Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
The Montgomery County Coin Club will meet Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, at 7 p.m. at the Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring.
The MCCC May program will be a presentation on Patsy Takemoto Mink, who is honored on the 12th coin in the American Women Quarter Program. Mrs. Mink, as a U.S. Representative from Hawai’i, fought for gender and racial equality, affordable childcare, and environmental protection. She is best known for championing Title IX, legislation which opened new opportunities to women in education and school sports. The presentation will be by Kenneth Swab, who served as Legislative Director to Rep. Mink from 2000-01.
Additionally, The Gaithersburg, MD Community Museum held “Money Day” on Saturday 27 April in conjunction with the public reveal and display of their recently acquired scarce 1902 $10 National banknote of the historic Gaithersburg 1st National Bank (charter #4608). Along with a Maryland State Numismatic Association display of early Maryland colonial and post-Independence currency notes and scrip, MCCC was on-hand with a 3-table display of numismatic collectibles and hobby info. MCCC President Jack Schadegg will give brief a photo-augmented talk and commentary on the day’s activities and public outreach engagements.
April Program – American coin and currency counterfeiters
For our April meeting, we were presented with a PowerPoint presentation titled, “A snapshot of lesser American coin and currency counterfeiters – their rise and fall.” This 20-minute presentation featured, not the most famous nor largest U.S. counterfeiting operations, but those lesser operations that have the most interesting stories, characters, or products.
Thanks to Mary Robertson for providing a delicious and abundant selection of refreshments.
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 mocoinclub@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
What is the only US note on which Martha Washington appeared on the face?? (The answer will be revealed at the meeting.)
The April trivia question was: What was the highest denomination coin produced by the US mint in the 18th century Answer: 10 dollar gold eagle
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
May 16-18, PAN Show, Monroeville, PA
Jun 9, Aberdeen, MD
Jun 13-15, Whitman Coin Expo, Baltimore, MD
Jun 29, Timonium, MD
Jul 19, Winchester, VA
Jul 27-28, Annandale, VA
Aug 3-4, Vienna, VA
Aug 6-10, ANA World’s Fair of Money, Chicago, IL
Aug 25, Hunt Valley, MD
Sep 5-7, National Battlefield Coin Show, Gettysburg, PA
Sep 20-21, Harrisburg, PA
Oct 5, Timonium, MD
Oct 13, Hunt Valley, MD
Nov 9, Cambridge, MD
Nov 9, Middle River, MD
Nov 9, Cumberland, MD
Nov 14-16, Whitman Coin Expo, Baltimore, MD