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One of the volumes that the curatorial staff often consults is a folio-sized hardbound ledger that records the first half-century of acquisitions and accessions by the American Numismatic Society. The title page of the volume has a hand-written note indicating that it was presented to the organization, “while yet in its infancy,” by William Leggett Bramhall in December 1858. The American Numismatic Society originated out of an informal meeting held on March 15, 1858 at 121 Essex Street in New York City, which was then the home of a young coin enthusiast named Augustus B. Sage (1842-1874).
Augustus B. Sage
A constitution and by-laws…
Joseph Cowell (1792-1863) was a British comedian and theatrical entrepreneur who performed on both sides of the Atlantic. His memoir, Thirty…
By Lara Fabian
View of the Black Sea from the Batumi Botanical Gardens
The Black Sea coast of Georgia is a wildly…
By Felege-Selam Yirga
Tucked away among a host of oddities and commodity currencies in the “traditional” cabinet at the ANS are…
By Mariele Valci
The denaro provisino was one of the most widespread issues in Central Italy during the Late Middle Ages….
By Rhyne King
In 334 BCE, Alexander the Great crossed from Europe into Asia Minor and began his conquest of the Achaemenid…
In preparing a session on cultural property issues for the Eric P. Newman Graduate Seminar, I was reading more of the…
A long-awaited publication from The American Numismatic Society, Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins, is now available for sale. The 322-page…
Last week the ANS was visited by Katherine van Schaik, an M.D. and Ph.D. student at Harvard University. Katherine was kind…
The Bank of Brest in Michigan was one of the most infamous “wildcat” banks that sprang up amidst the more…
With Mother’s Day approaching this weekend, I thought it might be a good time for a post about the many…
This week, the American Numismatic Society uploaded images of its 100,000th object into our online database MANTIS. The lucky coin was an…