Pocket Change Blog
Pocket Change is the official blog of the American Numismatic Society.
With Passover nearly upon us, I cannot help but trawl the Passover seder for numismatic connections. Luckily said, a connection is quite forthcoming! The Passover seder is divided into fifteen sections, the final of which (Nirtzah) is comprised of festive songs. For the purposes of this post, we will focus on perhaps one of the most interesting of those songs, Chad Gadya. What is specifically of interest here is the chorus, which translates as “One little goat, one little goat, which my father bought for two zuzim.”
Figure 1. Half Shekel, ANS 1944.100.62980
Before diving into the chorus, it is apt to…
Figure 1. The obverse and reverse of a 1793 large cent are clearly discernable from one another, and follow guidelines…
Figure 1. Catuvellauni gold stater depicting horse, chariot wheel, and astral imagery. (ANS 1944.100.78360)
British Celtic coins are perhaps best-known for…
Figure 1. ANS 1969.83.35. Didrachm, RRC 22/1 (265-242 BCE). 6.54g. Gift of E.R. Miles. Control marks: Club/ΘΘ.
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Austin Goodwin Andrews
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Detail from Celestia envelope (ANS Archives).
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Guests attend the cocktail hour.
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Figure 1: Silver medal issued in 1629 commemorating the capture of a Spanish treasure fleet by the Dutch Admiral Piet…
by Scott H. Miller
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Another batch of control-marked denarii has recently been added to the Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP) database. The new RRC…