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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 257378, member: 5719&quot;]This is a bit of a belated report, but that Day Job just keeps getting in the way of things... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The folks at the Canadian Numismatic Association, the national convention for which was held this past week in Niagara Falls, have once again outdone themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thalia Elizabeth and I attended on Saturday morning.&nbsp; Since I am now the Treasurer of the local club (more about that in another post), I officially attended the Club Breakfast early in the morning and then went back to get our daughter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thalia has been looking forward to the Scavenger Hunt since last year, and she wasn&#039;t disappointed.&nbsp; As happened last year, there were some challenges to finding all of those Maple Leaf Stickers, but with a hint from ANA Director Walter Ostromecki himself, table #9 of 10 was found and Thalia completed the hunt.&nbsp; The items found ranged from a Canadian Large Cent to a specimen of Canadian Tire &quot;money&quot;, but the most important item was the bonus ten dollar certificate to use in the Kids&#039; Auction later that day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Throughout the hunt, the dealers were all great.&nbsp; Even Heritage Auctions, which was there with a display, got into it, with the rep interrupting his conversation about much more expensive items to ensure that Thalia received her item from that table.&nbsp; &nbsp; The representative from the British Royal Mint and the folks at the Trajan Publishing table (Canadian Coin News, Canadian Stamp News) made a special effort to talk to the kids. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even before the Scavenger Hunt, Thalia got a goodie bag with several items including a sample slabbed State Quarter.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But it was in the kids auction that the CNA and its donors really outdid themselves.&nbsp; There were more than one hundred lots available!&nbsp;&nbsp; We&#039;re not talking common circulated items either, as you&#039;ll see in a moment.&nbsp; Each Young Numismatist who registered was given 100 auction dollars to spend in the auction, so with Thalia&#039;s bonus, she had 110 available.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Parents and guardians were not allowed to participate or coach!&nbsp;&nbsp; No worries, though, these kids knew what they wanted and bidding was spirited.&nbsp; In fact, the kids ran out of auction money before the auction was over! </p><p><br /></p><p>With her gift of 110 auction dollars, Thalia got:</p><p><br /></p><p>- A lot of Uncirculated or Proof Like Canadian dimes from the 60s through the 80s.</p><p>- An 1859 Canadian Large Cent</p><p>- A set of the Millenium Quarters from 2000.&nbsp; Thalia already had the 1999s, as she told me several times.&nbsp; (She was right.)</p><p>- A set of two of the &quot;Canada on the Wing&quot; sterling silver 50 cent pieces from 1995, these two being the Puffin and the Whooping Crane.</p><p>- One of the &quot;Birds of Prey&quot; coins, also a 50 cent sterling silver piece, the Owl.&nbsp; (Very appropriate considering the pending release of the Harry Potter book this weekend!)&nbsp; Believe it or not, there was an entire set of the &quot;Birds of Prey&quot; available in the auction as well-- Thalia was outbid on that one by another YN who also had 110 auction dollars total to spend.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll try to take some photos and post them here later.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was, as I was last year, completely impressed with and genuinely touched by the generosity, care and patience that the CNA members showed to the children who are the future of the hobby.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Next year, they&#039;re going to get some US coins for the Treasure Hunt from Thalia and I...</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and guess who wound up being quoted in the local newspaper...?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=613035&amp;catname=Local%20News&amp;classif=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=613035&amp;catname=Local%20News&amp;classif=" rel="nofollow">http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=613035&amp;catname=Local News&amp;classif=</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thalia is really a <i>lucky</i> girl![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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