The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 48, November 9, 2003, Article 7

SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATICS

  Len Harsel writes: "According to my membership card, it is the
  Society for International Numismatics.  Didn't they merge with
  the Organization for International Numismatics (OIN)?
  Both seem to have disappeared."

  Russ Rulau writes: "I have no idea whether the Society for
  International Numismatics still exists, but I was a member for
  many years and was the recipient of its Silver Medal of Merit
  one year in the late 1980's for "excellence in cataloging."  It
  was a Los Angeles-area club formed by the late James
  Betton, E. Carolyn Nestrick, Pauline Ney, Max Wedertz
  and other scholarly numismatists interested in world coinage
  in the 1960's when there were relatively few such groups in
  existence.

  Its periodical,  SINformation, was worthwhile. I assume
  the group may have died off, as I received no membership
  renewal notice for many years now.  SIN used to stage its
  own coin shows, some quite large and interesting. Betton and
  Ney I know are gone, but perhaps someone in the Greater
  Los Angeles area can find clues to its demise, if in fact it has
  dissolved. It was a really fine bunch of coin folks, a bit
  reserved but deeply involved in the hobby.  Its logo was a
  red devil, a play on its acronym."

  David Klinger writes: "As far as I know, this "club" is still
  active. It is listed by the ANA on their web site: www.money.org

  SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATICS
  P.O. Box 5207, Sherman Oaks CA 91413
  CONTACT: Phil Iversen, TEL: 818-788-1129
  E-mail: phil_inversen at yahoo.com
  MEETING: 2nd Sunday 2:00PM
  Santa Monica Main Library, 6th & SM Blvd, Santa Monica,
  CA 90401

  [An email sent to that address bounced, but E-Sylum subscriber
  Greg Burns set me straight - there was a typo in the address.
  -Editor]

  Greg writes: "SIN is still active and meets the second Saturday
  of every month at the Santa Monica (CA) Public Library."
  [No reply yet from Iverson, though. -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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