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I am doing some numismatic research at the moment and have come
across
a couple of handwritten letters on headed notepaper with the address
"Collectors Research Limited, PO Box 111, Montreal, Quebec". They
are
signed by someone called "John" and almost certainly date to around
the period 1965-1967. A quick Google search only brings up the fact
that they published at least one book during that period.

Could anybody with a long memory let me have a brief background to
Collectors Research and even hazard a guess as to who "John" might
be? His expertise centres around Middle Eastern coins.


Any help would be most appreciated.


Peter

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sealladh58 wrote:
I am doing some numismatic research at the moment and have come
across
a couple of handwritten letters on headed notepaper with the address
"Collectors Research Limited, PO Box 111, Montreal, Quebec". They
are
signed by someone called "John" and almost certainly date to around
the period 1965-1967. A quick Google search only brings up the fact
that they published at least one book during that period.

Could anybody with a long memory let me have a brief background to
Collectors Research and even hazard a guess as to who "John" might
be? His expertise centres around Middle Eastern coins.


Any help would be most appreciated.


Peter

The name I hear most often when questions about Middle Eastern coins arise
is that of Scott Cordry. Here's the scoop on him:

http://www.ha.com/common/info/press/...?ReleaseID=315

Another purveyor of the odd and curious is Allen Berman:

http://www.bermania.com/

Good luck in your quest.

James

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Thanks for the information, but I am after specific information about
Collectors Research Limited of Montreal. However, I will continue
the search.

Peter

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sealladh58 wrote:
Thanks for the information, but I am after specific information about
Collectors Research Limited of Montreal. However, I will continue
the search.

After I posted all that I realized that I should have suggested you contact
those two gentlemen, as there's a good chance they would know. But do
whatever makes sense to you.

James

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On May 15, 2:38*am, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
After I posted all that I realized that I should have suggested you contact
those two gentlemen, as there's a good chance they would know. *But do
whatever makes sense to you.

James

Thanks, I might contact them, as well as a couple of others I know who
may also be able to help.

Peter

Hi

Collectors Research Limited was our numismatic firm. We hired John Humphris for his linguistic expertise - he absorbs languages by osmosis it seems - his expertise was not limited to the Middle East - he wrote the book on Coins of Iraq - he also specialized in Tibetan coinage.

If you are still interested in contact him, let me know and I'll put you in touch. He's in Ohio now.

Cheryl

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On Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 5:49:45 PM UTC-4, sealladh58 wrote:
Thanks for the information, but I am after specific information about
Collectors Research Limited of Montreal. However, I will continue
the search.

Peter

Hi Peter -
Don't know if you are still looking but the John you are looking for is John Humphris. He used to work for CRL in the 1960s/70s (wrote Currency of Iraq, etc.) then moved to Sydney, Ohio where he worked for Coin World. He still lives in Sydney. I had started a CRL website (collectorsresearch.ca), took a break and will be getting back to it in 2016.

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On Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 9:09:49 AM UTC-4, sealladh58 wrote:
I am doing some numismatic research at the moment and have come
across
a couple of handwritten letters on headed notepaper with the address
"Collectors Research Limited, PO Box 111, Montreal, Quebec". They
are
signed by someone called "John" and almost certainly date to around
the period 1965-1967. A quick Google search only brings up the fact
that they published at least one book during that period.

Could anybody with a long memory let me have a brief background to
Collectors Research and even hazard a guess as to who "John" might
be? His expertise centres around Middle Eastern coins.


Any help would be most appreciated.


Peter

Hi Peter -
Don't know if you are still looking but the John you are looking for is John Humphris. He used to work for CRL in the 1960s/70s (wrote Currency of Iraq, etc.) then moved to Sydney, Ohio where he worked for Coin World. He still lives in Sydney. I had started a CRL website (collectorsresearch.ca), took a break and will be getting back to it in 2016.
Cheryl Gaver

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On Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 6:18:49 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 9:09:49 AM UTC-4, sealladh58 wrote:
I am doing some numismatic research at the moment and have come
across
a couple of handwritten letters on headed notepaper with the address
"Collectors Research Limited, PO Box 111, Montreal, Quebec". They
are
signed by someone called "John" and almost certainly date to around
the period 1965-1967. A quick Google search only brings up the fact
that they published at least one book during that period.

Could anybody with a long memory let me have a brief background to
Collectors Research and even hazard a guess as to who "John" might
be? His expertise centres around Middle Eastern coins.


Any help would be most appreciated.


Peter

Hi Peter -
Don't know if you are still looking but the John you are looking for is John Humphris. He used to work for CRL in the 1960s/70s (wrote Currency of Iraq, etc.) then moved to Sydney, Ohio where he worked for Coin World. He still lives in Sydney. I had started a CRL website (collectorsresearch.ca), took a break and will be getting back to it in 2016.
Cheryl Gaver

It's amazing he is still alive.