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12-13 Oct 51st Annual Rome Coin Show. Civic Center, 400 Civic Center Dr.,

Rome, GA. (PH: 770-815-4042). Email: [email protected].

19-21 Oct Mississippi Numismatic Association 51st Annual State Convention

& Coin Show. Desoto County Civic Center, 4560 Venture Dr.,

Southaven, MS. (PH: 601-527-9340). Email: [email protected].

26-28 Oct Sarasota Coin Show & Sale. Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 801 N.

Tamiami Trail, US 41, Sarasota, FL. (PH: 941-954-0202). Email:

[email protected].

26-28 Oct South Carolina Numismatic Association 40th Annual Coin Show

and Convention. Carolina First Center, 1 Exposition Dr, Greenville,

SC. (I-385, Exit 40B). (PH: 803-530-3668 or 803-364-2726). Email:

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7-9 Dec Shenandoah Valley Club Coin & Stamp Show. Weyers Cave Com-

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256. (PH: 540-849-9108) Email: [email protected].

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9400 Universal Blvd, Orlando, Florida. (PH: 407-321-8747). Email:

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2012 Show Calendar

For a more up to date Show Calendar visit the BRNA website at www.brna.org

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APPLICATION FOR BRNA MEMBERSHIP

NAME:

ADDRESS:

CITY:

STATE & ZIP:

EMAIL:

SIGNATURE:

Dues: $10/year, YN $5/year, Life Members (under 55) $200, over 55 $125

Mail to: BRNA—PO Box 56156, Virginia Beach, VA 23456

Table of Contents

President’s Message 5

Editor’s Notes 6

BRNA Membership Application 3

Large Cents 1793-1857 7

Indian Cents & Non-Cents of the Civil War 8

2012 BRNA Convention 10

YN Program 13

Coins, Currency and other Events 20

Lesher Referendum Dollars 22

List of Officers and Governors 23

Our Advertisers 24

Coin Show Calendar 26

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Bourse Floor just prior to the

arrival of dealers for setup.

BRNA President Grant Campbell

presents a plaque to retiring Bob

Hurst for his dedication as BRNA

Bourse Chairman for the past 6 years.

Bob has the honor of cutting the

ribbon for the opening of the 53rd

BRNA Annual Convention.

Dealers arriving and setting up just

minutes after the Bourse floor is open.

Bob just seconds after the ribbon

was cut starting the 53rd BRNA

Convention.

Bourse Floor about an hour after

the Convention closed.

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Coins & Collectibles 18 Numismatic Classic 11

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Weiss Collectible Sales 19

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President’s Message Even during the 53rd BRNA convention, ideals and plans were being discussed

and made for the 2013 Convention. The 2012 attendance was down from 2011, but

most dealers said the collectors that attended were there to buy. In comparison to

the ANA in Philadelphia the week before, the BRNA CONVENTION was FAN-

TASTIC.

Bill Fivaz held a “How to Grade Buffalo Nickels” that was well attended. I had

a chance to be one of the audience and really enjoy the numismatic seminar. Jim

Best held a seminar on “Silver Bullion versus Silver Art Bar/Round Collecting. We

thank all of the speakers at the seminars.

We had the Bust Half Nut Club Meeting and the International Association of

Silver Art Collectors (IASAC) held their annual meeting during this year’s conven-

tion.

We want to thank Bob Hurst for being the Bourse Chairman for the past 6

years where he has done an outstanding job for Blue Ridge. Bob took over the reins

from a previous person where he had a lot of concerns to overcome. With this Blue

Ridge is much appreciative.

For future show bourse information please contact Blenda Brush, BRNA Sec-

retary and/or Ron Blackman Editor/Webmaster who will be working together as co-

bourse chair-persons . We will be working hard based on dealer seniority to im-

prove the show for each and every dealer.

Gayle Pike was re-elected to the Board of Directors and Sharon and Ron

Blackman were elected as new members of the Board. Gayle continues to do a good

job with the YN Program each year. We started a YN Money program this year and

the results seem to be successful.

Sharon has always been helpful doing whatever needs to be done and you can

find her at the front desk during the Convention. Ron is in charge of the website and

journals and other jobs as needed. We are proud to have all three on the BRNA

Board.

We had a good return on voting this year for the Board Members and we thank

each and everyone that voted. Remember that you vote does count and it is impor-

tant.

Thanks to all of the Board Members for their support during the year and espe-

cially Dave Cieniewicz as the Convention Coordinator where he got his first bap-

tism as a coordinator.

During the show, Gary Filler's sat down at a dealer's table saying he just

needed to get his breath. The dealer did not think much of it because we all

have a tendency to overdo at times. Unfortunately, Gary died at his home the

next night from a heart attack. Gary will truly be missed as being a part of

many BRNA conventions. We certainly did not know that the 53rd annual con-

vention would be his last. Our thoughts and prayers goes out to the Filler’s

family for their lost.

THANKS TO ALL - LOOKING FORWARD TO AUGUST 23rd - 25th 2013

BRNA CONVENTION.

Thanks everyone!!! Grant Campbell

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Editor’s Notes The 53rd BRNA Annual Convention is done and now we can catch our

breath for a couple of weeks before we start working the 54th Annual

Convention.

The long hot summer is about over with except for a few more weeks of

heat and humidity combined. I have seen the leaves start turning color and

falling to the ground. Another thing that has been noticed in the morning

is the sun is moving in the sky and its get darker earlier in the evening.

In this issue Blenda Brush gave us a article about the convention and

Gayle Pike provided an article about the YN Program. Bill Groom wrote a

article about the “Indian Head Cents & Non-Cents of the Civil War”.

The holidays will be upon us within a few months and then the year starts

again. Everyone at BRNA wishes all of the dealers, families and custom-

ers a wonderful time of the year and be careful.

As most of you know that one of the items that you need to continue to be

aware of is security. As you are going, coming from shows, club meetings

or just discussing the items in your collections or inventory be aware of

your surroundings. You never know who might be listening or following

you to your car or your home. It’s a great hobby that you are involved in

but if we are not careful then it can be very dangerous. Be careful at all

times.

Ron Blackman

Email: [email protected]

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Officers

President

Grant Campbell (2013)

108 South Hamilton Street

Dalton, GA 30720

Ph: 706-226-3504

Email: [email protected]

Vice President

James Best (2013) Ph: 863-644-0903

Email: [email protected]

Secretary

Blenda Brush (2014)

P. O. Box 56156

Virginia Beach, VA 23456

Ph: 864-617-3378

Email: [email protected]

Treasurer

Wendell Brush (2014)

Ph: 864-617-3378

Email: [email protected]

Past President

Gary Overton

Ph: 321-779-4566

Email: [email protected]

Governors and Appointed Positions

David Cieniewicz (2013)

Ph: (256) 852-7015

Email: [email protected]

Barry Ciociola (2013)

Ph/Fax: 919-656-3265

Email: [email protected]

Glenda Weaver (2013)

Ph: 615-654-2622

Email: [email protected]

Sharon Blackman (2014

Ph: 321-544-7886

Email: [email protected]

Ron Blackman (2014)

Ph: 321-258-0325

Email: [email protected]

Gayle Pike (2014)

Ph: 901-327-1703

Email: [email protected]

Bourse Chair

Blenda Brush

Ph: 864-617-3378

and

Ron Blackman

Ph: 321-258-0325

Convention Coordinator

David Cieniewicz

Ph: 256-852-7015

Email: [email protected]

Historian

Scott Sparks

Ph: 617-320-7765

Email:

[email protected]

Exhibit Chairman

Julie Lannom

Ph: 865-376-9701

Email: [email protected]

Editor/Webmaster

Ron Blackman PO Box 110398, Palm Bay, FL 32911

Ph: 321-258-0325 Email: [email protected]

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BUYING & SELLING

US COINS &

CURRENCY

LESHER REFERENDUM DOLLARS

Joseph W. Lesher (1838-1918), a native of Ohio who for 20 years was Colorado

silver camp worker, silver-mine owner and real estate investor, began an issue of sil-

ver "Referendum Souvenirs" in his home town of Victor, CO.

These dollars were coined

between 1900 (top image)-

1901, and were private to-

kens used in trade to some

extent, and stocked by vari-

ous merchants who re-

deemed them in goods.

Coins were numbered and a

blank space left at bottom of

1901 issues, in which were

stamped (bottom image)

names of businessmen who

bought them. All are quite

rare; many varieties are ex-

tremely rare. Composition

is .950 fine silver alloyed

with copper.

Source: Redbook

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LARGE CENTS - 1793-1857

Cents and half cents were the first coins struck under the authority of the United

States Government. Coinage began in 1793 with laws specifying that the cent

should weigh exactly twice as much as the half cent. Large cents were coined

every year from 1793 to 1857 with the exception of 1815, when a lack of copper

prevented production. All were coined at the Philadelphia Mint. Mintage records

in some cases may be inaccurate, as many of the early pieces were struck later

than the dates shown on the coins. Varieties listed are those most significant to

collectors. Numerous other die varieties may be found because each of the early

dies was individually made. Proof large cents were first made in 1817 and all

proofs are rare. The proofs were not made available to the general public before

the mid 1850s.

Source: Redbook

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Life Member: ANA, BRNA,

TSNS,G NA

Our 56th year in business

INDIAN HEAD CENTS & NON-CENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR

by Bill Groom In April the sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of the Civil War com-

menced. It was April 12, 1861 that the Confederates opened fire on Fort Sumter.

The war brought particularly hard, economic times to much of the population,

north and south. Hard money or specie (money was then worth its’ weight in

silver and gold) was hoarded, and merchants were hard-pressed to conduct busi-

ness. Whereas the South had to resort to the use of less trustworthy paper money,

the industrialized North was able to compensate for this monetary deficit by pro-

ducing tokens.

The great majority of the Yankee Civil War tokens were the size of a small

cent. They were mostly struck in copper, but other metals were also utilized; this,

creating many varieties for budding collectors. There are generally two catego-

ries of Civil War tokens, storecards and patriotics. Storecards advertised a wide

variety of businesses while patriotics espoused political sentiment.

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COINS, CURRENCY AND OTHER HISTORY EVENTS

09 Oct

1839 Bank of the United States, no longer holding a federal charter, sus-

pends specie payments.

19 Oct

1831 Assets of the Bank of the United States liquidated at public auction.

20 Oct

1944 Date appearing beneath the portrait of Douglas MacArthur on the

Philippines 1947 50 centavo and 1 peso coins, designed by laura

Gardin Fraser, marking Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return.

06 Nov

1905 President Theodore Roosevelt writes sculptor Augustus Saint-

Gaudens asking him to redesign gold coin.

06 Dec

1818 Coining monopoly granted to San Antonio postmaster and city

treasurer Jose Antonio de la Garza by Spanish crown, making his

home the first mint in Texas.

7 Dec 1941 On this fateful day, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, which started the

US involvement in World War II.

13 Dec

1935 Canceled gold certificates thrown from fire ravaged Treasury stor-

age facility are picked up by bystanders.

18 Dec

1942 Second War Powers Act authorizes cent composition change, and

authorizes 3-cent coin.

25 Dec MERRY CHRISTMAS Remember this day for its intended pur-

pose.

30 Dec

1801 Treasurer of the Mint delivers 171,924 cents to Bank of the United

States.

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INDIAN HEAD CENTS & NON-CENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR

(Continued) As the Indian Head cents which first entered circulation in 1859 were already

familiar to the public, similar designs were commonly used on the tokens. Indeed,

there are dozens of Indian Head varieties within the series. The diesinker or en-

graver would match these stock dies with an advertising or patriotic reverse.

Among the many Indian Head varieties are tokens dated 1861, 1862, 1863 and

1864; as well as some that are undated. Can you tell which of the following is a

Civil War token?

Actually, both of the pictures are those of Civil War tokens. The token on the left

is brass while the other has a copper planchet.

Continued on page 10

President Campbell an-

nouncing the results of the

voting for BRNA positions.

Registration at the beginning

of the 53rd BRNA Annual

Convention

KEEP UP TODATE BY VISIT-

ING:

www.BRNA.ORG for Convention Dates and Details

(Bourse Application, etc.), Officers,

Dealers, and Contact Information

www.facebook.com/BRNAshow for

profile and friends comments

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INDIAN HEAD CENTS & NON-CENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR

(Continued) If one looks carefully, a few, subtle design differences do become apparent.

Notice the position of the last star (4 o’clock) in relation to the last feather. Also,

there’s a noticeable difference in the positioning of the date in relation to the rib-

bon and hair curl. There are slanted dentils around the perimeter of the token on

the left. The dentils on the right token appear shorter and point more on center.

As the war was drawing toward closure in 1864, the government then passed

an act which ended issuance of the token substitutes for money. Then too, the

composition of Indian Cents changed that year. The copper nickel Indians were

succeeded by bronze cents, containing more copper. In 1865, the tokens became

relics of the past … utterances of bygone days.

For those who want to explore these further, the Civil War Token Society and

other worthwhile websites can be found by Googling. The “Guide Book of U.S.

Coins” or “Red Book” illustrates some Civil War tokens, and those pages can be

found in the book’s index. Dare to know.

2012 BRNA CONVENTION

The Blue Ridge Numismatic Association (BRNA), the largest and original coin

show in Georgia, has just completed its 53rd Annual Convention in Dalton, Georgia.

Each year this show brings new ideas and new dealers for a sold out bourse floor in

Northern Georgia. This year the organization tried a new idea of offering each young

collector that attended the show and each collector that attended the Young Collectors

Program on Saturday, a $5.00 BRNA Scrip that could be used for purchasing any item

or items on the Bourse Floor or from the Supply Dealer. For every $5 Scrip that was

Continued on page 11

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STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL One of the more common U. S. commemorative

coins, the Stone Mountain half dollar was a by-

product of a much larger undertaking—the carv-

ing of monumental figures of Robert E. Lee,

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and Jefferson Davis

into the side of a sheer cliff. These heroes of the

Southern Confederacy (only Lee and Jackson

appear on the coin) were portrayed on horseback

on a scale that would render them visible for

miles. This great sculpture was not completed

until more than 50 years after it commenced, and

it left behind a legacy of strife and scandal. The

coins that resulted from this visionary project

possess a remarkable history of their own.

Stone Mountain is located a few miles northeast

of Atlanta. It stands 867 feet high and is more

than seven miles in circumference at the base.

The exposed northeast face is itself nearly a mile

wide. Source Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia

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Authorized Dealer: PCGS, NGC, ICG, ANACS

Life Member: ANA, BRNA, FUN

Email: [email protected]

Visit our Website: www.NumismaticClassics.com

2012 BRNA CONVENTION (Continued)

turned in, the dealer would receive the same amount in cash. This new program was a

success and enjoyed by both the dealers and the young numismatists and will be con-

tinued next year. The images below depicts some of the YNs that received the BRNA

Scrip and was able to purchase items from the dealers on the Bourse floor.

As always, we welcomed several new dealers and were sad to see some of our long

time dealers retire. We will miss Jerry Wysong, and P.C. Clark (who fell and injured

his hip). Also, our sympathies go to the family of Ron Steere and Gary Fillers who

passed away recently.

The opening ceremony was given by President Grant Campbell with a presentation

to Bob Hurst, the resigning Bourse Chairman to a crowd of anxious attendees. Even

though the attendance was over 1500 for three days it was slightly lower than the pre-

vious years. However, with the election year and slow economy we were still excited

to see such great attendance. Continued on page 12.

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2012 BRNA CONVENTION (Continued)

For next year, the Bourse Chairmen are working on a 95% already sold out bourse

floor for August 2013.

If you missed the show this year, mark your calendars for next year and visit our

website www.brna.org. Our webmaster, Ron Blackman, keeps the website updated

with all of the activities of the B.R.N.A.

Amongst the other happenings of the show, the Officers and Board of Governors

have selected two new positions this year.

One of the positions is a Historian, Scott Sparks from J.J. Teaparty. If you have any

memorabilia or information on the past history Scott would be delighted to talk with

you. We also will have a new Exhibit Chairman. Julie Lannom of KMM Enterprises

has agreed to assist us with Exhibits for 2013. This year there were two exhibits (non

competitive), however, the recipients were rewarded for displaying. If you are inter-

ested, again use our website or contact anyone on the Board for information.

Hope to see you at a Coin Show – don’t forget we are the people in the Blue Shirts.

Blendell Brush, Secretary

B.R.N.A.

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YOUNG NUMISMATISTS (YN) PROGRAM (Continued)

multiple times. And each time could select a pile of coins. On the other side of the

room were prizes for when they filled their entire card. When they had a full card

Bingo they could choose a larger prize which was on the other side of the room. We

continued to play learning about coins and winning piles of coins until there were no

piles of coins left.

Prior to the Bingo game Randy Chase spoke for 10 minuets to the YN’s about find-

ing a good coin dealer in your area to work with . We also had Richard Jozefiak

from the ANA spoke to the kids about our national coin collectors organization.

BRNA allowed me to purchase a number of coins for the kids and volunteers can-

vassed the Bourse floor asking for donations from the dealers. They were very gener-

ous!! We had several large items such as a Silver Dollar and a genuine piece of Con-

federate currency. At the end of the program each child filled out a piece of paper .We

gave these great Items away as door prizes. We drew a name at random so all the kids

had a chance to win one of these neat prizes.

Since the BRNA editor ask me to write a short article about the YN program. I

would like to take this opportunity to thank all the dealers that donated to the YN pro-

gram. We had some really happy kids. I would also like to thank the volunteers that

went around and collected for the program, and for the parents that helped me give out

things during the program.

We probably had 10 different items that every child got one of.

After the program as I was coming into the bourse room I was stopped by a

gentleman who said he wanted to thank me. He pointed to a young man in his

early 20’s. He told me it was his grandson and he had gotten started in one of my

YN programs some years ago. The young man came and shook my hand. Mo-

ments like that make it all worth while.

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Show starts 23-25 August

2014

Setup 14 August

Show starts 15-17 August

2015 NEW DATES

Setup 20 August Show starts 21-23 August

YOUNG NUMISMATISTS (YN) PROGRAM

Gayle Pike

It is always a challenge to come up with new ways to teach the kids about coins and

to give them coins in a fun manner.

I had been thinking for some time of a Bingo Game where instead of numbers each

space would be a Coin. I finally designed one and across the top it said Money instead

of Bingo. Each space was the name of a coin or coin related item such as a mint. We

did not use the Letters just simply called out the names of coins which were in the

spaces. When a coin was called such as Steel Cent, I would explain what a Steel Cent

was. If they had the coin on their card they would cross it out just as you would cross

out a number in regular Bingo.

The kids at the BRNA YN program seem to have really enjoyed the Bingo Game

and so did the parents. I think I had as many parents as kids!

The hardest part was designing 40 plus cards making sure each had coins different

from other cards. I found on several cards I had duplicated coins and had to redo

them. It took about 10 hours to design the cards and a master call list so I could cross

off the coin as I called it.

We had two sections of prizes. On one side of the room were piles of coins and

when one of the kids had a Bingo of 5 in a row they yelled Bingo and were allowed to

go and select a pile of coins. We then continued with the game. They could Bingo

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