Contributions from 

 The Museum of History and Technology: 



Paper 31 



History of the 



National Numismatic Collections 

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ORIGINS AND EARLY YEARS TO IS^^O 3 



GROWTH OI- THE COLLECTIONS, I8!S0-IQ23 6 



NEW DEVELOPMENTS, I')23-iq4S 12 



RECENT HISTORY, I948-I966 14 



EXHIBITS 18 



CARE OF THE COLLECTIONS 28 



TECHNICAL EXAMINATION OF MATERIALS 31 



NEW HORIZONS 33 



APPENDIXES 



I. SMITHSON's COLD SOVEREIGNS 62 



II. THE COLUMBIAN INSTITUTE'S NUMISMATIC COLLECTIONS 63 



III. JOHN N'ARDLN's "WASHINGTON MUSEUm" 63 



IV. THE NATIONAL INSTITLITE 67 



V. NUMISMATIC COLLECTIONS IN U.S. PUBLIC LIBRARIES, 1850 82 



VI. SMITHSONIAN PUBLICATIONS OF NUMISMA'TIC INTEREST, I86O-|'>07 87 



VII. (.IFT OF GOLD COINS FR(JM fAPAN TO PRESIDENT U. S. (JRANT 88 



VIII. THE UNITED STATES MINT COLLECTION 89 



IX. THE PAUL A. STRAUB COLLECTION 99 



INDEX 105 



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