Photograph file, [ca. 1890]-1985.

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Photograph file, [ca. 1890]-1985.

File of photographs selected from auction and sales catalogs which illustrate coins held by private collectors. Over 500,000 illustrations of coinage of ancient Greece, Rome, and Byzantium as well as a smaller number from medieval European and Islamic societies.

500,000 photographs.

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American Numismatic Society

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Howland Wood (1877-1938) was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and graduated from Brown University in 1900. He became a member of the ANS in 1909. By 1913 he had been appointed Curator, remaining in this position until his death in 1938. At that time, the Society only maintained a single curator, with two assistants. Despite the limited size of the staff, during Wood's tenure the Society's collections increased significantly, from 50,000 to almost 200,000 specimens. In addition to his curator...