2nd moment of the exhibition “By Sea and Land… a history of the Atlantic”, 1st July to December 2021
On the 1st of July, at 21:00, we will open the exhibition Nine Centuries of Portuguese Coinage – A donation by Luís Filipe Thomaz – part one, which will include a talk by the collector entitled ‘Me and my Coin Collection’.
The collection began with coins he inherited from his uncles, some of which were donated by Luís, the numismatist kin. This includes a beautiful silver real of 10 soldos from King Fernando I and a superb dobra from King João V. The collection was meticulously put together according to criteria that reflect more than a numismatic a perspective, but that a historian, who valued the coin above all as a testimony to an era, a political situation or a cultural context, and who was therefore not interested in singularities in the dies or unusual dates.
He is linked to Terceira Island by genealogical ties. He has also established affective ties with Angra do Heroísmo, having frequented it since 1959. However, it is primarily the cosmopolitan tradition of this city, which for at least three centuries has been visited by ships from India and the Far East, Brazil, the African coast and Spanish America, that justifies this magnificent gift of inestimable cultural value to the Museum Angra do Heroísmo.
