Ragarding the William A. Burd Numismatic Library, Tom DeLorey writes:
Bill Burd's Chicago Coin Company is not located in downtown Chicago. It is a little over a mile west of the northwest corner of Midway airport.
My wife and I attended Bill's open house. The library really is quite wonderful! While browsing the shelves, I could not resist taking down his copy of the Coin World Comprehensive Catalogue & Encyclopedia and signing it above my name, dating it with the date of his open house. I then apologized for decreasing the value of the book!
I guess I read "Chicago storefront" and "Chicago Coin Company" and assumed the store was in Chicago. Sorry! Thanks for the correction. It does sound like a great library.
-Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE WILLIAM A. BURD NUMISMATIC LIBRARY
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n16a04.html)
THE MINTING EQUIPMENT BAZARRE
Angelo DiMaria Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island (est. 1928) is liquidating its assets. Available for sale are Janvier reducing machines. For over a century these devices have been at the core of the coin and medal-making process, taking a large sculptor's model and reducing it to die of the proper size for striking.
For information and additional photos, contact: John Scungio at
jbscungio@cox.net
.
Wayne Homren, Editor
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