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ANS at EAC
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ANS at EAC
By The American Numismatic Society

Earlier this month, deputy director Gilles Bransbourg and I had the honor of representing the ANS at the Early American Coppers Convention in Dayton, Ohio. The EAC, now with over 1,000 members, was formed in 1967 and currently focuses its attention on U.S. colonial and early state coins, cents and half cents (1793-1857), and Hard Times tokens.

Del Bland (1933-2018) was honored at the EAC convention in Dayton, Ohio, at an event cohosted by the ANS.

The convention took place over the course of four days and featured a number of educational presentations, including an airing of the ANS’s 2018 Silvia Mani…

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Standards for Empire: The Power of Coinage in the Met’s...
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Standards for Empire: The Power of Coinage in the Met’s Ancient China Exhibition
By The American Numismatic Society

by Vivek Gupta

Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220) on view at the…

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Museum of the American Revolution and the ANS
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Museum of the American Revolution and the ANS
By Elena Stolyarik

On April 19, 2017, a new cultural institution, the Museum of the American Revolution, will open in downtown Philadelphia. It…

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