"a Smart Gothamite"

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longnine009 Pillar of the Community United States 1247 Posts	Posted 04/03/2005 07:26 am I came across this phrase last night in Dave Bowers' American Numismatics Before the Civil War 1760-1860. It was in reference to a letter to the Historical Magazine concerning fake Massachusetts silver coins promoted by "a smart Gothamite." Does anyone know what that would have been in 1857? Apparently today it's a Batman fan but what was it back then? Oh, I can't wait to hear Old Dan's reaction to this one. Report this Post to the Staff

national dealer Pillar of the Community United States 2724 Posts	Posted 04/03/2005 08:30 am Gothamite (n.) A gothamist. (n.) An inhabitant of New York city. Report this Post to the Staff
Mike Rest in Peace United States 2884 Posts	Posted 04/03/2005 10:00 am And every day we learn another piece of numismatic and sometimes non-numismatic trivia!!!Mike longnine009, I would love to buy a copy of that book. When was it published and is it currently available? Mike Edited by Mike 04/03/2005 10:04 am Report this Post to the Staff
longnine009 Pillar of the Community United States 1247 Posts	Posted 04/03/2005 4:47 pm quote: Originally posted by Mike And every day we learn another piece of numismatic and sometimes non-numismatic trivia!!!Mike longnine009, I would love to buy a copy of that book. When was it published and is it currently available? Mike Mike it was published in 1998 back when Bowers and Merena was really Bowers and Merena. I don't know if it's still available or who would be selling it today. I got copy #966 so if there was a 1,000 printings there wasn't much left. ND-I think there's more to this in the context of 1857 than nouns. I believe there may be some kind satire connected to the Gothamite, at least originally. The name, as I understand it, came into existence through a novel by Washington Irving called Salmagundi. Edited by longnine009 04/03/2005 4:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
national dealer Pillar of the Community United States 2724 Posts	Posted 04/03/2005 7:15 pm There may very well be more to the definition, but this was all I could get. Like many words we Americans use, they have meanings dependent on what area of the country you are from. Report this Post to the Staff
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