THE EVOLUTION OF MEDAL COLLECTING, BY JOHN SALLAY

Recently published in The MCA Advisory, the journal of the Medal Collectors of America (MCA), John Sallay’s three-part survey of the digital landscape for medal collectors is an insightful summary of the quickly changing Internet and its relation to numismatists of all stripes. Although primarily geared toward medal collectors, this series is equally applicable to other numismatic disciplines and a must-read for any numismatist involved in Internet content creation. Sallay develops a useful model to categorize collector interaction with the Internet, explaining the use cases of transaction, social, and information. This model is applied to today’s major numismatic websites, and the last article in the series offers thoughtful predictions regarding our shared digital future.

The MCA has graciously opened this three-part series to all, which may be viewed in the Newman Portal collection on Internet Archive. The MCA publishes six issues of the Advisory per year, featuring exceptionally high standards of editorial and graphical sophistication. Recent authors include John Adams, John Kraljevich, David Alexander, Bob Julian, Dick Johnson, and other equally recognizable names.

Medal collecting is an exciting area of numismatics, unexplored enough to offer many discoveries, with a wide array of historically important pieces available to collectors at reasonable price points. Indeed, the first article in Sallay’s series discusses hidden treasure on ebay, a venue that has significantly impacted medal collecting, and all numismatics, since its inception. The MCA maintains a presence at major numismatic events including the summer ANA convention and New York International show in January. New members may apply via a membership application on the MCA home page.

The Evolution of Medal Collecting, part 1: Ebay (The MCA Advisory, vol. 18, no. 5, September/October 2015, pp. 19-23)

The Evolution of Medal Collecting, part 2: Beyond Ebay (The MCA Advisory, vol. 18, no. 6, November/December 2015, pp. 14-24)

The Evolution of Medal Collecting, part 3: A Glimpse of the Future? ( The MCA Advisory, vol. 19, no. 1, January/February 2016, pp. 16-24)

To read The Evolution of Medal Collecting on Internet Archive, see:
The Evolution Of Medal Collecting (https://archive.org/details/EvolutionOfMedalCollectingByJohnSallay)

For more information about the Medal Collectors of America, see:
www.medalcollectors.org

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