. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 47.—Five-Cent , 1909, some with portrait of Washington. of the lack of trained personnel the entire collection was cataloged only superficially. During the years 1923-1948, ho\ve\er, Belote and James R. Sirlouis, a scientific aide, prepared a detailed listing of the United States coins transferred to the Museum from the United States ;^ In 1944 the numis- matic reference collections were installed in two rooms at the north end of the Arts and Industries ;' A vault provided with an electrical ala
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 47.—Five-Cent , 1909, some with portrait of Washington. of the lack of trained personnel the entire collection was cataloged only superficially. During the years 1923-1948, ho\ve\er, Belote and James R. Sirlouis, a scientific aide, prepared a detailed listing of the United States coins transferred to the Museum from the United States ;^ In 1944 the numis- matic reference collections were installed in two rooms at the north end of the Arts and Industries ;' A vault provided with an electrical alarm system was prepared for the storage of the collections two years ;* Each of these measures marked a slow but steach' progress toward the establishment of the national numismatic collections as a clearh defined imit imder its own ;''. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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