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.
On April 19, 2017, a new cultural institution, the Museum of the American Revolution, will open in downtown Philadelphia. It will present relics of the Revolutionary War to the public as a way of telling the dramatic story of the nation’s founding. For their inaugural exhibition the Museum of the American Revolution requested the loan of 12 eighteenth-century medals from the ANS. Several Colonial-period Indian peace medals are included in this loan. These medals were issued as tokens of friendship to members of Native American nations to gain their support and allegiance. This group includes two of the earliest Indian peace…
4d silver groat, London, 1660–1662 (ANS 1963.6.3).
Today is Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter), which for Christians signifies the day…
The digitization of the American Numismatic Society’s backlist of monographs has been funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as…
The OPAL organizers, Frédérique Duyrat and Andy Meadows.
On April 3–4, the Oxford Paris Alexander Project (OPAL) hosted a conference at…
We are thrilled to announce that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the American Numismatic Society (ANS)…
Edward T. Newell and his hare enjoy AJN 28 in the ANS publishing office.
The American Numismatic Society is proud to…
Fig. 1: Escapism.
It is that time of year. The holidays have come and long gone, leaving nothing but the bills….
Homemade birthday card from John Reilly’s daughter
A while back I stumbled onto this great homemade card in the John Reilly,…
On Thursday, January 12, 2017, over 150 friends of The American Numismatic Society gathered to honor Anthony J. Terranova, the…
Note: The majority of this post and the migration framework (academia-migrate) were authored about a year ago, but placed on…
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In Gold We Trust by Gilles Bransbourg
George Kunz and the Redesign of United States Coinage by…
Last month, on November 7, 2016, the internationally acclaimed Canadian artist Leonard Cohen died of cancer. He was regarded as…
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The Archaeology of Money in Achaemenid and Hellenistic Syria by Frédérique Duyrat
But Wait, There’s More! A New…