"I remember that presentation very well, especially Art's comment about adding a zero to a coin's value every ten years. I miss him...and those "good old days." It's hard to believe it's been almost 20 years since that video was made."

I think this every week, and need to say it more often - thank you, David Lisot, for your years of dedication to recording videos of numismatic events. These already are, and will continue to be, a great resource for future generations of numismatists. Thanks also to the Newman Numismatic Portal for acquiring and hosting this archive. -Editor

"If going on holidays, I take along a handful of older bronze pennies in case I come across rolling machines. Don't like to use the modern copper-plated ones."

Think different! -Editor

"I enjoyed the counterfeiting piece because I recently came across an article, one of four, on the subject that piqued my curiosity. This a précis of what they contained.

"In June 1940, two NYPD detectives and Secret Service agent named Alexander Lieberman investigating activities of a ring they claim had flooded eastern states with more than $10,000 in counterfeit coins held a Greenwich Village, NY man, Michael Limatolo, 37, and his two step-daughters, Rae and Frances Carro (actually Cairo) on charges of manufacturing the coins. He had trained them to pass them in neighborhood stores. Limatalo was found tinkering with some molds, lathes and other equipment used in making the coins described as being unusually good and having a convincing ring. His wife Angelina, who he had married in 1936 and unaware of his activities, called him a modern Fagan, a reference to the Oliver Twist character who made kids steal for him. The story then disappeared, but the Atlanta Constitution published a photo of the haul. I wonder what transpired. Did he serve any time in jail or perhaps pay a fine with a few quarters he had lying around?

"According to information found on Ancestry.com, he stood 5'2, had arrived in 1920, was out of work in 1930, the Depression underway, and in addition to his counterfeiting enterprise, a fruit dealer in 1940. While he was arrested in June that year, he was able to register for WWII service on February 15, 1942. He must have liked living in the Village, as he was still living in the same apartment in 1950, but out of work. He died in 1988 and is buried in New Jersey."

"The WWII registration card caused me to wonder how his having been arrested on what I perceived to be serious charges had no impact on his registration for WWII service on February 15, 1942. Was there no jail time or penalty handed down? Seems to me what he did was treated as a misdemeanor or maybe dismissed altogether. "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (the more things change, the more they stay the same). I used to teach French and have always appreciated the truth in this oft-quoted expression"

Thanks. Information on contemporary coin counterfeiters of any era can be hard to come by. -Editor