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The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) is an educational association founded in 1979 to support and promote the use and collecting of numismatic literature. Numismatic literature includes books, periodicals, catalogs and other written or printed material relating to coins, medals, tokens, or paper money, ancient or modern, U.S. or worldwide.

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This Week's E-Sylum

March 19, 2023

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Announcements

The Awards Page has been updated to show 2021 winners! NBS Awards Page
New NBS PodcastNumismatic Bibliographies, with David Fanning, interview by Lianna Spurrier. Podcasts can be heard here.
Back Issues - Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are now managing the distribution of back issues of the award-winning journal The Asylum. Back issues are available in limited numbers. An inventory of what's available can be downloaded at numislit.com/pdfs/AsylumBackIssues.pdf. Contact Kolbe & Fanning at orders@numislit.com or (614) 414-0855 to order.
The Asylum Author Index has been updated. It is available on the NNP or on The Asylum page.

NBS Podcasts

NBS commissioned Lianna Spurrier to produce a bimonthly podcast for NBS. Below are the current 4 NBS Bibliotalk Podcasts to date:

Episode 13 - Numismatics in American Universities, with Kellen Hoard
Episode 12 - Civil War Tokens, with Cole Hendrickson
Episode 11 - A Top 100 Library, LIVE with Leonard Augsburger and Joel Orosz
Episode 10 - Napoleonic Medals, with Marc Charles Ricard

ALL Podcasts can be heard here.

NBS Podcasts are also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.

Cover of Asylum V40N3 - Asylum Autumn 2022

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Vol. 41 No. 1 Table of Contents

The Asylum Spring 2023

In this issue:

ASSOCIATIONS: Autographs • Annotations • Inscriptions Charles Ira Bushnell’s Flandin’s Catalogue of Coins and Medals: Part IV, Installment 1: The Winslow J. Howard Sale, May 17, 1856 By Joel J. Orosz
A Rose by Any Other Name: Jack Collins versus Martin Logies By David D. Gladfelter
A Fist Full of Halfcrowns: Margaret Amstell and An Early 'Check your Change' By David Pickup
Fake Names in Numismatics By Pete Smith
Trivia Quiz: 1990s style, Answers to last issue’s quiz By Charles Davis

Click on the link below for free PDF Copy of the Summer Issue V38N2:

Free PDF of Asylum V38N2 Summer 2020

Martin Gengerke has made his book on ANA Auctions Open Source and available for download by NBS Member at no charge. The book can be found on the >>Resources Page.<<

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