YET ANOTHER FOLLOW-UP In CBN #44 I ran a short pieceabout the coin boards produced circa 1970 to hold tokens issued duringWorld War II by the Office of Price Administration (OPA). I noted thatthe creator of the boards was Joseph A. Lawonde, but I knew very littleabout him. My story was reproduced in The E-Sylum, a wonderfulonline publication that comes out weekly and features news andreviews of numismatic literature and research. Another reader of The E-Sylum sent me an old flyer put out by the Society of Ration TokenCollectors around the same time as the boards. In it, Joe Lawonde wasrevealed as the editor of The Ration Board, the society's quarterlybulletin, and his address was given as 135 Duer Street in NorthPlainfield, New Jersey. The boards were offered for sale at $3 tomembers and $4 to non-members, with orders going to A. G. Kressly inEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The SRTC is still active today, and itswebsite is linked through the Token and Medal Society:http://www.tokenandmedal.org/. By the way, The E-Sylum is sentonline for free, and it's my favorite read each week. Write EditorWayne Homren at whomren@gmail.com to sign up. Drop my name,and he may extend my free subscription!

NATURAL PHENOMENA DEPARTMENT Withthis issue featuring an item about my article on Whitmanfolders in The Numismatist, this seems like a goodopportunity to run a photo that pertains to that subject.More specifically, it pertains to the way in which coinsstored in such folders may develop very distinctive toning.In this instance a 1916-D half dollar stored for many yearsinside the Whitman folder for Liberty Standing HalfDollars (Publisher No. 9021) reacted with its printed endflap in a most peculiar manner. The letters of the titleactually masked the reactive paper from toning the coin instencil fashion, and this resulted in the reversed textappearing on the coin as untoned metal. I've seen thisselective toning on many coins, and it's particularlyaggressive on ones that were cleaned before insertion intothe folder. What does it say on your coins?

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