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Figure 1. The COAC 2023 Banner, reproduced from L’Encyclopédie de Diderot et d’Alembert, first published in 1751.
On Friday and Saturday, September 22 and 23, 2023, the American Numismatic Society held a very successful Coinage of the Americas Conference (COAC), sponsored by the Resolute Americana Collection and the Stack Family. For nearly 40 years now, these conferences have brought together expert numismatists on a variety of topics in American numismatics. This was the 20th COAC held by the ANS since its inception in 1984 by ANS Past President Harry Bass. Some of the past COAC themes included “America’s Copper Coinage,” “The…
The campus of Western Michigan University, host of the International Congress on Medieval Studies.
The International Congress on Medieval Studies has…
Last month, along with most of the ANS staff, I attended the International Numismatic Congress in Poland. It was a…
It has been roughly two weeks since the close of the INC 2022 – XVI International Numismatic Congress in Warsaw,…
The Official Medal of the XVI International Numismatic Congress in Warsaw, Poland.
Two weeks ago, the American Numismatic Society’s offices closed…
This past week, between December 1 and 5, the Third International Convention of Historians and Numismatists (Cartagena MMXXI) gathered in…
After a hiatus of a dozen years, this last Friday and Saturday (17–18 September) saw the resumption of the Coinage…
Part 1 of this 3 part post was published on April 12, 2021
Part 2 of this 3 part post was…
Part 1 of this 3 part post was published on April 12, 2021
The second day of the conference, March 24,…
For the fact that the Romans did not export their own coinage into the Greek world does not mean that…
The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire … exhibited 1817 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Accepted by the nation as part…
While August means for most people weekends on the beach, long summer days, or just hanging out, numismatists look forward…