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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.
This Week's E-Sylum
October 25, 2020
- WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM OCTOBER 25, 2020
- ALAIN POINSIGNON NUMISMATIC LIBRARY BOOKPLATES
- RARE BOOKS & FINE ARTS E-AUCTION 7 ANNOUNCED
- REINER SEUPEL ISLAMIC NUMISMATIC LITERATURE LOTS
- NEW BOOK: STANDARD CATALOG OF ECUADORIAN COINS
- Episode 1 - Louisville vs. Lawrenceville
- Episode 2 - 300 Linear feet of Books
- Episode 3 - The ANS Library, with David Hill
- Episoed 4 - A Gengerke Set, with Dan Hamelberg
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NBS PodCast
NBS commissioned Lianna Spurrier to produce a quarterly podcast for NBS. Below are NBS Bibliotalk Podcasts to date:
NBS Podcasts are also on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.
V38N3 Table of Contents
Autumn 2020
The Asylum Special Issue: "Evolution of a Numismatic Library, Part 2"
plus, reports from the NBS Annual General Meeting.
Congratulations to all of the members who helped The Asylum win First Place in the American Numismatic Association's Outstanding Specialty Numismatic Publication award! It is your contributions that keep this journal so vibrant.
The deadline for our next issue will be November 1, 2020. Keep those stories coming!
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. The book will also be placed on the NBS Wiki so that NBS members can add information to the book.
Photo from the cover of Louis Helfenstein Collection of Large Cents (August 14, 1964). Catalog image courtesy of Dan Hamelberg.
Announcements
- The Aaron Feldman Exhibit Awards for 2019 were First Place to Michael Shutterly and Second to Marc Charles Ricard. Michael Shutterly's exhibit can be seen
Buy the Books for the Coin
- 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.
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