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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
September 28, 2025
- WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM SEPTEMBER 28, 2025
- ASYLUM AUTUMN 2025 ISSUE PUBLISHED
- KOLBE & FANNING OCTOBER 2025 SALE SELECTIONS
- NEW BOOK: ALEXANDREIA TROAS COINAGE
- NEW CHAPTER: NEW ZEALAND MEDALS 1860S-80S
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Announcements
- New NBS Podcast
Numismatic 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 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:
- Season 4 Episode 7 -
Inside Whitman Brands Part 2
, with John Feigenbaum - Season 4 Episode 6 -
Inside Whitman Brands,
with Patrick Ian Perez - Season 4 Episode 5 -
NBS Interviews Numismatic Author Eric Brothers
- Season 4 Episode 4 -
Collection Highlights Continued (Part 2),
with Dan Hamelberg
ALL Podcasts can be heard Here.
NBS Podcasts are also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.
Vol. 43 No. 3 - Table of Contents
The Asylum Autumn 2025
In this issue:
- NBS 2025 Charity Auction Report
- NBS Treasurer’s Report
- NBS Annual Meetings, Symposium, and Charity Auction NBS at the ANA in OKC
- ANA Numismatic Literature Exhibit Awards By Leonard Augsburger
- Remembering Myron Xenos (August 3, 1938 to July 20, 2025) By Thomas D. Harrison
- Memories of Myron By Joel J. Orosz
- Original Varieties of Levick’s Plate of 1793 Cents By Jim Neiswinter
- Five Imaginary Nineteenth-Century American Numismatic Books By Joel J. Orosz
- Fifty Years Later: The Bicentennial of the United States. A Final Report to the People. By Mike Costanzo
- Elder’s 1908 ANA Dinner Invitation By William D. Hyder
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.<<
