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Fi^. 44. — Old Elegance and Modern Simplicity in Coin Exhibits — the Mint Mu- 

 seum in Paris and, opposite, the Royal Mint Cabinet in Stockholm (Div. of Nu- 

 mismalics photo, left, and photo courtesy Kunglig Myntkabinettet, Stockholm). 



in RoiiH- under the title "\'ita dei nicdaslieri," not 

 only iinolvcs major museum centers such as Naples 

 and Rome, but also it spreads far out to CJeia, Syra- 

 cuse, or Palermo in Sicily, and to Milan or Modcna 

 in the north. 



Spain reafiirms its reputation in numismatics with 

 a scries of important |)ul)lications, outstanding {)eri- 

 odicals, and excellent coin exhihits. A'limisma, pub- 

 lished since 1951 in Madrid, and Numarw Hispanico, 

 issued from the same city since 1952, are only two 

 examples of excellent jom-nals which de\ote their 

 pages to scholarly research in Spanish and Latin 

 American numismatics. Among the numerous Sjjan- 

 ish public coin collections, one should mention at 

 least the old and wealthy accumulation of ancient 

 and medieval coins in the Museo Arqueologico 

 Nacional in Madrid "■■" and the Gabincte Xuinis- 

 matico dc Cataluna in Barcelona, with its very in- 



160 For earlier pulolications of the museum, see Matku y 

 Llopis, Calalogo de liis ponderales (1934) and Catalogo de las 

 monrdas pretisigodas (1936); also Rivi ro. "'Kl Gabinetc numis- 

 miitico del Musoo .Arqueologico dc Madrid" (1957). 



formative exhibit on the history of Spanish and world 

 currencies.'"" At the present time, the Fabrica 

 .\acional de Moneda y Timbre in Madrid is prepar- 

 ing, under L. August and Fernando Gimeno Riia, a 

 grandiose exhibit on the history of money and 

 medallic art in .Spain. 



In Portugal, the numismatic tradition of the past 

 centuries finds its expression in a continued interest 

 in building up the public collections. A nation of 

 only a little over eight jnillion people, Portugal can 

 claim the honor of having a national coin museum. 

 Since 1933, the Maseu Nacional de Numismatica, 

 housed in the Casa dc Moeda in Lisbon, has con- 

 .solidated most of the outstanding coin collections.'** 

 In the provinces, the Muscu Nacional de Soares dos 

 Rcis in Oporto,'"'' the coin cabinet at the University of 



in: For the guide to the collection, sec Amoros, Nolicin acerca 

 del Gabinete JVumismdtico de Cataluna (1949). 



'o* Batalua Reis, "Muscus e colecocs publica.s" (1946). 



101) Fq,- a catalog, sec Peres, Relaqao das moedas gregas, romanas 

 (1942). . 



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