Museums
The Presveis Project is a EU co-funded project, aiming to raise the awareness of an international public to the fact that monetary unions have happened in the past, under a variety of circumstances. The examples displayed in this cyber-exhibition depict instances of monetary unions of various forms that happened in the antiquity in the continent of Europe.
British MuseumThe Coins and Medals Department has one of the world's finest collections, containing about a million objects. The magnificent coin collection covers the history of coinage from its origins in the 7th century BC to the present day, and includes related material such as coin weights, tokens and toy money.
The Department also holds the national collection of paper money, containing notes ranging from 14th century China to current issues from banks all over the world.
In addition to the wide range of numismatic material, the Department holds an unparalleled collection of commemorative and art medals. These provide a visual record of historical events and schools of art from the Italian Renaissance to the 21st century.
Dewing Numismatic Foundation catalogue of Greek CoinsThe Perseus Project and the Dewing Numismatic Foundation are pleased to announce the availability of high resolution images to illustrate a catalog of Greek Coins from the Dewing Collection. 452 Greek coins from this important collection, on loan to the Harvard University Art Museums, are now illustrated with high resolution images in the Perseus coin catalog.
Dumbarton Oaks CollectionCoinage of the Byzantine Empire - an online exhibition based on the Dumbarton Oaks Collections.
Hunterian Coin Cabinet, Glasgow University
Includes the Catalogue of the Glasgow Coin Centre Library and a selection of the museum's most outstanding coins.
The Numismatic Pavilion at the Israel Museum is the permanent collection and this site gives a small taster of the contents of the collection.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem"More than Money", an exhibition in honour of Abraham Bromberg. He appreciated the significance of these tiny witnesses to the past. He was one of the great coin collectors of our time and a devoted supporter of the Israel Museum's Numismatic Department.
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
He donated the major part of his collection, which is regarded as the most important private collection of ancient Jewish coins ever assembled, to the Israel Museum.Colonial Currency : A catalog featuring hundreds of examples of colonial paper currency with supplementary sections on colonial lottery tickets and fiscal documents. Currency examples range from the New York issue of May 31, 1709 to the fractional currency privately emitted in the 1790's during the copper panic. Emissions are listed under the colony of issue followed by Continental Congress issues. There are a number of notes printed by Benjamin Franklin and several Massachusetts examples by Paul Revere. The site also includes explanatory essays on such topics as the first paper currency emission in the colonies, the relative value of local money in the colonies and land bank notes. The lottery section contains a ticket from the first government sponsored lottery in the colonies, the Massachusetts 1744-45 lottery.
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA"Coins of Colonial and Early America" : A catalog and historical essay on the coins of colonial and early America from wampum and Massachusetts silver through the provisional half dimes of 1792. The catalog contains over 275 coins divided by coin types. Each section contains an introductory essay reflecting recent scholarship followed by full color high-quality jpeg images and descriptions for each coin. A few highlights include: a group of Spanish American gold ingots from 1659, a well preserved Noe 1 Oak Tree shilling, a Higley copper, a Continental "dollar", a 1784 imitation British halfpenny and a 1792 half dime.
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USAWashington Tokens : This catalog includes descriptions and images of about one hundred coins, tokens and medals depicting George Washington dating from 1783 to the Inauguration Centennial medals of 1889. The items are organized chronologically and a full site map is available as well as a listing by Baker number. A few of the highlights in the collection are: an example of the earliest Washington token the 1783 Georgius Triumpho copper, a Born Virginia token, an example of a Washington memorial funeral token created by Jacob Perkins, a Washington Monument token of 1848 and one of a very few surviving examples of the NO GOOD token. Most of the items on exhibit were part of an anonymous donation to Notre Dame consisting of 1100 tokens and medals covering the Nineteenth century.
Royal Bank of India Monetary MuseumA mixture of exhibits of the coinage of India, paper currency, gold bars as well as financial.
Smithsonian InstitutionNational Numismatic Collection (NNC) of the Smithsonian Institution, one of the largest numismatic collections in the world. Located in the National Museum of American History, the NNC includes approximately one million objects--more than 400,000 coins and some 550,000 pieces of paper money and encompasses the entire history of money of the world, coins and paper money, as well as medals.