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VOL 58 Winter 2004 NO. 1
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NENA, INC,
The President's Comments
by Mike Moylan
From fin ffge of New
Beginnings
Book review by Jan M. Dyroff
The Obsoiete Bonk Note
Shopper's Buying guide to
Genuine Notes
by C. John Ferreri
NENA News 1
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
NEW ENGLAND NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT Mike Moylan
P 0. Box 920586
Needham, MA 02492-0007
email: NENAOrg.aol.com
VICE PRESIDENT William Stone
P. 0. Box 920586
Needham, MA 02492-0007
TREASURER Robert S. Anderson
P. O. Box 920586
Needham, MA 02492-0007
DIRECTOR EMERITUS John Kittredge
DIRECTORS George Bilodeau
Joe Duval
Bob Hewey
Jack Haroian
John Kiley
STATE DIRECTORS
Connecticut Frank Hoerzer
Maine Currently Vacant
Massachusetts Ernie Botte
New Hampshire Robert F. Fritsch
Rhode Island Richard Lavimodiere
Vermont Russell Easterbrooks
NENA NEWS EDITOR Joe Duval
P. 0. Box 28
Willimantic, CT 06226-0028
email: [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP Robert S. Anderson
P 0. Box 920586
Needham, MA 02492-0007
YN ACTIVITIES Larry Gentile
Jack Haroian
MEDALS COORDINATOR Robert S. Anderson
EXHIBITS COORDINATOR Frank Hoerzer
HISTORIAN Jan Dyroff
The NENA NEWS is the official publication of the New England Numismatic Associa¬
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good standing. For information about NENA or this publication, write to:
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PRESIDENT'S
COMMENTS
by Mike Moylan
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ENA Members and Friends. luncheon and many prizes will passed
We are already into our out to educate and encourage our
first quarter of the year YN's. For those of you who are not
2004. Planning for the 60*'' NENA familiar with the YN program. This is
Conference and Annual Meeting is a great opportunity to get the children
underway. To date, it looks very in your lives early involvement with
certain that NENA will be meeting coin collecting. Larry Gentile and
once again in Bedford. NH. The Jack Haroian have been instructing the
success of last year's conference NENA YN program for many years
yielded a decent turn out. Several and are the best in New England. Last
visiting members and new members year, coin starter kits were given to
commented about the convenient each child attending the YN Program.
location and affordable Don’t miss this opportunity. The YN
accommodations the Wayfarer Inn had program is offered to all children.
to offer. This year will be even better. Since the State Quarter
NENA is planning to have more class program began in 1999. there has been
room space available for lectures and an explosion of interest in coin
work shops and greater floor space for collecting among the young and old
exhibits and demonstrations. Tenative alike. The price of coins has
dates for the conference are skyrocketed. You can now buy coins
September .10'’ thru October 2"'', with from shop at home networks on TV or
the annual meeting on the P'. So online over the internet. Beware of
pencil these dates on your calendar what you purchase. There are a lot of
and start your planning early. We arc people out there getting your money
expecting a record turn out. More by taking advantage of your
details will be available in the next inexperience. By joining NENA at a
issue of NENA News. low yearly cost of $ 12.50 you will
The Young Numismatist have access to many NENA dealers
Program will offer a free pizza and experts who can educate and
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advise you of the do's and don'ts. to have a chance at presenting your
Whether you are a Numismatist for the special collection and share with
fun of it or you are investing in your others some of your experience, send
future, you need to do your homework. me an email (at [email protected])
I always like to see and hold what I am and tell me what you would like to
buying before I buy it. Education, this present and I will contact you.
is the reason for the increasing Articles Wanted;
attendance at the NENA shows. Have you started a new
Informative sessions such as lectures addition to your collection??? Are you
by famous authors, techniques of coin interested in something unique??? Do
grading, unique and specialty you have a special collectable piece
collections, are all very interesting and that you would like to tell members
instructed by experts in their field. about??? Have you read an interesting
These sessions are offered by NENA book and would like to give a
and free of charge to NENA members. review??? NENA NEWS is looking
■Membership Dues: for volunteers to submit numismatic
2003 was a good year for articles. You can take credit or sign
NENA and we are looking forward to anonymous if you feel more
2004. Are your dues paid for the comfortable. Send articles to Joe
2004??? If you are not sure. Send me Duval (see section: Letters to the
an email at [email protected]. Editor for details).
Donations; Web Master;
Donations are now being Our current Web Master is
accepted. If you would like to donate stepping down and we are offering this
anything of numismatic value, NENA important position to a qualified
will use all donations for raffles prizes, NENA Member. This is an area that
YN awards, exhibitions, or to be added NENA wants to expand by offering
to the NENA library collection. All changes to the NENA site such as
raffle proceeds will benefit the NENA member classified ads. member
Organization. Send your donations advertisement, activity calendar, etc...
early if you can. This will help with The Web Master position was offered
the planning. If you are not sure if you in our last NENA NEWS and there
can donate now. many members bring were few email responses. Please
coins, books and other articles of reconsider if you passed the first time.
Numismatic interest to the conference. Send emails to nenaorg@'aol.com.
Here they are added to the raffle table
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along with many years of experience.
Now is your time to step forward and Best Regards.
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collecting and why. If you would like
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From on figo of Now
Beginnings
Book Review by Jan M. Dyroff
Chester Krause and Clifford Mishler with Colin R. Bruce II, Senior Editor.
Standard Catalog of World Coins 1601-1700, Third Edition, lola: Krause
Publications, 2003, Price $65.00.
merica's numismatic mammoth in size, some 1863
heritage begins in the pages. With the above lead-in, I
^ ■ seventeenth century. want to look at it in light of what it
Those of us from this part of the contains with a spotlight on entries
world are all familiar with the plain for the New World, with particular
and homespun New England focus on the English part. The
coinage, and the Oak Tree, the Pine great bulk of the catalog is given to
Tree and the Willow Tree silver Europe, which was the greatest
pieces. And we delight, I think, in area of coin issue in the century',
that fact that the early settlers notably from the legions of Ger¬
produced these coins pretty much man and Italian states. Many of the
in spite of the law (or at least thalers from these entities are
through a loophole in the colonial Baroque works of art, and seeing
charter). these alone would make the book
What is significant about worth its weight.
the New England coins is that they But to return to our part of
are home grown, produced by the the world, the British areas are
people here for their very own use. listed under the national name,
There is a sense of steadiness and “United States of America,” which
sensibility to these pieces. They is a neat trick - to reference coins
were not siege money, or emer¬ of a century by way of a country
gency money (like the Royalist that wasn’t even dreamed of at the
issues in Great Britain at the start time of the coins. Maybe it would
of their Civil War), but rather they be better, and clearer, to list them
were a legislated series made to under something like “British
serve the needs of commerce. North America.”
This particular book is The Hogge Money of the
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Sommer Islands (undated but coin. Also, for Spain, at the
1616) is listed under Bermuda, beginning of the period there was a
which makes sense as Bermuda chaotic series of countermarked
has been the name of the island coppers (sometime referred to as
from the very start (there are “tattoos”, though why heaven only
references in Elizabethan literature knows); admittedly this is a
to “Bermuda” or “the Bermudas” confusing series but it seems to
so the name antedates the seven¬ have gone unmentioned.
teenth century). I think there ought to be a
So, under the heading for section of the introduction which
the United States, we have Massa¬ ties homeland coins with their use
chusetts (with the coins noted in the New World, like the French
above), the Lord Baltimore issues liards for Quebec, the Harrington
for Maryland, the St. Patrick farthings for Jamestown, the Dutch
farthing (1682), the American lion dollars for New Amsterdam,
Plantation pieces (the 1/24 real and and so on. It would be an illumi¬
the elephant tokens, which were nating exercise to pull this data
private issues and reference together.
Carolina), and a really curious and It is absolutely to the point
extremely rare New York coin with that this book is easy to use, which
an eagle on the obverse and a tree is a really important consideration.
on the reverse. To view all of these There are copious lists of legends,
items in the context of the century which help with the German and
is enlightening. Italian issues. For more difficult
For the rest of the areas, the reference holds up well.
America, the numismatic world is Recently I was looking up some¬
Spanish. And there are numerous thing I thought was Turkish - it
and well-illustrated entries for all wasn’t but the book helped elimi¬
of the mints and the regions of nate it quickly. And when it comes
New Spain. This is to be expected, to India, another huge issuer in the
as Spain was the major player of period, the entries are well illus¬
the day. trated and clearly presented.
What bothers me slightly If someone needs to give
is that there are a few topics you a gift, tell them about this
uncovered. Again, from the New book - you won’t regret it if you
World perspective, the original have a chance to add this latest
“black dog” coin was a fleur-de-lis SCWC to your library.
couterstamped French billon
douzain (issued in 1640 for New
France, i.e. Quebec, Louisiana and
the West Indies). Breen covers this
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Fire Department Meeting second Monday of the month.
Room, Blackstone, MA. Meet¬ For information (978) 687-
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Boston Numismatic Society. Gateway Coin Club. Ballard
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Meetings second Tuesday, Sept. Streets, Lincoln, ME. Meetings
- June, 8 P.M. For information first Tuesday, 7 P.M. For
[phone] information [phone]
Central Connecticut Coin Gorham Coin Club. Meets at
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Hartford, CT 06108. Meetings ME, on the 1st and 3rd Sunday,
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Collectors Club of Boston, 892-7113.
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Currency Club of New En¬ information: John Izidoro, P.
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Columbus Street, Newton MA 02741
Highlands, MA. Meetings all at
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ety, Mansfield Center Library, Knights of Columbus Hall, 169
Route 89, Warrenville Road, Worcester Street, Southbridge,
Mansfield Center, CT. Meeting MA. Meetings first Friday,
fourth Monday Sept, through September - June, 7:30 P.M.
April (except December) 7:30 (Doors open at 6:30 P.M.)
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Annual coin Show in March, West Springfield Coin Club.
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[phone] (6 - 9 P.M.). MA. Meetings second Sunday.
September - June, 7 P.M.
Nashua Coin Club. Chandler
Memorial Library, 257 Main Worcester County Numis¬
Street, Nashua, NH. Meetings matic Society, Greendale
second Monday 7 P.M., except People’s Church Hall, 25
June and October. Erancis Street, Worcester, MA.
Meetings second Eriday,
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Meeting room at REAR, 333 information: [phone]
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P. M. For information contact
David Barbone at (860) 599-
1571.
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