American Numismatic Society

Hello everyone,

I was on ebay looking for books, and happened to stumble across http://cgi.ebay.com/American-Journal-of-Numismatics_W0QQitemZ330126876261QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Nonfiction_Book?hash=item4cdd185e65

I have never heard of it until now. Does anyone else know anything about the American Numismatic Society also? I am very curious, as i live 5 hours from New York City and can get there easily enough.

Regards,
Stan

 

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I've been to their web site before, am in the neighborhood semi-frequently but have never looked into visiting or becoming a member. Any members here? Is it worth it?

 

I have visited their online site, and have seen a lot of references to their publications and newsletters in the bibliographies of the Early American and Colonial coin books that I have. I have also come across some of their work while researching Virginia Halfpennies.

Off the top of my head, my impression is that these folks have authored, contributed, and published some of the high caliber research out there with respect to Early American and Colonials. I think I also remember that Bowers refers to them in some of his texts.

Their website is the following: http://www.numismatics.org/About/About

I've often thought about subscribing to one of their periodicals, "The Colonial Newsletter", which runs $50 USD per year.

 

It would be nice if the seller provided a pic!!

 

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Here are two sites that have it:
http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/Amer...cs/0897222881/
http://www.alibris.com/search/books/...%20Numismatics

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Sorry don't know about them.

 

Thanks guys, I appreciate all your input. As soon as I can I am going to visit. I have some research to do anyway so this might be the perfect place to do so.

Glad I was not the only one to not have heard of them. maybe this will help another collector as well.

Regards,
Stan

 

They are still downtown, and recently moved to a new location.

I have always wanted to visit and join--
perhaps this year?

 

Frank,

If you happen to visit, let me know how it goes. I would be real interested in hearing about it. I am considering joining, but right now $50.00 is a bit steep for me. We will see however.

Regards,
Stan

 

The AJN is certainly the most respected scholarly numismatic publication in this country. In Europe, there are a few more, such as Numismatic Chronicle and Revue Numismatique. The articles primarily focus on ancient and medieval coinage - there was only a single article on any colonial coinage in the last issue.

 

They publish The Colonial Newsletter. It is published 3 times per year, and costs $50 per year for a subscription ($35 for members)

 

The American Journal of Numismatics is their primary publication.

 

The ANS is a very scholorly organization and although they are well known for the early american and colonial numismatics, their main focus is mor on foreign and especially ancient coinage ntil the turn of the 20th century they did not really consider American numismatics to be a worthwhile subject of study. Still some of their books that they have published are excellent. And every year or two they have a wekend of lectures, The Coinage of the America Conference on different topics. The papers are collected and published in book form and those books are great. I have most of them. The last one was on the Mark Newby farthings and half pence. It is extensive and the book of the presented papers runs 396 pages. For the serious numismatic scholar the ANS is probably worth being a members of, for the casual collector, probably not.

 

They have also issued some wonderful medals over the years, this one is the 1909 Hudson-Fulton (silver issue) from my collection.

 

same medal reverse side

 

spectacular!

I just received a copy of Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 135, Coinage for Colonial Virginia, Eric P. Newman, (c)1956. Very informative, and only paid $18.00. Very happy to have added it to my library. Its price lists a whole lot more elsewhere.

 

I am a member of the ANS, and quite enjoy their quarterly magazine. Its worth the price of membership for that alone. Their collection is fantastic, their scholarly research is always interesting, and their library is extensive.

 

Do you subscribe to their Colonial Newsletter?