The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 44, October 31, 2004, Article 19

WHY DO WE COLLECT NUMISMATIC BOOKS?

  Dick Johnson writes: "I collect numismatic books for one
  reason -- to learn something new in the field.  After sixty-five
  years in the field -- my father gave me a Whitman penny
  board in February 1939, not the fold up kind, the flat board
  kind -- I am still learning.  It have read something about
  every aspect of numismatics.  I have studied selected topics
  -- like medallic art, coin and medal technology and coin and
  medal artists, and have  written on these subjects. But I can
  still learn more.

  What are your reasons?

  You might find this midwestern college professor's reasons
  interesting in an article "My Own Private Library."  He gives
  lots of reasons: Convenience. Pedagogy. Economics.
  Preservation. Community.Aesthetics. Hope.

  You will enjoy reading this: Reasons"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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