MONEY & MEDALS
Walsall Leather Museum
Littleton Street West
Walsall
WS2 8EQ
tel: +44 (0)1922 652288
website: http://cms.walsall.gov.uk/index/libraries_museums_and_arts/museums/walsall_museum.htm
email: [email protected]
Contact details: Catherine Lister
Date of visit: 23 September 2013
Nature and extent of collection
300 pieces. Current areas of collecting: Material found in or used in Walsall Borough.
All numbers below are estimated
Roman coins: 4
British coins: 71
British tokens: 92
European coins: 80
Asian coins: 18
African coins: 5
American coins: 20
Oceania: 1
Modern and paper money: 159
Medals (commemorative or military): 160
Paranumismatica: 92
Other: 2 sets Maundy Money (Victoria / Edward VII)
Commemorative coins (Jubilees / Festival of Britain)
Specific strengths: Modern money, British coins and tokens, medals.
Library: N/A
Databases
Database used: CALM
Proportion of collection on database: 100%
How much detail in database entries? Coins and tokens: Basic: Acc. No; name; brief description
(identification); date (if known); location
Medals: Good: Acc. No, name; description; date; material; dimensions; location.
Are images incorporated? Yes. There are images of 19 coins and tokens, 57 medals.
Is the database accessible to the public? Yes.
Is the database publicly accessible online? Yes: http://blackcountryhistory.org/
Display
Are there permanent numismatic displays? No.
Is numismatic material incorporated into more general displays? Occasionally, yes.
Is there a facility for temporary exhibitions? Yes.
Have there been numismatic exhibitions in the past? If so, what? Small displays of military medals; Civil War era coins exhibited as part of a larger display.
Access to the collection
Is there a study facility? Yes, A general study facility is available.
Is equipment (balances, magnifying glasses, etc.) provided? No.
Public engagement with numismatic collection
Is there a handling collection? Yes but it contains very few numismatic items.
Are numismatic collections used in Education sessions? Medals and coins have been used in the past but there are no education sessions at present.
Do numismatic collections feature in gallery talks, lectures? No.
Are there other engagement activities based around numismatic collections? No.
ID and public enquiries
Does the museum offer a service for identifying objects and other public enquiries? We offer a general enquiry service but suggest the enquirer contact a larger museum for more specialist information.
Curatorial knowledge
Is there any numismatic expertise in-house? If so, who, and in what areas? No.
Is there access to external expertise? If so, who and in what areas? No.
If there is expertise in-house, is there a willingness/capacity to share that with other museums? N/A