You never know what the mail will bring. This morning, it was a letter with a brief note:

Dear Numismatic News –
    Keep up the great work and enjoy this free gift! ☺

P.S. May 2007 be a super year for you.

That was it. Short and sweet.



Enclosed was a Topps trading card from 1994. No, not a baseball trading card, but a card for “Mars Attacks.” On the front is a movie poster-like depiction of apocalyptic destruction by artist Ken Steacy. On the back is a drawing with the description, “’Atomic bullets’ find their mark as flying Earth soldiers strike back at their other-worldly opponents.”

I don’t quite know what I’ll do with the card, but I’m touched that someone would think to send us a present.

And truthfully, some days, it feels like we’re under a “Mars Attack.”