International Numismatic Libraries' Network
The Cabinet des Monnaies et Médailles de Marseille has a rich cultural and scientific collection of coins and medals. The quality and rareness of many objects makes it one of the most important in France.
Founded during the French Revolution, the numismatic cabinet collects in antiquities and medieval coins and medals, and has got special collections, donated by collectors.
The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation is the home of the Museum of the History of Cypriot Coinage. It was established in 1984. The foundation was born out of the Bank’s growing concern to assist in the rescue of the island’s cultural heritage and to promote the Hellenic culture of Cyprus at a professional and scholarly level. The philosophy and policy of the Foundation is to promote the Hellenic character of Cyprus, in as much as this is an island of the wider Hellenic world. In Februari 2000 the Greek authorities granted permission for a branch of the Cultural Foundation to be opened in Greece. The temporary premises are at the administrative headquarters of the Bank of Cyprus in Athens.
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The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals is part of the National Museum, housed in the Prince’s Palace in Copenhagen. The collection consists of Danish coins from Viking times to the present and coins from ancient Rome and Greece, as well as examples of coinage and currencies of other cultures. The medal collection includes Danish gold medals from 1550-2000, as well as European portrait medaillons from the 1400s to today.
The Cabinet of Medals was founded on August 8, 1835 as ‘collection de médailles appartenant à l’État’ (medal collection belonging to the state) and as part of the ‘Musée d’armes anciennes, d’armures, d’objets d’art et de numismatique’. On August 2, 1838, it became part of the Royal Library. The first curators started the collection of coins and medals by buying series centred around the ancient Low Countries (Pays-Bas). They bought numerous private and very specialized collections and the collection also grew through gifts, donations and acquisitions from the annual budget.
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