THE DAVID LISOT VIDEO LIBRARY

The David Lisot Video Library

In 2017, David Lisot and the Newman Numismatic Portal concluded an agreement to make the David Lisot video library available via Newman Portal. This is a substantial archive, with over 1,800 videos from the mid-1980s to date. Lisot has tirelessly attended major coin shows for over 30 years and videotaped major presentations. This unique record, for many individuals in the numismatic field, likely represents the only video that exists. Newman Portal has processed 1,400 of these videos with the remainder to be delivered during the fourth quarter. These can be searched via the NNP advanced search page by entering “multimedia” as the content type and a search phrase under “search term.”

Searching for “Breen”, for example, locates two videos from David Lisot featuring Walter Breen, from 1986 and 1990, in addition to a number of audio recordings. Or, as another example, searching on “buffalo” delivers ten results, primarily related to the Buffalo nickel series. More obscure phrases may also work – a search on “Washington Before Boston” locates a 1989 video featuring Dick Buckley, who I have never heard of, but would definitely watch if writing about this medal.

Image: Walter Breen, from the 1986 video “ANA Numismatic Personality: Walter Breen”

Link to David Lisot Video Library on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/522852

Link to advanced search page on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/advancedsearchform

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