First we meet member David Reimer. He is well-known as a collector of USA Trade Dollars. In fact his collection holds the #1 ranked set of US trade dollars on the PCGS registry set site, several of which are pictured in this newsletter.

We also see a nice variety of coins from our members' collections.This issue also marks 20 years since the death of Frank Rose as well as the 25th anniversary of his Chopmarks. We will hear from several of you who knew him.

I also have a short report on my summer trip. I had a wonderful time at the ANA show in Philadelphia and the CCC had its first meeting in many years. You can read about our lunch and the show.

Bruce Smith submitted a fascinating letterto the editor which he found in the English language North China Herald dated 1919 about a chopmark collector and his experiences in China. It's a great find.

Werner Hoepker wrote an article in the March 2012 issue explaining his thoughts on a chopped Mexican 8 reales which he believed was a pattern coin for the briefly independent country of Taiwan. In this issue he has a supplement expanding on his previous work.

Ron Waddell has written a piece introducing his classification of chopmarks which considerably expands on Rose's list which Rose wrote in Chopmarks.

Wolfgang Bertsch has written a very detailed article in which he introduces counterfeit and genuine Tibetan coins including some with chopmarks.

Finally, I interview dealer Daniel Frank Sedwick. Mr. Sedwickis a leading expert on Spanish colonial, Latin American coins as well as shipwreck coins. His firm has handled a large number of chopmarked Latin American coins over the years. I'm sure you will find my interview with him informative.

For more information about the Chopmark Collectors Club, see:http://chopmarks.org