BALTIMORE—Shipwreck, pirates and sunken treasure are among the highlights when the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo opens here on Thursday, November 4 continuing through Sunday, November 7 in Hall A of the Baltimore Convention Center at One West Pratt Street. It will include more than 1,000 dealers.

The Official Auction by Bowers and Merena features important and extremely rare proof gold coins from the Zurich Collection. The core of the collection is a selection of proof Liberty Double Eagles dated 1878 through the series’ end in 1907.

Auction lot viewing for the Bowers and Merena Official Auction begins on Tuesday, November 2 at Noon in the Charles Street VIP Suite. For full details on the auction, click here.

An exhibit marking the 10th anniversary of the Sacagawea Dollar will also be a centerpiece of the Expo. It will include Glenna Goodacre’s original “Terra Cotta Coin Study,” a preliminary bas-relief that dates to 1999.

The compelling stories of some of the world’s most famous shipwrecks, their treasure of historic artifacts and the buccaneers who plied the sea lanes during the age of sale are the topic of a special presentation by Odyssey Marine Exploration on Friday, November 5 at 11:30am.

Shipwreck! Pirates and Treasure, a multi-media exhibit housed at the Maryland Science Center on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor—just a short walk from the bourse floor—includes artifacts from a number of shipwrecks along with high-definition video and photographs from numerous deep sea sites. Registered dealers will each receive a voucher good for admission to the exhibit on November 5 from 2pm until 8pm.

“Our coin dealers are a group of people who know and love their history. By teaming up with Odyssey and the Maryland Science Center, we’re pleased that we can give each dealer the chance to see this fascinating exhibit with artifacts that are certain to be of interest,” Expo General Manager David Crenshaw said.

Mr. Crenshaw said a mini-display of artifacts will be at the Expo throughout. Members of Odyssey’s staff will answer questions both at the 11:30 presentation and at the main exhibit at the Science Center.

A pre-show auction by Stack’s represents its 75th Anniversary Sale. It will feature the Roy Bonjour Collection of Vermont coppers 1785-1788. A Mint State 1776 Continental dollar will attract attention, as will other colonial and related issues. Large cents include the seldom seen 1796 half dollar and an 1836 Gobrecht dollar, among others.

Among other highlights, scheduled to take place in Room 301:

• Q. David Bowers: The ANA and Me. The legendary numismatist, whose involvement dates to his first bourse table in 1955, will talk about what the organization has meant to him. By special arrangement with the ANA and Stack’s, a deeply discounted membership fee opportunity will also be included.
• The Fellowship of Christian Coin Dealers on Friday at 7:30am.
• The Liberty Seated Collector’s Club meets at 9am on Friday.
• The Maryland Token and Medal Society will meet at 11am on Friday.
• The Early American Coppers Club will meet at 1pm that day.

The Expo is open to Early Birds (for a fee of $75) Thursday beginning at 10am and Friday-Sunday beginning at 9am. Public hours are Thursday from Noon until 6pm; Frid