OTHER HOBBIES NIGHT AT THE COIN SHOW Publique Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 2, Number 10, March 8, 1999, Article 7
OTHER HOBBIES NIGHT AT THE COIN SHOW
In Robert Turfboer's English translation of Pierre
Bastien's book "Les Numismates" (The Coin Collectors)"
we learn the story of "Baron Lodovico Soltieri, a
wealthy Florentine who collected coins from his own
city exclusively. Despite this specialty, he never
missed a European numismatic conference and had come
to this one also..."He was always accompanied by a beautiful woman whom
he invariably introduced as his wife. The real
baroness, a chronic invalid, never left the family
palace and her husband always traveled in the company
of one of his mistresses. People in numismatic
circles whispered that Soltieri collected more
Florentines than Florentine coins."- 1999-03-08
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