The Double Eagle. Newsletter of the Fremont Coin Club May 2013 Cinco de Mayo!

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1 *** Club Meetings *** May 6th - Board Mtg HTL church on Brophy May 4th - regular mtg Theme: Potluck May 28th - regular mtg June 3rd - Board Mtg HTL Jun th - regular mtg Jun 2th - regular mtg July st - Board Mtg HTL July 9th - regular mtg July 23rd - regular mtg Last Chance to get Show Raffle tickets in! *** Coin Shows/Events *** May th Vallejo CC Show - Vallejo Veterans Memorial Building, 420 Admiral Callaghan Ln, Free adm & parking! June 2nd Sacramento Show - Clarion Inn (Macintosh) (next to Sears) 40 Arden Way Santa Rosa CA June 6-8th Long Beach Show Convention Center, 00 S. Pine Ave Long Beach, CA June 22-23rd Stanislaus CC Modesto Centre Plaza, 000 L Street (between 0th & K) Modesto, CA Jul 26-27th Fremont CC Show Fremont Coin Club, Elk s Lodge, 3899 Farwell Dr. June 28-29th Concord Show 00 Burnett ave The Double Eagle Newsletter of the Fremont Coin Club Club meetings start at 7pm on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at the Fremont Elks Lodge, 3899 Farwell Drive, Fremont, California Annual Coin Show - Jul 27-28th Elks May 203 Cinco de Mayo! It s getting warmer and the Fremont Coin Club is kicking-off the warmer weather with our Spring BBQ on May 4th. The Board met on May 6th and here are some very important announcements : - May 4th Meeting (BBQ/Potluck) starts at 6:30pm: We will have a regular silver prize drawing for this meeting. - Regular Prize drawing has moved to right after the Break; the FCC board has discussed the ticket sales progress at our regular meetings and have decided to extend the current timing of the prize drawing after the break thru the June Meetings. - FCC Show Raffle Tickets now available for check-out: Please see Don Ehlers to check out your show raffle tickets. This is the major source of revenue for the club to sponsor all of the activities we do throughout the year. Each book earns the seller a copper medal. Two books earn the seller a free meal at the Installation Dinner in January. Please get your sold ticket stubs into Don as soon as possible Unsold tickets DO need to be turned-in as well, since we sell them at the door at the day of the show - National Coin Week held April 2st thru April 27th: The club had several exhibitors at the Bank of the West. Thanks to Briita Ehlers for coordinating this activity. And Thanks to the following exhibitors: Gary Acquistapace, Briita Ehlers, Don Ehlers, and Wanda Johnson. Pictures on Page #4. - Thank You to Stan Turrini - Counting US Talk on Apr 9th: Stan conducted an informal poll from meeting attendings of how they got into the hobby and what their interests are. Some interesting data was collected; See the Stats about our club membership on page #. - Please, no talking during the meeting: As a courtesy to those members who are interested in the regular meeting content, the board asks that attendees keep quiet while the meeting is in session. There is plenty of time to socialize and buy coins before the meeting, during the break, and after the meeting. - Donations to the Club!: the Board would like to recognize, Fremont Coin Gallery and Vince Lacariere for his continued support of the club and prize drawings. - Reminder, July Board meeting is on July st: this will be our last board meeting before the annual coin show, so we have lots to cover. Public is welcome at the HTL church on Brophy ave; near the Elks Lodge. - Annual Coin Show is Coming: -- Volunteer Dinner will be Pizza this Year! Place TBD. Concord, CA Aaron Houston FCC #9 FCC Corresponding Secretary aaronhouston078@comcast.net Published by: Fremont Coin Club, Member ANA, CSNA, NCNA, PO Box 40, Fremont, CA Phone (0) 792- Meetings: Second and Fourth Tuesday of each month. Annual dues: Regular $, Junior (under 8) $2, Honorary (over 70) Free. CLUB Officers: Bruce Caires, President; Dennis Pagano, Second Vice President; Matthew Wren, Jr Vice President; Briita Ehlers, Treasurer; Matt Hutchinson, Recording Secretary; Aaron Houston, Corresponding Secretary; Directors: Don Ehlers, Wanda Johnson, Dorothy Galovich-Call, Jonathan Chang, and Bob Lusk

2 Fremont Coin Club -- Double Eagle Newsletter -- May 202 April Meeting NoteS Regular membership meeting called to order 7:2pm. Attendance 34. The bubble drawing was not won Apr 8th 203 by member #889. Gary Acquistapace won the door prize. Announcements: President Caires asked the membership for someone to tend the grill at the upcoming BBQ pot luck meeting in May. Pres. Caires also share these upcoming events: 4/23/3 Super Auction; 4/2-27 National Coin Week + the exhibits the club sponsors at the Bank of the West. Lyle Okamoto has show coupons for the Santa Clara Expo show. Don Ehlers has books of tickets for the drawing at our annual Coin Show. This is our main fundraiser for the year. Each book earns the seller a copper medal. Two books earn the seller a free meal at the Installation Dinner in January. Chuck White has prize drawing tickets for the Vallejo show. Michael S. Turrini (ANA, NCNA) noted that he is working with Taylor Webb to man the youth table at the FCC coin show in July. Show and Tell: Don Barsi -88 type2 three-cent silver, also 86 type 2 three cent silver Michael S. Turrini - Madison County Coin Club in Huntsville, Al 0th Anniversary, 3-medal set Gary Acquistapace - Pearl Harbor Medallion depicting USS Arizona in antique bronze Ken Barr - 00 Greatest American Medals & Tokens by Whitman Matthew Wren Guataemalan centavo from a local Lucky s supermarket Rashel Wren & 864 Peruvian dos centavos Chuck White - giant -cent lid from a container Tony Yu Indian Territory trade tokens and various U.S. coins from a coin hoard. Chuck Call - $0 uncut block of (4) federal reserve notes in World Reserve Currency Exchange folio Lyle Okamoto - a whizzed 934 quarter Dennis Pagano - 97-D AU- PCGS with a piece of the obverse lamination loose in the slab Alistair Skinnar - Type I & III Three Cent silvers: 8-O T; 96 T2; 8 T3 Roger Lyles & 807 drape bust cents Dennis Pagano won the show and tell drawing. After the Show & Tell, Michael Stan Turrini conduct his presentation About Us, which was a sort of a survey of the FCC membership. There were 29 participants from which record statistics and remarks were obtained. The survey concluded that their were,4 years of collecting experience among the group, and 448 club years. Most of the participants considered themselves collectors and/or hobbyists. Most started up with the hobby from between 6-2 years of age. After the program and a short break there was a prize drawing. Prize winners included: Mike Jordan, Aaron Houston, Mary Roja, Dennis Pagano, Don Barsi, and Mike Walsh. Bruce Caires conducted an auction of 20 lots, including two donation lots, with the help of Dennis Pagano, while Matthew Wren and Ram Sethi ran the items.. The meeting was adjourned at 9:40pm. 2

3 Fremont Coin Club -- Double Eagle Newsletter -- May 203 April Meeting Notes Apr 23rd 203 Regular membership meeting -- Theme Super Auction - Attendance: 39 with no visitors. President Bruce Caires brought the meeting to order at 7:pm. The membership bubble drawing was NOT won by #086. Bruce Caires won the door prize and promptly donated it back to the club. Briita Ehlers provided a brief update on the club s National Coin Week exhibits at the Bank of the West near Lake Elizabeth. President Caires again asked for volunteers to man the BBQ pit for the club s upcoming Spring Potluck. Briita Ehlers announced that the club will be sending a Thinking of You card to long time FCC member & board member Bob Whitaker who has been ill w/ ALS. Show and Tell: Mike Jordan-78 Bavarian thaler, 876 German mark Chuck White-,000,000 Pennies marquee glass from cent slot machine Gary Acquistapace th Annual Mint 400 race medal from Mint Casino in Las Vegas, NV Geoff Wren-974 German commemorative 00 kroner Ken Barr-counterstamped French centime Le Picotin Apertif Dan Claassen-79 thaler Lyle Okamoto-2009 D type reverse cent sample slab from Diablo Numismatic Society Rashel Wren /2 c Panama Pill Ed Sims Byzantine copper Roger Lyles-893 Queen Isabella 400th anniversary quarter Briita Ehlers-ball cap from Niles Motion Pictures for Matt Tuter Geoff Wren (Matthew Wren) won the show and tell drawing. After the social break, prize drawing winners included: Bob Lusk (2X winner), Bruce Caires (2X winner), Mary Rojas, & Dennis Pagano. SUPER AUCTION: 2nd VP Dennis Pagano conducted auction A with lots + donation. Past President Chuck Call conducted auction B with 0 lots. Junior Vice-President, Matthew Wren, and Ram Sethi ran the items. The meeting was adjourned at 9:20pm. 3

4 Fremont Coin Club -- Double Eagle Newsletter -- May, 203 National Coin Week Bank of the West (Lake Elizabeth) 203 Exhibitors: Gary Acquistapace: Briita Ehlers: Don Ehlers: Wanda Johnson: Exhibit Titles: Gary Acquistapace: Coinage of the English Monarchs Briita Ehlers: Depression Scrip of Oregon & Washington States Don Ehlers: TriCity Tokens Wanda Johnson: Girl Scouts One Hundedth 4

5 Fremont Coin Club -- Double Eagle Newsletter -- May 203 ABOUT US Informal Poll of FCC Members Stan Turrini conducted an informal poll at the April 9th, 203 meeting to establish some stats about the current memberhip of the Fremont Coin Club. Here are the results. We had 34 attendees at the meeting, but only 29 participated in the poll. # of Participants 20 0 How HOW LONG? Have Have you you been been collecting a coin collector? coins? Total of 47 Collecting Yrs # of Participants 20 0 POLL had 34 Participants How LONG? Have you been a FCC Member? HOW LONG? Have you been a member of FCC Total of 448 Club Years! yrs -20yrs 2-40yrs 4-69yrs WHAT Age? Did you start collecting coins? At what age did you start collecting coins? New Mbrs -yrs Regular Mbrs 6-2yrs Longtime Mbrs -24yrs Lifer s 2-39yrs Founders 40+ yrs # of Participants 0 Baby 2-4 yrs 3 2 Child -9 yrs Youth 0-7 yrs 2 Adult 8+ yrs What We FCC Latin America Coins LOVE Tokens Pennies GAMING Markers Elongates BULLION COINS Carson City Morgan $ Standing Liberty Quarters Commemoratives $2 Bills Peruvian Coins

6 Fremont Coin Club -- Double Eagle Newsletter -- May, 203 Castro Valley Coin ALAN KREUZER Professional Numismatist Redwood Rd. (In the Lucky s Shopping Ctr.) P.O. Box 2946 Castro Valley, CA 9446 (0) Fax (0) akreuzer@att.net This newsletter created with Adobe: InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator 6