Donald E. Stephens Convention Center | 5555 N River Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018

August 6-10, 2024 – View $MILLIONS$ in rare coins and numismatic treasures. Buy, sell and trade with hundreds of coin dealers, attend lectures and presentations from noted numismatists, and find out what your old coins may be worth!

Show Hours

Tuesday — 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday – Friday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday — 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Admission is FREE for everyone on Saturday!)

Admission Information

Admission is $10 daily, $25 for weekly pass. 

Free for ANA members & children under 12. 

Admission is free for everyone on Saturday, August 10.

Please note: Valid photo ID required ages 18+.

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World’s Fair of Money Official Show Guide

Explore the official show guide to find information on educational programs, special exhibits, event schedules, bourse maps, dealer listings and more.

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Free Commemorative Coin

The commemorative coins will be available at the Minted Assets booth, number 730. They are available with limited quantities during the 2024 World’s Fair of Money®.

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Convention Medals & Collectibles

Chicago’s bright lights illuminate the ANA’s 133rd World’s Fair of Money convention medal.

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Chicago Area Map

Visit Google Maps for directions to the convention center and other points of interest in the area.

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Social Media

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Great Collections

ANA Official Auctioneer

GreatCollections is the official auctioneer of the ANA. Visit their website at greatcollections.com.

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Heritage Auctions and Stacks Bowers

ANA Event Auctioneer Partners

Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Heritage Auctions are the ANA Event Auctioneer Partners of this year’s World’s Fair of Money.

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Events & Attractions

The 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar: A Historic Treasure Worth Millions

Tyrants of the Nile

The Finest $4 Gold Stella Set Ever Assembled

Having Fun with the King of American Coins — The Dollar of 1804

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Money Museum Showcase

Show attendees have the opportunity to see some of the world’s most beautiful and valuable coins, paper money and related numismatic treasures not seen anywhere else.

The Museum Showcase features rare and historic items from the ANA’s Money Museum and items generously lent to the ANA from private collections.

Tyrants of the Nile

The latest Tyrant Collection exhibit – Tyrants of the Nile – will debut during the World’s Fair of Money. Valued at $5 million, this display presents a comprehensive timeline of Egyptian history that dates back millennia.

From the earliest coin struck in ancient Egypt to a 1938 King Farouk gold proof “Royal Wedding” 500 piastres, this exhibit is packed with show-stopping treasures from a dynamic and revered civilization.

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1794 Flowing Hair Dollar

The finest known 1794 Flowing Hair dollar, believed by many experts to be the first silver dollar struck by the United States Mint, will be displayed for perhaps the last time for years to come. Insured for $15 million, it is going into a private collection after the 2024 convention. GreatCollections, the ANA’s Official Auctioneer, bought the coin for $12 million at the 2022 ANA World’s Fair of Money®.

The Specimen (SP)-66 1794 silver dollar, as well as a rare gold 1861 Paquet Reverse Double Eagle, and the most complete collection of Red Seal National Bank Notes (all with serial number one) will be part of a $30 million display courtesy of GreatCollections.

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Collector Exhibits

At the ANA’s annual conventions, we invite our members to showcase their unique collections, share research, and exchange knowledge. It’s more than a display; it’s an invitation to journey through the rich tapestry of money’s history with fellow enthusiasts and the public.

This year’s marquee exhibit focuses on the fascinating stories of the “Dexter Dollar” and the 1804 dollar.

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Learning Opportunities

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Counterfeit Detection Seminar

Counterfeit Detection: Classic Fakes & Chinese-Made Counterfeits | August 4-5, 2024
This seminar will teach counterfeit detection of Key Date and Mintmarked coins, U.S. gold coins, and the latest wave of deceptive Chinese-made counterfeits.

Location / Time: Hyatt Regency O’Hare 9300 Bryn Mawr Ave. Rosemont, IL| August 4-5; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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Sundman Lecture Series

The theme this year is “A Century of Change; 1924 to 2024,” which focuses on how money, its appearance, subject matter and the numismatic hobby has changed over the last 100 years.

The Symposium will be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center on Wednesday, August 7, 10 am to 4:15 pm.

View the 2024 schedule!

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Money Talks

Learn from fellow numismatists, collectors and ANA members about their passions and latest research. Free and open to the public.

Presentations are 30- to 45- minute programs, including questions from the audience. They are scheduled on the hour.

Programs will be offered Thursday and Friday, August 8-9.

View this year’s schedule.

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Ernie’s Treasure Treehouse

At Ernie’s Treasure Treehouse, some of the activities to help kids explore, study, and connect through numismatics. Kids attending the show will have the opportunity to play games and earn Hoot Loot to spend on numismatic items of their choice.
Sponsored by Kevin Lipton Rare Coins.

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Corporate Sponsors

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ANA Event Auctioneer Partners

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Title Sponsors

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Sponsors

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Disclaimer

Collectors and dealers are often contacted by unauthorized “service providers” offering to sell or reserve hotel rooms for convention attendees. Please know that the ANA does not work with third-party vendors. Ignore unsolicited attempts to book you a hotel room; these are scams. Other scams offer to sell you a list of convention attendees, offer expo services, or pitch online directories. The ANA never sells or shares the names of its members, convention attendees or exhibitors with any third party. Don’t engage with them.

Show Photography and Videography Policy

All programs and events sponsored by the American Numismatic Association (ANA) at the World’s Fair of Money are the exclusive property of the Association. No one is permitted to record or reproduce such events, orally or visually, by digital recording, videotape recording, audio cassette recording, or by any other means for commercial purposes without the express consent of the ANA. No exhibit, performance or event presented at a World’s Fair of Money shall be photographed, videotaped, broadcast or recorded for commercial use or sale without the express consent of the ANA. This rule does not prohibit videotaping or other visual or oral recordings by an exhibitor at an ANA show made entirely within the booth space leased by that exhibitor.

Private, non-commercial photography and videography for personal use by visitors, exhibitors and vendors/dealers will be permitted in some areas of the convention hall and meeting rooms with the permission of those being photographed or videoed and/or permission of the dealer or exhibitor whose items are the subjects of the photo or video.

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