Page 2 4th Quarter 2014 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: PNNA Welcome to Portland 3 PNNA President’s Message 6 Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association Coin Show and Event Calendar 7 Eric Holcomb, Editor/Webmaster Memorial to Ted McCann 10 1900 NE 3rd St STE 106 PMB 361 Dollar Coins North and South 11 Bend, OR 97701-3889 ANA Summer Seminar Reports 14-15 Phone: 541-647-1021 Email: [email protected] PNNA Officers 2014-2016 President - Danny Bisgaard Vice President - James Reinders We’re on the Web! Secretary - John Brown Treasurer - Scott Loos www.pnna.org Directors - Lisa Loos (Past President), Kevin Charboneau, Gawain O’Connor, Ron Engholm, Ed Fischer, James D. Free, Mark Gruner, Tony Kalt, Dennis Reed, Rick Schulz, Dan Vornbrock. The Nor’wester is published quarterly by the Appointed Positions Pacific Northwest Numismatic Dealer-Director - vacant Association Editor/Webmaster - Eric Holcomb PNNA is an IRS 501 c(3) non-profit educational Deadline for submission of material for 1st Quarter association registered in the State of Oregon. 2015 Nor’wester: December 15, 2014. For membership information please see page 6, Please send ad copy to Eric Holcomb (email Eric the PNNA website, or attend the convention. @Holcomb.com), and payment to the PNNA treasurer. Advertising rates (per regular/convention issue) are: $4.00/$5.00 (1 column inch; no oversized text) American Numismatic $7.50/$10.00 (1/8-page; business card) Association Member $10.00/$12.50 (1/6-page) C-1000037 (old ANA $15.00/$18.00 (1/4-page) Life Club #37) $25.00/$30.00 (1/2-page) $45.00/$50.00 (full page) Color pages, where available, may be a higher rate. Web advertising rates (per year on www.pnna.org): PNNA Dues 1-line web site listing — Free to members $10.00 (sponsor page ad; business card size) PNNA dues are assessed annually in January. If you have not yet paid for 2015, you will receive a reminder next year, how- ever you are encouraged to pay early. Individual online-only Printed in Snohomish, WA using local dues are $10; family groups and clubs are $15. Life member- paper products. When you are finished ship costs $200. Add $5/year for paper. For more information with this magazine, please recycle it! please see http://www.pnna.org/info/membership.html. The Nor’wester Page 3 Welcome to Portland! ANACS (grading service) will be at the show, with a bourse table. According to the ANACS website by General Chairman Larry Gaye (www.anacs.com), they will be accepting submis- Well here we are again, the 10th Annual Willamette- sions, but there will not be a grader present. See PNNA coin show is on track to open to the public, Oct. 11 their back-cover ad for show special information! -12. This has been a very successful show in the North- west thanks to the hard work of Scott and Lisa Loos as Portlandia medals for the ANA March 2015 Portland well as the entire Willamette Coin Club. show will be on sale, or you can see the PNNA web- site to order online or print an order form. The show will open to dealers on Friday, Oct. 10 in the afternoon. Early Birders will also be allowed to enter There will once again be souvenir elongated coins when the dealers enter and may pick up their Early Bird with a new design, and you can make your own with Pass on Friday, which will cover the entire weekend. the PNNA’s “penny press.” Setup and Early Bird entry will continue on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. Many thanks again to the Willamette Coin Club for hosting the show. See their club website at: We hope to see all PNNA and Willamette Coin Club http://www.pdxcoinclub.org/. members there to welcome their fellow collectors. Dealer/exhibitor set up: Exhibits at the 2014-2015 Friday, October 10, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Conventions Saturday, October 11, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. by Eric Holcomb, PNNA Chief Judge Public entry: Now is the time to build your collector exhibits for next Saturday, October 11, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. spring’s ANA National Money Show in Portland and Sunday, October 12, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. PNNA convention in Seattle (Tukwila). In addition to this fall in Portland, there are also opportunities to show Additional Show Information exhibits at the Everett show (November) and the Boeing show (January); use these shows as proving grounds for The show location is the DoubleTree Lloyd Center, your entries. Don’t forget that the best exhibitor at the 1000 NE Multnomah Street, Portland, Oregon, just a PNNA spring convention earns $200 toward the expense short walk from the Lloyd Center shopping areas. of taking the winning exhibit to the ANA summer con- It’s too late for the group rates at the DoubleTree vention in the same year. (The ANA will be in Chicago Lloyd Center, but there are other hotels within a rea- again in 2015.) sonable distance, and other rates may be available. Note: PNNA exhibitors are requested to complete the simplified one-page exhibit application in advance. For See the PNNA website for a list of dealers. additional information about collector exhibits at the Admission is only $2.00 per day, and you might win PNNA conventions, including the exhibit applications, something in the hourly door prize drawings. rules and judging criteria, please see the PNNA webpage at http://www.pnna.org/exhibits/exhibits.html. There will be a YN treasure hunt on Saturday and Sunday. This program is hosted by the PNNA and by PNNA Board Meeting Minutes participating local coin clubs. Minutes from past PNNA board meetings, including the Please bring your collector exhibits even if you didn’t summer meeting in July, are available on the website contact the PNNA/WCC in advance (however, cases (http://www.pnna.org/minutes/board.html), or PNNA may be limited). PNNA chief judge Eric Holcomb members may request copies of the minutes via the will be available to consult, and there will be judged PNNA’s information email, [email protected], or by writing exhibit awards. Also see the article at right. to the address listed on page 2. Page 4 4th Quarter 2014 Report by PNNA Fair coordina- pressed pennies handed out. This tor Rick Schulz — So far the year the Fair has its own penny weather and turnout have been press (photo below at right) with good. The birth year penny four different dies! search and foreign coins are a hit with kids of all ages. Some Photos courtesy of Kevin Char- “Wheaties” were added for older boneau (PNNA display at top) kids! The penny press with the and Don Tjossem. The people in new Washington State Fair de- the photos below are Rick Schulz sign is also a hit. The Fair man- and elongated collector Becky agement must have paid atten- Alexander. tion last year to the number of Member: ANA Life Member, PNNA, ANS, CTCC Always buying better Ancient, Medieval, and World Coinage Come see us in Portland — Tables #2 and 3 Scott & Lisa Loos P.O. Box 2210 North Bend, WA 98045 425-831-8789 [email protected] 10.14 Portland Ad_Layout 1 9/12/14 2:26 PM Page 2 SHOW EY SM ON M L A N D O N I MARCH 5-7, A T 2015 A L N T A R N A O P © OREGON CONVENTION CENTER Start making plans today to attend! AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION NATIONAL MONEY SHOWSM MARCH 5 – 7 • Thursday-Friday, 10 AM – 5:30 PM • Saturday, 10 AM – 4 PM Early Entry for ANA members — 9:30 AM Friday Official National Money Show Auction Company & Saturday • PLUS ANA members enjoy FREE admission to the show! Official Grading & Conservation Companies of the ANA 500 Dealers ANA Museum Showcase Rarities Collector Exhibits Club Meetings & Kids Zone Educational Programs www.NationalMoneyShow.com Page 6 4th Quarter 2014 PNNA News PNNA President’s Message newsletter if you are willing to serve as an ambassador or know folks that can serve as pages. Also see the ad on page 5. by Danny Bisgaard Also, the PNNA turns 75 in 2015, and your board has been Hopefully, some of you got to attend the ANA summer seminar working on new logo designs (see cover) and a commemorative in Colorado Springs. The PNNA scholarship winners have writ- medal. If you have any ideas for the celebration in May 2015, ten articles about their experiences in this quarter’s newsletter. contact a board member. One of the great benefits of being a PNNA member is your membership allows for you to apply for the annual scholarship Projected Board Meetings dates and locations: to the ANA summer seminar. October 11, 2014 – Portland PNNA/WCC Convention – 6 p.m. Other members had a chance to attend the ANA show in Chi- January 17, 2015 – Boeing Show at Kent Commons – 6 p.m. cago. A lot of activity was witnessed as the throngs of attendees May 2, 2015 Tukwila Annual Convention – Tukwila Commu- stood in line for the U.S. Mint release of the first gold Kennedy nity Center – 7 a.m. Board/6 p.m. Membership. Half. 2015 Summer Meeting - Date and location TBD. By the time you get this newsletter, the Puyallup Fair will be over. A great big thank you to Rick Schulz for organizing all the Have a great “numismatic” fall – consider attending the 10th volunteers to staff the shifts and to all the volunteers who took annual PNNA/WCC Fall Convention in Portland, Ore.