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Coin Cabinet, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur

The coin cabinet at the LWL Museum has its roots in the 19th century. The "Verein für vaterländische Geschichte und Altertumskunde Westfalens" (Society for the History and Antiquity of Westphalia) was founded in 1825 as a result of the general interest in history among the middle classes. The establishment of its own collection of antiquities was part of the association's activities from the very beginning and it was mainly coins that found their way into this young collection as gifts.

Project management and Editorial: Stefan Kötz
Programming: Jürgen Freundel, Ilmenau

Academic Staff and responsibilities
Stefan Kötz

With collaboration of Gerd Dethlefs, Peter Ilisch (†), Katharina Martin and many others.

Photography: Stefan Kötz, Sabine Ahlbrand-Dornseif et al. (see each object entry's print view for details).
Layout: Goldland Media
Maps: Goldland Media, Dr. Jürgen Freundel

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On how to read accession nos., provenance information please see below (includes pdf in English)

Online Catalogue now featuring Provenance information and Linked Open Data

 

Beacons allowing for further use of object entries linked to individuals identified by gnd/viaf/nomisma in the semantic web:

https://ikmk.smb.museum/beacon_gnd.php

https://ikmk.smb.museum/beacon_viaf.php

https://ikmk.smb.museum/beacon_nomisma.php

 

Beacons for the Münzkabinett Authority File Portal/Normdatenportal des Münzkabinetts (NDP)

individuals: https://ikmk.smb.museum/beacon_ndp_person.php

corporations: https://ikmk.smb.museum/beacon_ndp_koerperschaft.php