Mintage Charts in the 1971 Mint Report
In an email exchange Joe Boling questioned Tom DeLorey's earlier citation of the 1971 Mint Report as the source to $3 gold mintage figures, asking if it was actually the 1871 report. As it turns out, it was indeed from the 1971 report, which has a chart showing total mintages by denomination.

Tom DeLorey writes: class="quote">

There were a lot of useful charts back then. There are other years in the same era with the same charts.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 18, 2013 : Three Dollar Gold Piece Mintage(www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n34.html)

On "Script" vs Scrip
Joe Boling writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:BOOK REVIEW: ANATOMY OF AN INGOT(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a09.html)

Morocco Leather
Joe Boling writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:CATALOG REVIEW: MISSOURI CABINET OF U.S. HALF CENTS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a10.html)

Great Debate Tapes
Regarding the "Great Debate" over the controversial Western Bars handles by dealer John J. ford Jr., American Numismatic Society Librarian Elizabeth Hahn writes:

Bob adds:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:NBS EVENTS AT THE 2013 CHICAGO ANA(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a02.html)

John Maynard Keynes and Yap Stone Money
W. J. Elvin writes:

In today's selection -- from Money: The Unauthorized Biography by Felix Martin. What is money? Is it a hard asset like gold? Or is it instead "tradeable debt" -- IOUs that can be used by the noteholders to pay for other goods and services? Even today the debate rages, with crucial policy implications -- including the current debate between austerity and stimulus. In the early 1900s, an unexpected discovery was made on the tiny and remote Pacific island of Yap [or Wa'ab] that eventually came to the attention of a young John Maynard Keynes, the most influential economist of the twentieth century. For the inhabitants of Yap, money came in the form of stone wheels as large as twelve feet in diameter, lending support to the idea that money is at bottom an IOU.

To read the complete article, see:delanceyplace.com 8/26/13 - money, for some, is twelve-foot wide stones(www.delanceyplace.com/view_archives.php?2324)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:BOOK REVIEW: MONEY: THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n27a08.html)

The Legal Tender Status of U.S. Coins
Regarding the legal tender status of U.S. coins, last week I wrote:

Francois Velde writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:DEMONETIZING OLD CURRENCY(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a12.html)

A Species Change Operation
Fred Michaelson writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:ON MADE-UP MEDICAL TERMS AND LIMERICKS(//www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a29.html)

Oops - The Asylum vs The E-Sylum
Fred Michaelson caught a typo (or was it a brain-o?) in last week's issue. I wrote that "... only paid members of the NBS receive issues of our print journal, The E-Sylum" I meant The Asylum. sorry! We'll correct our back issue archive.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:NBS EVENTS AT THE 2013 CHICAGO ANA(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n35a02.html)