Pocket Change Medals & Decorations
When looked at through the numismatic lens, the Indian peace medals in the extensive collection of the American Numismatic Society tell the interesting and sometimes sordid story of the development of the U.S. Mint as both producer and marketer of medals for official purposes and for collectors. Due to the association of many of the medals with the names of Native American leaders who owned them before they entered the ANS collection, the medals also tell the personal stories of triumph and tragedy experienced by their original owners. The medals also have a third facet that is often overlooked. Their…
Since repatriating the die shells of the Medallic Art Co. (MACO), organizing and cataloguing these pieces has become a curatorial…
Figure 1. Mashiko and the American Medalists in Paris exhibit.
One of the joys of living in New York City is…
Louis Saint-Gaudens, by his wife Annetta (Saint-Gaudens National Historic Park).
We have over 160 years of records in the Society’s archives,…
This is the third and final segment in the series to update ANS members and interested guests on the MACO…
In late June 2021, Heidi Wastweet led a stellar Long Table discussion about her work as a medallic artist and…
This is the second segment of a three-part series to update ANS members and interested guests on the MACO Archives…
Over the course of forty years of serious collecting, our friend and colleague Jay Martin Galst amassed an important collection…
At the end of the Civil War, the United States had the second largest navy in the world after the…
As many of you know, the American Numismatic Society purchased the archives of the Medallic Art Company (MACO) at a…
While people today may not recognize her name, the career of Katharine Lane Weems (née Katharine Ward Lane) paralleled those…
Today’s post is authored by Jaharia Knowles, ANS intern. Knowles is a high school senior from New York City. A…