I’m sorry I missed the Philadelphia show. I saw the Coin World article about the Rittenhouse interview and wanted to say I thought that was a wonderful idea. I’ll bet it was fun.

One of the best ANA Numismatic Theatre presentations I attended was Don Kagin playing “the world’s oldest prospector”. It's a great way to present history in a first person manner.

It was a great show. The actor who played Rittenhouse was extremely talented, and did a superb job. Len and I prepared a script, with both our questions and his suggested answers. He memorized the script, and threw in some witty ad-libs of his own. The "interview" was lightly attended, but fortunately, Whitman filmed it.

It was a big hit, this guy was really good.

I, also, thoroughly enjoyed the program. People don’t know what they’re missing when they don’t attend these programs. The one last year where Jefferson debated Hamilton about the Constitution among other things was very enlightening. I only wish we had video it as well. Maybe we’ll have to have them back to do it again. See whitmancoincollecting.com/content/jefferson-vs-hamilton-at-the-whitman-philly-expo .

The Rittenhouse digital video is now being processed for inclusion on our site.