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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3120537, member: 44316&quot;]The ANS is a scholarly organization with a world-class collection of ancient coins and other coins and medals of all time periods and geographical regions. The ANA is an organization for collectors and dealers and is more focused on US coins. The ANA sponsors coin shows; the ANS is not commercial at all.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have my &quot;30-year member&quot; certificate from the ANS framed and hung proudly on my wall. I joined to promote scholarship, especially their journal. Do not expect to get membership benefits worth more in dollar value than your dues. Yes, their important (scholarly) books come at a discount and you get the once-a-year scholarly journal and their quarterly popularizing magazine, but the journal is available on the secondary market for far less and probably has only one or two articles of great interest to any particular collector anyway. But, if you think there should be someplace in the US with a major collection and scholars whose job is to curate, study, and publish, you support the idea of the ANS. I do to, and pay my dues.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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