Higgins Museum National Bank Note Exhibit And Free, Specially-Encapsulated Nebraska Homestead Quarters At 2025 CSNS Convention

(Schaumburg, Illinois) March, 2025 – Two Midwest museums will have

displays and a limited number of free ANACS-encapsulated Nebraska Homestead

commemorative quarter-dollars with special insert labels will be featured attractions at

the Central States Numismatic Society convention (convention@CSNS.org) in the

Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois, April 24-26, 2025.

The Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes will display rare Nebraska money

at booth #2200 as part of the CSNS multi-year program to honor all 13 states that

comprise the organization’s geographical area.

“Nebraska is the second state we’re recognizing following last year’s salute to

Iowa,” explained CSNS President Mitch Ernst.

The Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes (www.TheHigginsMuseum.org)

located in Okoboji, Iowa will have a four-case exhibit of historic Nebraska paper money.

“The display will have examples from the museum's collection of Large Size and

Small Size notes including a cut sheet of four ($10, $10, $10, and $20) notes from the

First National Bank of Wood River. There also will be the museum's Number 1 Red Seal

$5 note from the First National Bank of Clarks,” explained Museum Curator George

Cuhaj.

The exhibit’s name is “C Nebraska” in recognition of several $100 denomination

notes -- a denomination popularly nicknamed “C notes” -- in the display.

The Durham Museum (formerly The Durham Western Heritage Museum) in

Omaha, Nebraska (www.DurhamMuseum.org) will have an informative display at booth

#2201 with photographs of rare money in the museum’s historic collection.

“Visitors can learn about Omaha's Byron Reed Collection, a varied set of coins

and paper currency from a 19th  century businessman and pioneer,” said Kristen Rowley,

the museum’s Collection Manager.

“The collection will remain in Nebraska at The Durham Museum because of

insurance considerations, but the display will feature images and information regarding

the different facets of the collection,” explained Rowley.

“This includes Sutler tokens, pattern coins, ancient coins, territorial gold,

Washingtonia, assay medals, and more. Visitors also can learn about some of the major

highlights in the collection, including Byron Reed's prized 1804 Class I Draped Bust

silver dollar that he acquired around 1890,” she said.

CSNS convention attendees will have the opportunity to have counterfeit coins

they unwittingly purchased marked with the conspicuous, incused word “COPY.”

“This will make the fakes legal to own in compliance with the Hobby Protection

Act. As a public service, the non-profit Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation

(www.ACEFonline.org) will properly mark COPY on up to three counterfeit coins per

owner free of charge at the ACEF bourse table #A9,” said ACEF Executive Director

Beth Deisher.

Heritage Auctions (www.HA.com), booth #800, is the Official Auctioneer for the

86th  Annual CSNS Convention.

“The auction will be brimming with exceptional coins, a trove that will include

treasures from The Bruce S. Sherman Collection, Part II,” said Steve Lansdale, Heritage

Auctions Senior Public Relations and Communications Specialist.

Among the auctions highlights will be four exceptional coins featured in the award-

winning reference book, 100 Greatest U.S. Coins:

• One of the finest of the nine known 1838-O Reeded Edge half dollars; 

• The finest of the three known 1835 proof Classic Head gold Half-Eagle coins.

This superb gem example has a century-and-a-half pedigree including the

famous collections of Lorin G. Parmelee, King Farouk, John Jay Pittman and D.

Brent Pogue. 

• One of only four known 1803 proof Draped Bust dollars or novodel. Among the

rarest of all U.S. coin issues, this one is graded PR66 and tied for finest certified.

• The finest certified of three known of the 1792 pattern Dismes (Judd-11). Graded

MS64 Red and Brown, it is a fabulous rarity from the famous Donald Partrick

Collection.

The 2025 CSNS convention will be held at the same site as in recent years, the

Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, 1551 North Thoreau Drive, in

Schaumburg, Illinois.

Discount hotel room rates of $177 per night (plus taxes) are available at the

conveniently adjoining Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel. Room reservations can be

made by calling the hotel directly at 847-303-4100 or booked online

at https://book/passkey.com/go/CentralState.

Additional information about the CSNS 86th annual convention will be announced in

the coming weeks and posted online at www.CSNS.org/convention. Information is also

available by contacting Convention Manager Cindy Wibker by phone at 407-221-8737

or by email at convention@CSNS.org.