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American numismatic organization
Token and Medal Society
Company typeMembership-driven
IndustryHistory, research
Founded19 November 1960; 64 years ago (1960-11-19)
Key people
  • James Brokamp (President)
ProductsMemberships, magazine, library, conventions
Websitewww.tokenandmedal.org

The Token and Medal Society (TAMS) is an American numismatic organization founded in 1960. The organization specializes in the study, collection, and research of different types of exonumia.

History

The Token and Medal Society was founded on November 19, 1960, in Detroit and formally incorporated on April 8, 1966. Among the founding members were well-known numismatists Q. David Bowers, Clifford Mishler, and Russell Rulau.

TAMS encompasses a wide range of material, including civil war tokens, hard times tokens, subway tokens and others. Members of the Token and Medal Society also work to attribute and identify "maverick" issues, which are tokens and medals for which the origin is unknown.

The organization hosts an annual meeting and awards presentation in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money summer convention. From 1983 until 2010, the Society issued their own medals commemorating its annual meetings. Due to rising costs, the 2010 medal was the last in the series.

TAMS Journal

Since the organization's beginning, it has published a bi-monthly magazine, TAMS Journal. Each of the magazine's past issues from 1961-2015 have been digitized and are currently available on the Newman Numismatic Portal, while later issues are available on the Society's website.

References

  1. Tucker, Dennis. "New Token and Medal Society journal features Rochester medals, maverick tokens, and more". news.coinupdate.com. Coin Update. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. "TAMS celebrates 50th with medal". numismaticnews.net. Active Interest Media. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. "Mavericks". tokenandmedal.org. Token and Medal Society. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  4. "FEATURED WEB SITE: THE TOKEN AND MEDAL SOCIETY". coinbooks.org. The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  5. Gilkes, Paul. "Token and Medal Society bestows awards at ANA show". coinworld.com. Amos Media Company. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  6. "TAMS celebrates 50th with medal". numismaticnews.net. Active Interest Media. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  7. "TAMS Journal". tokenandmedal.org. Token and Medal Society. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  8. "TAMS Journal". nnp.wustl.edu. EPNNES & Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  9. "THE ALLURE OF THE TOKEN AND MEDAL SOCIETY". coinbooks.org. The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  10. "2016 - 2020". tokenandmedal.org. TAMS. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

External links

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Numismatics
Exonumia


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