Pocket Change United States
When looked at through the numismatic lens, the Indian peace medals in the extensive collection of the American Numismatic Society tell the interesting and sometimes sordid story of the development of the U.S. Mint as both producer and marketer of medals for official purposes and for collectors. Due to the association of many of the medals with the names of Native American leaders who owned them before they entered the ANS collection, the medals also tell the personal stories of triumph and tragedy experienced by their original owners. The medals also have a third facet that is often overlooked. Their…
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One of the more fascinating aspects of the American Numismatic Society’s eBay store are the numismatic stories that come with…
On April 9, 2021, Pocket Change hosted a post of mine that took issue with the popularization of a theory…
If you have not read Part I of this two-part series and would like to do so, please click here.
As…
For numismatists and collectors alike, there’s nothing quite like exploring an area of numismatics that one knows little about, or…
Steven Pell, painting by DeWitt M. Lockman
I don’t mean to turn this blog into my own personal travelogue, but I…
This is the second segment of a three-part series to update ANS members and interested guests on the MACO Archives…
At the end of the Civil War, the United States had the second largest navy in the world after the…
Guest post by David D. Gladfelter. David studies, writes, and speaks about the history of bank note engraving and printing,…
Quite often, coming across a previously unknown (to you) numismatic object can send one spiraling down a rabbit hole of…
A few weeks ago I gave a talk at a meeting of the New York Numismatic Club (NYNC) on the…