C. John Ferreri writes:

NENA Celebrates 75 th Anniversary
Q. David Bowers to Give Keynote Address

On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. the New England NumismaticAssociation will hold a banquet and award ceremony to celebrate its founding asthe first regional numismatic organization in the United States. The evening'skeynote speaker will be Q. David Bowers. Cost of the banquet is $55 and seating islimited. It will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Mr. Bowers, who is one of the best known American numismatists, is a pastpresident of the American Numismatic Association and the ProfessionalNumismatists Guild. He is chairman of Stack's Bowers Galleries and the numismaticdirector of Whitman Publishing, producers of many coin-related publications,including the "Red Book" series. Mr. Bowers has authored over fifty numismaticbooks, is an ANA Hall of Fame inductee and, in 1999, was recognized by CoinageMagazine as one of only 18 "Numismatists of the Century."

The celebration will conclude on Saturday, November 12 with the convention andannual meeting in conjunction with the New Hampshire Coins and Currency Expo.Events include a program for Young Numismatists with many giveaways,presentations of numismatic topics for all ages, exhibits and an annual meetingwith board member elections.

On May 23, 1941, Shepard Pond convened a gathering of fifty dedicated NewEngland collectors at the City Club of Boston as the "First New England NumismaticConference." Thus the New England Numismatic Association was born. Annualmeetings of the association began in 1946 and have continued to today.

The mission of the New England Numismatic Association is "to encourage anddevelop the appreciation and understanding of numismatics and the collection ofcoins and medals; to conduct courses of study in the art and science ofnumismatics, to give and otherwise sponsor lectures, exhibitions, displays andfunctions pertaining to the appreciation of the art and science of numismatics."

For additional information go to the NENA website at nenacoin.org. For Banquettickets contact Donat Charron at commissioner_nk@yahoo.com