Should the ANA sponsor a historical marker program?

MrEureka

The markers would be focus on the numismatic history of the location, of course. No need to mark locations that already have markers - like the Bechtler Mint - but there must be hundreds of unmarked locations. The Mehl Building comes to mind. What about the Franklin Mint's original location? Maybe even HRH's birthplace? Any other locations?

airplanenut

That would be a cool thing--they could also publish something so when you travel, you know where to go.

kieferscoins

Sample slab heaven?

Cameron Kiefer

MrEureka

Sample slab heaven?

Cameron - Are you suggesting that the ANA place a historical marker outside a plastic recycling center?

nwcs

Not unless they do something like the park service does with their national park "passport" where you can get stamps to show/prove where you have been.

njcoincrank

ncws,

You are the only other coin person that I know of that even knows of the Park Dept's passport system. Great little thing, don't ya think?

My favorite park so far has of course been the Saint Gaudens Memorial in NH. Unbelievable!!!

njcoincrank

Pistareen

A dedicated collector from Long Island has been working for several years to have historical markers put up to mark the sites of the past mints in Philadelphia. One is now Philadelphia Community College (the 3rd Mint), but the first two buildings are gone.

Last I spoke to him he had not yet suceeded in getting a sign to mark even the 1st Mint -- a real shame since that was the first Federal building ever constructed! His efforts have been impressive, and I believe that he has at least gotten the attention of City Council. Does anyone know if there is a marker there yet?

MrEureka

Last I spoke to him he had not yet suceeded in getting a sign to mark even the 1st Mint --

Why go through the "authorities"? Why not just create a new "brand" of historical markers?

mdwoods

<< <i>Last I spoke to him he had not yet suceeded in getting a sign to mark even the 1st Mint --

Why go through the "authorities"? Why not just create a new "brand" of historical markers? >>



Could these "new" markers be slabbed?

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS

Andy - Where are you going with this idea?

Should we mark the Birthplace of Eureka?

How about the first home of Teletrade?

And the Birth place of HRH ? oops I almost forgot

And what about the past home of NGC in Parsippany New Jersey ?

Stewart

MrEureka

And what about the past home of NGC in Parsippany New Jersey ?

Stewart - That's not a bad idea, although my understanding is that that site is now just a pockmarked field devastated by hordes of styrofoam detectorists.

Robgetty

I like the national park passport idea (my wife sometimes gets irritated when
we are traveling and I detour an hour out of the way so I can add a stamp)
but since this is a COIN issue, they would need to have coins at each location
with a whitman or dansco style folder to put them in!

Seriously, I live in Virginia; and they have markers along the road for EVERYTHING
(almost to the point of "General Jackson had lunch here 27 days before the Battle
of Fredricksburg") If they can do that, they can put some markers up for significant
numismatic history.

dbldie55

I live up here in Lewis and Clark exploration country. I would love if they marked more things. Nothing like seeing Clark's signature on a rock.