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ANS Announced Long Table 256 on Chanukah Through Ancient Coinage for December 12, 2025
On December 8, 2025, the ANS announced "Long Table 256. The Story of Chanukah Through Coinage" for December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM ET. According to the announcement, ANS Fellow Rick Beleson was to retell the story of Chanukah through ancient coinage.
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ANS Announced a Dec. 5, 2025 Talk by President David Hendin on Forgeries of Judean Coins
The American Numismatic Society (ANS) announced Long Table 255, a talk by ANS President David Hendin, for December 5, 2025, at 1:00 PM ET. He was to discuss fakes and forgeries of Judean coins that have circulated in the market for decades, showing many photos and explaining methods for detecting them.
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American Numismatic Society to Move From New York to Toledo, Ohio, in First Half of 2028
In a release dated November 20, 2025, the American Numismatic Society (ANS) announced it will move from leased space at 75 Varick Street in New York City to the campus of the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio. The move is planned for the first half of 2028, into a four-story building acquired from the museum that will house a museum hall and a library.
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ANS Page Says Adam M. Levine Will Receive Its 2026 Trustees' Award at a Jan. 15, 2026 Gala
In an event page published on November 22, 2025, the American Numismatic Society announced its 2026 Annual Gala, scheduled for January 15, 2026, at the Harvard Club of New York City and honoring Adam M. Levine, president, director and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art. The page says the 2026 Trustees' Award recognizes his assistance and partnership in facilitating the Society's future relocation to Toledo, Ohio.
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ANS Gives 2026 Trustees' Award to Toledo Museum of Art Director Adam M. Levine
On November 24, 2025, the Board of Trustees of the American Numismatic Society (ANS) announced that its 2026 Trustees' Award has been given to Adam M. Levine, President, Director and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art. The award recognizes his assistance and partnership in the Society's future relocation to Toledo, Ohio. It was to be presented at the ANS Annual Gala on January 15, 2026, at the Harvard Club of New York.
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ANA Feature Traces California's Private Gold Coins of the Gold Rush Era
On October 21, 2025, the American Numismatic Association published a feature by Ben Scott on the gold coins struck by private firms during the California Gold Rush, which followed the discovery of gold in January 1848. It traces how these coins filled a shortage of money, the questions of trust some firms faced, and the end of the era after the San Francisco Mint opened in 1854, drawing on a collection donated by Dr. Carlson Chambliss.
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Elsen reports a solidus of Louis the Pious sold for €120 000 plus buyer's fee (September 2025)
On September 24, 2025, Elsen (elsen.be) reported that a gold solidus of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious (814-840) sold for €120 000 plus the buyer's fee, against an estimate of €50 000. Its date (816) and mint (Aachen) carry question marks, and the item sets out the views of several scholars.
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Elsen Put Fixed Price List 300 Online in August 2025 and Announced Auction 163
On August 26, 2025, Elsen announced that the online version of its new fixed price list, List 300, was available on its website. The list offers ancient, medieval, modern and oriental coins, jetons and numismatic books. The same notice said Elsen's auction 163 would take place on November 7 and 8, 2025.
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Syracuse silver decadrachm signed by engraver Kimon sold for EUR 130,000 plus buyer's fee
A silver decadrachm struck in Syracuse, Sicily, around 405-400 BC sold for EUR 130,000 plus buyer's fee, against an estimate listed as "75.000,00 EUR". The result was reported in a news post on the Elsen website dated June 20, 2025.
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Baldwin's Profiles a Gold Nazarana Mohur of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II (March 2025)
On March 11, 2025, the dealer and auction house A H Baldwin & Sons published an article on a gold Nazarana Mohur of Mughal emperor Shah Alam II (1759-1806 AD). Baldwin's describes the Nazarana Mohur as a presentation piece given as a gift, not an ordinary circulation coin, and calls this example "likely one-of-a-kind."
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A multiple of 10 excelentes of Fernando and Isabella sold for EUR 310 000 plus buyer's fee
According to an article Elsen published on February 21, 2025, a multiple of 10 excelentes of Fernando and Isabella of Spain (lot 1165, Segovia mint, assayer P) sold for EUR 310 000 plus buyer's fee. The estimate was EUR 100 000. Elsen describes the coin as the only known specimen.
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Baldwin's Blog Explains the Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great
On February 18, 2025, the coin dealer and auction house Baldwin's published a blog post on the historical background of the silver tetradrachm from the era of Alexander the Great, king of Macedon. The post describes the coin as weighing roughly 17 grams and as one of the most common and influential coins of the Hellenistic world. It gives no prices or details of any specific coin offered for sale.
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Baldwin's Explains the Gold Ducato of Pope Eugene IV (1431-1447)
On February 18, 2025, the coin dealer Baldwin's published a blog post on the gold Ducato issued in the Papal States under Pope Eugene IV (1431-1447). The post outlines the historical background, the typical design, the weight of about 3.5 grams and the significance of the coin.
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Baldwin's Blog Profiles a Gold Dinar of the Sasanian King Shapur I (February 2025)
On February 18, 2025, the British dealer Baldwin's published a blog post profiling a gold dinar of Shapur I of the Sasanian Kingdom (241-272 AD). The post says Sasanian gold coins are significantly rarer than silver drachms and describes the king's history and the coin designs. It gives no price or grade.
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Royal Numismatic Society Issued a Call for Papers for Its 2024-25 Lecture Series in August 2024
The Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) announced on August 11, 2024, a Call for Papers for its 2024-2025 lecture series, open to anyone engaged in the study of numismatics. Proposals were due by September 15, 2024. The lectures were to take place at the Royal Asiatic Society in London and on Zoom.
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Royal Numismatic Society Called for Proposals for Its February 2025 Early Career Lectures
On April 9, 2024, the Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) announced that it would host two lectures by the early career community in February 2025 and invited proposals. The lectures were to take place over Zoom, and the deadline for proposals was May 31, 2024.
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Royal Numismatic Society Presents Its 2023 Medal to Prof. Shin'ichi Sakuraki
The Royal Numismatic Society announced on January 22, 2024, that it had awarded its medal for 2023 to Prof. Shin'ichi Sakuraki. Martin Allen presented the medal to Prof. Sakuraki at the December meeting, held at the Society of Antiquaries, during his visit to the U.K.
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Baldwin's Auction 112: Patrick Deane Collection Part III tokens total just over £146,000
On October 12, 2023, Baldwin's announced that its Auction 112, offering London and political 18th-century tokens from the Patrick Deane Collection, Part III, totalled just over £146,000 against an estimate of £58,000 to £80,000. Every lot sold, and the firm said the sale drew strong interest from American collectors and dealers, who drove most of the online bidding.
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Baldwin's Previewed 18th-Century Political Token Halfpennies for Its October 11, 2023 Auction
On October 9, 2023, the numismatic dealer and auction house Baldwin's announced that its October 11 auction would include the Patrick Deane Collection of late 18th-century token halfpennies. The post describes how a shortage of small change in the 1790s led to privately issued tokens, and the political designs made by Thomas Spence and others.
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Baldwin's Offered a Spence Halfpenny Token Depicting Lord George Gordon in October 2023
On October 8, 2023, the London dealer Baldwin's described a Thomas Spence halfpenny token (1795/6) bearing the bust of Lord George Gordon, offered in its October 11, 2023 auction with an estimate of £120-160. The post traces Gordon's life from the Gordon Riots of 1780 to his conversion to Judaism and his last years in Newgate prison.