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The E-Sylum: Volume 16, Number 25, June 16, 2013, Article 11

JUNE 2013 WHITMAN COIN EXPO PRESENTATIONS

David Crenshaw forwarded some information about presentations at this week's Whitman Coin Expo in Baltimore. Thanks. -Editor

Beth Deisher Presents “Cash in Your Coins”

beth-deisher Join award winning journalist and retired editor of Coin World, Beth Deisher at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 22 in room 331. She’ll speak about Cash in Your Coins: Selling the Rare Coins You’ve Inherited.

This presentation is for anyone who’s inherited a collection (or hoard) of old coins.

Deisher will show you how to identify what you own, how to create an inventory, how to pick out extra-valuable coins, how to value a large estate, and other important and valuable lessons.

Every coin collector should keep a copy of this book with their collection, to help their loved ones make smart decisions when the time comes to sell. The book will be available for sale before the program, and immediately following it Deisher will be available to autograph her book.

To read the complete article, see: http://expo.whitman.com/news/beth-deisher-presents-cash-in-your-coins/

Encore Presentation: “The Private Sketchbook of George T. Morgan”

karen-lee Karen M. Lee is the fifth speaker in the Maryland State Numismatic Association annual Distinguished Lecturer Series. She’s a numismatic researcher and associate curator of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

Among her many numismatic activities, Karen taught a graduate course, Exhibit Planning and Evaluation, in India to Masters degree candidates in the public communication of science. She is an occasional guest contributor to Coin World, and has published a number of articles on visitor behavior in museums. She created the Smithsonian traveling coin program in which a display is brought to participating museums. Karen escorted a 1933 double eagle to seven different countries for display. She has planned numerous exhibits. She is now involved in planning a new numismatic gallery at the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution.

Karen’s book is The Private Sketchbook of George T. Morgan, America’s Silver Dollar Artist. Her talk is taken from the book and is titled “The Private Sketchbook of George T. Morgan.” It will be presented on Friday, June 21, at 2 p.m. in room 330 of the Baltimore Convention Center during the Whitman Coin & Collectible Baltimore Expo.

To read the complete article, see: http://expo.whitman.com/news/encore-presentation-the-private-sketchbook-of-george-t-morgan/

Additionally, anyone interested in ancient coins will want to attend “Introduction to Medieval Coins: From the Fall of Rome to the Renaissance” with Mike Markowitz.

The complete show schedule is here: http://expo.whitman.com/baltimore-summer-expo/schedule/

Wayne Homren, Editor

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