2012 Boy Scout & Girl Scout Coin Collecting Merit Badge Clinic
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2012 Boy Scout & Girl Scout
Coin Collecting Merit Badge Clinic
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57th Annual FUN Convention
When January 5-8 2012 Click here for the latest information on F.U.N's Boy Scout Coin Collecting Merit Badge Clinic
Where The convention will be held at the Orange County Convention Center,
Orange County Convention Center
9899 International Dr.
Orlando, FL 32819
Note Change Of Concourse Venue The 2012 January FUN show will be held in South Concourse this year. The South Concourse, is located inside the OCCC's South Building and faces International Drive. The street address for the South Concourse is 9899 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819. Hall SB, The hall faces International Drive, and is across the street from and facing The Rosen Centre hotel..
Event Location: South Building, Hall SB
Attendance: 15,000
Official FUN Website
Admission: FREE And open to the public.
Parking See OCCC's Website for OCCC General Parking Information
Directions Map Quest
Hours Of Operation The convention opens to the public at 10:00 A.M. January 5th and will run through 3:00 P.M. January 8th.
FUN Show Hours
Thursday January 5th
10 am to 6:30 pm
Friday January 6th
10 am to 6:30 pm
Saturday January 7th
10 am to 6:30 pm
Sunday January 8th
10 am to 3:00 pm
Numismatic dealers from around the country will converge at the Orange County Convention Center to buy, sell and appraise coins, paper currency, tokens, medals and other items. Make sure to mark your calendar for this great event.
Florida United Numismatists
presents
FUN's Coin Collecting Merit Badge Clinic
When Saturday, January 7th, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. Check-in begins at 1:00 p.m.
Participation Requirements
Before the Clinic . . . Scouts must complete the following requirements:
1. Read the "Coin Collecting" Merit Badge Book. At the Clinic, we will review all of the requirements. Collect at least five (5) different state quarters.
2. Collect and bring a set of U.S. coins currently in circulation. This set must include a one cent piece, a nickel, a dime, a quarter, half dollar and dollar coin. The dates do not have to be the same. At least one coin from the Philadelphia and Denver Mints must be represented in the set.
3. Collect and bring a date set of U.S. coins. The set can be of any one denomination (1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents or 25 cents) and must include one (1) coin of every year, from the year the Scout was born through 2011. Any mint is acceptable. All coins must be of the same denomination.
At the Clinic
At the Clinic . . .
There is no cost for this program. Everyone will learn about collecting U.S. coins, get great free material, and take home cool prizes . Bring only the coins required for the merit badge-leave the rest of your collection at home!
Scouts will complete all other requirements during the Clinic.
Adult leaders are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Check-in begins at 1:00 p.m. on January 7th, 2012, at the Orange County Convention Center, 9899 International Dr.
Orlando, FL 32819. See above for direct links to OCCC's map and parking information.
Before and after the clinic
Before and after the clinic: Scouts are invited to explore and discover the excitement of the Florida United Numismatists Coin Show.
Attention Scout Leaders!
Scout Leaders . . .
Blue Cards will be provided. Tell your scouts to bring note pads and pencils and their completed type and date sets of coins . Remind Scouts to wear their uniforms. Scout Leaders should provide a copy of this flyer to Scouts planning to attend the clinic so they can study the requirements.
Girl Scouts Fun With Money Patch
"Fun with Money" patches are official Girl Scout Patches, created by the Wagon Wheel Council of Colorado Springs Colorado, and available to all Girl Scouts. Earning the patch has certain requirements associated with them, most if not all of which will be completed at the above mentioned coin collecting clinic.
The requirements for Juniors and Seniors are more advanced than for Brownies and Cadettes. Girls who earned the patch as a Brownie or Junior are encouraged to earn it again as a Junior or Senior.
Additionally, the workshop will also help meet some of the requirements for the following awards: Hobbies Try-It, Collecting Hobbies Badge, Collecting IPA (Interest Project Award).
Pre-Registration
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To pre-register, please provide Scout(s)' name(s) and Troop number to Tony Bonaro e-mail t.bonaro@xorail.com by December 29, 2011.
Young Numismatists Program
Morning Program
We will have a program for Young Numismatists, boys and girls under 18 years of age, on Saturday morning from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon.
The cost of the program is only $5.00 which includes lunch and a one year Junior Membership to the Florida United Numismatists. (Lunch alone at the convention center is more then $5.) Participants will receive plenty of materials and coins to get them started on their coin collecting career. This is open to all youth who come to the show.
Afternoon Program
This year the Florida United Numismatists hold their annual coin show in Orlando, Florida. I will be conducting a Girl Scout / Boy Scout Coin Collecting merit badge clinic in conjunction with the show. The clinic will take place on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center. Last year 105 scouts attended the program.
There is no cost for the merit badge clinic. The program will run from 1:30 PM to approximately 4:00 PM. A scout who collects the minimum number of coins over the next few months will be able to finish the merit badge at the clinic.
About The F.U.N. Show
The coin show is the largest in the United States each year. Scouts and their families will have great time viewing all of the booths and learning about the art of collecting coins.
Please place a link to THIS post on your troop websites and make the fliers available at your round tables and training programs over the next month. Banners complete with HTML code for linking are available for your use here
In closing, feel free to contact Tony Bonaro, Director of Youth Activities, Florida United Numismatists at any time if you need more information.
Tony Bonaro
Asst. Scout Master Troop 180
North Florida Council
2011 Summer FUN
Boy Scout Merit Badge Clinic
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Click Photo To Enlarge Photo Credit Fred Lake. No Shot List Available
A Walk Through History With Lincoln
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Click To Enlarge. Photo Credit Fred Lake
F.U.N Welcomes The Troops!
I had the pleasure of talking to many of the scouts arriving to take part in the Coin Collecting Merit Badge Program. Here are a few pictures of the friends I made at the 2011 Summer FUN registration booth.
Troop 10 Apopka
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Click To Enlarge Photo Credit Erin Leigh
While their parent/guardian (Danny Javorowsky) made sure everyone was registered and all checked in for some FUN! Troop 10 from Apopka anxiously waited. The boys (pictured above) Nick Javorowsky, Charlie Ahrems, Jay Parsons, Juvon Treasure and Zach Kaminsky agreed to pose for me before heading off to participate in the Young Numismatists morning program, and later the Boy Scout Merit Badge clinic.
Troop 631
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Click To Enlarge Photo. Credit Erin Leigh
I caught up with Zachary Noble and Hunter Sloser of Troop 631 (pictured above) at the registration desk. They were accompanied by their mothers Annalena Noble and Dolly Slosser who were both busy making sure their sons were enrolled in both the Y/N morning program and the Boy Scout Merit Badge Clinic. I whisked the boys off to pose in front of the entrance to the FUN Convention. They did their best to Strike A Pose for the camera and were all smiles before the show. Thanks guys you two were quite charming. :)
Scouts Find The Hobo Nickel Booth
There is a rumor going around that the Hobo Nickel Society has the best candy at the FUN Show. Well, I'm here to tell you that rumor is true. And it seems those crafty Boy Scouts of Troop 551 of Clermont and Troop 370 of Titusville found it!
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Click To Enlarge. Photo Credit Erin Leigh. Troop 551 (group pictures) Mathew Sulsenti, Max Sulsenti, Nicholas Schifano, Thomas Holdorf, Riley Rodriguez and Cody Serena (Single) Nicholas Lewington of Troop 370
I had to pleasure of watching Hobo Nickel carver Rollie Taylor of the Hobo Nickel Society interact with the young people who visited his booth. He truly is a kind man with a loving spirit. This spirit shined through while he told the boys the code of the Hobo. It was all about taking care of one another and sharing what you have. Rollie shared elongated cents with the boys and made sure they had plenty to take back to the rest of the troop.
So if you plan to attend the 2012 FUN show. Be sure, to stop by the Hobo Nickel booth and share something with Rollie and his fellow carvers. I promise, they'll give you something back in return, some candy perhaps? an elongated cent? Or perhaps some carving instruction.
Girl Scouts Rock!
The ratio of Boy Scouts to Girl Scouts at the FUN Show is surely lacking, 99% to 1%? I would like to correct that by encouraging more Girl Scouts to get involved in coin collecting. C'mon! It isn't just for boys! There are Women in Numismatics. Make it The Hobby of Kings Queens!
If you are reading this journal entry and are interested in earning the Girl Scout, Fun With Money patch, why not send your scout leader a link to THIS post. Let them know about FUN's Coin Collecting Merit Badge program. Lets make sure to show some Girl Power at the next merit badge clinic.
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Click To Enlarge. Photo Credit Erin Leigh
Featured above in photo one are Mickoyla & Briana Hoover from Troop 1264 of Satellite Beach with Payton Price of Troop 1156 Of Drifting Sands. Pictures 2 and 3 are of Caroline and Barbara of Junior Girl Scout Troop 2062 of Orlando.
These ladies know how to have some FUN with money! It was a pleasure talking with these young women. I hope to see them again at the next FUN show.
Coin Collecting Girls! Yes! You Can Do It!
Anything you can do,
I can do better.
I can do anything
Better than you.
No, you can't.
Yes, I can. No, you can't.
Yes, I can. No, you can't.
Yes, I can,
Yes, I can!
Anything you can be
I can be greater.
Sooner or later,
I'm greater than you.
No, you're not. Yes, I am.
No, you're not. Yes, I am.
No, you're NOT!. Yes, I am.
Yes, I am!
Anything you can buy
I can buy cheaper.
I can buy anything
Cheaper than you.
Fifty cents?
Forty cents! Thirty cents?
Twenty cents! No, you can't!
Yes, I can,
Yes, I can!
Yes Ladies YOU CAN! Remember, you have got
A Note Of Thanks
Special Thanks to Tony Bonaro for acting as our Y/N instructor. Tony has conducted 16 Boy Scout / Girl Scout Merit badge programs, helping hundreds of scouts to complete their requirements for the award. He has also conducted numerous presentations on coin collecting in our local middle schools in St. Johns, Florida. So let's give Tony a Huge THANK YOU for helping to educate our youth in the art of coin collecting.
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Click Photo To Enlarge. Photo Credit Fred Lake
Our Gratitude to Nancy Casey and her volunteers who assemble the gift bags and organize the luncheon.
Giving Thanks To Our
Benefactors and Sponsors
We would like to take a moment to thank the following F.U.N members and their companies for their most generous donations. Your generosity over the years has allowed us to continue to provide fantastic gift bags and prizes for our Boy Scout Merit Badge Clinic as well as our Young Numismatists program.
A Million Thanks go out to:
A Village Stamp & Coin, Tampa, FL
Al Boulanger, Professional Numismatist
Andrew Charbonneau Coin & Jewelry
Andrew Pappacoda - Florida Coin & Jewelry
Andy Skrabalak - Angel Dee's Coins
Ann & Vince Stantostefano - Coin & Jewelry Gallery
Arnold Margolis - Error Trends Magazine
Audrey & Gerald Warren - Albany Coin & Jewelry Co.
B & C Coins
Barry Ciociola - Currency of America
Best Coins - The Coin Guy
Bill Robinson - Bullion & Banknotes
Bill Weikel- Patriot Rare Coins
Bob Green - Park Avenue Numismatics
Bob Higgins - Certified Assets
Bob Pimlott - Madison Coin & Currency
Bob Scoles - Monetary Investment Corp.
Brandon Atkins - Eagle Hill Coins
Brian Jaskierski - Windy City Coin, Inc
Christine Karstedt - Stack's Rare Coins
Clayton Taylor - All American Coins
Coin Lode, Chico, CA
Coin Rarities Online
Coins of Merritt - Watertown, NY
Corbitt's Coins, Hoover, AL 32536
Craig Troup - C.C. Coins
Craig Warren - Springfield Rare Coins
Cybercoins.net, Pittsburgh, PA
David & Ginger Pike - Liberty Rare Coins
David Goldsmith - American Rare Coins
David Goldsmith = American Rare Coins
David Hendrickson - Silver Towne
Debbie Dawson - US Mint
Del & Ruth Corbin - Corbin Stamp & Coin
Don & Jan Kittsmiller - Florida Coins
Don Bonser - Bonser & Gamboa
Donald Keopple II - Ace Coins
Doug Komm - D & B Coin Inc
Dr. Kenneth B. Embler, Lake Worth, FL
Edward Kuszmar - Florida Currency Coin
Edward Rodrigues - EMRC US Coins
Emory M. Robinson - Edgewood Coin Shop
Ernie Latter - Latter Investment, Inc
F.L. Snyder & E.A. Snyder - Snyder Coin Shop
Fred & Doris Bart - Executive Currency
Fred Vandergraff - Cortez Coins
Freebie 2, Wellington, FL
Gary Overton - Space Coast Coin Supply
George E. Gray - St. Charles, MO
George E. Gray - US Coins
George E. Gray US Coins
George F. Kovacic - G.A.K. Coins
George Watson - World & U.S. Coins
George Watson, Numismatist
Gerald Archibald - Tampa Coins
Greg Harding - Blue Water Coins
Greg Harding - Blue Water Coins
Harry Laibstain - HRLC Rare Coins
Henry J. Weissblatt - Panther Prescious Metals
Howard Barron Coins & Collectibles
Howard Barron Coins & Collectibles
Ira Goldman - Davir Gems
Jack Dempsey - Dempsey & Baxter
Jack Lee - American Silver Dollar
James T. Anderson - World Treasure Trading
Jan & Frank Publiese - J & F Collectibles
Jeffrey L. Shevlin - Coin Collecting Services
Jill Kimball - Littleton Coin
Jim Miller - Miller's Coins & Currency
Joel Reznick - Frog Pond Collectibles
John & Sandy Guld - John Guld Coins
John C. Koebert - Butternut Coin
John Frost - The Gilder Shop
John McIntosh - Ancient Artifacts & Treasures
John Phipps - John Phipps Coins
John Sladek - Niles Coin Shop
John T. Abbott - Abbott's Corporation
John W. Kane - Coins & Curiosities, Inc.
John Winkelman - Talismann Coins
John Winkelmann - French Mint/Polish Mint/Australian Mint
Jon Subak - Subak Inc Coins
Joseph P. Algazi - Cuban Collectibles
Kent Gulley - Sarasota Rare Coins
Kriss Hammond - Numis Addicts, Inc.
Larry Melton - Jade Rare Coin
Leon & David Hendrickson - Silver Towne
Lisa Klein - Sarasota Rare Coins
Louis B. Pearlman - LBP Numismatics
Lynn Ourso - New Orleans Rare Coins
Madison Coin & Currency, Madison, IN
Marc T. Earle Rare Coins Inc.
Marcella & Lee J. Roe - Hill Top Coins
Mark E. Reid - Clayton Rare Coins
Mark G. Thompson Coins & Currency
Matt & Betsy DeRoma - M&B Distribution
Merritt Reynolds - Coins of Merritt
Michael A. Egger Rare Coin & Currency
Michael A. Eggers - Mad Coins
Michael Contursi - Rare Coin Wholesalers
Michael E Nelson - United States Coinage
Michael Mync - MYNC Jewelers
Mike Yates & Lee McLeod - Apex Coin & Currency
Missy Bruce - All American Coins
Nenad & Carrie Djondric - Penny Coin Shop
Nicholas Hauser - Hauser's Coin
Orion Jones IV - Atlas Coins & Jewelry
Ossie - Ossie Rare Coins
Paul A. Cunningham - Cunningham Exonumia
Paul Hollis - Paul Hollis Rare Coins
Paul Padget - Paul Padget Associates
Peter & Linda Thong - Peter's Coins
Philip Mancuso - Brooksville Rare Coins
Premier Precious Metals, Santa Fe NM 87592
R.J. Audet - Green Mountain Coin
Randy Miller - Chief Coin & Supply Co.
Rex & Barbara Wright - Wright Cartwheel Inc.
Richard Muratori - Classic Numismatic Investment
Richard Nachbar
Rick DeSanctis - Numismatic Classics
Rick Levesque - R.L. Coins
Robert Azipiazu - First City Currency
Robert J. Cane - Cane's USA Coins
Robert J. Riethe - Main Line Coin & Stamp
Robert R. Cunningham Jewelry & Rare Coins
Robert Worachek - Currency Estate Service
Roger Barker - Rodelco Rare Coins
Ron Rittenburg - Collectors World Inc.
Ron Rosenzweig - Discount Coins
Ron Tagney - Ron Tagney, Inc
Ronald J. Mirr - Liberty Coins
Ronnie & Denise Willinger - Eagle Cliff Coins
Russell Kruzell - Buffalos, Walkers, Others
Santiago Aragon Jr. - Cuban Coins & Currency
Santiago Aragon, Jr. - Premier Numismatics
Scott Carlson - Orlando Rare Coins
Shawn Przeclawski - Jewelry Plus
Square Lion Coins, Watertown, NY
Stephanie A. Hudson - Louis Hudson Rare Coins
Steve Hodges - West Bay Trading Co.
Tery Lenz - Key Date Coins, Inc
Tim Kyzivat - US Currency
Timothy Carroll - Numismatic Financial Corp.
Tom Cederlind - Tom Cederlind Coins
Tom Squires - Allen's Coin & Currency
Tony Swicer - Rechant Precious Metals
Victor Ingraffia - Gibraltar Coins & Metals
Walter Ostromecki - ANA Governor
Wayne Damron - Clein's Rare Coins
Will Kemp - Largo Coin & Currency
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