DOI issue:
Kronika / Chronicle
DOI article:Woźniak, Mateusz: Kronika Gabinetu Numizmatycznego Muzeum Narodowego w Krakowie (2016)
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43282#0289
THE CHRONICLE OF THE NUMISMATIC CABINET...
MATEUSZ WOŹNIAK
National Museum in Krakow
The Chronicie of the Numismatic Cabinet
of the National Museum in Krakow (2016)
As in the previous year, the staff of the Numismatic Cabinet had six members
in 2016: Dr hab. Jarosław Bodzek (manager; ancientcoinage); Anna Bochnak, M.A.
(modern coinage, varia, and deposits); Anda Jaworucka-Drath, M.A. (paper money);
Dorota Malarczyk, M.A. (Oriental coinage); Paulina Taradaj, M.A. (medals); and
Mateusz Woźniak, M.A. (medieval coinage).
As of the end of 2016, the collection of the Numismatic Cabinet amounted to
109,521 pieces (116,984, including the deposits). The Overall size of the collection
increased, in relation to the previous year, by 2,536 items.1
As is traditionally the case, the vast majority of the new acquisitions in 2016
were gifts and donations, with two donations being of particular significance.
The first one amounts to as many as 967 coins, the result of 40 years of coin-
collecting passion on the part of Mr Michał Krupo wies (1957-2016), who was
a numismatist and collector and a member of numerous societies and associations,
including the Słupsk branch of the Polish Numismatic Society; the Society for
the Protection of Historie Monuments in Słupsk; the Association of the Friends of
the Museum of Middle Pomerania; and the Association of the Friends of Słupsk.2
Considering our donator’s very strong bond to his native city of Słupsk, we are
honoured that he chose the National Museum in Krakow to be the beneficiary of
the handover of his collection (as it would turn out, shortly before his death).
Among the nearly 1,000 pieces that made up his collection, the most noteworthy
specimens are definitely those from a set of Western Pomeranian coins (several
hundred pieces) Struck from the late 12* up to the 18* Century. Before the donation,
the Numismatic Cabinet’s collection of coins from this territory only consisted of
a few pieces. The gift is a valuable addition to the Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum’s
excellent collection of Polish coins (and coins connected to Poland), for it includes
some previously unrepresented issues from territories now in Poland. With this
1 This nurnber re fers to the items which were fully inventoried in 2016 and which have complete photographic
documentation. The actual nurnber of gifts and donations received in 2016 (after preliminary descriptions have
been made and the gifts have been entered into inventory) will amount to ahnost 15,000 pieces.
2 DZIWISZ 2017: 22-23.
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MATEUSZ WOŹNIAK
National Museum in Krakow
The Chronicie of the Numismatic Cabinet
of the National Museum in Krakow (2016)
As in the previous year, the staff of the Numismatic Cabinet had six members
in 2016: Dr hab. Jarosław Bodzek (manager; ancientcoinage); Anna Bochnak, M.A.
(modern coinage, varia, and deposits); Anda Jaworucka-Drath, M.A. (paper money);
Dorota Malarczyk, M.A. (Oriental coinage); Paulina Taradaj, M.A. (medals); and
Mateusz Woźniak, M.A. (medieval coinage).
As of the end of 2016, the collection of the Numismatic Cabinet amounted to
109,521 pieces (116,984, including the deposits). The Overall size of the collection
increased, in relation to the previous year, by 2,536 items.1
As is traditionally the case, the vast majority of the new acquisitions in 2016
were gifts and donations, with two donations being of particular significance.
The first one amounts to as many as 967 coins, the result of 40 years of coin-
collecting passion on the part of Mr Michał Krupo wies (1957-2016), who was
a numismatist and collector and a member of numerous societies and associations,
including the Słupsk branch of the Polish Numismatic Society; the Society for
the Protection of Historie Monuments in Słupsk; the Association of the Friends of
the Museum of Middle Pomerania; and the Association of the Friends of Słupsk.2
Considering our donator’s very strong bond to his native city of Słupsk, we are
honoured that he chose the National Museum in Krakow to be the beneficiary of
the handover of his collection (as it would turn out, shortly before his death).
Among the nearly 1,000 pieces that made up his collection, the most noteworthy
specimens are definitely those from a set of Western Pomeranian coins (several
hundred pieces) Struck from the late 12* up to the 18* Century. Before the donation,
the Numismatic Cabinet’s collection of coins from this territory only consisted of
a few pieces. The gift is a valuable addition to the Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum’s
excellent collection of Polish coins (and coins connected to Poland), for it includes
some previously unrepresented issues from territories now in Poland. With this
1 This nurnber re fers to the items which were fully inventoried in 2016 and which have complete photographic
documentation. The actual nurnber of gifts and donations received in 2016 (after preliminary descriptions have
been made and the gifts have been entered into inventory) will amount to ahnost 15,000 pieces.
2 DZIWISZ 2017: 22-23.
289