Pocket Change Blog
Pocket Change is the official blog of the American Numismatic Society.
The coinage of western Eurasia and its colonial explants had, from the Archaic Aegean to the twentieth century, a tension between two conflicting problems. On the one hand, if a monetary system did not represent a wide range of values, it was inflexible and poorly suited to use for a wide range of transactions. On the other hand, however, as long as commodities such as gold and silver were used to represent value, the price volatility of these commodities caused monetary instability. In particular, as long as transaction costs were low enough, arbitrage could potentially drive portions of the system…
From time to time here at the ANS Library we still get books and other numismatic items from the library…
Most of us have a favorite day of the year. For many, it’s their birthday. For others, it’s a particular…
Season 3 of the Planchet podcast from the American Numismatic Society wrapped earlier in December with a conversation with Chris…
Today’s post comes from Jane Sancinito, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a specialist in…
The assembly, the people and the civic senate honored Moschion son of Moschion, who held the office of archiereus, of…
A new study, published by Paul N. Pearson et al. last week in Plos One, has made a sensation in…
ANS President Edward T. Newell and his rabbit review the contents of a volume of the American Journal of Numismatics.
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The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is pleased to announce the publication The Early Betts Medal Companion: Medals of America’s Discovery…
The newest Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP) data release includes seven control-marked issues which are part of the subset of…
As numismatists, we know that coins have many, many functions and characteristics. Some of those are inherent from the time…
Something we are asked from time to time is how much a past coin was worth in terms of present-day…