Coin Show - Helpful Web Resources

People who attend the Greater Atlanta Coin Show can benefit from reviewing the various metals markets on a regular basis.

Take at look at the variety of Kitco charts. They maintain up to the minute charts for the various metals. In addition, they provide historical information.

You can also visit the Kitco main page for a variety of information including current articles about the various metals and their values in the marketplace.

Another Kitco site shows other commodity metals, those used in coins and those important to other manufacturing: KitcoMetals. You can find current metal prices for copper, zinc and nickel and articles about the mining and development of these metals. 

Sometimes it can be fun to meet with people who share your interests in numismatics - collecting and investing. Or, perhaps meetings are not feasible, but you want to take advantage of the shared knowledge of like-minded people.

Coin clubs offer both meetings and knowledge.

Metropolitan Coin Club of Atlanta:  www.mccatl.org

From their web site, the Metropolitan Coin Club of Atlanta's purpose states:

To encourage and promote the science and history of numismatics through discussion, investigation and study of coins, currency, medals, tokens, and financial systems of the world, to encourage and assist beginners and new collectors, to foster the interest of youth in the subject, acquire and disperse numismatic knowledge in the form of books and other publications, and to cultivate an atmosphere of numismatic fellowship among club members.

Georgia Numismatic Association:  www.gamoney.org

The Georgia Numismatic Association's mission includes:

• Advance the science, education, and history of numismatics through the study of coins, paper money, medals, tokens, and other items related to the field of numismatics
• Promote numismatic knowledge through the use of educational programs, coin rallies, scholarships, and other suitable methods
• Cultivate an atmosphere of numismatic fellowship among collectors and clubs at the local level
• Encourage members attitudes which attract young people to the hobby
• Advise each member and club of future numismatic activities throughout Georgia
• Actively promote the organization of new clubs and strengthen existing clubs
• Sponsor one or more annual coin shows for members

American Numismatic Association:  www.money.org

On their web site in the About ANA page, their mission states:

The American Numismatic Association is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to educating and encouraging people to study and collect money and related items.  With nearly 33,000 members, the Association serves the academic community, collectors and the general public with an interest in numismatics.

The ANA helps all people discover and explore the world of money through its vast array of programs including its education and outreach, museum, library, publications, conventions and seminars. 

Blue Ridge Numismatic Association:  www.brna.org

From their history page, the Blue Ridge Numismatic Association provides some background:

In 1960, a few people gathered to organize a new regional coin club which became the Blue Ridge Numismatic Association. Like most numismatic organizations, the newly formed organization progressed through good times and tough times. However, the BRNA always had a goal of looking forward and working toward the future in numismatics.

During the early years the show traveled to different locations to benefit the growing number of numismatists in the area. The locations were cities such as Greenville and Spartanburg, SC; Charlotte, NC; Chattanooga, TN and Dalton, GA with the show dates scheduled around the ANA World's Fair of Money in August. Eventually, the BRNA Show became "THE ORIGINAL AND LARGEST COIN SHOW' to be held in Dalton, Georgia. 

Tennessee State Numismatic Society:  www.tsns.org

The Tennessee State Numismatic Society includes their objectives on their web site:

The objectives of this organization are to promote, extend and protect numismatic activity throughout the state, and to foster and encourage the study of numismatics in all its forms and branches; to assist in bringing about better cooperation between all persons interested in numismatics in the state.