The Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4) held its 19th
consecutive annual convention at the Baltimore Convention Center, November 6-9,
in conjunction with the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Winter Expo.
“Our latest convention was one of the best we have ever had
in terms of activity and attendance,” said Jim Rosen, president of C4. “This is
the second year we have collaborated with Stack’s Bowers Galleries, and we
couldn’t be happier. They are just wonderful to work with.”
The C4 convention featured a large gathering area on the
bourse floor with a club informational table, a large colonial Red Book Type
Exhibit in addition to three other exhibits, and an area where members could join
together, discuss coins, and view and photograph coins. Thursday night of the
convention was the social evening where members enjoyed a buffet dinner, a
donated-lots auction, and two educational lectures by members of the club. The
Friday night auction, a co-sponsored event by C4 and Stack’s Bowers Galleries
as part of their Official Auction, was a Massachusetts Silver collector’s delight,
with 34 lots offered. During this sale, a number of very rare coins crossed the
block, such as a New England Shilling in AU 55, a Willow Tree Shilling, a
Willow Tree Sixpence in AU 53, wonderful Oak Tree coinage in shillings,
sixpence, threepence and twopence, plus a wide array of Pine Tree coinage. In
addition, there was a large offering of Fugio Coppers and a wide array of
various state coinages, as well as Machins Mills and Washington pieces. “The
auction had a great selection of coins for the advanced and novice collector
alike. Kudos to Stacks Bowers Galleries on this wonderful sale,” Rosen added.
C4 is a national, non-profit organization whose mission is
to enhance the education and research of colonial coins, currency and other colonial
era related numismatic material. The club publishes a quarterly newsletter with
informative articles written by its members and guests. The annual convention
is held in Baltimore at the autumn Whitman show in association with Stack’s
Bowers Galleries, Official Auctioneer of the Whitman Baltimore Expo. The convention
offers members a forum for camaraderie and a venue to show their coins to
interested parties, and also a weekend to discuss almost anything colonial to those
interested in Colonial history. This year a book signing of the highly
anticipated ANS-C4 co-published book, “New Jersey State Coppers,” was held,
which lead to highly successful book sales. For more information about C4 and
colonial numismatics, please visit the C4 website at www.colonialcoins.org. To order the book, please contact the American
Numismatic Society at 212.571.4470.
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