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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 4753715, member: 1765"]Some stuff showed up for me from the ANA on Saturday. As I was supposed to get my 25-year pin at the show and there was no show, they mailed that. There was also a small silver medal with my name and membership number engraved on it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://varslab.com/misc/012168_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They also sent a thank you gift for giving the Morgan dollar webinar. As you may or may not know, Dan "Tiny" Cross passed away earlier this year. Tiny was a larger than life persona at the ANA Summer Seminar, did immeasurable stuff for the YNs in attendance, and was an avid Hobo nickel carver and collector. Joe Paonessa, who teaches the Hobo nickel class and designs an annual summer seminar token, produced a run of "Tiny" nickels. They're overstruck on dateless buffalo nickels, so I guess they can officially still count as Hobo nickels? Anyway, I thought this was very cool and a fitting tribute token to Tiny.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://varslab.com/misc/tiny.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 4753715, member: 1765"]Some stuff showed up for me from the ANA on Saturday. As I was supposed to get my 25-year pin at the show and there was no show, they mailed that. There was also a small silver medal with my name and membership number engraved on it. [IMG]http://varslab.com/misc/012168_1.jpg[/IMG] They also sent a thank you gift for giving the Morgan dollar webinar. As you may or may not know, Dan "Tiny" Cross passed away earlier this year. Tiny was a larger than life persona at the ANA Summer Seminar, did immeasurable stuff for the YNs in attendance, and was an avid Hobo nickel carver and collector. Joe Paonessa, who teaches the Hobo nickel class and designs an annual summer seminar token, produced a run of "Tiny" nickels. They're overstruck on dateless buffalo nickels, so I guess they can officially still count as Hobo nickels? Anyway, I thought this was very cool and a fitting tribute token to Tiny. [IMG]http://varslab.com/misc/tiny.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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