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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 396135, member: 11521&quot;]Last week at the ANA Summer Seminar Session II YN Auction I bought one of four spots for a private viewing of some of the ANA Museum&#039;s Rarieties. The viewing was held Thursday afternoon after classes were finished. I wish I had been feeling better for this extremely rare opportunity but I was in the middle of a nasty summer cold. Oh, well. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Doug Mudd, ANA Museum Curator, pulled some of the rarieties from the museum displays where I have seen them many, many times. Other rarieties came from the Museum vaults and are rarely seen by the public. He also put together a nice folder with a prints of each rariety we were to see.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The four lucky viewers met in a conference room at ANA Headquarters along with Doug Mudd, Ken Bressett (editor of the Red Book and author of numerous coin books) and Wendell Wolka (ANA Governor, Coin World contributor and expert on currency and early bank notes). And an armed guard. Plus a photographer. Did I mention the armed guard?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What we were treated to was well worth the price of admission. Doug Mudd and Ken Bressett gave us the history of the coins along with some interesting sidebars while Wendell Wolka handled the currency. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Below are the rarieties that we got to hold and examine:</p><ul> <li>1794 Silver Dollar - believed to be the first silver dollar coin struck by the US Mint</li> <li>1804 Silver Dollar - Type III</li> <li>1913 &quot;V&quot; Nickel - thought lost for over 40 years and rediscovered by the Walton family a few years ago</li> <li>1933 Eagle - a rare but legal 1933 US gold coin</li> <li>1663 Petition Crown - the &quot;King of English coins&quot; on par with the US 1804 Silver Dollar</li> <li>405-380 BC Dekadrachm from Syracuse - a huge ancient coin with tremendously high relief and amazing detail</li> <li>1878 $5 National Currency from Deadwood, Dakota Territory</li> <li>1875 $100 National Gold Bank Note from San Francisco</li> <li>1890 $100 US Treasury Note - aka The Watermelon Note</li> <li>1934 $10,000 Federal Reserve Note</li> <li>Uncut Sheet (4) 1896 $1 Silver Certificate - George &amp; Martha Washington on Reverse</li> </ul><p>What an honor to hold and examine these incredibly rare and historic coins. And currency. If anyone is interested I&#039;ll share my thoughts on each of them. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If I can get some of the pics taken by the ANA photographer I&#039;ll post them here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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