Numismatic museum in Peru

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by acanthite, Mar 24, 2009.

  1. GUSTAVO LARRANAGA

    GUSTAVO LARRANAGA New Member

    Did you venture out and try to buy any coins while you were in Peru?
     
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  3. Gallienus

    Gallienus coinsandhistory.com

    Good writeup. I'd like to see if you have any close ups of any of the coins. Some of the Colonial 8 reales you've posted appear to be Royals which today are very desireable: even holed. I visited a coin or rather a money museum in Brazil in late 2016, however, all of the older coins were replicas.
     
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  4. jgenn

    jgenn World Crown Collector

    This is a thread from 2009, but I'm glad it was re-awoken because it's new to me. I really like the pictures of the punches. The the coins were made using non-hubbed dies which means each working die was engraved with all the elements that you see on the coins. Every unique letter, number, and design element had its own punch.
     
  5. Alok Verma

    Alok Verma Explorer

     
  6. Alok Verma

    Alok Verma Explorer

    Indeed a great work. Thanks.
     
  7. James O'Brien

    James O'Brien Active Member

     
  8. James O'Brien

    James O'Brien Active Member

    Great article + nice photo's too.

    The National Museum of Ireland used to have fantastic coin display cabinets when I was a child but, now that they have moved the numismatic collection to a new building, their displays are not quite as awe-inspiring as they were.

    Perhaps CoinTalk would consider putting all posts relating to numismatic museums on a special page and encourage the people that run these facilities to add info, links and photo's.
     
  9. Rushmore

    Rushmore Coin Addict

    Glad you got to visit the museum back in 2009. If you are ever in Sweden go to the Royal Coin Cabinet in Stockholm. They have everything from the world's heaviest coin to Nobel medals.
     
  10. James O'Brien

    James O'Brien Active Member

    Not interested in bulky coins :)
    ... but they have some great Hiberno-Norse coins in their collection !

    I've only been to Sweden once
    - as a lifeguard at Tylosand Beach, nr Halmstad.
    - I didn't get much time for numismatics when I was there
     
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