The Journal of NECROMANTIC NUMISMATICS
A Quarterly Publication for Collectors of Magicians' Coins and Tokens
Issued by Volume J F. William Kuethe, Jr. Number t/.....th 700 Glenview Avenue, S.W. Date ()e.;r. /f6t Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061 I Tet: 301-766-3842
f. William Kuethe, Jr. 700 Glenview Avf", S. W. Glen Burnie, 1\\J. 21061
Collector of: Magic Books & Magazmes - Mag1c1an's Coins & Tokens - Bookplates
Editor! The Magic Cauldron
THE WILLARD COMMEMORATIVE COIN This coin was struck by Orbra J. Mathews of P. O. Box 493, Sebring , Florida 33870 in the summer of 1968 and first adver tised in the September issue of Genii Magazine. There were one thousand struck in nickeleen and twenty-five in .999 silver. Both issues were serial-numbered, but the numbering was put on a separate card and not on the coin itself. The nickeleen coin sells for $2.00 and with it you get a Willard poster. The silver variety costs $12.00. I bought a number of the nickeleen coins, and I'm enclosing one with each copy of the Journal, with my eompliments.
THE MINI-MASCOT The Mascot pieces of both Anna Eva Fay (AEF) and The Fays are well known as having very irregular, wavy edges. This is apparently the result of being struck without a collar, so the force of the strike pressed the metal in the planchet into irregular directions. At least this is the explanation I '11 accept until a better one comes along. T~ere is another Fay piece that does not fit this pattern, however. It is listed in Findlay as #37, but described in error as having a wavy edge. This coin is perfectly round and is 25 mm in diameter. TherFuld collection has examples in both copper and brass, but mine and all others I have seen are brass. Another item of interest in 'Ehe Fuld collection is a large Anna Eva Fay coin that is perfectly round. I've made rubbings of the regular large variety of AEF and the small coin described in this article, and they may be found at the bottom of this page.
Misc. comments: Thanks to Jay Marshall, Bob Lund and Ingemar Isaksson for helping to make this a lumpy magazine. Deadline for the next issue: Jan. 1, 1969. The Mulholland Coins
These notes a.re to 1·ecord the details of the three different coins I have put out; their designs and itistory . The first, on one side, had a rabbit in a hat pictured in front cJf the letters of my name, The steel d :i..e was engraved by hand in the shop of a rnanufactor:in,:_: jeweler, the late Josh W.Ma. j'er) who also was (ill a.tna.teur magician. The reverse :.if the coin was blank bi.it with a ra1sed rim. 1500 of the :::oins were ,,truck in aluminuni, 6 in silYer, and 1 in gold which we.A e;iven 'o my mother who, I beJ_ieve, lost Lt. The desi;91 on the C•)in 1 as based u ;n a. drv : ing (shown below) by the late WiLl H . .Schrinck. lfo-w, rer, as the Schanct rawing d es not fit "W!'lll into J_ circle, the 0:-i graver altere the desj " so that L would 'it on the < ~oin. He .18.de the nr: t'~ ta : <''~ le-sli sje.0e an '. he also ·ede the re. bit face irore direcf~ly front. I never lie iC' be~P able to have ·" sa.tisfac t'ry photoc; aph, or 'rawing mad , of t.h1s coin so as tr: sb)W the great. skPl of' the r ~aver. The r;econ( coib.; rrry r'.hines".') ·m"- pictun J below, wa.3 designed JY the late Ifowlmd Wood who was liirector of the _ti_rooric1....n Numismatic Society's museun1 ln New York City. I had gone to him to enquire ·if there were a Chir1es~ coin (one w-ith a center hole) of the size of a halr dollar. Re said there was n.ot but became interested in m;y quest 8.l:\d wa.s struck by the fact that my full naioo bas but tour syllables. After so~ research he found tliat, :i.n Chinese, the closest he could come to the som1d of my name was ''Chong - Mo - baiil - laing. That final G, by the way, is alioost silent. Re was ')nost pleased, as obviously was I, to note that the rooa.ninc; of those four sounds is "Oontrol-ler Devil's Knowledge (and] Skill." there always are four, aud only fo'l:lT.) characters to a. side on this type of C'ninese coin. They are read in the order ... top, bottom, left 1 rie-,ht. So r.iy name is on the obverse. 'rhe reverse of the coin. carries the characters pronom1ced, "May- quo J New- Yoe ." This was the clos~ est the first Chinese to this country could come to the sot.rods of "America, New York. Accordbvg to Mr .Wood, these character, too, have. intere sting meanings. ''Beautiful cQuntr:f' and i•to turn around -- to run about." One as desOJ:"iptive of the nation as are the others of the City. Ofly fortt of these Chinese coins W'3re made. They were cast in copper by a jewle:r in the Harris Bazaar, in B1.1c10_t>est ,H,mgry. It is quite obvious that being designed my an American and made in Hungry ere authentic ancient Chinese coins . Parenthetically, in my collection I hase a counterfit cast in brass a.na not as clear ln the casting . Who made the cD1m.terfit, or how many such coins were m.aO.e, I d.; not kno'W. However, that r:.:011nterfit might be called a spurtous example .if an illegitimate original. My third coin is the work of the late Henry Herring, the noted scu#lptor. 'J'hi5' coin also was ma.de half-dollar s .i. ze. In order better to show the details of the design, the drawing of the reverse of the C'' in is shown below in greater than e:ctua.1 size. The rabbj '.'by the ·w y, is ar excell ent likeness of a pet I had ut. the ti:ioo the >cu.l:pturir' . was don~. The di s, for this coin were 0oo chanicall cu.'tr by the Medali~ Ants Co n any of Ee'' York, fr m the eigbt and one-q tarter 1.ncl sculptured pJ.o.qu.ea. 2: 1(J were st1 ck in bY ri.ze, 10 in silver, a.nJ one, gi VE. to nzy wife, was msiie in gc _d • John Mulholland 11 West Chase street Baltimore, Maryland 21201
OFF..JiE:l'AL TOKENS
It is nornial to associate a token with the type metal of which it is made. Cortini pieces are of aluminum while Tarbell's are :in a german-silver type of alloy. We also accept a.s a matter of fact tokens that appear in two types of metal. Thurston pieces in brass am copper are well lmown as are Mayette' s in aluminum and gilt. Even the 11arti:nka tokens in brass, copper, aluminum, germ.an-silver and gold plate are recognized as normal issues, for we know they were prOO.uced in oammeroia.l quantities.
Every once in a while a token is encountered, which though struck fran a norm.al die, is in a metal not previously recorded for that piece. These off-metal tokens pose sane problems. To test a die, pieces a.re san.etimes struck in brass (ocoasionally in lead), and the quantity made is usually vecy small. In the. case of off-metal tokens struck in other metals, it is just about impossible to determinE! the reason for their manufacture.
All of us whould be gratef'ul to John Mulholland for giving us the story of his various pieces. The few special strikings in silver am gold are the off-metal pieces and we are fcrtunate in kn
There were numerous issues of the Downs piece, all in white metal with its characteristic polished surface, gray edges and dull clink. ::But. less lmown is the piece in germe.n-silver, one of which is :ll1 my collection. The Nurnburger Zauberth&ler is in aluminum, but it also exists in the form o:f a thick brass piece which appears to be silver plated. Ireland's dollar size to- ken exists in brass, and Jay Marshall who owns it, indicates that it was indeed a test piece. The tokens o:f the Fays are copper, but there are sane that are magnetic (presumably steel) and these a re infrequently seen. The Chicago Magic Co. tokens are of ger man,...silver, all that is, but the brass one I recently acquired. It is a clean, crisp spec:i1nen (the design shows balls between the fingers)~ a sharper striking than the regular pieces, which leads me to believe tha.t it was a test piece. At the same time I ac quired what must be the latest example of an off..uetal piece, a standard Tannen token made of aluminum. Edja/ Hj! F.dgar Heyl INC. 5082 N. LINCOLN AVE. CHICAGO, ILllNOIS 60625 Telephone Areo Code 312 334.2855 ~!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'.!!!~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'!!!\'!!!!!0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i!!!!'!!-~rt!!!!!!!!!f!!!!!!!!!!!!!!l!!~·~~
JAY MARSHALL
Half a year ha.a elapsed since the la.at issue of this quarterly of the conjuring coin collectors• journal. because of. the ldndneee of the edttco and publisher in giving us all a three month vacation.
Long before my vacation was over I had plotted to take another one also of three months duration. I got wind ofmy good fortuue in a letter from Orbra J. Mathews, who had made eome WILLARD THE WIZARD COINS and there were two varieties. l 000 were made in Nickleen and 25 were struck in silver .
My plot was this: write a piece about the Nickleen coins. save a carbon copy a.nd then use the same pieee in the next isl!iiue with a.n added line about the 25 coins i.n silver.
In a moment of carelessness I called our honorable publisher and asked if he knew about the new WILLARD THE WIZARD coins. He said he didg ideed and planned to write his piec..e on them.
Curses, foiled again I My next thought was to get out a good magnifying glass and plan a dull piece on die varieties; SUT good fortune again played into my hand.
Duke Stern, The Sales Manigicia.n of the Abbott .?vI.a.gic & Novelty Company in Colon, Michigan came to my rescue. He stood 011 the stage at the Houdini Club Convention in Lake Geneva, Wis. and told the astfembled wizards th.at Abbotts had some new thick palmin g coins made which looked like gold. They were actually bronze. but untilbome wet fingered wizaerd handled them they looked like gold.
They also (Abbotts. that is) had some of them plated in silver .. Net real silver, )OU under-stand, probably nickel or chrome.
With the next hsue of the Magical Moneymen's Journal you may expect one line from me: Enclo$ed you will find one of the new bron2.e Abbottt coins which has been nickel plated. See la.st issue.
With this issue each contributor will £ind a bronze Abbott coin 1968 issue» courtesy of our kiniy~aher . and f'\ / 7 \'>. - . / . 1 I /j /1 °I;' x > Ii ,, // . Y/Aall>4-fU£,Lz_ \ j, \....# Jay Marshall Green River. Again
By Robert Lund
The Green River Whiskey token 1dent1f1ed with Ted Annemanrr has been mentioned or listed in these pages more often than any other coin s1noe Bill Kuethe started this journal. It has never been clear to me why this item ls attributed to Annemann, aside from the fae~ that he used
1t. J;hlt so di
More than 30 yea.rs ago, Oldetyme D1st1llers 11 the company that bottled Green River, took a full page ad in The Linking Ring offering a supply of the coins to all comers. No strings, no purchase necessary. The company sent 50 coins to everyone who wrote in. This may explain the several variants of the coin. As one pressing (is that the right word?) of the ooin was exhausted, as it soon would be at 50 coins per performer, the company ran off a new batch.
The ad in The Linking Rine; appeared in the issue for
November 0 1935. The first mention Annemann made of Green
River .in _print.--and he was referring to the company, not the coin--was 1n the March, 1936, issue of The J1nx:. He did not mention the token itself in The Jlnx until Novem ber, 1936, a. year after the ad ran in The L1nk1~Ring. I fail to see how this links the eoln to Annemann.
But m.ag1c1ans are 1nv~terate romancers, not to say natural born liars$ NO offense intended, Enel0sed is one of the coins for your aollectiono ThissUJDDier I speut some time with ray collection and dupl~cates. examj.ni.ng, them ,closely• looking for anything that might reveal a new variety. Thinking that differences in the weights of coins would indic.a.te different vari4!lties, I weighed all the Green River Whiskey coins that I O'WJI.• No tvo weighed the same! Thia was too good to be true. eveu fo.r the confirmed flyspeck variet}' coil~etor that I am.
To vt;rify m.y s~p,iQions that there might be a variance in weights betw!.~t:t. two spe'.cimep of the sauie coin, I. we:igh'd ten current Fel~fSO . 'dollei;,' !if:e coins. They weighed . from 9. 78 t' 9. 9~ grams. Fifteen cU.Jrrent '-~ liolden hal,.f dollar size ~ighed fr.om 6.01 : to 6 •.72.
Aft4~ t;hi ft~ng,_ ~pu;. it, it was not, hard tp.. acc,ept. Aftei- all, toke.~ .. .u:.e manuf:a~tured for advertising p.,tj>.t>ses, palming coins for ease >~ , manipulation, and slight dif feren(:es. in weight would not be of aay ' conaeq~ce, &ince they are not legal tender. · 1ncidentally, I ~lied· elev~1,1 Kennedy Halves, dated 1966-i968, which should wight ll •.5p grams. 'they varied, too, from lJ..26 to il.62 grams. Only one weig~d exaetly 11. 50. It seemed that any varieties I found would have;'.to be base
Back to the Green River coins. the Numismatic News clippings sub mit~ed to Mr. Fuld to the April JoNN listed its weight as 11.2. The varieties repres:ented in my collection weighed as follows:
1/1: 11.57 1/2: 11/28.;..ll/78 i/4: 10.92-11.07 3/5: 10.25-10.98
I decided to compare weights of the thick and thin varieties of some coins in my collection, to see if there was much difference, since I n.:ve had difficulty in recognizing them. Here are the resul"ts:
Herr Alexander: 13.70 and 9.49 .Ireland Dollar Size : 13. 2 7 and 12 .. 34. Anna ~va Fay: 9.99 and 7 .90 Bartl 8.74 and 6.43
My conclusions from all this are still inconclusive. There is, however, som.et-hi.ng else that can be done. That is to weight the coins in air, then ia ~ater, and determine the specific gravity. This will, to some degree, indicate the m.etal content of the coin. More about this later, affer I ¢an gather more information. Charles T. Spicer R.D. #1, BOx ,89A Milford. Delaware 199.6.3 SETTING A SEAL ON rr
Jimmy' FiD.dlayts ~umo.tal. W•l'"k Ce-.~urera CoilllS Medals oom:tail'i!.ei several @xam:pl$s o.f'. cenjur~rs seuale, · as wl t~0'3s tlae Oki to (102) ruud. E)&l""D:y (166} [email protected]., Af!~&J:1uiied is iaf&.rmation e@nee:Mai:m.g 59me illlreeorded exa.mple.s &f' eitla.er seals a~d SKAM - Acquired rec~ntly in Prague was a very ~dee circular s$al 5.5 em i~ diameter. It is 1• geld pa~er witA an adhesive ba~k &.Ad b1.9ars a S:ph.i:m.x 1ui ad wi tn pyrQtids to th.e left a:nel ~ t~e•s to tlia.e .righ.t. :S..ea ta ue the letters SKAM il.1ild 11 ea tb.e le:ft., above t .he nrudds ill script the ill.i tials JR {Jese..f' Havel). TR.itJ eea.l saeuld be ce:mpared wi tll tl!le c0ila:s e:f Josef' Hs:vel ( Fi!ld1ay 181 a.ad 182) whiel\ likewise bear a Sphinx witk the head •f the per.f•rmel1 as a. composite pa.rt. 'Th.is wa.m ap:paremtly tke sea.l e:f a Prague magieal seeie ty a.ad I believe oth$r examples exist. Dr Mayer - Th.is is a thiek cardboard dise 3.9 cm in diameter, mae 1ui'.1J1 o';f w~ica is salm•• pilik a:m.d the @tlla.er hal.f y$1l•w. Two co:m.~@:ntric bla:ek circles are :n.ear the periphery &Jld, ill the rom.tilus se fer.med, ll1 the :pink halt' appears laaJld-lettered :I.a bl acJ: il!lk "Dr Mayer, Arnstadt ". In tliae yellow h tlt baeath, :prin.ted iii bl aek:, is -i22. Ma~ .. K@l!'lgref,\ J4~ 1 t.. '~ reverse is dark gre&n.. My- own sp eeim~nt \tas a. small ~le slig~tly ofr-centre. This was issued by Dr Nikolaus May@r of' Antstadt. Chet Karkut - A green card disc issued by this Deteetiv-e Migicl tut ~•ted for the wealth and diversity ©T ~is ~u~licity ~ terial.. It is 4.5 cm in. d..t a.meter.. 'l'm.e ebversD bears ~ lae draw1.ag o.f' C:tiet' s kead anti tile itenrse e .~riss, in Old m.t.glish type,, rrMag1eirua/C1aet :Karkut/ 38 Carley Street/SluHton/ Cou. Melvin Jukl Apt. lD 6701 Purt< Helgnk /we. fl.(1'\!"J. N\,rl, 21115 ':,'as SO!'H~What S 1.1rp:rJse'1 i1; c~10cl c i1G \N~ collect] HACKMA1 , ELI • y.i:J.t'1\I... ~ Ger ' , )~lt ~3i. ·: ve·r. RI?.::: 1~3/16" (30 m"l.). EDGE: R. eded. T )SUED: t1 11u•.1t 1890's. R'°,flITY: R. MODERN r ·AGIC PRODUCTS. ~-O.;T/\L: Ni c ke 1. SIZE: 1-5/16" (33 m111) . EOOE: Jl:dn. R/tRITY: 6. \fYSTO . Obverse ancl :reverse ~ame ~s Y'94. MEI'1\ L: Lead. SIZE: 15/16" (24 mm). I SSDED: :'\~JOU t 1930. R t\RI rY: 8 . THURSfON. Obverse (cHamond) filtrRSTON (d j amoud) MAGIC. Ef>vers'.: (Swast:ika) WQND~R (Swastilq) COIN. METAL : Z5ac. SJ/'; l ~: 1-9/1611 (28. 5 ?nm), round vd th 3/8" square hol.e in center. EDGE: Reeded. ISSUED: 1920'~. RARITY: 8. Not jn Fiudl~y. Fl69. KLING, L. METAL: German Sllver. SIZE: 1-1/4" (~ll mm). EDGE: Reeded. ISSUED: 187G. RARITY: 6. F385. ZAUBERTALER. MHTJ\L: White Metal. SIZE: 1-5/16" (34 mm). EDGB: Pla:i ri. RARITY: 5. Should anyone get to New York a~n Euro ANS would be lrnpr.y to f'hO\'' th~ir "Magicians Collectj on". ~ddress: The '\rnor:tcan Numismatic Soc:lety Broadway, ;>et ween 155th & 156th Sts. New York, N. Y. 10032 Closed Mondays. l'he followil:1g are alEo not listed in Findlay: CORTI NI. OiJ verse of F3 l9. TI -.:vc:r~·~ : Se ~1temI .1 e r, 1932/1.L:' FISM. Suspended from n '.JraE:s lJ~n •,/jth FIS:~ zit top. C'rcuL1r rortion around IX CONGHES0 ~fi'-GICO lh'T.:-rnN!\CI'.)Nf,L ~1~HC.SIDN1 . ·~ 1964 ESPANA. In fj e ld r~ cture of glob:-, held 5 n nlacc '!Y black eirnme leJ wand. "-IBT•~ L: lihi te 111e ta 1. SI Z.i: Di arn8ter of outeT circular bar 1-5/16" (33 mm). Diameter of glo';,_• 3/4" (19 mm). Length of walld l.;...3/4" (44.5 mm). The re verse j_~ blank. Should any reader desjr0 to vjcw tht:se pieces, a rhoto;;rn;1ll m:t dc by ~NS cari be lent. A11hur SetterlnQton 31 , Denaby Court, Holdernes Road, Hull. Yorkshire. En ~l and . A Charles Dickens' Medal In the Hull Reference Library, there are two original posters of the Theatre Royal, Hull, dated September 1838. One of the posters advertises "Nicholas Nickleby", and the other, the Celebrated Indian Juggler, Ramo Samee. These posters, it is thought, may be of magical significance, because it is believed that through seeing a performance of Ramo Samee, Charles Dickens became interested in maQic. That he was interested in magic, may be observed from letters which he wrote, proving that he was no mere dabbler, and that it was not simply a passinQ fancy. A paragraph in one of his letters reads as follows: "...... I have made a most splendid trick of that apparatus which Hamley couldn't manage, by the addition of one or tv10 simple contrivances. It is better than the Northern Wizard, and as Qood as Dobler" Charles Dickens was born on 7th. February 1812, and died on 9th. June 1870. Nineteen seventy will be the centennial year of his death, and a Centennial Edition of the Dickens' complete works have been published by Heron Books, London. Earlier this year these books were advertised, and prompt subscribers, sending in a reservation form, received a Dickens' Medal. It is a beautiful medal, made of bronze, and measures one and a half inches, in diameter. It is a thick coin, and on the obverse side in heavy relief there is the head of the author, and around the periphery, his name, and the dates 1812 -1870. The obverse side is blank. 18690 Hubbell Ave Detroit, Michigan h823S In a nast issue of the Journal, Jay Marshall bemoaned the fact that it is an ordeal for him to writs about Magicians Coins. Unfortunately, I fi""ld myself in the same boat. In rrry lectures to the various magic clubs I mention the fact that the new comers to Magic do not w~t to take the tire to study up on the history of our art. They only want to by the newest trick, or the newest book~ If the book does not have any tricks exDlained, they feel that they have been cheated. Detroit, being a rather poor magic town, with only a cou'l'le of fellows that are interested in the historical end of Magic has forced m.e to correspond with m8.ny fellews. During the correspondence, I have heard the names of many collectors, many of which I h a.ve never thought I "'buld ever meet. On ~~ugust 13, I was in %gland, enjoying the first two weeks vacation I have ever had and I wa.s to lecture for the Order of the Magi in Manchester. Jack Potter, ~·~rs. Potter and my wife sto~ed to see the room I would be lecturing in and even though we were very early, we found that another fellow was a.lready there. His name, Graham Adams. Graham has a wonderful collection of rare a:r-paratus and I was most sorry that I had not the time to visit him at his home. I consider that one of the dlsa"ro" ntments of the trip. Now, consider the fact that we had never met until that moment, but I had written to hirn once to thank him for a set of paddles he had sent. A.~er the introductions, he hmded me a group of coins for my collection. Coins thqt I t ho11ght I "''On1d never be able to get. Two Spielmarken made of silver frnm the e::ir1v 18()1 1 s , one 'fio+her of Pearl token and then of all things, the Charlie Chaplin coin that had sta.rteo all the articles about the "ny-speck" tokens. My thanks to Graham for his kindness and I hope that in the years to come, I might be able to make some collector h;:i,npy in the same manner. 111~P ************************************************* ~******************** Ingemar Isaksson Elsa Brandstroms gata 71 126 63 Hagersten sweden Ingemar wrote that he hadn't had time to write an article, but was enclosing two supplements "in the hope that will qualify for another issue. The supplements are: 1. Eperny's Stage Money. 2. ' The Bank o:E Neverpay' - One Dud. This is a joke bill, but sold by dealers in the UK as Stage Money." WHERE DID THE TOKENS COME FROM? By Norm Todd At this writing I'm about eight hundred miles from my collection of tokens, coins and medals. In a phone conversation with ye editor, Bill, it was his suggestion that I delve into the past and try to remember where certain coins in the collection came from. Now the oldest coin in terms of being in my possession is that of Prof .• Nahomie. About a year ago I wrote an article on this number so I won't repeat myself here. Chris Charlton of London added several choice pieces, among them the Downs coins struck by Davenport~, three thicknesses and one solid brass. I also got several of the paper Charlton pieces that are so much in demand today. From Dr. Volkmann came several of the Klingl and Bartl coins. I also got my copy of the Haus Will token from the good doctor. My copy of the Alexander token came from Charlie Spicer who has written so many fine articles for this journal. I also got a couple of Ted Annemann 1 s "Green River" coins from Charlie. From John Mulholland I got several beauties years ago. Dickmann, Martinka's Shower of Gold, Imro Fox and Chicago Magic among others. One of my oldest correspondents, Jimmy Findlay, has added more coins than I can think of right now. Among them, Felix Frank, several Klingl; John Henry Anderson, Laurette, Lyceum Theatre, Gamages, El Rey, and many more. Bill Kuethe supplied several, including King, the small Anna Eva Fay, and Trewey. I hope that by the time the next journal is due, I'll be back in Florida and in a better p6sition to write an essay. C. B. Yohe 4870 Criss Road · Bethel Park, p..,. 15102 u . At J ,M; Story..Jt. Several 1eara ago while in New York 01 t1 . I a;pent moat of my time pounding th~ _pa.v:ement . ~ amd v1eH1 ting book atoree, a,nd. coin shop • Th third a.y it wa.• rainy and I wa• quite diacouragecl.0 I udd&nly had an insp1rat4em. -. ~ 4ec1ded. to think anti o t\1g. · . I reca.lletl raa.d1ng that Stack ot New ~ork was one of outstantling eoin dealer& that bo~ght eatate · and. h«ld coin auctions. Y:ou will. rec.all 1me fuoum Lilly gold eo1n ooil.eot.1on that. Congress vote. to aquir..e to~ the 61'111~~ onian Inst. ( #5, 500, 000, 00) 1n exehange t'or tax oredita. ell Stacke for 16 year , through b1 · ~ent fae..cretly searched the worl ror gp+d rarit1ee(6,l25Gem coins) • Thia was to _beeome the famoum J.K,Lilly gold coin colleo~1on, So, Vb.1 not deal w1t.h the best, Says I, as I walked into S~. . ·!he a.rme gua.r4 at 'the entl:'"ance 1mpresse4 e as I ma .. : my.way tQ the plea. ant young .man at the counter. I tell the-~'°l ~k, I ' interested 1n 'to s.and meals of magicians and:,, all · typ~ of ah.ow business. · Well we cton.'t get many of this t~ tolten , ':but when we 4.o we save them for John MulHolla.nd.. They ha great respect tor John an enJoyed. t.he 1.nf orma.l magic he p rtommed. for them.. I must .cont'& a to an admiration for J.M.; over t.he yea.rs a.n4 wa.s pleased. with this sincere and une~cr.ted. ind.oraement. · Manyi\ ot you lmow that John M. wrote an article " Money of the Magicians" which appeared 1n Vo1.l No.2 of Num1s tic Review ( Sept. 1943), and this ma.gaz1na as publllsheci by Stacks. So John to them waa not just a niae fellow that collects tokens an performs tricks , but is a responsible writer and an authority on ·a special ubject. The Numismatic Review (A Sc1entif1o Digftst perta.1n1ng to Coins,Medala,and Paper Money) is a very high typ• pe~1oci.1cal with excellant a»t1oles and many coin illustrations on good paPf»!'. It sol~ tor 2.50 per issue. Hoo -Coin --- Olevela.nd 1936 Great Lakes Centennial Expo. oh-.ply mad& o~ silver like cast met.al • Ordinary pin bent to . ~e a a ~t1s i"aatory hook.. Bought. rrom an artist pitching avengalli Dee k~ .j>