FLORIDA PAPER COLLECTORS LUNCH GROUP

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V21 2018 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 40, October 7, 2018, Article 11

Howard A. Daniel III submitted these notes on his recent visit with the Florida Paper Collectors Lunch Group. Thanks. -Editor

Several members of the Florida Paper Collectors Lunch Group told me about this group at the last Summer FUN Show. Two of these people were John Wilson and Gary Lewis, both past ANA presidents. Nancy Wilson was also there when John and Gary talked to me. The group's primary focus is on fiscal paper from Florida but it also has interests in paper from other states and countries.

The group is guided by Ron Benice of Sarasota, Florida. He can be reached at Benice@Prodigy.net if you want to be put in the queue to attend one of the future lunches. The next lunch meeting is on January 26. Attendance is by invitation only because of the limited space in the lunch room.

Right now, the group meets at Tony Roma's Restaurant at 8560 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819. The meeting I attended started at about Noon on September 29 with conversation and then lunch. Once the lunch plates were taken away, Ron started the Show & Tell with his paper and then the person next to him started. The meeting ended at about 3PM.

The group included many other numismatists known nationally for their work at ANA and other organizations' events so I was surrounded by many old friends. I am sure every numismatist would have a good time at one of the lunches, but remember it is by invitation only. Good luck.

Sounds like a great group, and a fine reason to visit or retire to Florida.

John Wilson provided the photos. In the top one that's Mark Lighterman and Howard Daniel on the left, with Nancy Wilson standing at the back. In the second shot I spy Wendell Wolka sitting second on the right. -Editor