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12. All Coins or Medals brought into the chap, v. 

 Department for the purpose of sale, presenta- Coins orMedais 

 tion or examination, shall be delivered at once perty of the 

 into the possession or custody of the Keeper of 

 the Department, and kept in his study until 

 they shall become the property of the Trustees 

 or be returned to their owners : and no person 

 belonging to the Department other than the 

 Keeper or, in his absence, the Assistant 

 Keeper shall have any Coins or Medals in 

 his possession or custody within the Museum, 

 except for the purpose of registration or cata- 

 loguing. 



i^. All Coins or Medals, when and SO Concerning 

 often as acquired, shall be placed in their and Catalogues 



, of Coins and 



proper classes. Medals. 



14. All Coins and Medals so acquired shall 

 be registered according to their classes, and, so 

 far as possible, simultaneously and without loss 

 of time. 



15. A separate Register Book shall be kept 

 for each class of Coins and Medals, as for 

 Roman, Greek, &c. In registering Coins and 

 Medals, or parcels of Coins and Medals, 

 acquired from the collection of any one person, 

 references shall be made from each Register to 

 other Registers, if there be any, containing 

 descriptions of other portions, if there be any, 

 of the same collection. 



16. All entries in the Registers shall be 

 made as full as possible, in order that the 



