MAY 2025 PAN SHOW EVENTS

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The Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists runs the largest national show in the northeast, getting bigger and better nearly every year. Now it's busting out to take over the entire Monroeville Convention Center just outside Pittsburgh. Pat McBride (also known as Dr. Benjamin Franklin) is PAN's President, and he shared these thoughts in his President's Message in the Spring 2025 issue of the club publication The Clarion. -Editor

I am very excited about our expansion into the South Hall starting with the Spring PAN Coin Show occurring May 29–31, 2025. Our plan is to greatly expand our Competitive Exhibits space. The exhibit committee wants to attract more participants from all areas of the country. We are no longer confined by the number of cases or multiple exhibits anymore. This is a major growth opportunity for us.

The expansion will provide more space for our previously overcrowded PANKidZone. Our Young Numismatist Committee is working on more interactive activities since there will now be plenty of space. Numismatic Imagination will now become a reality with the new space. I am anxious to see what new features are offered for our young and growing coin enthusiasts.

The South Hall will also feature a special display, "Artifacts and Coins of the S.S. Central America, Ship of Gold." Chief Scientist and Historian Bob Evans and display creator Greg Darnstaedt will be present to take you on this incredible shipwreck find!

The PAN Living American History will also be housed in the new space. We will be able to present historical lectures with backdrops, props, and seating at each set design. This Spring Show will feature a beautiful presentation titled "George and Martha Washington, A Love Story" featuring our own General Washington played by Curt Radabaugh and seasoned actress Alisa Dupuy playing Martha Washington. This step back in time is a must-see and will be presented each day during our Spring Coin Show. Abraham Lincoln will give his Gettysburg Address from his War Room backdrop (the modern-day Lincoln Bedroom in today's White House). Dennis Boggs presents one of the most moving and compelling versions of this short famous speech.

Our Spring Coin Show bourse floor is close to being sold out with a wide variety of coin dealers from across our country featuring U.S. coins, paper money, foreign coins and currency, historical medals, related ephemera and more!

The Friday Richard C. Jewell Lecture Series sponsored by Stacks Bowers Galleries has a fine lineup of speakers.

A personal note: my health continues to improve through my leukemia battle. I will be at the coin show!

Here are some of the educational events on the show's schedule. -Editor

6:30pm - PAN Spring Banquet, LeMont Restaurant. Live Music, PAN's Living American History - Benjamin Franklin (Patrick McBride), George Washington (Curt Radabaugh) & Abraham Lincoln (Dennis Boggs) will offer a few words.

12:00pm – Greg MaGee, Ancient Dealer, Cybercoins.net
Topic: "Ancient Coins of Alexander the Great"

1:00pm – Jeff Garrett, from Mid-American Rare Coin Galleries
Topic: "The Great Kentucky Hoard of U.S. Gold"

2:00pm – Vic Agha, from Stack's Bowers Galleries, Philadelphia
Topic: "The Nickel Standard"

3:00pm – Greg Darnstaedt & Bob Evans, chief historian SS Central America
Topic: "Coins and Artefactsn from the SS Central America, Ship of Gold"

4:00pm – Curt Radabaugh & Alisa Dupuy, reenactors
Topic: "George and Martha Washington, A Love Story"

1:00pm – Curt Radabaugh & Alisa Dupuy, reenactors
Topic: "George and Martha Washington, A Love Story"

2:00pm - Robert O. Stakeley, Heinz History Center, Educational Director PANKidZone
Program: short talk, games, prizes, Kid's auction