Vinny was one of my best friends for the last 10 years, he also helped me write my first book Long Island Coin Club Tokens & Medals".

This book is dedicated to all the members of the Long Island Coin Club past and present. It has been a lot of fun hanging out with Vinny & Agnes Alones. Sitting there and listening to all the old stories while Vinny searched file after file to come up with another piece of information for this book. He found the original signed membership applications and letters dated in the 1950's asking where the LICC meets and how to join.

He would tell me a story of each member as we added his or her name and membership number to the list. I mean in detail, when they joined, what they collected, when and what they won at each and every ANA convention and any other awards they received. Also each and every ANA convention they attended and how they got there and who they were with and where they stayed and what they ate. It was just simply amazing that he could remember 40 years of ANA conventions, 50 years of LICC history and 20 years of the Grand Central Coin Conventions like they were yesterday. Agnes & I would sit there and listen to story after story and Agnes would remind Vinny of a few more details and another story would come out.

The LICC was started in 1952 by only a few but by the 1960's & 70's became a large organized club. Their dedication to the hobby and to the club, lead to the hosting the Grand Central Coin Convention and 2 ANA conventions. Not only did they attend 40 years of ANA conventions. They were very active in all aspects, displaying, judging, welcoming, hosting and won many accolades along the way. If you visit the new ANA's hall of fame you can fine many of the members names among the elite.