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American Numismatic Association
http://www.money.org
The ANA was formed to advance the knowledge of numismatics along educational, historical and scientific lines, as well as enhance interest in the hobby. To further this purpose, the organization offers numerous services and programs, including a monthly journal, The Numismatist. Today, with about 28,000 members, the nonprofit, educational group is the largest numismatic organization of its kind in the world.
American Numismatic Society
http://www.amnumsoc.org/
The mission of The American Numismatic Society is to be the preeminent national institution advancing the study and appreciation of coins, medals and related objects of all cultures as historical and artistic documents, by maintaining the foremost numismatic collection and library, by supporting scholarly research and publications, and by sponsoring educational and interpretive programs for diverse audiences. The Society's South Asian collection includes the coins of the Indian subcontinent, of Southeast Asia as far as the Philippines, and certain ancient Central Asian coins. There are some 55,000 in all. Although the ANS collection of coins of the Indian subcontinent is one of the world's finest, it is unfortunately relatively neglected for lack of scholarly attention.
Coin Collectors Club of Jamshedpur
http://www.geocities.com/coin_club_jsr/about_club.html
The club was founded by Mr. A. K. Bhat, Mr. Kalyan Guha and Mr. G. N. Taunk at X.L.R.I. premises, Jamshedpur. After establishing in 1994, club had decided to organize Coin Exhibition every year. Accordingly, club's first exhibition was held in 1996. Since then club has been organizing it's Coin Exhibition in all consecutive years. At present our members' strength is 67 and it has been increasing every month. We hold our monthly meeting on the last Sunday of every month at Tulsi Bhavan, Bistupur, Jamshedpur. We have our own library having the latest books and journal on Numismatics.
Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies
http://www.nashik.com/organisation/iirns.html
Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies (IIRNS)
is a research Institute on numismatics, particularly on Indian numismaticstudies. They have trained researchers who have specialized on differentnumismatic periods, such as ancient, early medieval, medieval and latemedieval. They offer services (free of cost) to any enquiry, made throughthe mail or otherwise, on academic aspect of any coin or coin series foundin India. They also have a well equipped library having a good collectionof numismatic and allied books.
Oriental Numismatic Society
http://www.onsnumis.org/
The Oriental Numismatic Society (ONS) was founded in 1970 to foster interest in the study and collection of all series of oriental coinage, from North Africa and Muslim Spain to the Far East. Open to amateurs and professionals alike, it now has over 500 members world-wide. There are Regional Secretaries in the UK, USA, Netherlands, India and Pakistan. One of the Regional Secretaries in the UK services the 'rest of the world'.
South Asia Coins Group
http://www.southasiacoins.org/
The aim of the group is to promote an understanding of coins, ancient to present, from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and the Maldives. In addition to this informative website, there is an email-based discussion group that you can subscribe to by sending a message to Southasia-coins-subscribe@egroups.com. The discussion group is quite active, with about 150 members worldwide.
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