Madison County Coin Club of Huntsville, Alabama

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1 Madison County Coin Club of Huntsville, Alabama Volume 17, Issue 5 June 2017 The President s Corner After the short May break, the MCCC is ready to start meeting up again. The June 27 meeting is the annual 4th of July pot luck and club auction night. Bring your favorite snack to share with the group. If you are looking to grow your collection or pick up some extra cash Tuesday s auction will be a great time to do either. Remember, there are no fees associated with the auction. Kurt I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E 2 MCCC June 27 Meeting 6 53 rd GNA Show 13 Club Notices 14 Club Program June is our Annual Auction and Pot Luck Celebration The June meeting is our annual mid-year potluck supper. The club will provide drinks, paper products and utensils. Please bring a dish to share with your fellow club members. It is also our auction and bourse night. Come see what treasure you can find! "Numismatics, like some aspects of astronomy and natural history, remains a branch of learning in which the amateur can still do valuable work, and it is on the great collecting public, or rather on that part of which is interested in the subject at a scientific level, that the progress of numismatic science largely depends." Philip Grierson - Professor of Numismatics, University of Cambridge Madison County Coin Club 1

2 MCCC June 27 Meeting By Richard Jozefiak JUNE 27 MEETING Annual Auction, Buy/Sell/Trade Night And 4 th of July Pot Luck! Please bring a dish or dessert to share Drinks and paper products are provided by the club. The program for the June meeting is the club s semiannual pot luck, Buy/Sell/Trade Night and Auction. Members please bring food to share for 4-6 people. The drinks will be provided, and the club provides the plates, cups, utensils, etc. for the pot luck. Members are encouraged to bring in items they wish to sell or trade to other members. This is a great opportunity to be a coin dealer at NO cost! Table space is first come. People will start to arrive after 5:30 pm for set-up. AUCTION RULES Please remember that this is a cash auction, and money is collected for each lot as it sells. Small bills are very helpful. If you bring an item for the auction, please remember to complete the small auction form that identifies you and the item. Auction lots can be placed beginning at 6 pm. We try to keep the auction to about 50 lots. Guests can buy auction lots. MCCC April 25, 2017 Meeting I was the presenter at the meeting, and we had 16 members and guests attending. The topic of my presentation was Numismatic Finds on My Trip to France. My wife and I visited France September 22-30, 2016, and we spent time in Paris where I found a number of numismatic items for my collection. I brought in a small display case of some of the items I bought. Madison County Coin Club 2

3 Some of the things I learned about numismatics in France: The main French collecting areas are medals and ancient coins French collectors do NOT like to collect modern coins or Euro coins French collectors do NOT want third party graded (slabbed) French coins, or any coins If a coin is bought in a slab, the coin will be removed from the slab. No value is placed on an American slab. French dealers and collectors do NOT use American coin grading standards, and disagree with the grade of a French coin graded using American standards Medal machines are found at most tourist sites, and are 2 Euros for each medal Display of Numismatic Items from Paris Area Madison County Coin Club 3

4 Richard Jozefiak during His Presentation MCCC President Kurt Springfield (L) Presenting Richard with ANA Educational Award Madison County Coin Club 4

5 FREE ANA GOLD MEMBERSHIPS!! Richard Jozefiak has received 10 vouchers for a one year FREE ANA Gold (digital) membership. This is a $28 value. The vouchers were donated. If you are not a current ANA member, what better way to try an ANA membership for one year! The ANA provides many benefits and educational opportunities, and there are different membership levels. Please see Richard Jozefiak for a free voucher at the June 27 meeting. OTHER The MCCC Program calendar for 2017 is now completed for the rest of the year. Please see the updated calendar in this issue for the program schedule. Thank you to all those people whom volunteered to give a presentation during the year. Inclement Weather Notice If the Huntsville City Schools are closed due to inclement weather, then the Huntsville Senior Center is closed. There will be no club meeting if the Huntsville Senior Center is closed. Local TV and radio stations will give notice of any Huntsville school closure. Madison County Coin Club 5

6 Many Activities and Large Attendance at 53rd Georgia Numismatic Association (GNA) Coin & Currency Show Held April 21-23, 2017 By Richard Jozefiak A crowd of slightly over 2100 people came to the 53rd Georgia Numismatic Association (GNA) Coin & Currency Show held April 21-23, 2017 at the Dalton Convention Center in Dalton, GA. The show was opened at 10:00 am on Friday, April 21 with the ribbon cutting being performed by ANA President Jeff Garrett and GNA President Greg Ison. ANA President Jeff Garrett (L) and GNA President Greg Ison cut the ribbon opening the show (photo by Richard Jozefiak) Madison County Coin Club 6

7 The American Numismatic Association (ANA) had a membership table at the show providing membership information, signing up new members and general information for the public. Ms. Amber Bradish from ANA Headquarters was at the show to provide information on the ANA. ANA at the show (L) President Jeff Garrett, ANA Seminar Coordinator Amber Bradish and National Coordinator Richard Jozefiak at the ANA Membership Table Why not bring a friend to the next meeting? Madison County Coin Club 7

8 A full and busy bourse floor (photo by Richard Jozefiak) On Saturday afternoon, the YN Program had a crowd of over 110 people attending, with over 55 young people. Lead by Mr. Bob Hartje, a group of students present the play "Charles Barber vs. Teddy Roosevelt--Lady Liberty Gets a Makeover." All YNs received a goody bag of numismatic items, items donated by dealers at the show and the GNA. At the end of the YN Program, the YN Exhibit Awards were presented to the winners. Visit us on the web at Madison County Coin Club 8

9 Bob Hartje (standing center) speaking to the young collectors at the YN Program A Student from St. Nicholas Catholic School in Tennessee explains his numismatic project he did. Bob Hartje holding the display board (L) Madison County Coin Club 9

10 YN Exhibitors and YN Exhibit Winners Educational Exhibits Manager Mack Martin (standing rear left) presented the awards and YN Program Manager Bob Hartje (standing rear right) A large competitive exhibit area had 20 exhibits by 16 exhibitors, comprising 53 display cases. There were 9 YN exhibitors and each prepared an exhibit, the largest number of YN exhibitors at a GNA show. Awards were given for 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd place winners in YN Class, Large competitive class (exhibits with more than 4 display cases) and Small competitive class (exhibits with 1-3 display cases). Madison County Coin Club 10

11 Large exhibit area on bourse floor Visit us on the web at Madison County Coin Club 11

12 Competitive Exhibit Winners Class Award Exhibit Title Exhibitor Prize Won First Place Awards Gold Rush Gallery, Inc. Large Exhibit - 1st Place Senior Gold Rush Gallery, Inc. Small Exhibit - 1st Place Senior 1960 Mardi Gras Medals, Badges and Pins 25 th Anniversary of the Official State of Alaska One Ounce, Silver Proof Medallions ( ) Cindy Wibker Richard Jozefiak Uncirculated Liberty Head Half ($5) gold coin Uncirculated Liberty Head Half ($5) gold coin Junior- 1 st Place WWII OPA Tokens Eason Barrineau $250 in GNA Currency to spend at the show Norman Boggs Sr. Memorial Award Large Exhibit - 2 nd Place Senior Norman Boggs Sr. Memorial Award Small Exhibit - 2 nd Place Senior Junior- 2 nd Place Sandy Martin Memorial Award Large Exhibit - 3rd Place Senior Therese Schafluetzel Memorial Award Small Exhibit - 3rd Place Senior James Oglethorpe on Georgia Currency and Bonds Four important coins of the new Testament United States Issued Coins and Currency of WWII Life of Theodore Roosevelt Georgia s 1862 $5 Treasury Note, A common note with an uncommonly high number of numismatic varieties Second Place Awards Clay Barrineau Cindy Wibker Third Place Awards Hampton Barrineau Jim Kolmus Claybourne Barrineau UNC Morgan and Peace Dollar UNC Morgan and Peace Dollar $150 in GNA Currency to spend at the show High grade large cent High grade large cent Junior- 3rd Place Small Cent Extravaganza Ethan Kolmus $100 in GNA Currency to spend at the show Six educational programs were held during the show. The minute presentations were on a wide variety of numismatic topics. Many of the speakers were nationally known numismatic experts. The next show is the 54th GNA Coin & Currency Show on April 13-15, 2018 at the Dalton Convention Center in Dalton, GA. Future show information can be found: ### Madison County Coin Club 12

13 Notices Rules for users of the member notice page: All notices are free and should be directed to the editor of the Madison County Coin Club newsletter (see back page for address). Notices will be limited to a maximum of 8 lines, including the name and contact information. The person entering the notice must answer all responses to notices. Preference will be given in the following order to notices when the page is oversubscribed in a single month: 1. Research Notices 2. Wanted Items 3. Trades Offered 4. For Sale Items For sale: Fire-Fyter heat-resistant lockbox. Outside dimensions 10x13x15 inches. Inside about 2/3 cubic foot. Exterior handles! Compare on Amazon.com at $55. Contact Mike Campbell (mikathy48@gmail.com) MCCC is now on Facebook The Madison County Coin Club is now on Facebook. The newly created Facebook page has pictures of recent meetings, schedules of upcoming events like the Huntsville Coin show, and post from members. Navigate to: ntycoinclub. Post comments - Visit the page and don t forget to Like us. C L UB OFFICERS PRESIDENT: KURT SPRINGFIELD (KURTS98@COMCAST.NET) VICE PRESIDENT: Harold Fears (hkfears@knology.net) SECRETARY: Richard Jozefiak (analmrj@gmail.com) TREASURER: Mike Campbell (mikathy48@gmail.com) BOARD MEMBER: BOB JAQUES (rjapilot@charter.net) Madison County Coin Club 13

14 2017 Madison County Coin Club Program Refreshments and Programs Schedule NOTE: Meeting Day is the 4 th TUESDAY (NOT THE LAST) of the month Meeting Date Refreshments- Name Program- January 24 February 28 March 28 April 25 May- NO MEETING June 27 July 25 August 22 September 26 October 24 November 28 December- NO MEETING Last update: REV E, June 12, 2017 Richard Jozefiak Harold Fears Stan Benedict David Tully Title and Name U.S. Mint Numismatic Update (presentation from U.S. Mint Forum in Philadelphia, PA on October 13, 2016) Richard Jozefiak The State of the Coin Market- Charles Cataldo Ben Franklin Half Dollars Daryl Gahm Numismatic Finds on my Trip to France Richard Jozefiak 4th of July Pot Luck, Bourse Night, and Auction TBD Kim Biltz TBD TBD Nomination of 2018 Officers ANA Grading Class in Dalton, GA Stan Benedict The Gold Mint at Dahlonega, GA Bob Jaques National Banks of Huntsville David Hollander Trip to Singapore Stan Benedict Holiday Pot Luck, Bourse Night, and Auction Election of 2018 Officers Madison County Coin Club 14

15 2017 Regional Coin Shows around Huntsville Date(s) Area Location Contact Info Richard s Rating Mar 3-5 Nov 3-5 Chattanooga, TN Tennessee State Numismatic Society Camp Jordan Arena I-75, Exit 1 Chattanooga, TN March 9-11 Orlando, FL ANA National Money Show Orange County Convention Center 9899 International Drive Orlando, FL 10 am 6 pm (Thurs. & Fri.) 10 am 5 pm (Sat.) March 11 May TBD Sept TBD Nov TBD Trussville, AL Central Alabama Coin Show Trussville Civic Center 9 am- 4 pm 5381 Trussville-Clay Rd Trussville, AL (NEW LOCATION) 38 tables April Dalton, GA 53rd Georgia Numismatic Association Coin Show Northwest Trade Center I-75 exit Dug Gap Battle Road Dalton, GA Fri- Sat 10 am 6 pm Sun 10 am 3 pm July TBD Bessemer, AL Alabama State Coin Show 1130 Ninth Ave SW Bessemer, AL Bessemer Civic Center 10 am 6 pm Aug Dalton, GA 58th Blue Ridge Numismatic Association Coin Show Northwest Trade Center I-75 exit Dug Gap Battle Road Dalton, GA Fri-Sat 10 am 6 pm Su 10 am 3 pm Gayle Pike (cell) pikegk@aol.com Carl Shory Chip Cutcliff chascoins06@yahoo.com Corbitt Chandler corbitchandler@bellsouth.net Ron Blackman Rblackman@cfl.rr.com NOTE: Before traveling any distance, it is recommended to check with the show contact to see if there are any changes. Currently there are no local coin shows in Huntsville or Madison County Richard s Rating: Small coin show, no educational programs- + Medium/Large coin show, no educational programs- ++ Large coin show, educational programs and/or exhibits. Worth the drive- +++ Madison County Coin Club 15