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MEDAL ROOM_PRINT ROOM. 
MEDAL ROOM. 
At the farther end of the Tenth Room is the Medal Room, where 
are deposited a large collection of Coins and Medals, the basis of which 
was formed by the cabinets of Sir Hans Sloane and Sir Robert Cotton, 
and which has been from time to time enlarged by many valuable pur¬ 
chases and donations, but principally by the munificent donation of 
His late Majesty, King George IV., by the bequests of the Rev. 
C. M. Cracherode and R. P. Knight, Esq., and the donations of 
Lady Banks and W. Marsden, Esq. It is comprehended under the 
three following heads : 
1. Ancient Coins. 
2. Modem Coins. 
3. Medals. 
The first of these heads consists of Greek and Roman coins. 
The Greek coins are arranged in geographical order, and include all 
those struck with Greek characters, in Greece, or elsewhere, by kings, 
states, or cities, which were independent of the Romans. With this 
class are placed likewise the coins of free states and cities, which made 
use of either the Etruscan, Roman, Punic, Spanish, or other characters. 
The Roman coins are placed, as far as it can be ascertained, in 
chronological order. They consist of the As and its divisions ; Family 
or Consular coins; Imperial coins struck in Rome; Imperial coins 
struck in Egypt; Imperial coins struck with Greek characters, in 
different states and cities subject to the Romans ; Imperial coins struck 
in the Roman colonies ; Imperial coins struck with Punic characters ; 
and Contorniates. 
The second head, comprising modern coins, consists of Anglo-Saxon, 
English, Anglo-Gallic, Scotch, and Irish coins, and likewise the coins 
of foreign nations. This class is arranged according to the respective 
countries to which the coins belong, those of each counfry being kept 
separate. 
The third head, which comprises a class considerably more modern 
than either of those which precede it, consists of medals struck in our 
own country, and of those which have been struck abroad. These are 
arranged in the same manner as the modem coins. 
EDW. HAWKINS. 
June 23, 1842. 
PRINT ROOM. 
This Room, at the north end of the west wing upon the ascent of the 
staircase to the Egyptian Room, contains an extensive and valuable col¬ 
lection of Prints and Drawings, an important part of which were 
bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode, and Richard Payne 
Knight, Esq. 
The contents of the Medal and Print Rooms can be seen only by 
very few persons at a time, and by particular permission. 
f C-y henry ellis. 
June 23,1842. 
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