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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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After 43+ years as an ANA member, life took me past the ANA HQ and so I arranged my schedule to visit (2155.9 miles total). I had a great time. Two things stand out. The Bass collection is simply awesome. And the video system allows you to see enlargements of both the visible side and the other side. And see other items in the collection not on display. Secondly, the shipwreck exhibit is very well done. There is enough material on display to illustrate the concepts without being an endless row of "stuff" with tiny labels. The explanatory signage is very well done too. The other exhibits were fun, I'm just sad that it was mid-week and the mini-mint wasn't in operation. The Money Museum, 818 N. Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Sounds great, hope to get there sometime.
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
Glad you got to visit the museum.
I, too, would like to go there some day.
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Moderator
 United States
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I keep reading about in my monthly issue of The Numismatist.
Hope as well to get there someday!
David
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Rest in Peace
United States
2668 Posts |
Hmmmm, road trip goal for 2016! Thanks for the idea.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
If you visit the ANA Museum, make sure you step into the Library- that is where the $100,000 Gold Certificates are on display. Hallenbeck Coin Gallery is the closest shop, just a couple blocks away. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Pity the ANA Museum is not in NY or LA, where more international visitors could access it, perhaps on a stopover. Smithsonian, Bibliotheque Nationale, Hermitage and British Museum all have huge numismatic collections, and are also are centers for scholarstic numismatic study. Edited by sel_69l
12/08/2015 5:10 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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The museum is a great place to visit, the Bass collection especially. However, going into the library is time warping. When I think I've been in there 30 minutes it's actually been several hours.
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Posted 12/07/2015 7:09 pm
