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One of 139 coins, seven tokens, three medals, and one banknote purchased from the Christian Blind Mission. The Department of Coins and Medals has been advising the Christian Blind Mission on the fruits of their public appeal for foreign money on the eve of the introduction of the Euro in much of Europe, and we were allowed to pick out items of interest to the Museum. These Prof. Buttry kindly paid for.
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Mint: Karlsruhe
One of 139 coins, seven tokens, three medals, and one banknote purchased from the Christian Blind Mission. The Department of Coins and Medals has been advising the Christian Blind Mission on the fruits of their public appeal for foreign money on the eve of the introduction of the Euro in much of Europe, and we were allowed to pick out items of interest to the Museum. These Prof. Buttry kindly paid for.
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Mint: Munich
One of 139 coins, seven tokens, three medals, and one banknote purchased from the Christian Blind Mission. The Department of Coins and Medals has been advising the Christian Blind Mission on the fruits of their public appeal for foreign money on the eve of the introduction of the Euro in much of Europe, and we were allowed to pick out items of interest to the Museum. These Prof. Buttry kindly paid for.
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Mint: Stuttgart
Edward Joseph Pyke was born London, 22 April 1898, son of Leslie Pyke and Mildred (née Lucas) of 10 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, London W2. He matriculated at Magdalene College 1919; BA 1922; MA 1925. He died Dec. 1995? He was author of the standard reference A Bibliographical Dictionary of Wax Modellers (Oxford, 1973), with Supplements I-III (London, 1981-86), and a friend of the former Keeper of Coins and Medals, Graham Pollard, who gave advice during the preparation of these volumes -- the bequest is a recognition of this. Mr Pyke bequeathed his collection of some 75 wax portraits (other than those with royal subjects, which were offered to the Queen for the Royal Collection at Windsor) to the V&A (with the 'express wish' that they display them as one collection), otherwise to the Fitzwilliam (with same wish), otherwise to be divided between the two institutions, otherwise they would fall into the residue. The executor/solicitor did not regard the clause about display as a binding condition, and the residuary legatee has waived any residuary interest in the collection. The Fitzwilliam Museum and the V&A agreed on the division of the collection, whereby 35 waxes came to the Fitzwilliam, of which 11 were assigned to the Department of Applied Arts and the following 24 to the Department of Coins and Medals. A display of the Pyke bequest to the Fitzwilliam was mounted in the Museum 22 July 1997 to 25 January 1998.
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Maker: Hinel, Georg Ignaz
One of a collection of 486 coins, tokens, banknotes and medals, comprising mainly 18th-20th century British and foreign coins, but including some Roman, medieval and other pieces. The collection was formed by Peter Allen (1905-93) and given to Mrs Allen Manheim, who is generously offering it to the Museum with the proviso that any coins not required for the collection may be sold and the proceeds used to purchase other items for the Department of Coins and Medals. Sixty-five items have been selected for the collection: 58 coins, including an antoninianus of Carausius (AD 286-93); a silver penny of William I, Paxs type; a penny of Edward II, class 11b3/11b2, Durham; a groat of Edward IVs second reign, London; a shilling of Charles I; and a crown of Charles II; a gold sovereign and half-sovereign of Victoria; one token of the British Armed Forces; three banknotes, Belgium (1) and Germany (2); and three medals, including two German military awards (a 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class and 1939 War Merit Cross 2nd class) which were picked up by a friend of Mr Allen among debris in Hitlers bunker after the Allied capture of Berlin in 1945. Fifty-eight coins:
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Maker: Reichsbank
