Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont (Chicago), IL
August 6-10, 2024 – View $MILLIONS$ in rare coins and numismatic treasures. Buy, sell and trade with hundreds of coin dealers, attend lectures and presentations from noted numismatists, and find out what your old coins may be worth!
Show Hours
Tuesday — 1-6 p.m.
Wednesday – Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Admission is FREE for everyone on Saturday!)
*Last admission 30 minutes prior to closing.
Admission Information
Admission is $10 daily, $25 for weekly pass. Free for ANA members & children under 12. Active & Retired Military (plus up to 3 guests) receive complimentary admission.
Admission is free for everyone on Saturday, August 10.
Please note: Valid photo ID required ages 18+.
World’s Fair of Money News and Updates
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COMING SOON
ANA Official Auctioneer
GreatCollections is the official auctioneer of the ANA. Visit their website at greatcollections.com.
ANA Event Auctioneer Partners
Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Heritage Auctions are the ANA Event Auctioneer Partners of this year’s World’s Fair of Money.
Events & Attractions
AWARDS BANQUET
133rd Anniversary Banquet and Live Auction
Along with ANA Philanthropy Awards, Presidential Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, Elvira Clain-Stefenelli Memorial Award and Hall of Fame Inductions, top Exhibit Awards and LIVE Auction. Friday August 9th from 7pm-10pm in the Hilton Rosemont/Chicago O’Hare Grand Ballroom. Registration required.
Member & Awards Celebration
Honoring donors for strengthening the association, recognition of ANA members & clubs receiving their 25-year to 75-year milestones, ANA Service Award recipients, Literary Award winners, Harry J. Forman Dealer of the Year, Young Numismatist of the Year and Booster Awards. Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. All members are welcome. Thursday, August 8th from 3pm-4:30pm in room 25/26 in the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Please RSVP no later than July 12, 2024 to rsvp@money.org.
Sundman Luncheon
Maynard Sundman/Littleton Coin Co. Lecture Series exclusive symposium and luncheon. Please note your lunch choice-Chicken, Beef or vegetarian. All lunches served with a salad, freshly baked rolls and dessert. Wednesday August 7th from 12:30pm-2pm. Registration required.
Learning Opportunities
Counterfeit Detection Seminar
Counterfeit Detection: Classic Fakes & Chinese-Made Counterfeits | August 4-5, 2024
This seminar will teach counterfeit detection of Key Date and Mintmarked coins, U.S. gold coins, and the latest wave of deceptive Chinese-made counterfeits.
Location / Time: Hyatt Regency O’Hare 9300 Bryn Mawr Ave. Rosemont, IL| August 4-5; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: JULY 12, 2024
Sundman Lecture Series
The theme this year is “A Century of Change; 1924 to 2024,” which focuses on how money, its appearance, subject matter and the numismatic hobby has changed over the last 100 years.
The Symposium will be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center on Wednesday, August 7, 10 am to 4:15 pm.
Please check back soon for schedule.
Money Talks
Learn from fellow numismatists, collectors and ANA members about their passions and latest research. Free and open to the public.
Presentations are 30- to 45- minute programs, including questions from the audience. They are scheduled on the hour.
Programs will be offered Thursday and Friday, August 8-9.
Please check back soon for schedule.
Ernie’s Treasure Treehouse
At Ernie’s Treasure Treehouse, some of the activities to help kids explore, study, and connect through numismatics. Kids attending the show will have the opportunity to play games and earn Hoot Loot to spend on numismatic items of their choice.
Disclaimer
Collectors and dealers are often contacted by unauthorized “service providers” offering to sell or reserve hotel rooms for convention attendees. Please know that the ANA does not work with third-party vendors. Ignore unsolicited attempts to book you a hotel room; these are scams. Other scams offer to sell you a list of convention attendees, offer expo services, or pitch online directories. The ANA never sells or shares the names of its members, convention attendees or exhibitors with any third party. Don’t engage with them.
Show Photography and Videography Policy
All programs and events sponsored by the American Numismatic Association (ANA) at the World’s Fair of Money are the exclusive property of the Association. No one is permitted to record or reproduce such events, orally or visually, by digital recording, videotape recording, audio cassette recording, or by any other means for commercial purposes without the express consent of the ANA. No exhibit, performance or event presented at a World’s Fair of Money shall be photographed, videotaped, broadcast or recorded for commercial use or sale without the express consent of the ANA. This rule does not prohibit videotaping or other visual or oral recordings by an exhibitor at an ANA show made entirely within the booth space leased by that exhibitor.
Private, non-commercial photography and videography for personal use by visitors, exhibitors and vendors/dealers will be permitted in some areas of the convention hall and meeting rooms with the permission of those being photographed or videoed and/or permission of the dealer or exhibitor whose items are the subjects of the photo or video.