Montgomery County Coin Club
October 2024 Bulletin
Next Meeting: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
The Montgomery County Coin Club will meet Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 (tomorrow), at 7 p.m. at the Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring.
The program will consist of a presentation by Jack Schadegg on the Kennedy Half Dollar.
Background: Intended primarily as a memorial to assassinated president John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy half dollar was authorized by Congress just over a month after his death. In late December 1963, Mint Director Eva Adams, after discussions with Mint sculptors Gilroy Roberts and Frank Gasparro on designing and producing obverse and reverse dies, obtained design approval from Jacqueline Kennedy. Striking of silver half dollar coins began on the 2nd of January 1964. The reverse of the new half dollar, designed by Frank Gasparro, was a rendering of the Presidential Seal of the United States – which has a genesis in and of the Great Seal of the United States. This program/Power Point briefly reviews the history, purpose, renditions, and changes to the Great Seal of the United States.
September Program – Colonial Currency and American Independence
For our September meeting, Simcha Kuritzky gave a presentation titled “American Dependence and Independence On Paper Money.”
The door prizes were a 1966 Denmark 5 ore, a 1938 Sweden silver 25 ore, and a 1951 Great Britain copper nickel 2 shillings. The raffle prize was a Liberia silver 20 dollar coin featuring a Zeppelin.
September Member Displays
- Simcha Kuritzky: A Israel commemorative set of three coins featuring different satellites
- Steve Ferguson: A “strange” item purchased at the Annandale coin show: A pilgrim coin from the Malay peninsula – shows a bearded man carrying a bag, crescent moon and star.
- Jerry Grzenda: His collection of Continental Currency, as well as his new purchases including a set of silver medals issued in remembrance of Operation Entebbe.
Thanks to Mary Robertson for providing a delicious and abundant selection of refreshments.
Ken Swab performed auctioneering duties.
2025 Red Books
MCCC is resuming its Red Book sale. Please email Simcha at JoyousLion@gmail.com with your orders from the following items:
2025 Red Book
spiral bound $12
hardcover $13
large print $18
Mega Red $50 (delivered in June)
United States Mint Coins
Treasurer Simcha Kuritzky will have the 2024 Kennedy Halves 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, 2018-23 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 mococoinclub@gmail.com.
Auction Results Available On-Line
The results for MCCC auctions going back to 2022 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
Which denominations of US coins were minted in 1932? How about 1933? (The answer will be revealed at the meeting.)
The September trivia question was: Which state quarter depicted the same thing that a classic commemorative half dollar depicted for the same state? Answer: Connecticut, depicting the Charter Oak.