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Post date: Jan 07, 2017 6:38:45 AM
Greater Orange County Coin Club
New Meeting Location: Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist
Church, 2845 Mesa Verde Drive East, Costa Mesa, CA92626
New Meeting Day: Second Wednesday of Each Month
Next Meeting: January 11, 2017 at 7:00PM (Doors open at 6:30PM
for room setup)
Speaker:This month's talk will be "Sample Slabs" by David
Schwager. These examples of grading service holders, originally
given away free to collectors and dealers, have an active secondary
market, with scarce varieties worth $100 or more. David wrote the
book on this numismatic specialty. If you have a sample or other
unusual holder, bring it to the meeting for an appraisal.
Refreshments: Bill Pfeifer
Announcements: Our banquet is scheduled for Sunday, January 29
at 6:30PM at Moonlight Pizza and Kitchen, 9895 Warner Ave, suite
G , Fountain Valley, CA. 92708.
New Members: Michael Caruso and Mateo Wilson (both Young
Numismatists)
Know your Newest Officers :
President David Schwager
David began collecting in 2010 when high bullion prices brought him
into a coin shop to sell a Krugerrand. He became a regular at the
Huntington Beach Coin Exchange Saturday bid board socials and at
our club, giving presentations and assuming the job of webmaster.
In 2012, David published his first coin article with COINage
magazine. He writes the column “The Modern World” for that
publication and also contributes to The Numismatist. His first
book, Sample Slabs, debuted in 2015 and is in its second edition.
David’s collecting interests include sample slabs, high-denomination
French currency, and U.S. $1 notes. He is an auditor for an insurance
company and lives in Fountain Valley.
Mark Baskin Treasurer
Mark Baskin has been collecting coins and currency for a little over
five decades. He earned a BS Degree in Geology from Wayne State
University in Detroit, Michigan. Mark has lived in California for three
decades and is active in the Orange County Coin Club as their
Auctioneer and now as their Treasurer. He is the Vice President of the
Covina Coin Club, a member of the Civil War Token Society, and a
member of CSNA, NASC, and the ANA.
Mark's collecting interests are broad and include US Coins by type
and date and US Currency by type. Mark specializes in Fractional
Currency and Confederate Currency and he also collects Hard Times
Tokens, Civil War Tokens, Large Cents, Canadian Coins, Errors, and
Varieties . Related to his schooling and roots in Michigan, Mark
collects minerals and specializes in copper specimens from
Michigan.
Mark worked for many years in the environmental industry. He
currently is pursuing his passions by dealing in coins, currency and
collectables full time. Mark has been assisting club members with
auction representation and sales of their collections as well as having
items for sale and filling want lists for much needed quality coins!
Resumes of Mike Ontko and Bill Pfeifer will appear in the February
newsletter.
Did You Know? The internet is a treasure trove of websites supplying
information on coinage and currency. Major auction companies such
as Heritage, Stack’s Bowers, Goldberg, and Scotsman offer
interesting sites. CoinFactsWiki(www.coinfactswiki.com,)
developed by PCGS in 2008 , is an encyclopedia of U.S. and
World coins.”The "wiki" concept allows users to create and edit
virtually all pages on the website, subject to oversight by system
administrators. This capability allows large volumes of up-to-date
information and images to be added to the website in a short period
of time, creating a massive database of information that is useful to
buyers, sellers, researchers and anyone else interested in
numismatics.”
The CoinFacts Wiki uses the familiar look, feel and format of
Wikipedia, the renowned free online encyclopedia used by millions.
The rules for use are also similar. The site will be monitored, but coin
enthusiasts are free to edit and add to articles at any time. The site
also includes a comprehensive list of FAQs to help the user get
started.The wiki site is full of interesting articles, several written by
our own Mike Ontko.
The ANA website is at www.money.org, CSNA is at www.Calcoin.org,
NASC at www.NASC.net and The California Numismatist is at
www.CalNumismatist.com. The European auction houses (Elsen,
Kunker, Sincona, and Aureo y Calico, ) all have websites. Their
bidding is all done on sixbid.com.
When you have some spare time, visit these websites. You will be
amazed at how much information is at your fingertips.
Donations: OC Rare Coin and Bullion (1827 Harbor Blvd. Costa
Mesa, CA 92627) continues to donate many valuable coins for our
club auctions. Please reciprocate by giving them your business
whenever possible.
Future Shows: Long Beach Coin and Expo is coming Feb 16-18 at
the Long Beach convention center . See our club website for
additional data at <www.occoinclub.com>
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Pfeifer, Secretary Greater Orange County Coin Club
Greater Orange County Coin Club
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