Kiwanis members learn about coin and currency collecting

Kathy Egan ECB Publishing, Inc. At a recent Wednesday lunchtime meeting, Kiwanis Club members learned about the intricacies of coin and currency collecting, known as numismatics. Their guest speaker, Alex Hall, is an avid collector of stamps/postal items, coins and bills, ephemera (short-term use items such as letters, brochures, bank checks, and so on) and military items. Alex's late wife, Carol “Linn” Hall, was was raised in Monticello and graduated from high school in 1962, after