BOOSTERS
Cecil Dixon (4-15), Rick Campbell (4-15) and Bob Neale
(1-16). Become a Booster by donating $10
a year to the Club for newsletter expenses.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
LAST MEETING
The December meeting of the Lower Cape Fear Coin Club was our
annual Christmas dinner and attended by around twenty-five members and guests. The food was great and the comradery was even
better. All who attended agreed that
2014 was a good year for our Club but 2015 will be even better.
A ‘Swearing in’ ceremony was graciously held by Roger
Persichilli. Outgoing Officers and Board
members were presented with a small token of appreciation in the form of a
two-piece Kennedy Specimen set. The
following members will surely appreciate your help in 2015 as many new ideas
will be discussed…President, Mike McKinnon, Vice-president, Bob Neale,
Secretary, Bob Doleman, Treasurer, B. J. Lester, Sgt-at-arms, Jim Savage, Board
members, Karen Foster and O. T. Thompson.
LAST BOARD MEETING
There was no Board meeting in December. This means the
January should be very interesting with our April Coin Show leading the agenda. As usual, the board meetings are open to ALL
interested members.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING
The next meeting of the Lower Cape Fear Coin Club will be on
Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the Carolina BBQ Restaurant, 1602 South College
Road beginning at 6 p.m. This is a NEW
starting time so hopefully we’ll have more time for our auction and
trades. Come earlier to eat and
converse.
The program topic will center around ‘Toning, Real or
Artificial’. Bring some of your toned
coins so we can admire them. Beautifully
toned coins are the highlight of any collection. Bring a favorite numismatic item for ‘Show
and Tell’ too.
CONSTITUTION & BYLAW REVISIONS
PLEASE contact any officer regarding changes YOU would like
to see in our C&BLs. Many of you
have good ideas on this subject and a few members are forming a committee to
work on this. So far, Ray Flanigan and
Bob Neale have agreed to help on this committee.
NEXT BOARD MEETING
The next Board meeting will be held on January 28, 2015 at Carolina
BBQ at 1602 South College Rd. at 6 PM. Please
note the NEW starting time.
COIN SHOWS COMING UP *
January 8-11, 2015, Orlando, FL, Annual Winter Florida
United Numismatists Convention.**
January 17-18, 2015, Raleigh, NC, Coin & Stamp Show,
State Fairgrounds.
January 24, 2015, Norfolk, VA, Coin Show, VFW, 5725 Barbee
Street.
April 11-12, 2015, Wilmington, NC, Elk’s Lodge, 5102
Oleander Drive, NEW LOCATION.
* Please verify coin show dates, times and locations before
going.
** We DO have Club members going to this coin show. Contact O. T. if you want to carpool.
MEMBER NEWS
Jim Savage, B. J. Lester and O. T. travelled to
Fayetteville, NC on December 7 for the Cape Fear Coin Club Coin Show. Many familiar faces dotted the crowd and a
couple of invitations to our April Show were handed out to interested dealers. Their show was held in a very exquisite room
at the Holiday Inn on Owen Drive. Club
member Larry DeBellis and his wife Teresa had a table as well as Mike
Samaskeawicz.
B. J. Lester trekked to New Bern on December 14 to check out
their coin show. Not many dealers showed
up but he was able to find a couple of pieces for his collection.
The Greenville coin show caught the attention of B. J.
Lester and O. T. on December 21. Probably
being so close to Christmas, this show was not well attended.
Mike McKinnon, Roger Persichilli, B. J. Lester and O. T. are
to attend Florida United Numismatist Convention in Orlando on January 8 and
9. This Show continues to get better
every year! You may see one of us on an
upcoming ‘PAWN STARS’ as Rick was at the NGC booth.
ANA CORNER
The American Numismatic Association continues to spread
their wings as evidenced by TWO interesting seminars coming to the FUN Coin
Show in Orlando on January 8 – 11. The
two offered seminars are on ‘Counterfeit Detecting’ and ‘Fundamentals of
Grading U. S. Coins’.
‘LIBERTY DOLLAR’ CREATOR SENTENCED FOR COUNTERFEITING
Many of us collect things which we shouldn’t and that’s what
makes parts of our hobby interesting. A
few short years ago, a man named Bernard von NotHaus began making his own money
because he was bothered by our government’s decision to remove silver coins
from circulation. He was convicted of
‘counterfeiting’ in 2011 and, finally, sentenced December 2, 2014! He will serve six months of home confinement
and up to three years on probation. He
could have gotten up to FORTY YEARS in prison!
Mr. NotHaus issued his own paper money and silver medals in
various denominations allegedly backed up by silver. These items weren’t the best looking examples
of money but they DID sell quite well.
They are still seen quite often at coin shows.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
February 11, 2015:
‘How to BUY coins.’
March, 11, 2015
‘Grading…In General’.
April, 2015, ‘How To Exhibit Your Coins.’
May, 2015, ‘Kennedy Half Dollars’
June 2015, ‘How to use eBay’. (Hopefully a Club member will have a computer
and screen to use.)
Please volunteer to give a five-minute talk on one of your
interests. Contact Program Chairman Bob
Neale (910-799-2024) about what YOU would
like to learn or what YOU want to talk about.
OUR APRIL 2015 AZALEA COIN SHOW
Tables are selling fast for our April Show. This Show could set a record for
attendance! A few NEW dealers have
already paid for their tables so we should see some new material. Of course, most of our ‘regulars’ will be
returning so you’ll know where to go to get what you want. At least thirty- eight tables have already
been sold. There ‘may’ be a stamp dealer
in the mix.
U. S. MINT NEWS
Over 44 million 2014 silver eagles were sold so if you think
they’ll be rare … don’t. At least they
will hold their silver value.
A ‘March of Dimes’…silver dollar will be struck in January
to commemorate the 75th anniversary of The March of Dimes Foundation.
STAMP NEWS
Wilmington Philatelic Society member Richard Porcelli has
been asked by the Universal Ship Cancellation Society to design an August 14,
2015 fancy pictorial cancel for the Coast Guard’s 225th Birthday. The USCS
will request the U. S. Postal Service use this cancel in each of the sixteen
cities that have been designated a “Coast Guard City”. All 16 cancels will be
basically the same except for the name of the city in which it is used.
Richard’s preliminary cancel design is illustrated here.
2015 LCFCC OFFICERS & CHAIRS
President: Mike
Mckinnon, McKinnon.Michael@gmail.com
Vice Pres: Bob
Neale, RNeale57@gmail.com
Secretary: Bob
Doleman, Doleman1936@hotmail.com
Treasurer: B. J.
Lester, (910) 389-0939
Sgt-at-arms: Jim Savage, PPaw1951@aol.com
Directors: Karen
Foster, Foster1JKR@gmail.com; O. T. Thompson, Uffda28411@yahoo.com
Past Pres: Eugene
Meadows, Goldnberyl@aol.com
ANA Rep: Ray
Flanigan, RayFlanigan@aol.com
Auction: Jim
Savage; Chis VanDall, CMVCoins@hotmail.com; B. J. Lester
COMMITTEES
Audit: OPEN
Azalea Rep: Karen Foster, Foster1JKR@gmail.com; Ray Flanigan
Bourse: O. T.
Thompson, Uffda28411@yahoo.com; Mike McKinnon; Charles C.
C & BL: Bob
Neale, RNeale57@gmail.com; Ray Flanigan
Editor: O. T.
Thompson, Uffda28411@yahoo.com
Election: Bob
Neale, RNeale@gmail.com
Exhibits: Ray
Flanigan
Hospitality: Karen Foster, Foster1JKR@gmail.com; Chris VanDall
Membership: OPEN
Programs: Bob
Neale, RNeale@gmail.com
Property: Mike
McKinnon, McKinnon.Michael@gmail.com
Publicity: Karen
Foster, Foster1JKR@gmail.com; Ray Flanigan; B. J. Lester; O. T. Thompson
Raffles: Chris
VanDall, CMVCoins@hotmail.com
ANA Club Membership number 1051079
FUN Club Membership number 25857
NCNA Club Membership number