A Compendium Of Numismatic Displays In Museums Around The World (Evergreen)

Very interesting!

Never mind, I mixed up the electrodes.
I can see however the use of stainless steel anodes instead of graphite. It prevents CO2 formation at the anode. Of course, a platinum anode would be even better, but I don't think most people have slab of that metal sitting around.

The Museum of the Bank of Cape Verde is located in the capital city of Praia. It is free to enter, but you must stop by the non-English speaking receptionist for them to secure permission for you to enter. It is just one room and mostly dedicated to bank notes. I've posted below a few pics of the more interesting numismatic displays and included a coin from my collection which was described as being one of "the most common coins first used in the islands of Cape Verde": a 16th Century Vintena (although I have no evidence that this specific piece circulated in CV).

The Royal Regalia Museum in Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) is free to get into and fortunately has most exhibits listed in English, but is woefully short on material interesting to the traveling numismatist. The vast majority of this museum is gifts given to the Sultan from various countries and civic groups around the world. The only coin-related display was this image of the new sultan's first coin. See here for the coin that it replaced: https://goccf.com/t/261670&whichpage=15#4463109 Non-flash photography is possible in most of the museum, but there are a couple rooms for which no picture-taking is allowed.

Maybe if we sent the Sultan one of our CCF tokens, it would be put on display!

Just in case US-based folks aren't planning trips to Brunei or Cape Verde, here is a museum a little closer to home: The Maine State Building, in Poland Maine. It is free to enter and photography is allowed. Perhaps it could be added to your leaf-peeping trip this Fall?

According to the signage:

It was built in 1893 for the Chicago Worlds Fair also known as the Colombian Exposition. The Fair was to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus. All 44 states at the time sent buildings to the fairgrounds. After the Worlds Fair ended, the Ricker Family paid for Maine's contribution to be disassembled, shipped by rail to their property, and then re-assembled. More info is here:

https://polandspringps.org/maine-state-building/

For the travelling numismatist, there were several examples of the Columbian Half Dollar as well as an early elongated cent on display.

Thank you for sharing.

We went to the Franklin Institute several years ago to see the Dead Sea scrolls, and they had these displayed with the exhibit.....

tdziemia,
I don't understand the electrolytic process, referred to above and on your picture below.
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...um7acomp.jpg

Caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) is not the same as soda ash, amd is a strong alkali, but the diagram refers to formic acid!

Also, what is the fork attached to, and what is its function?