One of my favorite joys is going to the library in the Museum of fine arts and reading (usually with the help of Google Translate) really really old books. One of which was “La science des medailles” written between 1600-1700. It talks about the science of medals (which are much like coins!)

Seeing how people wrote back then and what they where thinking about (without the internet) always impresses me!

https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-exhibits/ces-pieces-i...

Here are some photos from it

https://share.icloud.com/photos/07banOauKpgh0wnSkLGK7dScg