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Central States Numismatic Society, or as it is also known, CSNS, is a non-profit organization which was founded in 1939 with the aim to enhance and promote numismatics within its 13 state region of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Mighican, Kentucky, and Ohio. It is one of the largest numismatic organizations in the United States.

History
The first Central States Numismatic Conference was held April 22-23, 1939 at the Hotel Congress in downtown Chicago. At this conference a meeting was held to officially form a numismatic organization encompassing the thirteen state region of NE, SD, ND, KS, MN, IA, MS, WI, IL, IN, MI, KY, & OH. The name Central States Numismatic Society was adopted at this meeting. In the years since, the Central States Numismatic Society has held a yearly Spring convention, with the exception of WWII years 1943-46 and 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the years 1985-2005 (except in 1986, 1995, 1996, 2002, & 2004) held a Fall convention as well.

Membership
Central States Numismatic Society has a fluctuating member base of around 2,000 members. Membership is open to all but only members residing in the thirteen state region can run for the board of governors. Membership dues are: $625 - Individual Life Membership $1200 - Club Life Membership $30 - 1 Year US Adult Membership $50 - 1 Year Foreign Adult or Club Membership $50 - 1 Year US Club Membership $10 - 1 Year Junior Membership $18.75 - 1 Year Associate Membership (Associate member does not receive a copy of The Centinel and must be a household member of a Regular member.)

Board of Governors
Mitch Ernst - President Brett Irick - Vice President Jack Huggins - Secretary/Treasurer Samuel Ernst - Governor Carrie Meyer - Governor David Harper - Governor David Nazzaro - Governor

List of Presidents
Arthur B. Kelley 1939-40 R. Edward Davis (died shortly after election) 1940-41 Hubert Polzer (assumed presidency) 1940-41 J. Hewit Judd 1941-42 I.T. Kopicki 1942-43 CSNS Inactive 1944-46 Russell W. Stehfest 1947-48 Richard S. Yeoman 1948-50 Lillard W. Culver 1950-52 Ray O. Lefman 1950-52 James W. Curtis 1952-54 C.C. Shroyer 1954-56 Erwin C. Gerber 1955-58 Harry X. Boosel 1958-60 F. Steven Epps 1962-64 Leo C. Terry 1964-66 Phillip J. More 1966-68 Ben Stocker 1968-70 George D. Hatie 1970-72 David L. Cooper 1972-74 Daniel C. Parker 1974-76 Harold H. Berk 1976-78 A.P. (Del) Bertschy 1978-80 Ralph D. Hardman 1980-82 Kurt R. Krueger 1982-84 John H. Cain 1984-86 Leon Hendrickson 1985-88 Michael Kolman 1988-90 Marjorie Owen Hendershott 1990-92 Leonard Owen 1992-94 Kevin Foley 1994-96 John Wilson 1996-98 Roger Winkelhake 1998-2000 Ray Lockwood 2000-02 Harry Tileston 2002-04 Marv Mericle 2004-06 William Brandimore 2005-08 Patti Finner 2008-10 Donald Charters 2010-12 James S. Moores 2012-14 Bruce D. Perdue 2014-16 Karen A. Jach 2016-18 Mitch Ernst 2018-20 Mitch Ernst 2020-22 (Appointed by the CSNS Board of Governors)

Medal of Merit
Below are the recipients of the Central States Numismatic Society Medal of Merit for their contributions to numismatics and CSNS. 1953: Earl C. Brown, Lillard W. Culver, Paul H. Ginther, Glenn B. Smedly, James W. Curtis, Richard S. Yeoman 1954: Elston G. Bradfield 1955: James Hurlbut, Lewis M. Reagan 1956: Ivan C. Ebling, Clyde L. Grimm 1957: Ignatius T. Kopicki, Ray Fiscus 1958: Burton H. Saxton, James Kelly, Harold L. Bowen 1959: F. Stevens Epps, Lee F. Hewitt 1960: Paul E. Olson, Erwin G. Gerber 1961: Arthur Rutz, August Hausske, D. Wayne Johnson, Carmen Baum, Chester L. Krause 1962: Sol Kaplan 1963: Ray O. Lefman, Harry X. Boosel 1964: C.A.M. Smith, Arlie Slabaugh 1965: Ray M. Janda, George D. Hatie 1966: Ben Stocker 1967: Leo G. Terry 1968: Phillip J. More, Curtis C. (Tim) Shroyer 1969: A. Kosoff, Lewis S. Werner 1970: Betty K. Ebert, Max L. Kaplan 1971: David L. Cooper, Charles M. Wormser 1972: A.P. (Del) Bertschy 1973: Oliver M. Horton 1974: David Shapiro 1975: Ralph D. Hardman, Jr. 1976: Daniel C. Parker, Jack Klausen 1977: Marjorie M. Owen (Hendershott) 1978: Bernice (Bink) Stevenson 1979: Marian Yeoman, Tillie Boosel, Betty Lefman, Dorothy Cooper, Wanda Parker, Suzanne Berk 1980: Helen Sedo 1981: none 1982: Lawrence E. Rowe, Donald R. Hudson 1983: Leonard M. Owen, Kurt R. Kreuger, Michael L. Koleman 1984: Cliff Mishler 1985: Kevin Foley 1986: John H. Cain 1987: Marilyn M. Douglas 1988: Leon Hendrickson, Ruhama Hendrickson, Robert E. Douglas 1989: none 1990: Sophie A. Podufaly 1991: none 1992: Robert R. Kutcher 1993: Numismatic News 1994: Indiana State Numismatic Association, Indianapolis Coin Club 1995: none 1996: Florence M. Schook 1997: Howard Linville 1998: Roland W. Finner, Betty J. Finner, William Mross 1999: John W. Wilson, Karen Jach, Jerry Lebo 2000: W. Ray Lockwoon, Frances G. Lockwood, Richard Grinolds, Jim Jach, Richard E. Peterson 2001: Marvin Mericle 2002: Raymond Dillard 2003: Rob Green 2004: Harry Tileston, Jack Huggins, Jr. 2005: none 2006: none 2007: none 2008: Patti Finner 2009: Roland Finner 2010: none 2011: none 2012: Beth Deisher 2013: Nancy Wilson 2014: none 2015: Tom Casper 2016: David Lisot 2017: Robert Fritsch, Mack Martin 2018: none 2019: Mike Curran 2020: none

Events
Central States Numismatic Society, since its inception, holds a yearly, Spring convention. Likewise, in the years 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, & 2005 CSNS held a Fall convention in addition to its Spring convention. The CSNS convention also has an educational exhibit area filled with educational displays created by Central States members about numismatic topics. In its eighty-one year history, Central States Numismatic Society has not held a yearly convention only a handful of times, during WWII years 1943-1946 and 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2018, CSNS incorporated the Chicago Coin Expo into its own convention, adding world and ancient coin dealers to its dealer base of U.S. coin and gold & silver bullion dealers. Likewise, in 2019, CSNS also incorporated the Professional Currency Dealers Association (PCDA) show into their annual convention further expanding their convention by including paper money dealers.

Past and Future Convention Dates with Locations
1939 April 22-23 Chicago, IL 1940 April 27-28 Burlington, IA 1941 April 26-28 Milwaukee, WI 1942 May 9-10 Des Moines, IA 1943 N/A 1944 N/A 1945 N/A 1946 Cancelled due to Polio Outbreak 1947 May 2-4 Indianapolis, IN 1948 April 16-18 Dayton, OH 1949 May 13-15 Detroit, MI 1950 May 5-7 Springfield, IL 1951 May 11-13 Minneapolis, MN 1952 May 2-4 Cincinnati, OH 1953 May 1-3 Chicago, IL 1954 April 30- May 2 Milwaukee, WI 1955 April 29 - May 1 Detroit, MI 1956 April 27-29 Indianapolis, IN 1957 April 26-28 St. Louis, MO 1958 May 9-11 Cincinnati, OH 1959 April 24-26 Kansas City, MO 1960 April 29 - May 1 Detroit, MI 1961 April 28-30 Minneapolis, MN 1962 May 4-6 Milwaukee, WI 1963 April 16-18 Chicago, IL 1964 April 24-26 Kansas City, MO 1965 April 23-25 Chicago, IL 1966 April 29 - May 1 Indianapolis, IN 1967 April 28-30 Peoria, IL 1968 April 19-21 Detroit, MI 1969 May 2-4 Chicago, IL 1970 May 22-24 Cleveland, OH 1971 May 14-16 St. Louis, MO 1972 April 28-30 Milwaukee, WI 1973 May 4-6 Peoria, IL 1974 May 9-12 Detroit, MI 1975 April 25-27 Kansas City, MO 1976 April 30 - May 2 Chicago, IL 1977 May 13-15 Milwaukee, WI 1978 May 12-14 St. Louis, MO 1979 April 27-29 Dearborn, MI 1980 April 17-20 Lincoln, NE 1981 April 2-5 Indianapolis, IN 1982 April 29 - May 2 Cedar Rapids, IA 1983 April 7-10 Dearborn, MI 1984 April 26-29 Milwaukee, WI 1985 April 26-28 Minneapolis, MN 1985 November 2 Sioux Falls, SD 1986 April 2-5 Kansas City, MO 1987 May 8-10 St. Louis, MO 1987 October 17-18 Omaha, NE 1988 April 7-11 Indianapolis, IN 1988 November 18-20 Dayton, OH 1989 April 21-23 Overland Park, KS 1989 September 8-10 Battle Creek, MI 1990 April 6-8 Milwaukee, WI 1990 October 19-21 Louisville, KY 1991 May 10-12 St. Louis, MO 1991 September 13-15 Fort Wayne, IN 1992 May 1-3 Minneapolis, MN 1992 September 18-20 Cincinnati, OH 1993 May 20-23 Rosemont, IL 1993 November 5-7 Dayton, OH 1994 April 7-10 Indianapolis, IN 1994 September 2 Fort Mitchell, KY 1995 April 28-30 Milwaukee, WI 1996 April 26-28 Kansas City, MO 1997 April 10-13 Indianapolis, IN 1997 September 5-7 Harvey, IL 1998 April 23-26 Milwaukee, WI 1998 September 10-13 Harvey, IL 1999 April 23-25 Milwaukee, WI 1999 October 10-12 Cincinnati, OH 2000 May 4-7 Minneapolis, MN 2000 September 8-10 Harvey, IL 2001 April 6-8 Indianapolis, IN 2001 August 31 - September 2 Dearborn, MI 2002 April 25-27 Columbus, OH 2003 May 2-4 St. Louis, MO 2003 August 4 Countryside, IL 2004 May 6-10 Milwaukee, WI 2005 May 4-8 St. Louis, MO 2005 August 26-28 Dearborn, MI 2006 April 21-24 Columbus, OH 2007 May 10-12 St. Louis, MO 2008 April 17-19 Rosemont, IL 2009 April 29 - May 2 Cincinnati, OH 2010 April 28 - May 1 Milwaukee, WI 2011 April 25-30 Rosemont, IL 2012 April 16-21 Schaumburg, IL 2013 April 22-27 Schaumburg, IL 2014 April 21-26 Schaumburg, IL 2015 April 20-25, Schaumburg, IL 2016 April 27-30 Schaumburg, IL 2017 April 24-29 Schaumburg, IL 2018 April 23-28 Schaumburg, IL 2019 April 24-27 Schaumburg, IL 2020 April 22-25 Schaumburg, IL 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) 2021 April 21-24 Schaumburg, IL 2022 April 20-23 Schaumburg, IL

Club DVD Program
Central States Numismatic Society offers each member coin club the opportunity to get five (5) free DVD programs from CSNS’s large convention presentation archive, over 200 videos, every year. The video archive contains videos on historical topics, exonumia, US coins, and foreign coins, to name a few.

Speaker Reimbursement Program
The Speaker Reimbursement Program offered by Central States is to encourage member coin clubs to engage speakers from other states to come to their meeting and give a presentation that they would otherwise not receive. Applicable fees will be reimbursed to the club by Central States.This program is available to all member clubs of Central States but only ten will receive reimbursement in one calendar year.

The Centinel
All members and member clubs (except associate members) receive Central States Numismatic Society’s quarterly publication, The Centinel, with their membership. Each issue is filled with articles and information in the numismatic field.