- New 2008 NENA medals announced! Get the Order Form Details Here.
- NENA calls for exhibits for the 2008 Convention and Annual Meeting. Please read the rules and then send in an Entry Form
- NENA and ANA announce Intermediate Coin Grading Seminar at 2008 Convention
- Kittredge Numismatic Foundation: An exciting Opportunity and a Call for Your Input
- NENA’s 2008 Convention and Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the New Hampshire Coin and Currency Expo. The location is The Radison Hotel/ Center of New Hampshire, 700 Elm Street in Manchester and the date will be Saturday, October 11.
- Boston Numismatic Society montly meeting, Tuesday, June 8th
- Nashua (NH) Coin Club - monthly meeting, Wednesday, June 9th
- Mansfield Numismatic Society will hold its next meeting on September 22nd at the Mansfield Public Library on RT 89, Mansfield Center, CT .
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Numismatic News for New England
This is a blog written by members of the NENA board of directors in order to share news and events of interest to New England Numismatists.
08/12/08
10:58:12 am 
Coins stolen at Baltimore ANA show (list below)
Categories: Announcements [A], 195 wordsSend feedback •MISSING COINS FROM THE BALTIMORE ANA COIN SHOW….COINS TAKEN FROM JOHN SCHUCH’S BOOTH ON
SAT. NIGHT, SUN. MORNING.
NGC 1909-S VDB MS64RD 1875132001 – NGC 1931-S MS65RD 183199021
NGC 1818 AU58 CAP BUST 3011945008 – NGC 1858-S AU53 HALF 3098594023
NGC 1863-S NS62 HALF 1657584002 – PCGS 1913 F-15 HALF 12342621
PCGS 1914 F-12 HALF 12252135 – ANACS 1921-D HALF 2988228
PCGS 1947-D MS64 HALF 13054751 – PCGS 1878-S MS65 $ 11492332
PCGS 1881 MS65 $ 11400115 – NGC 1881-S MS65 $ 956707005
PCGS 1882 MS65 $ 12238325 – PCGS 1884-CC MS65PL 13071773
PCGS 1885-S MS64 21846563 – NGC 1887-S MS64 $ 3203745036
PCGS 1890-S MS65 $ 11538179 – NGC 1893-0 AU50 $ 1279901006
NGC 1893-O AU53 $ 3026793001 – PCGS 1899 MS65 $ 11450935
PCGS 1901-S MS62 $ 12120880 – NGC 1903-O MS66 $ 271943016
PCGS 1903-S AU53 $ 12139236 – NGC 1921 PEACE MS64 3203745098
PCGS 1928 MS62 $ 3496522 – NGC 1934-D MS64 $ 1923542017
John will purchase the coins back from any dealer who purchased them at the show.
John states that THE THIEF IS LATE THIRTIES, EARLY FORTIES. LONGER BROWN HAIR
COMBED BACK, MED. BUILD, LIGHT COMPLEXION. WAS AT OUR TABLE ON SATURDAY
NIGHT, AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY MORNING.
PLEASE CONTACT JOHN SCHUCH DIRECTLY (916) 780-7097, OR THE ANA 719-632-2646, IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING THESE COINS OR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE RECOVERY OF THESE COINS.
THANK YOU
American Numismatic Association
719-632-2646
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08/09/08
10:11:16 am
Low orders = low mintage on this year's NENA medals
Categories: Announcements [A], 64 wordsSend feedback •We have received a lower than average number of orders for the 2008 NENA medals. This means that as of right now the 2008 medals will be one of the lowest mintages in recent memory. Don’t miss your chance to get in on what looks to be a rarity for collectors of this series. Here is the order form http://www.nenacoin.org/nena_medal.pdf
06/21/08
06:29:03 pm
Mint to sell Presidential Dollar at face value
Categories: Announcements [A], 123 wordsSend feedback •The US Mint has started taking order for $250 boxes of Presidential dollars. Each box will contain 10 25 coin rolls which may consist of rolls all from one mint or may have rolls from both mints. Customers will not be allowed to request which mints the rolls are from as the purpose of this program is to get the coins into circulation and as such these $250 boxes are not viewed as collector products. The other notable thing about this program is that the mint will ship the coins free of charge so these coins really are being sold at face value. Each customer is limited to a maximum of 2 boxes or 500 coins. For more info visit the mint’s web site as http://www.mint.gov
06/10/08
05:39:38 pm
PCGS to begin slabbing "problem" coins as "genuine"
Categories: Announcements [A], 65 wordsSend feedback •PCGS recently announced a new service where they will encapsulate coins which they had previously body bagged. These “problem” coins will be put in regular PCGS slabs but in place of a grade there will just be the word “Genuine". This service will not attempt to place a net grade on the coin similar to the way ANACS and NGC (under their NCC service) do.
06/07/08
02:08:40 pm
Big changes ahead for US currency?
Categories: Announcements [A], 106 wordsSend feedback •The Treasury Department losts its appeal of a lower court decision ruling that it is discriminating against blind people because there is no tactile way for them to distinguish different denominations of US currency.
The Treasury Department had argued that blind people should use currency reading devices that identify different denominations as the cost to change the vending machines so that they could recognize different sized bills or some other method of distinguishing different denominations would be too expensive. However the US Court of Appeals disagreed. The Treasury Department has not yet announced if it is going to appeal the decision to the US Supreme Court.
On Saturday, October 11 NENA's 2008 Convention and Annual Meeting will again be held in conjunction with the New Hampshire Coin and Currency Expo, but at a new venue - The Radison Hotel/ Center of New Hampshire, 700 Elm Street in Manchester. We will continue our Young Numismatist (YN) program and expect to have a range of speakers and interesting presentations. Also, we will continue the practice of sponsoring a two-day ANA course. Check our web site, www.NENACoin.org, for details.
This year's medal theme is a nice complement to last year's Saint Gaudens $20 Gold centennial. This year we celebrate the centennial of Saint Gaudens $10 Gold Indian Head design. Once again, silver and gilded bronze ex- amples will be offered. Check for an order form elsewhere in this issue. If you haven't yet visited the Saint Gaudens National Historic Site in Cor- nish, New Hampshire, this year would be a great time to do so. His work is of great artistic as well as numismatic importance and a tour of his studio and grounds is both beautiful and informative. And if you do go, how about writing an article on your experience for NENA News? We are always looking for contributions and it is kind of neat seeing your byline in print!
Finally, the great cent
debate rages on - to keep it or
not? Should we change its composition? What do you
think? I think the new designs
for the Lincoln Cent Centennial
in 2009 would make a fitting
conclusion to the series. How-
ever, knowing our country's
resistance to change (e.g. we
still have the one dollar note in
addition to the largely non-
circulating coin), we'll probably
have the cent for the foreseeable
future.
Good collecting!
-Bob Hewey