| Volume 1 / Issue 2 | May 1986 | Whole No. 2 |
Official Publication of the
John Reich Collectors’ Society
The purpose of the John Reich Collectors’ Society (JRCS) is to encourage the study of numismatics, particularly United States silver coins minted before 1838, and to provide technical and educational information concerning such coins.
The John Reich Journal is the official publication of the Society and is distributed to all members in good standing. Members are encouraged to submit any articles encouraging the study of numismatics and/or relating to early United States silver coins to the editor. Especially needed are articles containing new information about die varieties, die states of published die varieties, attribution methods, collections, collectors, etc. Inquiries about specific varieties will be directed to one of the experts in that series.
| President | David J. Davis |
| Vice President | John W. McCloskey |
| Secretary | William L. Subjack |
| Treasurer | Russell J. Logan |
| Assistant | Allen F. Lovejoy |
| Volume 1 / Issue 2 | May 1986 | Whole No. 2 |
| Editor’s Comments | David J. Davis |
| Plaudits, Pans, and Perplexing Points: | |
| PPPP — Comments on the Journal | M Johnsen |
| PPPP — Comments on the Journal | Michael Joy |
| PPPP — Comments on the Journal | Brad Karoleff |
| PPPP — Comments on the Journal | JP Gavin |
| PPPP — Comments on the Journal | HW Blevins |
| PPPP — Comments on the Journal | Gerry Blum |
| PPPP — Comments on the Journal | D Quint |
| An Overview of Lettered Edge Capped Bust Half Dollars | Pat Cunningham |
| Vive le Collector! | Maurice Rosen |
| The Joys of Cherry Picking | John E. Ward Jr. |
| Bust Half Dollar Rarity Ratings 1807-1836 | Bust Half Nut Club |
| Rediscovery of the “Oversize” Half Dime of 1833 | James Skwarek |
| Some Thoughts on Grading Capped Bust Halves 1807-1836 | Sheridan Downey, III |
| The Gobrecht Bust Half Dollars | Jules Reiver |
| The Bust Dollar Club Meets Again | H. Roland Willasch |
| Using a Computer to Collect Bust Half Dollars | Robert J. Frowenfeld |
| Additional Reflections on Capped Bust Half Dollar “Weak Strikes” | Edgar E. Souders |
| 1986 Coinage of the Americas Conference | The American Numismatic Society |
Cover Photo. 1796 Dime JR-1. An early die state without the cud die break at star 1. See Vol. 1 No. 1, p4. Picture courtesy of Stack’s.