The RNA was organized in 1912 by a group of local collectors to attract the American Numismatic Association's annual convention to Rochester, New York, USA.
Only one local coin club, the Boston Numismatic Society, founded in 1860, has a longer record of continuous meetings.
Each fall the RNA holds a regional coin show at the Rochester Museum and Science Center which attracts dealers and attendees from around Western New York.
His curios included the clothes worn by General Tom Thumb, one of the world's smallest men, and Peter the Great.
At the first annual banquet in 1913, a two-inch bronze portrait medal was presented to Dr. French, the retiring president.
During World War II, plastic impressions were made from the dies and presented at the annual banquet.
In 1947, the RNA sponsored the Rochester Junior Numismatic Association under the leadership of Edward F. Meinhart, the 31st president of the senior group.
The early medals were created by RNA members and accomplished artists Joseph A. Koeb and Alphonse Anton Kolb.