The Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS) held its inaugural auction at the March 5th meeting. 40+ were in attendance including 12 Boy Scouts from Troop #72 from Northfield, NJ who were on hand to earn their Coin Collecting Merit Badge.Club President and Merit Badge Counselor Jason D. O’Grady gave a presentation on “Coin Collecting 101″ which include such topics as U.S. mints, grading, storage and a coin glossary. The Scouts left the meeting with a series of freebies (donated by the members) including new Monroe Presidential dollars and a grab bag of federal and international issues. The enthusiastic Scouts stayed for the auction following the educational talk and dug deep into their savings to bid on and won several items.
“It was probably one of our best meetings ever, so much so that we’re going to make the auction a regular monthly event” said O’Grady, “we’re encouraged by the attendance of the Scouts and they’re invited back any time.”
Three additional pictures are posted in this gallery. The next ACNS meeting is on Wednesday, April 2 at 7 p.m. and more information can be found at www.accoins.org.