Last week I asked about the first junior coin club. I still don't know the first but I know it wasnot my local club.

The first meeting of the New York Junior Numismatic Club was on February 19, 1924, with fourprospective members present. Typical attendance was six. After two years the name was changedto the Long Island Numismatic Association. The club was active into 1932.

In 1925 there was a junior coin club associated with Central High School in Springfield,Massachusetts.

A Lowell High School Coin Club (of San Francisco) was mentioned in 1927. It did not last long.

A Central High School Coin Club (Washington) was mentioned in 1930 but was last mentionedin January, 1931.

There was a Buffalo Junior Coin Club in 1932. It was quickly out of business.

In 1933 there was discussion of forming several junior coin clubs in the Chicago area. TheChicago Junior Coin Club No. 1 was organized on December 5, 1933, with eight chartermembers. The Newman Numismatic Portal (NNP) has no mention of them after 1934.

The Junior Coin Collectors of San Francisco were organized on October 10, 1934. Their originaladvisor was Ernest R. Wernstrom. After his death in January 1938, Roy Hill became advisor.The club was disbanded in the summer of 1952.

There was a Brooklyn Junior Coin Club in 1934. It is mentioned only once in NNP.

Thus there were at least eight junior coin clubs that pre-dated the Northwest Coin Club. Weknow about them because they were mentioned in The Numismatist, Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine or some other hobby publication. Any number of other clubs may have existed without publicity.

Most of these did not thrive with their initial membership and were gone in five years.

Many collectors follow a typical pattern. They start collecting at age eleven and have enthusiasmbut limited funds. That initial interest fades about age sixteen and goes dormant during collegeand child rearing years. The interest may be rekindled when free time and disposable incomebecome available.

Has there ever been a successful college coin club? When I was in college, I attended a localcoin club and was still in touch with some members twenty years later. That club was sustainedby the adult members who educated and supported the younger members.

The Rochester Junior Numismatic Association is one notable success. It began on January 21,1947, with forty-eight members aged 12 to 17. Founding advisor was Edward F. Meinhart. Itbenefited from a strong affiliated adult club.

What is the model for success? Can any E-Sylum reader describe their experience with asuccessful junior club?

Marc Ricard writes:

Julia Casey writes:

To see the original material on the Newman Numismatic Portal:
https://archive.org/details/Numismatist1936October/page/n55/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/kleinadolph1923100amer/page/3/mode/1up?q=%22adolph+klein%22

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WHAT WAS THE FIRST JUNIOR COIN CLUB?(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n05a15.html)