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Photo: Detail of the cover of Billy Bragg’s 2022 record, The Million Things that Never Happened.
Singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg joins the Planchet for a wide-ranging conversation about his interest in collecting Iron Age coinage from the United Kingdom (and coins generally), early regional and tribal history from where he grew up, the personal connection to that history through holding archaeological artifacts, and bonds shared between fathers and sons. We end the conversation by talking about “roadside America” and the search for interesting and historical out-of-the-way places while on tour. Billy is touring the US from September 27–October 16, 2022…
Richard Abdy has worked in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum since 1998 where he first…
ANS photographer Alan Roche has been making coin images for the American Numismatic Society for 20 years. He brings his…
After a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19, the Eric P. Newman Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics returned in 2022 for…
Season 3 of The Planchet podcast continues with a conversation with Len Augsburger, Executive Director of the Newman Numismatic Portal….
The ANS Archives serve two distinct audiences: ANS staff and external researchers. There are three levels of access to archival…
Additional primary sources can be found using the Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick…
When citing materials in the ANS Archives, the following general rules should be followed:
I. In Publications
FormatItem identification, date (if known),…
Season 3 of The Planchet podcast begins with a wide-ranging interview with Shanna Schmidt of Shanna Schmidt Numismatics. Since 2019,…
The Chairman’s Medal was inaugurated in 2021 and presented to ANS Chairman Ken Edlow on the occasion of his 80th birthday…
The American Numismatic Society, with the support of Carole Anne Menzi Collier, is pleased to offer The Collier Prize in…
Richard B. Witschonke receives the Distinguished Achievement award at the 2013 Gala
In 2012 the ANS began to honor ANS volunteers…
David Hendin accepts the 2022 Trustees’ Award
In 2003, the ANS began the tradition of honoring deserving individuals with the Trustees’…