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From: Ray Williams <njraywms@optonline.net>
Subject: Day Trip to ANS
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Hi All!
I encountered another first today - my first mass-transit trip to the ANS in NYC. I usually feel more comfortable in a car, but this was so much faster and cheaper too. For much less than the parking fee in NY(about $20), I took a train from Trenton to Newark, then took the PATH train to the World Trade Center. When you exit the trade Center Station, the ANS is only a four block walk down Fulton Street, and as a bonus, there's a Dunkin Donuts in between!!! It was so easy to get to!
Roger Moore took the train ride with me. Once there, we met with Dave Wnuck and Neil Rothschild. Roger Siboni was a few minutes behind us. After coffee and some good conversation with Don Partrick, Robert Hoge and Ute Wartenberg Kagan, we were brought to the collections room, where we were introduced to Lauren Jacobi (spelling?) who is on an intern program and assisted us with viewing trays of colonials. I only made it half way through the first NJ Copper tray! I also saw a tray of contemporary counterfeit coppers and some CT Coppers. The counterfeits were very impressive, but I think that I liked this Geo III Irish halfpenny that was struck over a double-struck British halfpenny which had it's second strike 50% off center. Did I say that all correctly? I almost (not quite) didn't want to break for lunch.
While moving from room to room, we would see Juliette running here and there. I don't know exactly what her job title is, but it looks to me that she (and many of the staff) does a little of everything. After lunch, we took a trip to the storage area where we saw the file cabinets full of photographic images - the same ones that were mistakenly reported as having been thrown out a few weeks ago... There were many cool pictures in there and they are not all strictly numismatic.
Then we took the elevator to the library floor where we took time to view some of the colonial literature. I was reading Hall's Manuscript on CT Coppers and then just looked through the titles on the shelves. What a collection! Then we were taken by Frank Campbell (Librarian) to the Rare Book Room, where we saw many manuscripts, old catalogs seldom seen books. I look forward to the day when I can retire and spend more time here.
It was a tiring day seeing so much material - information overload I guess! I always knew that the ANS people were helpful and friendly, but I never knew how easy it was to get there by mass transit (cheap too). As accessible as the ANS is, I'll be there much more often and hopefully write a few more articles. Thanks to Roger and all the ANS people for the tour today. I had a blast! I highly recommend a visit to the ANS. You can check their web site at http://www.amnumsoc.org/ Maybe others will post some of their observations here when they arrive home.
Ray
I had to take a picture of the group before we went home. From left to right is Lauren Jacobi, Roger Siboni, Ray Williams, Neil Rothschild, Dave Wnuck, Roger Moore and Robert Hoge.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi All!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I encountered another first
today - my first mass-transit trip to the ANS in NYC. I usually feel more
comfortable in a car, but this was so much faster and cheaper too. For
much less than the parking fee in NY(about $20), I took a train from Trenton to
Newark, then took the PATH train to the World Trade Center. When you exit
the trade Center Station, the ANS is only a four block walk down Fulton Street,
and as a bonus, there's a Dunkin Donuts in between!!! It was so easy to
get to!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Roger Moore took the train ride
with me. Once there, we met with Dave Wnuck and Neil Rothschild.
Roger Siboni was a few minutes behind us. After coffee and some good
conversation with Don Partrick, Robert Hoge and Ute Wartenberg Kagan, we were
brought to the collections room, where we were introduced to Lauren Jacobi
(spelling?) who is on an intern program and assisted us with viewing trays of
colonials. I only made it half way through the first NJ Copper tray!
I also saw a tray of contemporary counterfeit coppers and some CT Coppers.
The counterfeits were very impressive, but I think that I liked this Geo III
Irish halfpenny that was struck over a double-struck British halfpenny which had
it's second strike 50% off center. Did I say that all correctly? I
almost (not quite) didn't want to break for lunch. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> While moving from room to room,
we would see Juliette running here and there. I don't know exactly what
her job title is, but it looks to me that she (and many of the staff) does a
little of everything. After lunch, we took a trip to the storage area
where we saw the file cabinets full of photographic images - the same
ones that were mistakenly reported as having been thrown out a few weeks
ago... There were many cool pictures in there and they are not all
strictly numismatic. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Then we took the elevator to the
library floor where we took time to view some of the colonial literature.
I was reading Hall's Manuscript on CT Coppers and then just looked through the
titles on the shelves. What a collection! Then we were taken by
Frank Campbell (Librarian) to the Rare Book Room, where we saw many manuscripts,
old catalogs seldom seen books. I look forward to the day when I can
retire and spend more time here. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> It was a tiring day seeing so
much material - information overload I guess! I always knew that the ANS
people were helpful and friendly, but I never knew how easy it was to get there
by mass transit (cheap too). As accessible as the ANS is, I'll be there
much more often and hopefully write a few more articles. Thanks to Roger
and all the ANS people for the tour today. I had a blast! I highly
recommend a visit to the ANS. You can check their web site at <A
href="http://www.amnumsoc.org/">http://www.amnumsoc.org/</A> Maybe others
will post some of their observations here when they arrive home.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had to take a picture of the group before we went
home. From left to right is Lauren Jacobi, Roger Siboni, Ray Williams,
Neil Rothschild, Dave Wnuck, Roger Moore and Robert Hoge.
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