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  • Women personifying the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, are protected by Father Time, while a woman personifying antiquity points to the value of ancient coins. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after P. Berchet.
  • Abbey Token C14th; Edward III silver penny
  • A large pink condom beside a smaller coin bearing the letters '1/2 Fr. 1987' and the message in German 'Much protection for little cash'; one of a series of posters from the Stop AIDS campaign by AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Coins showing Oelbaum bis Palme (Palmzeig).
  • Jesus calls Matthew away from his vocation as a tax collector. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after S. Wiedenbauer after G.A. Pordenone.
  • Coins showing Schilf (Schilfkranz) bis Achren.
  • The first stone and inlaid coins of Holloway prison. Lithograph by C.M. Firth.
  • A young woman smoking, with silver coins representing the expense of buying cigarettes. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount, October 1965.
  • Coinage: elevation of a coin press. Engraving by J. W. Lowry after E. S. Gibson.
  • Medals: a die-engraver in his workshop (top), with diagrams of die-engraving tools (below). Engraving by B.L. Prevost after F. Boucher.
  • Reverse of Abbey Token C14th; Edward III silver penny
  • Coins showing Rose bis Feigeeblatter.
  • A man smoking, with silver coins representing the expense of buying cigarettes. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount, October 1965.
  • Satyrs grouped around a statue, displaying the attributes of greed and venality. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
  • Coinage: machinery used in the Royal Mint. Engraving after J. Farey.
  • A winged, blindfolded woman; representing avarice. Engraving by G. Pencz.
  • Jesus calls Matthew from among the tax officials. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • Coins showing Palmzweige bis Fohne (Fohrenkranz).
  • Coins showing Aehren bis styrax (Kranz von Styraxblattern).
  • Two coin-like amulets used to ward off vipers and the effects of their bites. Pen drawing.
  • Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • A wealthy man is stabbed by a skeleton while a man weighs coins on the other side of the table; representing the vanity of riches. Engraving by M. Pregel, 1616.
  • Front and reverse of four coin-like objects known as 'royal touch pieces' which were given by royal personages to people suffering from the king's evil (scrofula). Etching.