It's Official, The Whitman Baltimore show is Cancelled
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March 2021 Baltimore Expo Prohibited
Due to Mandated COVID-19 Restrictions
Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo Expands
June 3–5, 2021, Bourse and Events
Stack’s Bowers Galleries Auction Will Still Be Held in March 2021
(Baltimore, Maryland)—The March 25–27, 2021, Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo will not be held as Maryland continues to mitigate the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The Baltimore Convention Center notified Whitman Coin & Collectibles that the event was canceled for March 2021.
The show’s manager plans an expanded "MEGA Bourse" for the June 3–5 Expo, one of the largest numismatic events of the year. It will be held at its regular venue, the Baltimore Convention Center.
Whitman Expo manager Lori Kraft said, "After a long winter, we know that collectors and dealers are eager to get back to business as usual. Nothing beats the excitement of attending a major show in person—and our summer Baltimore Expo will be MEGA."
Kraft and her Expo team are working to make the June 2021 Baltimore Expo the largest ever. "We will be expanding the bourse to accommodate all dealers that annually attend our March and June events. We encourage first-time dealers to sign up for the June Mega bourse. We anticipate that hobbyists and the public will be out in full force. We want to welcome people to the Convention Center for a fun, energetic show, while keeping everyone comfortable and safe."
A lineup of new Whitman Publishing books, and educational events and exhibits, is planned for the show.
Whitman’s Guide Book of United States Coins, known hobby-wide as the "Red Book," celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2021. The June Baltimore Expo will be the scene of giveaways and events in recognition of this numismatic milestone. In addition, the seventh edition of MEGA RED, the expanded 1,504-page version of the Red Book , will be available at the show. Its expanded feature section focuses on silver and modern dollars.
Other special Expo promotions will center around the ever-popular Morgan and Peace silver dollars. This year marks the centennial of the last Morgans and the first Peace dollars, all struck in 1921. The U.S. Mint will issue special tribute coins later in the year. Collector excitement will also rally around the new American Silver Eagle "Flying Eagle" design, also set to debut this year.
Updates and news about the Baltimore Expo will be posted at expo.whitman.com.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries will provide details of its still-scheduled March 2021 auction on their web site, www.stacksbowers.com.
For updates on COVID-19 in Maryland and elsewhere, visit www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov.
Comments
don't pack your bags yet for june
Given the vaccine distribution chaos I wouldn't count on any late spring/early summer shows actually taking place.
MsMorrisine, said " don't pack your bags yet for June. " Heck I was already packed for March. Believe I just won't unpack. Seriously though, I'm hoping June happens. One of the few big shows within driving distance for me.
Bummer😪
I was expecting that. Is CSNS next?
Hopefully things will be better in time for the ANA in August.
ANA-LM, CWTS-LM, NBS, TAMS, ANS
Yup I was thinking the same thing, for it to happen, tho' I am guessing we need to have serious progress and a relatively good ending by June...........
January 2022 FUN will be “ The Show “
I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday. The Gov. has taken 3 convention centers in the Chicago area for the next year to be used for vaccinations. That pretty much leaves the airport convention center where the ANA is held as the only available convention center in the area. If conventions are a go there is likely to be much competition for the venue, and yes I have seen coin shows bumped for better paying customers.
It seems to me that these shows could be conducted with the proper precautions. I have attended three gun shows which had over a thousand people each show...there was temperature checks, masks, distancing controls, contact tracing in place. Very successful and no super spreader results. It can be done. Cheers, RickO
It was prudent to cancel this show. Too many people who don't take the safety precautions seriously. Just take a look around your local stores to see what I mean.
Fingers crossed for Summer F.U.N.
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