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These are from the Bogota Numismatic Museum Strong work @jfransch! I'm looking forward to seeing more, but am very glad to have you representing some South American museums on this thread. 
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Very nice photos jfransch. {up]
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For some reason I've never come across this topic before! I can recommend some museums in the UK and France that don't seem to be mentioned yet! I did a separate post on The Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant, near Cardiff in Wales, which is well worth visiting: http://goccf.com/t/308895The British Museum in London only displays a small proportion of its extensive collection, but their coin and currency exhibit is worth seeing:  I'm sure quite a few CCF members would like to sort out these coins properly and put them into 2x2's! Anyone spending a few days in London should not miss a visit to Colchester in Essex, the oldest town in England and only 67 miles north-east of the capital. The town museum occupies the Keep of the 11th-century Norman Castle, which itself incorporates the basement of the Roman Temple of Claudius. Inside you can see a wonderful range of artefacts including coins from the Iron Age to the English Civil War:    In France, there is a good collection of Roman and French coins in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. A bit further south, in Nîmes, there is a fantastic new museum called La Musée de la Romanité, with a great selection of coins including the famous Dupondius de Nîmes:  Another museum with a good coin collection is the Curtius Museum in Liège, Belgium. Coins from each of the Roman Emperors are displayed in a well-lit case with a sliding magnifying glass that can be moved to examine any of the coins in detail. Edited by NumisRob
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Fantastic contributions, jfransch and NumisRob. |
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The Smithsonian's Museum of American History has been covered twice in this thread (by @drdarryl and @tdziemia) as well as elsewhere within CCF by @alabamadan. With that said, the collection there, both in the "Gallery of Numismatics" and the "Stories on Money" exhibits is truly exceptional--not just eye candy from earlier times in our nation's history, but also way cool exonumia and important pieces from all over the world. If you only ever go to one museum to learn about numismatics, this should be the one. Admission is free. Lots of pics to follow, but I hope y'all enjoy them!  From the the placard: Quote:
Less than a year after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 promised freedom to Confederate slaves, tens of thousands enrolled in black military regiments. By war's end, almost 200,000 black soldiers and sailors fought for the North. Usually under white leadership, black troops fought in thirty nine battles and 37,000 died in service. The Butler medal was the only one created for a black unit.  Fifty gold coin (proof) from the US Assay office  Similar to how piano bars will stoke competition between rival schools by playing their respective fight songs, it seems that the Smithsonian is raising a little extra funds by having patrons vote on whether to keep or eliminate the cent. I wonder who chucked that dollar bill in there...maybe @jbuck?   There is a really nice exhibit titled, "Women on International Money". Here is a Byzantinian Solidus featuring Irene (797 to 802 AD).  It doesn't get much more iconic than the Massachusetts Pine Tree Shillings.  From the placard: Quote:
The Constantine Ruble is one of the rarest Russian coins. It depicts Russian Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich, who was expected to ascend to the throne in 1825. He never came to power, having relinquished his succession plan rights in 1823 due to his controversial marriage, and the coin never circulated.  From the placard: Quote:
This stone ring is money from the Pacific Island of Yap. It weighs 168.5 pounds and is not intended to circulate like a coin. Instead its use has been reserved for significant or ceremonial payments, such as dowries. The stone ring has also represented accumulated wealth and conveyed social status. Some rings are so large and heavy that they cannot be moved, but changes in ownership of the rings are acknowledged by the community on Yap.  A Goryoban coin from Japan made in 1837 AD.  Copper ingots from Central Africa that date to the 13th-17th Centuries.  Pennies from Barbados dated 1788 and 1792 AD. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Lots of pics to follow, but I hope y'all enjoy them! Well done.  Quote:
Similar to how piano bars will stoke competition between rival schools by playing their respective fight songs, it seems that the Smithsonian is raising a little extra funds by having patrons vote on whether to keep or eliminate the cent. I wonder who chucked that dollar bill in there...maybe @jbuck? Not me. I would never vote to keep the penny in circulation.
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Super addition to the thread @NumisRob!
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Thank you for sharing. |
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fantastic thread, only discovered today ! I like to add the Teylers museum, which is the oldest museum of The Netherlands (open since 1784), founded by one of the pionering early collectors Pieter Teyler (1702-1778). The historical building along the Spaarne river in the old city of Haarlem is already worth the visit and one of the reasons to go to the province of North Holland. Below a few images from the impressive old building (in the middle of the upper photo with the bronze statue on the roof)   and an impression of what it is to be in the museum via a short youtube movie made by Nico Vermeer http://imusea.nl/index.php?option=c...9&Itemid=116no coins yet you think  well, Teylers won't disappoint because of a most outstanding collection of coins and jetons from the Dutch revolt against Philip II of Spain. Few other collections go that deep and the basis for the collection was made by Pieter Teyler himself. In fact, the Dutch have started collections of the 80 years war since the 17th century. The coins of the siege of Haarlem (1572 - 1572) have been collectors items since centuries. A very strong point is a digitized open access display of the collection of coins and medals: one of the first initiatives of its kind ! The photo's are of good resolution and the descriptions (although a bit too short) very accurate. For instance, one interested in a 'rekenpenning' (token) made in the critical year 1584, when William the Silent was assassinated, finds 81 different itelms https://www.teylersmuseum.nl/nl/@@s...n-penningen/the result is a strong collection of tokens produced in that year,  one of the pieces is a rare silver versio of the 1584 jeton Dugn.2995, vLoonI.344, Tas208 - Rekenpenning Dordrecht 'Assassination of William of Orange' - Obv Balthasar Gerards shoots Orange (while Philip II is commanding) / Rev Sheppard in his flock attacked by wolf  An even more spectacular spectacular part of the collection is a series of the 1572/73 siege coins, which are very to extremely rare here is a velddaalder of 1572 and as I wrote above much sought after by collectors  I was born in Haarlem, and have very good memories to the old city and its splendid small museum. Warmly recommended merry Christmas to all of you. Edited by 1c5d7n5m
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Thanks @1c5d7n5m for this great addition to the thread! I haven't been to Haarlem, but now it looks like I have a good reason.
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I like to add the Teylers museum... Well done!
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Earlier this winter, I spent some time in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Now I'd like to report out on the numismatic collections of a couple of museums. First up is the Ljubljana Castle Museum. As you might expect, it is embedded in the castle up on the hill. Plan to visit on a clear day so that you have not only the city in the foreground, but also a view of the mountains off in the distance to the north. As far as the museum goes, non-flash photography is permitted and a huge bonus is that virtually all signs are bilingual (with English being the second language). For the digital displays, you can pick from among English, German, French, Russian, Slovenian, Italian, and Croatian. While there was plenty of history covered, the numismatic-specific displays were more limited. Perhaps most interesting for most of us was the Roman coins, although there were also paper notes from the late 1990s and into the early 2000s. Also, I learned that the Slovenian liberation movement was the only occupied group in Europe to issue money during WWII. Perhaps some history buffs can help to confirm or rebut this. Here were a few of the pictures that I took at this museum:    "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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