Third Quarter 2022 July-August-September

Summer Seminar District Rep Meeting that those who cannot attend live in person, or our interna-
tional ambassadors who are out of the country,
can attend online and get some information or
provide updates on their represented areas.
If you are planning on attending the DR
meeting in person this August, please contact
Sheila Fortenberry immediately at sfortenberry
@money.org to RSVP your attendance and so
that she can get a head count for ordering lunch.
I hope you can attend the show and the meeting
so we can see a good representation from each of
the states across the country at this DR meeting.
I cannot stress the importance of making an ef-
fort in attending at least one of the four DR
meetings held throughout the year. The meetings
provide an opportunity for us to meet in person,
share ideas on how to improve the program, and
hear from other DRs what has been working for
them in the field for membership recruitment.
Photo: Attendees at ANA District Representative The past few DR meetings have been beneficial for those
meeting held onsite at Summer Seminar 2022. Photo in attendance because there were great ideas that were
courtesy of the ANA. exchanged. If you would like to support the hobby and
increase local coin club and ANA membership, attending a
National Coordinator Message DR meeting live in person is a must! I guarantee that you
will get something out of the meeting. More importantly
by Stanley Chu, ANA outreach programs coordina- now than ever, we need our DRs to be actively talking
tor, email chu@money.org; phone 617-218-7081, PO about the ANA and membership recruitment.
Box 960776, 31 Milk Street, Boston, MA 02196-0776
Submissions for the fourth quarter edition of the
Greetings from the Far East! As I am writing this MintMark is due on Oct. 2, if you plan on writing some-
message, I have been traveling around Asia, primarily the thing about your local coin club or coin show. Please make
Philippines, Singapore and the next stop Thailand. With sure the submissions get delivered to Eric Holcomb by the
the relaxed entry requirements for some countries, travel- deadline. Eric, Sheila and myself are here to assist you if
ing and tourism is slowly picking up again. With travel- you have questions on submissions to the MintMark. (See
ing resuming back to normalcy and easier to travel com- p. 12 of this newsletter or the ANA website for contact
pared to the pandemic times, I hope to see most of you at information.)
the annual World’s Fair of Money® in Rosemont, Ill.
There will be a District Representative (DR) meeting on Thank you again for all the volunteer work you per-
Friday, Aug. 19, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. form on behalf of the ANA and the numismatic hobby. I
hope to meet with you in person at the World’s Fair of
Again, due to the convention center’s high cost for Money®. Happy Collecting!
internet access, there will not be virtual access to this
meeting. We are currently in the planning phase of having
a few more DR meetings virtually throughout the year so
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Attend ANA eLearning Academy Fundraising Leads to New Money

Courses Museum SMARTboard Technology
Enjoy online courses and lectures from fellow col- A few months ago, former ANA Governor Jeff
lectors and experienced numismatists. The courses are Swindling came up with an idea for how to secure the
free and open to the public. funds for an interactive SMARTboard that would help
Consider sharing a recorded webinar at an up- make lessons in the Kids Zone of the Money Museum
coming club meeting. more relatable and exciting. Swindling works in the
corporate offices of CVS, and the company offers a
Upcoming courses include: matching grant program through which it donates up to
 How to Build a Numismatic Library with in- $5,000 to eligible nonprofit organizations. He suggest-
structor Jeff Garrett | Sept. 26, 12 p.m. MT ed that he could apply for a grant on behalf of the
To register to attend a course, visit ANA.
info.money.org/elearning. The ANA organized a campaign to raise money for
Interested in presenting your own ANA eLearning a SMARTboard, and the fundraising endeavor was a
Academy course? Apply to present today! tremendous success. Members responded quickly to the
request for donations and gave generously. Donations
poured in and by the end of a month, the total raised
Join the ANA’s “Crowdfunding” Drive (not including the grant money) was $13,845. Money
to Improve our Online Technology from the campaign was used to purchase a SMART-
Over the past five years, the American Numis- board and fund projects that will expand the technolog-
matic Association’s website, money.org, has had over ical reach of the Museum.
3.5 million visits. The website’s pages were viewed
nearly 17 million times by curious collectors, numis-
matic explorers, and ANA members like you.
The pandemic taught us a lot about the importance
of online learning and communication. Your donation
will help us improve and update money.org as we ex-
plore new and exciting ways to bring digital numis-
matic content to your computer and mobile devices.
With your support, we can make much-needed
website improvements to allow the ANA to take ad-
vantage of current technologies, resulting in a better
online experience for ANA members and the collecting
community. Upgraded digital technology will enable
your Association to further educate, inform and delight
hobbyists of all collecting levels and walks of life.
Gifts must be postmarked, submitted online or Photo: Sam Gelberd (right) instructing Chloe
called in by 8/31/2022 to qualify for matching funds. Joseph on the SMARTboard.
Our goal is to raise $50,000. ANA Numismatic Educator Sam Gelberd explains
We need your help to make this possible! that many classrooms use interactive devices, and stu-
Donate today when you visit info.money.org/ dents are familiar with how they work. The new
techfund, call (800) 513-2646 or mail a check SMARTboard allows the Museum to make interactive
(postmarked by 8/31/2022) to: ANA Technology Fund, tools available to all patrons, not just children. The de-
818 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903. vice securely lets visitors access videos and other mate-
rial related to some of the ANA’s objects and displays,
We thank you, and the numismatic community taking interactive media to the next level.
thanks you!
“I am so humbled and thrilled by the incredible
generosity of our members who made a monetary do-
Club Event Listings nation to this project (including several of our own
As a reminder, club event listings can be ANA staff!), as well as CVS,” says Gelberd.
found on the ANA website at:
https://coin-dealer-directory.money.org/event/ ANA Membership Expiring?
club-events See back page (page 12).
Most events are coin shows, but there are also
auctions and seminars. You can also find out how
to “List with Us” for free!
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News from Around the Country The Covina Coin Club held a “buy, sell and trade”
month at its June 15 meeting. Members could come in,
Alabama set up a table and pretend to be a coin dealer for the
evening.
Madison County Coin Club
Club meetings are held the 3rd Wednesday of every
by Richard Jozefiak, ANA District Rep month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the clubhouse at San
At the Tuesday, April 19 Madison County Coin Dimas Royal Mobile Estates, 1630 W. Covina Blvd.,
Club meeting, YN member Aaron Wales was the San Dimas, Calif.
night’s presenter. Aaron gave his presentation on “New Glendale Coin Club
in 22.” He showed the United States Mint’s already
issued and planned new 2022 coin designs. Aaron is an by Dennis Rocklein, drocklein@gmail.com
active member of the club and enjoys learning about The club is back to normal meetings at the La Cres-
numismatics. centa Library at 2809 Foothill Blvd. However the club
also broadcast some of its meetings, including its May
13 meeting, live on YouTube as well. Live broadcasts
include announcements, the main presentation and show
-and-tell, but not the auction or raffle.
The May program was about “New Mexico’s Colo-
nial Money,” presented by numismatic scholar Rod
Frechette. Rod previously spoke to our club on the
“Coinage of the Black Plague.” He will unfold the his-
tory of “New Mexico’s Early Money” as well as U.S.
and European coinage and U.S. Colonial paper money.
Rod, a recently retired attorney, is a graduate of the
ANA Florence School of Numismatics, the ANA’s
eLearning Academy online education program and is
working on his certificate for the ANA’s Numismatic
Diploma Program. He’s a member of the Albuquerque
Coin Club and chairman of the club’s twice yearly coin
shows.
He will be honored by the ANA this year at the
ANA World’s Fair of Money® in Chicago as Numis-
matist of the Year and a Medal of Merit honoree.
Photo: MCCC President Doug Glandon (left) pre- Club website: http://www.glencoin.com.
sents YN Aaron Wales with an ANA Educational Award Greater Orange County Coin Club
Certificate for his presentation at the April 19 meeting.
by Walt Ostromecki
Arizona The Greater Orange County Coin Club recently
Tucson Coin Club honored longtime Southern California hobby volunteer
Roy Iwata.
by William Myers
Iwata is known throughout the Southern California
The Tucson Coin Club will be holding a coin and coin community as a longtime passionate enthusiastic
stamp show on Sunday Oct. 16 at the Tucson Woman’s hobbyist who has given selflessly back to coin collect-
Club, 6245 East Bellevue St., Tucson, Ariz. The show ing and many clubs his time, talent, and finances with-
hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission and parking are out seeking glory. He can be best described as a coin
free. There will be 35 tables of dealers with U.S. and hobbyist extraordinaire and volunteer of volunteers who
world coins and paper money, tokens, medals, bullion enjoys sharing the joys of coin collecting as a means of
and numismatic supplies and stamps. Several dealers paying it forward!
will be available to buy precious metals and there will
be free on-site appraisals. Roy started collecting U.S. coins at an early age
and grew to really love and collect ancient coins as an
Visit www.tucsoncoinclub.com for more infor- advanced collector. He gave many programs to clubs on
mation. the history and lore behind numerous ancient coins from
various time periods.
California On April 13, GOCCC President David Schwager
Covina Coin Club presided over the evenings festivities. He opened his
by Dennis Rocklein, drocklein@gmail.com remarks as follows: “In auction listings, you see the
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phrase – ‘this item is new to the collecting fraternity.’ presented him by his GOCCC friends and fellow nu-
What does that term ‘FRATERNITY’ mean? It means mismatists in attendance. His eyes were filled with
a brother and sisterhood of numismatists, an extended tears of joy!
family of friends you know, respect and love for mak-
ing our coin hobby a far better place for being there!
One of these special people is our long-time friend,
Roy Iwata.”
Schwager went on to say, “Roy was the first per-
son I met at the GOCCC 2010 bourse night meeting.
Our friendship clicked immediately. We often met
weekly with other friends at the now-legendary Hun-
tington Beach Coin Exchange bid board events.”
“After that I saw Roy at every coin event, whether
a show, educational symposium, club meeting, coin
shop bid board gathering or large national show that
came to Southern California. Why? Because Roy was
and is a numismatic hobby mentor pillar of the South-
ern California community.”
Roy is mentioned often in publications such as
NASC Quarterly, CalCoin News, The Commemorative
Trail, The California Numismatist, Coin World, Ameri- Photo: Ceremony honoring Roy Iwata (center) at
can Numismatic Biographies and The Numismatist. a meeting of the Greater Orange County Coin Club.
Roy’s name appears repeatedly as treasurer of Heartland Coin Club
many local coin clubs, and the California numismatist
has been an exemplary leader and faithful behind-the- by Andrew Woodruff, editor
scenes servant of numismatics. The club celebrated its 60th anniversary in June,
Roy has received several ANA awards. He was and also announced its first coin show since the pan-
ANA Club Representative of the Year in 1996. In 2013 demic began. Details are forthcoming, but you can find
Roy was recognized by then ANA President, Walt preliminary information on the club’s website:
Ostromecki, with a special Presidential Award honor: http://www.heartlandcoinclub.com/
‘A POINT OF NUMISMATIC LIGHT’ for his years of The club also returned to regular meetings in
selfless efforts to spread the fun and joy of the numis- March at the Bostonia Recreation Center, 1049 Bosto-
matic hobby to both youth and adults. nia St., El Cajon, Calif.
This special award recognized Roy as one of the Santa Maria Coin Club
top two numismatic ambassadors and talented leader/
mentors dedicated to advancing the coin hobby in Cali- by Walt Ostromecki
fornia. It was only bestowed upon two incredibly spe- Santa Maria Coin Club President and Coin Show
cial numismatists within each of the fifty states. Chair, Linda Nash, expressed it this way: “Our one-day
Roy also was a member of the Anaheim 2016 Saturday, May 21 annual spring coin show was not a so
ANA World’s Fair of Money® Joint Host Committee, -so slumber event with small public attendance as has
consisting of reps from the NASC, Verdugo Hills Coin been the case with many recent one- or two-day club
Club, and Glendale Coin Club. He was a collector ex- shows held in Northern California which I attended.”
hibitor and volunteer in the exhibit area when he was Nash went on to say, “In fact, it was the best-ever
not volunteering at the NASC club midway booth. in our 65-plus hosted coin shows over the years. Visitor
When one thinks about the phrase ‘selfless efforts,’ attendance was over the 350 mark. Buying during the
the name Roy Iwata stands out front and center. Roy show’s seven hours of operation remained at a fever-
has never been afraid to volunteer. Volunteers who pitched pace, which made our 21 dealers smile from ear
give and give and give selflessly more than they take. -to-ear! We also sold out of five-ticket raffle prize
books before 2 p.m. That income is the club’s sole op-
Roy is one of those primary examples. He gra- erating funds for the year!”
ciously gives without the expectation of reward to the
local and national numismatic community/fraternity so A special key factor which made the May show
others can learn, develop lifelong friendships, and grow even more successful was the Firsthand Coin Experi-
numismatically. ence Zone, an education outreach for beginners, youth/
families and adults. This free appraisal-learning adven-
Roy received a standing ovation from the crowd ture booth was graciously funded and hosted by Walt
gathered to honor him. He was humbled by the special Ostromecki, ANA past president, numismatic educa-
recognition and certificate of deep respect and honor tion instructor and California District Rep.
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Fifty-nine youngsters and families participated in was July 17 at the Moose Lodge. Our show in October
the various fun activities which earned them numerous will be a two-day show at the Citrus County National
U.S. coins and paper money. The kids’ overall favorite Guard Armory, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28-29.
was the ‘penny search’ activity which helped them
build a starter Lincoln cent collection. The club meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at
the Moose Lodge, 1855 S. Suncoast Blvd. (Hwy. 19),
The SMCC provided the Whitman Lincoln Cent, Homosassa, Fla. Regular club meetings will continue at
Part I: 1909-1940 ‘blue books’ (folders). The kids this location despite moving the coin shows.
searched through a giant pile of Lincoln cents and
picked out 25 one-cent coins by date and mintmark, Clearwater Coin Club
which they then placed into their Lincoln cent folder. Meetings of the Clearwater Coin Club Inc. are held
Big smiles on their faces said it all. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 407 S. Saturn Ave.,
Also, three Scouts completed the requirements for Clearwater, Fla., on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the
the BSA Coin Collecting Merit Badge, which Dr. Walt month. Doors open at 6 p.m. and meetings begin at 7
signed them off on as a Merit Badge Counselor. p.m. The club was established in 1939.
What contributed to the large youth and non- Website: clearwatercoinclub.50megs.com.
collector attendance at the show? A Q-R online code Tallahassee Coin Club
for a free coin souvenir which Walt provided in his Regular club meetings are held on the 2nd
show publicity to the public in and around Santa Maria, Wednesday of every month at the Leroy Collins Main
Calif. When scanned, the code showed the show souve- Library, #200 W Park Ave, Tallahassee, Fla., in the
nir which contained the SMCC meeting information second floor Henderson room, from 6 to 8 p.m.
along with two quarters: a 2021-P Tuskegee Airmen
Quarter and a 2022-P Dr. Sally Ride Quarter. From June onwards, Mr. James Garcia will take
over the club responsibilities. He has several things in
The next SMCC show is slated for Oct. 29. For mind to implement to make club activities more fun.
more club or show information contact Linda Nash at: To start with he brought 1943-D steel cents for show-
jlnash@verizon.net, or call (805) 937-1250. and-tell and grading. Club members were requested to
bring their loupe, and could select the 30 best coins for
next year’s coin show souvenir slabs.
Website: http://tallahasseecoinclub.blogspot.com/.

Georgia
Georgia Numismatic Association
The 58th GNA Coin Show was held in Dalton, Ga.,
Apr. 8-10. Over 1,600 people attended this 400-plus
dealer show. The ANA had a membership table at the
show and signed up new ANA members, gave out in-
formation to the public and answered questions from
some ANA members.

Photo: YN and mother enjoying the penny search

activity at the SMCC May coin show.

Florida
Citrus County Coin Club
by Bruce Schneider, sparky3bear1950@aol.com
The club and I thank the ANA for doing such a
good job promoting clubs, shows and the hobby!
At our meeting in May we welcomed speaker To-
ny Swicer, vice president of FUN. He gave a talk on
“So Called Dollars,” and received a certificate of ap-
preciation from the club.
Photo: ANA Governor Mary Lynn Garrett and
We had 26 members present, a raffle and an auc- ANA District Rep Richard Jozefiak at the ANA mem-
tion. There was also a donation of books to the club, bership table at the 58th GNA Coin Show.
which we sold by auction. Our last show of the summer

If you would like more Florida and regional news, please subscribe to Tony Swicer’s regional newsletter
by emailing Tony at swicer@comcast.net.
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Mountain Coin Club Michigan

by Richard Jozefiak, ANA District Rep Huron Valley Numismatic Society
The Mountain Coin Club (MCC) meets in by Al Raddi
Blairsville, Ga. The May 10 meeting was the club’s
annual picnic. The club provided the food and drinks, Isaiah Hageman gave a presentation entitled
and members brought desserts. The event was held “Detection of Counterfeit Slabs” at the May meeting of
indoors at the North Georgia Technical College. the Huron Valley Numismatic Society (HVNS) in
Highland, Mich. He updated and expanded on his ANA
Learning Academy winter 2020/2021 class by the same
name and circulated examples of counterfeit slabs for
members to examine.
At the June HVNS meeting, club members Chuck
Sharpe and Jim Motley gave a presentation entitled
“Numismatic Challenge: Good or Bad?” in which
members examined 25 genuine, altered and counterfeit
coins and were challenged to tell them apart. And in
July we had our annual picnic for members and their
families.

Photo: MCC Members at club picnic. Photo by

Richard Jozefiak.

Illinois
Elgin Coin Club
by Howard Curtis, club president
The Elgin Coin Club will hold its next coin show Photo: Jim Motley (left) and Chuck Sharpe
on Sunday, Oct. 30 at the Holiday Inn, 495 Airport Rd., (right) differing on a coin.
Elgin, Ill. There will be more than 50 tables with a Website: http://hvns.org/.
wide variety of vendors, raffle prizes, kids auction and
door prizes. New Hampshire
Information:
Nashua Coin Club
http://www.coinzip.com/elgin-coin-club-coin- by Kevin Winn, secretary-treasurer
show.
Greetings from the Nashua Coin Club in Nashua,
Indiana New Hampshire.
The April meeting was held at the library and via
Wabash Valley Coin Club
Zoom. We had a total of 20 attendees between the two
When I dream about the moonlight on the venues. In new business, we talked about entering the
Wabash … How I long for my Indiana home! ANA Club Trivia Challenge and working on the an-
(Yes, your editor is also a race fan!) swers to be reviewed at the May meeting.

The club will have its August Coin & Currency Our ‘Coin of the Month’ for April was anything
Show on Aug. 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Vigo Canadian, and we saw quite a few coins, medals, and
County Fairgrounds, 3901 South U.S. Hwy 41, Terre notes from our neighbors to the north. Everyone pre-
Haute, Ind. Admission is free to the public. sent had something Canadian and we got to see all de-
nominations from small cents to $250 commemoratives
For more information, including bourse fees, con- shaped like a train! Canada is always an interesting
tact Marvin Mericle, email membam17@gmail.com, subject due to the tremendous amount of circulating
phone 812-898-1260. and commemorative coins that they mint.
Show-and-tell is always filled with interesting
items and April was no exception. One of the high-
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lights was the 2022 U.S. Proof Set which had recently Our ‘Coin of the Month’ for May was bimetallic
been released. The 2022 quarters offer a redesign of items or numismatic pieces with at least two distinct
Washington’s portrait on the obverse with Laura Gar- metals. We passed around many examples from all
din Fraser’s stunning design of George Washington left over the world with two metals such as a few recent
over from the 1932 competition which she “lost” to Canadian ‘toonies’ honoring the 75th anniversary of the
John Flanagan. The reverse of the new quarters kicks end of WWII and the 100th anniversary of the discovery
off another series of coins which will be issued about of insulin. Almost everyone in attendance had some-
one every ten weeks or five per year. This series will thing to say or show regarding this popular subject. The
honor American women, and the set begins with a show-and-tell portion of the night was filled with re-
beautiful design of poet Maya Angelou. cent acquisitions bought by our members and guests.
In June our ‘Coin of the Month’ was any numis-
matic item with two or more effigies (people’s like-
Images of 2022 quar- nesses) on the obverse. It was a great topic as almost
ter and quarters proof everyone had something to contribute. We saw coins
set courtesy of U.S. with multiple images from Russia, Canada, Mexico, as
Mint (usmint.gov). well as U.S. commemoratives, New Hampshire town
medals, political and personal medals and even fantasy
money from the Hutt River Province in Australia.
We set up a table at the Manchester Coin and Cur-
rency Expo held April 15-16. Nashua Coin Club mem-
bers spent the two days talking to anyone who stopped
by. We had our elongating machine set up and in oper-
ation so folks (and especially kids) could make a sou-
venir rolled coin for free. We got a wonderful list of
prospective new members to communicate with about
the club and we have already signed up one new mem-
ber from the list.
Our wonderful newsletter, The Nashua Numisma-
tist, edited by the amazing Judy Blackman, continues to
exceed 20 pages in length on a monthly basis and con-
tains many fascinating stories, articles, lists, interviews,
Our May meeting was also live at the library and and other tidbits about the hobby. We have entered our
online via Zoom and we had 26 members and guests in 2021 issues into two club publication contests this year.
attendance. In new business we talked about paying our One from the American Numismatic Association and
annual membership to the ANA by use of booster the other from the Numismatic Literary Guild.
bucks earned by having members of the Nashua Coin Speaking of our editor, Judy Blackman, she has
Club who are also members of the ANA. By sending been conducting and publishing interviews about all of
15 ANA membership numbers we save the entire $75 our club members for over a year—one or two mem-
dues payment. bers per issue. So, since the April ‘Coin of the Month’
We also voted to have our annual awards banquet was anything Canadian, and Judy is from Ontario, we
at Fratello’s Italian Grille in Manchester, N.H., for the decided to turn the tables and interview her for the
third straight year. And we talked about upcoming April newsletter. She very graciously responded with
numismatic trips (some now completed) planned by many great facts about her busy life and the assistant
various members to the ANA Summer Seminar in Col- editors put together a five-page special edition supple-
orado in June, the RCNA Convention in July, the ANA ment all about her. The supplement went out via email
World’s Fair of Money® in Chicago in August and the along with the April issue of The Nashua Numismatist.
ONA Convention near Toronto in September. Our upcoming ‘Coin of the Month’ topics have
Photo: Richard been selected for the remainder of the year:
Marais, Fred Liber- July – Error coins from any country
atore, Stanley Chu,
Kevin Winn and August – Coin souvenirs – encased coins, resin
Ray Dionne (L-R) coin collectibles, good for tokens, etc.
at ANA Summer September – Memorial medals and coins (any
Seminar. All are country/any century)
members of the November – Occupation circulation money (any
Nashua Coin Club century, any war); not military payments
and the ANA. Photo
by an unknown There are no coins of the month in October
passerby with Kev- (awards banquet) or December (white elephant auc-
in’s phone. tion).
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If anyone would like to join us on Zoom on the On Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. fifteen youngsters
2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, attended the youth auction along with several parents.
please contact Kevin Winn via email at Youngsters were given $15 in auction bucks to bid on
kevinrivier@comcast.net and he will forward you the the nearly 60 items up for bid. By the end of the hour
Zoom details. budding new young collectors claimed an average of
four coin/currency items in the auction.
Pennsylvania Following the auction, the kids moved on to the
bourse floor with many participating in the ‘World
Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN) Currency Country Match’ and built a nice beginner
The recent PAN Spring Coin Show, held May 19- collection of foreign currency. Seven of the youngsters
21 in Monroeville, Pa., featured a very extensive series joined the ANA as a result of a special one-year digital
of educational programs as part of the Civil War Show- membership at $5.
case. The Showcase included displays, coins and cur- Plans for the club’s 59th annual coin show in early
rency from the Civil War era, artifacts, books and liter- 2023 are already in the works. To learn more about the
ature, a dedicated lecture area, etc. Also included was a club, its medal series, meeting information, etc., please
series of talks on “The Garden of Gold” by S.S. Central contact Jason Elwell at jasonx_628@hotmail.com.
America shipwreck co-discoverer Bob Evans.
Website: https://pancoins.org.

Texas
International Coin Club of El Paso
by Walt Ostromecki
Also see the club president’s coin show report in
the 2nd Quarter edition of MintMark.
The El Paso coin show was extremely busy and
packed with youth and educational activities.
More than 650 collectors and visitors—including a
number visiting from Juarez, Mexico, attended the 58th
annual coin show of the International Coin Club of El
Paso, Texas, held Feb. 24-27.
Club president and show chair, Jason Elwell, com-
mented, “Attendance and collector buying at the show
was totally awesome! Visitors and collectors alike
spent ‘mucho bucks’ on all sorts of collector U.S. and
foreign coins and silver bullion pieces as if there was
no tomorrow. Our 60-plus dealers were truly over-
whelmed and amazed by the frenzied buying coin sales
pace on the floor.”
Elwell noted, “many a bourse table saw four to
five people deep looking over and waiting to see dealer
inventories on all three days. Who could have predicted
something like this after an 18-month shutdown and Photo: Youth activity table at the El Paso coin
stay-at-home national COVID pandemic? Yes, the club show where youngsters got hands-on involvement in
made a nice income profit from selling their special learning about money. Walt Ostromecki at right.
GRAF Zeppelin LZ-127 medals made in various met-
als. We also signed up 22 new adult members and nine
youth and families to boot!”
Washington and Oregon
Elwell went on to say, “we were once again fortu- Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
nate to have our youth, family and adult education out- by Eric Holcomb, editor/webmaster
reach activities handled by ANA Past President and
Numismatic Educator, Walt Ostromecki. He put on a The PNNA fall coin show is scheduled for Oct. 7-9
ten-stop treasure hunt for the youngsters, passed out a in Tukwila, Wash. See https://www.pnna.org/wp/
flyer to each of the 55 kids about the ANA’s free events/fall/ for details. The PNNA will be publishing a
‘Coins for A’s’ program, provided free coin evalua- special edition of The Nor’wester for this show.
tions, and passed out flyers about coin hobby infor- The Portland fall coin show run by the Willamette
mation and outreach programs offered by the ANA.” Coin Club is Nov. 12-13 in Clackamas, Ore.
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Specialty Clubs or Groups International Organization of Wooden Money

Collectors
The Elongated Collectors (TEC)
by Bob Gabriel, IOWMC vice president
by Robert F. Fritsch, bobfritsch@earthlink.net,
ph. (603) 533-8662 The International Organization of Wooden Money
Collectors (IOWMC), founded July 1964, is in its 58th
TEC Is ready for Rosemont! year and is one of only three wooden money clubs still
The Elongated Collectors (TEC) are making final active in the United States. The club’s June newsletter
preparations for the ANA World’s Fair of Money® in Bunyan’s Chips contains articles highlighting official
Rosemont in August. The designs for the ANA and wood issues from Basehor, Kansas; Pahrump, Nevada;
TEC coins (shown below), plus the TEC badges, have Crofton, Kentucky and Freemont, California.
been finalized, engraved, and rolled. Six coin sets have Monthly issues contain a president’s message, edi-
been assembled and are available for pre-order at tor’s report and member advertisements relating to buy-
the TEC Store (https://tecnews.org/product-category/ ing, selling and trading wooden money. There is also a
presale/), plus they will be offered at the show. A plain monthly mail bid auction run by the club for its mem-
and an enameled TEC badge have been made. bers. These mail bids allow members to purchase
wooden money at greatly reduced prices in an effort to
keep the world of wooden money alive.
Each month’s newsletter is also jam-packed with
articles about wooden nickels. For information, visit
the club’s website, http://www.woodenmoney.org, for
membership information or contact 2nd Vice President
We have been assigned booth 1847 on the far right Robert Gabriel at bgabrielone@yahoo.com for a sam-
side of the bourse, close to the Museum Showcase. ple newsletter.
Everybody visiting us will receive free examples of the
TEC and ANA coins and all are invited to “roll your Liberty Seated Collectors Club
own” on our machines. by Paul Kluth, E-Gobrecht editor and publisher
Our annual meeting is on Friday, Aug. 19, in E-Gobrecht is a complimentary, subscriber-based,
Room 23. The board meeting is at 8 a.m. followed by monthly electronic publication of the Liberty Seated
the general meeting at 9 a.m. Everyone is invited. Once Collectors Club.
the business portion is concluded, we will roll into the
auction which normally takes a few hours. A vast array Information:
of elongated coins and other items have been assem- PO Box 275, New Windsor, MD 21776-0275
bled and there should be something for everyone. Un-
Email: e-gobrecht@msn.com
sold lots will go into the online auction this fall.
Website: www.lsccweb.org
On a more somber note, we mourn the passing of
longtime member and past president Nancy Wooten. Editor’s Networking Group
She has been a mainstay of our club and she is sorely For about a year, there has been a small group of
missed. Our condolences go out to her family. newsletter editors from various coin clubs across the
TEC is the funnest club in numismatics. Check us country who have shared published monthly newslet-
out on Facebook or at our website, http://tecnews.org/. ters, along with ideas and tips for improving the prod-
Come join us; we look forward to seeing you at the uct. This will benefit club members while improving
World’s Fair of Money® in August. the editors’ skill sets with the publishing tools at hand.
CONECA It is also a way to share news and educational arti-
cles, which might only get published locally, but are
The error collectors organization CONECA will be
worthy of a larger audience for those authors.
at Table 525 at the ANA World’s Fair of Money®.
This all started because Phil Vitale, president of
Visitors will be able to have a few of their error
the Albuquerque Coin Club and editor of its monthly
coins examined and receive opinions from CONECA
club newsletter Pocket Change, presented a class for
members. They will also be able to join CONECA at
the ANA Educational Forums on the serious topic of
the table on site.
improving club newsletters. Pocket Change also won
We will have a dinner banquet for 24 of our mem- “Best Club Publication” in the annual ANA literary
bers at Gibson’s Steak House. Members wanting to go awards before the pandemic.
to the banquet should contact CONECA at the contact
If you are interested, contact Phil Vitale at
page, conecaonline.org/contact-us/.
moneyman75x@outlook.com or Paul Kluth at
Lastly we will hold our annual membership meet- e-gobrecht@msn.com.
ing on Saturday Aug. 20 at 9 a.m. in room 11.
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International The Regina Coin Club Fall Show & Sale takes
place Oct. 15-16, at the Canadian Italian Club, 2148
Regina Coin Club (Canada) Connaught Street in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Regina Coin Club celebrates Queen Elizabeth’s George Manz is president of the Regina Coin Club
Platinum Jubilee and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Associ-
by George Manz, FRCNA ation.
The Regina Coin Club is celebrating Queen Eliza-
beth II’s Platinum Jubilee at its fall coin show.
Seventy years ago, Princess Elizabeth was in Ken-
ya when her father, King George VI, died. She returned
to England as Queen. Her coronation on June 2, 1953
took place at Westminster Abbey, the first televised
coronation in history.
Over the ensuing decades, Queen Elizabeth has
traveled across the globe, no more so than to Canada,
which she has officially visited more than any other
Commonwealth nation.
To help celebrate the event, the Regina Coin Club
will host a large display of coins, medals, stamps, pho-
tographs, and other mementos. Photo: Bank of Canada 1935 $20 note depicting
Included will be three different Bank of Canada Princess Elizabeth at age eight.
1935 $20 notes that depict Princess Elizabeth when she
was just eight years old. While $20 may not seem like
much money in today’s economy, in 1935, during the
height of the Great Depression, $20 must have seemed
like $1,000 is today.
The notes on display include an English-language
Small Seal and an English-language Large Seal. The
Large Seal is the scarcer of the two notes with only
approximately 200,000 of them issued, compared to the
820,700 issued for the Small Seal. The $20 issued in
French had a printing of 202,500.
The 1935 series of notes were the first and only
notes issued that were unilingual. They were also the
Photo: British 1953 2½ pence coronation postage
first of the new small size notes, measuring six inches
stamp.
by 2 7/8 inches. The small size notes saved both paper
and ink and replaced the old large size ‘Horse Blanket’
notes.
One of the many coins on display will be a British
1953 Five Shillings Crown that depicts the Queen on
horseback at the Trooping of the Colour. This design
harkened back to the design used for Edward VI in
1552 which was the first to show a British monarch on
horseback. The edge inscription “Faith and Truth I Will
Bear Unto You,” was the coronation oath that formed
part of the ceremony.
Among the many stamps on display will be the
British 1953 2 ½ pence coronation postage stamp. This
stamp would have been seen by most people in Britain
as it was the rate for inland letters.
But not all the coins, stamps, bank notes and pho-
tographs will be that old. The displays will include the
many special issues that help celebrate the Queen’s life Photo: 1953 British coronation crown depicting
including her 25th Wedding and Silver Jubilee, all the the Queen on horseback.
way to her 70th Jubilee.
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Mission statement: The ANA Representative
Program “is to work directly with collectors and National Coordinator Message 1
clubs to promote and expand the numismatic
experience through the services and programs ANA News, Messages and Ads 2-3
offered by the Association.” News From Around the Country 4-9
ANA Club Representative Staff Contact: Specialty and International Clubs 10-11
Sheila Fortenberry
Club Communications Coordinator Mission Statement / MintMark Information 12
Email: clubrep@money.org
Editor’s Message / ANA Message 12
Phone: (719) 482-9848
National Outreach Programs Coordinator: Editor’s Message by Eric Holcomb
Stanley Chu
Email: chu@money.org Thank you for the submissions received.
MintMark Editor: We have another great issue of MintMark.
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Bend, OR 97701-3889 the message from our new national coordinator.
Email: Eric@Holcomb.com Unfortunately I will be going one more year
Phone: (541) 647-1021 without attending the World’s Fair of Money®, but I
Deadline for submission of material for 4th hope to return to my regional show this fall and at
Quarter 2022 MintMark: October 2, 2022. least one of the ANA shows next year.
Quarterly reports are due October 15, 2022. The next (4th quarter 2022) edition of MintMark
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Planning Schedules Renewing is Easy!
2022 ANA District Representatives Publications If you find that your ANA membership is ex-
Planning Schedule piring soon, it can easily be renewed online! Here’s
how:
The deadline for submission of material for each 1. Log in to ANA account at money.org
quarterly edition of MintMark is currently the 2nd day of
the first month of the quarter, e.g., Jan. 2, Apr. 2, Jul. 2 2. Hover over “My Account” on the navigation
and Oct. 2. bar
3. Select “My Profile” – If your membership is
2022 ANA District Representatives Event Plan-
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ning Schedule
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In-person District Rep (and Club Rep) meetings are 4. Select “Renew Dues” button
scheduled (or were held) as follows:
5. Select “Pay Now” to input your payment
 In January at FUN show in Orlando, Fla. (complete) information online and renew your membership.
 In March at the National Money Show® in Colorado If you would like to renew for a different term
Springs (complete) amount or change your membership type, call the
membership department at (800) 514-2646.
 In June at the Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs
(complete) American Numismatic Association
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 Friday, Aug. 19, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the World’s Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3279
Fair of Money® in Chicago (Rosemont), Ill. Also 1-800-367-9723
see Stanley Chu’s message on page 2. www.money.org, clubrep@money.org
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