February 2016 Newsletter
Post date: Feb 06, 2016 4:36:44 PM
One Page News
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: February 9, 2016@ 7:00 PM
Speaker: Jim Malone “ Japanese Invasion Money”
Refreshments: Brad Yonaka and Glen Franks
Minutes of January 2016 Meeting
Guests and New Members: Tom Walton and Gary Byrne
Membership: We now have 51 paid memberships for 2016.
Announcements: none
Old and New Business:
Several free admission passes were given out for the Long Beach Coin
Show on Feb 4-6.
25 members attended our officer installation banquet held on 1/24.
DVD’s
are available from the CSNA 16th Annual Northern California Educational
Symposium. Talks include” Sacagawea Dollars You Didn’t Know About,”
“What is a Shinplaster,” “ Introduction to Collecting Ancient Coins” and
“Money from the Titanic”. See me at the meeting to borrow the DVD’s.
Our rental contract with the Costa Mesa Community Center has been
renewed for another year and the room fees have been paid for Jan-March
2016. We received all our requested dates, second Tuesdays, except for
November where the presidential elections preempted our meeting room.
For November 2016 our meeting will be held on Tuesday November 1,
2016.
Donations: Thanks to those who continue to support our club with their
regular donations; the support is greatly appreciated.
Education Program: January featured a talk by David Schwager on Coins
from the Realm of King Edward the 8th.
Prizes: Bliss won the Dos Pesos gold and Nate won the 1/10th oz. gold.
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