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Tukula block from trade and ritual purposes in the Congo
(PH-AF:11). Click image for more details
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The numismatic collection includes a medal collection consisting mainly
of pre-union Cape campaign medals, commemorative medals, and Cape-related
prize medals. A world collection of banknotes and a Cape-related scripophilogy
(bond and share certificates) collections are also in the collection.
Our world coin collection ranges from ancient and classical times
to the present. Of special interest are the Cape-related coins, including
VOC and English coins and the large collection of Swedish plate money,
excavated from the Nocobar shipwreck on the Cape coast. Most of the
coins are in storage.
In the field of philately there is a small Cape and South African
stamp collection. Of special interest is the unique A. A. Jurgens
collection of Cape postal history housed in twenty volumes and the
Stephen G. Rich collection of South African inter-provincial and early
South African Union stamps.
Only a small number are on display in the Slave
Lodge and the rest are in storage. |
