| Volume 11 / Issue 1 | July 1997 | Whole No. 33 |
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 980205, Ypsilanti, MI 48198
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 |
| West Coast Representative | James Matthews |
| Volume 11 / Issue 1 | July 1997 | Whole No. 33 |
| Editors’ Comments | Karoleff / Bellman |
| Plaudits, Pans, and Perplexing Points: | |
| PPPP — 1818 Breen 1-A Half Eagle | Eric M. Hildebrant |
| PPPP — 1987 Supplement to Overton | Marvin Mericle |
| PPPP — Center Dot, and 5- or 6-Point Stars | Edgar E. Souders |
| PPPP — Comments on Journal Articles | Tony Micciche |
| PPPP — Comments on Journal Articles | David W. Lang |
| PPPP — Identify 1831 Bust Quarter Variety | Michael T. Williams |
| PPPP — Die Lines on 1827 O126 Half Dollars | Michael T. Williams |
| The Enigmatic 1836 Reeded Edge Half Dollar | Russell J. Logan |
| A Comparative Listing of Ratings for Capped Bust Half Dollars | Jeffrey L. Oertel |
| A New Die Variety for the 1836 Half Eagle Discovered | John W. McCloskey |
| An Overlooked Detail ??? | Philip J. Evans |
| More (Faint) Clashed Arrowheads on Large Size Quarters | Rory Rea |
| Rare 1798 Dollar Die Remarriage Discovered | W. David Perkins |
| Method of Producing an Overlay, or Why does Miss Liberty have an Adam’s Apple? | Jim Haller |
| 1834 JR4 Dime | Michael T. Williams |
| My Bust Half Father | J. Warren Long |
| In Memory of Leonard Elton Dosier June 10, 1923 - March 23, 1997 | Henry Hilgard |
| Allen F. Lovejoy, 1919 - 1997 | Russell J. Logan |
Articles may not be reproduced without permission of the John Reich Collectors Society
Cover Photos: 1836 new variety gold half eagle first identified by John W. McCloskey during the summer of 1996. This coin has a new obverse and reverse not previously identified for the series. It also has a date style that is different than any other dies of this year. Photos courtesy of Tom Mulvaney.