Vol 20 Issue 6 June 2013 Central Florida

Coin Club

PO Box 568061

Orlando, Fl.

32856-8061

WWW.Centralflori

dacoinclub.org

President:

Bob Russell

Vice-President:

BJ Neff

Secretary

David Strzalkowski

Treasurer:

Donna Moon

Publisher:

Steve Lauer

Meetings

7:15 PM

June 12th & 26th

Marks Street

Senior Center,

99 E. Marks St.

Orlando

(YNs at 6:45-12th)

Summer FUN July 11-13, 2013

Orange Co.

Convention Ctr

Orlando, 32819

National Money Show Highlights By Donna Moon-

The show seemed slow with light public attendance. The weather was not good with a great deal of rain on both Friday and Saturday; so I am guessing that was part of the reason the public did not make it the show. I did talk to several dealers who advised that they were conduct-ing a lot of business with other dealers. This would make the show worth-while for them. The trav-eling museum had sev-eral nice exhibits dedi-cated to the great state of Louisiana . I personally like to see what the ANA brings with them when they hit the road. It is al-ways pretty interesting and I normally learn something that I didn't know after taking a look at what they've brought. Of course New Orleans has so very much to offer in the way of sightseeing and restaurants. I admit that I tried to pack as much as I could of both into my short stay there. However, I must ad-mit there is no place like home and I am glad to be back!

(See additional photos on page 3 & 4)

June 12, 2013-------1875-CC Seated Dime (Mint mark Below Bow) - VG A problem-free coin with even wear and moderate detail remaining. For reasons unknown, the Carson City and San Francisco mints experimented with two distinctly different mint mark positions in 1875; one with a mint mark above the bow of the wreath on the reverse, and one with a mint mark in its usual position, below the bow of the wreath. Although mintage figures do not differentiate between the two varieties, the experimental "Above Bow" specimens seem to outnumber the normal variety by at least a 3:1 ratio for the Carson City issue. Don't miss your opportunity to own this truly rare piece. PCGS Price Guide: $35 Minimum bid: $30 June 26, 2013---------1916-D Buffalo Nickel - Choice VF A picture-perfect Buffalo nickel free from blemishes or distractions of any note. Sharp details and exceptional eye-appeal. PCGS Price Guide: $39 Minimum bid: $30

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Let’s all give a big CFCC Welcome to our newest members-

No new members for the month of May! Let’s all “bring a friend” into the club!

Looking forward to seeing everybody at 6:45 on June 12th , 2013. Bring show and tell! Happy Collecting! Dan Aidif

Last month’s What Happened Here may have been easily misconstrued as a Lincoln cent struck on a foreign planchet. However, there were no foreign planchets in the U. S. Mint that were the weight or size of the coin in question. The answer to this coin being under weight and size comes from a High School lab experiment. The coin was dipped in acid that actually shrunk it to this size and weight.

Each month, we will post photos of a coin that has some type of “problem”. The answer will be given in the following months Numis-Notes!

This Months Mystery-

Don’t forget! Dues were due before May 1st for the current year! If you have not paid yet, your name has been purged from the drawing bin and you are not eligible for “Let’s Make A Deal”, Edu-cational Award, or the membership award! See Donna to keep your membership active!

F.U.N was being pro-moted at the ANA Money Show in New Orleans! Leading the charge was our very own Cindy Wibker and Donna Moon. CFCC mem-ber Nick “Trader Nick” Boyd also graced the booth with an a p p e a r a n c e and Photo Op!

Donna Moon & Cindy Wibker Cindy, Nick Boyd, & Donna Cindy & Donna

Donna, Kim Kiick (the new ANA Director), Nancy and John Wilson

1913 Liberty “V” Nickel-Shown courtesy of the ANA

Donna was lucky enough to meet with Kim Kiick, the new ANA Director, and get a photo taken with her, along with Nancy and John Wilson, as they walked the bourse floor at the National Money show.

Additional photos from the ANA Money show, The ANA Travel-ing Museum, and a few of the New Or-leans area sights.

A Memorial to Hurricane Katrina

Statue of “Joan of Arc” - Affection-ately nicknamed “Joanie on the Pony”

The Altamonte Springs/Apopka VFW Post 10147 held it’s 25th Anniversary celebration and installation of officers on May 11th, 2013 at the V.F. W. Hall in Apopka. This was a special celebration for their 25th year in Apopka. Several members of the Central Florida Coin Club were honored to be invited to this special ceremony to see the installation of the 2013/2014 officers, including CFCC members Artie Vecchio as Post Commander and Don Mix as Deputy Post Commander. CFCC members in attendance were Bob and Gerry Russell, BJ and Jeanie Neff, Steve Lauer and Zach Lauer. Special guests in attendance were Apopka Mayor John Land, and Apopka City Manager Rich Anderson, both of who were very instrumental in getting the post formed and construction of the building. Congratulations to Artie and Don for your continued support of this worthy organization, and also a belated “Memorial Day Thank You” to all the CFCC members who are active or retired military. Without your service, we would not be able to enjoy all the freedoms we do.

Don Mix Artie Vecchio

5/8 LMAD- First name out of hopper-Jim Kuhl-Picked envelope #6, sold it for $26.00-It was a silver dollar Educational Award-Again-1st name out of hopper was Bob Hall-happy reading Bob! Membership-Richard Mabee, Mike Thomas, Michael Valente, Robert Dushek claimed it! 5/22 LMAD- Keith Moon, Payton Strzalkowski, John LeMay, Joshua Gorwitz, R Morgan Harney, and Margaret Anderson were not there, so Thomas Hart claimed envelope # 2-sold it for $24.00 (3 gold tickets) Educational Award- Dick Wells, Greg Hamilton, Alan Gorwitz, Glen Meyers were “no Shows”, so Bob Dombo gets to buy a book, courtesy of CFCC! Membership-Leroy Walwyn, Bill Fouraker, Bob Mosley, Robert Pell, Larry Evans, Bryan Givens & Betty Barber should have been there, but were not, so Harriet Storms got the silver dollar!

[If you notice we had to expand this section due to the number of “NO SHOWS” at the meetings! Do your part to help out the newsletter publisher-come to the meetings and claim your prizes!]

-Submitted by Bob Russell- Next year's gold raffle tickets are being printed and will be available by the next club meeting. The club needs everybody's help in selling the tickets. We sell the most at FUN in July and January followed by our own show at the fairgrounds. Last year I had to throw away over a thousand unsold tickets. It did not put the club in any financial trouble but it was a $1000.00 we did not get for the better of the club. This year, please see BJ Neff or myself and ask for some tickets to sell. They go for 6 for $5 or $1 each if that is all the buyer wants. If you take a pack of 100 and only sell 10, returning 90 that is fine. It's $10 for the club. By the way, you do not pay until you until you either bring the tickets back unsold or bring the money for selling them.

The annual bronze medallions will be ordered next Wednesday. Each dues paid member is en-titled to a bronze medallion. In addition I will be ordering the striking of 25 silver versions of the same medallion. Last year I had 50 made and 25 went unsold. If you want a silver version please let me know as I am making a list of who wants one just in case there are more than 25 requests. Based on the price of silver and the striking fees it look as though they will be priced about $28.00 - $30.00. The exact price is to be determined.

At our coin show in April a good deed was done when the dealers got together and collected money for one of the security guards. I felt too many good things go unnoticed so I wrote a "letter to the editor" and when I met personally with the editors of Numismatic News and Coin World in Chicago I presented it to them for possible publication. It has been published in the current issue of Coin World. Check it out and see YOUR club mentioned in a national publica-tion on a subject other than some dealer being robbed.

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Central Florida Coin Club PO Box 568061 Orlando, FL 32856-8061

There will be a an educational presentation at the June 26th meeting,

but the topic is unknown at this time!

NOTE: We are looking for speakers/presentations! See BJ Neff to reserve your spot !

June 2nd- Maitland Coin and Currency Show 641 S. Maitland Ave-Maitland, FL 407-730-3116 July 11-13, 2013 7th Summer FUN Convention, Orlando, FL, Orange County Convention Center - West Building - Hall C

If your show isn’t listed, get a copy of the flyer to me; I’ll list it. … Steve

It is our goal to have one meeting per month, where a guest speaker (read-a member of the club) gives a short 20 minute presentation on a topic of their choosing-Numismatic related, of course.

We are always looking for volunteers to share their knowledge with the members- The presentation doesn’t need to be “show quality”, just get up and tell us what you know!