Tuesday July 18, 2023 brought the monthly meeting of my Northern Virginia numismatic social group Nummis Nova. Mike Packard was our host, and he chose Maggiano's Little Italy in the Galleria at Tyson's II mall. This was the site of our second meeting in November 2007, a memorable event where many of us met for the first time (the initial gathering the month before was just myself, Roger Burdette and Wayne Herndon). Here's a group shot of the whole crew.

Clockwise from left: Lorne Lavertu, Mike Packard, Jon Radel, Wayne Homren, Tom Kays, Tom's guest Mike Markowitz, Julian Leidman, Steve Bishop, Daryl Haynor, Dave Schenkman, Eric Schena and Wayne Herndon.

I only had one item to show this time - a copy of Peter Bertram's new work on the Confederate Chemicograph Back banknotes.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NEW BOOK: CHEMICOGRAPH BACKS REVISITED, 2ND ED.(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n22a05.html)

Here are some of my photos from the evening.

We ate downstairs, but I checked out the staircase to the empty upper level.

Here Tom Kays and Mike Markowitz review a binder with a copy of Mike's presentation for an upcoming Fairfax Coin Club meeting. A great way to preserve and memorialize a presentation - I wish I'd thought to do that with my own presentations.

Daryl Haynor and Dave Schenkman examine coins.

The Nuclear Option
Here are some notes and images from Eric Schena.

Eric writes:

Eric adds:

Tom's Medals

Tom Kays writes:

Jon Radel writes:

For more information, or to order, see:
https://numismatik.dk/litteratur/bestilling-af-litteratur/nordiske-kunstmedaljer/
The Medal (issue 62, Spring 2013)(https://bams.org.uk/product/the-medal-issue-62-spring-2013/)

Tom adds:

Another excellent evening of numismatic fellowship, with great food and drink to boot. I expect to see several of these folks along with many loyal readers like you at the ANA show in Pittsburgh next month. Stop by the NBS events or the tables of NBS, Julian Leidman or Wizard Coin Supply to say hello. Julian will be our dinner host next month in his home state of Maryland.