Videos
Videos created by the American Numismatic Society
Join ANS Curator Jesse Kraft to discuss the Potosí Mint Fraud of 1649. This seemingly small scandal had international repercussions on global trade, people’s trust of money, and monetary circulation patterns for decades. Evidence shows that this even had direct influence on the numismatic history of the British North American colonies.
Join ANS Fellow and Roman specialist Ben Lee Damsky for a look into Pompey’s anti-Caesar propaganda. This denarius was struck by…
Join Julian Baker of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford as he considers new numismatic data from southern Albania. Two…
Join Dr. Kyrylo Myzgin of the Faculty of Archaeology at the University of Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland) and the Centre…
In 2017, two metal detectorists, the brothers van Schaijk, found four denarii and almost a hundred Roman bronze coins…
In the midst of the Second World War, the ANS received two substantial donations totaling together over 600 coins….
Bank notes, issued by banks with (and often without) state charters, quickly became a ubiquitous money medium in the…
ANS Fellow Donald Scarinci will present on the development of the contemporary art medal, focusing his discussion from the…
Join Denise Allen, Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department and…
2022 Stack Family Lecture on American Numismatics:
In the whole realm of material culture, very few objects can be…
The images on coins minted under the Roman Empire conveyed messages about the emperor, his achievements, and benefactions. Yet,…
The images on coins minted under the Roman Empire conveyed messages about the emperor, his achievements, and benefactions. Yet,…