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From ancient Greek and Roman, Islamic and South Asian coinages, to rare and valuable U.S. coins and contemporary artistic and industrial medals, ANS members and other donors continue to fill gaps in the society's collection with new acquisitions. An exhibition of recent acquisitions is often on view in the gallery at ANS headquarters.

Ophthalmologia in Nummis features items from the collection of Augustus B. Sage Society member, Jay M. Galst, M.D., and explores the representation of ophthalmology as a medical specialty in numismatics.

The ANS also holds the Victor David Brenner Archival Materials, donated by Jonathan H. Kagan. Among the society’s most important acquisitions, these materials relate to Victor David Brenner (1871-1924), the prominent numismatist, artist, sculptor and engraver who is most widely known for his design of the U.S. Lincoln cent, in 1909. The Kagan gift contains correspondence (including personal letters, postcards and a Christmas card) as well as invitations and other materials relating to conferences and exhibits (including the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, in 1901, Universal Expositions---“World’s Fairs”--- held at St. Louis in 1904 and in Brussels in 1910, and the Paris Salon of 1910). Some of the artist’s original drawings and sketches form part of the collection, among them an unsigned engraving, unsigned pen and ink sketches, and a Brenner pencil sketch that was presumably his entry as part of the competition leading to the design of the 1921 Peace dollar.

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