Indianapolis Coin Club

November
2003

A.N.A. C-131170 - C.S.N.S L-600 - I.S.N.A. LM 243
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2897, Indianapolis, IN 46206

The Indianapolis Coin Club is a non-profit, educational organization founded in 1939 for the purpose of educating people of all ages in the greater Indianapolis community about the coins theypresently own or may wish to collect. We hold eleven monthly meetings each year (presently at the Firemen’s Union Hall, 748 Massachusetts Ave.) during which various programs of an
educational nature are held for the benefit of our membership and the general public. All meetings are open to the public and there is no charge for attendance unless a person wishes tobecome a member of the club. Adult annual dues are $12.00 per year, junior membership dues are $5.00 per year.

THE MONTHLY PLANCHETISNA ANNUAL COIN SHOW- Vinton Dove,
Past President
The 45th annual Indiana
State Numismatic Association (ISNA) Coin Show washeld at the Marriott Inn on
21st Street and Shadeland
Avenue on October 31 andNovember 1, 2003. It wasa success, as usual. There
were 88 tables, and thedealers had some great
coins for sale.
Among all the sparklers andblazers, I saw an 1883 proof
set, (no gold,) including thecent, all three nickels,(Shield, No Cents “V” andWith Cents “V”,) dime,quarter, half dollar and
BOTH dollars - the Morgan
and Trade dollars. The
dealer was only asking$19,000 for it! (ONLY!!)
Each coin was individuallycertified (“slabbed”).
Several familiar faces werebehind the dealer tables, including ICC members Larry
and Anna Hylton, Coz Raimondi (The Coin Index),and Leon Hendrickson (Silvertown).
The Club members manned
the ICC table (free from
ISNA) both days of theshow. I was pleased to findMildred Kontak at the table
when I arrived shortly after
10:00 AM on Friday. She
stayed the whole day! Thatallowed me to roam thebourse floor and enjoy looking at the coins and chatting with the dealers. Also
assisting with the table on
Friday included Rolland
Kontak, Jim Luckey, Charles
Alber, Karl Kreck and Bill
Phillips. Others at the show

included Dave Reid, Jim
Roehrdanz and Jerry Lebo.
Jerry was manning the Central States Numismatic Society table, which was next
to ours.
On Saturday, the only person who signed up was Gail
Phillips, 2:00 to 4:00 PM,
and she showed up a little
early, but I got some excellent help from Dave Rieger.
The Club sold 25 dealer
lamps for $10.00 each at
the table. The lamps were
furnished by ISNA, and they
took $8.00 and we kept
$2.00 each. That means
ICC cleared $50.00 from theefforts of those whomanned the table. We also
received four dealer applications for the Club’s annual
coin show on March 25,
2004, which will be held at
the Valle Vista ConferenceCenter in Greenwood, IN.

Our next meetings are scheduled for Monday, November 24, at 7:00 PM at the Fireman’s
Union Hall Building, 748 Massachusetts Ave. at College Ave., Indianapolis, and Monday,
December 8, at 6:00 PM, at the Rathskeller Restaurant, for our December Banquet. Parking
is available for the meeting in the lot west of the building and on the streets north andsouth of the building, and behind the Athenaeum building for the banquet.
Officers: President: Jim Luckey, Vice President: Vacant,Secretary/Editor/Webmaster: Gail Phillips:
Treasurer: Tom Ferverda, Sergeant-at-Arms: Jim Warden.
Past President: Vinton Dove

Directors: Karl Kreck, Lawrence Wisthoff, Donald Black,Coz Raimondi, Charles Alber, Allen Dove

InsideThis

President’s Report
Secretary’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
Puzzle Page
Kid’s Page
Other News

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November 2003

From Our
President
October’s meeting was good. I think everyone enjoyed Cos’ talk on counterfeits.
I’m hoping to follow this up with a night ofmembers grading a collector’s coins, manyof which are counterfeits, supplied by apossible new member that I met at the
ISNA Show. Things appear to be moving
forward for our election in November for2004. The board decided to hold the Club’smonthly meeting at the Nora library. We
had 3 libraries available, one on each theeast, west and north. Karl Kreck tells me
the contracts are coming in for our March
2004 Coin Show. Remember, he is still
looking for helpers. With the meetings
moving north, some of us are planning on
more car pooling. Don’t forget to sign up
with Tom Ferverda for our Christmas Party.
- Pres. Jim
Archived issues of The Monthly Planchet
can be found on our website, at
http://www.indianapoliscoinclub.org/
newsletter.htm

Secretary’s
Report
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 PM. There
were 25 members present. The Secretary’s andTreasurer’s Report were read. President Jim Luckey
discussed the lack of a meeting place for next year,
and the available options, with the membership in
attendance. Jim also announced that there would
be a Board Meeting for the ICC following Friday’s
activities at the ISNA Show.
Past President Vinton Dove addressed the membership regarding the slated candidates for next
year’s Board, and that we still need someone totake the offices of Secretary and Editor, and three
Director positions. He also brought up the needfor people to man the ICC table at the ISNA show,
and mentioned the availability of the sign-up sheet
for that and for the banquet.

INCOME
Membership Dues
Club Hat Sales
50/50 Drawing
Donation
Total Income:$24.00
10.00
23.00
20.00
$77.00EXPENDITURESICC 2004 Show
Refreshments (through Dec.)
Newsletter
Club Hat Embroidery
Postage
Hall Rental
Total Expenses$ 85.33
103.11
55.12
20.00
33.30
25.00
$321.86

Net Expenses$244.86

Balance in Checking as of Nov. 1, 2003 - $4,823.82

Certificates of Deposit Balances (10/30/2003)#1 - $5,041.41#2 - $5,031.68#3 - $5,033.52
Total - $15,106.61
Treasurer Tom Ferverda reported that the December Banquet will
be held at the Rathskeller Restaurant on December 9 at 6:00 PM.
They are located at the corner of Massachusetts Ave., Michigan St.
and New Jersey Ave. Their address is 401 E. Michigan St.
Director Coz Raimondi announced that the ICC and ISNA were working together at the ISNA show, in that the ISNA would provide desk
lamps for us to sell, with our club getting $2 per lamp sold.
Director Karl Kreck has new amended flyers available to advertise
our March Coin Show, which will be held on March 21, 2004.
After the break, the coin auction was held, and Coz Raimondi gave
the presentation on counterfeit detection of key date coins, with
ANA-provided slides.
Allen Dove won the puzzle contest, John Clingman won the 50/50
drawing and donated $20 of it back to the club. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM.

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Constructed using Crossword Weaver

APPLE BLOSSOMBAUXITE
BILL CLINTON
CRATER OF DIAMONDSDESEGREGATIONHONEYBEE

LITTLE ROCKMINERAL BATHS
MOCKINGBIRD
NATURAL STATEOZARKSPINE

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3 Grain pictured on AR Quarter
5 Bird featured on AR Quarter
8 AR state capital
9 "The _______ State" (state motto)
10 Number of stars on AR state flag
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1 AR is the ___________ state to join the union
2 Location of Crater of Diamonds state park
4 Former President from AR
6 AR state bird
7 State Gem

There will be a prize for this month’s
puzzle. Good Luck!

October Puzzle Solution

Congratulations toAllen Dove, who
won last month’s
puzzle contest!

I have enough money to last me the restof my life, unless I buy something.
- Jackie Mason

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ICC BOARD MEETSLIFE MEMBERS

The Club’s Board of Directors
met and voted to move theClub’s meetings to the Nora Library for 2004. The library is
located at 8625 Guilford. Directions from I-465, exit at US 31,(exit #31) on the north side ofIndy, the Meridian Street exit,
and go south to 86th Street.
There is a traffic light at 86th
and Meridian. Turn left (east)and go to the second traffic
light. That is Guilford. Turn left,
and the library is on your right.
We will have the meeting roomfrom 6:00 PM until closing at
9:00 PM.

Past President, Vinton Dove isassembling a list of the Life
Members of the Club. If you areone, please call him and givehim your LM number. Call (317)257-1906. THANKS!!

Slate of Nominations for Officers for 2004
The nominating committee makes
the following nominations for 2004
officers:
President, Vinton Dove
Vice President, Dave Reid
Secretary — NONE —Treasurer, Tom Ferverda
Sgt.-at-Arms, Jim Warden
Newsletter Editor — NONE —Board Members:
Coz RaimondiCharles Alber
Lawrence Wisthoff
The other members of the Board,
not up for election are:Allen DoveDon BlackKarl Kreck.
Past President will be Jim Luckey.
WE NEED A SECRETARY AND A
NEWSLETTEREDITOR!!!!!!!
Someone please step forward!!

HOMECROFT VISITORS
That is the name tag we got
when we got there! On October 29, Tom Ferverda and Vinton Dove visited the Homecroft
Elementary School and spoke to
Mrs. Allen’s third grade classabout Numismatics. It was very
rewarding to find the students
attentive and interested. The
class had a project of assembling a set of Statehood Quarters in a very attractive holder
which was kept in the classroom. It appeared to be complete and up to date.
Tom Ferverda and Vinton DoveINDIANAPOLIS COIN CLUBINC.
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE ISECTION 1: The name of this corporation shall be “Indianapolis Coin
Club, Inc.”SECTION II: The purpose of purposes for which it is formed are as
follows: To encourage and promote
the science of numismatics; to aid
its members in the study, acquisition and exhibition of numismatic
material; to encourage and assist
new collectors and students; tofoster the interest of youth in thesubject; to stimulate and advanceaffiliations between collectors andkindred organizations; to acquireand disseminate knowledge for the
benefit of its members; to cooperate with the American Numismatic
Association and other numismatic

4organizations in the interests of thescience of numismatics; to promote numismatic study as an educational activity as well as an historical and entertaining pursuit;and to create and promote friendship and good fellowship among
those interested in the science ofnumismatics through social intercourse, the interchange of ideas
and discussions of mutual interests.
ARTICLE II: MEMBERSHIPSECTION 1: The membership shallconsist of the following classes:
A. Regular members. Regularmembers shall be persons 18 yearsof age or over who shall become
members pursuant to the requirements of membership outlined in
the by-laws. Regular members ingood standing shall be those whose
dues are paid and against whomno complaints are pending. Regular members in good standing shallhave the right to vote in all membership elections.
B. Junior members. Junior members shall be persons under 18
years of age. Junior members may
not hold office or vote.
C. Life members. Life membershipmay be conferred by the Board of
Directors upon a regular member
for outstanding service to the cluband to numismatics in general. Life
membership may be conferred
only on an individual who has held
regular membership in the club fora minimum of five consecutive
years.
No life member shall be elected
over the objection of a board member.
D. Honorary members. Honorary
membership may be conferred by
the Board of Directors upon an individual who is not a regular, junior, or life member of the club.
Honorary members may not voteor hold office. No honorary member shall be elected over the objection of a board member.
E. Associate members. Associate
members shall be comprised ofother coin clubs, libraries, muse-Continued on page 5Continued from page 4ums, schools, archives and kindredorganizations. They shall not voteor hold office.
ARTICLE III: OFFICERSSECTION 1: The Board of Directors shall be composed of a president, vice-president, secretary,treasurer, sergeant-at-arms, editor,
an immediate past-president, andsix directors.
SECTION 2: The president, vicepresident, secretary, treasurer,
sergeant-at-arms, and editor shallbe elected annually. The immediate past president shall be an exofficio position. Directors shall beelected for two-year terms, withthree directors elected in an evennumbered year, and three directors elected in an odd-numbered
year.
ARTICLE IV: CONTROLSECTION 1: The operation andcontrol of the club shall be vested
in the Board of Directors, who shallhave exclusive authority to initiate
amendments to the constitution
and by-laws.
ARTICLE V: AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1: The Board of Directors may propose amendments tothe constitution and by-laws, provided a majority of Directors approve.
SECTION 2: A resolution setting
forth an amendment shall be presented to the membership at thenext regular meeting of the club.
Said resolution shall be submitted
to a vote of the membership at thefollowing regular meeting. Said
resolution may be enacted only byapproval of three-fourths of themembers who cast ballots.
SECTION 3: All proposed amendments must be published in the
club newsletter before being submitted to the membership for avote.
ARTICLE VI: RULESSECTION 1: Rules and regulations
for the operation of this association shall be called by-laws andshall not conflict with this consti-

tution.
ARTICLE VII: DISSOLUTIONSECTION 1: Should the club be
dissolved, disbanded or otherwise
cease to function, its debts shallbe paid and all remaining assets
shall be given to the American Numismatic Association, an organization recognized under Internal
Revenue Code Section 501(C)7, asa charitable organization, for educational purposes. Otherwise, allremaining assets shall go to theState of Indiana.
BYLAWSARTICLE I: MEETINGSSECTION 1: The club shall meetat least once per month, convening on the fourth Monday at a placedesignated by the Board of Directors, except during December.
Should a meeting place not be
available on the fourth Monday, thepresident or the Board of Directors
shall make other meeting arrangements, if possible.
SECTION 2: The meetings shall
include:* Call to order* Report of Secretary* Report of Treasurer* Recognition of visitors* Reports of committees* Old Business* New Business* Educational Program* Coin Exchange* Adjournment
SECTION 3: The club’s mission
shall be to advance in popular esteem the knowledge and appreciation of numismatic art and scienceby providing a means of association for encouraging the study,
collection and preservation of rare
coins and other mediums of exchange.
ARTICLE II: OFFICERSSECTION 1: As provided by theconstitution, the Board of Directors
shall include a president, vicepresident, secretary, treasurer,
sergeant-at-arms, editor, immedi-

ate past president, and six directors.
SECTION 2: Duties of the officers
are as follows:
The president shall:* Preside at all meetings of the cluband of the Board of Directors.
* Call a meeting of the Board of
Directors no later than January 15
to approve the annual budget, andshall call at least one meeting of
the Board of Directors during eachof the other calendar quarters of
the year.
* Appoint committees on finance,
education, juniors, archives, newsletter, nominations and other matters as he or she sees fit to ensureorderly operation of the club.
* Serve as an ex-officio member
on all committees.
* Fill, by temporary appointment,
any vacancy in any position in the
club until same is filled by the
Board of Directors.
* Assume responsibility to carryout any other functions not specifically delegated to other officers.
* Prepare, with the Treasurer, anannual budget for approval by the
Board of Directors no later thanDecember 31 of the preceding year.
The vice-president shall:* Arrange an educational programfor each club meeting.
* Preside at meetings if the president is not able to attend.
* Succeed to the presidency should
the president be unable to serve
the remainder of his or her term.
The secretary shall:* Keep a true record of all meetings.
* Maintain the membership roll,
notify members of dues payment
requirements, notify members of
any complaint against them, andprovide mailing addresses for use
in distributing the newsletter.
* Accept membership applications,take dues and surrender same tothe treasurer, issue membershipcards, and handle routine correspondence.

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The treasurer shall:* Receive and deposit all funds paid
to the club; prepare a monthly
statement and report same to theclub.
* Invest funds in accordance withdirections from the Board of Directors.
* Pay out money for legitimate
expenses incurred by members,
except that any expenditure on
excess of $100 shall be approvedby the Board of Directors.
* File necessary tax and information returns.
* Act as resident agent for the corporation, if so designated by the
Board of Directors.
* Prepare, with the President, anannual budget for approval by the
Board of Directors no later thanDecember 31 of the preceding year.
The sergeant-at-arms shall:* Be the club’s constitutional authority, ruling in all disputes concerning the club’s procedures andactions.
The immediate past president
shall:* Serve as an advisor to the president.
The editor shall:* Publish and distribute themonthly club newsletter in accordance with guidelines establishedby the Board of Directors.
The directors shall:* Represent the general membership and advise the president.
SECTION 3: All officers shall be
eligible for re-election.
SECTION 4: All officers are expected to attend periodic board
meetings. The president may excuse a member from attendance,
providing there is a compelling reason. Otherwise, any officer who
fails to attend two or more board
meetings during a one-year period
may, at the discretion of the board,
be removed from office.
ARTICLE III: ELECTIONSSECTION 1: No later than the Sep-

tember meeting, the president
shall, appoint a committee of threemembers, who shall nominate aslate of candidates for office for thefollowing year. The committee may
slate more than one candidate foreach office. The slate shall be announced to the membership during the October meeting.
SECTION 2: Other candidates may
be nominated. Such a nomineemust be endorsed by at least threeother members in good standing
and submitted to the club secretary no later than November 1.
SECTION 3: The election of officers shall be conducted during theNovember meeting. Should a tie
result for an office, the board of
directors shall convene and break
the tie.
SECTION 4: The officers shall takeoffice during the December meeting (banquet), or December 15,
whichever date comes first.
ARTICLE IV:
BOARD OF DIRECTORSSECTION 1: As provided by its constitution, the club shall be operated by its Board of Directors, whoshall have exclusive authority toinitiate amendments to the constitution and by-laws.
SECTION 2: The board also shallmaintain operating control of theclub.
SECTION 3: The board shall havecontrol over all disputed matters.
SECTION 4: A majority of theBoard of Directors must be present
to constitute a quorum for a meeting.
ARTICLE V:
MEMBERSHIP AND DUESSECTION 1: The membership, as
provided in the constitution, shallbe composed of these categories:
regular, junior, life, honorary, andassociate.
SECTION 2: The Board of Directors shall set the dues scheduleand amounts, except that life andhonorary members pay no dues.
SECTION 3: Dues for the calendar
year shall be payable by January
1. Members whose dues are not

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paid shall be notified by the secretary no later than the January
meeting. Members whose dues are
not paid by the February meetingshall be dropped from the membership list.
SECTION 4: Membership applications shall be submitted on a form
prescribed by the Board of Directors, who shall then rule on theacceptability of the applicant. One
year’s dues payment shall accompany the application. Should theboard reject the application, thedues payment shall be returned.
SECTION 5: Persons seeking reinstatement to membership shallfollow the procedure set forth for
new members, except that they
may request their old membershipnumber if less than one year has
transpired since expiration of theirmembership dues.
SECTION 6: Members in goodstanding shall be those whose dues
are paid.
SECTION 7: The board may remove members for just cause. Just
cause shall include, but not be limited to, conviction of a felony orexcessive complaints before theBoard of Directors.
SECTION 8: The membership list
shall generally be considered privileged and not distributed beyond
the club. Should an outside entity
wish to distribute literature to clubmembers, the board of directors
may consider a mailing by the clubitself for a nominal fee. Any such
distribution shall be clearly identified by the words “Mailed by I.C.C.”.
ARTICLE VI: PUBLICATIONSECTION 1: The club shall produce
and distribute a monthly newsletter that reaches the members prior
to the regular meeting. The newsletter shall be published by theeditor.
SECTION 2: The newsletter may
contain paid advertising. Rates
shall be set by the Board of Directors.
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your account every time you get
a little extra cash, you’ll see yoursavings grow. Your money will
earn interest, too.*
Just get your savings together,and then ask your parent or
guardian to take you (with yourSocial Security card) to a local
bank, where they’ll set up an account for you.

FUN WITH COINS
There are lots of ways to have funwith coins at home. Below you
will find some great activities including arts and crafts, tricks andgames, and even ways to earnmoney!
Do these activities with a parent
or another adult supervising you.

ACTIVITIESCOLLECT COINS
Collect all your change, then:Check it out for interesting coins.
You might have the beginnings ofa great collection right there inyour pocket or coin jar.
Exchange the coins at a bank forgolden dollars or other coins to
examine for your collection.
Take the pennies to a coin machine that exchanges them forlarger denominations. You canfind these in some grocery anddrug stores. Of course, you could
always take the change to a bank,
too!

GROW YOUR MONEY
Any time is the right time to open
your own savings account. You
can deposit your allowance, themoney you’ve earned, or whatever you’ve got. If you add to*Interest is the money the bankpays you for keeping your moneyin their savings account. Typicalinterest payments for a savings
account might start at about 1%.
At that rate, you would earn about$1 a year for every $100 you keepin the bank.

ARTS & CRAFTS‘PENNYFORYOUR
THOUGHTS’ NOTECARDS
Make your own notepaper with acoin rubbing design. It would
make a nice gift!
Make the Cards
Place a sheet of tracing paper overa sheet of heavy white paper.
Hold them together with 4 paper
clips, one near each corner.
Place the attached papers in frontof you vertically; then, with aruler and a pencil, draw a veryfine line dividing the papers in half
horizontally. Cut them in halfalong this line.
You should now have two 8 ½ x 5½ sets of tracing and heavy paper. Fold each set in half (withthe tracing paper on the outside)
to make 2- ¾ by 4- ¼ inch notecards.

Create the Design
Write Penny For Your Thoughts on
the tracing paper front of your7

note cards, leaving space for yourcoin rubbing design.
Place a coin between the tracing
paper and heavy white paper,then rub it with a brown or copper colored crayon or colored pencil to make a coin rubbing design
around the words.

Put Them Together
Staple the two papers together inthe crease formed when you foldthem in half, or glue the two papers together with a very thin lineof glue around the edges of theheavy paper.
These cards can be used without
envelopes, but you can also use
leftover envelopes from old notecard collections or purchase notecard envelopes in some party
goods stores or card shops.

MONEY MOBILE
Here’s a cool idea for decorating
your room: make a mobile out ofa wire coat hanger and coinsmade of paper.
Paper Coins: Find pictures ofcoins on a website or in a book at
the library.
Print out or copy the coins andcolor them in.
Cut the coins out, and attach
them to the hanger with threador strings of different lengths bytaping one end of each string to
the coin and tying the other tothe hanger.

CENTS-SATIONALCOOKIESUse your favorite sugar cookie
recipe to bake round, coin-shapedcookies. With a small tube of icing, decorate the cookies andmark them with denominations of
5 cents, 10 cents, etc. Make thecoins different colors and designs.

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provide a list of current members
and addresses for purposes ofmailing the newsletter.
SECTION 4: The editor shall notprint any libelous or defamatory
material.
(Constitution and by-laws current
as of March 2001)

1916 DENVER DIMES
By Tom LaMarreAt the 1916 National Automobile Show, Studebaker Corporation
displayed a chassis worth a real
chunk of change. It was made ofgold and valued at $25,000 - almost as much as the Denver Mint’s
entire production run of dimes thatyear.
It was in October of 1916
that a new dime made its debut.
The “head’s” side pictured Miss Liberty wearing a winged cap, symbolizing freedom of thought. The“tail’s” side had a bundle of rods
and a battle-ax, an ancient symbol of unity. Alongside it was anolive branch of peace, and on coinsfrom the Denver Mint, the letter“D” at the lower left.
Officiallythe new coin was called the“Winged Liberty Head” dime. But
because of Liberty’s winged cap,
most people thought it pictured
Mercury, the messenger of thegods in Roman mythology. Despite
the confusion, one coin collector’s
publication described the “Mercury” dime as quite an improve-

ment over the earlier issue. Another praised its youthful portraitof Liberty. The Philadelphia Mint
produced more than 20 million“Mercury” dimes in 1916. In San
Francisco, more than 10 million
were made. But the Denver Mint
turned out just over a quarter of amillion. No one paid much attention to the Denver dimes until the
1930s, when collecting coins bydate and mintmark became apopular pastime.
By the 1940s,
a 1916 Denver dime in like-new
condition was valued at $10. But
with patience and luck, it was still
possible to find a worn example inpocket change. For years, a New
York Transit Authority searchedsubway fare boxes, setting aside
hundreds of 1916 Denver dimes.
In the 1980s, a young man hiking
along a trail on Colorado’s Aspen
Mountain found a 1916 Denverdime that was appraised at $800.
This article was written by Tom
LaMarre. “Money Talks” is produced
and underwritten by the American
Numismatic Association in Colorado
Springs, America’s coin club for overa century. Take a tour of ANA’s virtual Money Museum on the web at
http://www.money.org.

This month’s educational program
will be a surprise.
Or maybe not.
Don’t miss it!

Please submit your 2004 dues in theenvelope provided. Thank you!

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THE BUFFALO $10 BILL
By Gene Hessler
In 1901 a battleship and a buffalo collided on a ten-dollar bill . .
.the buffalo won! When naturalist John Muir asked him to spendsome leisure time in the West,
Teddy Roosevelt couldn’t refuse.
The two men lived in the open,
sleeping under the stars . . . andRoosevelt became a born-again environmentalist. He was convinced
more land should be set aside fornational parks. And, as a big-gamehunter, Roosevelt missed the freeranging buffalo he had hunted inpast years. An estimated 50 million buffalo had been killed bywhite men for sport and for hides .
. . but by 1900, only a few dozen
roamed freely.
Soon after
Roosevelt returned from his vacation with Muir, the engraving of a
new ten dollar note was almost finished. Plans called for the new note
to feature the engraved image ofthe newly launched battleship, the“Massachusetts.” A year later, theyear Roosevelt took over as President, the $10 bill was issued, notwith a battleship, but a buffalo.
The image was based on Pablo, abull from Montana that lived at
Washington’s National Zoo.
Roosevelt wanted the $10 bill tocall attention to the plight of thealmostextinct
buffalo.
Roosevelt’s plan worked. In 1902,
Congress appropriated $15,000 to
help preserve the buffalo. In thatsame year, Roosevelt appointed
Charles ”Buffalo” Jones as the firstwarden of Yellowstone National
Park . . . and in recognition of his
efforts, Roosevelt was made honorary president of the American
Bison Society. The buffalo is stillwith us . . . and so are collected
examples of the beautiful $10 notethat sparked interest in saving thismagnificent animal.
This article was written by Gene
Hessler. “Money Talks” is produced
and underwritten by the American Numismatic Association in Colorado
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