And speaking of the Civil War, this note came in just today from web site visitor Kent Whitingof Helena, MT. He writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
EXHIBIT: HAND-ENGRAVED CIVIL WAR SILVERCOINS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n01a14.html)
QUERY: ENGRAVED CONFEDERATE CAMP MARIONCOIN INFO SOUGHT (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n13a15.html)
MORE ON ENGRAVED CONFEDERATE DAVIS FLIGHTMEDALS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n15a21.html)
ALAN WEINBERG ON DAVIS FLIGHT MEDALS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n16a20.html)
PETER BERTRAM ON DAVIS FLIGHT MEDALS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n17a12.html)
ON COMPARING HAND-ENGRAVING STYLES(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n18a07.html)