Tuesday October 11 was back-to-work day after the Columbus Day holiday. It being the second Tuesday of the month, it was also the meeting night ofmy Northern Virginia numismatic social group, Nummis Nova. We were meeting in Alexandria at Vaso's Mediterranean Bistro on King Street. Ron Ablerand Joe Esposito were our hosts. In the invitation they wrote:

I was perplexed because I couldn't think of anything in my collection to bring. I think I have a couple Apollo 11 moon landing medallions fromback in the day, but they're buried in a massive "everything else" box. I'd sold my blue and brown U.S. Mint packaged Eisenhowerdollars years ago, along with their eagle moon landing reverses.

I arrived around 5:30 and walked around King Street a bit to see the neighborhood. I saw Ron on the street and we chatted a bit. I made a phonecall then went inside and up the steps to the second floor dining room.

Howard Daniel was already there and I sat across from him and Ron. Tom Kays came next and sat to my left. Other attendees included Eric Schena,Joe Esposito, Steve Bishop, Dave Schenkman, Gene Brandenburg, Jon Radel, Mike Packard, Wayne Herndon and Roger Burdette.

Before long Howard was showing me a couple interesting pieces he'd brought.

McCarthy For President /Support the Viet Cong

Howard writes:

Waffled 1931 French Indo-China Piastre

Howard writes:

As fate has it I often end up sitting near Dave Schenkman. This time was different. I didn't get to speak much with Dave, but he passed aroundthese great notes.

New Jersey Iron Company of Virginia

Uncle Sam's Navy Advertising Note

Dave noted that this advertising piece is especially interesting because the issuer mentions using "Trade-Checks" (a.k.a. tokens). Hewould be interested in knowing if any reader has an example of a token from Cole and Son of Perry, NY.

The Rulers of Britain Coin Collection

Joe Esposito showed me photos of a numismatic item he'd seen in a bookstore recently. He writes:

I added images from the product's web site.

For more information, see: Rulers of Britain Coin Collection(http://rulersofbritaincoincollection.co.uk/coins.html)

Kauko Räsänen Face Medal

Jon Radel brought two examples of this gold-plated medal. The two sides fit into each other, but to avoid scratching the surfaces Jon left theminside their plastic packaging. Heavy!

Jon writes:

Around 8:15 I had to go outside to feed my parking meter. On the way back in I ordered a single malt and talked with Eric a bit at the bar.

Before long the party was breaking up. We realized that our regular November meeting night would be election day, and most were in favor ofchanging the date. Later I followed up with November's host, who turned out to be Roger Burdette. He later made a reservation for the followingTuesday.

It was another good night of numismatic fellowship, although I regret not mingling more - I'd been a bit trapped against a wall by the seatingarrangement in the small dining room. But it was fun as always. And I don't think I saw a single piece of space-related numismatica.