A Charles Fremantle Portrait
Regarding Dennis Tucker's quest for an image of Charles William Fremantle, deputy master of the British Royal Mint,Jim Duncan of New Zealand writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:QUERY: CHARLES WILLIAM FREMANTLE PORTRAIT SOUGHT(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n38a14.html)

Were the 1817 Jolas Cast?
Regarding how the 1817 Jolas were made, Joe Boling writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:QUERY: HOW WERE THE 1817 JOLAS MADE?(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n38a13.html)

More on the Curved Baseball Commemorative
Joe Boling writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:MORE ON CURVED COINS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n37a11.html)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Coins
Regarding the SpongeBob SquarePants coins, Kerry Rodgers passed along a link to an article he'd written on them in World Coin News (August 27, 2012). Thanks.

To read the complete article, see:Silver SpongeBob Seized(www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=25688)

Gar Travis writes (sarcastically):

Gar included this item from the Nickelodeon web site:

To read the complete article, see:SpongeBob SquarePants Premium Bullion Coin Set(www.parentsconnect.com/product-review/toys/
spongebob-collector-coins.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:THE CASE OF THE MISSING SPONGEBOB COINS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n38a26.html)

Musician vs Royal Canadian Mint

Halifax folk musician Dave Gunning wanted to pay tribute to the soon-to-vanish Canadian penny in song with his upcoming album No More Pennies.

But the Royal Canadian Mint was not happy about the image of the Canadian penny he is using on the album cover. It says Gunning is contravening copyright and must pay a fee.

For every 2000 copies of the album he creates he has to fill out an application, wait for approval and be charged $1,200.

So, Gunning has launched a penny drive, requesting that fans bring pennies to his fall shows so he can afford to issue his album.

The Ottawa-based mint has waived the fee on the first 2,000 albums, to come out Sept. 18. But it is firm that Gunning must pay up for future releases.

A mint spokeswoman confirmed that there is copyright on images of coins.

To read the complete article, see:Mint charges musician pretty penny for use of coin image(www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2012/09/10/dave-gunning-penny.html)