The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 20, May 16, 2004, Article 3

NUMISMATIC LIBRARIES OF PITTSBURGH

Tom Fort adds: "I would also like to mention The Great
Numismatic Libraries of Pittsburgh Tour. Friday August 20,
2004. Tour Bus Departs from the ANA Convention at the
David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh at 1:00 PM.
The price is $20 per person. Two "institutions" will be visited:

1. The Wayne K. Homren Library. Featuring an extensive
collection of monographs, pamphlets, journals, sales catalogues
and manuscripts relating to American Numismatics. Highlights
include: William E. Du Bois? 1846 Pledges of History (the first
published account of the US Mint Cabinet); Mark Collet?s copy
of the 1851 Roper sale; Interleaved 1865 J. N. T. Levick /
Lincoln assassination date sale; Western Pennsylvania
Numismatic Society Archives 1878-1889
[The WPNS archives belong to the society. -Editor]

2. The E. Tomlinson Fort ?Memorial? Library. Featuring works
dealing with the coinage and history of Europe up to the
Fifteenth Century. Highlights include: Edward Gibbon's copy
of Renier Budel, De monetis et re numaria (Cologne, 1591); an
original edition of Otto Posse?s Die Siegel der Deutschen Kaiser
und Könige von 751 bis 1913 (Dresden, 1909-1913); David C.
Douglas? annotated copy of the Regesta Regum Anglo-
Normannorum (Oxford 1913-1968); R. W. Cochran-Patrick?s
Records of the Coinage of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1876) ? the
first British numismatic book with photographic plates.

All proceeds will benefit the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. The
tour is open to NBS members only, so if you want to see our
stuff you must join or renew your membership. Send payment to
NBS Treasurer W. David Perkins, PO Box 212, Mequon, WI
53092. Space is limited so book NOW.

For further information contact either Wayne Homren
(whomren at coinlibrary.com) or Tom Fort (etfort at comcast.net)"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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