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Chinese-Made Counterfeit Coins

Instructor: Brian Silliman

This seminar will look at many of the Chinese-made counterfeit coins prevalent in the marketplace. Chinese-made counterfeits of both collector and circulating coinages is more prevalent than ever. While they have improved significantly since the 1970s, they are still fairly easy to detect when you know what to look for. In this course, the ever improving production methods used over the last few decades will be discussed which have led to the greatly improved examples we encounter now. We will review a wide range of fakes and diagnostics for authenticating them. This video is part of the ANA’s Summer Seminar Course Samplers series.

The Coinage of Roman Egypt: A Survey

Instructor: Kerry Wetterstrom

This presentation will give an over view of Roman Egyptian (sometimes called Alexandrian, after the mint city) coinage, from Augustus to Diocletian, with a focus on the fascinating reverse types used on the drachm – the largest bronze denomination produced at Alexandria. This video is part of the ANA’s Summer Seminar Course Samplers series.

Romano-Companian Coins

Instructor: Scott Rottinghaus

This presentation will survey the first century of Roman struck coins from the foedus aequum with Neapolis at the beginning if the Second Samnite War in 326 B.C. to the beginning of the Second Punic War in 225 B.C., and put Romano-Campanian coins in context with the local aes rude and aes grave that were used contemporaneously in central Italy. This video is part of the ANA’s Summer Seminar Course Samplers series.

Ancient Greek Coinage; An Overview of the World’s First Coinage

Instructor: Doug Mudd

This class is an in-depth introduction to the exciting world of Greek coinage – from its earliest beginnings until the final takeover of Egypt by the Roman Empire in 30 B.C. “Greek” coinage is one of the three independently invented foundations of money as we know it today and has heavily influenced our ideas of what money should look like, how it is made and how it is used. Topics discussed will include the basics of the Greek monetary system, its origins, how the coins were made and how they changed over time, as well as the vast array of cities, kingdoms and empires that produced these miniature masterpieces of art for over 600 years. This video is part of the ANA’s Summer Seminar Course Samplers series.

Counterfeit Detection of Key Dates and Mintmarked U.S. Coins

Instructor: Brian Silliman

This seminar will take you through many quick and easy to remember diagnostics for on the go authentication of many Key Date and Mintmarked US Coins that are commonly seen in the marketplace and often fool experienced collectors and dealers. Initially, many remembering these diagnostics is intimidating when it really shouldn’t be. In this class, these tricky diagnostics will be presented so that they will be easier to remember and expensive key coins will be much less intimidating and much more accessible to you. Cents through dollars will be covered. This video is part of the ANA’s Summer Seminar Course Samplers series.

Modern Minting Process

Instructor: Sam Gelberd

Explore the minting process and learn how each procedure can lead to the possible creation of collectible errors and varieties. Topics include identifications and description, the art of cherrypicking, and various types of damage that may be confused for errors. This video is part of the ANA’s Summer Seminar Course Samplers series.

The Importance of Eye Appeal

Instructor: Jeff Garrett

The hardest thing for most collectors to understand is what great eye-appeal really means. This is truly subjective and what seems great to one person may seem average to another. If you are a serious collector you owe it to yourself to understand the subtleties of eye-appeal. The market’s emphasis on quality now demands that you learn as much as possible about the series you collect. My class will explore this important issue so that you may become a more successful collector. This video is part of the ANA’s Summer Seminar Course Samplers series.

Counterfeit U.S. Gold Coins

Instructor: Brian Silliman

U..S gold coins make most collectors very nervous. They have been heavily counterfeited and can be quite deceptive. This seminar will simplify the authentication process by teaching the diagnostics by major coin type or style and enabling allowing you to authenticate all the coins of each series regardless of date and mintmark. The seminar will include in-depth discussion of hundreds of images of both genuine and counterfeit coins. You should leave this seminar much more confident when buying U.S. gold. This video is part of the ANA’s Summer Seminar Course Samplers series.

Fundamental Grading Theory

Instructors: Rod Gillis and Ken Bressett

Coin grading is very subjective and at times, complicated. Learn the difference between technical grading and marketing grading. Understand what a proof coin is and what it is not. Instructors Rod Gillis and Ken Bressett will discuss the language that is grading and set you on a path to learn how to grade coins suitable for your collection. This video is part of the ANA’s Summer Seminar Course Samplers series.

Discovering Your Coin Revisited

Instructor: Kellen Hoard

Full title: Discovering Your Coin: How to Truly Learn about the Objects You are Collecting. As collectors of coins, tokens, medals, and paper money, we all love acquiring new pieces for our collection. But to properly appreciate what you’re collecting, you need to learn about it.  This video is part of the ANA’s Summer Seminar Course Samplers series.