"I am sorry to inform you of the passing away of Eugen NICOLAE (09/28 or 09/29, I do not know exactly).

"He was the director of the Coin Cabinet of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Romania and (after) the director of the Institute.

"He was an historian, archaeologist and numismatist"

Thank you. Sorry to hear this news. -Editor

"I was visiting AbeBooks and saw on their landing page an image with several book covers, one of which was a copy of the following. Readers might get a kick out of this late 19th Century effort to incorporate ancient and fanciful coin designs onto a book cover."

Interesting - thanks.

We've recently discussed artworks on book covers - how about non-numismatic books with images of coins on their covers? There must be a zillion, but if you have any favorites, send them our way. -Editor

"A number of years ago, the four booksellers at the reception the evening before London Coinex got together for a group photo, a tradition we have continued. Happily we are still together, and on a personal level, I toast my colleagues - Phil Skingley, Caroline Holmes and Douglas Saville without whose friendship and support, selling books would be a labour rather than a love."

Very nice! Thanks for sharing this. Sounds like a great evening. -Editor