BOSTON GROUPS GATHER FOR ROCKWELL MEMORIAL AWARD

A SPECIAL INVITATION: This year's April combined meeting of the Boston Numismatic Society, the Collectors Club of Boston, and the Currency Club of New England will take place at 7:30 in the evening on April 28 at the New Light Korean Trinity Church, located at 730 Main St. in Waltham, Massachusetts. The speaker will be Mark D. Tomasko, expert on the history of engraving as well as author of "The Feel of Steel: The Art and History of Banknote Engraving in the United States." along with a number of articles in numerous currency related and numismatic journals.

This will also be the occasion of the inaugural awarding of the Thomas P. Rockwell Memorial Award to the current speaker, as well as to the speakers of previous years, including, among others, John W. Adams (distinguished author and researcher, recent recipient of the highest award given by the American Numismatic Society), Anne Bentley (author, researcher, curator Massachusetts Historical Society), Q. David Bowers (rare coin dealer, author, of Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Whitman Publishing LLC), C. John Ferreri (author, researcher), Arthur Fitts (researcher), and David Sundman (president of Littleton Coin Co.). Whitman Publishing LLC has donated a number of reference books for the occasion.

I hope that you can join us for what promises to be a star-studded evening of good company, tasty and varied refreshments, and very interesting people and surroundings.

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