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Mortkeast Toker & Medal Society Farewell! — rrrsir013 viral ave 5, wz NOR* EASTER “TOKENS MEDALS & EXONUMIA of the NORTHEAST, USA* Thanks to these workers whe kepe us going for 88 years: Presiden ‘Sl Zadke. 1980-1985, 1985-1987 George Skic 1999-2006 RK. Burke 1983-1985 Petey Wacker 2006-2012 eu: Howaboon 1987-U0 Vice Presideat ocx DiGiscorno 1980-1985 BLK. Tnvke 1992-1904 Pete Hegaboom 1985:1987 Steven Migdleton 1994 2009° Al Zaks 1987-2980 Dennis Berube 2010-2012 Gouge Skic 1984-1991 Under Steve Middleton, dhe duties of Membership Chali uid Publicity Chairman were added lo these of the View Presiden. Senet Dennis Tiebuss 1980-982 Esther Skie LiL 3006 George Skie 1990-1994 ‘Vacant after 2006) ©The duties af this position yore split iato Corresponding Secretary aud (Reeuedi Secretary fou 1982 to 1985 and the later position wes eoruine with thal of Treasirer, From 1885 to 1990 there wa sie: position of Seenetary’Preasutes, Corresponding Soerctary Bill Bersein 1982-198 ‘Chaat Lc 1981086 Waller Stevenson HIRLUING Secretany-Treasurer Josey Zara 1989-1983 s Wein 1983-1900 Treasurer Jeary Zara 1980-1982 Dennis Helmer 1991-1995 sikn 1990-1991, 1996 2007 Bob Sehnpyp 2007-2012 Demis Helmer! 996-2000 ‘Vacant alter 2011 2000-2004 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Members, Ubope you and your hid a great summert Iris wow ay sad day to compose my last. "Presidents ‘Message’ as we dishand a club we laee all enienea, Sad as ibis, Ya ks to stat ont om a postive note. ‘The club Ins hal # gies sugcess in is publieaions ‘uu these will Be valued auul sed long alter the clo has disappeared, Fai, we have our neveleters, with 4am coormous ainouui of gue infoxuiation puelecd in bv talented writers aud diligent eaiors. We have Gary Pattersou's snd Bob & Hill Schopp's inom. saps, Whear [sity "lave" Laue that these ae oo permanent fle in the Spevial Collections Depart. nent ofthe Alexander Library of Ralgers University ‘ou College Avenue in New Bmvnsniek, The valte of these materials is sellected in the Lael. that major esearch universin’s library win eager to access them, This way not register with noswacadenics but L will sgve yout ant evenuple of how importa this is When [retired ftom my teaching duties at Ruiger (sill auntain an ocx) 1 “downsize my Drojessienal library, Ob, Taouyh, due Rungeas Lsbeary system sill be delighied with ny donation of what Gust of a impostan buoks. Not sol'Mhey ald s00ep some ofthe hnoks bu eject cllers: How com tat he? Tunis ona accessing iba materials i involved aul expensive ‘roves ond librarians tave ta "pile end choose very cateully, especially giveu lday’s eeonomai realities, Another positive note is that antcles relied wo New Jeney exouuania for the "New Jersey Nuunismatic Toumal’ are weleonied hy editor Fran Carkowski slianivabou.tom>. You ear seanember thet I dil one on a medallion issued by the Melem Corporation. (Unfortunately the itlsraton of the musdllion left somehing to hee desi) Fdtors ure abvays looking lor good sasterial, Fran should have some “back up" as T called a buch of atiles appecming yvars ago in the NJNJ amd sent theun to her, In an ease, ke oud. ote for getty the srord ont abou. New esses exernumia, So, in closing, all is not low, Tens heen my pleasure te serve, My haus to all ie writers and edits over the years who Mave given ng such wonderful insights into one hohby - especially reeently Dave Glulleier and Gary Patterson. ud, oC cout, the CSNA for having luted us at their annul eonseation. Bost, Peur Wachee New Brunswick, Sepsemier 18, 2012, ‘The Windup of NETAMS (On May 19, 201%. the Northeast Token aud Medal Society (formerly the New Jersey Exonumia Society held is ast meeting, sie munis alien mblication and distribution of the last regular issne of is quarterly nessltter, Phe Nor ster: The ania itean of business om tle agenda ‘was sel forth on a mailed notice from Treasurer Dob Schopp to our Gi active macbes, a Follow: ‘pil 2012 Deer Monto ek ia Sei emery HES, As you ny be nino, Gay Paterson had 16 sign tir of ue wens, the ‘Nor Eases lst plug due io hea sues. We ave Ben unscesefl reciting | new ‘editor ds fa. The Fsevative Commmiaze must make u dzeon on diskanding the [Northeast ABS and we wail yuurinpa. The doeson sy be voted om the ND Seon sccting on Way 19, 2012 11 ana he Ukcinan Cal Gets in Somerset, Ni. This the seo he Ganda Sate Nrsfansie Associaton coin Shon, 1s thee anyone among our new or eld monbers tha would be willing otk on the des OF Edior of our qusrslynousieler? = ‘ve do decide t disband, ie il vero decide which organization e should donate ‘our treasury e-Any ds pid fr 2012 wil be otamed, ‘ob Sehonp, Tresurr, RUS ou cnn, 609-586-996, ‘The difficult decision was made to disband, After payment ot outstinamg bills and refima of dues ai, Bol seul advice ous wna to do with the veunining balagoe: Dear Member of the Nontheas! TAMS,: We will be forced to disband our hobby organization dc to our failure vo ntact an editor for our newstettr- este disbund, the furs remaining in the teanury should go w another numismatic organization, such as TAMS, SNA. ot NATCA. Please give us your thoughts on this by regular maif or email. Email your vows on which group see should donate our Ueasury 1 teeonGeet e209 ‘or mail them to Bob Schopp, 16 Sanbert Circle, Hamilton Square, NJ 08690- 2510. ‘Best wishes to you all Bob Schopp NETAMS Treasurer Whe uibers decided to donate the [umd to the Token and Medal Society (DAMS). An Inne yahesing al Davidl Cdlelier's house followed on November 18, 2013, consisting of David, Rab and Cary Paterson GLaalitg lll ts right) and Al Zaika (seated), Cn tat aecasion, Gary received as an award, a set of amonyinons merchant scrip notes from his howe tren of Manchester, N.J., hich he is holding printed eine 1840s when Manchester was in Monmouth County. 1 anyone cond have found out who snight have dsueel ese notes, Gary could. David lien planned tc pnt out a “farewell” issue of The Nor “Ader. Cary brouglit unpublished items ‘eur io hin in-askel. Bob brought the fands ia the tesiuey, anc a acto adress labels, for ‘use as needed for the anticiyael printing and railing of the “Guewell” issue. his, however, did rot take place. ‘The cutive AZ-yea combined run of Jesseyane and The Nor*Eester has aw been placed fon the Newnan Numismatic Portal, courtesy of I zonard Augsbuxges, is projec! caendlinaton. This scems an apprupriale Lime, therefore, to “publish” the longelelayed farevell jssue, althongh in jnfemet form rather than on the old-fashioned paper prelenred by many readers, Meanbers wl he notified that. if they provide au coral address, this issue will be seu to them on ne, OF course, i a be princed ouLand kept with a paper sel And TAMS will shorty roceive a donation of 8156.47 as NEVAMS wound up in the ack, SOUVENIRS OF AL ZAIKA'S 1976 CASINO TEACELIN (helow) Reese Palley (1922-9015) was an Atlantic City businessman, art dealer, and allsroond luracier. “Thats his picture oa his play money below (same design om the $10,000 deuorination). reese palley/atlantic city December 21, 1976 Me. AL Zaike Token Collector BO, BOX 6b Belimawr, NJ 08090 Dear Mr. Zaike: ‘Thank you for your nice letter of December 19th. Ais requested enclosed is some of the play money we used ab your Cusine Teach-In. Sincerely, Reese valley, Inc. Llancie 7 1911 the boardwalk atlantic city, new jersey 08401 609-344-1128 madara Unsigned lithograph, eal. of Mary Ellen Pavlos A MAN RICH, BUT FRUGAL. Atoue time he was one of the wealthiest landowners in Perth Amboy. ‘Yot he refused to discard his old checks, even after his bank went bust. If you wore playing the TV game Jeopardy! on the topic “New Jersey History Tvivia” for 52,000, you would be @ winner with “Who was E, M, Patterson?” ‘Who. indeed? Let's begin with the Civil War era scrip note shown below, It's in the form ofa check, originally prinied with the name of the Commercial Bank of New Jersey and Paterson's printed name on the lefl end. A three-masted ship. typical of Perth Amaboy"s seaport status, proceeds to the right under full sil, The original partially printed date is 183. This check connects Patterson with the Commercial Bank, one af New Jersey's carly banks, given a dual- ‘purpose charter in 1822, ‘The charter authorized this bunk to operite as 1 “fishery” ss well us a financial institution, ‘remitting the “carrying on, from the port of Perth-Amboy, the fishing for whales, seals, and sea fish, in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans." In Rrtherunee of ils fishing eperations, it wos permitted (o duild ships, An 1823 map published in Whitehead’s Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy shows the bank eum Fishery business located at Marker Square on High Strect, In those days the business theived, bur later it fll upon hard times, and its charter was suspendcd in 1857. That dida’t stop the frugal Patterson from moving his aecount elsewhere and comtinuing Wo use up his old cheeks. Fackiel Patterson himself was not a native Amboyan and only brictly eesided there although he workod in that city and had strong economic ties w i We em pioce together fragmentary informstion about him ftom a variety of sources. He was bem in Huntington Township, in Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley, to farming family on May 6, 1810. the fourth connnarna CLA i SERRATE AL. Vee Mie LAAT. Cx od z G fs GRIEG LOS Oi. wee cof sight children of Thomas and Mary Patterson. His father alto taught school in nearby Plymouth to help support the Iaye family, Thrce of Kzakiel's siblings sel! father away in ‘Mauch Chunk, Ys. (now Jim Thorpe), weslom tonulmus of the Lehig’ Canal und original home of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, founded in 1823 hy merger alu mining company ‘and a canal company. Hzckiel found employment with this company, which brought hiss to Nev Jersey hy 1838, whon he was serving os ils superintendent in Jersey City. Aotluavite voal vas mined in the Mauch Chunk anes and tramsperted by eanal to Easton, Pa. Upon completion in 1836 of dhe Morris Canal ftom Phillipsburg, N, I. across the Delaware River from Pasion, to Newark with a branch wy Jersey City, it was possible for Patterson to advertise the “first quality Lehigh coal, delivered on board of vessels (canal howl), at Jersey City.” for $6 per long usm. That was his job to supervise the shiprnent, sule and dtivery of the ‘coal to the greater New York mutkel, Coal Imffis Roca the major eeveque source af the Morris Canal, continaing even uller competition opened up fom consteuction of ralleoad lines, And Pattersons had his hand in the railroad business tno. Along the way, Pattorson sought to officially adapt "Montgomery" as his middle mame by special aut af the Now Jersey Logislaruze. he bill passed the Assernbly (loveer house) but fled (01.4 7-7 vote in the eislaive Couneil (upper house), probably due to hostility o€ the Tegislsers toward such peuly special legislation, What is interesting are the relerenves in Ove 1838 proceodings to Patterson heing “ol Perth Amby", the only proof we have fouad of his actual residence there. By 1850 he hud maved lg nearby North Brunswick, and therealier iy New Brunswick, where be was elected Mayor in 1860, und whers he resided for the rest ef his life. He continued, however. to own a house on Merkel Street (shown on the detail of Brinley"s 1856 ‘map a ilem #3) aux other properties in Perth Amboy. The year 1841 finds Patterson with another Perth Amboy connection, again to the Commercial Hank: He is the naned payes on one of its notes. This sualus does nor nocessa connote employment with the hark, bul il does indicate thar Parterson hy thea commanded some recoynition and respect in the communily, These notes were aegotiuble wx bearer paper becsuse they were mace payable to the named payee “or bearcs.” Banks engaged in the practise of vnaming well-known persorayes as puyees on Ussit aoles beeause it facilitaned their avseplamee and circulation, Notes made payable ws “Georg: Washington,” “Henry Clay,” ane ther famous persons (or fo bearer of course) were issued hy many banks long after the named! ayes” devths, Patterson's mame continued to appear on the Coramercial Bank's notes throughou. the 18408. Ue note shown below, dated “I-mo. 1° (lanuury 1), 1847, bas Pattorsox’s nase buldly ‘eriten, in a ad that closely resembles his known sigmilures on the serip note and on his wil. 1 ‘thos appears that Paterson signed te note himself as namned payee. His printed name as pagee is ‘ound on later notes issued up until 1851. So how did Pultersn’s name become so faenifiar Amboyans? The prime reson for Patterson's prominence appears io be tha, he was a large local employer. Ax carly as 1835, Patterson opened a coul yurd and dock on walerffont property bounded by Commerce sireet on ths nosh, Lafayerte set on the south, und Tigh street om the ‘west. Per Joseph VI. Flynn, writing in 1904, “this brought maay [rish Cathie (rom Jersey City {w work there.” Some of these workers bought ar rented housing, some purchased! lets and bull, houses in the Tower Hil! section, but housing was in such short supply that the disused British harracks, constructed in 1759, about six lacks west af the eaal yard, was pressed into scrviee to house some of Pattersou’s workers. ‘The 1850 census shows Patlerson’s eocupation as “soa! merchant”, The coal yard propocty is shown on the 1856 Tinley map of Perth Amboy (ftom #2 ton the deli} as well as on maps drawn in 1865 and 1876; Patlersin was will shawn as the owner