THE MUSEUM. 
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The early coins of Canada were of French origin. 
In 1670 Louis XIV issued a five sous silver piece ; 
also a copper double; on the reverse, a large Roman 
“L,” crowned, divides the date, 1670, with the letter 
“A,” Paris mint mark. On the obverse, Doubli de 
IdAmerique Francais, with the Jleur de lis on both 
sides.— Canadian Philatelist. 
A discovery of early coins (numbering 707) was 
recently made in France, in the Vicomte of Bearn, 
in connection with other relics, in two vases bearing 
marks of incineration. The coins ranged in date 
from 964 to 1138 A. D. 
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Mr. Wm. A. Jefferis, of 127 East Twenty-third 
street, New York, who has, for many years, been an 
enthusiastic philatelist, is the possessor of several 
valuable collections, as follows : 1. A series of used 
stamps, numbering 4012 varieties; 2. A series of 
uncanceled stamps, numbering 1169; 3. A collec¬ 
tion of new stamped envelopes, containing 125 
varieties; 4. A series of 38 unused newspaper wrap¬ 
pers and bands. 
Dr. Joseph Jackson Howard, editor of the Miscel¬ 
lanea Genealogica et Heraldica , London, England, 
has a collection of 20,000 book-plates, the accumu¬ 
lations of some forty years. Amongst many old, 
scarce and curious examples, are copies of the very 
rare armorial book-plate of David Garrick. 
Mr. Andrew E. Douglass, of New York City, 
possesses, probably, the largest collection of ancient 
tobacco-pipes in America. The series contains 
about 500 examples, 260, or more than half, of 
which are the handiwork of the American abo¬ 
rigines. The remainder are early European. Of 
the native American specimens, many are most 
elaborate and curious sculptures. 
A remarkably complete collection of Papal medals, 
now on exhibition in the Pennsylvania Museum of 
Art, Philadelphia, is the property of Thomas Hock¬ 
ley, Esq. There are 764 specimens, ranging from 
Pope Martin V (1415), to Pius IX, two of which 
were engraved by Benvenuto Cellini. 
A valuable collection of fungi is owned by Mr. 
Jerome B. Gray, of West Chester, Pa. Amongst 
1000 different species are many specimens of great 
rarity. 
The largest portion of General Washington’s 
library, consisting of some eighty valuable auto¬ 
graph volumes, is now in the possession of Mr. John 
R. Baker, of Philadelphia, Pa. 
One of the most complete collections of old 
Wedgwood ever formed by any collector, is that of 
T. Shadford Walker, Esq., of Liverpool, England, 
consisting of about 750 pieces, many of them of the 
best period—previous to 1795. The series includes 
a large number of portrait medallions of celebrities, 
cameos, plaques, vases and figures in various colors, 
and a complete set of chessmen designed by Flax- 
man. We are informed that the collection is about 
to be sold. 
Mr. Wm. W. Jefferis, of Philadelphia, an ardent 
collector of minerals, is the owner of one of the 
finest collections in the State of Pennsylvania. The 
labels of this cabinet run up to 10,045, the number 
of specimens being much greater. 
Hon. Washington Townsend, of West Chester, 
Pa., is the owner of one of the largest and most 
valuable collections of Continental and Colonial 
paper money in existence. 
One of the most valuable collections of coins in 
the world is that of the Royal Cabinet in Berlin, 
which, in 1881, consisted of over 200,000 specimens, 
including33,000 ancient Roman, 57,000 early Greek, 
90,000 mediaeval and modern coins and medals, and 
about 28,000 oriental pieces. This number has been 
largely increased during the past three years. The 
director is Dr. Julius Friedlander. 
The Museum of Art and History in the University 
of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, contains, amongst many 
valuable groups of objects, 900 ancient Greek and 
Roman coins, a large series of casts of historical me¬ 
dallions, and a fine collection of Peruvian antiquities 
and interesting ethnological objects from Formosa, 
China and Japan. Mr. Henry S. Frieze is the cura¬ 
tor. 
