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The Maryland Numismatist Chalmers Three Pence Annual Meeting THURSDAY Oct. 25 at 5:30 PM Whitman Expo Ballot and Exhibit Application Enclosed Dues are Due! Renewal Form on Page 26 Autumn, 2018 Volume 46 – No. 3 The Maryland Numismatist – Autumn, 2017 Page 2 The OFFICERS Maryland PRESIDENT State Edward Craig Maryland Tokens and Medals Numismatic Society Association, VICE PRESIDENT Inc. William Stratemeyer The MARYLAND NUMISMATIST is Belmar Coin Club the quarterly publication of MSNA SECRETARY and is distributed to all members in Bryce Doxzon good standing without additional Catonsville Coin Club cost. TREASURER Simcha Kuritzky, CPA http://mdstatenumisassn.org Montgomery County Coin ********************************* Club EDITOR ******************************** Simcha Kuritzky CLUB REPRESENTATIVES Post Office Box 13504 Silver Spring, MD 20911-3504 Each member club of MSNA shall [email protected] appoint a representative who will serve on the board and will exercise their club's ********************************* vote on any matter arising. The Board of Directors of MSNA is ******************************** composed of the officers, past presi- PAST PRESIDENTS: dents and club representatives as listed Jack Schadegg to the right. Frank Murphy ********************************* Scott Barman ******************************** Club Mailing Address: ANA # C-73593 LC-42 MSNA Post Office Box 13504 ********************************* Silver Spring, MD 20911-3504 LIFE MEMBER CLUBS ******************************** #-1 Baltimore Coin Club #-2 Carroll County Coin Club The Maryland Numismatist content is #-3 Maryland Token & Medal Society copyrighted by its authors and may not #-4 South Glen Burnie Coin Club be reproduced without their consent. #-5 Colonial Coin Club MSNA assumes no responsibility for #-6 Bowie Coin Club claims made in paid advertisements. Table of Contents Officer Listing 2 President's Message 4 ANA Worlds’ Fair of Money Report 6 Mumford Obituary 8 Canadian Nickel Dollars 9 PAN Show Report 14 Local News 16 Coins that are the Cat’s Meow 17 What's Your Sign? (Zodiac-themed medals) 19 Maryland Coin Show Dates 21 Exhibit Rules and Application 22 Election Ballot 25 Membership Renewal and Application 26 Club Member Listing 27 Advertising Rates 27 CARL EARL OSTIGUY DEALER in COINS, CURRENCY & TREASURES HISTORIC SAVAGE MILL P. O. BOX 92, Savage, Maryland 20763 (443) 623-7025 E-MAIL: [email protected] BUYING & SELLING COINS & CURRENCY APPRAISALS & AUCTIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY ALL MATERIAL KEPT IN BANK VAULTS LOCATED 5 MINUTES OFF of INTERSTATE 95 Midway between Baltimore & Washington Take I-95 to Route 32, East (Exit 38-A) to Route One South, Right on Howard Street, Follow signs to Savage Mill. The Maryland Numismatist – Autumn, 2018 Page 4 President's Message I hope many of our Maryland State Numismatic Association (MSNA) club members got a chance to visit Philadelphia and participate in the annual national American Numismatic Association (ANA) convention and all the associated numismatic history, exhibits, meetings, etc. Having the renown and largest coin show of the year so close is not a regular occurrence. I was extremely glad that the MSNA could play a role in helping our state collector base take advantage of the relative proximity of the ANA convention. We were able to lease a van, provide a driver and get a number of our members safely to the Philadelphia ANA convention and back. MSNA is a state organization and it is always nice to be able to help our members and member clubs. I did not personally take this van to the ANA but word has it that all who participated were very pleased with the transportation arrangements. Having said this, I must give a great note of thanks to Jack Schadegg, one of our board members and former President who championed and planned the ANA trip. Not only did he set up the trip plan, leased the vehicle, and made sure we had the necessary insurance, but he was the driver who picked up our member club folks at the two Maryland stops and got everyone to the ANA and home safe and sound. Way to go Jack!!!! Many thanks for a job well done. As you know all organizations rely on volunteers to get things done. MSNA is no different. Jack did an amazing job with some help from a few other volunteers. MSNA is an ANA life member club and it was great to have a good showing. There were other MSNA members who attended the convention. Many of these folks were at the convention for multiple days. It is worthy of note that one of our MSNA member clubs will celebrate its fortieth anniversary in 2019. The Maryland Token and Medal Society (MD TAMS) was founded in 1979. If you have an interest in tokens, medals and other Maryland exonumia, this organization may be perfect for you and your collecting interests. MD TAMS will be issuing commemorative poker chips for its members to commemorate its 40 years of service to the Maryland collecting community. You may want to consider joining MD TAMS. An application/information may be found at http://www.mdtams.org. The Maryland Numismatist – Autumn, 2018 Page 5 Julian M. Leidman One of America's foremost dealers in rare coins Bonanza Coin 940 Wayne Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 Telephone (301) 585-1480 Email: [email protected] Professional Numismatic Dealer & Consultant for over 40 Years What Have I Done? I have handled, developed and sold many of the finest rare coin collections in the country including: ▪ Rare Colonial issues, including several 1792 issues ▪ Assemblage of specialized collections of all early U.S. coins by die variety ▪ Sale of the Wilkison Gold Pattern Collection in 1973 ▪ Participation as a bourse dealer at hundreds of local, regional and national coin shows and conventions ▪ Attendance at every major U.S. auction held since 1968, representing as many as 25 bidders at the same time ▪ Consultation to corporations, dealers, and collectors in order to develop, build and expand collections as well as being instrumental in the promotion of the numismatic hobby ▪ Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Professional Numismatists Guild What Can I Do For You? With total confidentiality, I will tailor my services to fit your needs, and: ▪ Assist in the formation (or location) of any U.S. coin or currency collection ▪ Counsel collectors, dealers and corporations on any aspect of the numismatic business or hobby ▪ Act as personal representative for any numismatic transaction at a maximum commission of 10% ▪ Appraise collections or individual pieces on an hourly basis ▪ Assist in the orderly disposition of holdings at current values LM #664 The Maryland Numismatist – Autumn, 2018 Page 6 American Numismatic Association Worlds’ Fair of Money Report MSNA members were in evidence at the ANA convention in Philadelphia, held August 13 to 18. MSNA also coordinated a daytrip to the convention on Friday. Past President Jack Schadegg drove members of the Bowie Coin Club, Carroll County Coin Club, Catonsville Coin Club, Chesapeake Coin Club, Montgomery County Coin Club, and the Washington Numismatic Society. MSNA life member and nation- ally renowned coin dealer Julian Leidman was honored for his fifty years of membership with the ANA. Here he is shown near Tom Uram, President of PAN and ANA board member. MSNA charter member Belmar Coin Club was also honored for their fifty years of membership with the ANA. At the Numismatic Literary Guild Bash, held every year at the ANA convention, MSNA Past President Scott Barman won an award for Best Numis- matic Coin Collector Forum for his Coin Collectors Blog (web log) http://coinsblog.ws. The Maryland Numismatist – Autumn, 2018 Page 7 MSNA member Michael Shutterly won the Howlan Wood Best of Show exhibit award at the ANA for Golden Portraits of Byzantium - Every Picture Tells a Story, which also won first place in Gold. He also took third place Best of Show and the Women in Numismatics award for Remember the Ladies - The Empresses of Rome's Severan Dynasty, 193-235. His exhibit Watch Your Head! Helmets From the Iron Age to the Space Age won second place in Specialized and the Goldberg History award. His Buy the Books for the Coin won second place in Numismatic Literature. MSNA Secretary Bryce Doxzon won second place in Medals for his exhibit They Also Ran - Select 19th Century Political Medals of Defeated [U.S.] Presidential Candidates. MSNA Treasurer and Editor Simcha Kuritzky won first place in Modern Coins and Medals for Chaim Gross' Ten Com- mandments Sculpture Medals, first place in Africa and Middle East for The Roaring Lion of Megiddo, second place in Asian for Expo ’70 Fair in Osaka, Japan, and third place in Elongateds for Feline Elong- ated Type Set. The Maryland Numismatist – Autumn, 2018 Page 8 ANNAPOLIS COIN and CURRENCY SHOW Elks Lodge, 2 Pythian Drive, Edgewater, Maryland 21037 2018 2019 Nov 25 ● Jan 20 ● Mar 10 Open: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM FREE ADMISSION FREE PARKING Sponsored By: CARL EARL OSTIGUY CEO COINS CURRENCY and TREASURES P. O. BOX 92, Savage, Maryland 20763 443-623-7025 E-MAIL: [email protected] Hosted By: The Colonial Coin Club of Annapolis Obituary Willard Royal Mumford, MSNA life member 16, passed away June 4, 2018 at the age of 84. A professor of engineering, he was active in a number of educational and volunteer organizations. He was president of MSNA from 1981-83 after serving as treasurer in 1980-81. William was also a guest lecturer at the MSNA education forum multiple times. He also served as an officer of the Colonial Coin Club and the Utah Numismatic Society, and long-time editor of the Civil War Token Society and Maryland Tokens and Medals Society journals. One of his MSNA talks concerned his archeological dig at 10 Cornhill Street in Annapolis, which he believed to be the home to John Chalmers' silver smithy in colonial/early republic times. Will Mumford found a rare Chalmers three pence there (see cover photo for a similar piece). The Maryland Numismatist – Autumn, 2018 Page 9 Why Not Try Some “Silver” Dollars from North of the Border? Mark Benvenuto, MSNA #R-825 When it comes to the silver dollars of the United States, we might want to describe the output that spans over a century as “Dickensian” – meaning it was the best of times and it was the worst of times. We have had two series of silver dollars, the Morgan and the Peace, that saw tremendous mintages for some time, and saw a rising collector love affair long after they were out of circulation. As well, we have a multi-year attempt at an international trade dollar. That’s the best of times. The worst might be the way we sort of stumbled from a Rip van Winkle decades-long period of no silver dollars at all to a silver dollar that never had silver in it for circulation – the Eisenhower – to a small thing few wanted – the Susan B. Anthony. It’s tough to build much of a collection when it comes to the Ikes or the Suzies, simply because there are only seven years of the first and four years of the latter. So why not widen our collecting gaze a bit, and look to the silver dollars of our northern neighbors? Or maybe we should say, look to the nickel dollars. O, Canada? Ah, Canada. After an abortive attempt to issue a dollar coin for George V's coronation, Canada got into the silver dollar business right as we were getting out of it, in 1935 (commemorating George V's silver anniversary on the throne). And for those of us who want that particular collecting challenge, by all means, try it and enjoy! But the Canadian “silver” dollars we’re going to focus on are those starting in 1968, when Canada decided the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) would switch from the precious metal to pure nickel – similar to what several other nations did at about the same time. The new nickel dollars continued to sport the Arnold Machin image of the queen wearing a tiara that Canada first used in 1965. It was the second of The Maryland Numismatist – Autumn, 2018 Page 10 what has since become an impressively long line of images of Queen Elizabeth II as she aged through her record-breaking long reign. They also continued to be known as Voyageur dollars, because of the well- established image of the merchant and native guide paddling a canoe which dominates the reverse. Why Canada went from silver to pure nickel, while other countries such as the U.S. went to a copper-nickel alloys, well, it’s a matter of what’s right there domestically. Canada has a lot of nickel. Oh, the United States has some as well, but Canada has remained one of the world’s leading nickel producers for decades. Indeed, the nickel refinery at Sudbury, Ontario was one of the major producers of this metal for the Allies during World War II, when it was needed for a wide variety of military applications. So, with so much nickel being easily available, the RCM went to “silver” dollars that were 99.9% nickel. Although the Voyageurs continued their decades-long paddle right through the change in metals, the RCM continued a tradition that started right at the beginning of their silver dollars – making circulating commemoratives. The first-year (1935) silver dollar was designed to be a circulating commemorative, as a good look at the obverse legends will prove. With the new nickel silver dollars, it was 1970 that saw the first of the commemorative reverses, honoring Manitoba. There would be others as well, in 1971 for British Columbia, in 1973 for Prince Edward Island,