Pocket Change

Collectively branded as Pocket Change, the ANS publishes new content frequently on its blog, in The Planchet podcast, as well as videos. Back-issues of ANS Magazine are also available.

The Centennial of the J. Sanford Saltus Award
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The Centennial of the J. Sanford Saltus Award
By The American Numismatic Society

Mashiko receives the J. Sanford Saltus Award from Donald Scarinci, chair of the Award Committee.

The eponymous J. Sanford Saltus Award was initiated in 1913 by J. Sanford Saltus, who donated $5,000 (roughly the equivalent of $120,000 today) to the ANS to establish a permanent fund for the striking of a medal to reward and recognize sculptors “for distinguished achievement in the field of the art of the medal.” Since 1919, when the first Saltus Award was given, the Society has selected 58 outstanding medallic artists to receive what has become one of the most coveted and prestigious awards in the…

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Watch: The 2019 J. Sanford Saltus Award is presented to...
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Watch: The 2019 J. Sanford Saltus Award is presented to Mashiko followed by a talk by Donald Scarinci
By The American Numismatic Society

The American Numismatic Society Presents the 2019 J. Sanford Saltus Award for Signal Achievement in the Art of the…

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Dr. Shailen Bhandare, "Between Text and Objects: Coinage and the...
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Dr. Shailen Bhandare, "Between Text and Objects: Coinage and the 'Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.'"

In this talk, Dr. Shailen Bhandare discusses the Periplus, a Hellenistic Greek text that provides fascinating details and insights…

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The 162nd Annual General Meeting of the American Numismatic Society
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The 162nd Annual General Meeting of the American Numismatic Society

The 162nd Annual General Meeting of the American Numismatic Society, which includes presentations from the ANS’s President, Executive Director,…

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ANS Magazine 2019, Issue 4
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ANS Magazine 2019, Issue 4

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The Coinage of Napoleon’s Italy: From Autocracy to Liberty and Back Again by Clive Foss

Money and…

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2019 Huntington Award to Oğuz Tekin, "Markets, coins and weights...
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2019 Huntington Award to Oğuz Tekin, "Markets, coins and weights in Hellenistic Asia Minor"

On November 8, 2019, Prof. Dr. Oğuz Tekin, received the American Numismatic Society’s Archer M. Huntington Award in recognition…

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ANS Magazine 2019, Issue 3
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ANS Magazine 2019, Issue 3

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Opening Access to Roman Republican Die Studies by Lucia Carbone and Liv Mariah Yarrow

French Medallic Artist…

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An Owl-ccentricity: Athenian Imitation “New Style” Owls in Saba’
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An Owl-ccentricity: Athenian Imitation “New Style” Owls in Saba’
By The American Numismatic Society

Today’s post comes courtesy of Anna Accettola as part of her work conducted at the 2019 Eric P. Newman Graduate…

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ANS Magazine 2019, Issue 2
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ANS Magazine 2019, Issue 2

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Is there a Santa Claus? The Story of Seleucid Coins Online by Oliver D. Hoover

The Olcott…

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Imagining America: Native American Icons and National Identity on Early...
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Imagining America: Native American Icons and National Identity on Early American Coins with Prof. Peter Dunham

In this talk, Prof. Peter Dunham, illustrates that money is not just a medium of exchange but also a…

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Prof. Lee Brice, "The Colts of Corinth Revisited: The 4th-2nd...
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Prof. Lee Brice, "The Colts of Corinth Revisited: The 4th-2nd century BC Corinthian Coinage"

In this talk, Prof. Lee Brice provides the latest scholarship on the coinage produced by the ancient Greek city-state…

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ANS at EAC
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ANS at EAC
By The American Numismatic Society

Earlier this month, deputy director Gilles Bransbourg and I had the honor of representing the ANS at the Early American…

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Dr. Michel Amandry, "Renewing Coinage by Means of Overstriking: The...
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Dr. Michel Amandry, "Renewing Coinage by Means of Overstriking: The case of Hadrian's Cistophori."

In this talk, Dr. Michel Amandry, former Directeur du département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques at the Bibliothèque nationale…

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