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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 12, March 25, 2018, Article 10

MORE ON READY’S BRITISH MUSEUM REPLICAS

Jim Duncan of New Zealand passes along this information about the coin replicas produced by Robert Ready of the British Museum. Thank you! -Editor

“The prices set on 10 June 1882 were:
Full set of Greek coins (800 pieces) £125
Selection of finest coins with some Roman (400 pieces) £70.
Selection of Classical Greek coins (200 pieces) £33.
Selection from plates in the Guide (87 pieces) £14.
Single electrotypes, according to page viii of the Guide cost 2 shillings and 6 pence each.
(signed) Martin Price.”

(A photocopy reports that: Mr Ready, electrotypist, British Museum, supplies single electrotypes (obverse and reverse) of any of the coins described in the Guide, at 2 shillings and 6 pence each. Complete sets for Museums, schools etc, classified and labelled, in cases lined with velvet, as in the British Museum, can also be obtained from him. The Guide is – “Department of Coins and Medals. A guide to the select Greek and Roman coins exhibited in electrotype. 1880”).

Philip Mernick of London shared these images of Ready electrotype copies in his collection. Thanks! -Editor

Ready copy Tetradrachm, Alexander the Great obverse Ready copy Tetradrachm, Alexander the Great reverse

Ready copy Tetradrachm, Alexander the Great edge
Tetradrachm, Alexander the Great, 33mm

Ready copy Tetradrachm, Alexander and King Porus obverse Ready copy Tetradrachm, Alexander and King Porus reverse

Ready copy Tetradrachm, Alexander and King Porus edge
Tetradrachm, Alexander and King Porus, 35mm

Ready copy Tetradrachm, Eukratides I of Bactria obverse Ready copy Tetradrachm, Eukratides I of Bactria reverse

Ready copy Tetradrachm, Eukratides I of Bactria edge
Ready copy Tetradrachm, Eukratides I of Bactria, 33mm

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
ROBERT READY’S BRITISH MUSEUM REPLICAS (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n11a12.html)

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