Uppsala University Coin Cabinet

16/01/2024

It’s been a while again but we have not been idle, we promise…actually we are rebuilding! So sorry about the mess and all that, but the new exhibition will hopefully be in place in the Spring…fingers crossed!

15/03/2023

A happy Ides of March to one and all! We began our day with talking a bit about Julius C on the local radio P4 so check it out!

22/12/2022

Well well folks, it’s been a busy year and again ’tis the time if the season…may your holidays be merry and bright, and as jolly as these gentlemen: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-497331 See you all in 2023!

14/10/2022

While the rest of the world is going digital, we kinda like our books…so here’s a few from our library that have just been beautifully restored by Leonard Gustafsson bookbinders. Gorgeous work!

21/09/2022

We interrupt whatever you are doing for the following piece of amazing (unnamable?) news…

CIT has dedicated a commemorative coin to author H.P. Lovecraft and his horror-fantasy creature Cthulhu. The coin features smartminting® technology and the finest color application.

12/04/2022

Hey, one of us wrote a piece on ancient coins…in Swedish but try running it through Google translate if you need;-)

De antika mynten med deras bilder, texter och symboler gav legitimitet åt den härskare som präglade dem och budskapet undgick sedan ingen som använde dem.

15/03/2022

Tis the time of the season…the ides of March…so just because we know you want it, here’s a coin struck for Caesar in 44 BC:

01/03/2022

Hey, just a heads up that we have spent the last weeks cataloging our collection of auction catalogues, like this nice one. Everything is now recorded at www.libris.kb.se (nb: the material is NOT digitized, at least not yet, but at least you can see what we have!)

24/11/2021

Hey, pssst…gosh…is it late November already? Soon we have to start thinking about Christmas and stuff! Yes, it’s been a while but as usual we have not been idle…this autumn, we have been digitizing our early mediaeval German and Anglo-saxon coins. They were earlier published in our printed volumes SNU 1 and SNU 2 but as those two have beed OOP and hard to find for some time, so we thought we should bring it out online.
A lot of nice stuff here! Including a number of fine pieces struck for Aethelred II:

11/06/2021

My oh my, is is summer already? You haven’t heard from us for a while, but fear not, we are still alive! AND some of us have even had our shots. Meanwhile, work on the collections has been sort of slow, but our good friend ali Ali Yıldız has started working on some of our ”cuphic” coins. More on that in due course!

13/12/2020

Looking for something to read on a gloomy Sunday? Our friend Samuel wrote a piece on British Trade Tokens (and oh, did you notice he published a few of them in Alvin?) for Svensk Numismatisk Tidskrift (that’s in Swedish, mind you) so try to get hold of it while it’s hot!

06/11/2020

While following the news from the US elections, we also take time to honour the strange Swedish custom of commemorating the death of king Gustavus Adolphus by eating special cakes...AND admiring the awesome medal struck after the event by Sebastian Dattler...have a nice weekend everyone!