The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 29, July 18, 2004, Article 9

CARNEGIE LIBRARY NUMISMATIC LITERATURE

  We're sorry we were unable to fit a visit to the Carnegie
  Library of Pittsburgh into our tour plans.  The numismatic
  literature is under the care of Greg Priore, and he is willing
  to host bibliophiles able to make the trek on their own
  during normal library hours, M-F 10am-5pm.   Greg may
  be reached at (412) 622-1932 or via email at
  oliver at carnegielibrary.org.

  The following description of the collection is on the Library's
  web site:

  "This collection was acquired through a transfer to Carnegie
  Library of Pittsburgh from Carnegie Museum of Natural
  History. The literature had formed the reference library of
  the coin section of the Museum. Because of its ties to the
  Museum, this body of numismatic literature is a reflection of
  the Museum's former coin collection and the collectors who
  formed it. The chief curator and all major volunteer curators
  were members of the Western Pennsylvania Numismatic
  Society founded in 1878.

  Due to the efforts of these people, Carnegie Library of
  Pittsburgh's numismatic literature collection is very strong in
  books, catalogs, research notes, and correspondence. The
  areas represented include: Early American copper coinage,
  colonial coinage, communion tokens and prison money.
  Due to their connection with WPNS, the library collection
  is also very strong in items written by or formerly owned by
  WPNS and its members.

  Highlights are: Panoramus Antiqua 1695, a handwritten
  manuscript by Valentine on Sassonian Coins; Rudding's
  Coinage of Great Britain; Burns' The Coinage of Scotland;
  and Clapp's leatherbound personal copy of his own book,
  The Cents of the Years 1798-1799. Another rarity is a
  set of The Numismatist, a periodical in continuous publication
  since 1888. Only a dozen complete sets are known to exist.
  The key to the set is the first six volumes."

  http://www.clpgh.org/locations/oliver/rarebk.html#link17

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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