Tuesday September 17th was Constitution Day in the U.S. It was also the meeting night of my northern Virginia numismatic social group, Nummis Nova. Wayne Herndon was our hostfor the evening at Mon Ami Gabi, a restaurant in Reston Town Center.

I was among the last to arrive at 6:30 and took a seat between Wayne and Eric Schena. Other members attending were Dave Schenkman, Robert Hoppensteadt, Chris Neuzil, MikePackard, Tom Kays, Julian Leidman, Roger Burdette, and Jon Radel. Tom's guest was Jonas Denenberg, a young numismatist who belongs to the Fairfax Coin Club.

We were crowded around a fairly small rectangular table setup, but we managed to find enough room to pass around an interesting array of numismatic items. I brought along acouple of books purchased at last month's ANA World's Fair of Money.

I also brought along some star notes I'd discussed in my previous diaries and a group of dollar bills with several different political slogans. I had bought a stack of 50of them from Tom Sheehan and selected one example of each type for my collection. I offered the others to the dinner attendees at face value.

Girl on the Silver Dollar
Roger surprised us with a gift for all attendees of a signed copy of his new book, Girl on the Silver Dollar. See the article elsewhere in this issue for moreinformation. Roger is a careful and meticulous researcher. The book will likely be the definitive word for decades to come on the identity of the model for the Morgan silverdollar.

Dave's Delicacies
Dave Schenkman always has some great numismatic items to share. He kindly provided these images of his display items. Thanks! The first item is a crudely counterstamped 1797British penny.

Dave writes:

Well, it's a great way to run a hobby, with people looking out for each others' special interests. Very interesting piece.

Dave writes:

A great piece. Even in the dim light at dinner I could tell this was nice.

The last piece is an interesting odd-denomination obsolete note, from Richmond, Ohio.

The Standard Catalog of Annandale, Vienna, and Dulles Coin Show Kids Auction Scrip
Tom Kays writes:

To order or dowmload a copy of Jonas's book, see:
histocoins.com .

FAO Coin Catalog
Jon Radel brought along a copy of this 2017 book on FAO coins - these were organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and issued by 119 countries. See thearticle elsewhere in this issue for ordering information.

It was a great evening, as always. 'Til next month!