ANA SUMMER SEMINAR COURSE ON MEDALS

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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 24, June 12, 2016, Article 15

ANA SUMMER SEMINAR COURSE ON MEDALS

David Menchell writes:

David Alexander and I will be teaching a course on Medals and Medal Collecting at the American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar. The course will cover a range of topics from how to describe the various features of medals to their manufacture, and will include an historical survey of medals and engravers from the Renaissance to modern times.

I wish I could be there. Here's the course description. -Editor

29. Introduction to Medals and Medal Collecting
“Introduction to Medals” opens with the birth of the medal during the Renaissance through artists such as Antonio Pisano. From Italy the medal crossed the Alps into Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, France and England. Students will be introduced to medals of the wars of religion, and the medallic history of French King Louis XIV, Britain’s Queen Anne and French Emperor Napoleon I. The role of the Paris and Philadelphia Mints in creating early American medals will be explored, along with medals such as Comitia Americana pieces of the Revolution, military and presidential medals and sculptural art medals.

Topics include the evolution of medal production, the role of engravers and sculptors, dating, patination, reference books and catalogs, medal preservation and storage, grading, and determining value. Instructors: David T. Alexander, founder of Medal Collectors of America, prolific author including the award winning book, American Art Medals, 1909-1995, Circle of Friends of the Medallion and Society of Medalists; and David Menchell, president of the Medal Collectors of America, ANA district representative, exhibit judge and award-winning exhibitor

There are two sessions of the Summer seminar, running from June 18-23 and June 25-30. Good luck to all attending. Some other courses of note include Steve Roach on Numismatic Publishing, the Coins of Colonial America (1535-1800) by John Kraljevich and Erik Goldstein, and Digital Numismatic Photography for Collectors by Robert Kelley. -Editor

For more information, see:
https://www.money.org/summer-seminar

Wayne Homren, Editor

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