As noted in the book review elsewhere in this issue, I found myself with some time to kill before the July dinner of my Northern Virginia numismatic social group, Nummis Nova. It was Tuesday the11th, and I found a table at a McDonald's near the restaurant where we'd soon meet.

I'd brought with me a copy of the new book on Lesher dollars and managed to read a few chapters. Next I reparked my car in front of the restaurant, the Afghan Bistro. Jon Radel was ourhost, and he'd made our reservation at the tiny place in a little strip mall off I-95.

We were seated in a row of tables in front of a bench along the one wall. I ended up in the middle of the bench, kinda landlocked for the evening. To my left was Eric Schena and Jon was on myright. Other nearby earlybirds were Ron Abler, Joe Esposito, Dave Schenkman, Gene Brandenburg, and Gene's grandson Christian. Later Julian Leidman took at seat at that end.

Norman Rockwell Coin Collector Print
I spoke to Joe as I walked in. He was carrying this framed Norman Rockwell print he'd purchased some twenty years ago from the Armand Champa sale. It was still wrapped when I took this photo.

Dave Schenkman noticed our earlier reference to the 1930s Art Deco ALCOA Union Pacific aluminum token. As it happens, he has a small hoard of these and distributed one of the 1934-datedvarieties to everyone at the dinner. Thanks!

Zeppelin medal, Brockage Civil War Token
Among the next to arrive was Steve Bishop, who always seems to have some nice numismatic items to display. In addition to some nice Morgan dollars, he had a rare Civil War storecard and a great largebronze plaque (about 7" across).

Steve writes:

Tom Kays, Chris Neuzil and Roger Burdette rounded out our group. Here are some photos.

The case held a variety of Canadian tokens from pre-Confederation days in honor of the recent 150th celebration this month. Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Newfoundland, Montreal, and New Brunswickwere all represented by tokens from 1815 through 1864.

These last two photos were provided by Gene. Above clockwise from the left are Joe Esposito, Chris Neuzil, Tom Kays, Steve Bishop, Jon Radel, and your truly, Wayne Homren. To the right isJulian Leidman.

Gene provides these captions:

"Tom Kays listing badly to one side."

"Julian's reaction after receiving a "sold item" email from eBay."

Gene adds:

Tom Kays writes:

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