We’re pleased to announce that Ray Williams will speaking at the ACNS 5 November 2008 meeting.

Ray is the president of the Colonial Coin Collector’s Club and 2nd VP of the GSNA.  He collects and studies coinage that circulated in the British American Colonies and up until the opening of the Philadelphia Mint and collects NJ Coppers by die variety.

Ray is going to give a presentation called “The State Coinage of our Confederation Period” about the state coinages from NJ, VT, MA & CT from 1785 until 1788. The talk will give information about the people involved in the minting process, some of the contemporary economic situations, and the coins themselves. Ray is also well-versed in NJ coppers, colonial paper and in foreign coinage circulating in the colonies.

Join us for Ray’s presentation and a fun meeting on Wednesday, 5 November 2008 at 7:00 pm. More details are on the ACNS page.

The Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS) meets - Wednesday, November 5 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at:

Linwood Public Library
301 Davis Avenue
Linwood, New Jersey, 08221
(609) 926-7991
http://www.LinwoodLibrary.com/

Attached please find a press release for the meeting. Please forward it to your local newspaper and anyone that might be interested in attending.

The meeting will feature a coin auction which begins at 8 p.m. The fee is $2 for up to ten lots. Please complete the attached form (also online here: http://www.accoins.org/auction.pdf) and bring it with you to the meeting. If you plan on auctioning items please email me a list and I’ll send it to the group so that people can come prepared.