| Class 1 — History & Politics |
| Exhibits dealing with historical or political events. |
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Funny Munny – A Selection of Satirical Notes from the California Political & Social Movements of the 1930s
This exhibit examines the events that led to the tumultuous political
era in California in the 1930s, and shows examples of satirical
currency and political ephemera from the 1930s elections and social
movements in California.
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2 |
Thomas Macdonough – Hero of the War of 1812
The exhibit displays numismatic and other items connected to
Thomas Macdonough, Master Commandant, who lead the American
fleet to a decisive victory at the Battle of Plattsburgh (NY)
on September 11, 1814, repelling a British invasion and
effectively ending the War of 1812.
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A Zionist So-Called Dollar
This exhibit centers around a discovery piece, a World War One
Armistice medal (So-Called Dollar HK-896) with an American flag
crossed with a Zionist (now called Israel) flag.
It gives the historic context of the role of Zionism in the
Allied war effort, including other artifacts and commemoratives
of Britain’s Jewish Legion.
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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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Israel’s Two-Decade Long Road to Standardized Gold Coinage
From 1960 to 1980, Israel sporadically issued 17 different gold
coins in 7 denominations and 12 sizes.
This exhibit contains one example by type and finish of each
Israel gold coin minted before the denominations and weights were
standardized in 1981, accompanied by an original English-language
brochure.
It concludes with a denomination, purity, weight, and diameter
type set of the standardized coins first issued in 1981 for
comparison and contrast.
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5 |
24 Centuries of the Denarius
Although Rome abandoned the coin more than 17 centuries ago,
the Denarius lives on in our cultural memory.
Over the centuries many nations have minted coins that were
based on the Denarius but which were known to their users in
their own languages as a Dinars or some comparable term that
came directly from “Denarius.”
This Exhibit presents a gallery of 24 “Denarius”
coins, one for each century in which these coins have been
minted.
The coins were minted by different nations at different times
under different circumstances, but they are linked by their
common descent from one small silver coin that long ago helped
build the greatest empire the world had ever seen.
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Inflationary Currency of Israel, 1980-1985
This exhibit shows how the economic problems faced by Israel in the
early 1980s necessitated annual changes in the country’s
coinage and paper money.
After implementing a transition from the lira to the sheqel in 1980,
Israel had to add higher denominations of coins and banknotes each
year from 1981 to 1984, and eventually discontinued the lower
denominations from the original series.
The story of Israel’s currency in the early 1980s demonstrates
the effects the economic situation of a country has on the coins and
banknotes the country produces.
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| Class 3 — Geography |
| Exhibits that describe natural or cultural assets,
the distribution of populations, or exploration. |
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From Struggle to Symbol: Women Leaders Immortalized on Indian Coins
In history, there were as few as five women leaders in ancient India who
were bold to have coins with their name.
From 924 CE to modern day, India’s first female Prime Minister,
Indira Gandhi, as well as Humanitarian Mother Teresa have been so honored.
While paper currency still has the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi,
there are talks and discussion currently in proposal stages to honor more
women laders.
This exhibit is in honor of their work and achievements.
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2 |
Collecting for Free: The Shell Company’s Presidential Medal Set
This exhibit shows that a person can collect numismatic items for
free.
The Shell Company in 1993 released eight medals with the portrait
of eight different U.S. Presidents.
Each medal was given free at a service station.
The company also provided a cardboard holder for the collection.
The U.S. Presidents selected were considered by the Shell Company
to be the most important U.S. Presidents up to that time period.
The value of this exhibit is less than $250.
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5 |
A Young Wife’s Tale: The Rise and Tragic Fall of the Roman Empress Plautilla
This exhibit showcases a curated selection of bronze and silver
coins relating to Plautilla, the wife of Emperor Caracalla.
Struck in Rome and its eastern provinces, they offer a rare
glimpse into the brief and enigmatic life of a woman who once
stood at the center of Roman power, but is now mostly forgotten.
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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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Isle of Man Cat Bullion Coins
The Pobjoy Mint issued cat bullion coins for the Isle of Man from
1988 to 2016, and each year sported a different design and breed of
house cat.
This exhibit shows the width and breadth of the series, using four
different type sets: one of each obverse portrait of Queen Elizabeth
II, and one of each finish, one of each denomination, and one of each
year/design/breed.
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5 |
Life is Like a Box of Chocolates: The Journey of Penny Machines at Bubba Gump
This exhibit is about the unique journey of the famous restaurant
Bubba Gump and its most popular Penny Machines that can be found
inside the restaurant.
Through the case study, I also show the evolvement of 33 Bubba
locations across the world, but a few of them are closing and
more and more of them are having the elongated machines removed
or introducing only colored tokens instead.
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1 |
Celebrating Freedom and Independence – Remembering the Bicentennial
As our nation celebrates 250 years of Freedom and Independence,
this exhibit examines United States coinage issued for the
American Bicentennial anniversary in 1976.
To celebrate the nation’s two hundredth birthday, the
United States Mint produced a series of popular circulating and
collector coins.
One of the most visible and lasting legacies of the 1976
Bicentennial celebration came in the form of pocket change.
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The Seven Sisters of the United States Mint
This exhibit explains about the Liberty Head half eagle ($5.00) gold coin,
being minted at seven different mints across the United States.
These mints, produced coins during a time when gold coins were used for
everyday financial transactions.
These “Seven Sisters” were minted in Carson City, Charlotte,
Dahlonega, Denver, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
By having mints strategically located across the country, it made
distribution cheaper, easier, and faster.
The exhibit gives a general description about each mint and the Liberty
Head half eagle produced at them.
After viewing the exhibit, a collector may become interested in collecting
Liberty Head half eagles.
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| Class 5 — The Arts |
| Exhibits that explore any aspect of fine or applied arts. |
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National Personifications in Numismatics
For over 2,000 years nations have created allegorical persons to
represent them.
A “national personification” shows how a nation sees
itself and how it wants other nations to see it.
A national personification can also serve as a unifying symbol for
its people, particularly during times of national crisis.
One nation may adopt a personification created for it by another
nation.
How a nation adopts such a personification can tell us much about
its national identity and its perception of itself.
National personifications have been immortalized on coins, paper
money, tokens, and medals.
The numismatic record not only depicts many of these personifications,
but it can also show how they change over the years.
This Exhibit presents a numismatic gallery of four national
personifications, describing the origins of those personifications
and how they have evolved over time.
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Creating the Madison County Coin Club 10th Anniversary/100th Meeting 3 Medal Set
This exhibit shows the art and design that went into designing,
selecting of options, and producing the production drawing that
dies were prepared for the production of the medals for the
club’s 10th Anniversary/100th Meeting.
The value of this exhibit is less than $250.
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The Liberty Bell in US Numismatic Design
In 2026, as part of the nation’s semiquincentennial celebration,
the U.S. Mint will be adding a special Liberty Bell privy mark to
certain commemorative coins.
The Liberty Bell is also scheduled to be featured as the principal
design element on the reverse of one of a series of circulating
commemorative quarters.
In keeping with the National Coin Week theme of “Striking
Independence,” this exhibit will trace the history of the
Liberty Bell as a design element on US coins, tokens, and medals,
beginning with tokens struck in 1876 for the centennial and including
the commemorative coins of 1926 and 1976 as well as the Franklin half
dollar.
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Boar Hunt! Exploring Symbolic Meaning on a Group of Roman Coins Depicting Hunted Wild Boars
This exhibit examines how Roman coin artists used the boar hunt
as a visual and symbolic motif to express heroism, authority,
and the triumph of civilization over chaos through composition,
motion, and narrative imagery.
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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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Early Republic of Mexico Half Escudo Gold Coins 1825-1870
A nearly complete set of Early Republic of Mexico half escudo
gold coins shows the challenging conditions that they were made
under.
This includes the challenge of mining the gold used, the
difficult economic and safety environment, and background on
each of the seven mints that made the coins.
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2 |
Celebrating Freedom and Independence – The Centennial Celebration
In 1876, the United States hosted the country’s first
world’s fair to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary
of the founding of the nation.
Held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the anniversary event was
known as “The Philadelphia Centennial Celebration.”
This exhibit explores the national event and focuses on the
large (57 mm) 1876 US Mint Centennial Commemorative Medal.
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Zeppelins and the Great War: A Medallic History of German Military Airships in World War I
The medals shown here offer insight into the pivotal role of
zeppelins in this so-called Great War.
Most are from Germany.
Also included are a few examples of trench art from England
made from fragments of zeppelin wreckage.
Together, they tell the grim yet fascinating story of zeppelin
warfare and its profound influence on the modern concept of
total war.
In doing so, there is no attempt to catalog every type and
variety of medal.
Only those used to illustrate this story are discussed, from
the prelude to hostilities, to the complex and devastating
dynamics of the zeppelin war in the air.
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