Introducing the PNNA
Serving Numismatics in the Northwest since 1940.
ANA Exemplary Service Award recipient – 2015.
The Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association (PNNA) is a nonprofit regional organization for numismatists — persons who study, collect, or deal with coins, paper money, tokens and medals. Please see the info page for more information about the PNNA, or send inquiries to info@pnna.org. Thank You!
New to the hobby? – See the ANA Coin Collecting & Numismatic Tools webpage. Also see the reference page for links to the ANA eLearning Academy and other resources.
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Conventions & Special Events
See the completed events page for earlier events and newsletters.
Upcoming Events Summary
PNNA Convention and Spring Coin Show (74th Annual), Tukwila, Washington – April 11-13, 2025. For full spring show information, please see the event page at https://www.pnna.org/wp/events/spring/.
See the 2nd Q 2025 edition of The Nor’wester with feature articles about encased postage of the Civil War and proof Barber and Mercury Dimes. Free paper copies will be available at the PNNA spring coin show and were mailed on Mar. 17, 2025, to members subscribed to paper copies.
National Coin Week
April 20-26, 2025. This is the 102nd NCW, and the theme is “Iconic Change: Pop Culture & Coins Unite!”
ANA Summer Seminar
This event is scheduled for June 15-25, 2025, in Colorado Springs, CO. Each year’s seminar has two four-day (Sunday-Wednesday) class sessions. A course catalog is available online from the ANA. Please consider applying for a PNNA or ANA scholarship. PNNA applications were due February 28, 2025. The winners will be notified soon.
The 3rd Q 2025 edition of The Nor’wester will be published in July and will be a short edition with an updated president’s message and Fair coordinator’s message.
World’s Fair of Money® (ANA anniversary convention)
This year’s convention will be held August 19-23, 2025, at the Oklahoma City Convention Center in Oklahoma City, OK.
Washington State (Puyallup) Fair
This year’s Fair will run from August 29-September 21, 2025, and the PNNA will once again have a display in the Hobby Hall. See the PNNA Fair webpage or see the 2025 Hobby Hall volunteer schedule (when available). Have questions or wish to volunteer? Please contact Hobby Hall/Fair coordinator Rick Schulz via email at richardf53@yahoo.com, or by telephone at 253-535-0690. For general numismatic questions, you can also email info@pnna.org.
PNNA Fall Coin Show (20th Annual), Tukwila, Washington – October 3-5, 2025. For full fall show information, please see the event page at https://www.pnna.org/wp/events/fall/.
WCC Portland fall coin show information will be added when available.
Completed Event Summary
To save space on this homepage, the completed events summary is now on a separate page under Events.
Relive the Memories! (Historical information & reports):
Conventions & Coin Shows | Exhibits | Memorabilia | Newsletters
Previous news summaries from the website are available by decade and year under the “News” menu.
Other News Summary
Greetings from the PNNA!
See recent PNNA President’s messages. (Updated 2nd Quarter 2025.)
PNNA Memorabilia Wanted!
The PNNA has issued souvenirs for many of its past conventions. See the memorabilia catalog. Marty Shallow (A Coin Shop, LLC) purchased a major collection of PNNA and Washington State club memorabilia, and has a want list for more items.
Classics! Revisit articles and galleries from the past, reformatted as PDF files:
Conventions & coin shows: See “Relive the Memories” above.
Other articles:
Ancient coins (compilation of articles) by Joseph Kleinman.
Introduction to Numismatics by Joseph E. Boling.
Numismatic Remembrance of National Tragedies.
1959 Oregon Centennial Tokens (Introduction to) by Katie Reinders.
United States Colonials – A Picture Gallery.
Washington State Quarter Design Contest (held 2002-2005).
Are you looking to fill in holes in your Washington State Centennial Medal collection (including especially the county medals not pictured above)? See a blog post by Rick Schulz for an update on what the PNNA is doing to help you complete your set, or trade medals you may own.
The PNNA logo shown on this website was approved by the board on July 23, 2016. Thanks to Tim Garcia for designing this logo, based on the 75th anniversary medal design by Thomas D. Rogers.
News Blog
On behalf of all PNNA officers, committees and members, I would like to welcome you to the PNNA blog, which allows the association’s officers and other designated persons to communicate directly with our web audience about PNNA news, activities and other items of interest. Please feel free to contact the PNNA, email info@pnna.org, with your comments and suggestions.
Blog posts will appear on the main blog page, with older posts archived by month and year. To display only blog entries in a specific category (such as “club messages”), click on that category in the sidebar or at the top/bottom of the page.
– Eric Holcomb, PNNA webmaster
Website Info
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