Pocket Change Medals & Decorations
Over the course of forty years of serious collecting, our friend and colleague Jay Martin Galst amassed an important collection of ancient and medieval coins, many from the Holy Land, as well as modern coins, medals, and tokens, particularly those related to his profession of ophthalmology. Over a year now since Jay died from complications of COVID-19 during the worst of the initial pandemic surge in New York City, his presence is still sorely missed here at the ANS, where he was a frequent visitor. Jay always intended that the bulk of his collection eventually be sold both to benefit…
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…
The collections of the American Numismatic Society include many medals pertaining to famous architecture, including some of buildings which have…
The half-hour that I spend every workday morning and evening on the ferry traversing the five miles of the Upper…
Recently I attended a Long Table hosted by ANS curator Jesse Kraft, who showed a fascinating coin he had come…
The year 2020, which brought to the world a coronavirus pandemic, is coming to an end. Humanity looks forward with…
Among the many interesting pieces in the Society’s collections are a group of Russian specimens that relate the transformation of…
In 2018 the ANS acquired the inventory—medals, dies, galvanos, plaques, and paper and digital archives—of the Medallic Art Company (MACO),…
The work of Danuta Solowiej, the President’s Medal was commissioned by the British Art Medal Society as part of its…