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NSDR: Steel On Steel at the Mint - How Die Clashes Happen and Why They're Fun to Spot

Dr. Nowland D. Bambard (representing the National Silver Dollar Roundtable)

Using photos and animations, Dr. Bambard will introduce the audience to identifying die clashes on Morgan Dollars, how they are formed, and what role they can play in die studies today. 

The US Mint's Celebration of the Semiquincentennial

Paul Hollis

Paul Hollis, U.S. Mint Director, will speak on the U.S. Mint’s celebration of the Nation’s semiquincentennial. Hollis is a numismatic veteran with background as a collector, dealer, and author. He previously served as a Louisiana State Representative for 12 years and was sworn in as the Mint Director on January 7, 2026. 

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue: A Look at the Refreshed Coin Displays of the Art Institute of Chicago

Elizabeth Hahn Benge

This talk will give an overview of the ancient coin displays at the Art Institute of Chicago, with particular attention devoted to the newest cases in the galleries. The talk will summarize the permanent collection holdings of the arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium department coupled with important loans in the context of new themes and arrangements within the galleries. The talk will also look at some new interactive elements that were recently added and how they complement the displays. 

Rare Coin Pricing in a Volatile Precious Metals Market

John Feigenbaum

John Feigenbaum, the President & CEO of Greysheet, will discuss the strategies and challenges of setting prices for U.S. collector coins. Get a look behind the scenes at what goes into pricing when precious metal prices are skyrocketing.  

The Scrapbooks of Rebecca Salisbury: One of America’s Earliest Women in Numismatics

Pat McMahon

Pat McMahon received a Newman Grant in 2025 for his research into Rebecca Salisbury, one of the earliest female American numismatists, through her scrapbooks at Yale University. He previously presented at the Fall 2023 NNP Symposium on "Anna Powell Jones and Rebecca Salisbury: The Women Who Founded the Numismatic Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." This year's presentation will focus on Salisbury and the discoveries made possible by the Newman Grant. 

Coin Portraiture in Antiquity and Today

Ute Wartenberg Kagan

This presentation examines the earliest portraits from antiquity and their influence on modern coinage today. 

American Red Cross in World War II

Kathy Freeland

This presentation will focus on sharing some of the story of the Red Cross during World War II, why service clubs and clubmobiles were started and how they worked to bring joy to the soldiers, how the war effort was funded, and a little bit about the numismatic items that are the highlight of the book American Red Cross in World War II Collector's Guide. 

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Coin Show Security

Doug Davis

Doug Davis is the founder of the Numismatic Crime Information Center and a former police chief of Pantego, TX. Davis further served the Anti-Counterfeiting Education Foundation as Director of their Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force. He is in an expert in numismatic crime investigation and works with numerous law enforcement agencies throughout the country. 

A Century Later: Reanalyzing a Byzantine Gold Coin Hoard in the Wulfing Collection

Jeremy Haag & Elena Baldi

John Max Wulfing, a prominent St. Louis businessman and numismatist, purchased a hoard of 80 Byzantine gold coins dating to the reign of Manuel I (1143-1180 AD) and published his study of the hoard in the February 1926 issue of the Numismatist. A century later Jeremy Haag has performed archival research uncovering previously unpublished details about the hoard’s 1925 acquisition and accession into the Wulfing Collection at Washington University in St. Louis. Elena Baldi has meanwhile performed extensive die studies revealing legend and die variants found in the hoard, die links, and insights into how these ‘schyphate’ coins were produced, evidencing the use of two separate half dies, particularly for the manufacture of the obverse. 

Chicago Coin Club Meeting

This meeting of the Chicago Coin Club is open to anyone to attend! As part of the meeting, Tom Uram will be speaking about morse code on money.

Eric P. Newman and The Fantastic 1804 Dollar

Len Augsburger & Joel Orosz

In the early 1960s, Eric P. Newman became fascinated with the 1804 dollar, the so-called "King of American Coins." The origin of the coin was completely unknown, and yet they traded for incredible sums. Newman, along with Ken Bressett, sought to relate the true story of these coins once and for all. This presentation traces their path as they created numismatic history and wrote what is now the standard reference on the subject. 

The Tokens of A. M. Abrahams, Santa Fe Trail Outfitter

Robert D. Leonard Jr.

In the early to mid-1850s, tokens marked "M. A." Abrahams were issued, labeled as from Independence and also Weston, Missouri. The story of this remarkable man, for a time an outfitter and shipper on the Santa Fe Trail, will be presented--and the strange die sinking errors on his tokens revealed and explained. 

CSNS and MNS: They Grew Up Together

Christopher Sutter & Jim Moores

Sutter and Moores will discuss the connection between the Central States Numismatic Society, founded in 1939, and the Missouri Numismatic Society, founded in 1938. 

Tales from the Counter: Encounters with Rare Coins that have Crossed My Path at HJB 

Mike Nottelmann

Mike Nottelmann works at Harlan J. Berk, Ltd, in Chicago, and will be sharing the stories of some of the most interesting coins that have come across the counter during his tenure.