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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.

M0013086: An Abbey Token, Edward III silver penny and Charles II halfpenny

Jesus calls Matthew from among the tax officials. Woodcut, 16th century.

The poor widow gives money to the treasury of the Temple; Jesus points out her virtue. Engraving by J-M. Delattre, 1794, after W. Artaud.

The parable of the lost coin: a woman lights a lamp and turns her house upside down in search of a lost coin. Engraving by G. Camerata, 175-, after D. Fetti.

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M0013086: An Abbey Token, Edward III silver penny and Charles II halfpenny

Jesus calls Matthew from among the tax officials. Woodcut, 16th century.

Jesus calls Matthew away from his vocation as a tax collector. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after S. Wiedenbauer after G.A. Pordenone.

The poor widow gives money to the treasury of the Temple; Jesus points out her virtue. Engraving by J-M. Delattre, 1794, after W. Artaud.

The parable of the lost coin: a woman lights a lamp and turns her house upside down in search of a lost coin. Engraving by G. Camerata, 175-, after D. Fetti.