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A tragedy
Does your office have a rare books room? #18thcentury #casual
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Esther 👁‍🗨
Courtney for spring 🧚🏻‍♀️
Dad is as extra as I am
Drama by Annette
It’s always happening
Happy St. Valentine’s Day, Lover. (Flowers from @badgalriritata)
Happy Elaine Stritch’s birthday to all the lovely Aquariuses out there
An accidental one-off
#museumselfieday
Sunday job | 18th century coffee stains from the Vatican

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A Denarius of Caracalla on his 1830th birthday Rome | AD 214 | 1995.1.22 #numismatics #ancientrome #caracalla
In the photographer’s queue is a selection of 18th century medals featuring George Washington. #numismatics #georgewashington
A pair of wings for Kronos on the reverse of this Seleucid coin (1944.100.77142)
The deadline to sign up for the Summer Seminar is fast approaching! Submit your application by February 23 to be a part of the class of 2018—the 66th Eric P. Newman Graduate Seminar in Numismatics. find out more at numismatics.org/seminar
Fragment of a gold stater, 262 BC – 246 BC. (1997.92.1) #gold #coin #numismatics #ancientgreece
In the photographer’s (@alanrochephoto) queue today is a group of Pomeranian (as in what is presently Germany not—much to Alan’s chagrin—the fluffy dog breed) riksdalers from the mid 17th century.
The hoard (IGCH 738) was purchased by the ANS in 1956, but the coins were never accessioned or catalogued. Peter van Alfen has now finished cataloging the coins and Alan Roche has photographed them. Van Alfen’s study of the hoard will appear in the forthcoming Festschrift in honor of William Metcalf.
A Nymph finds her twin in His Grace Fredrick, Duke of Schomberg. #museumselfieday
A couple of visitors stopped by the ANS because one of them was curious about his ancestor, the 16th century medalist Antonio Abondio. The second image is one of Abondio's medals in our collection depicting the renaissance architect Pietro Ferrabosco. (Italy, 1575 | 1940.100.1242) #numismatics #italianrenaissance
A commemorative medal of Barack Obama for his first inauguration with a selection of medals and coins from the United States Mint being accessions today by our new Curatorial Associate, Eric Krauss. #numismatics #medal #obama #barackobama
An 1981 photo of an Alexander the Great coin—the tray it belongs to is currently being organized and updated as a part of PELLA project. #numismatics #alexanderthegreat
Our executive director, Dr. Ute Wartenberg begins our first fall Money Talks Conversation to a packed house! Today's presentation is on could counterfeits and their affect on scholarship and collecting
The Art of Devastation is our first online exhibit! This medal depicts Gallia, a Roman-Gallic goddess, leading a tank into battle. Check out the entire show at numismatics.org/aodonline! Bronze Medal of French Third Republic | Paris | 1918 | by Pierre-Alexandre Morlon | 1985.81.37 #numismatics #medals #worldwarI #gallia #gaul
Our summer seminar ended last week. Here's the group! If you want to know more about the seminar, we will be posting some of their projects on the ANS blog, Pocket Change soon!
A thin edge between existence and extinction. #climatechange #numismatics #medallicart #medals #dinosaurs ANS 1995.75.5
Yesterday we were visited by one of our newest members! Tom was born totally blind and began collecting coins shortly thereafter. Our curator Gilles Bransbourg showed him a selection of pieces spanning from the very beginning to the end of the Roman Empire. Check out his blog for different look at the world of numismatics—blindcoincollector.com. #ansdailylife #numismatics #coincollector #coincollecting #coins #rome #ancientrome
Our military medals are being reorganized! Today we have out this 1898 badge of the Grand Army of the Republic Women's Relief Corps—an organization created after the civil war with express purpose of perpetuating the memory of those who fought for the union. This particular medal is from Cincinnati, Ohio and bears the image of their first president, Florence Barker. #ansdailylife #numismatics #badge #grandarmyoftherepublic #womensreliefcorps #civilwar
Our Money Talks lecture is today! The ANS's photographer, Alan Roche, is showing the group how to get the perfect photograph of those tricky coins.
After checking the weights for accuracy, Jesse is now checking the scales. This German piece from 1799 has held up quite nicely! #ansdailylife #numismatics #balancescales #scales #germany #18thcentury #1700s
Dr. Eric Krauss holds open a page of the 1860 book "The Mint Manual of Coins of the Nations"—this beautiful illustration of Gobrecht dollars and seated Liberty dimes is plated with silver that has begun to tarnish over the years. #ansdailylife #numismatic #numismatics #gobrechtdollar #silver #coins #americancoins #americancoinage #1800s #19thcentury

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The wife of Bath rides the A Train. | BK | by @emmapratte
An 11 o’clock number | Hoyt-Schermerhorn | by @emmapratte #thedrama #bag #spotlight
24°F | UES | by @emmapratte #redglove #uppereastside #cold
New year, new nails | A train | by @emmapratte #rednails #subwaybooks #january
Millennial pink | C Train | by @emmapratte #pink #subway #sneakers
Sous le manteau | mid town | by @emmapratte #redbag #trunkshow @slm.paris
the Subway Snuggle | Brooklyn | by @emmapratte #sneakers #subwayhands #snuggles
a Snapchat from another century | London | by @patriciammedici
a sunnier Sunday | Greenwich Village | by @emmapratte #plasticframes #sunday #sun
After a dance | LES | by @emmapratte #rosepedal #checkeredfloor #finalbow
fourever | Brooklyn | by @emmapratte #bags #red #commute
Leftovers | South Slope | by @emmapratte #rubyslippers #leftovercandy #stripes
A morning Color-blocking | Brooklyn | by @emmapratte #red #yellow #stripes
Soho Sun | SoHo | by @emmapratte #pillows #sunbleached #windowseat
Two twos | Washington Square Park | by @emmapratte #stripes #point #sneakers
Cloud Extract by Marie-Luce Nadal, collaboration with Attaché Moi ICI & LA—show open now at LMAK Gallery
Two Boots & a hat | LES | by @emmapratte #pillboxhat #pizzaparlour #alone
Foul is fair, and fair is foul | East Village | by @emmapratte #mask #afterhours #paperflowers
Tuesday morning red 🌹 | C train | by @emmapratte
Sunday Morning | A train | by @emmapratte