AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
75 VARICK STREET 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10013 www.numismatics.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE STUDY, RESEARCH, AND APPRECIATION OF NUMISMATICS.

THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY ("THE SOCIETY") IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ORGANIZED IN 1858 AND INCORPORATED IN 1865. THE MISSION OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE STUDY, RESEARCH AND APPRECIATION OF NUMISMATICS.

COLLECTIONS:THE SOCIETY'S COLLECTION OF OVER 800,000 COINS AND RELATED OBJECTS IS ONE OF AMERICA'S TREASURES. IT ABOUNDS IN BOTH LARGE STUDY COLLECTIONS AND GREAT RARITIES, AND IS PARTICULARLY STRONG IN ANCIENT GREEK, ROMAN, ISLAMIC, FAR EASTERN, U.S., AND COLONIAL COINAGES, AS WELL AS MEDALLIC ART. IN MAKING ITS RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR BROAD STUDY AND ENJOYMENT, ANS LENDS ITEMS TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE USA AND THE WORLD. CURRENTLY, 417 OBJECTS ARE OUT ON LOAN TO PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS.

PUBLICATIONS PROGRAM:THE ANS IS THE PREEMINENT PUBLISHER OF NUMISMATIC MATERIAL IN THE UNITED STATES. OFFERINGS INCLUDE TWO SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS AND THE JOURNAL OF EARLY AMERICAN NUMISMATICS, AND THE QUARTERLY ANS MAGAZINE, WHICH PRESENTS REGULAR COLUMNS FROM THE SOCIETY'S VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL CURATORS. THE ANS PUBLISHES ON AVERAGE FOUR NEW BOOKS A YEAR ON NUMISMATIC SUBJECTS, AND HAS MORE THAN 50 CURRENTLY IN PRINT. MANY OF ITS OLDER PUBLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL FORMAT AS OPEN ACCESS.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:THE ANS CONDUCTS A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS, PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR NUMISMATISTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE: -AN ANNUAL SUMMER GRADUATE SEMINAR IN NUMISMATICS, WHICH SINCE 1952 HAS GRADUATED MORE THAN 600 PARTICIPANTS.-PUBLIC LECTURES AND CONFERENCES, INCLUDING A MONTHLY SATURDAY SERIES, "MONEY TALKS: NUMISMATIC CONVERSATIONS." -AN AVERAGE OF SIX INTERNSHIPS A YEAR IN MUSEUM, LIBRARY, AND ARCHIVAL DISCIPLINES. -PUBLICATION OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES BY THE ANS CURATORIAL STAFF. -LECTURES AND TEACHING BY THE STAFF AT CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS IN THE US AND ABROAD. -OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR THE SOCIETY ALSO ROUTINELY WELCOMES APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN SCHOOL GROUPS TO LEARN ABOUT MONEY AND NUMISMATICS. SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE ANS MORE THAN 160 YEARS AGO, THE INSTITUTION HAS ACTIVELY SOUGHT THE BEST METHODS FOR SECURING AND ORGANIZING THE COLLECTION PHYSICALLY, AS WELL AS FOR MAKING THE CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE THROUGH PUBLICATIONS AND DIGITAL CATALOGING EFFORTS. THE ANS IS CURRENTLY THE LEADING NUMISMATIC INSTITUTION IN THE WORLD FOR DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE RESEARCH TOOLS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE COLLECTION HOLDINGS.

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