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The Curious Case of the Mystery Mule
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The Curious Case of the Mystery Mule
By John Thomassen

With a collection as large as the American Numismatic Society’s, those of us who work with it daily are bound to find something we are unfamiliar with. When this happens, we normally go to our colleagues first, and if they are equally stumped, a bit of internet sleuthing is usually enough to figure out what the gist of it is, and what additional resources are needed to dive deeper into it. But sometimes an object is so vexing, so perplexing, that even when knowing what it is and what the authoritative resources are, there doesn’t seem to be a logical…

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Parkyakarkus
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Parkyakarkus
By David Hill

Comedian and ANS member Harry “Parkyakarkus” Einstein, 1938

Recently I was leafing through an old Numismatist from the 1940s, looking for…

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COAC 2023: Call for Papers
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COAC 2023: Call for Papers
By Jesse Kraft

Call for Papers

Coinage of the Americas Conference 2023:18th & 19th C. Design and Production

Generously sponsored by the Resolute Americana Collection…

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The Last of the MACO Archives Return to New York
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The Last of the MACO Archives Return to New York
By Peter van Alfen

March 30, 2023

Figure 1. Some of the pallets staged in Green Bay ready for pickup.

In 2018, the American Numismatic…

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Interest Rate Policy, Banking System, and Fiat Currencies
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Interest Rate Policy, Banking System, and Fiat Currencies
By Gilles Bransbourg

March 15, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed on Friday, March 10, 2023, followed shortly by Signature Bridge Bank.

Based on historical…

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The John S. White Medal and The Rise and Fall...
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The John S. White Medal and The Rise and Fall of the Berkeley School for Boys
By Jesse Kraft

March 13, 2023

Medals help tell a story, but they rarely tell the entire story. The medallic arts are often employed…

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United States Mint Invites Customers and Collectors to Participate in...
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United States Mint Invites Customers and Collectors to Participate in Market Research Study
By The American Numismatic Society

The United States Mint (Mint) invites the public to participate in a new research study to collect customer preferences on…

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About Cents
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About Cents
By David Hill

January 23, 2023

From time to time here at the ANS Library we still get books and other numismatic items from…

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Goloid Dollars: America’s Electrum Coinage
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Goloid Dollars: America’s Electrum Coinage
By Jesse Kraft

The discovery of vast amounts of gold in California upset the ratio between gold and silver, to the point where…

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French Coins in America or French American Coins? (and which...
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French Coins in America or French American Coins? (and which America?)
By The American Numismatic Society

July 12, 2022

By Jérôme Jambu, Visiting Professor, Eric P. Newman Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics. Professor of Modern History, University…

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The First Person in Connecticut
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The First Person in Connecticut
By Austin Andrews

June 7, 2022

Engraving of a Higley Copper from Sylvester S. Crosby’s The Early Coins of America (1875)

The grammatical first person…

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Numismatic Commemorations of the 200th Birthday of George Washington in...
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Numismatic Commemorations of the 200th Birthday of George Washington in 1932
By The American Numismatic Society

This week, the ANS continues to highlight new books you might have missed. Today features Syd Martin’s massive monograph and…

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