April 2014 newsletter

Post date: Apr 05, 2014 4:55:16 AM

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Monthly Newsletter of the Greater Orange County Coin Club

Largest and Best Coin Club in Orange County

Member ANA, CSNA and NASC

President Jeff Stahl Vice President Mike Ontko

Treasurer Dan Jimerson Secretary Bill Pfeifer

Auctioneer Mark Baskin

Meeting Location: Costa Mesa Community Center (Costa Mesa Room)

1845 Park Ave.(south of 19th and west of Harbor) Costa Mesa

Meetings: Second Tuesday of Every Month @ 7:00 PM

Next Meeting: April 8 , 2014@ 7:00 PM

Speaker: Mark Baskin “Understanding The Minting Process as it Relates to Errors

and Counterfeit Coins”

Refreshments: Bliss DeMoray and Joe Boyes

Special Guest : Corey Carter, local attorney, discussing “ The Options for

Incorporating A Coin Club in California”

Minutes of March 11, 2014 Meeting

Membership: We currently have 67 paid members, including family. The March

meeting was the deadline to pay dues for CY 2014. A separate e-mail has been sent to

all delinquent members notifying them of their suspension of all member privileges.

Announcements: Two of our members* will be presenting papers at the upcoming

CSNA 46th Annual Southern California Educational Symposium which will be held April

12, from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. Location is

Holiday Inn Mission Valley Stadium, 3805 Murphy Canyon Road, San Diego, CA

Admission and parking are free. Speakers and Topics:

*Albertus Hoogeveen ~ Boy Scout Exonumia

*Jerry Kleeb ~ Constantinian Silver Plate Follis

Ted Koopman ~ The Coin Market Today

William D. Hyder ~ Elder vs. Zerbe: Satirical Medals from the 1909 ANA Election

For more information, contact Phil Iversen at phil_iversen@yahoo.com

Details of the CSNA educational symposium, shown above, and additional coin shows

are available on our club website.<www.occoinclub.com>. David Schwager is doing an

excellent job by continuously posting many more items on our growing website.

Harold Katzman will be providing NASC silver and gold coin raffle tickets in the near

future.Old and New Business: The latest bylaws were distributed again by e-mail on

April 3 to all club members in preparation for final discussions and voting for

acceptance at the upcoming April 8 meeting.

Our club officers have been investigating the posibility of incorporating our club to

establish our legal status as a social numismatics club operating in the state of

California.

Corey Carter, a local attorney, has volunteered to discuss various organizational

options at our April 8 meeting.

Donations: We thank all of our club members who have donated items to our club.

Meeting Program: Albertus Hoogeveen presented a very interesting talk on “The

Decimal Coinage of the Netherlands”. Albertus has been collecting these coins for over

50 years and has an unparalleled knowledge in this field of numismatics.

Prizes: Phil Claypool won the dos pesos gold and Judy Lucas the 1/10th oz. Gold.

Future Coin Shows:

See our club website for a listing of all upcoming Southern California coin shows:

<www.occoinclub.com> .

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Pfeifer, secretary