ANS Long Table 260 on Jan. 30, 2026: Ira Rezak Seeks Help With More Mysterious Medals
On January 13, 2026, the American Numismatic Society (ANS) posted an announcement for "Long Table 260. Help 2.0: More Mysterious Medals," scheduled for January 30, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET. Ira Rezak, an ANS Life Fellow and collector of medals, tokens and insignia, planned to present another series of items whose origins or meanings are unclear and ask friends and colleagues for help.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We corrected the headline, summary and body to match the source. We made clear that the article is based on an event announcement posted on January 13, 2026; removed unsupported statements about 19th- and early 20th-century medals, in-person specimen examination and appraisals for collectors, and effects on market valuations, as well as general passages on medal history and authentication methods that the source does not contain; and added the source's account of the 2021 session, in which two of twenty mysteries were answered. The previous headline was "ANS Mysterious Medal Identification Session January 30 — 19th-Century Attribution Crisis Accelerates."
This article is based on an event announcement the American Numismatic Society (ANS) posted on January 13, 2026. The event was scheduled for January 30, 2026; that date has passed.
The ANS announced "Long Table 260. Help 2.0: More Mysterious Medals" for January 30, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET. Long Table is the name of an ANS lecture series.
The speaker is Ira Rezak, an ANS Life Fellow who collects medals, tokens and insignia. According to the announcement, he is periodically tempted to acquire items whose origins or meanings are unclear, in the hope of deciphering them. In many cases he has been unsuccessful.
In 2021, he presented a Long Table review of twenty such mysteries under the title "HELP!" and obtained definitive answers for two of them. In this session, he planned to try again with another series of "unknowns" to see whether friends and colleagues could once again offer help.
The announcement does not say how many items would be shown or what they are.
Source: American Numismatic Society, "Long Table 260. Help 2.0: More Mysterious Medals" (January 13, 2026).
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