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12 Mar 2015

Thank you Portland, ANA Staff & Board, Hosting Coin Clubs, General Chairman & his Committee, Volunteers and Participants

National Money Show | ANA Official Post | ANAStaff

The American Numismatic Association (ANA) National Money Show (NMS) held at the Oregon Convention Center on March 5-7, 2015 was a very successful coin convention. This was the 113thConvention held by the ANA and seventh held in Portland. Attendance at the show was steady for the three day event. Our personal thanks to ANA Convention Director, Rhonda Scurek, Executive Director Kim Kiick and all the staff for their tireless work. Thanks also to President Walter Ostromecki Jr and the board for their work on this convention. A HUGE thanks to General Chair Danny Bisgaard, his committee & volunteers, the hosts Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association, Willamette Coin Club and Salem Numismatic Society and the National Volunteers for their outstanding and dedicated work on this convention. Everyone connected to setting up, during show hours and breakdown did a superb job. We were pleased to see the ANA volunteers and local committee work well past the time the show ended and right alongside the ANA staff.

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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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22 Jan 2015

Friendship Luncheon scheduled for March 6 during National Money Show

National Money Show | ANA Official Post | ANAStaff

Collectors attending the 2015 ANA National Money Show canenjoy one of Portland's iconic restaurants while dining with fellow numismatists at the Friendship Luncheon from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 6, at Huber’s Café, 411 S.W. 3rd Avenue.

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15 Jan 2015

Throwback Thursday: The first National Money Show

Throwback Thursday | ANA Official Post | ANAStaff

With the 2015 National Money Show right around the corner, it’s a great time to look back in time at the first National Money Show, which took place in Colorado Springs in 1978.

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