The Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists have completed arrangementsto have retired U.S. Mint Chief Engraver John Mercanti attend the PAN Fall Coin Show andConvention to be held October 27 th - 29 th at the Monroeville Convention Center, a suburb ofPittsburgh, PA. The fall show theme is "The American Silver Eagle, 30th Anniversary."

Mr. Mercanti will be on the bourse floor Friday, October 28 th to sign copies of his book,American Silver Eagles: A Guide to the U.S. Bullion Coin Program. John will also be thefeatured speaker at the PAN banquet to be held Friday evening at the LeMont Restaurantoverlooking the beautiful Pittsburgh skyline.

The PAN show competitive collector exhibit area will feature PAN president Tom Uram'saward winning five case exhibit that will display examples of each of the 30 dated years thepopular American Silver Eagle coins were produced. John Mercanti's eagle design hasremained the dominant feature on the coin's reverse.

The PAN Lecture Series will include numismatic notable personalities that include Mr. CliffMishler, retired CEO Krause Publications, to address "Numismatic Publishing: Past, Presentand Prognostication." The series will also include Mr. Dennis Tucker, publisher at WhitmanPublications, to speak about "Hidden Profits in Modern U.S. Mint Silver and Gold Medals."The lecture series will conclude with Mr. Douglas Mudd, ANA Museum Curator. His topic willbe "The Olympic Games; History and Numismatics." The lectures are free and will be held onFriday, October 28th beginning at 1:00 pm.

For more information about PAN and the 2016 Fall Show, see:
http://pancoins.org/