Next Meeting Feb. 26th Columbus Community Center 2500 S. 500 E. 7:00 PM South Gym The Token Hunter N.U.T.S. National Utah Token Society Dedicated to the collecting, recording, and preserving of Utah's historical medals, tokens, coins and bottles. JAN. 2015 Volume: 34 Issue: 2 Generally N.U.T.S. Store P.O. Box 651071, Salt Lake City, UT 84165 - www.utahtokensociety.com - NutsTokenHunter@hotmail.com Membership Renewal Reminder for 2015 Single $12 Family $18 Calling all members, for February's meeting we will be voting on the new club medal and having a bourse night. Win Gold at the Raffle! Thank you, Eldon for last month's treats Next month's treats will be provided by: Doug Nyholm - Flying Eagle & Indian Head Cents pg. 2-3 January's Meeting pg. 3 Coin Show Photos pg. 4 In the News pg. 4 Book Review pg. 5 Games pg. 6 We are looking for news articles and personal experiences to put in the monthly newsletter. Please email them to the club's email address. Hello Everyone, President's Message This weather we are experiencing has been amazing, hopefully many of you have had an opportunity to get out metal detecting. This time last year there was still snow on the ground. Remember we will begin our Finds of the Month event at the March meeting. A big thank you goes out to Mr. Doug Nyholm for his amazing presentation last month about Indian Head Cents. I feel that we all learned a great deal of information on how to identify those mint errors that can bring you a greater value. This month's meeting will be our club medal design voting. Please bring your Utah related design. Be creative and have fun with your design ideas. Also we will be having our Bourse Night. Please bring items that you would like to buy, sell, or trade. This will be a great evening. Another reminder about our room change, we will be meeting in the Gym Room, directly south from the location we have been meeting at. Thanks everyone for your patience and support with these changes. See you at the meeting. Todd Monson How to get Christmas Raffle Tickets Throughout the Year 1 for monthly attendance, 1 for bringing treats (dessert and drink), 1 for being an officer/wagon master each month, 1 for each hour serving at the coin/token show, 1 for submitting an article, 1 for referral that joins club, 1 for member spotlight or special find in the news, 1 purchasing prizes for the raffle per month
President: Todd Monson tdmh@earthlink.net 801-755-3256 Guest Speaker: Douglas Nyholm Flying Eagle & Indian Head Cents Vice Presidents: Anthony Bos bosmaniac@aol.com 209-640-9585 Ken Webb kkwebb453@yahoo.com 801-250-7131 Treasurer: Eldon Farnsworth agiftman2@yahoo.com Secretary: Cheryl Harrison ttwizzlerr@yahoo.com 801-548-3456 Editors: Philip and Cheryl Harrison sl9c5@yahoo.com 801-947-3322 Historian: Todd Monson tdmh@earthlink.net 801-755-3256 Doug Explaining the Design and History of the Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cent 1850 Ring Pattern Medals Chairman: Don Swain don_swain@q.com 801-967-0750 Coin Show Chairman: Bob Campbell allaboutcoins@qwestoffice.net 801-467-8636 Web Master: Johnny Gallegos divingbuddy@yahoo.com Wagon Masters: Kevin Barnes justolddirt62@yahoo.com 801-809-5074 Cliff Fausett cf19@comcast.net 801-561-5487 Larry Kimura lakimura50@hotmail.com 801-282-2333 Christelle Sampson christelle.sampson@yahoo.com 801-947-3322 Bill Turpela cc45tc@yahoo.com President Monson thanking Doug Nyholm for the great presentation. 1854/55 Flying Eagle Pattern The U.S. Mint had considered changing the Large Cent for many years. They tried several different patterns before choosing the Flying Eagle design. The Indian Head Cent replaced the Flying Eagle in 1859. This is a very interesting series with many difficulties, twists and turns; which can be as expensive as you want. Varieties and Key Dates 1858 8 over 7 1860 Pointed Bust 1864 with L on Ribbon 1869 9 over 9 1873 open 3 & 1873 closed 3 1873 Double Die 1875 Dot on N on ONE 1877 Key Date 1886 Type 1 and 2 1888 8 over 7 1894 94 over 94 1908 S Key Date 1909 S Key Date
Two book by Richard E. Snow that would be good resources if you are planning to complete the series. The multi-volume red book on the far left costs several hundreds of dollars. The Whitman book costs $16 on Amazon and $10 for the Kindle version. January's Meeting NUTS Club Officers & Wagon Masters Swearing In Raffling Tokens and Coins
January's Coin Show The coin show was well attended. Many people were at the show early and talking with other members. CONECA was present and had applications for new members to sign-up. They specialize in errors and varieties. www.conecaonline.org In the News Todd Monson told us an article about an old 1882 found leaning against a tree in Great Basin National Park. An 1861-O half-dollar from the SS Republic ship wreck was sold at a Heritage Auctione for $320. The ship was used during the Civil War. PCGS created a digital coin folder for people to enjoy their coins even if they are stored at an inconvienant location. Current Metal Prices Gold: $1202.70 Silver: $16.25 1940 LDS Welfare Plan Good for $1 $70 ebay Oct. 5, 2014
Can you find the hidden buffalo in this issue?