American Numismatic Association
National Money Show
Fort Worth, TX
March 25-27, 2010

Abraham Lincoln: The Image of His Greatness [2:27]
Fred Reed
Fred is a dedicated numismatic researcher and award-winning author who offers a look at hundreds of medals, tokens, scrip and paper money notes, world coins and more about America's 16th president.
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ANA Convention Highlights 2010 Fort Worth, TX [2:09]
David Lisot, Interviewer
This ANA Convention in Fort Worth had many news items including PCGS and the new 'Secure Plus' grading service, the Boy Scout Commemorative Coin release, and many industry participants were interviewed.
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Aramco Gold - Politics as Usual [2:28]
Alvin L. Stern
Alvin is a certified and accredited member of the ASA and shares how the United States secretly minted gold coins for the Aramco Oil Co. from 1945-1947 so that they could make payments to Saudi Arabia.
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Boy Scouts of America Commemorative Coin [2:32]
Bob Mazzuca
See the entire press conference for the new coin's release with remarks by U.S. Mint Director Philip Moy, Chief Executive Scoutmaster Bob Mazzuca, Scout Leader Jeff Swindling and other Scouts involved with the event.
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Buy the Book Before the Coin [2:37]
Daniel Soo Hoo
Daniel is an ANA member and collector who recently returned to the hobby and found it had evolved to a much higher level. Many of the coin market lessons he learned came with an expensive price tag. Learn about his personal experience.
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Cherrypicking Basics [2:31]
Mark Borckardt
Mark has been a full-time professional numismatist since 1980 and received book awards from EAC, NLG and more. Learn how to get started buying bargains from this great person of the coin hobby.
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Coin Collecting Basics 101 [2:27]
Rod Gillis
Rod is the numismatic educator for the ANA and takes a beginning collector from the basics of how to get started. He addresses all the necessary questions a person would need to know to learn how to assemble a great collection.
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Commonality Among Commemoratives [2:18]
Carl Stang
Carl is a member of the ANA and focuses on certain silver "Early Commemorative" issues and shares the idea of piecing together a "designer" themed collection of coins, medals and other items.
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Dumb Coins [2:29]
Dr. Walter Ostromecki
Walter is an ANA Governor and numismatic researcher who shares what are "dumb" coins versus smart ones, what countries have issued them and why they are so much fun to collect!
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Errors and Varieties: Q & A [2:28]
Mike Ellis
Mike is the past president of CONECA and is an Errors and Variety specialist. He answers questions about errors and varieties, their history, what the numbers mean and anything else they want to know about them.
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Money of Colonial Texas: Pieces of Eight and Paper Pesos [2:17]
James Bevill
Jim is a former TNA president and well-known author. Learn the story of the money used in Texas from the days of the Spanish, the Mexican War of Independence, how the lone star symbol was created and more.
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Old Man Dodge and his Coins [2:36]
Dr. Lawrence J. Lee
Researcher and author, Dr. Lee is a numismatic consultant. Folks say old man Dodge used to stack silver dollars to the rafters and slept with gold coins next to him in bed. Hear about one of the largest coin collections ever assembled.
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Origins of Money [2:18]
Douglas Mudd
Doug is curator of the ANA Edward C. Rochette Money Museum. This presentation will cover the earliest use of money up through the invention of the first coins during the first millennium B.C.
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Tale of Ten Mexican Coins [2:24]
Ricardo de León Tallavas
Ricardo is an expert in Mexican coinage and is an ANA Summer Seminar Instructor. This presentation gives an overview of some coins and paper money of Mexico and how to collect them.
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Texas Notes and Paper Money: The Paper Republic [2:13]
James Bevill
Jim is author of the book, The Paper Republic: The Struggle for Money, Credit and Independence in the Republic of Texas. This presentation is based on the book which documents the struggle for money, credit and independence in the Republic of Texas.
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U.S. Food Coupons [2:27]
Peter Huntoon
Peter is a leading researcher of U.S. paper money. He introduces you to the breadth and depth of collectable modern food coupons. Spectacular proofs and specimens provided by the USDA. are displayed.
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Why the Price of Gold is Artificially Low [2:25]
Bill Murphy
Bill is the chairman and director of the GATA which advocates and undertakes litigation against illegal collusion to control the price and supply of gold. Recent Congressional testimony has made these actions even more relevant.
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ANA Convention Highlights
See highlights and hear participants talk about the ANA Convention including how the show is promoted to the public. [3:52]

State of the Coin Market
Numismatic traders discuss the factors affecting the market compared to the general economy and which direction they think prices are going. [4:54]

Why come to the Fort Worth ANA?
Numismatists share what it is about the ANA and Texas that made them travel to the Lone Star State. [2:10]

PCGS Announces "Secure Plus"
Grading services PCGS and NGC have announced a new "plus" designation for graded coins along with other new implementations. Hear the response of coin industry participants. [6:43]

Boy Scout Commemorative Coin Released
Hear highlights of the press conference for the new Boy Scout coin as well as interviews with Bob Mazzuca, BSA Chief Scout Executive, Jeff Swindling, ANA member and Boy Scout leader, and reaction from other Boy Scouts. [6:49]

Interview with Mark Salzberg
Chairman, Numismatic Guaranty Corporation
Mark shares his perspective of the current coin market, how collectors can get started in the hobby along with new developments at NGC. [6:41]

Interview with Jim Halperin
Co-Chairman, Heritage Auction Galleries
Jim discusses why he comes to the ANA as well as the state of the numismatic market and how coins are selling at Heritage auctions. [3:41]

Learn How to Get Started in Coins
Industry experts share their knowledge and experience about how to get involved in numismatics. [4:37]