Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
The Montgomery County Coin Club will meet Tuesday, February 13, 2024, (tomorrow) at 7 p.m. at the Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring.
The MCCC February program will consist of the swearing in of the club officers for 2024, along with an extended auction.
December Program – Charity Auction
The December meeting featured our annual charity auction, in which we raised approximately $1,600 for the Montgomery County Humane Society.
The door prizes were a 1908 Canada silver dime, 1946 New Zealand silver 3 pence, and a 1943 Netherlands silver 10 cents. The raffle prize was a 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics commemorative silver dollar.Ken Swab and Chuck Hess shared the auctioneering duties.
Thanks to Mary Robertson for providing a delicious and abundant selection of refreshments.
December Member Displays
Simcha Kuritzky showed a collection of Vienna medals up to 2010 displayed in American Eagle albums (coins are 40 mm)
Chris Hawthorne showed several coins, all with an agricultural motif, including the Wisconsin Quarter “extra leaf” variety.
Ken Swab showed a subset of the MSNA collection of fractional banknotes from the civil war.
United States Mint Coins
Treasurer Simcha Kuritzky will have the 2024 Rev. Pauli Murray quarters, the Native American centennial of citizenship dollars, and the Illinois Innovation steel plow dollars, both P and D. He will also have a variety of other United States Mint coins for sale, including the 2023 P and D Native American Dollars featuring the ballerina Maria Tallchief, 2023 American Women quarters through Eleanor Roosevelt for face value, 2018-22 halves for 80 cents each or $15/roll, and Innovation dollars for $1.25 each or $30/roll.
Library Book Sale
MCCC continues to sell its library books, giving club members first chance to buy them at discounted prices before they are offered to the public online. You can view the entire library holdings here, and if you see any you are interested in, send an email to the club at mocoinclub@gmail.com.
Auction Results Available On-Line
The results for 2022 and 2023 MCCC auctions are available on the club’s website. The databases are fully searchable.
In addition to auction results, the website has the rules for submitting items for inclusion in the club’s monthly auctions.
Trivia
What three metals were used in WWII nickels? (The answer will be revealed at the meeting.)
2024 Dues
Memberships expire at the end of the year. Dues for 2024 are still $8, the lowest coin club dues you will find virtually anywhere. Please pay your dues to our Treasurer, Simcha Kuritzky, either in person at a meeting, via check to MCCC, P.O. Box 13504, Silver Spring, MD 20911, or via PayPal (family and friends option, please) at mococoinclub@gmail.com.
Upcoming Coin Shows
2024
Feb 24, Hagerstown, MD
Mar 2, Cambridge, MD
Mar 3, Hunt Valley, MD
Mar 9, Culpeper, VA
Mar 14-16, ANA National Money Show, Colorado Springs, CO
Mar 21-23, Whitman Coin Expo, Baltimore, MD
Mar 29, Winchester, VA
Apr 6, Timonium, MD
Apr 11-13, National Battlefield Coin Show, Gettysburg, PA
Apr 20, Cumberland, MD
May 5, Hunt Valley, MD
Jun 13-15, Whitman Coin Expo, Baltimore, MD
Jul 27-28, Annandale, VA