| Class 1 — History & Politics |
| Exhibits dealing with historical or political events. |
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Henrietta Szold and Her Legacy: Hadassah and Youth Aliyah
Henrietta Szold devoted herself to public service in the late
Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.
At a time before women could vote, she organized and managed
charities in Baltimore, and translated and edited major
theological works for the Jewish Publication Society and Jewish
Theological Seminary.
She brought modern medicine to the Middle East, saving the lives
of thousands of Jews, Arabs, and others living in and around
Israel.
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The Fraternal Order of Eagles
This exhibit will discuss the history and major past achievements
and current projects of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Our motto is People Helping People.
On display is the bar chips of the series chartered before 1910
in Sandusky County, Ohio and the counties bordering that county.
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Trimes – Silver Three-Cent Coins 1851-1873
A new denomination was introduced in 1851 to the American public,
the Trime.
This set showcases a complete mint state set of Silver Trimes,
or Three-cent pieces.
Learn about our smallest federal silver coin with some interesting
history.
Minted from 1851 to 1873, they were very popular in the early
years of production with mintages falling off dramatically after
the end of the Civil War.
Learn about some Trime dies that were produced, shipped but never
used, and how the coins were shipped.
The set includes a popular one-year type coin.
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Presidents of the Progressive Era
The Progressive Era (1897-1920) was a time of great social and
political activism in the United States and around the world.
This exhibit combines my passion for Inaugural medals, elongated
coins, and history to recognize the influence of this period of
time on our culture today.
Three Republicans, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and
William Taft, along with one Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, forever
changed the course of our nation.
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| Class 2 — Economics |
| Exhibits dealing with monetary and financial systems,
or economic events such as panics and inflations. |
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Discovery: The Last $10 1902 Plain Back Printed for The Pacific National Bank of Nantucket
How my curiosity led to the discovery of this important note, and the
resources and steps I used.
A brief history and the importance of this bank to the population of the
island and the whaling industry in the 1800s.
Also included are photos and postcards of the historic bank building.
The Pacific Bank was a prolific issuer of national currency, and bank
note information for Charter# 714 are provided.
The history of the bank will include a short biography on the bank
president Albert Brock, whose signature is on my note.
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Token for an Ice Worm Cocktail in Alaska
The single case exhibit shows a good-for token that was used as
a promotion to get a free Ice Worm Cocktail at the Portage
Glacier Lodge in Alaska during the 1960s to 1970s.
These good-for tokens were unusual in that they had a serial
number stamped on them, which allows the tokens to be tracked.
The exhibit displays the rare S/N 1 brass good-for token and
the only known sterling silver token (S/N 1) of the type.
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Inflationary Currency of Israel, 1980-1985
In 1980, Israel adopted a new currency, the sheqel, replacing the
lira.
In the first year of the new currency, four coins were minted in
denominations from one agora to 1/2 shequel, and banknotes were
issued in denominations from one shequel to 100 sheqalim.
However, the early 1980s were a period of high inflation in Israel,
and the Bank of Israel had to introduce several new denominations
over the following years.
By 1984, the Bank was issuing 100 sheqalim coins, and the largest
banknote was for 10,000 sheqalim.
This exhibit will show how the economic problems faced by Israel
in the early 1980s necessitated annual changes in the country’s
coinage and paper money until the first sheqel series was
abandoned in 1985 and replaced with the new sheqel.
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Berghoff Restaurant Waiter Tokens
When the Berghoff restaurant in Chicago opened in 1898, several
traditions followed Herman Joseph Berghoff from Germany to
America.
In Europe, waiters worked more as independent contractors and
purchased tokens from the restaurant at the beginning of their
shift.
These coins were used to purchase food and beverages from the
“house.”
Throughout the day when they ordered food from the kitchen, they
would pick up their food, and then pay the cashier with metal
tokens.
This exhibit presents the history of this Chicago institution
and displays these unique tokens.
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In the Beginning…
“Money,” as a medium of exchange or measure of wealth,
has existed from time immemorial, but “money” in the
form of coins dates back no earlier than the middle of the 7th
Century BC.
The invention of coined money greatly facilitated both commerce
and the spread of civilizations, and coins themselves are
critically important to the study of the art and history of
earlier cultures.
This exhibit presents a gallery of numismatic “firsts,”
with examples of the first coins and coin types ever minted, and
a representative selection of subsequent innovations in coin
design, metallurgy, and technology.
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| Class 3 — Geography |
| Exhibits that describe natural or cultural assets,
the distribution of populations, or exploration. |
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Feline Species Paper Money Type Set
This exhibit shows all the species and some major types within
species of felines, both great and small cats, portrayed on
paper money of countries around the world.
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1906 Pikes Peak Centennial Medals
First sighted by explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike in 1806, Pikes
Peak has been featured on many numismatic items since the 1860s.
This exhibit displays select examples of official and
“imitation” medals produced in 1906 for the Pikes
Peak Centennial.
The life of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, the history of Pikes Peak,
and the fascinating story of celebratory numismatics and later
rediscovery, are displayed.
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Texas Numismatic Association Show Medals
This exhibit features the medals of the Texas Numismatic
Association.
Each year, medals are designed for the Annual Show and
Convention.
Most of the subjects of these medals are famous people
throughout Texas History.
Medals also celebrate cities, transportation, buildings, and
Texas icons.
A complete set of the Bronze Medals is featured in this exhibit,
along with designers, details, and varieties of the medals.
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The Colorado Springs Centennial Medal
July 31, 1971 marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of
Colorado Springs by William Jackson Palmer.
The city commemorated the anniversary by issuing the Colorado Springs
Centennial Medal which featured geographic and cultural highlights of
the area.
The city once known as “Little London” is home to the
American Numismatic Association.
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| Class 4 — Common Element |
| Exhibits showing material linked by design, such as elephants
or bridges, or by theme, such as a world’s fair. |
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Heavenly Gold
Giotto revolutionized Western art in 1300 AD by painting a blue
sky.
Before Giotto, artists only painted golden skies: they believed
that heaven was somewhere “up there,” in the sky,
and that the divine realm itself must be golden, despite what
our eyes tell us.
The blue in the sky is really a function of the way molecules in
the atmosphere scatter light, and lovely though a blue sky may
be, it still seems appropriate to use gold to represent the
heavens.
This exhibit presents a golden gallery of numismatic portraits
of those who dwell in heaven, wherever heaven may be.
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Casino Chips – The Chinese New Year
Chips from many casinos showing the Chinese symbols and colors.
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A Century of Numismatic Artistry – The Centennial Gold Coin Program
In 2016, the U.S. Mint marked the centennial anniversary of three
famous and familiar numismatic designs with the release of three
gold coins.
The exhibit explores the history, artistry, and designs of the
“Mercury” Dime, the Standing Liberty Quarter, and
the Walking Liberty Half Dollar.
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Numismatic Legacy of Henry Kreis
Henry Kreis (1899-1963) was a renowned sculptor whose numismatic
achievements spanned from classic commemorative U.S. half
dollars to tokens and medals.
In 1948, he was awarded the American Numismatic Society’s
J. Stanford Saltus Award, the highest numismatic honor.
This display is comprehensive collection of Kreis’ work
including specimens for all half dollars, all medals found
in the Medallic Art Company (MACO) archives, and other numismatic
artifacts such as plasters models.
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| Class 5 — The Arts |
| Exhibits that explore any aspect of fine or applied arts. |
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Israel & Currency: Her Innovative Approach to the Question of Idolatrous Money
Since ancient times, Jews have been concerned that portraits of
people and animals on coins could be considered graven images in
violation of the Second Commandment.
After a ruling by Israel’s Chief Rabbi that some types of
portraits were permissible, the Bank of Israel has designed coins
with sunken profile portraits, photographic-like flat images,
line drawings, negative space, and stylized profiles to avoid
creating a graven image or giving the appearance of supporting
idolatry.
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Royal Mint Beatrix Potter Commemoratives
In 2016, the Royal Mint issued a series of commemorative 50p coins
celebrating 150 years since the birth of the beloved British
children’s author, Beatrix Potter.
The reverse of four of these coins depicted a selection of
Potter’s characters, including the iconic Peter Rabbit,
while the fifth celebrated the author herself.
The Royal Mint followed up on the popular initial series by
issuing more Beatrix Potter commemoratives in the ensuing years.
This exhibit showcases some of these issues, as well as the
writings and illustrations of Beatrix Potter that inspired them.
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Honoring Music Through a World of Paper Money
This exhibit features a selection of music-themed paper money
from around the world.
Performing artists, composers, and artisans are highlighted
throughout.
See how the world remembers and celebrates music through its
paper money.
It is hoped that this exhibit will inspire present and future
numismatists toward this type of “Themed Collecting”
– a way to combine the enjoyment of numismatics with
another field of interest.
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Hooray for Hollywood: Numismatic Artifacts from the Golden Age of American Cinema
This exhibit features numismatic medals, tokens and related
promotional items produced during the heyday of American film
production in Hollywood, California.
It features rare and engaging specimens from one of the largest
private collections of cinema-related exonumia, some of which
have never been publicly displayed.
The exhibitor hopes viewers will gain an appreciation of classic
film and the numismatic items that promoted popular movies,
actors and studios, and, in some cases, aided the production of
the films themselves.
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| Class 6 — Science |
| Exhibits dealing with theoretical or applied science, including
the technology of manufacturing numismatic items. |
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A Stellar Type Set
This exhibit shows the wide variety of ways stars are portrayed
and used as part of the design or message of a coin, bank note,
or medal.
Since heraldic stars are commonly found on coins, this exhibit
emphasizes pieces that use the word star or a word derived from
star, in any language, and also pieces that portray specific
stars (including planets and comets).
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It’s Elementary!
Metal coins were (probably) first used in the 7th Century BCE in
two widely separated areas: in the West, coinage began in what is
now Turkiye with round coins struck in electrum, an alloy of the
metallic elements Gold and Silver; while in the East, coinage
began in China with knife-shaped and spade-shaped coins cast in
bronze, an alloy of the metallic elements Copper and Tin.
Over the past 27 centuries, 20 additional metallic elements have
been used to mint legal tender metal coins.
Together, the coins in this exhibit demonstrate the use of all
24 of these metallic elements.
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The Start of a New Collectible – The Innovation of the First Elongated Souvenir Coins at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago
Today’s modern elongated cents (aka pressed pennies,
squashed cents, rolled cents and many other names) can trace
their history to an innovation at the 1893 World’s
Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois.
The first recorded documentation of coins (both U.S. and world)
being “rolled” with a press with a design on the
roller to produce a new type of collectible souvenir.
Over two dozen elongated design types (each a different roller
die) are known to have been “rolled” at the 1893
World’s Columbian Exposition.
This exhibit shows a sample of the types of elongated items from
this event.
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Small-Size U.S. Paper Money
The purpose is to educate viewers on the details of U.S. small
size notes by illustrating the progression of design features
from the original Series of 1928 notes to the present day,
building awareness of plate numbers, check letters, and
signatures, and showing how locations and methods of manufacture
can be readily identified.
This fits in with the 100 years of numismatics theme as it
covers roughly 100 years of changes in United States currency.
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