The ANA library has acquired a copy of the classic Van Loon work on Dutch medals.
-Editor
The American Numismatic Association (ANA) Dwight N. Manley Library is the world's largest numismatic lending library. It is host to more than 128,000 books, auction catalogs, periodicals, DVDs and more. Another addition was made to the library during the ANA President's Reception, which took place during the World's Fair of Money® in Pittsburgh. During the event, Margaret Groninger donated her late-husband James G. Groninger's set of Gerard Van Loon's "Beschryving der Nederlandsche Historipenningen" to the ANA library.
Although published in the first half of the 18th century, the first edition of this four volume reference remains a standard for researchers and collectors of Dutch medals. This set covers commemorative medals produced by The Netherlands during the period of 1555 through 1716 and includes a written description of each medal, engraved images, and commentary by Van Loon. Also included with this donation is an English translation of the Dutch text by Robert Turfboer.
"Jim Groninger was a consummate student of numismatics from the time he was a paper boy for the Pittsburgh
Press," shared Ms. Groninger. "This sparked his interest in collecting U.S. coins and later broadened to collecting foreign coins, especially those relating to his Dutch heritage and links to Groningen. The study of numismatics was a lifelong passion of Jim's and he would have been delighted to know that his work will now be available for posterity."
At a local club meeting a fellow member once told me, "You know everybody in this hobby." That's not quite true, but it sure does seem that way. I've met Doug Mudd of course, but through the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists I also knew Jim and Margaret Groninger, and through Jim I'd met Bob Turfboer, who co-authored one of my favorite numismatic books, Tempus in Nummis.
Jim was a dedicated numismatist, and helped out with the 1989 ANA convention. He loved his Van Loon dearly, and would have been quite pleased to see it given to the ANA. I wasn't aware of this event in advance; I would have liked to have been there for the presentation.
-Editor
To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
NEW BOOK: MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE LOW COUNTRIES
(https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n51a03.html)
BOOK REVIEW: VAN LOON ENGLISH TRANSLATION
(https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n26a07.html)
For more information on the ANA's Dwight N. Manley Numismatic Library, see:
Dwight N. Manley Numismatic Library
(https://www.money.org/library/)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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