The Malta Lm is Maltese Liri - but we will be changing to Euros on the 1st January 2008 - Yippee! Karen in Malta
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laurie Waters Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 1:31 PM To: nicky.h-townsend; arachne Cc: Laurie Waters Subject: [!! SPAM] [lace] lace exhibition - query re: coins & medals Hi Nicky, Wish you could come! Santa Fe is quite festive around Christmas. There are quite a few things available for collectors. Belgium and France (Le Puy, specifically) both issued paper money with engravings of lacemakers. Malta issued a 5 Lm (no sure what currency that is) silver coin showing a lacemaker in 1984 commerating the United Nations Decade for Women. Commerative medals have been issued by several companies - there is a large and a small one from Alencon, one from Le Puy, and one issued in the 1930's by the French artist Cochet. The Franklin Mint issued a silver medal of Vermeer's The Lacemaker in 1974. There are a few others, but these are the main ones. Then there are the English lace tokens. They were issued by either private businesses or local towns when legal coinage ran short. There were basically two periods when this was done, one in the late 17th century, one in the 19th century. Thomas Wright's The Romance of the Lace Pillow has a good listing of these. I have examples of all of these in the exhibition. Laurie ----- Original Message ----- From: "nicky.h-townsend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 2:18 AM Subject: lace exhibition - query re: coins & medals > Hi Laurie > Just read about your planned exhibition, sounds absolutely wonderful, not > surprised that it has taken two years of planning - not too mention a lot > of hard work as well. What caught my attention though was the inclusion of > coins and medals are they lace related - I'd love to know more about them > if they are please. > Great shame that I live the other side of the globe and won't be able to > make the exhibition but I wish you every success with it and also your > lecture. > best wishes > Nicky > in Suffolk England > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by NextWeb, and is believed to be clean. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
