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COIN CLUB ISSUES OF NEBRASKA By Steve Drake & John Veach Copyright I 994 By Steve Drake & John Veach The beginning of this book actually began in the spring of 1988. Steve Drake wrote a brief article titled "Coin Club Issues of Nebraska." The article was first printed in the Nebraska Numismatic Association NEWSLETTER in April 1988, and reprinted in the Spring 1988 issue of "The Centinel," the publication of the Central States Numismatic Society. In 1991 John Veach wrote a book on the history of the Wahoo Coin Club. This book included information on issues that were not listed in Steve's article. With Steve and John’s interest in Nebraska medals the two decided to combine forces and create a book on different items that coin clubs in Nebraska issued or items that had club names on them from Nebraska. As Steve and John talked to more people trying to find pieces to add to their collections, they also obtained information on other clubs that were "forgotten" about in Nebraska. They obtained much of this information from older collectors and reviewing past issues of the N.N.A. NEWSLETTER. This project started out to be a check list but evolved into a brief history of Nebraska coin clubs. As this project grew, it became apparent to Steve and John they had to decide what to include in the book and what not to include. There was no fine line to decide, but generally papers, items such as membership cards and show flyers, are not listed in the text. Also not listed are awards such as plaques given out for exhibits or past presidents. A partial list of club ribbons was included because the information and the ribbons were available. Some of these ribbons are the only things left from the coin club shows and coin club known to the authors. We do not presume that this book is perfect, nor do we pretend that every item issued by a coin club is included. The clubs are listed alphabetically. Some clubs listed have no numismatic items but a brief history of the club is printed in hopes that something will turn up. The American Numismatic Association, the Central States Numismatic Society, and the Iowa Numismatic Association are listed for Just those years they he 1d inumismatic events in the state. In 1967, the Fremont, Lincoln, Nebraska City, Midwest, Omaha, SAC and Wahoo Coin Clubs issued medals with a common reverse design. The Minden and Platte Valley Coin Clubs medals can be found with this common reverse design, it is unclear if these medals were authorized by these two clubs. The reverse design of a covered wagon scene was referred to as the centennia1 design of the Nebraska City Coin Club in the minutes and notes of the Omaha Coin Club. Thus, in the following text, it will be referred to as the Nebraska Centennial logo. Some day maybe the history of this design will be told. In describing the medals, the word antiqued has been used, such as' antiqued bronze or antiqued nickel-silver. In the 1960s when this process was applied to medals, it was called "oxidized." Basically, "antiqued" and "oxidized" are the same process used on some coin club medals. Wooden nickels are listed by year, color, and reverse device. A wooden "crown" is referring to wooden pieces of about two inches in diameter. A wooden flat is a rectangular Piece. Along with descriptions and photographs, the mintage, or number of pieces issued, is listed when this information was avai1able. Several years of study and research have gone into this publication and we sincerely hope that inadvertant errors will be forgiven by the reader. The authors would like to acknowledge the aid and assistance of many people. Without your help this book would have been infinitely more difficult to produce. We greatly appreciate their contributions and support in this project. We invite correspondence from collectors who have any comments about our efforts and where possible we would hope to modify or revise future editions of this book to include any omissions. Any communications concerning this book should be addressed to the authors. Steve Drake John Veach 6411 N 77 St. 945 "D" St #6 Omaha, NE 68134 Lincoln, NE 68502 COPYRIGHT 1994 NO PART OF THIS BOOK MAY BE. REPRODUCED OR COPIED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS. I ABLE UF CONTENTS AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION . ANCIENT COIN CLUB OF NEBRASKA . j AS. (ANCIENT SOCIETY) . 7 AURORA COIN CLUB . 7 w> BEAVER VALLEY COIN CLUB . 4 BLUE VALLEY COIN CLUB . 4 BOYS TOWN COIN CLUB . 4 BOYS TOWN PHILAMATIC CENTER . 5 BROKEN BOW COIN CLUB . 7 CENTRAL STATES NUMISMATIC SOCIETY . 7 COLLECTORS COIN CLUB OF OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE 8 COLUMBUS COIN AND STAMP CLUB . 8 COMMON CENTS . 8 ELKHORN VALLEY COIN CLUB . 8 FORT KEARNEY COIN CLUB . 8 FREMONT COIN CLUB . 9 GRAND ISLAND COIN CLUB . 1 5 GREAT PLAINS COIN FESTIVAL . 1 5 IOWA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION . 1 6 HAMILTON COUNTY COIN CLUB . 1 7 KIMBALL KOIN KLUB . 1 7 LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE COIN CLUB . 1 7 LOUP VALLEY COIN CLUB . 1 7 LINCOLN COIN CLUB . 1 8 MIDWEST COIN CLUB . 1 9 MIDWEST VECTURIST ASSOCIATION . 1 9 MINDEN COIN CLUB . 2 0 MISSOURI VALLEY WOODEN MONEY SOCIETY 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS NEBRASKA CITY COIN CLUB . 24 NEBRASKA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION . 26 NELIGH COIN CLUB . 35 NORFOLK COIN CLUB . 35 OGALLALA COIN CLUB . 36 OMAHA COIN CLUB . 37 OREGON TRAIL COIN CLUB . 44 PANHANDLE COIN CLUB . 45 PLATTE VALEY COIN CLUB . 49 REPUBLICAN VALLEY COIN CLUB . 51 SAC COIN CLUB . 52 SAC-MIDWEST COIN CLUB . 54 SANDHILLS COIN CLUB . 55 SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA COIN CLUB . 56 ST. PAUL COIN CLUB . 56 VALLEY COIN CLUB . 56 WAHOO COIN CLUB . 57 YORK COIN CLUB . 66 CHECKLIST / CROSS REFERENCE 67