Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet

Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet ( The Royal Coin Cabinet , also Rijksmuseum Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet ) was a Dutch Coin Cabinet and Rijksmuseum (National Museum) from 1816 to 2004 .

history

The coin collection is based on the De Thoms collection of antique coins and cut stones, which Willem IV bought in 1751 and which was expanded under Willem V. 1816 it was under King William I to Royal Penningkabinet .

The collection was initially located in The Hague ( Koninklijk Kabinet van Munten, Penningen en Gesneden Steenen ; Cabinet Royal des Médailles ) and was relocated to Leiden (Rapenburg 26) in 1986 . In 2004 the collection became part of the Money Museum of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt , based in Utrecht . On November 1st, 2013 this museum was closed. The numismatic part of the collection is now owned by the Dutch National Bank as the National Numismatic Collectie ; the cut stones are now in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden.

collection

In addition to domestic and foreign money, the coin cabinet also included a collection of antique cut stones.

literature

• Johannes Cornelis de Jonge : Notice sur le Cabinet des médailles et des pierres gravées de SM le Roi des Pays-Bas . The Hague 1823.
• HE van Gelder: Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet . In: 150 jaar Koninklijk Kabinet van schilderijen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Koninklijk Penningkabinet . The Hague 1967.

Catalogs

• Annie N. Zadoks-Josephus Jitta : Catalog sommaire des cylindres orientaux au Cabinet Royal des Médailles à la Haye . Impr. D'État, The Hague 1952.
• Marianne Maaskant-Kleibrink : Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, The Hague: the Greek, Etruscan and Roman collections . Government Publishing Office, The Hague 1978, ISBN 3-515-02919-2

Web links

• Koninklijk Penningkabinet on the Encyclopedie van munten en papiergeld page
• National Numismatic Collection of the Netherlands National Bank