Bowers Pens History of Silent Movies
Regarding my comment that our move from plain text to HTML was like "stepping into the Technicolor Land of Oz from the dreary black-and-white past", Dave Bowers writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:THE E-SYLUM : HOW MANY ISSUES?(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n14a02.html)

Corrections
Joe Levine writes:

The jury's still out on Joe's senility, but mine is plainly creeping in - these were all in an email response from Joe BOLING. We've fixed our back issue archive. Sorry!

Another mistake in the issue was that I'd linked Henry Scott Goodman's ad to his 'museum site' (karlgoetz.com) and not the correct sales site which is karlgoetzmedals.com. We also fixed this in the archive and the ad is rerunning in this issue. Sorry!

7 Questions on Defunct Coins
Dick Hanscom forwarded this link to a BBC News quiz inspired by the impending demise of the Canadian cent:7 questions on defunct coins(www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17613742)

Who can get all seven right? Dick got 5, but admits to guessing on two of his correct answers. I only managed to get 2!

Civics 101 Test
Here's a non-numismatic quiz forwarded by Dave Bowers. I did much better on this one - 90%! Dave notes that "super-impressively, Dennis Tucker is far in the front with just 1 wrong!!!"

Full Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey)(www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692)

1940 Census Records Released

Len Augsburger writes:

The site was inundated with user requests when it opened. As of yesterday morning this note was posted there:

Where to Find El Sitio No. 2 Online
Horacio Morero writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:URUGUAYAN NUMISMATIC PUBLICATION EL SITIO NO. 2 AVAILABLE(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n14a05.html)

Richard Crosby Remembers Hank Spangenberger
Richard Crosby of Pittsburgh, PA writes:

Exactly When Will Canada Stop Producing the Cent?
The big news last week was Canada's decision to stop producing their cent. Regarding Coin World's headline "Canada to Stop Producing Cent in the Fall", Dick Johnson writes:

Coin World Article on PHX Bux
A reader pointed out that there was an article by Jeff Starck in Coin World about the Phoenix "PHX BUX" coins. Thanks! I couldn't locate an individual web page, but the article can be found in the archives of complete issues. See the July 27, 2009 issue, page 5: "'Discount Art Tokens' circulating in Phoenix' Art District".

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS PHOENIX "PHX BUX" COINS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n14a20.html)