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Medicina in Nummis

C. R. Allen, Jr, MD, MPH

JAMA. 1981;246(20):2347-2349.

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NUMISMATICS is the study of money and medals. During the many centuries that coins, currency, and related items have been issued, they have been used to portray highly esteemed individuals and to picture items symbolic of important social values. Physicians, other health professionals, and health-related topics have been used for this purpose, reflecting the great respect for health and medicine. Collecting coins, currency, and medals related to medicine provides an enjoyable and rewarding hobby and a new vantage point on medical history.

Kisch¹ has traced the history of medical numismatics as a topical collecting interest. Moehsen, a physician to King Frederick II of Prussia, was an early, prominent collector of medals portraying physicians. His collection consisted of more than 200 specimens. Rudolphi, a professor of anatomy and physiology at Berlin University, indexed more than 500 medals on the subject. Robert Ball, a Berlin coin dealer of the late 19th . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Texas Department of Health, Lubbock.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Texas Department of Health, 4709 66th St, Lubbock, TX 79414 (Dr Allen).

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