tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914712220641136227.post4446531182079856644..comments2023-06-30T01:09:01.332-07:00Comments on Numismatics and Archaeology: The Online Catalogue of the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen in BerlinNathan Elkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060145336179440359noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914712220641136227.post-75055208620278041612008-08-21T08:18:00.000-07:002008-08-21T08:18:00.000-07:00Dear Ed,I am told that there are now 7272 records,...Dear Ed,<BR/><BR/>I am told that there are now 7272 records, and growing, in the database. As you point out the "adopt a coin" program is very useful. I am told there is no internal database, but you can send a message to the coin cabinet to inquire about a particular type. Contact information should be available on their website.<BR/><BR/>All best,<BR/>NathanNathan Elkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13060145336179440359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914712220641136227.post-83712458035928805802008-08-21T07:20:00.000-07:002008-08-21T07:20:00.000-07:00The site is visually impressive and the search wor...The site is visually impressive and the search works well although there are only 5195 coins in the database. Your post inspired me to look around the web site. The <A HREF="http://www.smb.museum/smb/sammlungen/details.php?lang=en&objID=9" REL="nofollow">Staatliche Museen page</A> says there are 500,000 coins in the collection including 102,000 Greek. What I hadn't noticed before is the "Adopt a coin" page. For €20 per coin a person can get the coins that aren't in the online catalog photographed and documented.<BR/><BR/>Just last month I corresponded with Dr. Bernhard Weisser about a gorgoneion coin of Krithote in Thrace I wanted an image of but he convinced me that it depicted Demeter rather than Medusa. He didn't suggest that I adopt it! Perhaps some folks will think the €20 is mercenary but it seems reasonable to me and I see many coin dealers have already contributed. Are the records of unpictured Greek coins in an internal database searchable by obverse and reverse types?Ed Sniblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346392312959087285noreply@blogger.com