This week's Featured Website is The Coins & History Foundation, suggested by Loren Gatch.
-Garrett
The foundation's purpose is to share the passion for history and numismatics, to promote the hobby of collecting coins and medals to a wide audience, as well as to increase the knowledge and awareness of rare and historical coins, modern coins and medals.
The Coins & History Foundation is a registered Dutch foundation established by various key members of the numismatic world in order to support and promote a broader understanding of coins and currency, while also offering help and information about the collecting, display, and appreciation of coins. Our objectives are to:
- Support research in the areas of numismatics, archaeology and history through sponsorship of research projects, publications, exhibitions and congresses and issuing of scholarships.
- Support and encourage publications in the area of numismatics, archaeology and history, both those of high academic ambitions reaching a narrow audience and educational publications targeted for a wider audience.
- Support and encourage any activity that stimulate collections of coins and medals, in particular those that engage with a wider audience than the traditional numismatic societies, including young and new collectors.
- Support young designers and engravers of coins and medals through scholarship and sponsored design competitions.
- Help bringing together the various part of the numismatic industry, including scholars, collectors, dealers, mints and designers.
- Stimulate ethical and environmentally friendly sourcing of metals for production of coins as well as supporting ethically and environmentally friendly production methods.
The Coins & History Foundation is registered with the Dutch trade register (nl. Kamer van Koophandel) with KvK-number 77953827 and RSIN 861212071
Here is a video from the Coins & History Foundation on The Similar Sixpence Scandal of 1887:
-Garrett
The British "similar sixpence" situation echoes the gold-plated 1883 "no cents" nickel affair here in the U.S. (which Pete Smith discussed in his article on columnist Mickey MacDougall.
-Editor
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
MICHAEL S. MACDOUGALL (1902-1996)
(https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n38a17.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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