Minutes of February 2012 Meeting

Post date: Mar 11, 2012 8:23:18 PM

-- Next Meeting: March 13, 2012 @ 7:00 PM

-- Speaker for March meeting: Les, “Collecting US Dimes”

-- Refreshments for March meeting: Les & Larry

Minutes of February 2012 meeting

Membership and Guests:

Dues for 2012 are now payable and 42 members (49, counting family members) are now current. New members include Tim Cassidy-Curtis and Bud Hart.

Announcements:

CSNA 44th Annual Educational Symposium March 31, 2012. Speakers include Fred Weinberg ”Mint Error Coins”, Ira Goldberg “Money of the World and the Stories Behind Them”, Garrett Burke “Quarterama-Ideas and Designs of Americaʼs State Quarter” and Jim Wells “The War of 1812 -- The Notables, The Navies, The Numismatics”. (See Future Shows section for additional details.)

Old Business:

Laura continues to maintain our club website . Send her any interesting numismatic items and remember to obtain copyright clearance permission for any published articles. Please review our latest progress. The latest addition is a series of meetings by the International Numismatic Society Of San Diego . Their March 28th meeting features Jim Wells “Foreign Gold That Was Legal in the US.” See the Newsletter section of our website for details and contact information.

Volunteers for meeting refreshments have now been identified for all of 2012 and the list of volunteers was sent out recently. We still need someone to handle coffee since Roy Iwata will be unable to continue. We want to thank Roy for consistently providing this service for many years.

New Business:

John Cox has resigned as treasurer and Les will be acting treasurer until we find a replacement. We thank John for his service and really appreciated his past support.

Donations:

Many club members continue to donate worthy items for our club auctions, and our club really appreciates this continuing generosity.

Meeting Program:

Februaryʼs educational program featured Jim Wells, noted historian and numismatist, talking on the War of 1812. He discussed this bicentennial year of the War of 1812 in historical terms answering questions such as Who were the participants? What heroes emerged? What was the Navyʼs role? Who “won”? And how is this war remembered in numismatics, a field eager to commemorate heroes and momentous events?

Mr. Wells' presentation included many interesting illustrations that answered these questions. Metals and other numismatic memorabilia were described in detail. All of us learned much of the history of this war. In the final analysis, Jim traced his family roots directly to participants in the war. An extremely interesting and informative talk that was well done!

Those of you who missed this talk will have another opportunity to hear it at the CSNA Educational Symposium (see above announcement).

Future Coin Shows:

See our Events Calendar or Gary Beedonʼs California Show List for a comprehensive listing of California coin shows. Local Southern California shows include the following:

• • • March 10-11: Buena Park Coin Show -- Retail Clerks Hall (Stanton and Crescent), Kerry Pieropan (714) 271-8946.

    • March 25: 47th Annual Coin Show -- Verdugo Hills Coin Club Van Nuys ,Masonic Hall, 14750 Sherman Way, (818) 249-1237 <bobcat237@sbcglobal.net>

    • March 31: CSNA Educational Symposium -- Sportsmanʼs Lodge Hotel, 12825 Ventura Blvd., Studio City (see announcements for speakers).

    • April 6: North County Monthly Coin Show -- Embassy Suites, 3100 Frontera St., Anaheim, Jerry Atkinson (562) 225-2166.

    • May 22: North County Monthly Coin Show -- Embassy Suites , 3100 Frontera St., Anaheim, Jerry Atkinson (562) 225-2166.

    • May 24: Coin Show -- Van Nuys Masonic Hall, 14750 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, Richard Murachanian (661) 287-1651 <ramrarecoins@yahoo.com>

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Pfeifer, secretary