The American Numismatic Society is an organization dedicated to the study of coins, currency, medals, tokens, and related objects from all cultures, past and present. The Society's headquarters in New York City has the foremost research collection and library specialized in numismatics in the United States. These resources are used to support research and education in numismatics, for the benefit of academic specialists, serious collectors, professional numismatists, and the interested public.
The ANS offers numerous educational and outreach programs, events, and lectures for all ages both in the New York metropolitan area and abroad.
The American Numismatic Society continues to develop free digital resources for public use, including various searchable online collections and collaborations with institutions worldwide.
The curatorial department is responsible for the care, organization, and study of one of the largest and most important numismatic collection in the world.
on Friday, February 10 with Nanouschka Myrberg Burström
We held the 2023 Annual Gala, a new book is available for purchase, and February is the last month to apply for the upcoming Summer Seminar
Study at the Foremost Seminar in Numismatic Methods, Theory, and Data Science
2023 Summer Seminar applications are now being accepted, a new book, a ANS holiday party, and more!
ANS coins featured in “National Geographic,” a new ANS Lyceum is announced, and so many lectures to look forward to!
Press Release
September 30, 2022
In 2017, two metal detectorists, the brothers van Schaijk, found four denarii and almost a hundred Roman bronze coins…
The coinage of western Eurasia and its colonial explants had, from the Archaic Aegean to the twentieth century, a tension…
In the midst of the Second World War, the ANS received two substantial donations totaling together over 600 coins….
From time to time here at the ANS Library we still get books and other numismatic items from the library…
We start Season 4 of The Planchet podcast with a very special guest: Ventris Gibson, the 40th Director of the…
Bank notes, issued by banks with (and often without) state charters, quickly became a ubiquitous money medium in the…
Most of us have a favorite day of the year. For many, it’s their birthday. For others, it’s a particular…
ANS Fellow Donald Scarinci will present on the development of the contemporary art medal, focusing his discussion from the…