Welcome to the Numismatic Bibliomania Society
mailing #9, November 20, 1998.
NEW MEMBERS
Bill Gibbs of Coin World, Ben Keele, Ed Zachary, and Richard
Stockley of Quebec, Canada have joined us this week.
Welcome aboard.
MATTHEW BOULTON WORK PUBLISHED
Dr. Richard Doty, Curator of Numismatics at the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., notes
that his long-standing research on Matthew Boulton will soon
be published under the title "THE SOHO MINT AND THE
INDUSTRIALIZATION OF MONEY". It will be available from
the British Numismatic Society, Spink, and other numismatic
literature dealers.
STOCKLEY BOOK LIST UPDATE
Literature dealer Richard Stockley of Canada has an email
version of his latest numismatic book list. Send requests
to: stockley@total.net
THE POSTMAN COMETH
Your scribe can attest to the worthiness of the books announced
in previous issues by Pete Smith and Ronald Greene. Their new
works on U.S. Medal Laws and Canadian Medallists, respectively,
have already arrived in my mailbox. They're both very well
printed and bound, and based on my initial reading, both will
be useful additions to a numismatic library.
NOTABLE QUOTE
A fact not lost on those who named the NBS journal
"The Asylum":
"There is a very fine line between 'hobby'
and 'mental illness'." -- Dave Barry
FEATURED WEB SITE
In honor of Dr. Doty's research efforts, today's featured
numismatic web site is the National Numismatic Collection
page at the Smithsonian Institution. The page has links to
several online exhibits on coins of the U.S. and the world.
http://www.si.edu/nmah/csr/cadnnc.htm
Wayne Homren
Numismatic Bibliomania Society
http://www.money.org/club_nbs.html
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