occasion. ill\ ;in- used in liislory and ai'l classes. In 

 recent \eais the .\nieiie,ni .\uniisnuuie SoeieiN has 

 provided annn.il .sninnier seminars IVir nni\-ei'sil\' 

 '.graduates who ,ir<' inlerested in nnniisnuilics ,is an 

 independent discipline or as ,ni area rel.ited to ihiir 

 iiistorical rese.nch. 



Toward the l.nier p.nl of the I'lth centnr\ the 

 niuiiber ol new periodicals increased notice. iliK. .\ 

 general list shoidtl include the Coin ('iilh'i/iir\ 'jiuiinnl. 

 loundcd by J. W. .Scott and E. Frossai'd in \ew 

 York Cal\- in IS75 .nid cnnlinnias; nntil l''S4. .ind 

 .Kumisma. issued Ironi lr\in<;ton, X,\'., Ircini IS77 (u 

 1 8') I. Most ol lh<\se periodicals, ho\\c\cr, were 

 short-lived: .\iimi\iii(ilii I'llnl In Am iciil ('nms iiml 7 Inn 

 l\us (La Gran,i;i\ Ky.. I,S7() 1877), Cum uml .Slum/' 

 Jniinuil (Kansas City and New York. 1875 1877), 

 7 lie .Xiimisma/ic Jnunxil (North .^dams, Mass., 1877 

 1878). Coin Juiirtial (Lancaster. Pa.. 1878 1882). ,nid 

 .M<isoiis Cum (iml Sl,iinji (.'.nlltilor' s Mdniir-jne (I'hil.i- 

 delphia, 1867-1872). With the e-\ception of the 

 American Jouiiuil nj .\iimisim:lies. a more acK.mced 

 periodical edited lirsl 1)\ the Boston .Xumisnialic 

 .Society and later by the American Nmnismatic 

 .Socict\' in New \'ork from 1866 to l'^24 — the pnr|)ose 

 of most of these jonrn.ils w.ts to serve the colleelor 

 in his basic need for C(jnnnimication ,md exchanne of 

 information. 



Proceedins; on this premise, a small joinn.il e.il|,-(| 

 T/ie .Xiimisiihilisl w.is sl.ntetl in 1888 i)y Dr. (reori;e 

 F. Heath of Monroe. .Mich. His ambition to 

 create closer cont.icts .nnom^ collectors materi.ili/ed 

 in an organization called the .\merican Numismatic 

 .\ssociation. This society, numbering today over 

 20,000 mcmlters, was Ijegim in Chicago on Octoix'r 

 7, 1891. by six men. Its oflicial publication. 7 lie 

 .A'limismalist. with a widely diversified content, is the 

 most important periodical for the .American colk'ctor 

 who is interested in e\'ery field of collecting. 

 Enjoying a wide distribution is another \-ery popnl.n- 

 magazine, The .\iitni\imilit Socphook, issued since l'fi5 

 from Chicago. 



Although interest in C(jllectint; L'nited .Si.ites coins 

 has been extremely keen in the past eight\ years, 

 numismatics as a science seems to haw Ijeen lor- 

 gotten or confined to the work of economists. De- 

 scriptive catalogs of \arions denominations ,nid iheir 

 varieties, such as Martin L. i5eistle's Juxnier nj the 

 Half Dollar Die I'anelies and Snh-VaCielirs (l'12'i) or 

 Howard Newcomb's L'liiled Stales Cfpei Ceiih. IS In 

 IS57 (1944). outnumbered the more hisHjricil s(ndii-s 

 like Bauman Belden's 7n,han I'ea.e Medals (1927). 



PAPER 32: NUMISM.VriCS .AN .XNCIKNT SCIENCK 



.\I(]rc |ire\.ilent. hciwcvcr. w<'re studies on .uicient 

 ,nid liiiiiLjn nuniisni.nies, such as .Xoms Krell's 

 7'.le,lnim Coinage of /.ampsal, is (I'll 4). and .Mberl f'rev's 

 hiilionaiv o/ .\iimismali< .\iime\ (V>41), ,l^ well as 

 comprehensi\e works on ihe yener.il currencies ol ilu' 

 L'nited States, such , IS .\. B.ii Ion I lepburn's I/islmynf 

 Coiiiai;e and Current r in llie I'nilid Slules (19(l.i) o,- 

 C. .Nettel's Mnney Supply nj lli,- Amenean ('nlmiics titfnie 

 I72l> (1'I34). The slud\ of Confederate currencs .is 

 rellecletl in R.iph.K 1 P. Tlii.nrs very r.ire Reiiislet nf 

 Issues nf ( .'nnfderale Slates 7 leasiii y .\ntes, published in 

 liie kite I'Hii centur\. .in.iin bee.ime popiil.n in I'llS 

 with Willi. im W. Hradlieer's Cnnfedeiale and Smilluin 

 State Currency. The snhieel w.is reex.iinined in 1947 

 by Philip H. Ch.ise in (Jaifdeiale Treasuiy \nli s: 7lic 

 I'aper .\Jnney of llic Cnnfcdiialc Slal, s nf .[innha .ind in 

 l''.54 by Rich.ird f'. Todd in his excellent liistoiie.il 

 study Con fi del ale lunanic. 



Fig. 46. — Ai.urirr R. Fri.v (18-,!'. ii)i()), 

 American autliur nf Dnliniiniy ol .\uiiiisiiiatn 

 Nanie.i (])liiil(i Iroiii I lie .\wiiismalisl). 



In the e.iiK dec .ides of the twenlielh century 

 emerged a man who succeeded in esi.iblishing the 

 ])restige of .\merican lese.irch in tiie ii(4(l ol s( ientilic 

 mnnism.itics I'.dward T, Newell (188(i l')!!). \.iU- 

 Uraduate antl, licim I'Mn until his de.ilh, president 

 of the .\ineric.m .Numism.itic Siiriet\ . .\ distinuiiished 

 student ol outsl,mdin'4 repul.ition in the nnmism.itii- 

 will 111, he re\(iliitioni/.ed the lield of .1111 ii'iit (ireek 

 niinhsm.ilics b\ lenroiipiu'.^ and red.iting (eil.iin 

 coin.iges of .Mexaiulei the Crc.il on .111 enliiel\- new 

 and scii'iitilic b.isis. 



,\l till- s.iine lime he set in motion ,1 piililishing 

 trend whiili helped to pi. ice the Inited St. lies anions 



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