THE GOLDSTRIKE

October 2016 Volume 33 Edition 10

AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF

THE STANISLAUS COUNTY COIN CLUB

2015-2016 CLUB OFFICERS

President: Aaron Brown

Vice-President: John Silveria

Recording Secretary: Nick Lopez

Corresponding Secretary: Daniel Brown

Treasurer: Harold Harrison

Board Members

Ron Meyer

Gerald King

Karla von Hungen

Jim Holden

Sharyn Brown

John Barnard

Sunshine Coordinator

Lloyd Solomon

Junior Coordinator

Sharyn Brown

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

Club Meetings

2nd & 4th Wednesdays @ 7:00p.m.

Denny’s Diner

1525 McHenry Ave, Modesto, CA

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

Hello all, Happy new club year! The board of directors has had its first meeting, and we’re looking forward to another great year in this hobby. First, a thank you to outgoing board member Pat Kelleher, for serving on the board for the past year. Your contributions both at the board meetings, and regular meetings, helped keep the club running smoothly throughout the year. Now, looking ahead, we still have a couple months to go until our annual Christmas party. In the meantime, we’ll be doing some more show-and-tell themes to encourage members to find unusual items in their collections that might not otherwise get brought in for us to see. This month we’re doing “aquatic coins”; coins having to do with the sea. All kinds of different options spring to mind including ships, fish, and famous sea-going explorers. Does anyone have an echinoderm on a coin? Maybe a regular coin that spent time in the briny depths before being recovered by modern day treasure hunters? There’s a lot of different ways to go with this, and I can’t wait to see what people bring in. Also, don’t forget that we only have a couple of auction nights left before the end of 2016. The second meeting this month, and our only November meeting, are our last two auctions until January. So if you have coins to unload before next year comes around, now is the time. It also might be a good opportunity to check a numismatist or two off your holiday shopping list (Ahem!…Subtle hint). Have some bidding money handy, as you never know what might turn up! IMP CAES AARON PF AVG ET REX SCCC PRES X DICT PERP REQ DEF

NVM MAX

Mark Your Calendars!

October

Show & Tell Theme: Aquatic Coins

October 5, 2016 – Board Meeting @ 7:00p.m.

October 12, 2016 – General Meeting @ 7:00p.m.

(1) Program – by Mark Garcia

(2) Mini-Bourse Night

October 26, 2016 – General Meeting @ 7:00p.m.

(1) Jr. Educational Talk -The Euro and You by Lloyd Solomon

(2) Auction

November

Show & Tell Theme: Holidays

November 2, 2016 – Board Meeting @ 7:00p.m.

November 9, 2016 – General Meeting @ 7:00p.m.

(1) Auction

November 23, 2016 – NO MEETING

October Birthdays

Sicilia Johnson 10/01

Monica Van Dorst 10/04

Carmie Barlow 10/11

Dan Faucett 10/11

Mike Schaffran 10/18

Gil Jackson 10/19

George Vetterle 10/29

Junior Program As we head into our next coin club year I want to say thank you to everyone

who helped our juniors in 2015/2016. This junior program depends on the

support of our senior members in the form of contributions, lending a hand,

behind the scenes work, and feedback. The kids come because they have an

interest in numismatics and also because they have relationships here.

Thank you for fostering that.

This month at the second October meeting we will be offering a short

activity on “Euros” for the older juniors presented by our own noted

numismatist and fun guy, Lloyd S. This will be held at the same time as the

current junior activities led by Sharyn B

Reminder: We will be making 15 Christmas bags for the

juniors for our Christmas Party and already have quite a few

interesting items donated over the year for this event.

Additional contributions of 15 like or similar items are

always welcome to give the kids extra fun in collecting!

Election Results- Club Officers for 2016-2017 Board Members President: Aaron Brown Jim Holden

Vice-President: John Silveria Gerald King

Recording Secretary: Nick Lopez Karla von Hungen

Corresponding Secretary: Dan Brown Nick Lopez

Treasurer: Harold Harrison Sharyn Brown

John Barnard

Congratulations to our returning and new club officers.

Junior Challenge Question (Question provided by Aaron Brown)

Question: In what year did the U.S. Mint commemorate the 500th

anniversary of Columbus’ first voyage?

September Junior Challenge Question: Where do you think the word

“dollar” comes from? (If you don’t know, make something up!)

Answer: "Dollar" is the English version of the German word thaler.

Large silver coins from the city of Joachimsthal were called

Joachimsthalers. As the use of large silver coins spread to other cities in

the 1500's, the name was shortened to thaler. The spelling changed

slightly when translated into different languages, ending up as dollar in

English.

Membership Challenge Question (Question provided by Aaron Brown)

Question: What animal’s shell was commonly used as proto-money,

before the development of coins?

September General Membership Question: Who’s portrait was first to

appear on a Philadelphia-mint coin bearing the “P” mint mark?

Answer: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (r. 1890-1948). In 1941,

she appeared on 10 and 25 cent coins struck at Philadelphia for use in

colonies of the Netherlands during World War II. These were struck one

year before the first U.S. coins to have a P mint mark (the silver "war

nickels" of 1942).

2017 Club Medal Winner: Dairy Farming Congratulations to Lloyd Solomon for the winning

entry. Since the creation of Stanislaus County, Dairy

Farming and the making of dairy products have been

important part of the county’s economic well-being.

At various times in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s,

advertisements were run in many periodicals to entice

dairy farmers in the Midwest, Northeast, and South to

relocate to Stanislaus County to be dairy farmers.

In a 2013 report ranking the number of dairy cows in each of the counties in the

United States, Stanislaus County was ranked 3rd largest with 179,617 cows at a

value of $706 million.

The 2014 report of agricultural production in Stanislaus County lists the value

of the dairy industry (cows, milk products, silage, and manure) as

$1,402,648,000.00, or almost 32% of the value of all agricultural production in

Stanislaus County.

MEETING DATE 09/14/16 Meeting was called to order at 7:01pm by President Aaron Brown Attendance: Total: 28 Board Members: 9 Jr. Members: 8 plus guests Guests (guest name): - New members: - First Draw winner: David Ramczyk Junior Challenge: Where does the word dollar come from? A: Be creative. General Challenge: Whose portrait is on the first coin from the Philadelphia Mint with the P mark? A: Queen Wilhelmina (Netherlands) 25 cent silver Announcements: Next meeting is the Good of the Club Raffle, Club Medal design submission voting - Lloyd Solomon’s design won, John Boswell was hurt, and Coin Club nominations. Show & Tell: David Ramczyk – 1917 French Centime Newell Stitzell – Three Canadian $1 dollar bills: 1937, 1950, & 1973 Karla von Hungen – 1943 S Fiji half penny Cecilia Lopez – Token from Seattle & Token from Santa Maria featuring a P-38 Eric Goossens – Elongated Coins: American Numismatic Assoc. Money Museum, 1873 Largest Coin Press, & Money of the Ancient World Jim Holden – Angles and Edges Harold Harrison – Merle’s Bag 1964 silver dime Show & Tell Winner (10 raffle tickets): Harold Harrison Free Meal Winner: Alan Adams Door Prize Winner: Jon Stout Raffle: Jim Holden Lloyd Solomon Michael Stitzell Jim Holden Alan Adams Inez Muñoz Jim Holden Last Draw Winner: Chris Brown Meeting closed at 8:27pm

MEETING DATE 09/28/16 Meeting was called to order at 7:03pm by President Aaron Brown Attendance: Total: 38 Board Members: 10 Jr. Members: 8 plus guests Guests (guest name): - New members: - First Draw winner: Cliff Rice Junior Challenge: Where does the word dollar come from? A: Be creative. General Challenge: Whose portrait is on the first coin from the Philadelphia Mint with the P mark? A: Queen Wilhemina (Netherlands) 25 cent silver Announcements: Good of the Club Raffle, mick Gordon passed away, Election night – all nominees approved, and Coin Club nominations. Two motions made: Club Medal Voting in Absentia and Club Medal Voting Period Extension Show & Tell: Cecilia Lopez – 1979 San Jose Coin Club Medal featuring the Lick Observatory Newell Stitzell - $20 bill with cut edge Gerald King - Coins from vacation: US Mint in Philadelphia and Amish Country Eric Goossens – King Whiskey Octagonal Medal & Readers Digest $150,000 Sweepstakes Rectangular Bill Cliff Rice – 2016 Gold Standing Liberty Quarter & DCC Coin Show Announcement Mitch Rudoff – One 5 Pound Note (1978) from England Carol Khailes – K9s for Warriors Commemorative Medal Aaron Brown – Coins from five different countries all with scalloped edges Karla von Hungen Jim Holden – Congo Free State one centime (1888) John Silveria – Irish Coin 50th Anniversary Easter Uprising Harold Harrison – Harvey’s Gaming Token featuring Bill Cosby Show & Tell Winner (10 raffle tickets): Karla von Hungen Free Meal Winner: Les Schoolcraft Door Prize Winner: Newell Stitzell Raffle: Winner List Jerry Wyllie Karla von Hungen Gerald King Michael Stitzell Jon Stout John Barnard Jim Holden Gerald King Ron Meyer Last Draw Winner: Meeting closed at 9:15pm

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Delta Coin Club's 52nd Annual Coin Show

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November 4 - November 5, 2016

Sacramento Coin Show

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November 5, 2016

Visalia Coin Club's Coin Show

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