The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 38, September 23, 2007, Article 10

DICTIONARY OF PARANUMISMATICA OUT OF PRINT

With the help of Bob Lyall we got in touch with author Brian Edge
who writes: "Sorry to say, but 'The First Dictionary of Paranumismatica'
is out of print and I really do not know where you could get a copy.
You could try searching on the internet for a second hand copy but
most of the 250 copies went to either libraries, museums throughout
the British Isles and to well established collectors so few copies
turn up.  You might try Paul and Bente Withers (paul@galata.co.uk).
Paul is a big numismatic book and coin dealer over here and I have
known him have a copy or two over the years.

"The hobbies of Exonumia and Paranumismatica are separated by the
Atlantic Ocean!  It is a fact that US tokens are not collected in
the UK.  Obviously there will be collectors over here but they do
not find items for their collections over here.  It is quite a rare
thing to find a US item in a dealer's tray over here - I guess they
just ship any they get to fellow dealers over there.  I am sure
most collectors will have a sample or two in their collections e.g.
Civil War Cents but they are not generally collected.
Paranumismatica would include Civil War Cents as they are tokens but
does not cover scrip or paper money.  Store cards are classified as
Advertising Tickets over here.

"My description of the term Paranumismatica: Any coin-like object,
which is not a coin of the realm, produced in metal or plastic;
normally unofficial and bearing an inscription with or without a value.

"So we do overlap in many respects in the token area but for reasons
stated above we have our own names for our respective interests."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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