The current issue includes a letter from Byron Reed requesting Dime collectors to join an information sharing club. He will coordinate the list over the Internet and lists his E-mail address. An E-mail received by the editor from Aram Haroutunian and Matt Lenore requesting members check their bust quarters to see if they exhibit the same characteristics that they have observed on other specimens. 

Stephen Herrman and Glenn Peterson follow with their article updating the rarity ratings for the Capped Bust Half Dollar series. They explain the rarity scale as used by Overton and the history of the individual rarities of the scarcer die marriages. Their review includes the previous updates that have been made to the ratings by the Bust Half Nut Club, as well as their new findings. The marriages that have had their ratings changed are noted in a separate listing. Die state rarity is also discussed. They follow with a complete listing of all the marriages, regardless of their scarcity. 

Ken Cable is our next author with his article, Capped Bust Halves- A Bucket Analysis. He tells us how he uses a 1950s approach to his collecting of the halves, ignoring the rarity factors and condition census coins. He includes his research on uncirculated bust halves appearing at auction consisting of 664 pieces. In this analysis he also includes the reeded edge halves, one of his favorite issues. 

Anthony Taraszka is next with another article on early eagles. He tells us another interesting set of facts concerning the 1801 Eagles. He is also planning a book on the early eagles which, hopefully, will be available to the public later this year. 

Dr. Glenn Peterson follows with his second contribution to this journal announcing his confirmation discovery of a new die marriage for the half dime series. The collecting community had been alerted to the possibility that a new marriage for the 1830 half dimes existed. A collector in California had found, in 1978, the new marriage but did not have it confirmed by an expert. Until now this had been the only piece reported. Glenn found another confirming the existence of the marriage. He displayed it at the last ANA meeting of the society where another was revealed by a JRCS member. This third piece is illustrated on the cover of the Journal for volume 12. 

Russell Logan follows with the ever popular census of the Pre-turban Half Dollars. The society prints a census, on a rotating basis, of the coins covered by our charter. The members that elect to share their census information with the club are listed by member number only in the poll. The results are published approximately every four years as the rotation dictates. The next series of coins to be covered is the Capped Bust Half Dollars R4 and scarcer. Membership is encouraged to send in their censuses now for inclusion in the next survey. 

Dollar expert, W. David Perkins, is next with his article on a die state study of the 1798 B16 Dollar. He reviews the history of this scarce die marriage from the comments of Bolander in his 1950 book through auction appearances of the marriage. Photos are included showing the dramatic die deterioration for the enjoyment of the reader. 

Harvey Bastacky follows with his tale of his discovery of the very scarce lapped die 1836 O116A die state. He has included photos, as well as a close- up of the key area of the coin for illustration. 

Ken Hill is our next author. He shares with us his passion for collecting double struck Capped Bust Half Dollars. Ken had made a display for the Portland ANA of his coins and photos. The article is a review of the display with some new information included. These dramatic coins are all pictured with an explanation of how the double striking occurred. The variations of methods of manufacture are numerous and reflect the methods of manufacture in the early US Mint. He even proves that one coin was struck from two different sets of dies! 

Anthony Taraszka follows with his second submission for this issue about a 1796 (1797) gold eagle. He theorizes that this die may have been used in 1797 to produce the 1796 dated coins. Die cracks are used to prove his theory. The photos, like all submitted by Tony, are excellent. 

Russ Logan has supplied us with a photo of the demolition of the second US Mint in progress as seen in 1902. This represents one of those other things that many of our members collect. 

A listing of the articles from The John Reich Journal, Volume 11 that are eligible for voting for the Jules Reiver Literary Award follows. This is the highest honor an author for the journal can receive. The membership votes for the best article for each volume and the winner is presented with an engraved plaque signifying their achievement. 

Treasurer Logan then presents the financial statement of the society to close another issue of our journal.