2021 Chicago World's Fair of Money

From Coinsforsale.com


The Numismatic convention, attracting coin collectors from around the world, has been an annual event since 1893. 

The show will be held August 10-14th at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Chicago) Illinois.  The Convention runs from Tuesday to Saturday, with Saturday being free admission to the public.

The convention will showcase quite a few exciting treasures for attendees, of course the Tyrant Collection is front and center.  This collection has never been seen in its entirety before! 

The collection features more than 400 coins, with many of the rarities being the finest known specimens of their kind.

The main highlight of the Tyrant Collection to look forward to is the famous King of Siam Proof Set.  Originally the set was presented in 1836 to the King of Siam (which is now Thailand) by the U.S. State Department.  This was given as a gift, on behalf of then President Andrew Jackson.

Executive Director of the ANA, Kim Kiick says

“The unique King of Siam set will be accompanied by the leather-covered wood box that contained the presentation coins given 185 years ago to Rama III, the King of Siam.  The ship’s log from the USS Peacock on that important diplomatic mission will also be displayed.”

The rest of the Tyrant collection features a wide variety of valuable coins ranging from the year 1793-1964.   A few of the extremely rare and valuable coins in the collection include

• 
  1907 Ultra High Relief double eagle graded PR68 by PCGS
• 1795 Draped Bust small eagle graded SP66 by PCGS
• 1793 S-1 Flowing Hair “Chain AMERI” large cent graded SP65 by PCGS
• 1796 BD-2 Draped Bust, no star quarter eagle graded MS65 by PCGS

Another incredible piece that will be attending the convention is the bell from the “Ship of Gold”, the SS Central America!

The legendary ship sank in 1857, while carrying gold from the California Gold Rush. 

The 268-pound bell, as well as some of the gold from the ship will be on display.  The bell was brought up from the bottom of the Atlantic in 1988, and hasn’t been publicly displayed for three decades!

If you’re interested in what a 164 year old bell sounds like, you’re in luck!

The bell will be rung twice a day, each day of the convention to honor the 425 passengers and crew-members who perished when the ship sank.  You can see the ceremony at booth #122, 30 minutes after the show opens, and again at 3pm.

In addition to these historic displays, the convention will have hundreds of dealers you can speak with, view their coin inventories, and purchase coins to your heart’s content!

You can also attend lectures and presentations given by noted numismatists in the community.

We hope you enjoy the convention!