The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 3, January 21, 2007, Article 8

HANDBOOK, VIDEO AND TRAINING COURSE FOR NUMISMATIC CURATORS

In response to Doug Andrews' request for information for a museum
professional becoming a numismatic curator, Bob Leonard writes:
"For conservation and registrarial issues I highly recommend David
William MacDowall's 'Coin Collections - Their Preservation,
Classification and Presentation' (UNESCO, Paris, 1978).  From the
Preface:  "This publication, the first of its kind, is intended
to accompany a video-cassette and kit for practical training of
middle-level professionals responsible for the preservation,
classification and presentation of coin collections."

"I have never seen the video, but my copy (purchased from Frank
W. Joel Ltd., Norfolk, in 1984) came with a transcript of it.  It
has the best advice on cleaning [ancient hoard and sunken treasure
coins] and when NOT to clean that I have ever seen.  Also included
are illustrations of coin envelopes, coin cabinets, trays, tickets,
and coin exhibits at the British Museum.  There is a chapter on
registration of accessions; this book was of course published before
the invention of the personal computer, but its advice on what
information to record still applies."

Douglas Mudd, Curator of Exhibitions at the American Numismatic
Association writes: "The ANA offers a week-long course at our Summer
Seminar designed to introduce museum and library professionals to
numismatics - 'Numismatics for Museum Professionals.'  The course
will be traveling in an abbreviated format to ANA conventions,
beginning with the upcoming spring show in Charlotte.  There are
scholarships available for qualified museum and library
professionals!

"To Dick Doty's excellent list of books, I would add 'Money: A
History' edited by Jonathan Williams (a second edition sometime
within the next year) - it is based on the British Museum's collection
with chapters written by their curators.  There is also Elvira Clain-
Stefanelli's 'Beauty and Lore of Money' (if you can find it) based
on the Smithsonian collection.

"For those interested, we have an 'Eid Mar' denarius on display
in our 'Money of the Ancient World' exhibit..."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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