Appendix VI 



Smithsonian Publications of Numismatic Interest, 1860-1907 

 A Note on the Numismatic Library 



Papers of nuniisinatic interest published durina; the 

 vears from 1860 to 1907 in the Smithsonian's Annual 

 Reports are listed below in chronological order. In 

 addition, there is a brief account of the condition of 

 the numisniatic librar\ in 1888 and in 1925. 



MoRLOT, A. "General \'ie\vs on .Xrcheoloaix'." 

 Transl. b\- Philip Harr\-. Pp. 2P.4-343 in the 

 Annual Report of the Board of Regent i nf the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 1 HtiO (Washington, 1860). Greek 

 coins are mentioned on pp. 328f lUid 337 in con- 

 nection \\ith chronolosjical problems. 



Pollock, |.-iiMEs. "A Brief Account of the Processes 

 Employed in the Assay of Gold and Silver Coins 

 at the Mint of the United States." Pp. 422-428 in 

 the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, 1868 (\Vashins;ton, 1869). 



R.-\u, Ch..\rles. "Ancient Aboriginal Trade in North 

 America." Pp. 348-394 in the Annual Report of the 

 Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 1872 

 (W'ashington, 1873). .Special ntention is made 

 of "wampum" (pp. 379-383) and trade in 

 copper (p. 355). This is an enlarged and improved 

 version of a paper first published in German in 

 Archil' fin Anthropologie. vol. 5 (Braunschweig. 

 1872). 



M.-\so.\, Otis T. "The Leipzig Museum of Ethnol- 

 ogy." Pp. 390-410 in the Annual Report of the 

 Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institut on. 1873 

 (Washington, 1874). (Objects of cultural-historic. 1 

 nature are listed in the order of their dc\'elopment. 

 Thus, numismatics appears fairK' well defined 

 (pp. 408f): "Money — Coin — Substitutes for coin — 

 Paper money — Certificates of indebtedness -Med- 

 als, badges, and other outer decorations." 



Rau, Charles. "The Stock-in-Trade of an Aboriginal 

 Lapidary." Pp. 291-298 in the Annual Report of the 

 Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1877 

 (Washington, 1878). 



Mason, Otis. "The Ray Collection from Hupa 

 Reservation." Pp. 205-240 in part 1 of the Annual 

 Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithwnian 

 Institution, 1886 (Washington, 1889). This pajjci 



contains a section on "Monev and its L'ses" 

 (pp. 231-234). 



Stearns, Robert E. C. "Ethno-Conchology — A 

 Study of Primitive Money." Pp. 297-334 + 

 9 plates in part 2 of the .\nnual Report of the 

 Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 1 887 

 (Report of the L'.S. National Museum) (Wash- 

 ington, 1889). This paper is still considered basic 

 tor the stud\' of shell monc\'. 



GowLANu. W. "The .\rt of Casting Bronze in Japan." 

 Pp. 609-651 in the Annual Report of the Board of 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 1894 (Wash- 

 ington, 1896). This paper was first published in 

 the Journal of the Society of .Irts. no. 2215, vol. 43, 

 May 3, 1895. Gowland discusses the earliest 

 coinage of Japan (p. 614) and gives the analysis 

 of late 17th-century coins based on the average 

 composition of 7,600 pieces melted together 

 (p. 619). In this connection, he mentions the 

 conversion of Buddhist statues into coins during 

 the 15th and 17th centuries. Of particular interest 

 is plate 70 illustrating molding and casting 

 techniques in use at the old mint in Edo around 

 1835. 



Wilson, Thomas. "'The Swastika, the Earliest Known 

 Symbol, and Its Migrations; With Observa- 

 tions on the Migration of Certain Industries in 

 Prehistoric Times." Pp. 757-1011 in the .Annual 

 Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. I8'JI (Washington, 1896). This paper 

 contains a special discussion of the swastika on 

 ancient coins (pp. 871-879, figs. 224-236, and 

 pi. 9). 



Rhki;s, Willlvm J. Visitor's Guide to the Smithsonian 

 Institution and i'.S. .National Museum m Washington. 

 D.C. (Wa.shington, n.d., ca. 1890). Special 

 emphasis is placed in the guidebook on a talh 

 stick, used by the Court of Exchequer of England, 

 with one full page on the subject (p. 34). See also 

 pp. 33 and 38. 



Hoffman, Walter James. "The Graphic .Xrt of the 



Eskimos." Pp. 749-968 in the .Innual Report of the 



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