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Coin Show - Monthly Notes for September 2024
Mark your calendar and join us at the next show on Sunday, October 6, 2024, in the Joe Mack Wilson ballroom.
It's almost time to think about the holidays. Only three more shows before the holiday season.
The October Greater Atlanta Coin Show will fill its bourse with dealers and their showcases displaying coins, currency, bullion, exonumia, scripophily, semi-precious stones, jewelry and other interesting items for guests to enjoy.
The show welcomes guests to buy, sell, trade or just enjoy viewing the variety of numismatic and other collectibles in the dealers' displays.
Visitors can also bring coins and currency to the show for a free verbal appraisal based on the current market values.
The show is open from 9am - 4pm, however arrive early for the most opportunities.
Should circumstances impact the show, check with this web site, the recorded show message (770-772-4359), or join our mailing list to receive up-to-date information about the next show.
Make a reminder note and visit the next Greater Atlanta Coin Show on Sunday, October 6, 2024 in the Joe Mack Wilson ballroom to join the fun and view the items on the bourse.
Mega Red Book
1981 World Wide Mint Silver Round
1879 Gold Ten-Dollar Coin
The September 2024 Greater Atlanta Coin Show occurred roughly a week before the fall season and enjoyed a nice day welcoming guests to a bourse filled with dealers and their showcases with coins, currency, bullion and collectibles.
The nice day included some clouds and sporadic light rain with temperatures in the mid 70s. The day's weather highlighted the beginning of the fall colors with the reds of the dogwoods and the yellows of the poplars.
Again, the show saw lots of visitors beginning early in the morning and lasting into the mid afternoon. Thank you all for coming to the show. You are welcome. We hope you enjoyed yourself and will come again.
Guests are welcome to visit the show to browse, buy, sell or trade numismatic treasures with one or more of the many dealers.
People are also welcome to bring items for free verbal appraisals, after which they can choose to sell or keep their items.
We THANK all of you from our visitors to our dealers to our security team and to the hotel's staff for making the show a busy and fun place to spend a few hours each month.
Some of our visitors frequently buy from the US Mint. The Mint offers a subscription service such that members can obtain their new products. Unfortunately, with the Mint's recent increase in prices, some of these folks commented that they have cancelled their subscription.
You can still buy from the Mint without the membership, however for limited mintages or popular items, you may not be able to purchase. It's a gamble for each to decide if the higher prices are justified for the products they want. Many times, those products can be obtained at a coin show within a short amount of time.
Some visitors wanted to know how to determine value of collectible coins. A good place to start is the Official Red Book - A Guide Book of United States Coins. This book contains a lot of information about values in relation to grades, mintages, metal content, age, desirability and other factors. Remember, though, the Red Book is printed annually whereas the market changes frequently.
Other visitors new to the show and to the hobby asked what to collect. That's really based on personal interests. Some may want to collect lower denominations. Some may want to collect older coins either silver or gold. Others may choose to collect just a few items of high quality and value. There are many ways to collect as there are individuals. Pick something you like and start there.
Now, let's look at just a few items from the September show.
Our first specimen is a Red Book, however this is a Deluxe Edition of the regular Red Book called Mega Red.
Many people, especially those new to the hobby, will only need the standard Red Book, which is available in either spiral bound soft copy or hard bound from Whitman Publishing.
On their web site, Whitman describes this Deluxe Edition:
Our next example is a silver round produced by the World Wide Mint with copyright of 1981.
The World Wide Mint in Minnesota operated from about 1973 until it dissolved around the year 2000. A prolific producer of silver art bars in the 1970's and 1980's, it is best known for its Coca Cola art bars.
During its production years, World Wide Mint also produced silver rounds with the most commonly seen being the commercial Liberty rounds from 1981 and 1982. There are several varieties from 1981 which was the first year of production.
Additionally, World Wide Mint became one of the few to produce fractional silver rounds in 1/2 Oz, 1/4 Oz, and 1/10 Oz sizes.
The company produced rounds with both BU and Proof like finishes, and all were .999 Fine Silver.
The obverse of our example depicts a right-facing Lady Liberty encircled by 13 stars and rays along the outer edge. The micro inscription at the bottom reads "© WORLD WIDE MINT, INC. 1981".
This is the Type 1 obverse variety and probably the earliest produced.
The reverse features an eagle perched on a rock with sun rays in the background. The weight of "1 Oz" is inscribed to the left while the purity and content of ".999 FINE SILVER" can be found on the right. The name of the mint "AMERICAN EAGLE" is inscribed at the top.
This is the Type 2 reverse.
This round provides another interesting and artful way to collect silver.
"MEGA RED is the new expanded version of the hobby's best-selling GUIDE BOOK OF UNITED STATES COINS (the RED BOOK), with more pricing in more grades than the regular edition, plus certified population data, more die varieties, and more auction records."
"It covers American coinage from colonial times to the modern day-copper tokens and half cents through $20 gold double eagles, plus bullion, commemoratives, Proof and Mint sets, significant patterns and medals, error coins, and other collectibles. It has everything you need to know about U.S. coins."
The Mega Red is a great resource for those wanting to learn more and obtain additional details about different coins.
Our next coin is the curved five-dollar National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coin.
Though they had minted a curved medal in 1973 honoring Roberto Walker Clemente, the late Pittsburgh Pirates star right fielder, the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative series were their first curved coins.
From the US Mint:
"The National Baseball Commemorative Coin Act specifically refers to modeling the coins after the convex/concave 2009 International Year of Astronomy Coins minted and issued by the Monnaie de Paris (French Mint). The United States Mint’s National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins were also closely modeled after the Royal Australian Mint’s Southern Cross curved coins.
2014 Baseball Gold Five-Dollar Coin
"Research and development on the curved National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins is unprecedented in recent U.S. Mint history. It covered height of relief limitations; milling, turning and grinding operations; coinability issues; laser frosting and proof polishing; and proof, uncirculated and clad test strikes.
"During the planning phase for the minting and production of its first-ever curved coins, the Royal Australian and Perth Mints provided valuable technical insight to the United States Mint.
"The obverse (heads) design depicts a glove that, combined with the baseball design featured on the reverse, exemplifies the most basic elements of our national pastime or a simple game of catch in the backyard or at the local sandlot. The glove design also highlights the unique concavity of the coin.
"The reverse (tails) design of each coin depicts a baseball similar to those used in Major League Baseball."
It would be odd to carry curved coins in a pocket for everyday change, but as a commemorative, these coins are a fun way to recognize baseball.
The US Mint stopped producing the gold Eagle or gold ten-dollar coin in 1804 and began production again in 1838 with a new Liberty Head design that continued through 1907.
They made some modifications including adding the IN GOD WE TRUST motto in 1866.
Per PCGS CoinFacts (Professional Coin Grading Service), there are several rarities particularly among uncirculated coins. As such, a set of Uncirculated Liberty Head Ten-Dollar coins with the early varieties would be almost impossible to assemble.
The Liberty Head Eagle with its design by Christian Gobrecht contains .4838 oz of gold and had a mintage of 384,740.
The obverse shows Liberty, facing left, encircled by 13 stars with the word "Liberty" across her hair band
The reverse features a heraldic eagle with a shield on its breast. Surrounding the eagle is "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and the denomination with the banner above the eagle showing "IN GOD WE TRUST."
PCGS currently estimates 1550 of these coins survive across all grades.
This coin was definitely circulated and has the scars to prove it, however it remains a lustrous specimen. It would be a nice addition to a gold or gold eagle collection.