Minutes of November and December 2012 Meetings

Post date: Jan 14, 2013 11:13:22 PM

-- Next Meeting: January 8, 2013@ 7:00 PM

-- January Speaker: John Skocilic "Small Size Currency Errors”

-- January Refreshments: Judy Lucas and Joe Boyes

Minutes of November and December 2012 Meetings

Membership and Guests:

We ended last year with 76 paid members. We currently have 16 members paid for 2013.

Announcements:

Our annual banquet will be held on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at Moonlight Pizza and Chicken, 9895 Warner Ave, Fountain Valley, Ca. (corner of Brookhurst and Warner). Social hour at 6PM, dinner at 6:30PM. More details at our next meeting.

Old and New Business:

Rent for our current meeting room on Tuesday nights has been paid for all of CY 2013. Our Christmas potluck was a success with a good turnout, great food and thanks to Mike, many Bingo games.

Laura continues to maintain our club website <www.occoinclub.com> and we thank her for the continued support.

Donations:

Kyle Ponterio of Stacks, Bowers and Ponterio donated a large quantity of coin albums, catalogues, coin boxes and other supplies which are being auctioned as time permits. Our club really appreciates this continuing generosity of Kyle and many other club members.

Meeting Program:

In November: Greg Thompson presented a very informative talk ”Twelve Most Famous Coins.” Greg did a nice job describing his criteria and choices for the famous coins. He invited our members to actively challenge his selections and, of course, no one was bashful. This is one of the many advantages of belonging to our club. The expertise in US and foreign coins and currency seems unlimited and everyone is very helpful and eager to share their knowledge. Mikeʼs management of our educational programs demonstrates this every meeting.

Prizes:

As usual, I lost again at all Bingo games but, at least Jerry was the lone winner at our table.

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:

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

• • January 19-20: Coin and Stamp Show -- Westchester Elks Lodge 8025 West Manchester Ave., Playa Del Ray, Ca. <crosby693@aol.com>. Martin Trillion (310) 679-5697.

  • February 3: North County Monthly Coin Show -- Embassy Suites, 3100 Fronterra St. Anaheim. Jerry Atkinson (562) 225-2166.

  • February 7-9: Long Beach Expo -- LB Convention Center. (888) 743-9316.

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

  • March 3: North County Monthly Coin Show -- Embassy Suites, 3100 Fronterra St. Anaheim. Jerry Atkinson (562) 225-2166.

  • March 9-10: Buena Park Coin Show -- Retail Clerks Hall (Stanton and Cresent). Kerry Pieropan (714) 271 8946.

  • March 24: 48th Annual Coin Show -- Verdugo Hills Coin Club, Van Nuys Masonic Hall 14750 Sherman Way Van Nuys. Bob Thompson (818) 249-1237 <bobcat237@sbcglobal.net>.

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Pfeifer, secretary