The Nevada State Museum will host the 2009 Carson City Mint Coin Show, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The event returns after a one-year hiatus for the construction of the new Dema Guinn Concourse.
Thirty dealers will offer free appraisals and Lincoln commemorative medallions minted on Coin Press No. 1 will be available.
The George Hanepen Trio performs noon to 1 p.m. Saturday outside the Concourse as part of the Jazz Carson City Music Festival.
Visitors can pan for gold and buy tickets for more than $5,000 in raffle prizes. The grand prize is an 1876 $20 "CC" gold coin, type 2, graded VF25, valued at $2,000. First prize is a one-of-a-kind Lincoln commemorative set that includes medallions minted on Coin Press No. 1, U.S. Mint Lincoln commemorative silver dollar proof minted in Philadelphia, and a framed print of Abraham Lincoln, all valued at $1,200.
Sales support Friends of the Nevada State Museum.
"The coin show creates a great opportunity for the whole family to connect with history of the Carson City Mint and its ties to the mining heritage of the Comstock," said show coordinator Deborah Stevenson.
Coin Press No. 1 will be operating throughout the show.
The Carson City Mint Coin Show is the only coin show in the country held in a historic mint. The U.S. Branch Mint in Carson City began operations in January 1870. During a span of 23 years, the mint produced nearly $50 million in gold and silver coins.
Tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for seniors, and free for members and those under 18; fee includes the coin show and all exhibits. Raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5.
For more information or to purchase raffle tickets, call 687-4810, ext. 237 or e-mail dstevenson@nevadacul
ture.org.
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