New Jersey Numismatic Newsletter: Convention 2011

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by  Garden State Numismatic Association

New Jersey Numismatic Newsletter
The publication of the Garden State Numismatic Association
Convention Issue/2011 Volume 36, Number 2
Frances Cackowski, Editor
President's Message by Note: This is a NEW address.
Dave Bailey
GSNA
P.O. Box 30058
Staten Island, NY 10303
Finally, welcome to spring and our
upcoming May convention.
1 look forward to seeing all of you at the show.
I have had the pleasure of visiting several clubs this past Dave
month. I spoke at our Northern Valley Club in Demorest ,
our Trenton club, as well as our Clifton Club. In addition, I
attended meetings at the New Jersey Numismatic Society
and the Watchung Hills Coin Club. From this vantage point,
1 can honestly say that the hobby is alive and well with a
passionate collective fraternity.
1 was very pleased with all of the positive reaction to our
Letter from the Editor
updated newsletter format. Many of you have called,
Fran Cackowski
emailed, and personally spoke to me and said that the new
format is great.
Hi Everyone.
Also, several club presidents and members have expressed
This is the second issue of the journal in the new format, and
interest in our offer to help to obtain electronic equipment
1 thank all of you who have called and written commenting,
for their club. It is the GSNA’s goal to supply any member
both positive and negative on the new format. I appreciate
club with monetary as well as technical support in this
all of your helpful suggestions, and will try to accommodate
endeavor.
all of them.
Make sure that you circle May 12-14 and try to attend the
Well, Spring is supposed to be here, but as I write this, it is
GSNA’s annual show at the Ukranian Cultural Center. 1 am
cold and foggy. However, I am really, really looking
looking forward to seeing you there. Feel free to talk to me
forward to our annual convention in May. The YN program
about any ideas that you might have about any way that the
has been changed to accommodate both the younger and
GSNA can add to your collecting enjoyment.
older YN's, so check this journal for the new schedule.
Bring your friends, and plan to attend multiple days. 1 hope
Speaking of the show, 1 am asking each one of you to help
to see all of you there.
volunteer to set up or help at the front desk. Please let Tom
Hyland know if you are willing to assist us in making the The GSNA Convention Needs Exhibitors!!!
show a success. He can be reached at 973-875-7926 or
emailed at [email protected]. Share your hobby with others and plan to exhibit at the
convention in May! The G.S.N.A. convention is the perfect
We will be collecting dues at the show, however, if you want
place to start. You might even win a prizelThe GSNA
to expedite your admission (remember that all current
provides locked cases, so your treasures are secure, and it is
members are admitted for free) or if you cannot attend,
the ultimate “Show and Tell’’. Contact Dennis Berube for
please send your dues ($10.00 made payable to the GSNA)
to the following address: more details.
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GSNA Comwamrona
May 12 - 14,2011
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Somerset, N] 36th Show!
SHOW HOURS DIRECTIONS
Route 287 to Exit 10
Thur. 1 PM - 7 PM
Take Route 527 North.
Fri. 10 AM-7 PM
Turn left on Davidson Ave.
Sat. 10 AM-4 PM The Ukrainian Cultural Center
is at 135 Davidson Ave.
Free Admission
New Jersey Token &
For Members
Medal Show
Visit the GSNA web site, Books
www.GSNA.org,
Exhibits
for the latest convention
and club information. Free Appraisals
We welcome new members
Buy, Sell, and Trade
and volunteers at the show.
Coins , Currency,
Tokens, & Medals
Auction Friday at 6 PM
By New World Rarities
C4 and EAC
Meetings Saturday
DEALER INFORMATION
Dealer set up 9 AM - 1 PM Thur. May 12
At 1:00 PM
Early admission badge good
for all 3 days is $25.
Young Numismatist
Show Chairman:
Tom Hyland Program
Phone: [phone]
Saturday at 10 AM
Email: [email protected]
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GSNA Family and YN Day, Saturday, May 14, 2011
The GSNA is updating their YN program with a new schedule of activities. Several family oriented events and YN
programs are being offered on Saturday for kids. If you are looking for an event that that is family friendly and parents
can connect and enjoy with their kids, come see one of our country’s oldest hobbies. If you have collected the State
Quarters, pocket change, or received coins passed down, this is the place to learn more about them.
YN Table - A table will be available Saturday for families and young collectors to learn about collecting coins, feel
free to ask questions, see what clubs and shows arc in New Jersey and available online.
Exhibits - Several coin exhibits arc presented to enjoy and learn from.
GSNA Treasure Trivia Challenge - (Saturday) Kids can enjoy learning more about coins and win prizes as they
seek answers from some of the leading coin dealers. This also helps families feel comfortable at the show. Families
can pick up challenge sheets when they register.
Kevin Flynn, Numismatic Author - (Saturday) - Kevin is one of the most proliferate numismatic authors of our
time. He has written 38 books to date, including several for kids. Come see some his latest coin collecting for kid’s
book and learn how you can enjoy coins more with your kids. Learn how coin collecting can help your kids to develop
basic skills such as focus, patience, responsibility and becoming more detailed. Coins are also a great teaching and
learning tool for many different subjects such as history, math, and science.
Kids Events:
Young Numismatist Program, Saturday at 10 AM - 12 PM (note: a new ending time) - Kids get to learn about
the basics of coin collecting through an interactive power point presentation by Christopher Donato from the American
Association of Young Numismatists. They will get to learn what opportunities exist through different clubs and
programs available. Tim Grant from the U.S. Mint will be doing a short interactive discussion with open question and
answer time. A ticket drawing will be held for the kids with coin give-a-ways. Chris will be demonstrating to the kids
the best way to interact with dealers.
Young Numismatist Coin Grab, Saturday at 12:30 PM - 1 PM - Kids, ages 6 through 12 get the opportunity to
grab U.S. and foreign coins.
Boy Scout Coin Collecting Merit Badge Clinic, Saturday 1 PM - 3 PM - Coordinated through Boy Scout troops in
Patriot’s Path Council.
Costs : Free Admission for Members (see wavw .GSNA.oru for club information)
Non-members, $3.00 for Adults, Children are FREE.
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Brownies in uniform and their parents are FREE on Sat
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ANA Update Why Not Pieces of Eight?
by Mark Benvenuto
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ANA
If you have found that the last few years have been
PERKS - -
rough ones for you, or more specifically, for adding
attractive coins to your collection, perhaps it is time
If you don't, your club is losing to look at a series of coins that were legal tender in
the United States that were never intended to
out.
circulate here. We’re talking Spanish colonial 8
reales.
1 - Coin Show kits
The first Mint in the United States was an old
building in Philadelphia that went into the business of
2 - Speaker Certificates
making money for people to do business only in
1792. The first mint in the new world was in Mexico
3 - Club listing on ANA on-line City, and opened in 1535. You can see that there is a
huge swath of time there in which our southern
directory
neighbor, while still a Spanish colony, was churning
out some serious silver and gold coinage.
4 - Club show listing in the
Numismatist The 8 reales is the largest of the Spanish colonial
silver coins, and has gone down in history as one of
the coins that has built empires. Sometimes known
5 - Activities for Club meetings
as “pieces of eight,” because they could actually be
turned into fractional coins by being cut into eight,
small, pie-shaped wedges, the 8 reales was seriously
considered as the major coin for the United States
when our young Congress got serious about creating
These are only a few - there are others - go
a national monetary system.
to: www.money.org
Some of the oldest 8 reales coins are rather pricey
The ANA Annual "World's Fair of Money" today, and since we started this with the idea of
takes place in Chicago this year - Aug 16 - looking for an inexpensive series of coins that are
collectible, even when the economy is taking a
20, 2011 (lots and lots of educational
beating, we’ll lay down some ground rules for
lectures and programs, exhibits, dealers, YN
assembling a set.
Treasure Trivia programs, etc.
First, we’ll start only in the 1790’s, since that’s the
In addition, 1 would sincerely appreciate a same time the United States set up its own Mint.
Second, we’ll stick to the idea of one example per
copy of club newsletters either e-mail, fax or
monarch, which makes this something of a type set.
mail to:
Third, we’ll continue on into Mexican coinage, after
their revolution from Spain. Fourth and last, we’ll
maior9fecomcast.net or Fax to: (732) stop at 1857, since that’s when our Congress said,
255-691 1 or mail: 65 - 16th St, Toms River, “no more,” and officially ended the use of silver from
south of the border for transactions in the U.S.
NJ 08753
So, with these guidelines in mind, the first 8 reales
Jim Majoros, ANA District Rep
piece we might want to look for is one of Charles IV.
The 8 reales of this particular Spanish king were
issued in Mexico from 1789 up to 1808, and his name
is shown on the coins as: Carolus IV, or Carolus IIII.
The older ones are perhaps a bit harder to find than
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the later dates within this short series, but none seem his imperial noggin on the obverse of the coinage of
to be particularly rare. A collector on the prowl Mexico, starting in 1822. He kepi it there through
might be pleasantly surprised to find the prices are as 1823, but it was gone when he beat a hasty retreat
low as $40, depending on the grade for which you arc into an exile in Tuscany.
looking.
The 8 reales of Iturbide are the more expensive coins
Speaking of grade, unless you are shooting for an in this type set we are assembling, but even they are
absolutely fantastic, high end mint state specimen, not necessarily worth an emperor’s ransom. You
you may find that the grading for Spanish colonial might need to spend $100 to get your mitts on a good
silver is somewhat less developed than that for U.S. looking example, but it’s the hunt that might prove to
coinage. Indeed, if your collecting has focused on be the real challenge. Eight reales coins are generally
the differences of say, MS-63 versus MS-64, or not difficult to find - with the exception of these two.
perhaps MS-65 versus MS-66 in some series like There just don’t seem to be many of them out there.
Morgan dollars, you might find the lack of such a
precise scale somewhat confusing. But when it But whether you can find an Iturbide 8 reales or not,
comes to the 8 reales pieces, there are fewer the final piece in our pieces of eight type set will be a
collectors than there are for series such as Morgan or cap and rays 8 reales. The reigns of Spanish kings
Peace dollars, or any other U.S. series for that matter. and locally grown emperors had ended, and the
Hence, you may simply find that a dealer has listed Mexican government had decided to start putting a
one as “extra fine,” or perhaps, “about uncirculated, symbol of liberty on the obverse of their silver coins,
shows minor wear.” Don't be discouraged by this. hence, the Liberty cap surrounded by rays. As well,
Rather, look at the coin closely, and get back to the coat of arms of the royal Spanish house was gone
buying the coin instead of a listed grade. from the reverse, replaced by the eagle eating a
serpent, another potent Mexican symbol.
Moving onward, by 1808 it was now Ferdinand VI1
who occupied the obverse of the Mexican 8 reales The cap and ray 8 reales pieces were made
coins. For the first four years of his reign the portrait throughout the rest of the nineteenth century, which
is rather classical looking one, with the king wearing makes getting a single example remarkably easy.
what could be described as armor suitable to the Even those minted prior to 1857 aren’t going to cost
Roman Empire. As with the earlier 8 reales pieces, too much. Collectors of limited means can have
these w'ere produced in large enough quantities that some real fun within this series.
virtually all of them are available for collectors today.
If you don’t mind an example that shows some wear, So, you need only five pieces of eight to make a type
you might even find you can land one for just a bit set of your own that spans from the 1790’s to 1857.
over the price of silver metal. It takes a Charles, two Ferds, one Austin, and a cap
and rays to do the trick. The next time you hear a
By 1811, dear King Ferd had a new look on the 8 collector friend complain about the price of silver and
reales, one that might be considered simpler in the cost to our hobby, direct them - direct them south
design. He wears a toga and laurel wreath, but the of the border, that is.
armor is absent. These pieces, issued from 1811 up
until 1821, do have a couple of rarities within that
stretch. But the idea of a rarity here is not based on
the mint (as it often is in a U.S. series), but rather on
Note from the editor:
the moneyer’s initials on the reverse. For our
purposes, just look for an example of King Ferdinand
VII with toga and laurel wreath. Mark Benvenuto lives in Michigan, but is a
staunch GSNA support.
By 1822, Mexico was basically a free country, but its
monetary system was a mess as a result of the
I wish to thank him for such a fine article,
revolutionary war that bought that freedom. From
the first published in the new journal format.
out of that chaos came the very brief Empire of
Iturbide, and a very short series of 8 reales coins. I hope that it is the first of many more to
Emperor Augustin Iturbide was, much like Napoleon, come.
a man who started out with plenty of support, but
ended up in exile in just a couple of years. Thus
Iturbide had, as one of the perks of being emperor,
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Clubs Around the State
MONDAY EVENING CLUBS WEDNESDAY EVENING (continued)
Forks of the Delaware Club Hackettstown Coin Club
Meeting Time: First Monday of the month (except on holidays Meeting Time: Fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM
and Labor Day. then the second Monday of the month) at 7 PM Meeting Location: Hackettstown Community Center on Route 46
Meeting Location: Grace Lutheran Church on 300 Rosebury Club Website: www.hackettstowncoinclub.ora
Street and Route 22 in Phillipsburg, NJ GSNA Club
Representative: Craig Steible Atlantic County Numismatic Society
Meeting Time: First Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM
Sussex County Coin Club Meeting Location: Linwood Public Library, 301 Davis Ave,
Meeting Time: Second Monday of the month (except August and Linwood, NJ [phone]
December) at 7 PM GSNA Club: Jason O’Grady aeeoins;u/umai 1 .com
Meeting Location: Sussex County Library, Wantage Branch, 69
Route 639 Wantage, NJ 07461
GSNA Club Representative: Doug DelGurecio THURSDAY EVENING CLUBS
New Jersey Numismatic Society
Ocean County Coin Club
Meeting Time: Third Monday of the month (except August) at
Meeting Time: I and 3,d Thursdays of the month at7:40(Jrsat
7:30 PM
Meeting Location: Helen Chase Rm. at the Madison Public 6:50)
Meeting Location: Ocean Fire House (Arnold Ave Pt. Pleasant
Library
Beach)
Madison, NJ GSNA Club Representative: Harry Garrison
GSNA Club Representative: Dennis Berube
Club Website: w ww.occuinclttb.oru
Trenton Numismatic Club
Meeting Time: Fourth Monday of the month
West Jersey Numismatic Society
Meeting Location: Letter Carriers Union Hall
Meeting Time: Third Thursday at 7:00 PM
1800 Rte 33. Suite 104, Trenton. NJ 08690
Meeting Location: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Collingsvvood,
www.lrentoncoinclub.ora
South Jersey
GSNA Club Representative: Harry Garrison
Comer of Park Blvd and Dill President: Fred R. Giebel
Contact: Dennis Helmerat D.P.HI- l.Mf K a ( OMC VS I .NK I
TUESDAY EVENING CLUBS Clifton Coin Club
Meeting Time: First Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM.
Watchung Hills Coin Club Meeting Location: Clifton Recreation Department, 1232 Main
Street, Clifion. NJ
Meeting Time: First Tuesday of each month (except August)
at7:30 PM
The Currency Club of Chester County
Meeting Location: Rolfs Restaurant, 65 Stirling Rd, Warren, NJ
www.watchunghillscoinclub.com Meeting Time: Third Thursday of each month at 7 PM
GSNA Club Representative: Tom Rothacker Meeting Location: Borough Hall, comer of Adams and Gay
Streets, West Chester, PA
Northern Valley Coin Club
Meeting Time: Fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:30 PM FRIDAY EVENING CLUBS
Meeting Location: Demarest Methodist Church. 109 Hardcnburgh
Road. Demarest, NJ
Summit/Chatham Coin Club
Tony Mastice, President
Meeting Time: Second Friday of each month
Meeting Location: Chatham Borough Fire House, 54 Fairmont
WEDNESDAY EVENING CLUBS Ave, Chatham Borough
President: Chris Butchko
Roxbury Coin Club
Meeting Time: First Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM
Meeting Location: Roxbury Township Library, 103 Main Street,
ANNUAL MEETING ONLY
Succasunna, NJ
Club Website: www.leditewood.net/rcc
New Jersey Exonumia Society
Westchester County Coin club
Meets annually at the GSNA convention in May
Meeting Time: Third Wednesday of each month at 8:00 PM
GSNA Club Representative: Gary Patterson
Meeting Location: Community Meeting Room of St. Pius X
Ramsey Road in Scarsdale, NY
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GSNA LEADERSHIP
President: David Bailey
First Vice President: Jim Majoros, [email protected]
Second Vice President: Ray Williams, [email protected]
Treasurer: Denise Napolitano
Recording Secretary: Fran Cackowski
Corresponding Secretary: Tom Rothacker, [email protected]
Convention Chairman: Tom Hyland, [email protected]
Membership Chairman: Fran Cackowski
Editor: Fran Cackowski: asifran@'yahoo.com
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