Welcome to the American Numismatic Society's on-line store. Right now, you can apply to join the Society or renew an existing membership. Book orders can be place with the David Brown Book Company. Thank you for visiting. The ANS, founded in 1858, is a non-profit international center for the preservation and study of coins, medals and paper money that together represent more than 2,500 years of human culture. The Society's collection contains almost one million objects and spans all periods and geographic areas, including Greek and Roman, medieval and modern European, American, Islamic, Asian and African coins, as well as other materials. In addition, the ANS has the world's finest numismatic library, which also contains non-numismatic monographs and references on history, art, economics, language and culture. Both the collection and the library are available to the public. For further information about the ANS, please visit our web-site.