Hello, Marlina,
My gut reaction is that the coins are primarily of interest to numismatists, but then again, much of our collections attract primarily specialists. We have
regular requests for coin photographs for publication and/or scholars who want to study coins not on exhibition.
I suspect the coins are more difficult than other items to “popularize” due to their size and the fact that, at first glance, it’s easy to say they all look
the same. However, that’s not to say that casual visitors don’t look at our coins on display; I’ve seen people sitting in front of our coin cases using the attached magnifying glasses, and the cases do tend to attract fingerprints, so someone is paying attention
to them!
Feel free to email me at my doaks.org address if you like.
Marta
Marta Zlotnick
Registrar
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington, DC
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Hi All!
I'm interning at the Nat'l Museum of American History in the Numismatic Department. I'm just conducting a VERY informal survey.
If you are in any way involved in numismatics at your museum, how is it going for your collection? Is it popular with your town/audience/state? Really I'm just looking for any information that you would like to share. Again, this is informal. I'm just trying
to get a pulse for numismatics. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Marlina F. Reese
Intern
Numismatics
NMAH
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