March 2013 Newsletter

Post date: Mar 08, 2014 4:54:59 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 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: March 11 , 2014@ 7:00 PM

Speaker: Albertus Hoogeveen “Going Dutch, The Decimal Coinage of the Netherlands”

Refreshments: Mike Ontko and Bob Daw

along with several interesting numismatic articles.

! ! ! ! Minutes of February 2014 Meeting

Membership and Guests: Susan and Gordon were guests at last months meeting. We

currently have 46 paid members, including family. The March meeting is the deadline to

pay dues for CY 2014. All membership privileges including voting and selling items in

auctions will be suspended for all delinquent members as of April 1. A separate e-mail

will be sent shortly notifying all members who have NOT yet paid dues for 2014, as of

March 1.

Announcements: Details of upcoming coin shows are available on our club website

Old and New Business: The latest bylaws were distributed by e-mail last week to all

club members in preparation for final discussions at the upcoming meeting. Our club

officers are investigating the posibility of incorporating our club to re-establish our legal

status as a social numismatics club operating in the state of California. Additional details

and background will be provided at the March meeting.

Corey Carter, a local attorney, has volunteered to discuss various organizational options

at our April 8 meeting.

Donations: We thank all of our club members who have donated items to our club.

Meeting Program: Jim Malone presented a very interesting talk on “ Foreign Coins

Minted in the United States”. Once again, the coinage was intimately interwoven into

our history and that of the countries that were our customers.

Prizes: Jeff Stahl won the dos pesos gold .

Future Coin Shows:

See our club website for a listing of all upcoming Southern California coin shows:

<www.occoinclub.com> .

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Pfeifer, secretary