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British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
A major part of the British Museum, this department has built one of the United Kingdom’s most important numismatic collections, spanning coins, medals, tokens, paper money, and related objects. Its work brings together collecting, research, and public display, making the history of money feel vivid and surprisingly wide-ranging.
1 Audiobook
A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals
by British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals, Herbert A. (Herbert Appold) Grueber
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The British Museum Department of Coins and Medals is the museum’s specialist department for numismatics. Sources describe it as responsible for the collection, research, and exhibition of coins, medals, tokens, and related material, and note that it also cares for an exceptionally large numismatic library.
Its holdings are often described as numbering close to a million objects, covering many periods and regions of the world. That breadth helps explain why the department is frequently cited in reference works and scholarship on ancient, medieval, and modern money.
Because this is an institutional author rather than an individual person, a portrait-style author image is not really applicable here. A book credited to this department usually reflects the work of curators, cataloguers, and researchers connected with the British Museum over many years.