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Volume 20 Issue 12 - December 2024 #239

E-Gobrecht Volume 20 Issue 12 - DECEMBER 2024 #239

 

Articles In This Issue

Editor’s Viewpoint: View From The Rim by Paul Kluth

Thank you for attending and supporting the new grave marker Ceremony for Christian Gobrecht! As you can see from Len Augsburger's column this month starting on page 8, it was quite a numismatic event attended not only by Gobrecht family descendants, but by important dignitaries from the U.S. Mint, the ANA President, a representative of ANS, television media staff, and officers and members of...
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Club Announcements / News Bulletin: New LSCC Website Goes Live

Club News Bulletin: NEW LSCC WEBSITE GOES LIVE The Liberty Seated Collectors Club is proud to announce the launch of its new LSCC website, lsccweb.org. This two-year project was completed by a team of LSCC members and consultants, including the Moore Creative Company and Fry Archive Services.
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Upcoming F.U.N. Show Activities and ANA Summer Seminar 2025 - New Class Offered

The LSCC has a corner table (booth 673) in the Club section, next to the FUN Exhibits area. The exhibit will be the complete Lane J. Brunner Collection of Double Dimes. The Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) and the Barber Coin Collectors’ Society (BCCS) will be offering a new class during Session 1 at the 2025 ANA Summer Seminar, June 21-26, in Colorado Springs:
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The Curious Collector: Liberty Seated Collectors Dedicate Christian Gobrecht Headstone by Len Augsburger

Sponsored by the Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC), a new headstone was placed at the Christian Gobrecht grave at Lawnview Cemetery in Rockledge, PA, on November 13. In attendance were LSCC members, U.S. Mint personnel, and descendants of the Gobrecht family. Benjamin Franklin, in the person of Pat McBride, was present, while the American Numismatic Society was represented by Resolute America...
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Regional News: Looking Forward to the Start of 2025 in Florida by Ken Otto

After a very busy coin show calendar during October and November, there is a fairly quiet period during December as the coin industry takes time off for the holidays. The winter FUN show in early January will kick off the new year and is generally a very well-attended event and a pretty good indicator of the relative strength of the rare coin market early in the new year
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Want to Know More about the Gobrecht Ceremony?

In the latest issue of The Numismatist, Thomas Uram, ANA President covered the event in his “From the President” introductory message to members. His column title was so fitting for the hobby: Proper Memorials - Numismatic organizations are preserving history and fostering engagement. “Sharing The Joy of numismatics could inspire a new generation of enthusiasts.”
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