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05 Feb 2015

Museum Showcase: A closer look at the 1787 Brasher Doubloon

National Money Show | ANA Official Post | ANAStaff

The Brasher Doubloon has a mystique all its own among American coins. Produced by Ephraim Brasher, a well-known New York jeweler and goldsmith and a neighbor of George Washington’s while he stayed in New York, the Brasher Doubloon is based on the weight standard of Spanish-American gold coinage and was valued at $15. These pieces were the first gold coins produced in the U.S. intended for circulation. The story behind the creation of these pieces highlights a time when American money was not yet standardized and when private citizens could produce coinage, as Ephraim did. The Brasher Doubloon is the first truly American gold coin and is the forebear of all gold struck by the United States.

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19 Dec 2013

ANA ROAD SHOW COMING TO THE 59TH ANNUAL FUN SHOW

News | ANA Official Post | jfletcher

Rarities worth millions of dollars from the Edward C. Rochette Money Museum will be on display in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 9-11, 2014, when the American Numismatic Association Road Show makes its debut at the annual FUN Show.

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16 Sep 2013

ANA ROAD SHOW TO EXHIBIT RARITIES AT PNNA FALL CONVENTION

News | ANA Official Post | jfletcher

The American Numismatic Association Road Show will exhibit the McDermott/Bebee 1913 Liberty Head "V" Nickel and a collection of Famous Errors at the Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association Ninth Annual Fall Convention, to be held October 5-6 at the DoubleTree Lloyd Center Hotel in Portland, Ore.

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10 Jul 2013

FIRST TIME TOGETHER IN PUBLIC: RITTENHOUSE'S PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT AND 1792 HALF DISME

News | ANA Official Post | jfletcher

Two of the most important, related items of early American numismatics -- the document signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson appointing David Rittenhouse as the first Director of the United States Mint and Rittenhouse's own superb condition 1792 half disme -- will be publicly displayed together for the first time. Both items will be featured attractions at the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money (www.WorldsFairOfMoney.com) in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont ,Illinois, August 13 - 17, 2013.

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