Minutes of July 2011 Meeting

Post date: Aug 07, 2011 10:46:29 PM

- Next Meeting: August 10, 2011 @ 7:00 PM

- August '11 Speaker: Mike, “Copper Coinage Of Colonial Brazil”

- Refreshments: Mark

Minutes of July 2011 Meeting

Membership and Guests:

We now have 63 paid up members for 2011.

Announcements:

This is the last meeting that raffle tickets will be available for gold and silver coin drawings sponsored by NASC at the Golden State Coin Show, Aug. 27-28, 2011. Five tickets for $3, and our club gets $1.50.

ANA and NASC will sponsor “Fundamentals of U.S. Coin Counterfeit Detection Seminar on September 9-10, 2011 at the Long Beach Coin Expo. Cost is $198 for ANA /NASC members and $298 for non-members.

Old Business:

Considerable progress was made to formalize a website for our club. Club officers have provided biographical inputs to Laura who has agreed to be manager of the site. Laura has built most of the site and has registered the domain name <www.occoinclub.com> Please review our latest progress.

New Business:

None.

Donations:

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

Meeting Program:

Last month was Bourse Night where everyone could buy and sell coins and other memorabilia. All our available tables were rented by club members including one table where Les sold items donated to our club.

Future Coin Shows:

See Beedonʼs California Show List for a comprehensive listing of coin shows. This, and other sites, are available on the Links section of the club's website and you can find a list of upcoming coin shows in our Events calendar!

Local Southern California shows include the following:

• • August 7: North County Monthly Coin Show, Embassy Suites, 3100 Frontera Street, Anaheim, Jerry Atkinson (562) 255-2166

  • August 21: Van Nuys Masonic Hall 14750 Sherman Way (661)287-1651

  • August 27: Golden State Coin Show Masonic Center, 50 West Duarte Road, Arcadia, Kay Lenker (619) 222-8739

  • Sept 8-10: Long Beach Stamp and Collectibles Expo, Convention Center 100 S. Pine Ave. (805) 962-9939 <lbexpo@exposunlimited.com>

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Pfeifer, secretary