coins (money)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of metal stamped by government authority for use as money.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0062
Collection Overview
Collection includes the original dealer description for each coin, inventories and appraisals, and some notes by Handshu. Most of the documentation consists of the dealer and auction catalogs Handshu selected his coins from and issues of periodicals which provide an overview of the market for coins. Handshu's reference books on coins have been cataloged separately for the Library's collection.
The majority of the coins provide a nearly complete collection of portraits of Roman emperors from...
Dates:
550 B.C.-1200 A.D.
Found in:
Special Collections
Helene Monowitz Silberberg collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-051
Abstract
The collection consists of a three-volume book commemorating Jewish life in Vilna, Lithuania, coins used in the Warsaw ghetto, and a Warsaw ghetto memorial scarf.
Dates:
1943-1974
Found in:
Special Collections