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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 52, December 21, 2014, Article 36

FEATURED WEB PAGE: THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM

This week's Featured Web Page is the numismatic collection of the Hunterian museum in Glasgow, Scotland.

The Hunterian houses one of the world’s great coin collections, containing 70,000 coins, medals, tokens and related objects.

About half is the original collection of Dr William Hunter put together at the end of the 18th century, when it was second only in importance to the French Royal Collection. Today it is Scotland’s premier collection in this subject.

The collection contains Ancient Greek, Roman, Medieval and Modern coins as well as medals from the Renaissance to contemporary Scotland. Many of these are unique or extremely rare and most are in superb condition.

The collection is extensively used for teaching and research, and several catalogues covering its major holdings have been published.

Hunterian Museum coin

www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/collections/
collectionsummaries/coinsandmedals/



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