February 2016 Newsletter

Post date: Feb 06, 2016 4:36:44 PM

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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: 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