NECA certifications with embossed seal - Numismatic Error Collectors of America

Zoins

This is pretty cool. Along with the first ANACS paper certs, these are a part of our collecting history.

Source: B.J.'s Stamps and Coins store, Glendale, AZ

NumisOxide

Interesting. Never saw one of those before. What year is that from?

BStrauss3

Before the merger...

LanceNewmanOCC

@BStrauss3 said:
Before the merger...

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co - neca !

JBK

Certificate is void - it's been tampered with.

BLUEJAYWAY

Only could make out "Diane" in the sig. Maybe Fred knows who the lady is.

Zoins

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Only could make out "Diane" in the sig. Maybe Fred knows who the lady is.

I'm guessing it's Duane Spellman, who's mentioned a few times in the Early History of CONECA:

https://conecaonline.org/early-history-of-coneca/

Both Duane and Fred were on the board of The Error Coin Museum.

Lonesome had managed to get Fred Weinberg, Duane Spellman, Ronn Fern, and Dr. Lyndon King as the TECM Board.

BLUEJAYWAY

@Zoins said:

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Only could make out "Diane" in the sig. Maybe Fred knows who the lady is.

I'm guessing it's Duane Spellman, who's mentioned a few times in the Early History of CONECA:

https://conecaonline.org/early-history-of-coneca/

Sorry. My "error".

Zoins

@LanceNewmanOCC said:

@BStrauss3 said:
Before the merger...

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co - neca !

The interesting thing is that it was:

• CONE - Collectors of Numismatic Errors
• NECA - Numismatic Error Collectors of America

Which became:

• CONECA - Combined Organization of Numismatic Error Collectors of America

I'm thinking: CONE + NECA = CO-NE + NE-CA = CO-NE-CA = CONECA

LanceNewmanOCC

@Zoins said:

@LanceNewmanOCC said:

@BStrauss3 said:
Before the merger...

.
co - neca !

The interesting thing is that it was:

• CONE - Collectors of Numismatic Errors
• NECA - Numismatic Error Collectors of America

Which became:

• CONECA - Combined Organization of Numismatic Error Collectors of America

.
ty. i couldn't recall earlier what the CO was previously!

BLUEJAYWAY

@Zoins said:

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Only could make out "Diane" in the sig. Maybe Fred knows who the lady is.

I'm guessing it's Duane Spellman, who's mentioned a few times in the Early History of CONECA:

https://conecaonline.org/early-history-of-coneca/

Both Duane and Fred were on the board of The Error Coin Museum.

Lonesome had managed to get Fred Weinberg, Duane Spellman, Ronn Fern, and Dr. Lyndon King as the TECM Board.

Thanks for the CONECA link. It jarred my memory reading it. I was a member of CONE 1969-1973. Remember the ERRORGRAM published in the Lindsey owned Post-Transcript out of Dresden,Ohio. I was a guest of the Lindsey's at their home and got a tour of the printing facility. Jo and Warren were great folks .

CaptHenway

So who is going to identify the planchet? I will guess Israel Shekel.

BStrauss3

BUZZ - thanks for playing, but no: 32.4gr = 2.1g, https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces52163.html - 1 (old) Sheqel weight of 14.4g of 0.850 silver.

Canada's 5c piece was Nickel, 4.54 g, and 21.21 mm in diameter, https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces401.html

Does anybody know what small foreign coins were being struck by the RCM in 1980?