YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
The Development of Coin and Currency
Welcome to the Bela Lyon Pratt Gallery of Numismatics at the Yale University Art Gallery. In this audio guide, the Jackson Tomasko Associate Curator of Numismatics, Dr. Benjamin Hellings and the Ben Lee Damsky Assistant Curator of Numismatics, Emily Pearce Seigerman will take you through a history of the development of coin and currency, highlighting some of the Art Gallery’s most beautiful and smallest objects of art. This tour has a total of 10 stops and will guide visitors through the Bela Lyon Pratt Gallery through the lens of money as historical object.
30 mins
Welcome to the Bela Lyon Pratt Gallery of Numismatics at the Yale University Art Gallery.
First floor East Wing
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0:43
The Greek Tradition
Early Money Traditions
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0:57
The Chinese Tradition
Early Money Traditions
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0:48
The Indian Tradition
Early Money Traditions
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1:00
Portraiture
The Hellenistic World
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1:12
Roman Architecture
Ancient Treasures
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1:28
The Monogram of Charlemagne
Rome's Legacy
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0:56
Milled Coinage
Trade and Commerce
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1:08
Early Currency (Europe)
Early Currency
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1:31
Early Currency (United States of America)
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1:12
Developments in Printing
Early Currency
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1:29
Paper Currency
Printing
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1:20