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Highlights from the 2023 New York International Numismatic Convention
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Highlights from the 2023 New York International Numismatic Convention
By John Thomassen

Most of us have a favorite day of the year. For many, it’s their birthday. For others, it’s a particular holiday that is close to their heart, perhaps because of the fond memories it evokes or because of the future memories that will be made when friends and family come together.

For me? Easy: it’s the annual New York International Numismatic Convention.

This is no close contest, either. My birthday? Sure, it’s nice to receive gifts and cheerful rounds of “Happy birthday!” and other such accolades for making it once more around the sun. Christmas? Yes, I certainly do like gathering with…

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Coin-Sound, or the <em>Bruit d’Arain</em> of Armand Trousseau
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Coin-Sound, or the Bruit d’Arain of Armand Trousseau
By Jesse Kraft

Sudarso, Kerokan Session, 1992, oil on canvas.

As numismatists, we know that coins have many, many functions and characteristics. Some of…

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Positive and Negative Exempla in Pocket Change
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Positive and Negative Exempla in Pocket Change
By Nathan Elkins

The recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II (r. 1952–2022) and the elevation King Charles III has prompted questions about how…

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Caesar in Fallout: New Vegas—They Make a Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland and Call...
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Caesar in Fallout: New Vegas—They Make a Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland and Call it Peace
By The American Numismatic Society

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following post is by 2022 ANS Eric P. Newman Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics student Eduardo García-Molina…

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Long Table 102. Numismatics and Sensitive History: Perception of Iconography...
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Long Table 102. Numismatics and Sensitive History: Perception of Iconography in Modern Times
By Emma Pratte

While studying iconography on coins is a major pillar of ancient numismatics, it has been curiously ignored for modern…

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The So-Called “Pirate Coins”: From Myth to Reality
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The So-Called “Pirate Coins”: From Myth to Reality
By Emma Pratte

with Dr. Jérôme Jambu (Université de Lille)

In the collective imagination, pirates are inseparable from their treasure chests filled…

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New Years and Old Years
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New Years and Old Years
By David Yoon

This essay is being written on December 31, 2021, to be posted on January 4, 2022. It seems like a…

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Curiosities of the United States Paper Money Cabinet, Part II
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Curiosities of the United States Paper Money Cabinet, Part II
By John Thomassen

If you have not read Part I of this two-part series and would like to do so, please click here.

As…

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From Mound House to Manhattan, Part II
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From Mound House to Manhattan, Part II
By Jesse Kraft

This is the second segment of a three-part series to update ANS members and interested guests on the MACO Archives…

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New York City Streets Are Paved With Lost Change (If...
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New York City Streets Are Paved With Lost Change (If You Look)
By John Thomassen

There’s a fairly pervasive idea that some people are just born lucky. These people, it’s thought, luck into good schools,…

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Trouble with Names
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Trouble with Names
By David Hill

Augustus Saint-Gaudens by Kenyon Cox (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Du Bois was a big name at the U.S. mint in the…

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A Caffeinated Tour of the ANS Collection
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A Caffeinated Tour of the ANS Collection
By John Thomassen

In the world of humorous coffee shop signs, there is one that has always rung particularly true for this numismatic…

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