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4 DECEMBER 2021

The Clarion

A run of The Clarion, the journal of the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists, has been added for the period 1985-2006.  Thanks to Wayne Homren for donating the scanned issues.

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4 DECEMBER 2021

The Numismatist

The Numismatist has been added for the period 1894-1922 (vols. 7-35).  The first six volumes, somewhat of the "holy grail" of American numismatic literature, are in the scanning queue and will be posted soon.  While most collectors reasonably settle for a reprint edition of the first six volumes,...

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4 DECEMBER 2021

American Journal of Numismatics (Second Series) Added to NNP

The American Journal of Numismatics, originally published from 1866-1924, was reconstituted in 1989 by the American Numismatic Society (ANS).  It is now published in a single volume, more or less annually, and contains papers on all aspects of numismatics. This is the ANS publication of record, a...

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4 DECEMBER 2021

ANS Coinage of Americas Conference

The American Numismatic Society (ANS) first hosted the Coinage of Americas Conference in 1985.  Since that time they have published 16 volumes of conference proceedings containing scholarly papers on a wide variety of topics of interest to American numismatists.  We have posted 13 of these, and t...

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4 DECEMBER 2021

Top-100 Books Added

A number of books identified in the Top-100 survey by the Numismatic Bibliomania Society have been added to our book section.

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4 DECEMBER 2021

Coin Collector's Journal (1875-1888)

The Coin Collector's Journal (1875-1888) has been scanned from the Newman library and added to the Portal.  This is an important and sizable 19th century dealer publication (over 2000 pages total) that presented numerous research articles on American, ancient, and foreign numismatics.

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4 DECEMBER 2021

Medal Collectors Advisory,1998-2012

The MCA Advisory, the journal of the Medal Collectors of America, has been added for the period 1998-2012.  This journal features original research primarily in the field of American medals, with emphasis on the areas of Betts, Comitia Americana, Admiral Vernon, and Indian Peace medals.  Many tha...

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4 DECEMBER 2021

Missouri Journal of Numismatics

The early issues of the Missouri Journal of Numismatics, from 1976 to 1995, have been scanned and added.  Note, we are missing volumes 21 (1996) and 23 (1998) - would an NNP user be able to supply the missing issues?

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4 DECEMBER 2021

Numisma (1877-1891) Added

The house organ Numisma, published by New York dealer Edouard Frossard from 1877-1891, has been added under the periodicals section.  Perhaps best known for throwing stones at the upstart Chapman brothers in the early 1880s, Frossard was never afraid of pointed editorial content, and this periodi...

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