the goldstrike - Stanislaus County Coin Club

2012-2013 CLUB OFFICERS
THE GOLDSTRIKE
April 2013
Volume 30
Edition 4
President: Aaron Brown
Vice-President: John Boswell
Recording Secretary: Brandi Brown
Corresponding Secretary: Lloyd Solomon
Treasurer: Harold Harrison
Board Members
Joan Alvarez
Daniel Brown
Mike Olson
John Silveria
Tito Rodriguez
Mike Tandy (Past President)
Sunshine Coordinator
Sharyn Brown
Junior Coordinator
Frank Ramczyk
News Letter Editor & Webmaster
Daniel Brown
Membership:
Adults: $12.00 per year
Juniors: $6.00 per year
Club Web Site
www.stancocoinclub.org
Club Address
P.O. Box 1672
Modesto, CA 95353-1672
AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF
THE STANISLAUS COUNTY COIN CLUB
Club Meetings
2nd & 4th Wednesdays @ 7:00p.m.
Denny’s Diner
1525 McHenry Ave, Modesto, CA
PRESIDENT'S COLUMN
Mark Your Calendars!
Hello all,
Happy National Coin Week! Each year, the American Numismatic Association
celebrates our hobby by sponsoring events and trivia challenges to raise
awareness of numismatics among our non-collecting brethren, as well as giving
those of us already in the know an excuse to celebrate. The theme this year is
“Black Diamond Shines Again”, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular
“Buffalo” Nickel. The Lincoln Cent hit the 100 mark a few years ago, and like that
coin, the current year’s honoree was the starting point for many a collector. Be
sure to check the ANA’s National Coin Week Website at
www.money.org/numismatic-events/national-coin-week.aspx for more
information, and for the video clues to this year’s trivia challenge.
Also this month, tickets for our coin show raffle will be available to check out.
Time is already growing short before our show in June, so be prepared to do a
ticket sales blitz. Remember, there are five free tickets with your name on them
for every fifty you sell. To help you earn those incentives, you only have to turn
in $9 with every book of ten tickets you sell. The 10-for-$9 deal helps to sell
them by the book. We sold out of tickets last year, so let’s see if we can do it
again. Good luck, my fellow SCCCers!
April
April 3, 2013 – Board Meeting @ 7:00p.m.
April 10, 2013 – General Meeting @ 7:00p.m.
(1) Program – Buffalo Nickels by Aaron Brown
(2) Mini-Bourse Night
April 24, 2013 – General Meeting @ 7:00p.m.
(1) Auction
-Aaron Brown
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May
May 1, 2013 – Board Meeting @ 7:00p.m.
May 8, 2013 – General Meeting @ 7:00p.m.
(1) Program - TBD (2) Mini-Bourse Night
To get a 10% discount click our link at
stancocoinclub.org/links.html
May 22, 2013 – General Meeting @ 7:00p.m.
(1) Auction
Junior Challenge Question
April Birthdays
Wilhelmina Willemse
April Sauls
Barbara Tandy
Sharyn Brown
Michael Ramczyk
Owen Davies
4/3
4/10
4/11
4/22
4/22
4/27
(Question provided by Frank Ramczyk)
Question: Who appears on the 10cent piece?
March Junior Challenge Question: The United States Mint makes
coins that are not for circulation, and honor or to remember a special
event, place, person, or thing. What are these special coins called?
Answer: Commemoratives
Membership Challenge Question
(Question provided by Aaron Brown)
Question: Why are the 1938 D/S over mintmark coins not errors?
Show Raffles Tickets Available
Jim Holden has kindly volunteered to manage the Show raffle tickets
again this year. He will have them available to hand out starting in the
first meeting in April. This year the prizes are:
March General Membership Question: Who was the first U.S.
President to appear on a U.S. gold coin?
Answer: Both Thomas Jefferson and William McKinley on the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold dollars of 1903.
1st - 1901-S $5 Gold Liberty Half Eagle
2nd - 1910 $2.50 Gold Indian Quarter Eagle
3rd - 1998 $5 Gold 1/10 oz. American Eagle
4th - 1882-CC GSA Morgan Dollar NGC MS-63
5th – 1904-O Morgan Dollar PCGS MS-63
6th through 15th - 2013 Silver Eagle Dollar
Last year we sold all 3500 tickets so this year we have purchased
4000. The challenge is on to sell out again. So get your tickets and
start selling.
The Coin Show Weekend Fast Approaches
Take Note! The club's Coin Show is being moved to the fourth
weekend in June, 22-23. Last year we were unable to accommodate
all the dealers that expressed an interest in the show. We decided to
return to the larger room at the Modesto Centre Plaza. We already
have filled 48 tables for the show. Please be prepared to volunteer to
make this our best show ever!
Club Looking to Purchase 2 Peso Gold Coins
NOT TO SCALE
The club is looking to purchase up to six 2 Peso gold coins from
members to use as raffle prizes. Any members interested in selling at
the current gold value see Mike Tandy. To determine the current gold
value of a 2 Peso gold coin multiply .0482 x price of gold (example:
.0482 x $1,725 = $83.15).
MEETING DATE 3/13/13
Meeting was called to order at 7:05pm by President Aaron Brown
Attendance:
Total:33
Board Members:8 Jr. Members:5
Guests (guest name): Patrick K.
New members: Mike Hammond, Cliff Rice
First Draw Winner (10 free tickets): Reno Rodriguez
Junior Challenge: The US mint makes coins that are not for circulation. What are these coins called? Please see
Frank Ramczyk to get your credit!
General Challenge: Who was the first US president to appear on a US gold coin? A: Thomas Jefferson & William
McKinley who appeared on the L.A. purchase expedition gold dollars.
Announcements: Club medals available. $53 OR $21 with a silver round.
Flyers available for the show. Come grab ‘em from the front table and distribute wherever you like!
Show & Tell:
Jim Stanford: 2011 US army commemorative half dollar “Service and Peace”
Mike Olson: 2013 satirical silver bullion coin with skeleton Queen Elizabeth “Keep calm and slave on”
Frank Ramczyk: bronze follis anonymous issue coin that he bought at the rock and gem show
Cliff Rice: Don Quijote 400 year commemorative proof from the Mexican Mint
John Boswell: tourist tokens from India
Jim Holden: 1915 Ghent Belgium 50 centimes (it’s square!)
Harold Harrison: Lincoln penny
L. Randall Solomon: Somalian $1 coins shaped like historic guitars, representing the evolution of electric guitars
Show & Tell Winner (10 raffle tickets): Harold Harrison
Library silent auction: total proceeds to club: $60.00. Special thanks to Mike Tandy for running the auction!
Thanks buddy!
Free Meal Winner: Mick Gordon
Door Prize Winner: 1964 Kennedy half: Rick Sauls
Raffle: Cliff Rice x2
Mike Olson
Joan Alvarez
Jasmine Stinnet
Patrick K.
Jeff Beeson
Last Shot Drawing (silver pot): Katheryn Cucera (not present)
Meeting closed at 8:07pm
MEETING DATE 3/27/13
Meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by President Aaron Brown
Attendance:
Total:41
Board Members:9 Jr. Members:7
Guests (guest name): None
New members:
None
First Draw Winner (10 free tickets): Kaylee Seals
Announcements: Club medals available. $53 OR $21 with a silver round.
Flyers available for the show. Come grab ‘em from the front table and distribute wherever you like!
Show & Tell:
Patrick Kelleher: 2012 set limited edition proof
Randy McCoy: 12 different bouillon 1 oz silver coins
Jim Stanford: ancient eastern Constantinople gold solidus 668-685
Gary Kailes: 5 California gold coins that might be fake & exclusive worlds faire Australian lunar series, year of
the dragon coins
David Ramczyk: 1941 Lincoln Penny
Frank Ramczyk: new topical set he is working on of foreign coins with animals on them
Jim Holden: information on a new identifying site and India coins having 17 mints! Good gracious!
Drew Gilmartin: penny he found in cement
Sharyn Brown: unidentified Civil War token 1863
Sicilia Ramczyk: Romanian banknote
Show & Tell Winner (10 raffle tickets): Jim Holden
Free Meal Winner: Jeff Beeson
Door Prize Winner: Proof silver 1982 S George Washington half: David Ramczyk III
Raffle: Jim Holden x2
Bob Garcia x2
Dolly Sauls
Mick Gordon
Dennis Mo x2
Auction: Auctioneer Mike Tandy Runners: Sicilia, Stephen, Drew
Last Shot Drawing (silver pot): Joseph Zimmerer (not present)
Meeting closed at 8:40pm
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UPCOMING COIN SHOWS
Thoreson Numismatics
April 5-7, 2013
Western States Token Society's
West’s Token Jamboree 2013
Clarion Inn 1401 Arden Way Sacramento, CA
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Competitive prices paid on singles to entire collections.
COINS* BULLION *CURRENCY*EXONUMIA*STAMPS
WE ALSO BUY GOLD & PLATINUM JEWELERY
April 19-21, 2013
Santa Clara Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Show
Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA
*NOW AT 2 LOCATIONS*
TNC Coins
(Thoreson Numismatic Coins)
118 West Main Street
Turlock, CA 95380
April 26 - 27, 2013
Sacramento Valley Coin Club’s Spring Coin Show
The Elks Lodge #6
6446 Riverside Blvd. Sacramento, CA
PHONE: (209) 668-3682
Thoreson Numismatics
947 6th Street
Los Banos, CA 93635
PHONE: (209) 826-0777
Please call to Confirm Business Hours
May 5, 2013
Vallejo Numismatic Society’s 41stAnnual Coin Show
Veterans Memorial Building, 420 Callaghan Lane Vallejo, CA
PCGS & NGC Authorized Dealer
Whites Metal Detector Authorized Dealer ANA LM#5362
CSNA LM Official Redbook Contributor SDL#50071010
EMAIL: [email protected] CONTACT: TROY THORESON, PRESIDENT
May 17-18, 2013
San Francisco Historical Bourse Ancient Coins
Holiday Inn Golden Gateway - Gold Rush Ballroom
1500 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA
May 18 – 19, 2013
Carson City Downtown Coin Club Annual Coin Show
Carson City Nugget Casino 507 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV
June 22-23, 2013
SCCC - Modesto Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo
Modesto Centre Plaza 10th and K Streets (Downtown)
Modesto, CA
Gold & Silver Spot Prices
Gold
Silver
Mar 1
$1,577.30
$28.61
Mar 8
$1578.70
$29.04
Mar 15
$1,609.20
$29.02
Mar 22
$1,608.60
$28.71
Mar 29
$1,598.10
$28.40
If you have any questions or comments regarding the newsletter please see
Daniel Brown at the meetings. Thank you 
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