Date Received 



Item 

 No. 



Description and Donor 



496 Slx rare Armenian Coins of the Rupinyan Kings, between the eleventh 

 and thirteenth centuries. — From S. M. Slishan, of Constantinople. 



496 Medal of Charles John of Norway; three Coins of King Oscar, of 

 Sweden. — From Professor C. A. Holmboe, Norway. 



496 Copper Coin, Geo. Ill, 1773, Virginia. — From Edward Stubbs. 



Appendix IV 

 The National Institute 



B. \'arden's Catalogue 



The manuscript catalogue prepared by John 

 \'arden is preserved in the Smithsonian Archives in 

 Miscellaneous 52. 



"Things belonging to the Patent Office and State 

 Department in the National Gallery September 1, 

 1852." This notation in John \'arden's handwriting 

 appears on the front of a manuscript inventory with 

 gray covers, measuring 16.5 x 19.1 cm and consisting 

 of 18 unnumbered leaves, with entries extending from 

 leaf 1 through leaf 12. Below, someone added, "This 

 Catalogue was prepared by M. John \'arden, Curator 

 in the Gallery of the U.S. Patent Office, and sub- 

 sequently at the Smithsonian Institution until his 

 death." Varden never was a curator of the National 

 Institute, but we are, nevertheless, indebted to him 

 for the care with which he noted certain numismatic 

 exhibits. 



This catalogue concerns objects which belonged to 

 the Patent Office and the Department of State and 

 were on deposit only in the displays of the National 

 Institute. The catalogue lists 6 United States and 28 

 foreign medals, some coins of Morocco, an American 

 Colonial note, and some primitive media of exchange. 

 In the following excerpts containing all data of numis- 

 matic interest in the catalogue, John V'arden's 

 spelling has been retained. 

 Page 

 [2] A list of articles belonging to and under the 

 controle of the Patent Office proper and now in 



Page 



[3] 



the Hall of the National Gallery 

 September 1st 1852 



+ A. medal of the King of Sweden (Barnadott) 

 in cast iron 



Two medals in cast iron presented by the Society 

 of Beneficence of Cracow to the President of 

 the United States. James Munroe 



A. Case of coin of Morocco . . . [Cancellations] 

 Som taken by T. Hond. Nov 9th 1848 



Two Copper Medals of Horatio Gates 



Two Do Do of Nathan Green 



One Do Do of Neopolian 1st Consul 



Two Silver Do of National Congress 



Two Do Do of Leapold 1st KingBenges 



[4] Two Silver Modals of Leapold 

 Two Do Do not mad[e] out 

 Two Do Do Regent of Belgeum 

 Two Do D not mad[e] out 

 TwelveDo East side of case No. 24. 

 F'our Do North End of case 24 small. 



10] One Specimen of Brick Tea from the Province 

 of Yunann, China by George West June 1 9th 

 1850 



[15] 



:i7] 



One Piece of Provincial Money 



7. By Orders from the Corns of Patents One 

 Medal of General Green was Exchanged with 



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