PAN 33rd Coin Show & Convention

I have two numismatist in my home. They enjoy collecting coins and learning about them. My hubby loves the Civil War period and my son Joseph seems to collect coins based on what we have studied. Last year he did a research paper on Ancient coins and purchased a few.This year since we studied the Great Depression he could not wait to buy some Hobo coins. Here are the Hobo coins he purchased.This was an art the Hobos of the Depression did and is now apart of numismatists since it is apart of our American history.
Each year they have a theme for the kids coin show.This year it was the Civil War comparing the Generals Ulysses Grant and Robert E.Lee. There was also a special guest sharing stories of the black soldiers. They give each year free coins to the kids and PAN dollars where they have an auction of coins for the kids.Since we studied how auctions were a part of the dust bowl in the Great Depression the auction was a nice extra hands on lesson of what an auction is like. They enjoy coin collecting because it is history and they love finding treasures looking through loose change from stores and the bank! They had a great father & sons time today.

Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society www.wpns1878.org