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Early Federal America
In 1792, the young United States of America defined its standard unit of value as a dollar worth 24.057 g of pure silver. Theoretically convertible banknotes were issued by about 1,600 local state-chartered banks. Gold was only sporadically minted. Its unit of value was called the eagle, worth ten silver dollars. Usually, half eagle coins of 5 dollars were minted at a standard of 135 grains of 91.67% fineness, equivalent to 8.01 g or 1.6038 g of pure gold per dollar. As foreign coins still enjoyed legal tender status, the incentive for private citizens to have their gold minted was effectively…
Hyperinflation
Coins always had a degree of intrinsic value. With paper banknotes, this constraint disappeared. These virtually free-of-costs monetary signs that…
Italy
The lira was the official currency of Italy from its unification in 1861 until 2002, when it was physically replaced by the…
From Napoleon to the Latin Monetary Union
From 1803 until 1914, France kept a stable monetary system based on convertibility into…
Coins of the Revolution
The French monetary system under the monarchy, like most of the European systems of that period and…
From Republic to Empire
Starting in the late 4th century B.C., the Roman Republic based a bronze (aesin Latin) coinage upon…
Metallic Objects
We are used to considering money as a stamped object, whether minted or printed, where often a number displayed…
To coincide with the Society’s 156th Annual Meeting, the ANS curatorial and archives departments have prepared an exhibition of newly…
From ancient Greek and Roman, Islamic and South Asian coinages, to rare and valuable U.S. coins and contemporary artistis and…
An Exhibition, Oct. 21, 2012 – January 11, 2013
Hammer Health Sciences Center, Lower Level 2
The Augustus C. Long Health Sciences…
The American Numismatic Society and The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Invite You to Visit Cultural Change: Coins of the…
About the artist
Portuguese artist João Duarte is the recipient of the J. Sanford Saltus Award for Signal Achievement in the…
In partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and United States Secret Service, this exhibition at the Bank…