NBS Bibliotalk: The Coin Book Lover Podcast

This episode is entirely AI-generated, created by ingesting issues of our print journal, The Asylum, into Google’s Notebook LM engine. Our virtual hosts provide an overview of the numismatic literature collecting field and discuss the impact of technology on the hobby. From the days of Sylvester Crosby and the Chapman brothers, the podcast conveys the appeal of numismatic literature and encourages listeners to find and collect their own special items. 

On this episode we talk to Dan Hamelberg for the third time. He was a guest back in August 2020, June 2023, and now he's back to talk about more specific pieces in his vast collection, including a fascinating series of letters related to numismatics.

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On this episode we talk to John Hoskins, collector of literature on early date large cents, European medals, ancient Greek coinage, and provincial token coinage of the UK. His library is focused on functional research volumes.

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On this episode we talk to Darryl Atchison, collector of Canadian coins and related material. We talk about his work on the 2007 Canadian Numismatic Bibliography, publications since then, and recommendations for collectors new to Canadian numismatics.

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On this episode we talk to Dan Hamelberg for the second time. He was a guest back in August 2020, and now he's back to talk about more specific pieces in his vast collection, including the Louis Eliasberg archives, Crosby's copy of Crosby, and Walter Breen's half cent archives.

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On this episode we talk to Akio Lis, the ANA library manager. We talk about how ANA members can use the lending library, his experiences as the library manager, and the areas of study represented in the collection.

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On this episode we talk to Kellen Hoard, a new college student who collects numismatic literature. We talk about numismatic materials in American universities, the challenges faced by being miles away from your collection, and his collecting focus.

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On this episode we talk to Cole Hendrickson, a college student who collects Civil War tokens and related books. We talk about types of Civil War tokens, the most important works on them, and how he feels about the future of the hobby.

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On this episode we hear from Leonard Augsburger and Joel Orosz, recorded live at the Fall 2021 NNP Symposium. They talk about building a numismatic library based on the NBS' top 100 list.

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On this episode we talk to Marc Charles Ricard, numismatic book collector who's most well-known for his collection of books on Napoleonic medals. We talk about what that series includes, the highlights of his set, and some of his other collections.

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