Pocket Change Medals & Decorations
Among the more unusual and curious objects in the ANS’s collection is a silver medal (ANS 1967.225.23) 56.8 mm in diameter that was donated to the Society, along with ca. 3,000 other medals, in 1967 by the Wadsworth Athenaeum, which had received the medals as a bequest from J. Coolidge Hills in the 1920s. The obverse of the medal depicts the paddlewheel steamship RMS Persia and is inscribed “The Atlantic International Club” along with the dates of a voyage from New York City to Liverpool between April 20th and 30th, 1864. The reverse of the…
The following post was written by Mary N. Lannin, who is on the Board of Trustees of the American Numismatic Society and has…
Today marks the 155th anniversary in the United States since the slaves of the South were officially emancipated. On June…
United States. Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906). Commemorative Bronze Medal. The Hall of Fame for Great Americans at the New York…
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for Pocket Change about coins baked in bread to predict the future…
Figure 1. The winning design for the Gloucester 400 medal design competition: “Out at Sea” by Beth Swan. This will…
Mashiko receives the J. Sanford Saltus Award from Donald Scarinci, chair of the Award Committee.
The eponymous J. Sanford Saltus Award…
The American Numismatic Society Presents the 2019 J. Sanford Saltus Award for Signal Achievement in the Art of the…
Lincoln Centennial Medal by Jules Édouard Roiné, 1909 (ANS 1909.45.1), King 310. The dies were ceremoniously canceled, donated to the…
Curators of “A Handheld History” (l. to r.), Benjamin Wu, Amber Orosco, and Stephen Pastoriza.
Before Thanksgiving I had the great…
The Art of Devastation: Medals and Posters of the Great War premiered as an online exhibition on July 31, 2017. Based on the…
Anyone who has had the opportunity to look through the trays of coins and medals at the American Numismatic Society…