The “Rarities From 1796” display will be at the GreatCollections table.

The “Rarities of 1796” display by GreatCollections at the 2023 Central States Numismatic Society convention includes the finest of only two known specimen strikes 1796 Half Dollar 15 Stars variety (Overton 101), graded PCGS SP65.

The show will now occupy two floors of the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, 1551 North Thoreau Drive, in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois.

"This will be the largest coin show event in the Midwest this year and the largest Central States show since the organization was founded in 1939. There will be something for everyone in this expanded convention," said CSNS Convention Manager Larry Shepherd.

In addition to adding 100 tables to the regular bourse floor space, an entirely new area called Collector’s Coin Shop on the second floor will be devoted specifically for lower-priced items for beginning collectors and young dealers. There also will be main floor bourse space devoted to merchants who are only doing wholesale dealer-to-dealer business.

New security and safety measures will be in place in the convention center and adjoining Renaissance Hotel.

This 1796 Large Cent (Sheldon 84), graded PCGS MS66+RB and finest known, is one of the highlights in the GreatCollections “Rarities of 1796” $15 million exhibit at the 2023 Central States convention.

The "Rarities From 1796" display showcasing more than a dozen 1796-dated coins from Half Cents to $10 denomination gold Eagles will be hosted by Ian Russell, President of GreatCollections(www.GreatCollections.com) of Irvine, California. "1796 is one of the most important years in U.S. numismatics. It was the first year of production for every authorized denomination specified in the Mint Act of 1792. At the request of GreatCollections, three collectors of early American rarities are loaning superb-quality items from their collections to form this one-of-a kind-display at the Central States convention," said Russell.