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ANA to Offer Free Numismatic Webinars During National Coin Week National Coin Week (NationalCoinWeek.org), April 18-24, the American Numismatic Association (ANA) is offering free online eLearning Academy webinars that tie into the theme of this year’s event, “Money, Big & BOLD”. Sponsored by the nonprofit ANA, National Coin Week focuses on the historical, cultural, artistic and economic importance of money as well as the enjoyment of coin and paper money collecting. The theme of the 98th...

No Coin Shortage During National Coin Week, April 18-24, 2021 Share Article Established in 1924, National Coin Week emphasizes that money is history you can hold in your hands, according to the American Numismatic Association The 98th annual National Coin Week, April 18-24, 2021, celebrates the historical, cultural, and artistic importance of money. ..the designs, denominations and metallic content of coins can tell us a great deal about civilizations, past and present... ...

The Tetradrachms of Athens (and Athena) Athena purchased the naming rights to the town now known as Athens. Coins had not yet been invented so Athena could not pay cash for the naming rights, but she did have something valuable to offer instead: she gave the Athenians the olive tree, which has been associated with Athena and Athens ever since. The Athenians struck their first coins circa 560 BCE. These are known today as Wappenmünzen (“badge coins”), due to Seltman’s (1924) theory –...