ANA Summer Seminar 2009 is a little over a week away. I will be attending both sessions. In Session I (June 27 - July 3) I am taking Advanced Grading of United States Coins. I am also signed up for Editing Digital Images 101 that is being taught by Doug Mudd (ANA Museum curator). This mini-seminar is a follow-up to Digital Photography and meets one evening (June 30). "The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting and forum on Monday June 29." (Quoted from the ANA Summer Seminar 2009 brochure.) I plan to attend that meeting and expect it to be very interesting. I am hoping we in attendance can have some input as to what designs are the committee recommends. In Session II (July 4 - July 10) I am taking two two-day courses. Larry Shephard (ANA Executive Director) is teaching Classic US Commemoratives: Bourse Secrets of a Pro. And Beth Deisher (Coin World Editor) and Susan Headley (Coin World reporter) are teaching Facing the Chinese Counterfeiting Threat. Susan Headley wrote the series of articles for Coin World in December and January that described the Chinese counterfeit coins that plague us today. This should be a VERY informative class. I am also taking the mini-seminar CAC: A Little Sticker Makes a Big Difference that is being taught by none other than John Albanese himself. For the first time I will be an instructor. A friend and I will be teaching a mini-seminar entitled A Practical Guide to Detecting Counterfeit Coins. Our class meets the evenings of Saturday July 4 and Tuesday July 7. I was told the other day our course is sold out and has a waiting list. It is always fun to meet other CoinTalk members at Summer Seminar. If you plan to attend Summer Seminar this year please PM me and let's make plans to get together. A good time to meet is at lunch. Hope to see ya there.
I am hoping to take the mini-seminar Introduction to Detecting Problem Coins during Session I, but not sure my schedule will allow it. I was hoping hoping to take your class A Practical Guide to Detecting Counterfeit Coins, didn't know you were teaching it, but since it's full doesn't look that way. Is the coin show itself at the Phil Long Expo Center?
I wanted to take the Intro to Detecting Problem Coins mini-seminar but it coinflicted with Doug Mudd's Editing Digital Images 101. I can only be in one place at a time. Yes, the coin show is at Phil Long Expo Center. I will be a greeter Saturday the 4th from noon to 1. Maybe I'll see ya there.
I will swing by and introduce myself while you are greeting on Saturday, but I also plan to be there Friday.
I thought I'd push this to the top one more time. I plan on going to the coin show Friday morning, and more than likely Saturday afternoon also. Anyone else? :kewl:
I wrote an essay for the PNG Scholarship, but I didn't send it in, and one of my friends Grant (Toledodude) happened to win it. I wanted to go badly, but I decided not to send it in, as I have a terrible fear of heights and airplanes, and there was no way that I could go! And when I wrote it, I was sick with my Ulcerative Colitis, and didn't know what my condition would be in July of 09' Anyway, I would love to hear all about it Hobo when you get back
Looks like we have SS all to ourselves. Now we will have a distinct advantage over the other CT members. :high5:
My Advanced Grading course is going well. This evening I attended the CCAC (Citizens Coin Advisory Committee) open session and found it very interesting. The first portion was a public forum. They allowed a few people in the audience to ask questions. I asked if they could propose changes to non-commemorative (i.e., circulating) coinage designs and, if so, could they propose replacing the dead Presidents with something more inspiring, e.g., allegorical figures of Liberty. The simple answer was - they cannot propose anything the Secretary of the Mint is not allowed to do by law and the law does not allow coin designs to be changed more often than every 25 years. For the most part, the CCAC advises on Commemorative coins and other coin designs as they are asked. The second part of the session was a formal meeting where the members reviewed and voted on proposed designs for the Edmund Moy medal. (Every Director of the Mint gets a medal.) Next they reviewed and voted on proposed designs for the Boy Scouts of America commemorative dollar. During the review of proposed designs they did take some input from audience members, especially people who work closely with scouting. It was a very interesting process to observe. If their recommended designs are made into a medal or a coin I will feel like I played a small part in the process that made the medal or coin come about. Mint Director Edmund Moy was also in attendance. During a break I got to shake his hand and get his autograph. Very cool! And he is a very nice guy.
