Books About a Single Medal
Scott Miller writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:NEW BOOK: THE MEDALS OF THE LUSITANIA(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n36a02.html)

Online Sources for Annual Mint Reports
Dave Ginsburg writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:FEATURED WEB PAGE: SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY REPORTS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n36a25.html)

Notes from Joe Boling
Some miscellaneous notes from Joe Boling:

Regarding the "medal" issued to commemorate the last Canadian cent, I thought when I saw the image that either the wrong image was used, or the piece is not really a medal - it's denominated. But I see the Canadians themselves call it a $20 coin. But how would one ever know what is being commemorated? They devote lots of space to telling us it's .9999 fine silver, and not a word about the cent. Sure, it shows maple leaves (as the cent does) - so do lots of other things Canadian. As a commemorative, it's a failure.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:CANADA ISSUES COMMEMORATIVE HONORING THE LAST CENT(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n36a18.html)

The "RBI" mentioned in the article about the Indian coin shortage is the Reserve Bank of India.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:WEST BENGAL COIN SHORTAGE DRIVES MONEY SUBSTITUTES(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n36a21.html)

The Bloomingdale's security chief caught passing queer booted it by not immediately claiming that she was testing the employee who spotted the fakes

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:DEPARTMENT STORE SECURITY BOSS NABBED PASSING COUNTERFEITS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n36a23.html)

Comments on Recent Coin Designs
P.K. Saha forwarded several coin images this week. Here are a couple I'd like to comment on.

Slovakia will issue this 100 Euro coin in Dec 2012There's a lot of design clutter here, with so many different elements squeezed in to each side of the coin. From this image the artist seems to pull it off pretty well, but I wonder what these will look like in person. Call me simple-minded, but I like uncluttered designs with single themes.

Portugal will issue this 5 Euro coin in 2012 for the anniversary of John's coronation.Nice throwback design., in the style of coins of 1722,

The Un-Named Bearded Wonder
George Cuhaj writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: AUGUST 26, 2012: Further memories of Vincent Alones(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n36a07.html)

Ken Bressett on Coin Swallowing

Regarding the coin in the New Zealand girl's stomach, Ken Bressett writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:DOCTORS TRACE COIN IN NEW ZEALAND GIRL'S STOMACH(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n36a24.html)

The Zahir
Regarding the author Jorge Luis Borges,Loren Gatch writes:

Noah's Ark Klippe Silver Medal
Bill Rosenblum writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:QUERY: MEDAL OF NOAH BY JULIO KILENYI SOUGHT(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n36a09.html)