Introduction to Greek Coinage: Money, Civic Pride & Mass Communication | May 9, 12pm MT

Greek coinage is the ancestor of the western coinage tradition, influencing our ideas of what coins should like, how they should be used and even the imagery used on them to this day. Learn about the origins of Greek coinage, how to identify and read them and where they were produced in this wide-ranging overview of 800 years of numismatic history.

Douglas Mudd is the Curator / Director of the American Numismatic Association’s Edward C. Rochette Money Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is responsible for developing, planning, and content of the Museum’s exhibition program and the organization and care of the ANA collections. He has created dozens of numismatic exhibits for the museum and for the ANA’s semi-annual conventions. His recent work has expanded the museum’s exhibits into the virtual world of the internet including Trenches to Treaties: World War I in Remembrance and Money of Empire: Elizabeth to Elizabeth which are available at money.org/money-museum.