SPRING 2014 CONVENTION

Adult Best of Show: Irving Moskovitz Memorial Award

Junior Best of Show: Al and Ann Bobrofsky Award

CLASS 1 U.S. COINS

1st place sponsored by Liberty Coin Service/Pat Heller.

2nd place sponsored by Steve Friedman.

1st  1-19. “Longacre & Paquet’s 1859 Pattern  French  Liberty  Head ½ Dollar: Important Pattern Designs of the U.S. Mint.”  1 case.   Steve Bieda.

2nd  1-20. “An Interesting Selection of  Unattributed U.S. Counterstamped Coins.” 1 case. Bill Summerell.

CLASS 2 U.S. PAPER ITEMS

3rd place sponsored by the Paper Money Collectors of Michigan (PMCM) (deferred from Fall, 2013)

2nd 2-11. “Selected Michigan Nationals From Port Huron.” 4 cases. Dan Freeland.

1st 2-14. “Iron Cliffs and Cleveland Cliffs Paper.”  5 cases. Dave Gelwicks.

3rd 2-20. “Joshua Barney: U.S. Naval Patriot.” 1 case. Bill Summerell.

CLASS 3 FOREIGN COINS

1st place sponsored by Promethium Numismatics/Mike and Jennifer Strub.

3rdplace sponsored by Larry Tekamp.(Deferred from Fall, 2013)

3rd 3-2. “Circulating Coin Types of 1964.” 7 cases. Tom Klunzinger.

2nd 3-9. “Katanga’s Short Life Represented in Coin.” 1 case. Joseph LeBlanc.

Honorable mention. 3-18. “Blue Noses’s Sister Ship.” 1 case. Mary Frances Mueller.

1st 3-19. “The 1995 Marshall Islands $10 Christmas Coin and the Hub and Die Used in its Production.”  1 case.   Steve Bieda.

CLASS 4 FOREIGN PAPER

1st 4-11. “Selected Canadian Victory War Bonds.” 3 cases. Dan Freeland.

2nd 4-13. “Kwangtung Provincial Bank, 1931 Issue.” 3 cases. Colin Cutler.

CLASS 5, MEDALS

1st 5-3. “Official Bronze Inaugural Medals 1933-2013.” 4 cases. Tom Dombrowski.

2nd 5-19. “The Bronze 2013 Official Obama-Biden Inaugural Medal and Associated Pattern Medals.”  1 case. Steve Bieda.

CLASS 6, TOKENS

3rd place (deferred from Fall) sponsored by the Jackson Area Coin Club.

1st 6-4. “The Satire of Hard Times Tokens.” 5 cases. Ernie Nagy. ALSO ADULT BEST OF SHOW!

2nd 6-5. “Tokens That Led the Fashion World With Flair: 1800s-1900s.” 3 cases. Diana Jellinek.

3rd 6-12. “Everlasting Love, The Story Behind Gold Love Tokens.” 2 cases. Kathy Freeland.

CLASS 7, MISCELLANEOUS

2nd place sponsored by the Birmingham-Bloomfield Coin Club.

2nd 7-13. “Ford, 100+ Years on the Road.” 2 cases. Colin Cutler.

3rd 7-18. “Horses: Our Desires.” 1 case. Mary Frances Mueller. MSNS People’s Choice Award Winner.

1st 7-20. “The Pillar Dollar: America’s Inspiration.” 1 case. Bill Summerell.

CLASS 8, ANCIENT COINS

2nd place John Atanasoff Award sponsored by the Lansing Coin Club.

3rd 8-6. “Selected Greek and Roman Ancient Coins With Musical Instruments.” 3 cases. Cy Jellinek.

1st 3-8. “They Flap, Flutter and Float, A Collection of Winged Immortals Found on Coins Circa 413 B.C.   to 1528.”   4 cases.   Larry Sekulich.

2nd 3-12. “Selected Coins of Hadrian, the Traveling Emperor.”  3 cases. Kathy Freeland.

CLASS 9, JUNIORS AGES 8-12

1st place sponsored by the Huron Valley Numismatic Society.

3rd place sponsored by Cherryland Coin & Stamp Club of Traverse City (deferred from Fall, 2013)

3rd 9-10. “Tokens From the 1800s.” 1 case. Nikko Grabowski.

1st 9-15. “Barber Quarters: A History.” 1 case. Bridget Boczar.

2nd 9-16. “Barber Dimes: The Beginning and the End.” 1 case. Grace Boczar.

CLASS 10, JUNIORS AGES 13-17

1st place sponsored by Creek Coins/Ron Stoutjesdyk.

2nd place sponsored by Northwest Detroit Coin Club in Memory of Florence Schook.

2nd 10-7. “Specially Chosen U.S. Dime Type Set With an Additional Highlight on Varieties: 1807—Present.”  4 cases Adrian Jellinek.

1st 10-17. “Selected Morgan Dollars and Varieties Through the Years.” 6 cases. Jack Boczar. ALSO

JUNIOR BEST OF SHOW.

NON-COMPETITIVE

Honorable mention. NC-1. “The 1863 A. & H. Gale Token of Jonesville, Michigan.”  1 case. Frank Passic.

Also Mich-TAMS Hartley-Holstein Award.

“The Satire of Hard Times Tokens.”  Ernie Nagy

 ALSO ADULT BEST OF SHOW!

 “Horses: Our Desires.”  Mary Frances Mueller

MSNS People’s Choice Award Winner.

“An Interesting Selection of Unattributed U.S. Counterstamped Coins.” Bill Summerell.

“Longacre & Paquet’s 1859 Pattern  French  Liberty  Head ½ Dollar: Important Pattern Designs of the     U.S. Mint.” Steve Bieda.

“Iron Cliffs and Cleveland Cliffs Paper.”  Dave Gelwicks

“Blue Noses’s Sister Ship.” Mary Frances Mueller.

“Circulating Coin Types of 1964.”  Tom Klunzinger.

“Katanga’s Short Life Represented in Coin.”  Joseph LeBlanc.

“The 1995 Marshall Islands $10 Christmas Coin and the Hub and Die Used in its Production.”

Steve Bieda.

“Kwangtung Provincial Bank, 1931 Issue.”  Colin Cutler.

“Selected Canadian Victory War Bonds.”  Dan Freeland.

“Selected Michigan Nationals From Port Huron.” Dan Freeland.

“The Bronze 2013 Official Obama-Biden Inaugural Medal and Associated Pattern Medals.” Steve Bieda.

“Official Bronze Inaugural Medals 1933-2013.”  Tom Dombrowski.

“Everlasting Love, The Story Behind Gold Love Tokens.”  Kathy  Freeland.

“Tokens That Led the Fashion World With Flair: 1800s-1900s.”  Diana Jellinek.

“The Satire of Hard Times Tokens.”  Ernie Nagy.

“Horses: Our Desires.” Mary Frances Mueller.

“The Pillar Dollar: America’s Inspiration.” Bill Summerell.

 “Ford, 100+ Years on the Road.” Colin Cutler.

“Selected Greek and Roman Ancient Coins With Musical Instruments.” Cy Jellinek.

“Selected Coins of Hadrian, the Traveling Emperor.”  Kathy Freeland.

“Tokens From the 1800s.” Nikko Grabowski.

“They Flap, Flutter and Float, A Collection of Winged Immortals Found on Coins Circa 413 B.C. to 1528.” Larry Sekulich.

“Barber Dimes: The Beginning and the End.”   Grace Boczar.

“Barber Quarters: A History.” Bridget Boczar.

“Selected Morgan Dollars and Varieties Through the Years.”  Jack Boczar.

“Selected Morgan Dollars and Varieties Through the Years.” Jack Boczar. ALSO JUNIOR BEST OF SHOW.

“Specially Chosen U.S. Dime Type Set With an Additional Highlight on Varieties: 1807—Present.”  Adrian Jellinek.

“The Satire of Hard Times Tokens.” Ernie Nagy. ALSO ADULT BEST OF SHOW!

Brett Irick, Mary Frances Mueller and Frank Passic

Photos Courtesy of Michael Wild