Video: Dr. Philip Mossman, Huntington Award 2006 - Counterfeit & Altered Bills Of Credit From 1690

American Numismatic Society - Dr. Philip Mossman presents a lecture on counterfeiting in colonial America after accepting the Huntington Award for outstanding career contributions to numismatic scholarship at the American Numismatic Society November 10, 2006.

The Huntington Medal Award is conferred annually in honor of the late Archer M. Huntington in recognition of outstanding career contributions to numismatic scholarship. The medal was designed in 1908 by Emil Fuchs to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ANS. At Huntington's request, his image does not appear on it.

Initially, bronze copies were distributed to members and collectors who displayed pieces at exhibitions sponsored by the Society. However, as the Council later noted, when the medal was commissioned, "[i]t was provided that specimens in silver should be awarded from time to time, in recognition of literary or other services to the science of numismatics."

The first such award was conferred to Edward Newell in 1918.