EUCOPRIMO is an organization I was invited to join while we lived in Germany the past two years. It is boasts over 200 members from the European Countries and North America. Meetings are twice a year, I have been to fourmeetings so far, Friday night to Sunday morning, always at different locations in Germany so as to visit as much history as possible each time.

It truly makes for a refreshing weekend, seeing such a variety of weird and wonderful things and talking with experts about them. We came home with some Ethiopian Gold Jewelry and a Meso-American Jade-stone necklace.There were few coins, but many Trade Beads, Gold Weights, Bride-Price items, Weaponry and more.

From The Articles of Association:

EUCOPRIMO issues a bi-yearly magazine "The Primitive Money Collector" in conjunction with the meetings. This is a platform for the dissemination of knowledge and information and is supplemented bycollaboration with Universities, Museums and Connoisseurs of countries of origin. The magazine has a wide range of topics, from Pacific Coast Shell money to African Knife money, to Carved Stones and Jewelry.

The Organization was formed in 1978, and its members come from diverse backgrounds: Numismatists, Ethnologists, Art Collectors,and Jewelry collectors. At the meeting last month, there were about 65 members who spent avery enjoyable weekend together, seeing the local museum, participating in the Borse (private Coin Show) and Auction and discussing learned and unlearned topics...And a good time was had by all.

For more information, see:
http://www.eucoprimo.com/