The article about the Ohio Book Store in Cincinnati was very timely. I was going to ask   E-sylum readers for some suggestions about getting a family bible repaired / rebound. The bible I have looks like the one pictured at the bottom of the article. Thanks!!!

I met Bert Cohen back in the 1980's when I was more active collecting large cents and he was a dealer from Boston. Then I lost touch with him for about 30 years.

A little over a year ago I discovered that he had owned four 1792 coins sold through Dana Linett. I contacted mutual friends and learned that he was still active in the marble business. I contacted him through email and confirmed his ownership of the 1792 patterns.

When I knew him in the 1980's he was a serious collector of items made out of macerated currency. As far as I know, he was the most serious collector at the time, since I didn't know of any other.

His website had an interesting item that combined his interest in large cents with his interest in macerated currency. It was an 1818 large cent included in a paperweight made of macerated currency. The other numismatic connection is the label on the bottom side. This was an advertising piece for Thomas Elder.

I wonder what happened to Cohen's collection of macerated currency items. Perhaps another E-Sylum reader will know.

I wonder if the pictured Shurtleff (Nathaniel B.) was a numismatist? Augustine Shurtleff, certainly related, was. Joseph Felt’s text, THE FIRST NUMISMATIC BOOK IN AMERICA, is still 99% usable today! Remarkable and nice.