"Reading your ‘numismatic connection" reference to Prince Philip as "president of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee," I thought I might share another related sidelight.

"In 1996 I was accorded the favor of having the opportunity of shaking hands and briefly chatting with Prince Philip when I visited London for the purpose of presenting the British Royal Mint and the United Kingdom with the "Coin of The Year" recognition of their being honored as the producer of the premiere 1994 COTY winner, the "50th Anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy" 50 pence commemorative, which was the work of one of England's most talented sculptors, John Mills. Displayed on my office wall is a sketch of that winning design, which was tendered to me at the time by Mr. Mills."

Marvelous - what a great experience. -Editor

"I've enjoyed reading the postings about J.N.T. Levick. When I taught courses on Civil War era numismatics at the ANA's summer seminars, I always discussed his 1884 sale catalog, and especially the statement in the section of Civil War tokens that "Most of the nickel cards in Mr. Levick's collection are proofs struck to order, and cost in quantity 15 cents at the time." Concerning the large number of silver tokens which were in the sale, it was noted that "all were struck to order."

Obviously Levick was instrumental in the manufacture of many rare Civil War tokens which now sell for prices that are often thousands of dollars."

What a great collector. I added an image of an R8 Patriotic token in German silver from Steve Hayden's https://civilwartokens.com/ site. -Editor

Pete Smith submitted the entry for J.N.T. Levick from his book American Numismatic Biographies. -Editor

"I have never seen his full date of birth. Can any E-Sylum reader provide it?"

Can anyone help? -Editor

"The name of the newspaper started/owned by Amon Carter is the Fort Worth Star-Telegram."

Thanks. And the paper is very much still around. See an article elsewhere in this issue about dealer B. Max Mehl excerpted from the paper. -Editor

"What a confusing book title: SMALL GERMAN COIN CATALOG. Interpretations abound, including:

1) a small format catalogue;
2) a brief catalogue;
3) a catalogue written by a diminutive German;
4) a catalogue written for a diminutive German;
5) a catalogue written about small-sized German coins.

"The list might go on, not even including the catalog vs. catalogue wrinkle, or "until today."

"Mainly, the problem is the translation from an exacting language to an inherently imprecise one, largely attributable here to the computerized rendition."

Indeed. I thought that myself when I wrote that headline, so I'm not surprised someone mentioned it. "Catalog of Small German Coins" (as in Option 5) would have been a much better choice. "Kleiner Deutscher Münzkatalog" wouldn't have cut it for most of our readers. -Editor

"Your recent stories about the Peace of Breda medals brought to mind a story that I wrote some time ago about the Liberty Seated image; it was published in the January 1991 issue of COINS, on pages 50 and 54.

Thanks. Ken kindly forwarded a copy of the article. It traces the figure of Seated Liberty from the Peace of Breda medal through Thomas Simon's Petition Crown and British copper coinage through to the U.S. Seated Liberty design by Christian Gobrecht. Ken also provided these images from the article. Thanks! -Editor

"Can any of your many contacts provide a reproducible pic of a Monneron 2 Sol pattern piece (that's Hercules / Pyramid)? I'm a collector in NZ who cannot find one on the web. jimchris.d@xtra.co.nz I'd be most grateful."