The effort to have computer coin grading done by Professional Coin Grading Service is unveiled with interviews with David Hall, Hugh Sconyers, and Richard Schwary.
The annexation of the South African state, Transvaal, by Great Britain caused the ?rst Anglo-Boer War of 1880-1881. The Boers won and the Pretoria Convention of 1881 restored full independence to the territory. The discovery of gold at Barerton in 1883, and three years later at Witwatersrand, caused the usual in?ux of population. Trade and internal commercial activity expanded overnight, leading to the cry for local coinage. President Kruger, recognizing the need, granted a banking concession to the National Bank of the South Africa Republic, imposing on its concessionaires the obligation to establish a mint. This presentation focuses on the coins produced by this republic from 1892 to 1902 when it fell to the British via the 2nd Anglo-Boer War. Lecture & slides. Speaker(s): Al Baber.
Robert Hoge, ANA Museum curator, presents a program that focuses upon interpreting ancient Roman coins through their inscriptions. It includes discussions of historical chronology; portraits and types; mints and mint markings; pertinent Latin grammatical structures; governmental of?ces and titulature; denominational systems and economics; and the use of major reference works. Lecture with slides and diagrams. Speaker(s): Robert W. Hoge.
The world of bank note collecting is filled with colorful paper money and with tales of intrigue. Hear the stories of some of the most interesting bank notes in the world including Japanese occupation money, the fall of the Shah of Iran, Idi Amin of Uganda, and many more! Lecture with slides. Speaker(s): Yasha Beresiner.
Robert Hoge, ANA Museum curator, presents a brief discussion of the AAM/ICOM International Partnerships Among Museums program. Slides of museums and historical mint cities of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, including the National Museum of Pakistan (Karoclin) and the museum collections of Lahore, Peshawar, Taxila, and Swat, are shown. Mr. Hoge reviews selected series and specimens in the numismatic collections. Lecture with slides. Speaker(s): Robert W. Hoge.
Do you sometimes wonder how other speakers communicate in such a logical, persuasive and entertaining fashion? Do you have a personal collection or numismatic research you'd like to turn into an interesting educational presentation? Do you want to reduce your fear of audiences? Would you like to speak at a seminar like a Numismatic Theater? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this presentation is for you. Sam Deep, a management trainer and numismatist, has distilled, expressly for the Numismatic Theater, what is normally a one-day public speaking program into the most essential principles of successful numismatic presentations. Speaker(s): Sam Deep.
