Larry Mitchell, compiler of the NBS General Numismatic
Bibliography, writes:
Your bibliographer would like to thank Tom Fort for offering
some excellent suggestions apropos to our sections on Dark
Ages and Anglo-Saxon Coinages (several of Tom's suggested
titles will shortly be incorporated into these sections as an
update).
Suggestions as to additions/updates/corrections are ALWAYS
welcome from EVERYONE (don't let the fact that you may be
a "newbie" to our hobby make you shy!). I can't guarantee that
your suggestion(s) will make my "final cut", but I will guarantee
that ALL suggestions will be seriously reviewed for possible
inclusion. (I usually consider hundreds of titles for each section,
then pare the final selection down to no more than a dozen titles
[so as not to overwhelm folks new to the hobby] ).
Your updates/additions/corrections should be addressed to
either myself directly (ldmitchell@qnet.com) or to Wayne
(whomren@coinlibrary.com), who will in turn direct them to
me.
Keep in mind that our audience is predominantly English-
speaking, so titles in the English language are what we're
focused on.
Where am I headed next? Well, my roadmap, in a very rough
way (there having been to date numerous digressions, shortcuts,
wrong turns, etc., along the way), is Clain-Stefanelli's excellent
NUMISMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. Of course, much has been
published in the 15 years since this wonderful work came out,
so the opportunities to make helpful suggestions are numerous.
(Published titles on Celtic coinage, for example, didn't really
"explode" till after Van Arsdell reinvigorated this specialty with
his now-standard-reference CELTIC COINAGE OF BRITAIN
in 1989.) So, turn to C/S page 523 and pray that I don't start
heading the wrong way down a one-way street… :-)
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