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Fort Worth, Texas (PRWEB) March 22, 2010

National treasures from the Smithsonian Institution will be romanced for the first time in Texas at the American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show in the Fort Worth Convention Center, 1201 Houston St., March 25 27, 2010. The three-day instructive, family event showcasing some of the world’s most known thin coins and paper money will be staring to the unrestricted

Items from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History comprehend an uncomparable, Gold Rush-era 1849 “Double Eagle” ($ 20 denomination gold coin) and important coins told to President Teddy Roosevelt. Among the many other eye-opening exhibits will be the U.S. Treasury Department’s “Billion Dollar Display” that includes $ 100,000 bills and other uncommon, antique currency. Visitors also will assort one of the world-famous multi-million dollar 1913 Liberty Head nickels, a rare coin extensively issued by known Fort Worth coin dealer, B. Max Mehl, as an instant-riches announcing gimmick during the Great Depression

“It’s an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many people to see these historic, valuable treasures in person,” said Larry Shepherd, Executive Director of the nonprofit, 32,000-member American Numismatic Association (www.money.org). The Congressionally leased association is utilized to downing and contributing people to study and amass money and tied in items

“Money is history you can hold in your hands,” said American Numismatic Association President Clifford Mishler. “You can experience everything from a half-cent to a $ 100,000 bill at this event. There will be instructive seminars, exhibits and a children’s treasure chase trivia game with at large prizes.”

In addition to buying and selling items ranging from $ 1 to $ 1 million, many of the 500 professional coin and currency dealers attending the show will provide free, informal appraisals for visitors who bring in their old coins and paper money.

The Smithsonian’s exhibit, “Good as Gold: America’s Double Eagles,” tells the story of the $ 20 denomination gold coin. It includes the unusual, first much coin found in 1849 and an example of the world’s most worth coin, a 1933-dated Double Eagle. It’s the only time these of import coins from the National Numismatic Collection in Washington, D.C. have been calendared for semipublic display in Texas

The colorful $ 1 billion U.S. Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Printing informative display will feature two dozen $ 100,000 currency notes, the highest denomination paper money ever reared by the U.S. government. Visitors also can see a Treasury Department engraver at work and misconstrue demonstrations of a Civil War-era, one-ton, hand-turned money publishing press

Heritage Auctions of Dallas (www.HA.com) will conduct a stellar open auction of extraordinary coins and paper money in conjunction with the show up

The National Money Show will be held at the Fort Worth Convention Center, 1201 Houston St. Public hours are Thursday through Saturday, March 25 to 27, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. General admission is $ 6. Children 12 and under are took discharged

For additional information, visit the American Numismatic Association web site, www.NationalMoneyShow.com, or style (719) 482-9857

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