You might be a numismatic bibliophile if ... you have to wait until your wife is out with "the girls" to bring home your new coin books. Then you have to move things around on shelves so she doesn't notice, or leave a bunch of books open on your desk with the new ones telling her you are doing research for someone before putting them away. A house will only hold so many books before......well you get the idea.

P.S. Don't tell my wife about this email!

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if ... your numismatic books are in the library and your wife's cookbooks are in the garage.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if the reading material in your bathroom is old auction catalogues.

You might (not) be a numismatic bibliophile if the recycle bin is occasionally full of old issues of CoinWorld or Numismatic News.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if the most prominate bookshelves in your home are filled with numismatic titles.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if the wife and kids ever have to explain numismatic terms to visitors.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if there is a sign by your door that reads "Check all coins and currency" along with a copy of Friedburg and a Redbook.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you dread having your friend the fire marshal over because he might see the stacks of old CoinWorld, Bank Note Reporter, and Numismatic News stacked to the ceiling in the back room.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if your e-mail address book looks like who's who of numismatic book sellers.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you print out hard copies of E-Sylum every week.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if the wifes cookbooks had to "temporarily" go under the sink because you found a few bound volumes of the Colonial News Letter and needed a quick place to shelve them.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you spend 3 weeks planning a family vacation by marking the road atlas with every used book store, thrift shop and flea market within 50 miles of the route.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you stop at every Goodwill, Salvation Army, & Thrift store you pass "just in case".

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you stop at flea markets, used book stores and yard sales with books.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if the back seat of your mini van is replaced with a mobile bookshelf before leaving on a family vacation. "Don't put stuff on there, we're gonna need the shelf space"!

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if the family knows that every other stop is "just a minute for a quick look" that can turn into a couple of hours if a "Coins & Stamps" section is found.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if gas, lunch and potty breaks are taken at the "Big Red Dots" in the road atlas.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you have to find a "Pack & Ship" to send a few fantastic bargains home, since the shelves in the minivan are full.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if one of the stops on the vacation is to tour the ANS library. "Honey, the kids will love it!".

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if the shipping to send "over 500" coin auction catalogues and books home cost more than the gas for the family vacation.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you bought an old Bookmobile on Ebay to refurbish for next years vacation. It will only need one seat because you have been informed you will be going alone.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you need a push cart to haul your "critical" references on at a coin show.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if the standing gift for a newborn is a copy of the Redbook for his birth year.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if the standing gift for graduations, weddings, Bar Mitzvah's, birthdays, Christmas, etc. etc. etc. is a coin or currency book.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you buy case lots of new books for Christmas gifts "One stop shopping".

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you try to discuss the latest issue of the "North Carolina Numismatic Scrapbook" with the barber.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you quiz the dentist why he doesn't have any coin titles in the waiting room.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you give the homeless man with the sign an old copy of a Redbook.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you have fleeting thoughts of the attic caving in from the weight of complete runs of Coinage, Coins, World Coin News and others.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you tell your gradeschoolers that the paper recycling drive is a "dirty communist plot" and they WILL NOT participate.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you contact a paper conservator and inquire about having a torn page repaired on your Winter 2003 issue of "Blue Ridge News".

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you keep every issue of "Paper Money" in its original mailing envelope.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you have two subscriptions to CoinWorld: a "reading copy" and a "saving copy" (but you keep both).

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you have 15 flash drives that you download articles, books, images and such onto. Each flash drive is a separate category of course. And you need more. Some are full.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you gave up on compiling an index of what you have.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if your coin collection looks like a dealers junk box, but your library fills up the back bedroom, the attic, the former cookbook shelf, and the bathroom cabinet.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if at 10 years old you tried to develop a photographic memory by reading every number in your first Redbook.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you double check the trash before the wife hauls it to the street.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you just can't understand what people see in old comic books and baseball cards.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you have sent letters to "Jeopardy" with plenty of numismatic questions they could ask.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you call in to "Book Talk" on the radio to talk about the new edition of "Newman".

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if "Book Talk" has your number blocked.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you have a standing cash offer with the garbage man to bring you any coin and currency books he finds.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you work at a book store to get the employee discount on special orders for yourself.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you visited the McCain headquarters to get a list of his lucky coins. You took a Redbook just in case he needed one.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you can quote all the directors of the mint, but have no idea who is running for president, (Except McCain, he has coins).

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you keep every piece of correspondence you get (aka junk mail) from every auction house.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you carefully save the coin and medal ads from "Parade" every Sunday and file them.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you record the "Shoppers Network" when they sell coins & currency.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if you talked to a banker about taking out a 3rd mortgage to attend the next numismatic literature sale.

You might be a numismatic bibliophile if your family & friends think you are nuts.