Pocket Change Modern
At the end of the Civil War, the United States had the second largest navy in the world after the Royal Navy of Great Britain, a result of the Union’s attempt to blockade Southern ports. By 1880, however, the US Navy had dropped to 12th place as Congress became increasingly preoccupied with westward expansion and was unwilling to fund a navy for which it saw little need or purpose. A change of perception brought about in part by German, British, and Spanish encroachments in the Americas, a violation of our self-proclaimed Monroe Doctrine, encouraged new spending to begin to modernize…
As many of you know, the American Numismatic Society purchased the archives of the Medallic Art Company (MACO) at a…
Quite often, coming across a previously unknown (to you) numismatic object can send one spiraling down a rabbit hole of…
March 12, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding historian, epigrapher, and specialist in northern Black…
A researcher’s inquiry recently got me thinking about an interesting item I’d once found in a pile of unprocessed materials…
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…
Every so often, something truly unique enters the American Numismatic Society’s collection. Thanks to a generous donation by Vicken Yegparian,…
The motto of the American Numismatic Society is Parva Ne Pereant—“So the Small May Not Perish.” In the world of…
The half-hour that I spend every workday morning and evening on the ferry traversing the five miles of the Upper…
Among the more unusual and curious objects in the ANS’s collection is a silver medal…
The following post was written by Mary N. Lannin, who is on the Board of Trustees of the American Numismatic Society and has…