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Miscellaneous

• Byzantine Coins
  <http://www.coin-universe.com/library/byzantine_coins/>

  The beginnings of a site on Byzantine coins.

• The Collectors Index
  <http://www.bdt.com/home/k55k/>

  Sketchy, unorganized lists of collectors, web sites, and upcoming events. Not worth looking at.

• Currencies of the World
  <http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/trade/currencies.html>

  A service provided by Werner Antweiler Jr. at the University of British Columbia.

• Currency Features for Visually Impaired People
  <http://www.nas.edu/nap/online/currency/>

  A thorough report by the U.S. National Research Council. Some of the appendices are rather interesting.

• The Documentation Project
  <http://www.dokpro.uio.no/>

  A project to document the language and cultural collections of the four Norwegian Universities. Includes a bit of information on Myntkabinettet, the Collection of Coins and Medals at the University of Oslo. Text in Norwegian, introduction and contents also in English.

• Federal Reserve Banks
  Atlanta: <http://www.frbatlanta.org/>
  Chicago: <http://www.frbchi.org/>
  Minneapolis: <http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/>
  New York: <http://www.ny.frb.org/>
  Philadelphia: <http://www.libertynet.org/~fedresrv/fedpage.html>
  St. Louis: <http://www.stls.frb.org/>

  Mostly economic information. For numismatists, the Atlanta site has info about its Monetary Museum and the Minneapolis site, named Woodrow, has info about the new U.S. $100 notes.

• GNN/Koblas Currency Converter
  <http://bin.gnn.com/cgi-bin/gnn/currency>

  A handy currency converter.

• Ideal Copy
  <http://brains.race.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ic.html>

  This art group's "Channel: Exchange" project explores the metaphysical meanings of money. Wonder if they've met J.S.G. Boggs?

• INET'95 Hypermedia Proceedings
  <http://www.isoc.org/in95prc/>

  Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Internet Society. The "Commercial and Business Aspects" track of the proceedings includes a couple articles on digital cash.

• InfoNation
  <http://www.info-nation.com/>

  An electronic magazine focusing on "forward technologies and the emerging computer culture". Has a couple articles on electronic cash.

• The Kelsey On-Line
  <http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/>

  The Kelsey Museum at the University of Michigan. Displays some coins found at the Roman site of Karanis, Egypt.

• The Metal Detecting Forum
  <http://www.turnpike.net/metro/tuvok/detector.html>

  This site about metal detecting also has some interesting articles about coins.

• A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of Paper Currency
  <http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/documents/paper.html>

  Written by Benjamin Franklin. Part of The American Revolution, a hypertext project.

• Musee National d'Histoire et d'Art
  <http://www.men.lu/Musee/LuxMusee.html>

  Luxembourg's National Museum of Art and History. Includes a coin cabinet section with a picture of a gold stater.

• Olsen & Associates Currency Converter
  <http://www.olsen.ch/cgi-bin/exmenu>

  A currency converter that can display past exchange rates, and even predict future exchange rates. You never know what those Swiss will come up with next.

• The On-Line Treasure Hunter
  <http://cyberatl.net/~infosvc/treasure/html/>

  Part of treasure hunting is, of course, hunting for coins.

• Paper Money Collecting FAQ
  <http://world.std.com/~giese/pfaq.html>

  A web version of the Paper Money Collecting FAQ, by the author.

• Perseus Project
  <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/>

  A multimedia digital library on ancient Greece by Tufts University. Catalogs 523 coins, with pictures for 450 coins.

• Plant Images on Coins
  <http://www.tau.ac.il/botany/coins.html>

  Some examples of plants on coins, from the Department of Botany at Tel Aviv University.

• The Qumran Hoard of Silver Coins
  <http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/Community/coins.html>

  Describes coins found at the Qumran ruins. Part of Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship, an online exhibition.

• Roma e il suo fiume
  <http://www.utovrm.it/~monete/index.html>

  Rome and its river in numismatics. Text in Italian.

• Slovakia Document Store
  <http://www.eunet.sk/slovakia/business.html>

  They provide Internet services, but they also have pictures of Slovak money.

• SomalilandNet
  <http://www.compmore.net/~hersi/>

  Includes a sample of new Somaliland paper money.

• U.S. National Numismatic Collection
  <http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/nmah/homepage/numismatics/numismatics.html>

  At the National Museum of American History, a part of the Smithsonian Institution. Online exhibits with great pictures.

• A Visual Compendium of Roman Emperors
  <http://www.ece.arizona.edu/~paola/Emperors/baggin_emperors.html>

  An excellent illustrated list of Roman emperors, using pictures of sculpture and coins.

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