"I enjoyed seeing the elephant vignette notes in the Heritage sale article. There is more information available online about the issuer Dix & Brinley."

Thank you. My wife collects elephants of all sorts (except real and numismatic, although I did once give her a nice medal featuring an elephant). -Editor

"The photo is low resolution but looks like Domitian as Caesar under Titus. Newly minted, apparently!"

"I have been a subscriber to your E-Sylum newsletter for several years and always enjoy reading them.

"It was a pleasant surprise to read the January 19th issue and see the article on your recent (re)purchase of the Kessler Fugio Cents book from Alan Workman's recent auction.

"I was the consignor of this lot. My modest numismatic library needed thinning out and that was one of the books I decided to reluctantly part with. I am thrilled to see it found such a good home. You bought it for a very good price.

"Thank you for all you do for the numismatic community."

Thanks for your note! You took great care of the book - it arrived in great shape. -Editor

"If you look at the writing on the roll, it clearly reads "ROYAL CANADIAN MINT."

"I think the seller took a photo of the wrong wrapper. Alternatively, the coin, which is not illustrated, is actually a Canadian coin, not Australian.

"In case you are wondering if the roll contains Australian coins inside the Canadian roll because they were struck at the Royal Canadian Mint, that is not the case. Australia has their own Mint that strikes their own coins.

"I would think that Australia would not be happy to sell their coins in a Canadian wrap."

"The roll shown was from Canada. Both the Royal Australian Mint and the Royal Canadian Mint jealously guard their prerogative to produce coinage, so it seems like an image snafu."

"Whoops-I didn't even notice that. I ordered one from Canada and Australia. I just checked eBay and the roll was from Canada. I bought the Australian fifty cent coin, and the Canadian half, mistakenly writing Australia instead of Canada."

Thanks, eagle-eyed readers. That was one of the last images I added to last week's issue, and I totally missed that, too. -Editor

"Wayne Pearson commented about the new UK coins. "Someone living in Great Britain could go to the bank and get one for fifty pence," he wrote.

"Unfortunately, the rarity of these coins in circulation is precisely the reason the prices are so extreme. Commenters in a few UK-based Facebook groups confirm the scarcity of the new designs, especially the 50-pence salmon, and the market price for them.

"The best bet is to be patient and let the full amount of coins enter circulation, but as we've seen with a lot of modern UK coins, the market can be pretty robust for a while, before prices sometimes cool."

Thanks. That makes sense, unfortunately. -Editor

"With all of the talk about Greenland, I looked them up and saw this beautiful 25 Ore coin. It struck me that it looked similar to an older commemorative coin. Look at the positioning of the feet. The coin is 1925 and the Greenland coin is 1926.

"Jo Mora designed the California coin. Hans Christian Nielsen, Gunnar Jensen designed the Greenland coin."

Great pair of bears. -Editor

"In response to Justin Perrault's question on sources for striking club medals, I can recommend Wendell's Mint in Minnesota. The Northwest Coin Club (Minneapolis/St. Paul) has used Wendell's for many of our club medals over the years. Most recently, Wendall's struck our club's 90th Anniversary medal in 2024. They do the design work (if wanted) and can strike in multiple metals including aluminum, bronze, and silver. One of the bronze medals is illustrated here.

"More information can be found on the company's website: https://wendellsmint.com/

"Information on the Northwest Coin Club can be found on the club's site: https://www.northwestcoinclub.com/index.html"

Thank you! -Editor

I found this coin envelope in an old collection. It says,

Coin of George III 1809
Received in change at a
Tobacconist's kiosk in
Victoria Station, London
December 8th 1936

             B H St J O'Neill
             20 XII 36

Sadly the coin, probably a halfpenny, was missing. Bryan Hugh St. John O'Neil (7 August 1905 – 24 October 1954) was an archaeologist who became Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for England and Wales.

What is the oldest coin readers have found in their change?

Great question! For me, I think that was a 1909 Lincoln Cent; pretty sure I never found an Indian Cent in change. How about you, readers? What was your oldest circulation find? -Editor

"This past Monday we witnessed presidential history... a president started his second non-consecutive term in office! That's right! Ray Williams (me) chaired the meeting of the New Jersey Numismatic Society for his second non-consecutive term as its president. That's some timing!

"Regardless of your political leanings, I'd like to promote membership in local, state, national and specialty clubs. All too often we get heavily involved in our little niche in the hobby and forget there is fun to be had with camaraderie in other organizations. If we get an opportunity to share our hobby specialty with others, it may inspire new collectors and there will be others to own our coins when we are gone. What a fun hobby this is!"

Holy Grover Cleveland, Batman! Congratulations and good luck on your second term! -Editor

"The first money made by his father, for chopping logs to build a cabin for a guy. Cool personal commemorative."

Absolutely! I'm not sure I've ever seen a coin-within-a-coin item like this. Great workmanship - beautiful piece. Here's a larger image and my transcription. -Editor

This silver coin, is the first piece of money my Father ever made.

A Negro paid it to him, for cutting forty pine logs to build a Cabin

W. W. Walker

1866

Could we ever discover the town the two people lived in? Or the location of the cabin? Could it still be standing? Interesting to think. -Editor

"What numismatic publication will be the first to publish photos of a puddle of Los Angeles fire-melted silver coins or NCLT .999 fine gold or silver rounds?

As a young collector in the 1960s I remember dealers occasionally displaying a fused mound of dimes, quarters and half dollars from the 1920s or so which were the victims of a fire in a house or business. Anyone have any of these mounds of .900 fine silver coins?

Gary Beals in San Diego — south of the big problem but certainly not out of danger at all."

Great question. Added an illustration found in an old Reddit post. -Editor

"I have World Coins Magazine Vol I (1964) to Vol IX (1972) and Vol XI (1974) to Vol. XII (1975), most years in slipcases. Free to anyone who will pay book rate posted."

Thanks for the offer. Dick can be reached at alaskararecoins@gmail.com . -Editor

Hermon MacNeil researcher Jim Haas passed along this 1923 schoolgirl's story of the life of a lost quarter, no doubt one of MacNeil's Standing Liberties. Thanks. Numismatists know all about how a little coin can give happiness. -Editor

Jim Haas also sent this 1904 report of a beggar woman so loaded down with coins she could barely move. -Editor

So where did the Naked Cowboy keep his proceeds? -Editor

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