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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 275658, member: 5719&quot;]I suppose I should have posted this earlier in case anyone wanted to attend... oh well... </p><p><br /></p><p>The Rochester Numismatic Association held its two thousandth meeting last night (Thursday 6 September 2007).&nbsp; The club was founded in 1912 and is among the oldest in the country; it is ANA Club Number 2.&nbsp;&nbsp; The RNA has had two meetings a month for the past 75 years!&nbsp; In addition, the RNA has struck a medal for each one of its Presidents since that first year of 1912.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am honored to be an active part of this club and as one of the &quot;newbies&quot; (some folks have been members longer than I have been alive) it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to be present in the company of many fine fellow numismatists.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Rochester Junior Numismatic Association is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.&nbsp; The most tenured member of the RNA was also the very first member of the RJNA back in 1947 and came to this 2000th meeting.&nbsp; I think he had a chance to meet Thalia Elizabeth, who is currently the youngest member of the RJNA.&nbsp; I&#039;m really sorry I missed that photo opportunity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Make your plans now to attend the 3000th meeting, scheduled for sometime in 2055.&nbsp; Meanwhile, the RNA is getting geared up for its 100th Anniversary, coming up fast in 2012.</p><p><br /></p><p>The club&#039;s website is <a href="http://www.the-rna.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.the-rna.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.the-rna.com</a> .&nbsp; The last few issues of the RNA Newsletter are available on the site, as are images of most of the RNA produced medals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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