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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 966235, member: 112"]I don't know that anyone can answer that definitively. But the first printed book on coin collecting was produced in 1511 not long after the Guttenberg Bible (the first printed book). So that gives you some idea of the importance of the subject at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it should also be noted that this book was based on not only personal observations but on many, many hand written notes and dialogues on coins. And oddly enough, the book was written by a woman. Now that should open some eyes about women's involvement in the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>The web site that provided this info is dead, so I cannot post a link to give further info. But it was noted that some of these hand written tomes dated back to ancient times. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I can't prove it, but the right researcher probably could. But I suspect that you could have found writings about coins in the Library of Alexandria.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 966235, member: 112"]I don't know that anyone can answer that definitively. But the first printed book on coin collecting was produced in 1511 not long after the Guttenberg Bible (the first printed book). So that gives you some idea of the importance of the subject at the time. But it should also be noted that this book was based on not only personal observations but on many, many hand written notes and dialogues on coins. And oddly enough, the book was written by a woman. Now that should open some eyes about women's involvement in the hobby. The web site that provided this info is dead, so I cannot post a link to give further info. But it was noted that some of these hand written tomes dated back to ancient times. Now I can't prove it, but the right researcher probably could. But I suspect that you could have found writings about coins in the Library of Alexandria.[/QUOTE]
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