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 Rick Schulz.
Other PNNA news including brief mentions of the Washington State (Puyallup) Fair, the spring convention in Tukwila, collector exhibits and annual awards.
An article, “South Hill Coin Club Youth Auction,” by Kevin Charboneau.
PNNA scholarship application for ANA Summer Seminar 2025.
A flyer for the BECC Coin Show, Jan. 18-19 in Kent, Wash.
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.
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
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.
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 ConventionRick 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 ConventionJeff Shevlin and friend Randy at 2024 PNNA Convention
Thanks to Ray Fiorini for supplying some of the photos in this report.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
We’re pleased that this is once again the spring convention special edition, with 16 total pages, including 8 in color. Here’s a summary of the contents:
PNNA President’s message by VP Rick Schulz, filling in for Ed Fischer.
PNNA convention welcome message by Kevin Charboneau.
An interesting feature article, “Time to Start a Quarters Collection?” by Mark Benvenuto.
ANA/PNNA news, including about National Coin Week, April 17-23.
A photo gallery of Conder Tokens, as an incentive to consider applying for the PNNA’s new McKivor Memorial Scholarship to attend the British Token Congress in England this fall.
Advertisements by ANACS, Heritage Auctions, Renton Coin Shop, West Coast Coins and other local dealers.
Normally this would be the spring convention special edition, however, due to the cancellation of this year’s spring convention, it’s a smaller 12-page edition, but still in color! Here’s a summary of the contents:
PNNA President’s message by Ed Fischer.
A notice about ANA National Coin Week, April 18-24.
Two interesting feature articles about tokens, “Fantasy Upon Fantasy: A Restaurant’s Fake Past” by Kevin Akin, and “It’s a Fantasy: or how I spent $10.00 at the PNNA Tukwila Coin Show on 3 “Fake” tokens” by James Bard.
Advertisements by ANACS, Heritage Auctions, West Coast Coins and two other local dealers. In addition, the April 10-11 coin show in Post Falls, Idaho is advertised. This show was moved up a week due to the cancellation of the PNNA convention.
Election! PNNA members should have received an election ballot (either in paper or PDF form) for PNNA officers and board members for the 2020-2022 term of office. The new officers, board members and committees will be listed in the PNNA Governance section as soon as the new officers are installed, which is expected to take place via a phone conference on April 18.
Once again, thank you for your interest in the PNNA!
Like last year, this is a 16-page spring convention special edition with eight color pages. Here’s a summary of the contents:
Important information about the upcoming annual PNNA convention
in Tukwila (March 15-17), including a welcome message by General Chairman Kevin
Charboneau.
PNNA President’s message by James Reinders.
An interesting article, “Manganese, an Almost Unknown Metal in
Coins,” by Mark Benvenuto.
A summary of PNNA and ANA news available online, including
information about National Coin Week.
Advertisements by ANACS, Heritage Auctions and local PNNA
dealers.
Free
paper copies of this edition will be available at the Tukwila show.
