Did you know that the Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection has the most comprehensive collection of historic American coins in the world? This world-class collection originates in part from the U.S. Mint’s Philadelphia coin cabinet, which was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1923. The Mint’s collection contained both U.S. coins and many coins and medals from other countries, which the Mint actively collected. This handwritten booklet known as the “Mint Accounts Book” records the Mint’s budgets and expenditures on coins and other numismatic specimens between 1856 and 1903. It is an unparalleled resource for historians and numismatists interested in tracing the Mint’s collecting activities in the nineteenth century. Please click "Read More" for more details; you can use this page as a guide for transcribing tables and columns in the book.
Did you know that the Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection has the most comprehensive collection of historic American coins in the world? This world-class collection originates in part from the U.S. Mint’s Philadelphia coin cabinet, which transferred more than 18,000 objects to the Smithsonian in 1923. The Mint’s collection contained both U.S. coins and coins and medals from other countries, which the Mint actively collected. Its holdings ranged from the ancient to the modern. This handwritten booklet known as the “Mint Accounts Book” records the Mint’s budgets and expenditures on coins and other numismatic specimens between 1856 and 1903. It also records donations to the Philadelphia coin cabinet and provides data on the objects’ provenance.
This booklet is an unparalleled resource for historians and numismatists interested in tracing the Mint’s collecting activities in the nineteenth century. It was transferred to the Smithsonian along with the Mint’s collection in 1923 and was inadvertently hidden in the Numismatic Collection’s library stacks for many years. Recently rediscovered, it is an exciting new resource on the growth and management of the Philadelphia coin cabinet and sheds light on the origins of many historic and rare objects in the National Numismatic Collection.
Please transcribe tables using | (pipes) between columns, with a space on either side of the | .
Column 1 | Column 2
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Joe | Farmer
Sue | Cook
You can use this page as a guide for transcribing tables and columns in the book.