More on Die Radius or 'Basin'
Roger Burdette writes:

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
NEW BOOK: FROM MINE TO MINT(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n12a04.html)
BOOK REVIEW: FROM MINE TO MINT(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n17a06.html)
COMPUTERS AND CALCULATING COIN RADIUS(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n14a16.html)

Semiquicentennial Coin and Medal Prospects Dim
Mike Costanzo writes:

Mike adds:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
LOOSE CHANGE: APRIL 2, 2023 : U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission Rebooted(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n14a35.html)

International Phaleristics Association Membership Free
Greg Burns writes:

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INTERNATIONAL PHALERISTICS ASSOCIATION(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n14a07.html)

Dubriel Signature
Tony Terranova writes:

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BOOK COVER: 'IS IT REAL' BY DUBREUIL(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n14a14.html)

Another Photo from Back in the Day
Dan Hamelberg writes:

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MORE ON 1950-1951 PROOF SET PACKAGING(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n14a13.html)

The Girl on the Quarter

Shortly after the coin went into circulation questions arose as to the identity of MacNeil's model soonidentified as Miss Doris Doscher. Described as an accomplished twenty-two-year-old standing 5' 4 1/2 tall, shewas credited with having lectured, written scenarios, trained as a Red Cross nurse and even acted in aneducational film titled, The Sculptor and His Art. Karl Bitter had used her ideal measurements 36 x 25 x 39when modeling his Pulitzer Memorial Fountain for the front of the Plaza Hotel. At the time of his death twoyears earlier he had created only a small figure and as had occurred once before the sad task of finishing thestatue fell to Isidore Konti.

All of her information was factual except for her age, thirty-four and marital status. Record indicate JuliaDoris Reiman was born in January 1882 and because she had married Albert Doscher in 1902, she was not asingle lady. Additional film work included appearances in two silent features one titled Birth of a Race intendedas a response to film maker D. W. Griffith's blatantly racist yet highly successful Birth of a Nation. In the film'sopening moments Doris played her one and only scene as Eve in the Garden of Eden. A ten-minute portion of themovie can be seen in a YouTube video, its grainy footage raising the obvious question had the producers stumbledupon a technique called type casting? The film was neither a commercial nor a critical success and quicklyfaded from public consciousness.

The story of MacNeil's models gets even more interesting - there were two, the second being IreneMacDowell. Doscher died in 1970 with deserved acknowledgment of her place in numismatic history. WhenMacDowell passed away in 1973, it was learned she also claimed to have filled that role.

According to the 1900 census she was born in 1881, the adopted daughter of William W. Weitling asenior partner in the American Hard Rubber Company, successor to the firm founded by Poppenhusen. He alsoserved alongside MacNeil on the Institute's Board of Control. Early in life Irene got into acting and marriedanother thespian George I. MacDowell. Both left the stage and since his father-in-law owned large tracts offarmland in upstate New York, George took over running the family's fruit tree enterprise. Following themove the couple passed summers in College Point, and it was probably in 1916 that MacNeil asked Irene to model.

According to a story published three months before her death she had spent ten days on the job, but alsothat she had been the model for the figure of Victory in Albany's Soldiers and Sailors Memorial. In theobituaries of both women their acting careers were noted and that their husbands had been MacNeil's tennispartners, a sport at which Hermon excelled. Between 1915 and 1917 his name appeared in newspaper articlesreporting success in various tournaments, but not that of Messr's Doscher or MacDowell.

One model or two from its earliest days MacNeil's Quarter attracted very favorable attention and wassoon numbered among the most beautiful coins ever minted. He also had the unique experience enjoyed by fewartists, knowing his creation would be available to millions, appreciated as a work of art by many, but regardedas pocket change by most.

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
DORIS DOSCHER, QUARTER MODEL(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v06n23a20.html)
NEW BOOK: HERMON ATKINS MACNEIL(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n43a02.html)

More on the Numisma Reprints
Chriss Hoffman writes:

FROSSARD, ED., Irvington, NY
REPRINTED CLASSICAL PERIODICAL

In 1983 I reprinted 100 copies of this classical periodical from my set. They were plastic spiral bound with tan card covers and sent to Cal Wilson to sell, which he did at $128.

Considerably after Wilson left the numismatic literature business, he sent the unsold copies to Money Tree, with my permission to Money Tree to sell. Money Tree had two shipments of the left over unsold copies and apparently bound them both in brown cloth and the second group in green leatherette that is offered below and were originally sold for $100.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JANUARY 1, 2023 : John Igo, Numisma Reprint Information Sought(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n01a07.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JANUARY 15, 2023 : Another Numisma(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n03a12.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: FEBRUARY 12, 2023 : More Numisma Reprints(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n07a15.html)