"GREAT DEBATE" GOES ON Publique Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 2, Number 36, September 5, 1999, Article 7
"GREAT DEBATE" GOES ON
Angel Pietri of the Colonial Coin Collector's Club (C4) writes:
"Here are my comments on the Buttrey-Hodder argument for
The E-Sylum. I was not at the debate but in view of all the
controversy I have read Mr. Buttrey's article and all the recent
articles in Coin World. To call his research "superficial" amounts
in my opinion to flattery. His article is sheer speculation based on
his dislike of John Ford. I cannot describe his evidence as weak
because he simply presented no evidence."Jim Spillman, founding editor of The Colonial Newsletter, adds:
"I went back and reread Buttrey's original paper in AJN #9 and -
in light of the current discussions - I now wonder exactly what it
was Buttrey was thinking/writing about - his illustrations were gold
assay strips (bars), but he simply referred to his subject matter as
False American Gold Bars or simply "gold bars".Nowhere does he seem to recognize the purpose or usage of the
strips. Assay strips are considerably different from bullion gold
bars, or gold coinage. I suppose that I must reread Buttrey's
paper several more times before I can sort out all of his thinking;
it is not well written."- 1999-09-05
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