| Volume 5 / Issue 1 | July 1990 | Whole No. 12 |
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 $10.00
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. Inquiries about specific varieties will be directed to one of the experts in that series. All correspondence should be directed to:
| David J. Davis, Editor P.O. Box 205 Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 |
| President | David J. Davis |
| Vice President | John W. McCloskey |
| Secretary | William L. Subjack |
| Treasurer | Russell J. Logan |
| Assistant Secretary | Allen F. Lovejoy |
| East Coast Representative | Jules Reiver |
| Rocky Mountain Representative | Robert Spangler |
| West Coast Representative | James Matthews |
| Volume 5 / Issue 1 | July 1990 | Whole No. 12 |
| Editor’s Comments | David J. Davis |
| Plaudits, Pans, and Perplexing Points: | |
| PPPP — Selling Coins | William Atkinson |
| PPPP — John Reich | David Bruckner |
| PPPP — Comments on the Journal | Collis Miller |
| PPPP — Journal Article Feedback | T. Craig Heibel |
| PPPP — Comments on Journal | George Hamilton |
| PPPP — Late Die State 1822/1 O-102A and Observations on Some Other Bust Halves | Mike Marker |
| PPPP — Late Die State 1836 B-1, and Comments on Journal | Dick Kurtz |
| PPPP — Updating Dime and Half Dime Books, and a Journal Index | J. Alan Bricker |
| PPPP — Comments on Journal | Doug Pryor |
| Member’s Marketplace | |
| Double Profile Bust Halves — Another Update | Don Parsley |
| The Numismatic Literature of Early U.S. Coinage, (Part 1) | Jeff Rock |
| Rim Breaks on 1806 B-9 Quarter | Jules Reiver |
| Questioning the Capped Bust Half Dollars | Edgar E. Souders |
| Conjecture on the Origin of the 1820/19 Capped Bust Half Dollar. A Multiple Overdate? | William Atkinson |
| Back Issues of the JR Journal for Sale | |
| A Friday Surprise | David Davis |
| Frontier Ingenuity & Coincidences | David J. Davis |
| Treasurer’s Report | Russell Logan |
Cover Photo: GEM Proof 1833 Half Dollar “Crushed Letter Edge” Courtesy of: Bowers & Merena, Inc., Wolfesboro, New Hampshire