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ICELANDIC TOKEN PHOTOS ONLINEYosef Sa'ar of Elat on the Red Sea provides this follow-up from our earlier article on the National Numismatic Collection of Iceland. Thanks. -Editor Thanks to an article in The E-Sylum, I learned of the existence of a National Numismatic Collection in Iceland. Despite the fact that many, many tokens are known from other Scandinavian countries, I had never heard or seen a single token from Iceland! I visited for a few days last month and still couldn't find any tokens of any type. A rare bird. After an email to the Iceland Central Bank and National Museum Numismatic Collection, I am happy to forward the following valuable information. The museum does have a large collection of Icelandic tokens. We are currently putting the collection online. Unfortunately the text is not in English but you should be able to use google translate to get you going. Here are the merchant tokens http://www.sarpur.is/Syning.aspx?ID=633 And here are what is called the bread tokens http://www.sarpur.is/Syning.aspx?ID=634 If you follow this page you would be able to see the rest of the tokens when we put them online. All the best Sigurður Helgi Pálmason That's great to see. Museums everywhere are getting on the digital bus. Here are a couple tokens that caught my eye. Follow the above links to see the rest that have been imaged so far. -Editor     To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:  Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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