Images: ANS and ANA. Are the ANA and the ANS open to everyone, or do I have to have credentials to join one or the other? What is the difference between the American Numismatic Association and the American Numismatic Society? The ANS publishes a well-written and well-illustrated magazine, ANS Magazine, quarterly. In addition, the ANS publishes the American Journal of Numismatics annually and offers members the option of receiving The Journal of Early American Numismatics.