Journals of the American Numismatic Society

American Journal of Numismatics

Edited by Dr. Nathan T. Elkins and David Yoon

The American Journal of Numismatics annually publishes original research in all areas of numismatics, in the form of articles or short notes. Articles relating numismatic research to wider questions of economic and social history, archaeology, and related disciplines are particularly welcome.

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The deadline for submission to the 2025 volume is May 1, 2024. The 2024 volume is now closed.

Questions and proposals should be emailed to Nathan T. Elkins (ancient topics) or David Yoon (medieval, modern, and other, non-ancient topics).

Read the AJN Guidelines 2022.

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The AJN is a benefit of ANS membership. Visit the Membership page or email the Membership office for more details on how to subscribe.

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Printed volumes of the AJN are available to purchase through our distributors Ian Stevens Distribution (US).

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The AJN is available on JSTOR for readers who have access to this service through their institution’s library, or for single-article purchases by unaffiliated scholars.
1897–1924 (AJN first series)
1989–Present (AJN second series)

Open Access
Most AJN volumes and articles are available for free as open access via HathiTrust.

Editorial Committee
John W. Adams • Jere L. Bacharach • Gilles Bransbourg • Andrew Burnett • Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert • Suzanne Frey-Kupper • Evridiki Georganteli • Kenneth W. Harl • Jonathan Kagan • Paul T. Keyser • John M. Kleeberg • John H. Kroll • Ira Rezak • Stuart D. Sears • Peter van Alfen • Bernhard Weisser

Journal of Early American Numismatics

Edited by Christopher McDowell

The Journal of Early American Numismatics (formerly The Colonial Newsletter) is a research journal devoted to the colonial and Confederation-period coinages of the United States and other countries in the Americas, published twice a year.

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Submit proposals for articles to editor Christopher McDowell. Please note that JEAN has a zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism, and will not publish articles that include items currently in (or currently being prepared for) commerce.

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To receive JEAN as an add-on to your ANS membership, email the Membership office.
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The Journal of Early American Numismatics (JEAN) is an award-winning research journal based on the former Colonial Newsletter (CNL) dedicated to the study of early American numismatics. Founded in 1960, CNL continuously published some of the most scholarly and seminal studies in this area of numismatics. Focusing on the study of the coinages produced by the states during the Confederation period of the United States, CNL also investigated a variety of other specie that the U.S.’s forefathers used in their daily lives.

JEAN expands the focus of CNL with contributions on numismatics of all of the Americas during the same time period covered by CNL, and is published as a bound scholarly journal in June and December.

Numismatic Literary Guild Awards

Best Column or Article: Numismatic History or Personalities, 2023: “Benjamin Dudley: Maker of the Nova Constellatio Patterns” by Julia Casey

James L. Miller Award (Article/Story of the Year), 2023: “The ‘Wild Scheme’ of Sydney P. Noe: The 1942 Exhibition of Massachusetts Bay Silver at the American Numismatic Society” by Jesse Kraft,

Best Feature Article: United States Coins – Early, 2022: “The Coins Made ‘for the Islands and Mainland of America’ by the French West India Company 1670” by Jérôme Jambu

Best Feature Article: Numismatic History or Personalities, 2022 : “The Crane Ring of Rupert, Vermont: A Family of Counterfeiters at Reuben Harmon’s Mint” by Julia Casey

Best Feature Article: Numismatic History or Personalities and Story of the Year, 2021: “Collecting American Colonial Coins in Eighteenth Century England” by Julia Casey

Best Feature Article on Early American Coins, 2020: “The Authentic Fugio Restrike Dies” by Chris McDowell and Julia Casey

Best Feature Article on Numismatic History or Personalities, 2020: “John J. Ford: A Life in Three Portraits” by Q. David Bowers

James L. Miller Memorial Award for Article of the Year, 2020: “The Authentic Fugio Restrike Dies” by Chris McDowell and Julia Casey

Best Club or Not-for-Profit Periodical, 2019