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NATIONAL NUMISMATIC COLLECTION DIGITIZATIONAnne Bentley of the Massachusetts Historical Society passed along a tweet from the Smithsonian with an update on digitization efforts at the National Numismatic Collection. -Editor "Pssst! Have you noticed approx. 10,000 coins from our @SmithsonianDPO project with the National Numismatic Collection @amhistorymuseum are already online? The entirety of the Josiah K. Lilly Jr. & Paul A. Straub collections have been digitized and are making their way online" To read the complete tweet, see:
The Collection's web page has more information on recent efforts. -Editor Recent digitization initiatives Mass Digitization Project: Coins and Medals of the Lilly, Straub, and Mikhailovich Collections The National Numismatic Collection is partnering with the Smithsonian Digitization Program Office to digitize over 26,000 coins and medals from the Josiah K. Lilly Jr., Paul A. Straub, and Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich collections. This project received additional funding from the National Collections Program. These images will be available online by mid-2020. West African Currency Digitization Project The National Numismatic Collection partnered with the London School of Economics (LSE) to digitize 880 West African currency objects. This project was generously funded by the LSE's Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund.
Numismatics 3D Digitization Pilot The Smithsonian Digitization Program Office's 3D team partnered with the National Numismatic Collection to digitize and create online educational experiences for a collection of East Asian coins. Browse the models here or find them through Learning Lab. German Notgeld Inventory The National Numismatic Collection has completed a one year project to catalog and create digital surrogates of a collection of approximately 6,000 German notgeld notes. This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee. Cataloging and Digitizing Chinese Paper Money The National Numismatic Collection has completed a two year project, generously funded by Michael Chou, to catalog and digitize approximately 5,800 pieces of Chinese paper money. Images of these objects are available on the Smithsonian's Collections Search Center and a portion are on the Smithsonian's Transcription Center website, where digital volunteers all over the world will be able to assist with the transcription and transliteration of these notes. Howard F. Bowker East Asian Coin Project The National Numismatic Collection completed a two year project to digitize over 8,000 coins in its East Asian coin collection thanks to a generous donation from the Howard F. Bowker Family and Michael Chou. A dedicated member of staff cataloged and photographed these coins and related monetary objects that span nearly three thousand years of East Asian history. The collection is publicly accessible via the Smithsonian's online catalog. John Adams Comitia Americana Medals Project The National Numismatic Collection completed the digitization of its Comitia Americana medals thanks to a generous donation from John Adams. A dedicated member of staff cataloged and facilitated the photography of 119 medals struck between 1776 and the late 19th century. This group of historic medals represent a newly independent United States engaging with the international community through numismatic art.  I'm very glad to learn that these efforts have been progressing. -Editor To read the complete article, see:
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