Collectors may find the services of the following organisations useful:


American Philatelic Society
With 50,000+ members in more than 110 countries, the APS is the largest, nonprofit society in the world for stamp collectors.

American Numismatic Association
The American Numismatic Association - a nonprofit, educational organization chartered by Congress - is dedicated to the collection and study of coins, paper money, tokens and medals, and was created for the benefit of its members and the numismatic community.

American Numismatic Society
The ANS, founded in 1858, is a non-profit international center for the preservation and study of coins, medals and paper money

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Britain's oldest public museum

ATS Bullion
ATS Bullion was established when Spink, the oldest coin dealer in the world, was sold by Christies. The new company of ATS Bullion was set up to take over the bullion and modern coin business previously run by Spink.

British Museum Department of Coins and Medals
The Department of Coins and Medals is home to one of the world's finest numismatic collections, comprising about one million objects. The collection spans the entire history of coinage from its origins in the 7th century BC to the present day, and related material such as coin weights, tokens and money-boxes. The Department also holds the national collection of paper money.

Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques

British Numismatic Society
The British Numismatic Society was founded in 1903 for the encouragement and promotion of numismatic science, particularly through the study of the coins, medals, tokens and banknotes of the peoples of the British Isles and Commonwealth, the United States of America, and all territories that at any time have been subject to British jurisdiction.

British Numismatic Trade Association
Founded in 1973, the BTNA has grown into an organisation which represents the interests of more than sixty fimrs located throughout the British Isles. The BNTA has become an effective force in the fight against forgery, theft and other criminal activities, thus esablishing a benchmark for the highest ethical standards in the domestic coin trade. Members receive early warning notices of counterfeit coins and stolen property.

Bund Deutsche Ordenssammler (German Society Of Orders Collectors)
For more than 20 years the BDOS eV has been a medium for collectors of all countries and counts more than 1400 members in Germany and abroad.

Canadian Numismatic Association
The CNA is a non-profit educational organization formed in 1950 and incorporated by Canada Charter in 1963.

The Celator
Ancient coins resource center

Coinclubs.co.uk
A resource for UK coin collectors, listing coin clubs nationally.

Collector Cafe
Visit the world's largest collecting community on the Internet.

Dumbarton Oaks
Coinage of the Byzantine Empire

Filahome
An independent philatelic magazine on the internet. Each week new articles are published, mainly about stamps, but other topics such as how stamps are printed and subjects like postmarks and collecting in general are covered as well.

Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
Department of Coins and Medals

Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Museums, Monuments, Archeological Sites
The Ministry of Culture is the governmental body responsible for cultural heritage and the Arts in Greece.

Hellenic Numismatic Society
The Hellenic Numismatic Society was founded in 1970 to serve the interest of Greek and foreign numismatists and collectors concerned with every aspect of Greek numismatics from earliest times to present day.

Hermitage Museum
Website for the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Scotland's oldest museum

International Association of Professional Numismatists
The IAPN is a non-profit organisation of the leading international numismatic firms founded 1951. The objects of the Association are the development of a healthy and prosperous numismatic trade conducted according to the highest standards of business ethics and commercial practice. Today more than 110 numismatic firms are in membership, situated in all five continents and twenty-two countries.

International Banknote Society
The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) was formed in 1961 as a non-profit organization. Its objectives are to promote, stimulate and advance the study and knowledge of world wide bank notes and paper currencies and all matters related thereto along educational, scientific and historical lines. Currently the IBNS has more than 2,000 members in over 90 countries.

International Numismatic Commission
The International Numismatic Commission was founded in 1934 "to facilitate cooperation between scholars and between institutions in the field of numismatics and related disciplines."

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Numismatic Collection

Lawrence University
Bearers of Meaning, The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins

London Numismatic Club
Meets every month of the year except January and August in the Lecture Room of the Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1 0AB.

Maastricht paper money show website

Magna Graecia Coins
Lists of published Greek coin types of Italy and Sicily (including Carthaginian issues from Zeugitana, Sardinia etc.) up to 212 BC.

Money Museum, Zurich
The MoneyMuseum is a money and currency museum that resulted from private initiative. It is aimed at an interested lay public.

National Museums of Scotland
The National Museums of Scotland show Scotland to the World and the World to Scotland through extensive collections built up over more than two centuries. Displays of the collections can be seen at six sites.

Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS)
A non-profit educational organization founded in 1980 to support and promote the use and collecting of numismatic literature.

Numismatic Museum of Athens
Provides continuous educational support for Hellenism in terms of numismatics, history and art history.

Oriental Numismatic Society
The 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.

Parthia.com
this site is not just a virtual coin collection; here you can also gain insight into Parthian art, history, archaeology, and geography.

Royal Numismatic Society
The Society was founded in 1836 as the Numismatic Society of London and received the title of the Royal Numismatic Society by Royal Charter in 1904. The Society is an academic body of charitable status concerned with research into all branches of numismatics. Its lectures and publications deal with classical, Asian, medieval and modern coins, paper money, tokens and medals.

Russian Numismatic Society
The Russian Numismatic Society (RNS), organized in 1978, is a non-profit group of collectors and students interested in the field of Russian numismatics.

Sasanian Empire
Coins of the Sasanian Empire

Smithsonian Institution, The National Numismatic Collection
The National Numismatic Collection (NNC) of the Smithsonian Institution, one of the largest numismatic collections in the world and the largest in North America.