More on Carl Schwenker
Jim Sandy of the Greater Houston Coin Club writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
VIDEO: LOOKING AT A DOLLAR BILL(https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n41a10.html)

Justin's Stamping Stampede
Justin Perrault writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: OCTOBER 12, 2025 : Another Trump Overstamp(https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n41a11.html)

Half Cent Headline Haze

Bill Eckberg writes:

To read the complete article, see:
Engraving a Nation: How Robert Scot"s Draped Bust Design Defined America"s Coinage(https://www.greysheet.com/news/story/engraving-a-nation-how-robert-scots-draped-bust-design-defined-americas-coinage)

Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine 1955-1956 Wanted
Richard Lobel of Coincraft in London writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
RICHARD LOBEL INTERVIEW, PART ONE(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n21a08.html)

Query: Baron Von Steuben Medals
Medal Collectors of America Vice President Bob Fagaly writes:

Videos: Aluminum Patterns, 1804 Dollar Provenances
Michael Wehner of the Pacific Coast Numismatic Society writes:

For more information on the Pacific Coast Numismatic Society, see:
https://www.pcns.org/

Semiquincentennial $2.50 Coins Proposed

Editor Larry Jewett"s piece in the 20 October 2025 edition of Coin Worlddiscusses bipartisan legislation recently submitted in the United States Congress forthe United States Mint to produce two $2.50 coins next year to commemorateAmerica"s 250th birthday. Apparently, the designs of both coins would be the same asthose issued in 1926 to celebrate our 150th birthday: a female figure on the obversesymbolizing Lady Liberty and, to quote the Red Book, "holding in one hand a scrollrepresenting the Declaration of Independence, and in the other the Torch of Freedom."The reverse displays "a representation of Independence Hall in Philadelphia."

The two 1926 issues were circulating coins: a silver half dollar and a $2.50 goldquarter eagle. It"s ironic that neither of the proposed 2026 coins can enter circulation inthose two precious metals - the only forms of "money" mentioned in the US constitution- and must be produced in base metals, because of the soaring market prices of silverand gold.

Is it lack of imagination that leads to designs that copy those of a century ago?Or are we saving on production costs by not hiring designers for a new obverse andreverse?

Instead, why not use the same designs for the coins as were used byWashington and Hamilton in the 1790s? We could issue three coins dated, on the front,1796-2026: (1) a half dollar produced in base metals for circulation; (2) a silver dollarfor collectors; and, also for collectors, (3) a tenth-ounce quarter eagle for $2.50 - withall denominations inscribed on their reverses. Both small-eagle and heraldic-eagledesigns could be employed on the coins.