Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
The Montgomery County Coin Club will meet Tuesday, January 14th, 2025, at 7 p.m. at the Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring.
Program – Coin Grading Part 2
For our January meeting, Erik Douglas will continue the discussion on coin grading, with additional raw coins and graded coins as educational examples.
December Program – Donated Charity Auction
For our December meeting, we held the annual donated auction. Held in honor of Scott Barman, we raised over $1,000 for the Montgomery County Humane Society.
The door prizes were a Japan 1 sen and a Washington DC fantasy quarter. The raffle prizes were a 2022 silver eagle, a 2002 Germany silver commemorative 10 euro coin, a 1972 Canada silver dollar, and an Ellis Island silver commemorative dollar.
December Member Displays
- Simcha Kuritzky: A silver piece picked up at the Baltimore show, depicting 13 phases of the moon on one side and the four Greek elements on the other.
Thanks to Mary Robertson for providing a delicious and abundant selection of refreshments.
Ken Swab and Chuck Hess 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
What coin portrays George Washington on both the obverse and reverse? (The answer will be revealed at the meeting.)
2025 Dues
Memberships expire at the end of the year. Dues for 2025 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.