Sometime long ago when I was regularly writing for World Coin News, I wrote about chopmarked coins several times. After one of those articles, I received an email or letter from Everett Jones telling me about the Chopmarked Collectors Club. I immediately joined and Everett and I regularly corresponded about chopmarked coins I found in my Southeast Asian travels.

When the American Numismatic Association planned a convention in Los Angeles, I contacted Everett and asked if he would meet with me at it. One thing led to another and I "shanghaied" him to be the speaker for my Numismatic International (NI) meeting at the show. We met when the show opened and I asked him to sit behind my club table for IBNS, NI and several other organizations. We talked and talked for many hours.

I had publicized his being the speaker at the NI meeting but I did not expect the crowd that came into the room! It was the largest number of attendees I have ever had at an NI meeting! And there were dealers in the crowd who had closed down their tables for his talk! He talked about the history of chopmarked coins, and he brought examples of many different rare pieces. The audience brought many pieces to show him and they also asked many questions. We went by our time limit in the room but luckily there was not another meeting's attendees pushing us out of the room. The meeting went on and on until I finally saw Everett was getting tired, so I closed it down.

The current editor of the Chopmarked Collectors Club newsletter Chopmark News, is now Colin Gullberg. He lives in Taiwan and he has built on Everett's work. Colin can be contacted at ChopmarkNews@gmail.com if you want to receive the newsletter and/or join the club. I think anyone will be challenged in collecting chopped coins (and notes too!).