BOB EVANS TO SPEAK AT OCTOBER 2014 PAN SHOW

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V17 2014 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 40, September 28, 2014, Article 7

E-Sylum contributor Bob Evans is scheduled to speak at the Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists Fall Coin Show and Convention on October 23rd through 25th at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, PA. Here's some information forwarded by Pat McBride of PAN. -Editor

PAN has a very knowledgeable visitor coming to our event. Mr. Bob Evans, the Chief Scientist and Historian of the S.S. Central America Project, and the Co-Discoverer of the shipwreck site will be part of our PAN Lecture Series and will give a presentation. Bob has just returned to dry land from a summer out at the salvage site and says, “There is a lot of very meaty numismatic material to cover, since the treasure recovered this past season includes so much more in the way of smaller gold, the money belonging to the passengers, and the ship's money. We have an absolutely amazing numismatic time capsule now. We already had one before, from the 1988 - 1991 recoveries, but that was the money of banking and big business, a commercial shipment from San Francisco to New York. Now we have the people's treasure: small US gold, California fractional gold, foreign coins, silver dimes quarters and half dollars. The inventory has been published in Odyssey's monthly court reports, but I will bring it to life.”

Bob is very excited to share his experiences from this memorable summer with fellow numismatists and PAN is delighted to offer a perfect venue for those that are interested. His lecture is scheduled for 3:00 pm on Friday October 24th. This talk will cover the more technical numismatic side of the recovered coins. Bob will also be our keynote speaker at the PAN banquet at the Doubletree Hotel Ballroom. His topic will be similar to the afternoon numismatic lecture but will also cover some of the other artifacts belonging to the crew and passengers. Bob said, “My evening banquet talk will focus on some of this, but also on some really fun stuff, other artifacts, the "adventure" aspect and personal experiences, as well as some Pennsylvania angles.”

The Lecture Series is free and open to the public. The banquet is open to PAN members and non-members and guests. The banquet will be “A Night to Remember” if we may take the title from the old 1958 Titanic movie. So folks, get your sea legs ready, pull up your anchor, and make the voyage to the Monroeville Convention Center.

Monroeville is full of nice hotels. The Doubletree by Hilton is the official convention hotel. PAN has a room block with a special rate of $98 but it expires on October 1st. You will have to act quickly.