Readers have come up with more thoughts and reports relating to Walter Johnson's reenactment of the old George Washington story about throwing a silver dollar across the Rappahannock River. -Editor

"February 25 2024 E-Sylum had a short article about "Walter Johnson's Silver Dollar Throw" which mentioned a "Roosevelt Dollar".

"Could the coin have been one of Franklin Roosevelt's "Lucky Tillicum" election tokens? The E-Sylum issue of October 17, 2021 had an article about the "Lucky Tillicum"."

Seems very possible. Brian kindly included this image and description of the piece. Thanks. -Editor

Julia Casey looked in newspapers and discovered two competing claims to the ownership of the piece Johnson threw. -Editor

"I started looking into this and found all sorts of things! So far I have not discovered the outcome of that dispute or a description of what type of dollar coins were used. But something I found interesting was the engraving said to be on the dollar is different from what is typically reported. I found a 1936 contemporary article that states the same engraving as what was reported in the 1955 description."

"Oh wow, I just found the newsreel video! It was a Peace Dollar."

Super, thanks! Check out the video, folks. Still questions, though. Johnson had some practice throws before the big event, so more objects were involved that day. And where is the coin today? -Editor