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To those who remember, I
was not able to attend last year’s convention due to illness. In my place, Chief
Judge Eric Holcomb took care of all exhibit duties and did a fine job. As I am
no longer on the board of directors, all my duties were to cease at the end of
my term at last year’s convention. President Lisa Loos contacted me and asked if
I would continue to serve as Exhibit Chairman, to which I agreed. Therefore, I
have returned to handling convention exhibits. This is my report for 2009.
As usual, there were few
but excellent exhibits. The judging of the competitive exhibits was carried out
by Chief Judge Eric Holcomb, Del Cushing and Al Westerhof. My sincere thanks to
all of them for donating their time to perform a difficult task. Following are
the results of their work. (See table above.)
Congratulations to all the winners.
It occurred to me that
most people do not know what exhibit winners receive for their awards, and thus
never have seen any. Since the PNNA cannot afford to carry awards on hand for
all the classes and placements to be presented at the convention, as the cost
would be prohibitive, awards are custom made after the convention and mailed to
the recipients.
 A
3x4” or 5x7” plaque is made by Northwest Numisplastics which has the proper
information on it. To enhance the award, a feature item is encased in the
plaque. For first place and best of show, a current one ounce Silver Eagle is
included. For second and third place (and for the judges), a current show medal
is included. These make a very attractive award. These awards are not cheap to
produce, and make a nice memento.
Image: PNNA Chief Judge award plaque for 2009.
Looking forward to next year’s exhibits. — Larry Rowe, Exhibit Chairman
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