American Numismatic Society
Founded in 1858 for the appreciation of numismatics
The American Numismatic Society is an organization dedicated to the study of coins, currency, medals, tokens, and related objects from all cultures, past and present. The Society's headquarters in New York City has the foremost research collection and library specialized in numismatics in the United States. These resources are used to support research and education in numismatics, for the benefit of academic specialists, serious collectors, professional numismatists, and the interested public.
The ANS offers numerous educational and outreach programs, events, and lectures for all ages both in the New York metropolitan area and abroad.
The American Numismatic Society continues to develop free digital resources for public use, including various searchable online collections and collaborations with institutions worldwide.
The curatorial department is responsible for the care, organization, and study of one of the largest and most important numismatic collection in the world.
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on January 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM ET with John Janeczek
Study at the Foremost Seminar in Numismatic Methods, Theory, and Data Science
PRESS RELEASE | The ANS is honored to announce the establishment of the Sydney F. Martin Executive Director. This recognition is made possible by a generous leadership gift from the family of Sydney F. Martin, a former ANS President.
on January 16, 2025 honoring the New York International Numismatic Convention
PRESS RELEASE | On October 19, 2024, the American Numismatic Society (ANS) welcomed over sixty members and visitors to its headquarters in New York City for the 167th Annual Meeting of the ANS.
The ANS wins four NLG Awards, Ümit Öztürk Receives ANS Chairman’s Fellowship, Ute Wartenberg Kagan awarded the 2024 Burnett Anderson Award, and more!
The Huntington Medal wins the AMSA 2024 Medal of the Year, a new exhibition opens featuring ANS coins, Ute Wartenberg is awarded the 2024 Burnett Anderson Award, and more!
The American Numismatic Society has recently acquired a fascinating 1880 counterfeit five-dollar bill—four decades after turning it away.
Fig. 1: 1880…
Figure 1. A packed crowd gathered for the Stack Family Lecture at the ANS on December 5, 2024.
On December 5,…
I recently came across a listing for a small, 28 mm brass medal I had seen many times but never…
Figure 1. Leonard Augsburger, Joseph Menna, Thomas J. Uram, and Ventris C. Gibson unveil a new graveside memorial headstone for…
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, over 300 ancient and historic coins were donated to the College…
Thanks to the Circolo Numismatico Ticinese, a symposium on the Roman imperial coinage of Alexandria took place in Lugano on…
In ancient Sicilian coinage, coin types representing war were common. Mariangela Puglisi (Associate Professor of Numismatics at DiCAM – University of…
Figure 1. Electrum stater of Aulerci Cenomani depicting multiple, connected heads on the obverse and charioteer, human-headed horse, and winged…