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William Hunter was an avid antique coin collector and the Hunter Coin cabinet in the Hunterian Museum is one of the world's great collections.

According to the Preface of Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection ( Macdonald 1899 ), Hunter purchased many important collections, including those of Horace Walpole and the bibliophile Thomas Crofts.

King George III even donated an Athenian gold piece.