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George C. Brooke
George Cyril Brooke (18841934) was a British numismatist, specialising in the coins of England. Career Brooke was a member of the British Museum Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum Dept of Coins and Medals from 1908 to 1934, on the council of the Royal Numismatic Society, and the author of numerous books and publications. He was awarded the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1934 (posthumously). Publications *1912 ''The Edwinstowe find of Roman coins'' *1916 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum: the Norman kings' *1966 English coins – from the seventh century to the present day' After Brooke's death, a number of people interested in his work subscribed to purchase a coin - a gold noble of Edward IV, and the last coin Brooke handled before he died - to be donated in his memory to the British Museum.L.A. Lawrence, “The Brooke Memorial”, in Numismatic Chronicle 5th series, vol. XXV, pp. 135-136. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42664353 Subscrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numismatist
A numismatist is a specialist in numismatics ("of coins"; from Late Latin ''numismatis'', genitive of ''numisma''). Numismatists include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. Although use of the term numismatics was first recorded in English in 1799, people had been collecting and studying coins long before this, all over the world. The first group chiefly derives pleasure from the simple ownership of monetary devices and studying these coins as private amateur scholars. In the classical field amateur collector studies have achieved quite remarkable progress in the field. Examples are Walter Breen, a well-known example of a noted numismatist who was not an avid collector, and King Farouk I of Egypt was an avid collector who had very little interest in numismatics. Harry Bass by comparison was a noted collector who was also a numismatist. The second group are the coin dealers. Often called professional numismatist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |