ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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1,146 miscellaneous Mediteval and Modern coins have been registered, 543 incorporated, 

 479 prepared for registiatioii, and 730 newly arranged. 



4,993, being several large collections of Mediaeval and Modern coins offered for sale, have 

 been carefully examined wiih a view to the selection of such specimens as might be 

 requh-ed for the National Collection. 



10 cabinets of German coins have been partially re-arranged, to make room for the 

 incorporations. 



4 cabinets of German coins have been examined, and new cards, with chronological re- 

 ferences, inserted where requisite. 



3,503 new cards have been written for miscellaneous Mediaeval and Modern coins. 



637 miscellaneous English coins have been catalogued, 105 registered, and 126 incor- 

 porated. 



2,603 English coins, being tiie remainder of the great Eccles find, of the coins of 

 Henry II. ; and 3,225 English coins, being a portion of the Bank of England Collection, 

 together with those of other collections offered for sale, have been examined v.'ith a view to 

 selection. 



290 English coins have been newly arranged, and 72 have been prepared for registration 



2,868 new caids have been written for various English coins. 



105 miscellaneous Oriental coins have been registered, 126 incorporated, and 290 newly 

 arranged. 



2,100 Oriental coins, collected by Capt. Stubbs, e. h. a., in the East, have been carefully 

 examined, and 96 selected. 



1,500 Oriental coins, being miscellaneous coins offered for sale, have been carefnlly 

 examined. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The following table shows the number and classification of the coins and medals 

 added during the year 1865 : — 





Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon or 

 Lead. 



Total. 







Greek - _ _ _ _ 

 Roman - - - - - 

 Mediaeval and Modern 

 English - _ _ - - 

 Oriental - - - _ . 

 Haggard and Cuff Medals - 



164 

 355 

 281 

 175 

 119 

 37 



1,030 

 7 



1,454 

 953 

 177 

 789 



1,181 

 445 



410 



85 

 348 

 901 



44 



8 



308 



2,375 

 807 



2,189 



1,221 

 644 



2,035 



Total - - - 



1,131 



4,410 



3,370 



360 



9,271 



Of the acquisitions, the great collection formerly in the Bank of England, and numbering, 

 with the medals collected by Messrs. Haggard and Cuff, about 7,700 specimens, have been 

 deposited in the British Museum by the authorities of the Bank of England. 



The following have been presented to the Trustees : — 



A very fine archaic tetradrachm of Cos. From Commander C. J. Balfour, k.n. 



A rare gold coin of Constantine I. From J. F. W. De Salis, Esq. 



Two third brass coins of Nero. From George Sim, Esq. 



Seven copper coins of Claudius. From the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans. 



Two Bracteates of Magdeburg and Bamberg, and an iron medal struck at Bauman's 

 Hijhle (a mine in Brunswick). From the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen. 



Two copper boundary tokens. From his Grace the late Duke of Northumberland, k.g. 



A German satirical medal in bronze. From Sir Woodbine Parish. 



Two medals in billon, of the Fete Historique of St. Omer ; one medal of the Fete 

 Communale of Douai, and a copper counter. From M. Preux, Avocat-General. 



A gold medal of Sir William Browne, given to the late Dr. Lettsom on his gaining the 

 Browne prize at Cambridge, a.d. 1816. From Thomas Hunt, Esq. 



Six copper Swedish coins. From Professor Tornberg. 



A bronze medal of the Fair at Chicago. From Mr. Wihon. 



A silver medal of the Jesuit's College at Rome. From Signer Paggi. 



A bronze medal, in commemoration of the entrance of the Princess Alexandra into 

 London. From the Corporation of the City of London. 



187. C3 A leaden 



