Carl Reinhold Berch

Carl Reinhold Berch was a Swedish official and coin collector and scientist. Under him, the Swedish Antiquity Archives increased the number of Swedish and Roman coins in the collection, as well as drawing up a list of its actions, and directing it with own descriptions, and doing a number of other roles in the archives. He is known as the author of the Berchska scale, indicating the size of certain numismatic objects (for example, “medal of the eighth size”)

 

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Carl Reinhold Berch to Hans Sloane, 1734-11-06, Sloane MS 4053, f. 306, British Library, London

Carl Reinhold Berch, Wikipedia, [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Reinhold_Berch, accessed 24/08/17]



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