celebrated last week at a reception at the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

Dignitaries hailed the Bermuda Maritime Museum's Journal of Archaeology and Maritime History as an example of international academic outreach.

And Hogge coins found during an archaeological dig at Castle Island were unveiled and put on permanent display at the Monetary Authority's offices on Burnaby Hill.

The story of the dig and the 19 coins -- lost since the 1630s and 1640s -- is told in the tenth edition of the Journal.

Senator Yvette Swan, minister of Government and Community Services said the marriage of the museum and the monetary authority had strengthened the already rich history of Bermuda.

"It's a very important journal,'' she said. "It puts us on the international map. It is a place where in-depth research can be published. The journal is second to none.

Honorary editor Jack Arnell said the journal had replaced the Bermuda Historical Quarterly which published from 1944 to 1981.

The idea of a journal languished after the death of the quarterly's editor Terry Tucker and was only revived after Richard and Susan Butterfield took keen interest in the mid-1980s.

The Butterfields became the proposed journal's main benefactor and have remained behind it since then. Dr. Arnell said the journal had included topics not strictly archaeological or maritime but added: "Bermuda history is maritime history. As recently as 50 years ago we all looked to the sea.'' He encouraged the community to follow his lead and invest in the Museum and other institutions carrying out similar academic endeavours cataloguing Bermuda's heritage.

Director of the Maritime Museum Edward Harris said the cache of coins is believed to be the largest single collection of the very rare coins.

He added the find is significant because they were found in the "dateable context'' of soil strata.

HISTORICAL MONEY -- Dignitaries admire the tenth anniversary issue of the Maritime Museum's Journal of Archaeology and Maritime History showing some of 19 Hogge Coins -- more than three and a half centuries old -- found at Castle Island. From left, Bermuda Monetary Authority chairman Mansfield Brock, Susie Butterfield, Richard Butterfield, Dr. Jack Arnell, Sen. Yvette Swan, and the museum's chairman Paul Leseur.