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



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II. — Acquisitions. 



The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection during the 

 past year (1867): — 





Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Total. 







Greek - - - - 

 Roman - _ - - 

 Mediaeval and Modern 

 English - - - - 

 Oriental - - - - 



26 

 3 



37 



4 



16 



100 

 21 



260 



708 



53 



168 

 40 

 89 

 30 

 66 



294 

 64 

 386 

 742 

 135 



Total - - - 



86 



1,142 



393 



1,621 



Of these acquisitions, the following may be mentioned as deserving of more than usual 

 notice : — 



A silver Pied-fort of Ragusa, a.d. 1707. 



A collection of Russian coins, containing many pieces of great rarity. 



Proof-pieces In JE. of the coinage of the Sierra Leone Company, a.d. 1791. 



A very rare coin of Alfred the Great, having the Christian monogram on his breast. 



A rare Saxon Coin of Heriberht, with a monogram of the town of Lincoln. 



A large collection of the coins of Edward the Confessor, found at Chancton Farm, in 

 Sussex, and containing very many rare, and some altogether new varieties. 



A gold coin (22 pesos') of Maximilian, late Emperor of Mexico. 



A complete set of 38 notes of the paper currency of the United States, struck during 

 the civil war. 



A rare Testoon of Mary and Francis of Scotland, struck, in a.d. 1561, after the death 

 of the latter. 



Gold coin of Metapontum, and gold staters of Panticapaeum, Chalcidlce (two) ; Rhodes, 

 Seleucus I., and Euthydemus, King of Bactria ; and gold coin of Berenice IL, Queen of 

 Egypt ; all of very high rarity, from the Dupre Collection. 



Silver tetradrachm of Prusias I., King of Bithynia, very rare, from the same collection. 



An unique silver coin of Lycia, purchased of TV. H. "VYaddington, Esq. 



A pattern in gold of the 3 /. piece of George IV., A.D. 1824, believed to be unique. 



The following have been presented to the Trustees : — 



18 Roman Denarii, found in Somersetshire. Presented by His Grace the Duke of 

 Somerset. 



16 Miscellaneous Mediaeval coins, and seven coins of Germany. Presented by the 

 Right Honourable the Earl of Enniskillen. 



A set of proof pieces of money struck at Hong Kong in 1866. Presented by the 

 Governor of Hong Kong, through the Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. 



Two pieces of Christian IX. of Denmark. Presented by the Honourable Sir Charles 

 Murray. 



A silver coin struck at Lucknow, by the rebels, in 1857. Presented by Major General 

 Hamyngton. 



A Medal of the Wakefield Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition for 1865. Presented by 

 J. Deffet Francis, Esq. 



A Roman Imperial silver coin of Magnus Maximus. Presented by John Evans, Esq. 



13 Coins of Hyderabad and Nagpur. Presented by the Reverend Robert Hunter. 



29 English and Colonial Coins. Presented by C. F. Ansell, Esq. 



Three Greenbacks ; paper currency of the United States. Presented by J. R. Page, 

 Esq. 



A half-lion of Mary Queen of Scots, a.d. 1553. Presented by George Fairholme, 

 Esq. 



A very rare Sceatta, attributed to .<Ethelraed, King of Mercia, a.d. 675-704. Presented 

 by Richard HInde, Esq. 



A silver coin of Pope Innocent VI., struck at Avignon. Presented by T. Beal, Esq., 

 of Oundle. 



Three pieces (five, three, and one cent) of the United States of America, 1865. Pre- 

 sented by Hiram C. Clark, Esq. 



A two and a half silver groschen of Prussia, 1867. A coin of Ralmund VI., Count of 

 Toulouse, A.D. 1194-1210. A medal, struck in commemoration of the Hurricane at Barba- 

 does in 1831. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A silver coin of the Canton of Berne, a.d. 1676. Presented by J. W. F. De Salis, 

 Esq. 



2,084 persons have visited the Medal Room during the year 1867. 



10,587 persons have visited the Blacas Collection of Gems during the year 1867. 



Wm. S. W. Vaux. 



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