SPMC News

SPMC Breakfast and Tom Bain Raffle--Memphis '08

The SPMC will have its annual breakfast and Tom Bain Raffle at 7:30am on Friday, June 27. The Society's major service awards will be announced and then auctioneer Wendell Wolka will take over in his ever-entertaining role for the Tom Bain Raffle. The event cost is $20 this year due to a change in menu to a continental style fare. Checks for the event can be sent to Wendell Wolka, PO Box 1211, Greenwood, IN 46142. Due to limited seating, advance ticket purchases are encouraged. Anyone who wants to donate items to the raffle can contact any board member or send them to Benny Bolin, SPMC President, 5510 Bolin Rd, Allen, TX 75002. All donations are tax deductible and everyone donating over $100 will be eligible for a drawing for a free ad in the Nov/Dec edition of Paper Money. Also, the SPMC is looking for a couple of volunteers to work the Thursday set up to be the legs of our dealer liaisons getting promised donations from dealers. Other SPMC events scheduled at Memphis are the annual authors forum, a general membership meeting with additional awards and an educational presentation by Larry Schuffman on Liberty Loan Bonds and the annual board meeting. (Apr 14, 2008)

Call for Nominations

The Society of Paper Money Collectors is seeking nominations for its two highest service awards. The Nathan Gold award is awarded for service to the hobby and is the Society's Lifetime achievement award. The Founder's Award is awarded for outstanding achievement during the past year. Anyone wishing to nominate an individual for either award should send their nomination and reasons to SPMC President Benny Bolin , Vice President Mark Anderson , Governor Judith Murphy , or Treasurer Robert Moon. . Click here for USPS addresses. (Mar 3, 2008)

NLG Honors SPMC Governors

The Numismatic Literary Guild's Annual Writers' Competition for 2007 awarded SPMC Governor and past Paper Money editor Gene Hessler with the Clemy Award, their highest honor. Paper Money editor/publisher Fred Reed won a prize in category Best Article or Series of Articles, U.S. Commercial Numismatic Magazines for "Thomas Jefferson: Jefferson Portraits on Notes Offer Tangible Evidence of This President, Inventor, Planter and Raconteur," which appeared in Paper Money Values. (Aug 17, 2007)

Memphis 2007

SPMC Board Meeting Minutes, July 7, 2007

Awards

Nathan Gold Award—Q. David Bowers
Founders Award—Bob Schreiner
Honorary Life Membership—Roger Durand
Nathan Goldstein Award (for recruiting)—Tom Denly
Forrest Daniel Award for Literary Excellence (inaugural award)—Fred Reed
Wismer Award (best book)—Q. David Bowers—“Obsolete Paper Money”
Literary Awards of Merit (Wismer runners-up)—Shawn Hewitt; Dr. Wallace Lee; George Tremmel, Bob Schreiner and Tom Carson
Awards of Merit—John and Nancy Wilson; the Liana Foundation; Eric Newman; Ray Lockwood/CSNS; Cindy Wibker/FUN; R. M. Smythe
Literary Awards (for best articles in Paper Money)—
- Benny Bolin and Martin Gengerke; George Tremmel; Pricilla Rhoades; Lee Loftus; Mohanad Hussein; Joaquin Gil del Real; Loren Gatch
Exhibit Awards

Best in show—Serial #1 Red Seals—Jesse Lipka
Honorable Mention

Varieties: Catalog #s as footnotes—Doug Murray
Short Snorters—Neil Shafer

Julian Blanchard Award—Process of Engraving Progressive Proofs—Mark Tomasko

Board of Governor Election Winners

Special Note to readers—Watch the SPMC website soon for an announcement of new committees established at Memphis that will need non-board members to be on. The SPMC needs you!

Memphis Programs Announced

(May 22, 2007)

See Events for details.

New Librarian

(Feb 3, 2007)

SPMC has named Jeff Brueggeman as SPMC Librarian. Requests for books and other materials should be addressed to:

Jeff Brueggeman
711 Signal Mountain Rd.
# 197
Chattanooga, TN 37405

SPMC Award Winners 2006

(June 17, 2006)

Awards of Merit

David Harper
Michelle Orzano
Memphis Coin Club
Mart Delger

Honorary Life Memberships

Milt Friedberg
Chet Krause
Bob Cochran

Nathan Goldstein Recruitment Award

Tom Denly

Nathan Gold Memorial Award

J. Roy Pennell, Jr.

Wismer Award for best book

Pierre Fricke

Dr. Glenn Jackson Award for best article in any medium related to proofs, vignettes, specimens

Mark Tamasko

Literary Awards (listed first and second places)

Federal Paper Money

Don Kagin
Francis X. Klaes

Confederate Notes

Michael McNeil and W. Crutchfield Williams III
Pierre Fricke

Obsolete Currency

Q. David Bowers
J. Roy Pennell, Jr

National Currency

Peter Huntoon, Bob Liddell, James Hughes
Bob Cochran

Foreign

Joaquin Gil del Real
Albert Irizarry

Miscellaneous

Jim Noll
Forrest Daniel

Exhibit Awards

Stephen Taylor Best in Show

Jim Lippincott
Honorable Mention -- James Simek and Benny Bolin

Julian Blanchard Award for best exhibit depicting proofs, specimens, vignettes

Mark Tomasko

Election Results

(June 17, 2006)

All candidates were unopposed and re-elected for a three year term.

Mark Anderson
Benny Bolin
Judith Murphy

Note—Ron Horstman decided not to seek re-election, so there is a vacancy on the board which will be filled ASAP by a Presidential appointment.

Earlier News

(June 18, 2005)

The following awards were presented by the Society of Paper Money Collectors during the Memphis International Paper Money Show.

Literary Awards

Literary Awards are presented for original articles appearing in Paper Money magazine, the official journal of the Society of Paper Money Collectors, during the preceding calendar year. Awards were presented in the following six categories for 2004:

U.S. Small Size Notes

1st: Peter Huntoon – "How 12-Subject Plates were Made and Why $5 Micro Back Plates 629 and 637 Were Saved" – September/October Issue.
2nd: Mike Abramson – "The Charm, excitement, costs & rewards of Collecting Paper Money "By the Numbers" – March/April Issue.

National Bank Notes

1st: Thomas Minerley / Robert Moon – "A History of The National Banks of Troy, New York" - May/June Issue.
2nd: Peter Huntoon – "Oklahoma Was Too Uncivilized to Host a National Bank" – March/April Issue

Confederate Paper Money

1st: Austin Sheheen – "Blockade Runners of the Confederacy" – March/April Issue.
2nd: Jason W. Bradford – "Even Circulated Notes Have Stories to Tell" – November/December Issue.

Obsolete Paper Money

1st: Q. David Bowers – "Waterman Lily Ormsby, Idealist" – July/August Issue.
2nd: Ronald J. Benice – "J.R. Powell’s Multi-State Notes" – March/April Issue.

World Paper Money

1st: Harold Don Allen – "A High-Tech Top Value – Canada’s New $100.00" – November/December Issue.

Federal Currency

1st: Al Munro – "In 55 Years, You Can Assemble a Unique Paper Money Collection…I know, Because I did It" – September/October Issue
2nd: Benny Bolin – "Fractional Currency Manuscript Notes" – March/April Issue.

Awards of Merit

Gene Hessler for his book, U.S. Essay, Proof and Specimen Notes
Robert Lidell and William Litt for their book, National Currency - An Analysis with Values

D.C. Wismer Award

Awarded to the author of the best new paper money book written during the preceding year. This year’s winner is Wendell Wolka for his book A History of Nineteenth Century Ohio Obsolete Bank Notes and Scrip

Nathan Gold Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award

Established and formerly presented (1961-1970) by Numismatic News, now by the Bank Note Reporter. Presented to a person(s) who has made a continuing contributions toward the advancement of paper money collecting over a period of years. This year’s winner is Judith Murphy, former President of SPMC and member of the Board of Governors, who continues to serve the Society in a number of ways including heading up the Society’s regional meetings program.

Founders Award

This new award is to be given annually for outstanding achievement during the preceding year. The inaugural winner of this award is Wendell Wolka who, in 2004, authored the Society’s catalog on obsolete paper money from the state of Ohio. He also served the Society in several other roles, including Advertising Manager and Tom Bain Raffle organizer.

Dr. Glenn Jackson Memorial Award

This award is for an outstanding article about bank note essais, proofs, specimens, and the engravers who created them. The award this year is presented to Gene Hessler for his article "Intended Back Design for 1st U.S. Small Size Notes" which appeared in Paper Money, November/December, 2004 issue.

Julian Blanchard Memorial Exhibit Award

Awarded to the exhibit in Memphis which best typifies the relationship between proofs, specimens, essais, and bank notes and other syngraphic items. This year’s winner was Mark Tomasko for his exhibit "The American Bank Note Picture Engraving Department circa 1910"

Stephen R. Taylor Best-in-Show Exhibit Award

Awarded to the best exhibit at the International Paper Money Show in Memphis. This year’s winner was Bill Brandimore for his exhibit "Selected 25 Cent Notes of the Fractional Currency Series 1862-1876"

Nathan Goldstein Top New Member Recruiter Award

Given annually to the person who recruits the most new members during the previous year. This year’s award winner is Tom Denly, who recruited 29 new members during the year. The second place recruiter was Wendell Wolka, who recruited 22 new members. The Society of Paper Money Collectors continues to place great importance on recognizing the efforts of writers, researchers, exhibitors, and persons willing to serve both the hobby in general and the Society in particular. Many times, the efforts of these people are overlooked, and the Society’s awards program is one way in which it attempts to provide such recognition.

New Board Members Elected

(June 18, 2005)

The three people elected to the SPMC Board are Gene Hessler, Tom Minerley, and Jamie Yakes. Wesley Duran was appointed to the board seat held by Robert Moon, who resigned as a board member. Moon continues as treasurer.

New officers

(elected by the Board)

President - Benny Bolin
Vice President - Mark Anderson
Secretary - Bob Schreiner
Treasurer - Robert Moon

If you have SPMC news which you would like to share with others on this page, please contact Bob Schreiner.

If you would like to have a regional meeting in your area, contact Judith Murphy.

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