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good.

It is divided into th ree classes :

Zoology,

Mineralogy,

and

Herpetology.

T h e Z oological d e p artm en t is o p e n , gratis,

th ro u g h o u t th e y e a r every S u n d ay and T h u rsd a y

from I t — I o’clock; the H erpetological dep artm en t,

ev ery T u esd ay from 1 1— 1 o’clo ck ; b u t the M in era-

logical d e p artm e n t, w hich form erly form ed p a rt o f

th e C ham b er o f A rt, can only be view ed on T u es­

days from 3— 5 o’clock betw een th e 1st. o f M ay

and th e 1st. o f N ovr.

Det Kyl. Mønt- og Médaillé Cabinet,

The Royal Cabinet o f Coins and Medals,

in

R osen b o rg P alace h a s existed since 178 4.

T h e

Coins a re arran g ed into th ree classes:

The Danish

Coins; The Ancient Coins;

and,

The Foreign

Coins.

T h e A ncient Collection is the richest, the

num b er o f Coins am ounting to abov e 2 0 ,0 0 0 .

T h e N um ism atic collection o f C openhagen is

certainly in teresting to the E nglish a n tiq u a ria n and

h istorian.

A ll the M int M astèrs of the N orthern

w orld w e r e , from the comm encem ent o f coinage

dow n to v ery late a g e s , E nglishm en, as ap p ears

from th e coins and from the form or tracing o f

th e ch aracters : th e M int M aster’s n am e and lan ­

guage p ro claim him an E ng lishm an w ith o u t doubt.

A glance a t R udding and an y su b seq u en t N um is­

m atic w ill establish th is as a fact.