| Volume 10 / Issue 3 | December 1996 | Whole No. 31 |
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 gold and silver coins minted before the introduction of the Seated Liberty design, and to provide technical and educational information concerning such coins.
Annual dues $15.00
For general membership information or letters to the Editors
or articles for publication, please write to the Co-Editors:
Bradley S. Karoleff, NLG
Keith G. Bellman, NLG
P.O. Box 135
Harrison, OH 45030-0135
All other correspondance should be directed to:
Office of the President, David J. Davis
P.O. Box 205, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
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 gold and 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.
| President | David J. Davis |
| Vice President | John W. McCloskey |
| Vice President | Bradley S. Karoleff |
| Secretary | Keith G. Bellman |
| Treasurer | Russell J. Logan |
| Program Chairman | D. Mark Smith |
| West Coast Representative | James Matthews |
| Volume 10 / Issue 3 | December 1996 | Whole No. 31/td> |
| Editors’ Comments | Karoleff / Bellman |
| Plaudits, Pans, and Perplexing Points: | |
| PPPP — Writing Journal Articles | Philip J. Evans |
| PPPP — Correction to Bust Quarter Quiz | George J. Polizio |
| PPPP — 1834 V7 with Recut 4 | Jerry Clemons |
| PPPP — Half Eagle Varieties | Eric Hildebrant |
| PPPP — Bust Quarter Questions | Rory Rea |
| O.K. Rumbel’s Early Dollar Grading Set | W. David Perkins |
| Analysis of Superior’s 1/96 Michael Keston Auction of Early U.S. Gold | David Wnuck |
| See — I’ve Always Told You So | Philip J. Evans |
| The One That Got Away! | W. David Perkins |
| Bust Dime Census | Russell J. Logan |
| An Interesting 1796 Bust Half Dollar | Jesse Patrick |
| Attribution By Computer | Darrel Neidigh |
| Capped Bust Half Dollar Bibliomania: A Review | Russell J. Logan |
| Mark Smith 1950 - 1996 | Stephen A. Crain |
Articles may not be reproduced without permission of the John Reich Collectors Society
Cover Photos: 1806 Draped Bust Half Dollar (Newly Designated O128). Obverse die is 1806 Obv-11. Reverse die is 1806 Rev-L. This variety is a marriage of two previously known dies from 1806, discovered by a Midwest collector and confirmed by Larry Briggs. Photos courtesy of Bill Fivaz.