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Scotland is represented by coins of John Baliol and Alexander the Third, 

 and a fine dollar, bearing the name of Queen Mary and her husband, the ill- 

 fated Darnley. Upon the reverse of this coin is a yew tree, popularly sup- 

 posed to be the one which grew in the court yard of Darnley's residence at 

 Cruikston, from which circumstance this coin is known as the "Cruikston 

 dollar." 



There are also a number of coins of the English sovereigns struck for 

 Scotland and Ireland, and various siege pieces of Charles the First, who 

 never in all his extremities resorted to the expedient of a debased coinage. 



Germany, rich in silver mines, exhibits a number of fine crowns of differ- 

 ent emperors, dukes, bishops, &c, &c. ; and a coin of Vladislaus of Poland 

 (a noble kingdom, for centuries the bulwark of Christendom against the 

 Turk, in the end despoiled and devoured by the very monarchies which its 

 valor had preserved). These pieces range from 1586 to 1680. There are 

 also many silver pieces of the various countries, comprising the Nether- 

 lands, such as Gueldres, Zeeland, Campen, &c, &c. 



A full line of Spanish and Portuguese coins carries us from the sixteenth 

 century to the present time, among which, is a silver dollar of Philip the 

 Second of Spain, on which among his titles appears that of King of England. 



France is represented from Henry the Fourth, including a number of 

 silver ecus of various monarchs. On those of Louis the Fourteenth, we can 

 trace the progress of his years, his coins exhibiting him in various stages 

 from youth to old age. Louis XV. is shown as a very handsome young 

 man. There are also coins of Louis XVI., Napoleon, Louis XVIII. , Louis 

 Phillippe, CharlesX., the Republic of 1848, Napoleon Third, and the present 

 Republic. 



Russia shows specimens of the platinum coinage, which, after a short 

 trial, was abandoned as an unsuccessful experiment, and which is very rare. 



The coinage of the Orient is largely represented, including a full set of the 

 rare and curious "bullet money," from Siam, formed by bringing together 

 the ends of oval pieces of silver, and on each piece is stamped a minute 

 mark showing its value. Each "bullet " is perfectly symmetrical and its 

 weight is very accurately and carefully proportioned to that of the other 

 pieces. They are eight in number, and are named Pie, Sungpee, Fung, 

 Salung, Song Salung, Tical (or Bat) Songbat, Sibat. 



There are some curiously stamped coins from Cochin China, long and 

 narrow in shape. 



Japan presents a full set of gold, silver and copper coinage, both ancient 

 and modern, the liberal gift of Lieutenant Paul, U. S. N, to the Numis- 

 matic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, upon his return from the 

 Orient. 



There are coins of the great Orkan, and also a complete series of thirty- 

 three Ottoman monarchs, the successors of Mahomet, very rare but barba- 

 rous in art and uninteresting, save from historical association. 



There are specimens of the coinage of the Caliphs of Bagdad, and of the 

 Moorish rulers of Spain. 



