The next NNP Symposium will be May 2-4, 2024. Speakers will be added below over the next few weeks. You can tune in from home, or attend in person at the Central States Convention in Schaumburg, Illinois.
No registration is needed. All Zoom links will be posted on this page shortly before the event, and if you're attending in person in Schaumburg, you can just walk in. If you'd like to receive email updates, you're welcome to subscribe to our email list here.
FOCUS ON FRANKLIN
This NNP Symposium, we'll be highlighting Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to numismatics. In addition to our feature video and Q&A with Patrick McBride, notable Franklin reenactor, we'll have a few other related presentations.
Farley Grubb
The Origins of the Continental Dollar, 1775-1776: Congressional Deliberations and Decisions that Shaped Monetary Structure
Khachatur Manukyan
Multiscale Scientific Analysis of Benjamin Franklin’s Innovations in American Paper Money
IOWA STATE SHOWCASE
The Central States Numismactic Society plans to highlight one of their 13 member states each year, starting in 2024 with Iowa. In addition to other programs throughout the show (which you can read about here), we'll have a series of Iowa-focused presentations.
George S. Cuhaj
Things to See at the Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes
Jesse Goplen
Antisemitic Notgeld and Weimar Antisemitism: Numismatics and the Rise of Nazi Ideology
Jesse Goplen
German Notgeld: The World's First Banknote Collecting Craze
Dave Stark
Iowa Numismatic Association: Past and Present
GENERAL PRESENTATIONS & MEETINGS
While we have a few specific series of presentations this spring, we're still open to talks on any topic. If you're interested in presenting, you can apply here.
Liberty Seated Collectors Club
General Meeting
Congressional Deliberations and Decisions that Shaped Monetary Structure
Farley Grubb
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Congress created a new paper money in 1775, the Continental Dollar, to finance the Revolution. They had to make choices about the structure of this money, including whether it would be a standalone money or part of a currency union of state paper monies; whether it would be an interest-bearing bond or a zero-coupon bond; when and how the money would be redeemed or paid off; whether it would be a legal tender or not; and what denominational spacing and value size the bills would be. Grubb will explain what choices were made and the reasoning behind and importance of these choices.
Khachatur Manukyan
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Benjamin Franklin fought against money counterfeiting in pre-Federal America by inventing new printing methods and production measures. A comprehensive scientific analysis of six hundred paper money notes printed from 1709 to 1790 provides a unique perspective into Franklin’s ingenious ways for safeguarding bills, their materials, and historical instances of money manufacturing. This work also sheds light on Franklin’s role as an inventor in this little-discussed aspect of the pre-Federal American fiscal enterprise.
George S. Cuhaj
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Cuhaj will share a brief history of the museum founder, William Higgins, and an overview of the museum collection.
Numismatics and the Rise of Nazi Ideology
Jesse Goplen
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The question of how something as terrible as the Holocaust could occur requires us to look much earlier in German history. Although an unpleasant topic to say the least, we have a duty to examine this history and never allow it to be forgotten, so that it may never happen again. Goplen will examine some of the most terrifying and hideous material in the numismatic world, debunk its claims and tropes, and show the direct link between the antisemitic propaganda banknotes, the rise of Hitler's Nazi Party, and the Holocaust.
Note: Potentially disturbing and graphic material will be shown. Viewer discretion is advised.
The World's First Banknote Collecting Craze
Jesse Goplen
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Join for a history of the Notgeld collecting hobby itself and a reminder of its fundamental importance to the banknote collecting hobby, dispelling myths and offering useful insights into the history of Notgeld catalogs and catalog prices.
Past and Present
Dave Stark
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Stark will share an overview of numismatics in the 1930s leading to the formation of the Iowa Numismatic Association (and Central States Numismatic Society). The first years of operation will be detailed, culminating in the present services offered to carry out the INA mission.
Anyone is welcome to join in for this LSCC meeting! Topic details will be announced soon.
The views and opinions expressed by the speakers do not necessarily represent the views of the NNP, EPNNES, or NM Events.