Featured Pieces from the ANS Collection

The collections of the American Numismatic Society include objects that address a very wide range of human history and culture. The pieces listed here show how coins and other numismatic objects can be the starting points for learning about past events and people.

• Voting in Republican Rome

• Grain for Rome

• The Rivalry of Caracalla and Geta

• World War 2: The 1943 Zinc-Coated Steel Cent

• Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal