"The late 1800s were by no means the first time the Mint gave special access to certain coin dealers. A largely forgotten piece by Édouard Frossard, writing in 1876 tells the story. (Frossard, Édouard. 1876. An essay on coin collecting. The Coin Collector's Journal p.193.)

"Perhaps we can criticize theliberal mint government" for this preferential treatment, but if it hadn't been done, 18th century cents, half cents and colonials would probably be rare enough as to be difficult or impossible to collect."

Quite true. Thanks. -Editor

"When Early American Coppers first tried to set up our website, we tried to get eac.org. There was some other organization (I don't recall what it was, and their website isn't operative today) that had that, so we went with eacs.org. I'm not sure why thes" was added - probably to indicate the social nature of the club - but ever since, many refer to the club as the Early American Coppers Society, which has never been the club's name. Officially, we are Early American Coppers, Inc."

"Doesn't Lincoln look a lot like Bill Murray in this?"

Who you gonna call? Slavery busters!! -Editor

"I was procrastinating by reading Quora.com (as I often do) and I came across this:"

Cool. I saw this myself on Quora recently. We'd discussed these coins back in 2018 here in The E-Sylum. The photo had originally been posted on Reddit by the soldier's great-grandson. Three of the coins are from Belgium and three are from France. -Editor

"When examining precious documents I would recommend a face mask (everybody should have some of those on hand now) as well as cotton gloves. I am amazed that the archivists would allow anyone not to take these precautions. I have also watched coin dealers closely examining and handling uncirculated coins and paper money while eating and chewing on food greasy and otherwise."

It's a good thing that many people now have a supply of masks handy. They can come in handy on occasion for many non-health reasons. -Editor