BOOK UPDATES Surprisingly, there have been no new varieties reported since CBN #43, but I did learn more about a board that was illustrated in my book as one of the "mavericks"---boards ofunknown origin. During June's ANA Summer Seminar, in which I taught my usual class on USA Type Coins, I had an opportunity to poke around former ANA President Ken Hallenbeck's "man cave." I cameacross several examples of the bright yellow board for World War II OPA Tokens and purchased two of them.

One proved to be slightly different from the piece in my book, and it's illustrated here. A different example is included in the accompanying list of boards for sale. I've had a number of personsask me whether I had a duplicate for sale, and now I do. In talking to Ken, he informed me that this board was produced by Joe Lawonde of North Plainfield, New Jersey in the early 1970s.

Dave adds:

READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP The Denver ANA Convention was a whirl for me, with numerous after-hours commitments and two video segments in which I was featured. The one of interest to readers ofCoin Board News was done for Coin Week (www.coinweek.com). I sat down at the NGC booth for an interview conducted by CW Editor Charles Morgan, who wanted to know what this coin board hobby was allabout. I brought along some of my rarest boards to display, including the unique Oberwise board for half dollars. This segment may be found at:
http://coinweek.com/video-news/coinweek-iq/coinweek-iq-collecting-coin-boards/ .

For more information, see Dave's web site:
http://coincollectingboards.com/