News of Members:

Long-Term Member Pins Awarded

Senior ANS members will be receiving distinctive lapel pins to celebrate significant milestones in their Society membership. The ANS appreciates the many members who continue their support of this organization year after year. These special pins, marking 25, 30, 40, and 50 years of continuous membership, will be mailed to the honorees as a 1997 New Year's gift.

Celebrants at January 1, 1997

Marking their respective milestones at the inception of 1997 are:

Fifty Years

Mr. Frederick H. Armstrong, London, Ontario, Canada
Mr. Antonio Beltran, Zaragoza, Spain
Mr. T. R. Fehrenbach, San Antonio, TX
Mr. Charles A. Hersh, Mineola, NY
Mr. W. Frank Lenoir Jr., Houston, TX
Dr. Felipe Mateu y Llopis, Barcelona, Spain
Mr. Alfredo G. Porraz, Mexico City, Mexico
Prof. Homer A. Thompson, Princeton, NJ

Forty Years

Prof. Judah Adelson, Brooklyn, NY
Mr. Bernth Ahlstrom, Geneva 1, Switzerland
Cabinet des Medailles (Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland
Mrs. Damia Francis, Bensalem, PA
Mr. G. Kenneth Jenkins, London, Great Britain
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor, MI
Prof. Irwin L. Merker, Princeton, NJ
Mrs. Rosemary M. Michener, Holiday, FL
Mr. Robert W. Norton, Brooklyn, NY
Dr. Franco Panvini-Rosati, Rome, Italy
Mr. Henry Pollak II, New York, NY
Mr. Oscar Rinaldi i Figlio, Verona, Italy
Dr. John Alan Seeger, Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Rudi Thomsen, Aarhus, Denmark

Thirty Years

Mr. William T. Anton Jr., Lodi, NJ
Col. James J. Benane, Novato, CA
Brotherton Library, Leeds, Great Britain
Mr. Arthur D. Cohen, Penfield, NY
Mr. Emil N. Eusanio, San Fernando, CA
Mr. Dennis J. Forgue, Westchester, IL
Mr. Ronald J. Gillio, Santa Barbara, CA
Institut fur Numismatik, Vienna, Austria
Mr. George F. Kolbe, Crestline, CA
Prof. Rudi Paul Lindner, Ann Arbor, MI
Lockwood Memorial Library, Buffalo, NY
Dr. David William MacDowall, Tring, Herts, Great Britain
Mr. John D. MacIsaac, Ashland, VA
Mr. Alan M. Meghrig, Laguna Hills, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, New York, NY
Mr. Roger Laurence Mitchels, Evanston, IL
Dr. Cecile Morrisson, Ville D'Avray, France
Mr. Michael D. O'Hara, Bedfordshire, Great Britain
Mr. Dean Oakes, Iowa City, IA
Prof. Giovanni Oman, Rome, Italy
Mr. Jesse Patrick, Santa Rosa, CA
Dr. Paul F. Rynearson, Malibu, CA
Mr. Byron George Schieber Jr., Floral Park, NY
Prof. James E. Seaver, Lawrence, KS
Mr. Israel Joseph Simalevitz, Parma, OH
Mr. Arnold Spaer, Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. G. Michael Woloch, Outremont, Montreal, Canada

Twenty-Five Years

Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr., New York, NY
Dr. Allen Axenfield, Warrensburg, NY
Prof. Robert A. Bauslaugh, Atlanta, GA
Mr. William G. L. Chee, Malacca, Malaysia
Mr. Franco Chiesa, Caslano, Switzerland
Mr. Robert H. Colcock, Landover Hills, MD
Mr. David J. Davis, Ypsilanti, MI
Dr. Allan H. Davisson, Cold Spring, MN
Mr. Basil C. Demetriadi, Kifissia, Greece
Mr. John F. Doherty III, Wilmington, MA
Mr. Kenneth L. Edlow, New York, NY
Ms. Joan E. Fisher, Cross River, NY
Dr. Gerd O. Frese, Heidelberg, Germany
Mr. Robert E. Gilbert, Springfield, IL
Mr. Hakim A. Hamidi, Torrance, CA
Mr. Robert M. Harlick, San Francisco, CA
Inst. fur Altertumskunde, Cologne, Germany
Israel Museum Library (Jerusalem), Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Donald G. Kilgore Jr., Greenville, SC
Prof. T. James Luce, Princeton, NJ
Mr. W. J. Noble, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Mr. Harold J. Nussbaum, Silver Spring, MD
Dr. Daniel T. Pelc, Oelwein, IA
Mr. Jonathan P. Rosen, New York, NY
Mr. Sydney Rothstein, New York, NY
Mr. Isaac Rudman, Miami, FL
Prof. Sherill L. Spaar, Ada, OK
Mr. Gerald E. Walker, Hayward, CA

New Members Elected

At its meeting of October 26, the Society's Council welcomed 27 new members, elected or reinstated as Associates.

New Associates are:
Mr. Joel Allen, New Haven, CT
Mr. Julian R. Baker, Tervuren, Belgium
Mr. David Pae Bros, New York, NY
Mr. John Butler Jr., Las Vegas, NV
Dr. Robert D. Coleman, Atlanta, GA
Mr. John Steven Cupp, Davenport, IA
Ms. Erin Davis, Georgetown, TX
Mr. Louis J. Freedman, Kingston, PA
Mr. G. Jonathan Greenwald, APO, AE
Ms. Cynthia M. Harrison, Bryn Mawr, PA
Mr. Bengt Hemmingsson, Stockholm, Sweden
Mr. Herbert F. Klug, Lakewood, CO
Mr. Charles Lueders, Moorestown, NJ
Mr. Gideon Mayer, Keriat Chiem, Israel
Mr. Vasillaq Papadham, Bronx, NY
Mr. Al Pinkall, Amhurst, NH
Ms. Parvaneh Pourshariati, Cliffside Park, NJ
Dr. Hugh Preston, Woden, Australia
Mr. Charles A. Repenning, Lakewood, CO
Mr. Martin Spranger, Phoenix, AZ
Mr. Ciro R. Taddeo, Arlington, VA
Mr. Luis Hernandez Toribio, Madrid, Spain
Mr. Jorge Nieto Vela, Sta. Margarida Demontbui, Spain
Mr. John Whitney, Plandome, NY

Three Reinstated

At the October meeting, three former Associates were reinstated as active members. The Council expressed its pleasure at this renewed interest in the aims of the Society:
Mr. David Thomason Alexander, Mahopac, NY
Mr. Roberto Russo, Naples, Italy
Mr. David G. L. Worland, Bayview NSW, Australia

Membership in the ANS is open to all with an interest in numismatics. Members receive a range of benefits including the Society's annual journal, the American Journal of Numismatics, and are informed about forthcoming events and opportunities through receipt of the quarterly ANSNewsletter and special mailings.

New Life Members

The Society continues to promote the opportunity for members to convert to Life Membership by the one-time payment of $1,000. Life Associates and Life Fellows are excused from annual dues. At its meeting on October 26, the Council recorded the following Life Members:

Dr. Hubert Lanz, Munich, Germany (Assoc. 1982)
Mr. Roberto Russo, Naples, Italy (Assoc. 1980)

Two Exciting Offers for ANS Members

Dues notices are in the mail for 1997 and included are two exciting offers for Society members in 1997.

1997 ANS Calendar

The special 1997 calendar, "Treasures of the ANS American Cabinet," presented on the occasion of the Eric P. Newman Tribute Dinner on October 25, is available as a gift to all ANS members joining an ANS Circle in 1997 - simply sign up as a Gold, Electrum, Silver, or Bronze Circle Member for 1997 and we will send you this unique memento in addition to the other benefits enjoyed by Circle Members. Quantities are limited and when the supply of calendars is gone, this offer will be withdrawn.

CNL Free to Members

Members of the ANS are also invited to enjoy a free subscription to the Colonial Newsletter during 1997, simply by checking the offer on the ANS dues renewal form. In 1996, the CNL Foundation, through its President, James C. Spilman, contributed this important journal, specializing in the numismatic history of the United States in the pre-Federal period, to the ANS, commencing in 1997.

The ANS will publish three issues of CNL per year under the Editorship of Dr. Philip L. Mossman, author of Money of the American Colonies and Confederation; Mr. Spilman has been named Editor Emeritus. The two current Associate Editors, Gary Trudgen and Michael Hodder, have agreed to continue in this role, for which we are very grateful.

The Society is offering the free 1997 subscription to the entire membership in order to acquaint a larger circle of readers with this important specialty journal which we believe, due to its history of well researched and informative articles, will prove of lasting value to all with an interest in modern coins and currency.

Circle Members

It is a pleasure to report the final additions to our enhanced membership categories for 1996. All members are eligible to receive increased benefits and discounts beyond those of the basic membership by opting for higher categories. The ANS is grateful to the following individuals recorded at the October 26 meeting of the Coyuncil as Circle Members:

Silver Circle ($250)

Mr. Robert E. Darley-Doran, Winchester, Great Britain

Bronze Circle ($100)

Mr. David Thomason Alexander, Mahopac, NY
Prof. Prof. Blanche R. Brown, New York, NY
Mr. Spencer Peck, Oldwick, NJ
Dr. Steve Willis, Charlestown, MA