The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 37, August 28, 2005, Article 9

BIRMINGHAM MINT COLLECTION

Roger deWardt Lane of Hollywood, Florida writes: "I read
with great interest your story about the IMI gift of the Birmingham
Mint (H) Collection to their local museum. I did not check
out the links you posted as I went first to Google and look
up their URL. I noted a link to their collection which displays
170 or so images of their current collection. Some of them
quite interesting.
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There was a reference to a 50 Lempta coin, which I assumed
has the H mintmark. I only have the Paris mint copies in my
e-book.

I sent them some e-mail suggesting that the add the new
collection to their data base first, so we can all look at them.
"I note with great interest the gift the Birmingham Museum
just received from IMI of the Famous Birmingham Mint (H)
coin collection. As a numismatist, I purchased a few rarities
when the duplicates were sold in the late 1960's.

The press release stated that the Museum is planning a
catalog of the collection, which would be great, but reach
a very limited number of people, due cost of purchasing the
book and storage of numismatic books.

I would like to suggest that you strongly consider adding
the collection as JPG images on your web site, so that the
world of researchers and collector, numismatist and all the
people of the UK could see them at any time. You have
a small but very interesting collection viewable by the
Internet now."..."

Anyway, whether you know it or not, your Museum
has a world class collection, which the world is waiting
to see."

As usual, you get some great items. I wish I had
purchased a "Dollar Brick for my collection!" .

[I was short of time for pulling together last week's issue,
and although I suspected the IMI collection was somehow
connected with the Birmingham Mint, I was unsure and
didn't say anything.

I, for one, would never discourage the publishing of a
numismatic book, but would of course welcome the
addition of more coin images to the Internet.

Meanwhile, can anyone fill us in on how the Birmingham
Mint came to be owned by IMI? -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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