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RNA News

The RNA is proud to offer on-line access to our newsletter, RNA News, which is published monthly (except in August) and distributed by mail as a membership benefit. Newsletters are in PDF format, for which you can download a free reader from Adobe if you need one.

Advertising in RNA News is an inexpensive, efficient way to reach the greater Rochester collecting community. Contact Gerry Muhl at 585-336-9459 for more information on rates, which begin at just $25/year for a business-card ad.

Article submissions to the RNA News are always welcome! RNA members whose articles are published in RNA News receive our spiffy new Writer's Medal. Contact editor Scott Fybush (rnanews at fybush dot com) for more information.

2008 Issues

  • May-June 2008: Poland's Golden Age of Coinage
    Ted Vaccarella - "President's Message: Looking Back and Ahead"
    John Bailey - "The United States Pattern Coinage of 1792"
    Gerard Muhl - "Poland's Golden Age of Coinage"
    In Memoriam - David C. Foster and Louis A. Gaudino
    Club News and Notes - "ANA VP Finner gives talk at RNA meeting"
  • March-April 2008: Closing time at McLeod
    Ted Vaccarella - "President's Message: Bright future for RNA"
    Dennis C. DeYoung - "Benjamin Franklin, printer and - minter?"
    Jennifer Rutledge - "RJNA member finds '55 double-die in final days at coin shop"
    Sharon Doty - "Bob Doty needs a new kidney - can you help?"
  • January-February 2008: Coin Show Pleases the Crowd
    Ted Vaccarella - "President's Message: Great show, thanks to us"
    Bill Coe - "Coin Show Wrap-Up - RJNA members get experience at 2007 show"
    Coin Show Wooden Nickel
    Gerard Muhl - "Dates in RNA History"

2007 Issues

  • November-December 2007: A Successful 2000th Meeting
    Ted Vaccarella - "President's Message: 2000 Thanks for the 2000th"
    Gerard Muhl - "Coins of Kwanzaa"
    Club News and Notes
    Gerard Muhl - "Dates in RNA History"
  • September-October 2007: The RNA's 2000th Meeting
    Ted Vaccarella - "President's Message: Narrowing Our Focus"
    Richard Jozefiak - "Dept. Of Our 49th State - The Last Collecting Frontier"
    Club News and Notes
    Gerard Muhl - "The RNA's Coin Collection"Gerard Muhl - "Dates in RNA History"
  • July-August 2007: The Tom Kraus Medal Arrives
    Ted Vaccarella - "President's Message: Looking Ahead"
    Dept. Of Club Milestones - Ready for the RNA's 2000th Meeting?
    Club News and Notes
    Charles J. Ricard - "A Piece of Numismatic History"
  • May-June 2007: The RNA's 1798 Dime
    Richard Jozefiak - "Exploring a 'Money Tree' Motif"
    Gerry Muhl - "The RNA's 1798 Dime"Steve Lanzafame - "President's Message: Change is in the air"
  • March-April 2007: The RNA's Large Cent Collection
    Richard Jozefiak - "My First Visit to a Foreign Coin Show"
    John Bailey - "The RNA's Large Cent Collection"
    "Coes Donate Pewter Medals to Former Club Presidents"
    Steve Lanzafame - "President's Message: A Collective Decision"
  • February 2007: Bill Coe's Amazing 1933 Nickel Story
    Gerard Muhl - "The RNA&039;s Massachusetts Sixpence"
    Steve Lanzafame - "President's Message: A Collective Decision"

2006 Issues

  • December 2006 - January 2007: The Philadelphia Mint, Then and Now
    Donovan Shilling - "Stories of the Philadelphia Mint"
    Steve Lanzafame - "President's Message: Welcome to 2007"
    Ralph Dintruff - "My Two Cents on the RNA Collection"
  • November 2006: It's Coin Show Time Again!
    Chip Scoppa - "The Roman Siscia Mule"
    Steve Lanzafame - "President's Message: Gauging Members' Views"
    William D. Coe - "The RNA's 34th Annual Coin Show and Sale"
  • October 2006: Numismatic Summer Recap
    Steve Lanzafame - "Pesident's Message - Evaluating The Collection"
    The RNA Goes Mile High in Denver
    Bill and Edie Coe's Fiftieth Anniversary Medal
    Thalia Irwin (As told to George Irwin) - "A Day at the CNA Convention"
  • August-September 2006: The Edie Coe Medal
    Steve Lanzafame - "President's Message - Start of a New Year"
    "The Presidential Banquet, A Night For Edie - As Good As Gold"
    Ken Traub - "Tales of the Renaissance Era - Elizabeth I Fine Sovereign of 30 Shillings"
    "Wolcott Cent brings $660,000 in private sale"
  • June 2006: Meinhart Speaking Contest Issue
    Gerry Muhl - "Batavia's Richest Man"
    Edie Coe - " The ABCs of a Successful Numismatic Organization"
  • May 2006:
    Gerry Muhl - "Coins of Mercury"
    Grant Hobika - "Micronumismatics"
    RNA medals on display at RMSC
  • April 2006: National Coin Week Issue
    Scott Fybush - "Saving New Collectors From An Ad Scam"
    RJNA Coin Week poster contest;
    Ryan Conrad Meinhart speech
  • March 2006:
    Dave Gottfried - "The Only Truly, Truly American Coin"
    Ira Stein's 1804 dollar;
    Eshan Mitra Meinhart speech;
  • February 2006:
    Richard Jozefiak - "A Summer Seminar Story"
    David Rutledge Meinhart speech
  • January 2006: The Medal Issue
    Gerry Muhl - "Secrets of RNA Medals"
    Andrew Harkness - "A Western Adventure from an Eastern Armchair"
    Steven Rutledge Meinhart speech

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