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YORKSHIRE COIN HOARDS EXHIBITED ONLINEThe York Museums in northern England have created a nice online exhibition of coin
hoards. -Editor
 Curator’s Choice: Andrew Woods, Curator of Numismatics for York Museums Trust, on the Yorkshire Museum's collection of Yorkshire Hoards going global with Google “The numismatic collection – money and medals – numbers over 40,000 objects and is one of the strongest in northern England. Most of that material has been excavated with new finds coming up every year from farmers, metal detectorists and archaeologists. A lot of that excavated material comes in the form of hoards – accumulations of wealth buried in the ground.   Yorkshire Hoards is a project between Google Cultural Institute and York Museums Trust looking at these hoards and what they can tell us about the history of the region. Over the past 3,000 years, from the Bronze Age through to the 17th century, very large numbers of hoards have gone into the ground across Yorkshire. These represented the safest way to store your wealth in a period before there were banks: ‘I know where I buried it, I can go and dig it up again at some point in the future.’ Quite why they all went into the ground is slightly more difficult. Some went into the ground, in all probability, because of unrest – times where there’s warfare see lots of hoards go into the ground. Others may have more to do with offerings or rituals to the gods, that type of thing. The last type would be savings, gradually added to over many years. The potential of these hoards is enormous – they can tell us about power, about belief, about ritual, all about the local and international links of the person who buried them. “In short, they give us a window into the range of different periods across the region." What is the Google Cultural Institute? -Editor
With a team of dedicated Googlers, we are building tools that allow the cultural sector to display more of its diverse heritage online, making it accessible to all. Here you can find artworks, landmarks and world heritage sites, as well as digital exhibitions that tell the stories behind the archives of cultural institutions across the globe. Do readers know of other museums planning to partner with Google to create online
numismatic exhibits? This is a great way to spread awareness of numismatic collections and
numismatic research. -Editor
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