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The collections of the American Numismatic Society include many medals pertaining to famous architecture, including some of buildings which have been destroyed since their medallic depiction. Among these are the medals dedicated to the Crystal Palaces of London and New York.
The original Crystal Palace was built in London’s Hyde Park in 1851. It was designed and erected by the famous English gardener and architect Joseph Paxton (1803–1865). As head gardener for the Duke of Devonshire, Paxton had already designed and built major greenhouses for his employer. His plan for the Crystal Palace was based on that experience as well as…
Austin Goodwin Andrews is a curatorial assistant in the Ancient Greek Coins Department of the American Numismatic Society. Before joining…
Tara Sewell-Lasater is a PhD student in the History Department at the University of Houston. Her work focuses on Hellenistic…
In the early 1990s, Don Everhart of the Society of Medalists from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, struck a series of…
I was working on an article about George Kunz and the redesign of United States Coinage (ANS Magazine, 2017/1) when…
One of the ways that the ANS teaches students about numismatics is through student internships, where a student gets to…
Coins first appeared in the western world some…
The digitization of the American Numismatic Society’s backlist of monographs has been funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as…
It is that time of year. The holidays have come and long gone, leaving…
Note: The majority of this post and the migration framework (academia-migrate) were authored about a year ago, but placed on…
Today’s post is written by Jeremy Simmons, a PhD candidate in the Classical Studies program at Columbia University. He has written…
The ANS is looking for a TEI specialist wanted for a short-term, part-time (c. 250-hour) project at $20.00/hour. TEI proficiency…