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mond. It is to be noted, that the Medals 

 may, by turning a Button, be viewed both 

 in Front and Reverfe. 



In the fifth Room is carefully prefervcd 

 in feveral fmall Cabinets, Sir Hans Sloane*^ 

 Colle61:ion of Medals. Their Number, 

 as I have been credibly informed, is up- 

 wards of twenty thoufand but, as they 

 are not yet properly arranged, the Public 

 is not gratified with the Sight of them. 



r cannot take a better Opportunity of 

 informing the unlearned Reader, that 

 Medals and Coins are generally fmall 

 round Pieces of fom.e of the more valuable 

 Kind of Metals : On one Side is, for the 

 mofl Part, the Head of an Emperor, 

 King, or other great Man, whofe Memory 

 is meant to be perpetuated ; round the 

 Rim is a Legend giving the Name of the 

 Hero, and fometimes on the fame Side is 

 a Motto ( exergum ) added : On the Reverfe 

 is generally the Reprefentation or a Sym- 

 bol of fome remarkable Fa6l or QuaHty, 

 or elfe it has other Infcriptions on it. 



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