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[[File:H-P Lyttle Boke no.8.jpg|thumb|Token of the White Hart ([http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=356858 H-P Lyttle Boke no.8]) | [[File:H-P Lyttle Boke no.8.jpg|thumb|Token of the White Hart ([http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=356858 H-P Lyttle Boke no.8])]] | ||
The Folger collection contains approximately 400 coins, tokens, and medals. Like the rest of the collection, they either date to Shakespeare's era, or relate to Shakespeare (or both, as is the case with this 17th-century token of the "White Hart" that [[J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps|James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps]] collected because it's "the name of an inn (though not the identical one) mentioned by Shakespeare.") | The Folger collection contains approximately 400 coins, tokens, and medals. Like the rest of the collection, they either date to Shakespeare's era, or relate to Shakespeare (or both, as is the case with this 17th-century token of the "White Hart" that [[J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps|James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps]] collected because it's "the name of an inn (though not the identical one) mentioned by Shakespeare.") | ||
The coins, tokens, and medals that have (so far) been cataloged in [[Hamnet]] can be found by searching each of those terms as a "Genre/Form" keyword. | The coins, tokens, and medals that have (so far) been cataloged in [[Hamnet]] can be found by searching each of those terms as a "Genre/Form" keyword. | ||
Temporary finding aids include a scanned typewritten [[Media:Coins typed list.pdf|list of coins]], scanned copies of [[Media:Coins_catalog_cards.pdf|old handwritten cards]], and a scanned typewritten [[Media:Medals_list.pdf|list of Shakespeare medals]] (note: some items on the "medals" list are actually tokens). | |||
==Coins== | |||
Folger catalogers use the [[Genre_and_form|genre/form]] term '''coins (money)''' for "Pieces of metal stamped by government authority for use as money."<ref>[http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300037222 Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) term ID 300037222]</ref> Coins in "Coin" envelopes are arranged in numeric series. It isn't known when the system was developed, but series 100 through 600 were in place by the 1970s or 1980s. In 2019, a 7th series was added to cover coins from antiquity. | |||
: 100 series - Elizabeth I | |||
: 200 series - Henry VIII | |||
: 300 series - James I | |||
: 400 series - Edward II | |||
: 500 series - Victoria | |||
: 600 series - William IV | |||
: 700 series - Antiquity (note: these numbers are in the process of being assigned) | |||
==Tokens== | |||
Folger catalogers use the [[Genre_and_form|genre/form]] term '''tokens (exchange media)''' for "substitutes for money that move within a limited universe, usually not in general circulation, may be exchanged for particular goods or services, and are made from hard substances whose intrinsic value is always less than the stated value."><ref>[http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300037334 Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) term ID 300037334]</ref> This includes theater admission tokens (sometimes incorrectly called "tickets"), tradesmen's tokens, and "Condor" tokens (such as the London & Middlesex halfpenny featuring a bust of Shakespeare) | |||
Before 2019, tokens housed in envelopes were generally mixed in either with coins or with medals. They are now being arranged in numbered "Token" envelopes. | |||
==Medals== | |||
Medals were previously arranged in numbered envelopes, with multiple examples of the same medal in the same envelope. For their own protection, they were separated into individual envelopes in a fast-track rehousing project circa 2015. Starting in 2019 they are being arranged in numbered "Medal" envlopes. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 10 June 2019
The Folger collection contains approximately 400 coins, tokens, and medals. Like the rest of the collection, they either date to Shakespeare's era, or relate to Shakespeare (or both, as is the case with this 17th-century token of the "White Hart" that James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps collected because it's "the name of an inn (though not the identical one) mentioned by Shakespeare.")
The coins, tokens, and medals that have (so far) been cataloged in Hamnet can be found by searching each of those terms as a "Genre/Form" keyword.
Temporary finding aids include a scanned typewritten list of coins, scanned copies of old handwritten cards, and a scanned typewritten list of Shakespeare medals (note: some items on the "medals" list are actually tokens).
Coins
Folger catalogers use the genre/form term coins (money) for "Pieces of metal stamped by government authority for use as money."[1] Coins in "Coin" envelopes are arranged in numeric series. It isn't known when the system was developed, but series 100 through 600 were in place by the 1970s or 1980s. In 2019, a 7th series was added to cover coins from antiquity.
- 100 series - Elizabeth I
- 200 series - Henry VIII
- 300 series - James I
- 400 series - Edward II
- 500 series - Victoria
- 600 series - William IV
- 700 series - Antiquity (note: these numbers are in the process of being assigned)
Tokens
Folger catalogers use the genre/form term tokens (exchange media) for "substitutes for money that move within a limited universe, usually not in general circulation, may be exchanged for particular goods or services, and are made from hard substances whose intrinsic value is always less than the stated value.">[2] This includes theater admission tokens (sometimes incorrectly called "tickets"), tradesmen's tokens, and "Condor" tokens (such as the London & Middlesex halfpenny featuring a bust of Shakespeare) Before 2019, tokens housed in envelopes were generally mixed in either with coins or with medals. They are now being arranged in numbered "Token" envelopes.
Medals
Medals were previously arranged in numbered envelopes, with multiple examples of the same medal in the same envelope. For their own protection, they were separated into individual envelopes in a fast-track rehousing project circa 2015. Starting in 2019 they are being arranged in numbered "Medal" envlopes.