Thoughts on Victorian Half Pennies in Iron Mounts

David Pickup writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
QUERY: VICTORIAN HALF PENNIES ENCASED IN IRON (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n33a09.html)

Correction: Lange NLG Awards
There was an error in the reporting of Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) awards this year. David Lange writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
2016 NLG WRITERS' COMPETITION RESULTS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n34a06.html)

Query: Louisiana Token Information Sought
Yosef Sa'ar writes:

Fugio vs. Continental Dollar Designs
Tony Terranova writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
A TEXAS-SIZED FUGIO CENT (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n34a42.html)

Steve Bishop's Russian Coppers

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: AUGUST 21, 2016 (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n34a27.html)

And the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Numismatics Goes To...

Yosef Sa'ar passed along this amusing bio of a writer at the Snopes.com web site: