We meet on the first Friday of each month at 5 p.m. MT via Google Meet to build community, share research, and hear industry leaders speak. Won’t you join us?

August 1st: Jeff Garrett | American Treasure Hoards
September 5th: Doug Mudd | The ANA’s Edward C. Rochette Money Museum: An Overview
October 3rd: Jeff Howard | PCGS Coin Grading
November 5th: Payton Lindeman | Ancient Coins
December 7th: Holiday Fun & Games (No Speaker)

May 2, 2025 Meeting Summary

Founded in February 2025, the Young Numismatists of America (YNA) is the premier club for all young numismatists. Its main focus is on helping YNs explore, study, and connect in the world of numismatics. This club helps provide more opportunities for YNs in the hobby while also establishing future industry leaders.

We have many great benefits including our own magazine, The Young Numismatist, first published in June of 2025. There are also engaging monthly club meetings. Currently, the club boasts a membership of over 50 of the most active YNs in the hobby, making it a must-join for any YN looking to get more involved in collecting.

We have a committed Board, composed of our President, Vice President, Secretary, Editor, ANA Director, and Committee Chairs.

President: Elliot Eng
Vice President: Joshua Verley
Secretary: Annie Davis
Editor: Nate Leonauskas
ANA Director: Christian Strayhorn
Committee Chairs: Coming Soon!

Board Bios

President

Since diving headlong into numismatics in 2021, Elliot Eng has benefited immensely from the ANA’s educational programs and is giving back: he has been YNA President since March 2025, scheduling speakers, presiding over meetings, appointing committees, fundraising, and constantly promoting YN involvement in the hobby via print and social media. Now a 16 year-old from Anaheim, California, Elliot is a Summer Seminar alum and admitted to Stacks Bower’s Professional Numismatist Program. He enjoys tying his love of history and numismatics together through writing research articles for publications, including Errorscope, The California Numismatist, the ANA’s Reading Room, and the YNA’s very own publication, The Young Numismatist. He enjoys collecting numismatic literature, Lincoln Cents, and errors.

Vice President

Joshua Verley is a 15-year-old numismatist from Minnesota. He is a freshman in high school and has written articles for many different publications including ANA’s The Numismatist and Reading Room. He enjoys collecting error and variety coins, 19 th – to 21 st -century U.S. type coins, and copper coins. Some of his other interests are model rocketry, recreational drone flying, and soccer, and he takes pride in being an overly enthusiastic Minnesota Vikings fan.

Editor

Nate has been collecting coins ever since becoming enthralled with a wheat penny at the age of five. Now, as a seasoned seventeen-year-old numismatist and small-scale coin dealer based in Chicago, Nate champions the YNA’s core principles of education, engagement, and empowerment for youth in the numismatic world. As Editor-in-Chief, he aims to promote those values while leading a longstanding publication that amplifies youth visibility in the hobby. Through articles, he loves contributing to numismatic research while sharing his knowledge and passion. In 2025, one of his pieces earned the Q. David Bowers Literary Award for third place. In the past, Nate has enjoyed attending shows like the NYINC and the ANA World’s Fair of Money, where he earned first place in the 2024 NGC Numismatic Triathlon in the young numismatist category. He also frequently contributes to the Numista catalog to bolster free educational resources, and he won the website’s 2022 Most Popular Coin Contest. Nate specializes in crown-sized world coins from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries, particularly thalers and 8 reales.

Secretary

Annie has enjoyed collecting coins for five years. Her collection started with nickels: Jefferson, Buffalo, Liberty, and Shield designs. She has since expanded her collection to include dimes, paper money, and world bills. Exhibiting at the FUN Show was an enjoyable learning experience for Annie. There, she took 2 nd place for a Hobo Nickel carving exhibit, a skill that she learned at the ANA’s Summer Seminar. While at the FUN Show, Annie was able to work as a page, where she loved helping the dealers and getting to visit with others from all over the country. She has attended Summer Seminar the past two summers and is excited to go again this year. She loves meeting other numismatists and learning from them.

ANA Supervisor

Christian Strayhorn is the Director of Education at the American Numismatic Association (ANA), where she spearheads the development and implementation of engaging educational programs, including the innovative eLearning Academy. With over 15 years of experience in education, both domestically and internationally, Christian brings a wealth of expertise to her role. She holds a Bachelor’s in History from North Carolina State University and a Master’s in History from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. A published author and TEDx speaker, Christian is passionate about sharing knowledge and inspiring learning within the numismatic community and beyond.

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