Welcome & Primer on the MHS Numismatic Collection
Medal Collectors of America (2018)
Multi-Media Summary
Recorded 10 November 2018 at Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. In this presentation, Anne Bentley, MHS Curator of Art & Artifacts, documents the Society's numismatic collection beginning in 1791 with the donation of a copper Columbia and Washington medal from the Boston merchants who financed the venture and touches on our curators and highlights of the MHS collection.This video is available on YouTube (as of 12/2020) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XR390YAIqs&feature=emb_logo.
