Collectors Invited To Have Nebraska Exhibits At 2025 CSNS Convention
(Schaumburg, Illinois) October 21, 2024 – After a two-year hiatus, collectors’
exhibits will be encouraged at the next Central States Numismatic Society
(www.CSNS.org) convention in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois, April 23-26,
2025. To participate, the 2025 convention displays must be related to the state of
Nebraska.
CSNS launched a multi-year program in 2024 to honor all 13 states that
comprise the Central States area with one state featured each year starting with Iowa in
2024. The 2025 State Showcase program will focus on Nebraska.
“We want to give exhibitors a new goal. This exciting and fresh angle we hope
will inject new life into the exhibit area of the bourse floor,” said CSNS President Mitch
Ernst.
“We deeply appreciate what veteran exhibitors have done over the years, but we
want to give newcomers, especially those from Nebraska, a unique opportunity to share
their knowledge and insights about the state,” Ernst explained.
At the recent CSNS Board meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, the Board unanimously
voted to adopt a “Back to the Future” State Showcase exhibit program concept
presented by the organization’s Secretary/Treasurer Jack D. Huggins Jr. who also will
serve as 2025 Exhibits Chairman.
“For the 2025 convention, only exhibits about Nebraska will be displayed or
accepted. Coins, paper currency, medals, tokens, wooden nickels, or even a historical
display about a famous Nebraska numismatist can be exhibited. The simplified rules
make it easier to exhibit,” explained Huggins.
“We want to give our members and friends from across the nation the opportunity
to share their Nebraska state-specific numismatic related items. You do not have to be a
resident of Nebraska to exhibit state showcase items in 2025,” Ernst said. “Our new
exhibit program will elevate them to a higher level so the entire numismatic community
can see and enjoy them.”
Exhibitors will be allowed up to five cases and entries will be judged during the
convention according to a specially designed set of rules that are available online at
www.CSNS.org/exhibit-rules. The exhibitor application is available at
The exhibits entry deadline for the 2025 convention is March 31, 2025.
Future Central States State Showcase honorees will be Missouri in 2026,
Michigan in 2027, Wisconsin in 2028, Illinois in 2029, and Ohio in 2030.
“So, if you have material to exhibit from those states start working on them now!,”
suggested Ernst.
The 2025 CSNS convention (www.CSNS.org/convention) will be held at the
same site as in recent years, the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, 1551
North Thoreau Drive, in Schaumburg, Illinois.
For additional information about the State Showcase exhibits program, contact
Jack D. Huggins Jr. by email at treasurer@CSNS.org, or by writing to him at P.O. Box
24267, Belleville, IL 62226-9267.