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Hispanic Society Suing ANS
By David L. Ganz, Numismatic News
April 10, 2008
Battle of the learned societies has begun at the Hispanic Society of America launched a broadside against its former neighbor, the American Numismatic Society, seeking the return of 38,000 coins the ANS has been cataloging since the death of Arthur Milton Huntington in 1955 at age 85.
Huntington was a major benefactor, multimillionaire, and philanthropist who largely funded Audubon Terrace in New York City's Washington Heights at the turn of the 20th century. Among the organizations that he sponsored were the American Numismatic Society, and Hispanic Society of America, the American Geographic Society, and other learned organizations dedicated to scholarly analysis of the arts and sciences.
In 1948, the Hispanic Society of America collection consisting of some 30,000 coins, many of which were hammer-struck, including many of the ancient world, was placed on deposit with the ANS, making it the finest collection of its kind in the Americas. That is the source of the 2008 legal controversy.
Hispanic Society Suing ANS LINK
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By David L. Ganz, Numismatic News
April 10, 2008
Battle of the learned societies has begun at the Hispanic Society of America launched a broadside against its former neighbor, the American Numismatic Society, seeking the return of 38,000 coins the ANS has been cataloging since the death of Arthur Milton Huntington in 1955 at age 85.
Huntington was a major benefactor, multimillionaire, and philanthropist who largely funded Audubon Terrace in New York City's Washington Heights at the turn of the 20th century. Among the organizations that he sponsored were the American Numismatic Society, and Hispanic Society of America, the American Geographic Society, and other learned organizations dedicated to scholarly analysis of the arts and sciences.
In 1948, the Hispanic Society of America collection consisting of some 30,000 coins, many of which were hammer-struck, including many of the ancient world, was placed on deposit with the ANS, making it the finest collection of its kind in the Americas. That is the source of the 2008 legal controversy.
Hispanic Society Suing ANS LINK
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I wonder if they even have an accurate inventory of them after all these years?
Return the coins already.
Geeesh. I thought that I was slow! To everyone, it is important to read the link that mrearlygold provided in the OP.
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
Edited to add that I hope a settlement would at least allow the ANS the right to document and publish the collection.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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<< <i>If the HSA wins the suit, only to dump them on the open market, it will be a sad day........ >>
Or a good day, for the right buyer(s). In life, someones ox always gets gored.
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
<< <i>Hispanic Society Suing ANS
By David L. Ganz, Numismatic News
April 10, 2008
Battle of the learned societies has begun at the Hispanic Society of America launched a broadside against its former neighbor, the American Numismatic Society, seeking the return of 38,000 coins the ANS has been cataloging since the death of Arthur Milton Huntington in 1955 at age 85.
Huntington was a major benefactor, multimillionaire, and philanthropist who largely funded Audubon Terrace in New York City's Washington Heights at the turn of the 20th century. Among the organizations that he sponsored were the American Numismatic Society, and Hispanic Society of America, the American Geographic Society, and other learned organizations dedicated to scholarly analysis of the arts and sciences.
In 1948, the Hispanic Society of America collection consisting of some 30,000 coins, many of which were hammer-struck, including many of the ancient world, was placed on deposit with the ANS, making it the finest collection of its kind in the Americas. That is the source of the 2008 legal controversy.
Hispanic Society Suing ANS LINK
Well I guess the Hispanic Society owes the American Numismatic Society mega bucks in storage fees. Sounds like a fair trade - ANS wipes the storage fees off their books, and the Hispanic Society forfeits the coins.
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On the surface it would seem the ANS has no recourse but to return the coins. They don't own them.
But ...
Which group can afford the craftiest lawyers?
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.