Since 1927, The Buffalo Numismatic Association (The BNA) has been dedicated to promoting the hobby of coin and money collecting. Membership is open to anybody that is interested in promoting, learning or supporting the hobby of numismatics. The club encourages fellowship among member collectors and dealers. The BNA holds monthly meetings, monthly coin shows, a fall convention and a major spring coin show where dealers, members and the public can buy, sell and trade coins, bills, tokens and related numismatic items.

The Buffalo Numismatic Association is a non-profit organization that is also is dedicated to serving the community of Western New York. Through partnerships with other area coin clubs, The BNA has supported various numismatic related activities and partnered with the local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to host Coin Collecting Merit Badge Workshops.