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PNNA 3rd Q 2024 edition of The Nor’wester

The 3rd Quarter 2024 edition of the PNNA’s publication, The Nor’wester, is now available online at https://pnna.org/news/pdf/PNNAnews2024_Q3.pdf.

As announced previously, there are only two main editions of The Nor’wester each year, for the spring convention and the fall coin show. The other two editions are smaller like this edition. This change allows the two main editions to be printed in color and have more pages, more articles and stories, more photos, and additional dealer ads if requested. There will be plenty of copies printed for distribution at shows, clubs and other events such as the Fair. Please start writing your content for the main editions now!

Summary of other 3rd Quarter content:

  • PNNA President’s message by Rick Schulz.
  • A message about the Washington State (Puyallup) Fair also by Richard Schulz. Please volunteer!
  • Brief mentions of the PNNA and Willamette/Portland fall coin shows, which will be covered in the next (4th Q) edition.
  • PNNA spring convention news – awards, collector exhibits, and board member and meeting minutes information.

Back issues of The Nor’wester are available online.

Once again, thank you for your interest in the PNNA!

Sincerely,
Eric Holcomb
PNNA Editor/Webmaster

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2024 PNNA Convention Report

Kevin Charboneau at 2024 PNNA Convention
Kevin Charboneau at 2024 PNNA Convention

The 73rd Annual PNNA Convention and Spring Coin Show was held April 12-14, 2024, in Tukwila, Washington, and was a huge success! Convention chairman Kevin Charboneau reported a three-day public attendance of over 1,000, and many dealers with tables at the show reported excellent business.

Bill Coburn (ANACS) receives a 2024 PNNA Presidential Award.
Bill Coburn (ANACS) receives a 2024 PNNA Presidential Award.

ANACS was once again present at the show to accept grading submissions. Bill Coburn, shown here (at left) receiving a PNNA presidential award from Ed Fischer, was the ANACS rep.

Eric Holcomb (in collector exhibit area) at 2024 PNNA Convention
Eric Holcomb (in collector exhibit area) at 2024 PNNA Convention

In other convention activity, James Reinders reported that the BSA coin collecting merit badge workshop held on Saturday was highly successful, with 36 scouts participating. The youth “treasure hunt” was held in a simplified format, with local volunteer Tony Kalt filling in for ANA Past President Walt Ostromecki. There were three judged collector exhibits and four noncompetitive exhibits, for show visitors to view from Friday afternoon through Sunday. All of the exhibits were interesting and educational! (See the exhibits page.)

Gawain O'Connor receives the 2024 PNNA Bob Everett Memorial Award.
Gawain O’Connor receives the 2024 PNNA Bob Everett Memorial Award.

Congratulations to Bob Everett Memorial Award winner Gawain O’Connor, announced at the Saturday evening general membership meeting. Gawain has served the PNNA in various capacities, including as board member and numismatic theater chairman. All awards information has been updated on this website – see the awards page.

Ed Fischer (outgoing president) at 2024 PNNA Convention
Ed Fischer (outgoing president) at 2024 PNNA Convention
Rick Schulz receives a ceremonial gavel as the new PNNA President.
Rick Schulz receives a ceremonial gavel as the new PNNA President.

Also at the Saturday membership meeting, Rick Schulz was installed as the new PNNA president, and received a ceremonial gavel from outgoing president Ed Fischer. Thanks, Ed, for your service!

Thanks to all who attended the convention/coin show, to all the dealers, and to all who helped including especially the South Hill Coin Club volunteers. The PNNA 19th Annual Fall Coin Show in Tukwila is scheduled for October 4-6, 2024.

Additional photos of dealers at the show:

Scott & Lisa Loos at 2024 PNNA Convention
Scott & Lisa Loos at 2024 PNNA Convention
Jeff Shevlin and friend Randy at 2024 PNNA Convention
Jeff Shevlin and friend Randy at 2024 PNNA Convention

Thanks to Ray Fiorini for supplying some of the photos in this report.

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PNNA 2nd Q 2024 edition of The Nor’wester

The 2nd Quarter 2024 edition of the PNNA’s publication, The Nor’wester, is available online at https://pnna.org/news/pdf/PNNAnews2024_Q2.pdf.

The Nor'wester cover - 2nd Quarter 2024
The Nor’wester cover – 2nd Quarter 2024

As announced before, there will be only two main editions of The Nor’wester each year, for the spring convention and the fall coin show. This is one of those editions and is 24 pages in full color!

Summary of 2nd Quarter content:

  • PNNA President’s message by Ed Fischer.
  • PNNA Convention welcome message by Kevin Charboneau.
  • Other PNNA news including about the Washington State (Puyallup) Fair, PNNA exhibits and PNNA awards.
  • A feature article by Eric Holcomb, “Morgan Dollars—Including Coin Club Show and Tell.”
  • A related short article by Mark Benvenuto, “Silver Dollars, or Another Bullion Coin?”
  • Statements by PNNA Board Candidates for the 2024-2026 term. (Election ballots will be enclosed or attached separately.)

Back issues of The Nor’wester are available online.

Once again, thank you for your interest in the PNNA!

Sincerely,
Eric Holcomb
PNNA Editor/Webmaster

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PNNA 1st Q 2024 Nor’wester

The 1st Quarter 2024 edition of the PNNA’s publication, The Nor’wester, is now available online at https://pnna.org/news/pdf/PNNAnews2024_Q1.pdf.

As announced previously, there will be only two main editions of The Nor’wester each year, for the spring convention and the fall coin show. The other two editions will be smaller like this edition. This change allows the two main editions to have more pages, more articles and stories, more photos, and additional dealer ads if requested.

Summary of 1st Quarter content:

  • PNNA President’s message by Ed Fischer.
  • Other PNNA news including brief mentions of the Washington State (Puyallup) Fair, the spring convention in Tukwila, collector exhibits and annual awards. Also, upcoming PNNA elections.
  • PNNA scholarship application for ANA Summer Seminar 2024.
  • A flyer for the BECC Coin Show, Jan. 20-21 in Kent, Wash.

Back issues of The Nor’wester are available online.

Once again, thank you for your interest in the PNNA!

Sincerely,
Eric Holcomb
PNNA Editor/Webmaster

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PNNA Exhibit History consolidated into PDF files

Thank you for your interest in PNNA collector exhibits.

Previously you could access the history of PNNA exhibits from 2001 to date, including many photos, via HTML files.

However, the software for creating these files, Microsoft Expression Web, has become obsolete, and a decision was made to replace the HTML files with PDF documents. (Next year we’ll also do this for the PNNA memorabilia catalog.)

There are currently four documents, covering Tukwila and Portland exhibits (when the PNNA held its fall coin show in conjunction with the WCC). See https://www.pnna.org/wp/exhibits/completed/ for links to these documents.

Although the PDF files contain reduced size images of exhibit cases without links to the full-size images, you can access all the full-size images in the folder https://www.pnna.org/exhibits/images/. Opening this folder in a browser will display a list of the images, each one with its own link, so you can view them and then download if desired. Filenames contain the year and exhibit number, for example, “Exh_2019_1a.JPG,” where “1” is the exhibit number and “a” is the first case of that exhibit. For years prior to 2008, the format may vary, with the exhibitor’s last name or exhibit subject replacing the exhibit number.

The PDF files contain the exhibit number (in brackets) for each exhibit with photos, so you can easily determine which files you would like to access.

One drawback is that browsers will normally only let you view and download one image file at a time. If you would like to download all or a large portion of the images (total size about 330 MB), then you can request that I share my Microsoft OneDrive folder (containing the images) with you. You should have a Microsoft account and be familiar with using OneDrive (which is a standard feature of Windows 11) before making the request.

If any other questions or concerns, or if you find any errors, please let me know. – Eric Holcomb (PNNA webmaster and exhibit chief judge)

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      PNNA 3rd Q 2023 edition of The Nor’wester

      The 3rd Quarter 2023 edition of the PNNA’s publication, The Nor’wester, is now available online at https://pnna.org/news/pdf/PNNAnews2023_Q3.pdf.

      As announced last year, there are only two main editions of The Nor’wester each year, for the spring convention and the fall coin show. The other two editions are smaller like this edition. This change allows the two main editions to be printed in color and have more pages, more articles and stories, more photos, and additional dealer ads if requested. There will be plenty of copies printed for distribution at shows, clubs and other events such as the Fair. Please start writing your content for the main editions now!

      Summary of other 3rd Quarter content:

      • PNNA President’s message by Ed Fischer.
      • A message about the Washington State (Puyallup) Fair by Richard Schulz. Please volunteer!
      • Brief mentions of the PNNA and Willamette fall coin shows, whch will be covered in the next (4th Q) edition.
      • PNNA spring convention news – awards, collector exhibits (no competitive exhibits this spring), and board member and meeting minutes information.

      Back issues of The Nor’wester are available online.

      Once again, thank you for your interest in the PNNA!

      Sincerely,
      Eric Holcomb
      PNNA Editor/Webmaster

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      2023 PNNA Convention Report & Video

      The 72nd Annual PNNA Convention and Spring Coin Show was held April 14-16, 2023, in Tukwila, Washington, and was a huge success! Convention chairman Kevin Charboneau reported a three-day public attendance of 1,137, and many dealers with tables at the show reported excellent business.

      David Edge, of the Seattle Coin Club, interviewed several dealers, along with PNNA “penny squisher” Rick Schulz, and produced a nice 5-minute video, which you can view on YouTube via the link below.

      In other convention activity, James Reinders reported that the BSA coin collecting merit badge workshop held on Saturday was highly successful, with about 25 scouts participating. The youth “treasure hunt” was held in a simplified format, with local volunteer Tony Kalt filling in for ANA Past President Walt Ostromecki. The collector exhibits were noncompetitive this time, but there were four nice exhibits for show visitors to view on Saturday.

      Congratulations to Bob Everett Memorial Award winner Mark Gruner, announced at the Saturday evening general membership meeting. Award information has been updated on this website – see the awards page.

      Thanks to all who attended the convention/coin show, and to all who helped including especially the South Hill Coin Club volunteers. The PNNA 18th Annual Fall Coin Show in Tukwila is scheduled for October 6-8, 2023.

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      PNNA 2nd Q 2023 edition of The Nor’wester

      The 2nd Quarter 2023 edition of the PNNA’s publication, The Nor’wester, is available online at https://pnna.org/news/pdf/PNNAnews2023_Q2.pdf.

      The Nor'wester cover - 2nd Quarter 2023
      The Nor’wester cover – 2nd Quarter 2023

      As announced last year, there will be only two main editions of The Nor’wester each year, for the spring convention and the fall coin show. This is one of those editions, and is 24 pages in full color!

      Summary of 2nd Quarter content:

      • PNNA President’s message by Ed Fischer.
      • PNNA Convention welcome message by Kevin Charboneau.
      • Other PNNA news including about the Washington State (Puyallup) Fair, PNNA exhibits and PNNA awards.
      • A feature article by Tom Sparks about “The Short Snorter of Major General Clayton L. Bissell,” which was on display at the Phoenix ANA National Money Show.
      • Two interesting short articles by Adhitri S., a YN from Indiana.

      Back issues of The Nor’wester are available online.

      Once again, thank you for your interest in the PNNA!

      Sincerely,
      Eric Holcomb
      PNNA Editor/Webmaster

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      Convention messages Exhibit messages General announcements Outreach messages

      PNNA 1st Q 2023 edition of The Nor’wester

      The 1st Quarter 2023 edition of the PNNA’s publication, The Nor’wester, is now available online at https://pnna.org/news/pdf/PNNAnews2023_Q1.pdf.

      As announced last year, there will be only two main editions of The Nor’wester each year, for the spring convention and the fall coin show. The other two editions will be smaller like this edition. This change will allow the two main editions to have more pages, more articles and stories, more photos, and additional dealer ads if requested.

      Summary of 1st Quarter content:

      • PNNA President’s message by Ed Fischer.
      • Other PNNA news including brief mentions of the Washington State (Puyallup) Fair, the spring convention in Tukwila, collector exhibits and annual awards.
      • Two interesting one-page articles by Kevin Charboneau, and a short article by James Bard.
      • PNNA scholarship application for ANA Summer Seminar 2023.
      • A flyer for the BECC Coin Show, Jan. 21-22 in Kent, Wash.

      Back issues of The Nor’wester are available online.

      Once again, thank you for your interest in the PNNA!

      Sincerely,
      Eric Holcomb
      PNNA Editor/Webmaster

      Categories
      Convention messages Exhibit messages General announcements Outreach messages

      PNNA 3rd Q 2022 edition of The Nor’wester

      The 3rd Quarter 2022 edition of the PNNA’s publication, The Nor’wester, is now available online at https://pnna.org/news/pdf/PNNAnews2022_Q3.pdf.

      As announced herein, there will be only two main editions of The Nor’wester each year, for the spring convention and the fall coin show. The other two editions will be short letters like this edition. This change will allow the two main editions to have more pages, more articles and stories, more photos, and additional dealer ads if requested. There will be plenty of copies printed for distribution at shows, clubs and other events such as the Fair. Please start writing your content for the main editions now!

      Summary of other 3rd Quarter content:

      • PNNA President’s message by Ed Fischer.
      • A message about the Washington State (Puyallup) Fair by Richard Schulz. Please volunteer!
      • Brief mentions of the PNNA and Willamette fall coin shows, whch will be covered in the next (4th Q) edition.
      • PNNA spring convention news – awards, collector exhibits (unfortunately none at this event), board installation and links to meeting minutes.

      Back issues of The Nor’wester are available online.

      Once again, thank you for your interest in the PNNA!

      Sincerely,
      Eric Holcomb
      PNNA Editor/Webmaster