Michael Labosier, Secretary The NOR’WESTER e-mail Published Quarterly by the Pacific [email protected] Northwest Numismatic Association PNNA online dues are: PNNA is a non-profit corporation registered in the Individual — $10.00/year State of Oregon. Individual Life — $200.00 Family/Club — $15.00/year http://www.pnna.org Add $5.00/year to most dues for paper copies. Fourth Quarter 2013 October-November-December President’s Message As the Board gets ready to meet this fall, we continue by PNNA President Danny Bisgaard to need the memberships’ help. Contact Ed Fischer about the redesign of the PNNA logo and medal designs for the Please continue to support your local coin clubs and th upcoming 75 PNNA anniversary in 2015. In addition, coin shows. They are the lifeblood of the hobby and your Ed is chairing the medal design committee for the ANA expertise continues to motivate the YNs that are thirsty convention (National Money Show) in Portland, March 3- for your knowledge. 7, 2015. His email address is [email protected]. Speaking of support, consider contacting your Con- Please contact me ([email protected]) if you are gressional delegation in supporting the World War I willing to serve on the various committees that are American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin needed to make this show a success. Act. The Act will pay tribute to the end of World War I Please consider serving on the PNNA Board; new and require the minting of 350,000 silver dollars in the elections will be held in 2014. year 2018, which marks the 100th anniversary of the sign- ing of the armistice with Germany that ended the war. Speaking of Northwest honors, the ANA made awards to the following members of the PNNA at the By the time you get this newsletter the Puyallup Fair ANA anniversary convention in Chicago this August: will be over. A great big thank you to Rick Schulz for organizing all the volunteers to staff the shifts and to all Larry Gaye – ANA Medal of Merit the volunteers that took time out of their busy schedules Katie Reinders – ANA YN of the Year to entertain all the fair-goers that visited the booth. The James Reinders – ANA Outstanding Adult Advisor penny pressing machine continues to be a great hit! Joe Boling – ANA Exemplary Service Award Thank you to the dealers that have donated items for the PNNA display. Those donations received to date were Dick Doty – ANA Lifetime Achievement Award on display in Puyallup and will be displayed in Portland. (posthumously) Another round of thanks to Larry Gaye and all the Congratulations to all. By the way, the Reinders team WCC club members that have volunteered for the Port- also won some top exhibit prizes at the convention! land Show (October 5-6 at the Lloyd Center DoubleTree Projected board meeting dates and locations: Hotel). There is still time to help; contact Larry at [email protected]. October 5, 2013 Portland annual convention - Lloyd Center DoubleTree Hotel Educational opportunities will be held on October 3, also at the DoubleTree, and attendance is free. Read more January 18, 2014 Boeing show - Kent Commons in this newsletter – thanks to Scott and Larry for coordi- May 3, 2014 Tukwila annual convention - Tukwila nating the great agenda. Please RSVP to Larry Gaye. Community Center (7 a.m. board, 6 p.m. member- Thank you to all the members that took time to fill ship meeting) out the survey. Please read the summary of results. Your Summer meeting - date and location TBD board will use this information to continue improving the benefits of the PNNA. Congratulations to Ron Engolm Have a great numismatic fall – consider attending the from Salem who won the top prize of $100 – he chose to Tri-City Coin Club show in Richland, WA (Oct. 19-20); share his winnings at the Salem Coin Club meeting on Everett Coin Club show in Everett, WA (Nov. 16-17); Sept. 3 – he gave $5 to each Salem club member as a North Shore Num. Society show in Vancouver, BC (Nov. match to the dues in becoming a member of the PNNA – 17) or the Salem Coin Club show in Salem, OR (Dec. 6- thanks, Ron! About 13 new members including a family 7). Hope to see many of you this fall in Portland. signed up that night. The Nor’wester — Fourth Quarter 2013 2 Fall Convention Dates/Times/Info FREE hobby information and educational materials. by Larry Gaye, General Chairman Plans also call for a FREE 10-stop youth numismatic “Treasure Hunt,” for both Saturday and Sunday. Well here we are again, the 9th Annual Willamette- PNNA coin show is on track to open to the public, Oct. Washington State (Puyallup) Fair 5-6. This has been a very successful show in the North- Thank-You! west thanks to the hard work of Scott and Lisa Loos as well as the entire Willamette Coin Club. In September of every year since 1992 the PNNA has sponsored a display in the Hobby Hall of the long- The show will open to dealers on Friday, Oct. 4 in running Puyallup Fair (now officially the Washington the afternoon. Early Birders will also be allowed to State Fair). As of this writing we are about halfway enter when the dealers enter and may pick up their through the 2013 edition of this event and coordinator Early Bird Pass on Friday, which will cover the entire Rick Schulz reports that though Fair attendance appears weekend. Setup and Early Bird entry will continue on down visitor enthusiasm is as strong as ever and there Saturday morning at 8:00 AM. has been a good response from those who come by to We hope to see all PNNA/Willamette members ask questions and play the various coin games offered. there to welcome their fellow collectors. Kids of all ages scour trays of pennies searching Dealer/exhibitor set up: for one from their birth year for our volunteers to “2x2 Friday, October 4, 3:00 - 6:00 PM. up” as a souvenir. A tray of foreign coins is also avail- able for visitors to pick through for yet another souve- Saturday, October 5, 8:00 - 10:00 AM. nir. But, the biggest star of this year’s display is the Public entry: PNNA’s new penny press. With assistance from one of Saturday, October 5, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. our volunteers visitors are allowed to crank out their Sunday, October 6, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. own squished (elongated) penny depicting a Fair scene. Squished pennies are a hit with all ages. It has been a Other convention information: surprise how many kids and adults have collections of See the PNNA website for a list of dealers. elongated cents, and just about everyone older than 12 Admission is only $2.00 per day. admit to putting coins on railroad tracks at one time or another. Please bring your collector exhibits even if you didn’t contact the WCC in advance (however, A huge thank you goes out to all who volunteered cases may be limited). PNNA chief judge Eric to work a shift at the Fair. Without you we would not Holcomb will be available to consult, and there be at the Fair. Thanks again! will be judged exhibit awards. Rick reports that he and fellow coordinator Kevin An entire day, Thursday October 3, is devoted to Charboneau spent a great deal of time over the past educational talks. (See page 12 for details.) year developing a fresh design for the display. A pro- See page 12 for ANA Road Show information. posal was approved by the PNNA board for a multi year acquisition program to create a time line of U.S. There will be the popular YN treasure hunt. (See coins that could be used at the Fair and also as a travel- below.) ling display for other PNNA events. The first phase of There will be free Boy Scout and possibly Girl this program is a request for donated coins from PNNA Scout clinics on Saturday. See the PNNA web- dealers. Rick received a number of coins from several site for details, or visit http://collect3.com. dealers that we have included in our display and he’d The hotel room block at the Lloyd Center like to thank those that took the time to contribute. DoubleTree may be sold out, but there are other Many holes still exist, however, and our request for hotels within a reasonable distance. contributions is still open. The travelling version of this display is planned for PNNA-Willamette Fall Convention the PNNA/Willamette show in Portland next month. Young Numismatist Program Rick asks that you take a look at what they’ve done and what they still need to make the display even better. In addition to scout clinics, there will also be a If you have any questions, comments or sugges- general public and youth and family activities table tions about the Fair, the display or what you can do to inside the show (sometimes known as the “WCC- help contact Rick Schulz at 253-535-0690 or email PNNA Kid’s Educational Zone”) which will provide [email protected]. Numismatic questions can also be youth, families and non-collectors with all sorts of directed to [email protected]. Also see photo on page 9. The Nor’wester — Fourth Quarter 2013 3 Exhibits at the 2013-2014 Conventions Even a nice luncheon was provided. Can you imagine a place with hundreds and hundreds of coin collectors Now is the time to build your exhibits for next and dealers together for one to two weeks, living, spring’s PNNA convention in Seattle (Tukwila).