Free Baltimore Event Will Be Largest in 43-Year History
North America’s premiere coin expo has been bringing the collecting world together for 43 years, but when this year’s Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Spring Expo gets underway, March 26-29, 2015, it will be the largest in history.
Hosted by the Baltimore Convention Center, in Halls F & G, the Whitman Expo will include special exhibits by both the U.S. Mint (Booth 1409) and the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Booth 1415). The Expo also includes over 1,400 registered dealers in more than 400 booths, covering all aspects of coin, currency, medal and token collecting. Admission is free to the public.
One of the most notable collections of colonial, American, confederated state and related coinage will cross the auction block at the Expo’s Official Auction by Stack’s Bowers Galleries. Lot viewing for The Henry P. Kendall Foundation Collection and the hundreds of additional auction lots will be held in Room 345 beginning Tuesday, March 24 at 9am, with auction sessions getting underway at 11am on Thursday, March 26. Visit StacksBowers.com for latest details.
Other Expo highlights include:
- The debut of “Mega Red,” the Guide Book of United States Coins, Deluxe Edition, a 1,504-page, expanded version of the hobby’s best-selling Red Book. More than three times the size of the regular edition, this new version of an old favorite includes even more historical information on the coins you care about the most.
- “The D. Brent Pogue Collection: An Inside View of an American Treasure,” with legendary numismatist Q. David Bowers (Thursday, March 26, Room 343)
- A Meet & Greet with officials from the United States Mint (Thursday, March 26, Room 343), and the release of the 2015 American Eagle One Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin (Thursday, March 26, Booth 1409)
- Numismatic Guarantee Corporation’s “Introduction to Grading” class (Saturday, March 28, Room 344, prior registration required)
- Kids’ Korner, with a FREE Coin Grab for children 12 and under (Friday and Saturday, Booth 1401)
- A special Rarities Night auction by Stack’s Bowers Galleries (Friday, March 27, Room 347)
- “Coins in the Bible: A Non-Sectarian Introduction,” with Mike Markowitz (Saturday, March 28, Room 343)
- The Maryland State Numismatic Association’s Exhibit Competition (throughout the weekend, Booth 1335)
- Fellowship of Christian Coin Dealers meeting (Friday, March 27, Room 343)
- Liberty Seated Collectors’ Club meeting (Friday, March 27, Room 343)
- Maryland Token & Medal Society Meeting (Saturday, March 28, Room 343)
Whitman Spring Baltimore Expo hours are Thursday: Noon-6pm; Friday-Saturday: 10am-6pm; Sunday: 10am-3pm. Enter Halls F and G through the Otterbein Lobby.
Whitman is the leading producer of coin and collectible expos in North America. For more information, including a complete schedule, click here.