Last week Pete Smith wrote:

Denis Loring writes:

Sometimes people with connections to numismatics also have connections to other hobby fields. Such is true of Maximilian Salmon. Much of this information can be found on a site related to bottlecollecting:

Maximilian Salmon was born in Toronto, Canada, on March 31, 1857, of Prussian and Austrian ancestry. In the 1861 Census of Canada, he was listed as living in Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada. He movedto Baltimore at age thirteen. For the 1880 United States Census, he was listed as a store clerk living in Baltimore City, Maryland. He may have worked at his father's liquor store.

By 1888 he moved to Manhattan. There he married Sophie Stern in 1890. They would have four children. In the 1900 U. S. Census he was listed as a wine merchant living in Manhattan. By 1907 he wasaffiliated with the Salmon Billers Company. Their bottles are treasured among collectors.

For the 1915 New York State Census he was listed as an insurance agent with the New York Life Insurance Company.

He died on November 6, 1925, and was buried from Temple Reni-El in Manhattan. He was active with the Masons and identified as a Past Master of Guardian Lodge, No. 921, F. & A. M.

The bottle article does not mention his involvement with numismatics. He conducted two auction sales in 1883 under the name of "M. Salmon" and that is the only way he has been known in numismaticliterature. It was the discovery of a Baltimore city directory that provided his first name at 137 Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore. It is the same address listed for his father and for his father'sliquor store. It is an address I can't find on a current street map.

No evidence has been found that he was a dealer in coins or even had a personal collection. His impact on the hobby was apparently minimal.

I asked about others involved with numismatics who cross into the field of bottle collecting. I was thinking of A. M. Smith whose bottles fill three shelves in my bookcase. Filed away somewhere isa bottle related to Robby Brown who was in the distillery business.

I attended a presentation given by Fred Holabird who talked about saloons that issued both tokens and bottles. I suspect there is more crossover between the two hobbies.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MARCH 5, 2017 : Quick Quiz: Who Is This Mystery American Numismatist?(www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n10a11.html)