September 2014 newsletter

Post date: Sep 05, 2014 5:21:40 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:September 9, 2014@ 7:00 PM

Speaker: Jerry Kleeb “Byzantine Gold Coins”

Refreshments: Mark Baskin and Bill Pfeifer

Minutes of August 2014 Meeting

Membership: We currently have 78 paid members, including family.

Announcements: Elections of Board of Directors were held at the August

meeting.Newly elected board members include Tim Cassity-Curtiss, Mark

Baskin, David Pai, John Skocilic and Jim Malone, all elected unaminously.

Free admissions vouchers are available for the Long Beach Coin

show being held Sept. 4-6. Get passes go on-line and use promo code

FREEPASS on <longbeachexpo.com>.

Old and New Business: ANA presented our Greater Orange County Coin

Club with an anniversary plaque celebrating 25 years of membership. No

progress to report on our efforts to establish our club with a legal identity.

Mike Kittle, attorney and friend of Jeff Stahl,is reviewing our bylaws and

determining the best way for us to continue. Mike is also president of

Glendale Coin club. He has graciously agreed to help us legally with the

club paying only filing fees.

Donations: "We recently received a donation of a variety of coin club

items formerly belonging to Eileen and Charles Boothe. Many of these

items were auctioned during our meeting. Another set of numismatic

books have been donated by Mike Gilbert, a former member . These will

be available for viewing at future meetings. Thank you to all these donors.

Meeting Program:David Schwager presented a very thorough and

interesting talk on the Waterbury Mint and the Medals, Tokens and Coins of

the Scovill Manufacturing Company. He described the activities of Scovill

in its over 200 years of existence and discussed how it re-invented itself

continuously .A great talk, as usual, from David.

Prizes: Dos Pesos winner was Jim Malone and Glen Franks won the 1/10th

oz. 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