A cautious but upbeat assessment of the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild and its impact on people outside the coin collecting hobby who would demand certain coins be returned to their place of origin due to their being cultural patrimony was given Jan. 12 at a meeting of the ACCG during the New York International Numismatic Convention.

“Through the year we really got good publicity,” said ACCG Director Wayne Sayles. “We finally have an even playing field and the ability to push back.”

By pushing back Sayles meant against foreign governments and professional archaeological groups that have demanded coins these groups deem to be “ancient” of Cyprus, Italy, and China be returned to those countries because the coins are their cultural patrimony. Similar demands have been made in recent years regarding antiquities as well. Read Full Article

(Fallbrook, California) – Nominations for its 2008 awards are being sought by the Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.com), according to PNG Executive Director Robert Brueggeman and President Gary Adkins.

“We are asking collectors and dealers to nominate candidates in a half dozen award categories to formally recognize outstanding achievements in various areas of the hobby and profession,” said Brueggeman.

“These prestigious awards will be formally announced at the annual PNG Day summer banquet that will be held this year in Baltimore, Maryland on July 29,” explained Adkins.

Nominations should be made directly to the appropriate award category chairman. The categories and chairmen are: (more…)

In June and July of 2008 the ANS is moving into a wonderful new space at One Hudson Square in Manhattan. This means, unfortunately, that the Eric P. Newman Summer Graduate Seminar in Numismatics, usually held during those months, is cancelled for 2008.

In June and July of 2009 we shall resume with an expanded seminar that, in addition to teaching students the mechanics and methodologies of numismatics, serves to introduce them to the wider social, historical, and economic context of monetary instruments and systems. (more…)