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.
Lincoln Centennial Medal by Jules Édouard Roiné, 1909 (ANS 1909.45.1), King 310. The dies were ceremoniously canceled, donated to the ANS, and used to strike this medal.
Lincoln Centennial Medal reverse.
Two hundred and ten years isn’t a milestone we normally celebrate in a special way, but 100 years certainly is, and Lincoln’s 100th birthday in 1909 was a big deal. Cities like New York and Chicago tried to outdo each other with tributes, and big names like Teddy Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan made appearances at his birthplace in Kentucky and at his home in Illinois. Numerous tangible and lasting tributes were issued: ribbons, badges, postcards, calendars….
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When is a Kingdom not a Kingdom? by David Yoon
The Virgil Brand Collection of Newfoundland Two-Dollar…
Kenneth Holland and Mary Lannin with Lannin’s struck $1 silver coin.
There are few universal memories that make each of us…
Curators of “A Handheld History” (l. to r.), Benjamin Wu, Amber Orosco, and Stephen Pastoriza.
Before Thanksgiving I had the great…
Following the presentation to Dr. John Kleeberg, former Curator at the American Numismatic Society, of the 2018 Archer M….
The Annual Report of the American Numismatic Society (FY2017–2018) is now available to download in advance of the Annual Meeting…
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Lest the Small Things Perish by Oliver D. Hoover
“They Also Ran”: Political Medalets of 1868–1880 by…
by Steven Burges
In March of the year 161 CE, the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius died at the age of 74…
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Amicus to Domus: Analyzing Agrippa’s Relationship to Augustus through Coinage by Thomas Foster
The Cartier Papers: The…
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Giovanni Dattari and His Fabled Collection of Alexandrian Coins by Lucia Carbone
The Archaeological Excavations at the…
In this talk, Dr. Evangeline Markou, a leading specialist of the ancient coinage of Cyprus, presents her latest research…
The ANS is pleased to have contributed to the publication of a new book on engraved gems from antiquity, which…
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Texas Treasure: The Renaissance of the Swenson Collection by Giuseppe Castellano
Central America: Attempts at Monetary Unification…