9/10/26 Report - 911 Privy Half Dollars from U.S. Mint. Coin Database and Study of Roman Hoards. FL Museum Contact Info for Indigenous Artifacts..

 

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The United States Mint begins accepting preorders today for 2026 Semiquincentennial Enduring Liberty half dollars carrying a special NEVER FORGET 9/11 privy mark. Ordering starts at noon ET, with the Philadelphia-struck coins offered in rolls and bags only through Sept. 25 at 3 p.m. ET.

Here is the link for more about that.

CoinNews | Coins, Coin Collecting News & Numismatic Articles

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The digitization of extensive archaeological collections, coupled with the development of quantitative methods that can integrate millions of scattered records, is ushering in a new era of historical research...

Using techniques from regional economics, spatial analysis, geographic information systems and large international archaeological databases, they reconstructed the monetary circulation of the Roman Republic, focusing on the period from 155 BCE to 2 CE, based on the remains of approximately 4 million coins found in excavations conducted over two centuries. Their study shows that the consolidation of Roman rule depended less on military conquest and more on the economic integration of the territories they conquered...

 "Each coin preserved by archaeology provides three key pieces of information: where it was minted, when it was produced, and where it was found some 2,000 years later... when millions of records are analyzed together, they can reveal the paths taken by money, the intensity of economic exchanges, the integration between different regions, and even the institutional evolution of one of the largest economies of antiquity,"...

For a long time, information on Roman coins was scattered among museums, libraries, private collections and researchers' archives... the situation began to change when institutions such as the American Numismatic Society started coordinating international projects to digitize and standardize these collections... Today, large public databases bring together millions of records from excavations conducted in different countries...

Here is the link for more information and the study's conclusions.

Traces of nearly 4 million coins reveal how Rome achieved economic integration

For those of you who have found Roman coins or are interested in coin hoards here is a link to one of the great resources used in the above study.  

Coin hoards of the Roman Republic Online (CHRR Online) is a database of Roman Republican coin hoards mainly from the period 155 BC to AD 2. This database began life as a personal research database constructed by Kris Lockyear using a combination of published data and Michael Crawford's personal archive now housed the in the British Museum. The online database, which utilises the Numishare application developed by Ethan Gruber, is a joint project between Kris Lockyear (Institute of Archaeology, University College London) and the American Numismatic Society.

Here is the link to that database.

Coin Hoards of the Roman Republic

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Here is another resource that you might find useful.

Contact for Shell Indigenous Artifacts at the Florida Museum

For questions about shell Indigenous artifacts held by the Florida Museum of Natural History, the relevant department is South Florida Archaeology & Ethnography, which manages collections from precontact times to the present for the 13 most southern Florida counties, including Calusa, Seminole, and other Indigenous groups.

Primary contact person:
Jen Green – Collections Manager, South Florida Archaeology & Ethnography
📧 Email: jgreen@flmnh.ufl.edu
📞 Phone: 352‑273‑1923 Florida Museum

This is the most direct line for artifact-related inquiries, including shell tools, ceremonial objects, and other ethnographic materials.

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📧 Email: websitecontact@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
📞 Research line: 352‑392‑1721 Florida Museum

Mailing address:
Florida Museum of Natural History
111 University Research Park Blvd
Gainesville, FL 32611 Florida Museum

Tip: When contacting, include details such as the type of artifact (e.g., shell tools, beads, ceremonial items), its origin area, and whether it was found on-site or in the field. This will help the Collections Manager route your inquiry to the right specialist.

For more information about the South Florida Archaeology & Ethnography collections, visit the museum’s official page: South Florida Archaeology & Ethnography Florida Museum.