April 2016 Newsletter

Post date: Apr 08, 2016 1:35:26 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 Glen Franks Vice President Mike Ontko

Treasurer Chris Caldwell 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 12, 2016@ 7:00 PM

Speaker: Mark Baskin “Emergency Currencies of the Civil War”

Refreshments: John Madatian and Mark Jimenez

Minutes of March 8, 2016 Meeting

Guests and New Members: Lisa Cox, Mark Jimenez, and Ryan Moretti

Membership: We now have 63 paid memberships for 2016.

Announcements: 48th Annual CSNA Educational Symposium, Saturday April 23 , Holiday Inn Express , 8244 Orion Ave, Van Nuys, CA . For details see below and flyer at March and April meetings.

Old and New Business: topics for the CSNA educational Symposium are as follows:

“Ancient Collecting vs. US & World Collecting- Differences and Similarities” by Merrill Gibson

“Ancient Coin Designs Influence on Modern US Coinage” by Paul Ranc “Washington Quarter Reverse Designs Varieties from A to H and Beyond” by Jose M. Gallego

“Gerta Ries and Victor Ries Wiener: How Talented Siblings Created Outstanding Art Medals for the Jewish-American Hall of Fame” by Mel Wacks

“The Waterbury Mint: Medals, Tokens and Coins of the Scoville Manufacturing Company” by David Schwager

Donations: Thanks to those who continue to support our club with their regular donations; the support is greatly appreciated. A special thanks to Victor Romero and Dennis Tarrant from OC Rare Coin and Bullion for their generous March donations of a silver eagle, silver dollar , silver round and other nice coins .Their store is at 19th and Harbor in Costa Mesa and you are invited to visit them .

Education Program: March featured a very interesting talk by Rockie Herrera on “MY Experience Working at PCGS”. Nice to see how work was done within PCGS.; a very unique talk and a glimpse into the workings of PCGS.

Prizes: Albertus Hoogeveen won the Dos Pesos gold and Lisa Cox won the 1/10th oz gold coin.

Future Coin Shows: For a full listing of all Southern California coin shows, go to our website: <www.occoinclub.com> .

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Pfeifer, Secretary , Greater Orange County Coin Club