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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 4698897, member: 14873"]Excellent post [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER]! That reproduction of the old Seaby catalog brought back memories. In 1963 my father died and after the funeral I was in London for a couple of days waiting for my outbound flight. I took a taxi and made my usual rounds of the prominent coin shops - Spink’s, Baldwin’s, Seaby et al. When I got to Seaby there was a new counter clerk manning the shop. He was a very pleasant and helpful young man whose name was David Sear! (Edit: On reflection that might have been on another occasion). The list of books also brought back memories: Stevenson’s Dictionary was a popular quick reference then and Gilbert Askew’s “The Coinage of Roman Britain” was my go to reference. He was still alive back then - I admired the pen and ink coin drawings in his book and wanted to tell him that, but never did meet him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those are some of my recollections of that time - there may be some errors in dates, etc. but it was many years ago and my memory is fading fast.</p><p><br /></p><p>A friendly reminder for all: Please become a Coin Talk Supporter in order to help preserve and sustain this great hobby![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 4698897, member: 14873"]Excellent post [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER]! That reproduction of the old Seaby catalog brought back memories. In 1963 my father died and after the funeral I was in London for a couple of days waiting for my outbound flight. I took a taxi and made my usual rounds of the prominent coin shops - Spink’s, Baldwin’s, Seaby et al. When I got to Seaby there was a new counter clerk manning the shop. He was a very pleasant and helpful young man whose name was David Sear! (Edit: On reflection that might have been on another occasion). The list of books also brought back memories: Stevenson’s Dictionary was a popular quick reference then and Gilbert Askew’s “The Coinage of Roman Britain” was my go to reference. He was still alive back then - I admired the pen and ink coin drawings in his book and wanted to tell him that, but never did meet him. Those are some of my recollections of that time - there may be some errors in dates, etc. but it was many years ago and my memory is fading fast. A friendly reminder for all: Please become a Coin Talk Supporter in order to help preserve and sustain this great hobby![/QUOTE]
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