The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Bureau/BEP) will exhibit at the Central States Numismatic Society 70th Anniversary Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 30 – May 2, 2009 at the Duke Energy Center – 525 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.

The Bureau will proudly showcase its “Billion Dollar Exhibit” which features more than one billion dollars of rare and antique currency including sheets of $100,000 currency notes, Treasury Bonds, and Gold and Silver certificates. Also, the Bureau will have on display an exhibit featuring a Series 1934B, 12 Subject $5,000 Cleveland Face Plate and a Series 1934B, 12 Subject $10,000 Cleveland Face Plate.

Additionally, the Bureau will have an antique (19th Century) Spider Press at this convention. A technical expert on currency production will conduct printing demonstrations on this Abraham Lincoln era press and answer questions. There will also be live demonstrations by a member of the Bureau’s Office of Engraving and a member of the Mutilated Currency Division.

The Bureau is excited to offer three new products which will be available for sale at the show:

♦ “Lincoln Freedom Collection - Series 2006 $5 Note Subscription Program” Join in the commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth by participating in the $5 Lincoln Freedom Collection Subscription Program. This subscription is limited to 2,000 sets worldwide and features one $5 note from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks with the LOWEST SERIAL NUMBERS available.

♦ “We the People - Series 2004A $10 Single Note Collection” (Second Installment) This installment features one $10 note representative of each of the following Federal Reserve Districts: Cleveland, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Kansas City with the LOWEST SERIAL NUMBERS available.
Notes will be released individually for the first time on April 30, 2009, and may be purchased by bank designation or you may purchase the entire collection through the subscription program which includes all 12 Federal Reserve Banks.

♦ The Central States Numismatic Society Commemorative Intaglio Print Card “Lincoln Bicentennial Series – A Nation Torn Apart,” featuring engraved images of miscellaneous portraits and vignettes representing the life of Abraham Lincoln. This card is the third of five in the “Lincoln Bicentennial Series” and will be available for purchase at a price of $20.00 each.