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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 26547277, member: 77639&quot;]ANS is very different from ANA.&nbsp; ANA is primarily oriented toward collectors while ANS is primarily oriented toward numismatic research.&nbsp; Much of what we know about coins worldwide, past and present, has come from their efforts.&nbsp; ANS may have the largest coin collection in the world.&nbsp; Because of the expense of NYC real estate, the collection spends most of the time in a vault because space to display it adequately and securely would cost too much.&nbsp; Much of the collection can be viewed via their website, numismatics.org.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mike</p><p><br /></p><p>Added note:&nbsp; When Medallic Art Co. (America’s largest and oldest medal company) went broke in 2018, ANS was able to acquire its dies and models … many thousands of them. The company went broke because of mismanagement and in-fighting among owners and executives.&nbsp; Medallic Art produced medals for presidential inaugurations, the Pulitzer prize, Peabody awards and many other purposes.&nbsp; Most of the collection is stored in boxes in a warehouse in Brooklyn.&nbsp; The pic below shows part of the collection in the warehouse.&nbsp; This CoinWeek article has more info and pics: <a href="https://coinweek.com/the-last-of-the-medallic-arts-co-archives-return-to-new-york/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/the-last-of-the-medallic-arts-co-archives-return-to-new-york/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/the-last-of-the-medallic-arts-co-archives-return-to-new-york/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1691817[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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