9Q> ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A rare gold coin (" Franc a cheval ") of John, Lord of 

 Rummen, A.D. 1415 — 1464. 



A gold "Stella" (4 dollars) of the United States, 1879; a 

 gold five-dollar piece of Salt Lake City, 18.50 ; a United 

 States Pattern Dollar, 1879 ; and a Goloid Metric Dollar, 

 1879. Presented hy A. F. Wheeler, Esq. 



A gold coin struck for circulation in Terra del Fuego, 1889. 

 Presented hy Dr. Woolmer, Concordia, Argentina. 



A bronze medal, made by Primavera, about 1585, of the 

 French Poet De Baif, son of the French Ambassador at Venice 

 under Francis I. 



A silver medal of Christian V of Denmark, commemorating 

 his journey from Scies to Oldenborg in 1681. Presented hy 

 the late H. Montagu, Esq., f.s.a. 



A bronze medal struck in commemoration of the re-conquest 

 of Buenos Ayres in 1806, with busts of the English Com- 

 manders, Admiral Popham and General Beresford. Presented 

 hy Senor Don Alessandro Rosa. 



A bronze medal struck in 1894, in commemoration of the Union 

 of Ritzebiittel and Cuxhaven with the territories of the Free 

 State of Hamburg in 1394. Presented hy the High Senate of 

 Hamhurg. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



A magnificent collection of Hindu and miscellaneous Indian 

 coins formed by the late Major Gen. Sir Alexander Cun- 

 ningham, R.E., K.C.I.E., C.S.I. 



Of this great collection, the Hindu section, consisting of 

 79 gold coins, 579 silver, 1,379 bronze, 6 billon, and 26 leaden 

 pieces, was presented to the Museum by the heirs and 

 executors of Sir A. Cunningham, and the remaining miscel- 

 laneous Indian, &c. coins, consisting of 213 gold, 1,043 silver 

 and 1,345 bronze have been acquired by purchase. 



Sir Alexander Cunningham's famous collection of coins was 

 the fruit of his lifelong study of the archaeology, ancient 

 geography, and history of India. It is by far the most 

 complete collection of Indian coins ever got together, and its 

 acquisition places the British Museum, in this particular, on 

 a level with the requirements of students of the lesser known 

 departments of Indian history and Numismatics. There 

 is no branch of Indian Numismatics unrepresented in this 

 collection, which abounds also in specimens at present 

 unique. The Hindu series was very inadequately repre- 

 sented in the Museum collection before the Cunningham 

 donation. This series, which comprises the Native 

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