January 2016 Newsletter

Post date: Jan 10, 2016 5:53:25 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 Glenn 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: January 12, 2016@ 7:00 PM

Speaker: David Schwager “King Edward the 8th”

Refreshments: Bill Pfeifer

Minutes of November and December 2015 Meetings

Guests: Spouses and significant others at potluck.

Membership:. We ended 2015 with 67 paid members; a few early birds

have already paid their dues for 2016. Thank you!

Announcements:

Glenn Franks is our new president for 2016; congratulations Glen!

Our banquet for new officer installations is Sunday Jan. 24, 6:30PM at

Moonlight Pizza and Chicken, 9895 Warner ave. in Fountain Valley. Cost is

$20 total per person.

DVD’s are available for 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.

Several free admission passes are available to the Long Beach show on

Feb 4-6.

Old and New Business:

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.

The maximum number of gold tickets that can be purchased at one time

has been increased to 20.

All existing board members were re-elected for another one year term.

Donations: Thanks to those who continue to support our club with their

regular donations; the support is greatly appreciated.

Education Program: Our December meeting was our holiday potluck. It

was nice to see spouses and significant others that we only see

occasionally. As usual, the food was excellent surpassed only by the

stimulating conversation.

Prizes: At the November meeting,Bliss won the Dos Pesos gold and Glenn

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