The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 1, January 4, 2004, Article 16

MUSEUMS NOT COOPERATING ON JAVANESE COINS?

Howard Daniel writes: "Several weeks ago, there was an item
herein about the discovery of some Javanese coins found in the
mud along the Thames River in London, England. I went to the
Reuters web site to read the source of the information and was
flabbergasted with the lack of knowledge by the "expert"
consulted about the coins. I wrote about it herein and
mentioned that the janitor of The British Museum must
have been consulted and not a numismatic curator.

The December 29, 2003 issue of Coin World has an item on
page 79 with more information from The Guardian's web site.
A curator at the Museum of London has the coins and not The
British Museum. This curator is still researching them to
"decipher the coins' history" and "to establish the coins' 17th
century value."

I am very sure this information is readily available in The British
Museum, so there must be something going on between it and
the Museum of London and they do not cooperate with each
other. I am a strong proponent of cooperation and sharing in
numismatics, so it saddens me to see the lack of communications
between the two museums. If any reader learns more about
this "heap" of Javanese coins, please contact me (Howard A.
Daniel III) at Howard at SEAsianTreasury.com"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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