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The Uppsala University Coin Cabinet (''Uppsala universitets myntkabinett'') is one of Sweden's most important public coin and medal collections. It is housed in the main building of
Uppsala University Coin Cabinet website
Uppsala University Coin Cabinet Online Catalogue
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The Uppsala University Coin Cabinet (''Uppsala universitets myntkabinett'') is one of Sweden's most important public coin and medal collections. It is housed in the main building of Uppsala University
Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
The university rose to significance during ...
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History
The history of the collection goes back to the 17th century. In total, it comprises close to 40,000 objects. Archives items include coin dating back to the sixth century BC to modern digital currencies. The collections of older Swedish coins and medals are especially important, together with the collections of coins from the Viking age, early modern European coins and Islamic coins. The coin cabinet is principally focused on supporting research and education at Uppsala University. Therefore, only a very representative fraction of the collections can be viewed in exhibitions. The main exhibition of coins and medals from the Middle Ages. The first numismatic thesis at Uppsala University was published in 1679. Since then, various dissertations have been written in numismatics and monetary history.See also
*History of money
The history of money concerns the development throughout time of systems that provide the functions of money. Such systems can be understood as means of trading wealth indirectly; not directly as with bartering. Money is a mechanism that facilit ...
*History of coins
The history of coins stretches back to the first millennium BC/BCE. Notable examples of coins include the Lydian Lion coins, Persian daric and siglos, Tong Bei, the dirham and gold dinar.
Coins are the major archaeological source of history. Th ...
References
Other sources
* Elsa Lindberger (2006) ''Anglo-Saxon and later British Coins'' (Oxford University Press) * Peter Berghaus, Hendrik Mäkeler (2006) ''Deutsche Münzen der Wikingerzeit sowie des hohen und späten Mittelalters'' ( Uppsala: Studia Numismatica Upsaliensia)External links
Uppsala University Coin Cabinet website
Uppsala University Coin Cabinet Online Catalogue
{{authority control Uppsala University Numismatic museums in Sweden University museums in Sweden Museums in Uppsala