"78 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



F" A selection has been made from the English silver and 

 copper coins from James I to Victoria, for exhibition in 

 electrotype ; also from the Scottish series from David I to 

 James V. 178 new labels for the exhibition of English coins 

 have been prepared. 



A small hoard of gold coins of James I and Charles I, 

 found at Wonninghall, near Thame, has been examined, and 

 two specimens have been selected for the Museum. 



4. Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 



98 coins and medals of various European countries, recently 

 acquired, have been registered, and 86 incorporated. 



8 medals from the Bank collection have been incorporated 

 with the General collection. 



1,103 French counters and jetons, and 494 Dutch and 

 Flemish counters, jetons and trade tokens, all from the Freu- 

 denthal collection, have been incorporated with the General 

 collection. 



The cabinets containing the counters of various European 

 countries, the medals of schools and societies, the miscel- 

 laneous English tickets, and coin-weights, have been re- 

 arranged and labelled. 



The series of Dutch and Flemish counters and jetons has 

 been expanded and arranged chronologically. 



The series of medals of Switzerland and of the various 

 countries of North and South America have been removed 

 from the King's Cabinet, and re-arranged chronologically in 

 new cabinets for medals. 



The catalogue of the recent find of gold coins at Amersf oort, 

 and a series of Portuguese, Spanish, and Peruvian coins have 

 been examined, and selections made for purchase by the 

 Museum. 



The Swiss coins and medals in the Townshend collection 

 have been arranged in accordance with the printed catalogue, 

 and cross-references to them have been added in the General 

 collection. The miscellaneous coins and medals of the same 

 collection have been identified and arranged, and a classified 

 inventory has been made of this portion of the collection. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



The total number of Oriental coins registered and incor- 

 porated during the year 1894 is 1,557. In addition to this, 

 206 coins previously registered have been incorporated, and a 

 list of 113 coins, deposited on loan by the South Kensington 

 Museum, has been drawn up. 



Rectifications have been made in many of the series of the 

 coins of Ancient India ; the Parthian and Sassanian series 

 have been partly rearranged and expanded, each into two 

 cabinets ; the series of the Kings of Characene has been 

 partly arranged and expanded ; and the re-arrangement of 



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