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My Experiences As a Coin and Currency Appraiser Bill Febuary Numismatic Summer 2015 California State Association of V. 12, No. 2 Numismatic Southern California $9.95 Association The California Numismatist The California Numismatist Offi cial Publication of the California State Numismatic Association and the Numismatic Association of Southern California Summer 2015, Volume 12, Number 2 About the Cover The California Numismatist Staff Hankerin’ for some time in the Editor Greg Burns saddle? Yearning for the outdoor life? P.O. Box 1181 Gitch’yer peepers over to page 32 Claremont, CA 91711 and read up on Merle Avila’s tales of [email protected] the Sonoma County Trail Blazers and Club Virginia Bourke some of their like-minded podners Reports 10601 Vista Camino in other parts of our Golden State. It South Lakeside, CA 92040 turns out that horse-folks in the state [email protected] have produced tokens commemorat- ing their organizations and events, Club Sally Johnson and Merle shares a few of his pieces Reports PO Box 10416 with us from Santa Barbara, San Luis North San Jose, CA 95157-1416 Obispo, and Sonoma. [email protected] Advertising Roy Iwata c/o CSNA P.O. Box 2449 Seal Beach, CA 90740-1449 Visit Us on the Web [email protected] The California Numismatist has a Web site at www.CalNumismatist.com. You can fi nd the offi cial scoop there in between issues. Also, both CSNA and NASC main- tain their own Web sites at: www.Calcoin.org www.NASC.net 2 The California Numismatist • Summer 2015 Contents Articles Sometimes the Imperfect is Just Perfect Mark Benvenuto ............................................................................................. 10 An Ounce of This, an Ounce of That Don Hill ......................................................................................................... 14 My Experiences as a Coin and Currency Appraiser Bill Febuary ................................................................................................... 16 Collecting from A-to-Z: 26 Collectibles that Span US Coinage Jim Wells ........................................................................................................ 20 Columns Presidents’ Messages Phil Iversen and Howard Feltham ................................................4 Editor’s Page Greg Burns ................................................................................................ 6 It Makes Cents Dr. Sol Taylor ........................................................................................ 30 California Token Spotlight Merle Avila ......................................................................... 32 The Emerging Hobbyist Michael S. Turrini................................................................... 38 Numismatic Luminary Jim Hunt ................................................................................... 40 ANA Report Jim Hunt ................................................................................................... 43 Association Reports Corresponding Secretaries’ Reports ................................................................................. 8 Association News Items and Events (starting on page) ................................................. 48 Goings On ...................................................................................................................... 56 Around the State ............................................................................................................ 62 Everything Else CSNA Membership Application .................................................................................... 31 We Get Letters ............................................................................................................... 60 Directory of Member Clubs ........................................................................................... 70 NASC Membership Application ................................................................................... 73 Calendar of Events ......................................................................................................... 74 Advertisers Index ........................................................................................................... 75 Offi cers, Boards, and Chairs .......................................................................................... 76 Writing for The California Numismatist ........................................................................ 78 Numismatic Nostalgia .................................................................................................... 79 The California Numismatist • Summer 2015 3 Presidents’ Messages NASC... For over thirty years I have been able to attend most of the ANA’s an- nual summer conventions held in the states of Washington, Oregon, Colo- rado plus here in California. Each one of these events have been different, but just as exciting and thrilling. Once again the ANA is coming back here to Southern California in August 2016 and it will be a great time for all collectors to attend and enjoy plus participate in. It’s always nice to meet the many dealers, attend the many group meetings and events, try your hand at exhibiting and possibly fi nd something you have been looking to add to your collection. The NASC, along with the Long Beach Coin Club, will be the co-sponsoring hosts and it will be a great time for each club to shine and recruit much-needed new members. Walter Ostromecki, who will be serving as the General Chairman, has appointed a number of people to work in various capacities during the event. I hope that you will volunteer some of your time, too, to help out in any capacity needed and maybe the ANA will want to come back to California more often in the future. In addition, the Golden State Coin Show is only a few months away and fi nal plans are near completion. Again this year there will a drawing for 35 gold coins, numerous exhibits, plus a Boy Scout Merit Badge Clinic. There is much going on in our hobby so please support the ANA and NASC! PhPPhilil IveIversenrs NASC President 4 The California Numismatist • Summer 2015 CSNA... The CSNA supports and promotes various numismatic education pro- grams and activities and now has an anonymous donor who is matching dollar for dollar up to $5,000 for fi scal year 2015 and again for 2016 which equates to a possible total of $10,000 per year. We invite CSNA members and other supporters to join us in making an investment in the future of numismatics. The donations are strictly monitored by our CSNA Executive Board and specifi ed by the donor to be used for the support and promotion of numismatic education programs and activities. These programs can include the CSNA library, symposia and semi- nars, youth numismatics, an enhanced presence on the internet (website and Facebook development), and continuance of the print edition of TCN, and any other related educational activities. This matching fund program is not only a gift to CSNA but to all of those reading this publication; it will give us more latitude to promote numismatics within the boundaries of California and I am asking you to join in by donat- ing funds as little as a dollar or the sky is the limit. We have taken in more than $1,000 since March of this year which currently equates to more than $2,000. CSNA is now also working on our website which is our front window to those who wander the Internet, and we have posted our new updated bylaws, and we are also working on a new policy and procedures document which was outdated and in need of revamping; when completed it will also be posted on our website. We are turning a new corner and even offering Paypal for those who wish to pay their dues and CSNA future offerings online. Lastly, I want to say we are now working on offering more value for your membership, and to also say we want to reach out to California clubs who are in need of help for speakers and ideas to promote their club and bring in member- ship which they dearly need. So I say not only help promote CSNA but your local coin clubs. HowardHowar Feltham CSNA President The California Numismatist • Summer 2015 5 Editor’s Page This quarter’s issue turned out far more pleasant for me than I envisioned ten days ago. On that day I acciden- tally dumped a pot of boiling water on my right hand and spent much of the evening in the emergency room. For the next four days I bemoaned the fact I could only type left-handed (and therefore extremely slowly), and I was in the throes of escalating anxiety considering the looming deadline to get our fi nished TCN to the printer. Lucky me, when the bandages were removed a few days thereafter my hand was nimble and ready to rock on the keyboard (though a little blistery), and after protracted sessions over the past few days I’m looking at the fi nal few hours of effort till I can close the books on this issue and consider it done. Jim Wells has cooked up another one of his wonderful glimpses into numis- matics, this time on a novel alphabetical collection theme. Don Hill submitted a short but interesting look at how we weigh precious metals. Perennial favorite Bill Febuary shares his experience as an appraiser (how often have you thought of the various odd ways you could make a modest income with your hobby?), and Mark Benvenuto reminds us that sometimes perfection isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Plus, our columnists have some great material for us, too. We’re lucky to have these folks sharing their perspectives on our hobby with us. Please do pass along your appreciation to them if you ever get the lucky oppor- tunity
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