Often lar[;e collections of a more c;enci"al character 

 have contributed considerably to the growth of the 

 national coin cabinet. Such was the case with Mrs. 

 Catherine Bullowa's donation of more than 21,000 

 items,'" the 20th-century coins of the world of 

 Mrs. VVavte Raymond « and Mrs. F. C:. C;. BoncI," 

 and the Frederick Hauck asscmblase of 2,47f! gold 

 coins and medals (fig. 123).^-' 



In no lesser measure additions of single, select items 

 have often enhanced the research potentialities of the 

 national coin cabinet. Among the ancient coins are 

 many highly interesting pieces such as: a C^eltic silver 

 stater from the Danube region (fig. 99) bearing the 

 name of ''Sosthenes" in Illyric characters; an early 

 Celtic gold 'o stater (fig. 100) showing a barbarized 

 design deri\'ed from a post humous stater of Lysimachus; 

 an apparently unpublished small bronze coin struck 

 by the Macedonian city of Amphipolis (fig. 101); a 

 bronze coin struck in Macedon during the time of 

 Gordian III (,A.D. 238-244) representing two 

 temples of Beroia (fig. 102); a bronze medallion 

 struck at Bizya, Thrace, in the name of Phihppus I 

 (A.D. 244-249) showing a view of the city with temple 

 and public building (fig. 103); and a large Roman 

 bronze so-called contormate (A.D. 356-399) depicting 

 a view of the Circus Maximus in Rome (fig. 104). 



Representing substantial increases in the mediexal 

 section are a \'ery rare bronze fo/!aro struck during the 

 10th century at Salerno, Italy (fig. 105) and the 

 highly artistic bracteate of Falkenstein illustrating 

 German Gothic art influences on the coinage of the 

 12th century (fig. 106). The 1574 necessity \ gulden 

 of Leyden stamped on cardboard during the Spanish 

 siege of that city is one of the first examples of paper 

 used in European currency (fig. 108). 



The foreign paper holdings were \irtnall\ non- 

 existent but have been built up since 1956 to one of 

 the leading collections in the world through sub- 

 stantial donations by Mrs. Catherine Bullowa, the 

 Messrs. Stack, and especially Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer 

 Xcinken. The Hoscheck and Kubitschck collections 

 from \'ienna, Austria, of o\'er 1(10,000 notes of the 

 \sorld, including one of the best specializ<'d colleclioiis 

 of Austrian notes, form the nucleus of this secliou in the 



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national cabinet. A few highlights exemplify the 

 historical \alue of many of these items: a Swedish 

 note of credit, issued by the Stockholm Bank (fig. 120), 

 is one of the first examples of Ijank notes printed in 

 the western world; an extremely rare note issued by 

 the Italians in the comimmity of Osoppo in Lombardo- 

 Venetia dvu'ing tlie .Austrian siege in 1848 (fig. 121); 

 and another necessity note signed b>- General 

 Charles G. Gordon in Khartoum, Sudan, during the 

 siege by the Mahdi in 1884 (fig. 122). 



The section of foreign medals has been built up 

 sxsteiuaticalK'. An interesting touch was contributed 

 b\ numerous additions of Russian medals of the 

 18th and early 19th centuries which came through the 

 W. H. du Pont donation (figs. 124-125), by fine 

 Swedish gold medals received from the F. Hauck 

 collection (fig. 123), and by a group of Spanish- 

 .'\niericnn proclamation pieces commemorating the 

 adxent of the last Spanish kings, presented by Mr. 



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