June 2014 Newsletter
Post date: Jun 10, 2014 2:29:39 AM
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 Jeff Stahl Vice President Mike Ontko
Treasurer Dan Jimerson 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: June 10, 2014@ 7:00 PM
Speaker: Mike Ontko “ Coins of Equador: Going Bananas for Equador”
Refreshments: Dan Jimerson and Jerry Kleeb
Special announcement: Election of Board of Directors
Minutes of May 13, 2014 Meeting
Membership: We currently have 72 paid members, including family.
Announcements: Elections of Board of Directors will be held at the June meeting.
Nominees include Tim Cassity-Curtiss, Mark Baskin, David Pai, and John Skocilic.
Old and New Business: Our latest by-laws were accepted in April by an overwhelming
majority of our active membership. Our next order of business is to formalize the
election of our Board of Directors. According to our by-laws, all current officers and
assistant officers (assistant treasurer, Rodolfo Velarde and assistant secretary David
Schwager) are automatically members of our board. Four additional board members ,
identified above, are to be elected from our membership to complete our board.
Donations: We thank all of our club members who have donated items to our club.
Meeting Program: Brad Yonaka presented a very interesting talk on “ History of the
Usage of Aluminum Coins”. Brad presented a comprehensive history of the usage of
aluminum for coinage and explained why aluminum was used in many foreign coins.
Prizes: Ron Awerkamp won the dos pesos gold and Bliss won the 1/10th oz. gold coin.
Future Coin Shows:
See our club website for a listing of all upcoming Southern California coin shows:
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Pfeifer, secretary