Civil War). I will pay $100.00 for a good digital image and permission to use on the DVD.

"Appreciate any help; please call (501) 472-3800, if you receive a message leave a good time to return your call. Thank you and happy hunting."

"This piece was sent to me in 2003 from a European collector. The piece below with an image of the reverse was recently sent to me this year. Both owners bought them from their sources as Cambodian but I cannot find a Cambodia specialist who will verify it or describe the image to me.

"My description is a total guesstimate. The center figure in the triangle could be Buddhist monk who has passed away and is wrapped up to be preserved or to be cremated. The triangle could be a tomb or an oven. The left figure could be a kneeling monk and the right figure could be a Garuda or another bird. The three dots could signify the three different stages the monk reached before he passed or have another Buddhist meaning. There are several threes in Buddhism.

"Both uniface pieces are silver and weigh about 1 gram and have an 11 millimeter diameter. The 1 gram weight is close to 2 Pe for a Cambodian coin, which is a common weight for a coin before the mid to late 1800s. The pieces are both uniface and have a strong appearance of being Cambodian but there are other pieces with other designs which have been reported to be fantasies and even made outside of Cambodia.

"If anyone has any knowledge about this piece, please contact me at HADANIEL3@MSN.COM."