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ANAThe ANA Museum Showcase will make its National Money Show™ debut March 25-27 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. This spectacular gallery gives visitors a unique chance to see some of the world’s most beautiful and valuable coins.

The showcase will be located just inside the bourse entrance, and features several numismatic treasures. The Smithsonian Institution’s exhibit, "Good as Gold: America’s Double Eagles," explores the history of the U.S. $20 gold piece. The display includes the first (1849 pattern) and last (1933) double eagles ever produced, and a 1907 Saint-Gaudens ultra-high-relief $20 pattern coin that President Theodore Roosevelt gave his daughter Edith for Christmas that year ...

Full Article: ANA Museum Showcase at Ft. Worth National Money Show - CoinNews

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Some of the world’s most famous and valuable coins and paper money, including a multi-million dollar nickel, rare $20 gold pieces and $100,000 bills, will be on display at the 2010 American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show March 25-27 at the Fort Worth, Texas, Convention Center.

The event will offer exhibits, a wide range of educational programs and activities, and more than 500 numismatic dealers ...

Full Article: Showcase to debut at Money Show - Numismatic News

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All 119 tables on the bourse floor of the Chicago International Coin Fair have been sold, making the April 22-25 show larger than the 2009 edition.

Event coordinators are making plans to expand the show floor. Parties interested in exhibiting at CICF should contact bourse chairman ...

Full Article: CICF bourse sold out, show will expand - Numismatic News

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Professional Coin Grading Service will offer on-site authentication and grading services at the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo in the Baltimore Convention Center, 1 West Pratt St. The show is open to the public, March 4 – 7, 2010.

“PCGS will accept Show Service submissions until 5 p.m., Friday, March 5, and all other submission levels, excluding bulk, through mid-afternoon on ..."

Full Article: PCGS Show Specials at March 2010 Baltimore Expo - Professional Coin Grading Service

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NGC will offer on-site grading and encapsulation at the Whitman Baltimore Coin & Collectibles Expo Thursday, March 4 (during dealer setup) and Friday, March 5. Please check with NGC show representatives for daily submission cut-off times. NGC will be at tables 1302-1306. NGC will be offering ...

Full Article: NGC Grading On-site at Whitman Baltimore Coin & Collectibles Expo - Numismatic Guaranty Corporation

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Expo feels gold price fall

by Coin Values on February 16, 2010

in Coin Collector Shows, Coin Values, Gold Coins

Robust public attendance at the Feb. 4 to 6 Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Expo, in California fueled by the $10 million Ship of Gold display blended with rapidly declining bullion markets and winter weather that affected the travel plans of many participants, to create a mixed show.

By all accounts, public attendance was strong, with registration lines circling the convention center at several times during the convention. By Friday's end, collectors had eagerly  ...

Full Article: Expo feels gold price fall - Coin Values

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DVD’s of the educational presentations delivered at the Money Show of the Southwest are now available for collectors.

Speakers include former football great Greg Bingham, historian and teacher Ricardo DeLeon, collector Sebastion Frommhold, coin promoter and lecturer Mike Fuljenz, coin fund manager Bob Higgins, Money Show coin convention chairman Carl Schwenker, and PCGS president Don Willis. The Greater Houston Coin Club sponsors these educational presentations. These videos are available in the latest DVD format ...

Full Article: 2009 Money Show of the Southwest Educational Seminar DVD’s Now Available - CoinLink

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A decade after its first appearance, the precedent-setting "Ship of Gold" display showcasing California Gold Rush-era sunken treasure recovered from the 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America again will dock in Long Beach, California.Cargo box and coins

The $10 million exhibit will be publicly displayed during the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo in the Long Beach Convention Center, 100 S. Pine Ave., February 4 – 6, 2010.

The three-day show also will feature an exhibit of the all-time finest set of early U.S. half dollars in the PCGS Set RegistrySM ...

Full Article: Long Beach Expo Features Popular "Ship of Gold" Display - CoinNews

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2010 FUN Show Observations

by The Web on January 12, 2010

in Blogs, Coin Collector Shows, Gold Coins

Just like that (cue snapping fingers and whooshing sound) the 2010 FUN show came and went. For me, FUN is always productive and this year was no exception. I had a very good show and instead of the usual tedious (and self-serving) show report, I’d rather share a few random observations about the convention. *I looked at oodles and oodles of coins ...

Full Article: Some Random Observations About the 2010 FUN Show - RareGoldCoins.com

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Expert Ranks 2009 Coin Show Security

January 11, 2010

An alphabetical list of the 16 best secured coin shows in 2009 has been announced by security authority Col. Steven Ellsworth of the Butternut Co., Clifton, Va.
Ellsworth said he personally had attended 47 coin shows during 2009. While at shows he said he pays particular attention and evaluates the kinds and types of security that [...]

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History helped coin collector’s hobby

January 4, 2010

Calling all coin collectors. Oklahoma Numismatic Association President Gary Parsons, an avid collector of historical coin and script, is working to organize other collectors in Southeast Oklahoma who share his passion.
“We’re trying to get a club started in Southeast Oklahoma,” Parsons said. “McAlester just seems like a logical base.”
Parsons has an extensive currency collection himself, [...]

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NGC Grading On-site at FUN

December 23, 2009

NGC will offer on-site grading and encapsulation at the FUN Show in Orlando, Wednesday, January 6 (during dealer setup), through Friday, January 8. Please check with NGC show representatives for daily submission cut-off times. NGC will be at tables 1221–1229.
NGC will be offering NGC Details Grading for coins that exhibit detrimental surface conditions. It will [...]

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Coin collectors compare goods

December 14, 2009

When Ronald Anderson was 8 years old, his aunt, who had just returned home from a trip to Las Vegas with a purse full of silver dollars, plucked out an 1880 piece for him and his sister.
Ever since then, where others see parking meter fodder, Anderson sees possible treasure.
Anderson, the owner of Andy’s Coins in [...]

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PNG Days Announced, Includes Houston’s Money Show

November 27, 2009

(Fallbrook, California) – The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) has announced the next three dates in 2009 and 2010 for PNG Days, invitation-only events held in conjunction with major coin shows around the country.  Collectors can obtain complimentary invitations to attend from participating PNG member-dealers.
The future dates include the first-ever PNG Day and PNG Share the [...]

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PCGS TrueView On-Site Photo Service at Show

November 10, 2009

Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) will give collectors and dealers a special opportunity to have their PCGS-graded coins digitally imaged with the PCGS TrueView photo service on-site during the first two days of the Whitman Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention at the Baltimore Convention Center, November 12 – 15, 2009.

“The PCGS TrueView service offers quality [...]

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