The New Newman Numismatic Portal

Just launched, the new Newman Numismatic Portal (NNP) brings together numismatic literature and images under a unified repository. The website currently hosts over 96,000 documents and 155,000 images.

Administered by Washington University in St. Louis and sponsored by the Eric. P. Newman Numismatic Education Society, the Newman Portal first went live in early 2016 using a proprietary software platform. Over time the needs of the site outgrew the initial architecture. Migration to the new digital collections platform is part of a broader effort within Olin Library’s Special Collections to consolidate portions of their digital archives onto a single site. The NNP’s new home offers expanded flexibility to add additional collections and support new metadata schema.

This migration provides a more sustainable technical foundation for the Newman Portal while preserving the specialized content developed over the past decade. Bringing the Newman Portal into a shared library infrastructure positions the project to benefit from future enhancements in discovery, digital preservation, and collection management. The transition represents the next stage in the Newman Portal’s development, ensuring that this significant numismatic resource remains accessible and adaptable for researchers and collectors well into the future.

To access the portal, visit nnp.washu.edu.