Early Dollar Display at Long Beach
cardinal
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It's official! With PCGS's announcement April 22nd, the Long Beach display of my Registry Set of Early Dollars will officially take place at the May-June, 2003, Long Beach Expo.
Included in the display will not only be the coins listed in my Basic and Variety sets, but also the "additional" varieties that I believe are very distinctive even though they are not yet listed in the Redbook. The Long Beach Expo will also represent the first public display EVER of a complete 14-coin date/overdate/major variety set of early dollars in certified mint state grades!
I'd like to invite all of the board members to visit the show and see the set in person. The images have been linked to my Registry Set for some time now, but nothing can compare to seeing the real thing, live and in-person. For all those attending the show, PCGS will have available free copies of my "Pocket Guide" to early dollars -- as the promoters might say "worth the cost of admission itself." For those who cannot attend the show in person to get their copy, here is a link to an earlier post with an electronic version of the "Pocket Guide" available for free download.
My deepest thanks go out to BJ, David Hall, and Sandy for all their work in arranging this display!
--Cardinal
Included in the display will not only be the coins listed in my Basic and Variety sets, but also the "additional" varieties that I believe are very distinctive even though they are not yet listed in the Redbook. The Long Beach Expo will also represent the first public display EVER of a complete 14-coin date/overdate/major variety set of early dollars in certified mint state grades!
I'd like to invite all of the board members to visit the show and see the set in person. The images have been linked to my Registry Set for some time now, but nothing can compare to seeing the real thing, live and in-person. For all those attending the show, PCGS will have available free copies of my "Pocket Guide" to early dollars -- as the promoters might say "worth the cost of admission itself." For those who cannot attend the show in person to get their copy, here is a link to an earlier post with an electronic version of the "Pocket Guide" available for free download.
My deepest thanks go out to BJ, David Hall, and Sandy for all their work in arranging this display!
--Cardinal
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Tom
Also planned is the display of the fore-runners of early dollars -- including PCGS-graded mint state examples of the Spanish Milled "Pillar" dollar and the 1776 Continental "Dollar." There will also be the totally awesome Bass-pedigreed specimen of the silver Libertas Americana medal, the model on which ALL of the early flowing hair design coins were based. The Bass specimen is really incredible, one of just 12 specimens believed to have been struck in 1783, and a candidate for finest known! I owe an extreme debt of gratitude for the acquisition of the Libertas medal to Laura at Legend!
--Cardinal
dragon
Will your set be shown east of the Mississippi this year, or next?
If so, where and when?
For you and others that can't make it to the West Coast, I'm planning on a display for the ANA show in Baltimore this August, but I'm still working out the details.
--Cardinal
Thanks for sharing your collection with those of us that can just dream!
-JamminJ