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| Volume 55, Issue 4 |
JULY 2008 | |
| THE ACC PICNIC WAS GREAT | ||
| Mon, July 28th, 2008 | MCM Elegante' 2020 Menaul, NE |
7:00 PM Meeting |
I was very pleased that we had 10 displays available for members to look at during the last meeting.
I had expected 5 or 6. I am also getting feed-back that indicates that there will be quite a few at the State Fair.
Several members have found out that it can be fun, and we will have more opportunities to use displays in the future.
Our Picnic went very well, I even had people say they wanted more than one a year.
Next year we will reserve the larger space which has much nicer facilities, as well as more shade, so I won’t get so bad a sunburn.
I still have coins from our donations to sort every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30 PM.
Come on over, and you will have fun going thru and sorting many pounds of world coins.
You will find out that learning about world coins is interesting.
Over the last couple of months, I have spoken with the Presidents of several coin clubs from around the country.
I have shared with them some of our ideas, and I have gotten many ideas from them as well.
It’s a great chance to find out things that will improve the clubs for everyone.
Most of them are surprised at our size and the attendance at our meetings.
We have many things going on so find something you enjoy, get involved, and you will enjoy it.
Please call me anytime, or E-Mail me with any Suggestions or comments you may have about the club.
I will listen. Everyone working together, is what will make our club better.
THE ACC FIRST ANNUAL PICNIC GREAT SUCCESS
We had about 100 members & guests at our first annual picnic.
Everyone enjoyed the atmosphere, the food, and the chance to just sit and make new friends.
Everybody asked to have it again next year, so we are making reservations for the larger shelter at the same park for next June.
Everyone had a great time.
The club officers would like to Thank all the Club Members for making our first Annual Picnic a great sucess.
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Randy’L Teton Will Be At The 2008 Fall Show
The model for the Sacagawea Dollar will be coming to our Fall Coin Show.
She will be with the YNs, available to meet show attendees, and sign autographs.
Randy’L will be in her native American dress, and will speak with the public about the Sacagawea coinage.
We are beginning to receive financial help to cover our expenses in bring her here, so the final cost to our club should be minor.
Her presence at our show will help our attendance grow,
and will probably result in additional members for our club.
We will be using her image on our postcards, and posters for the show.
We will also be working with the media to get as much
publicity as possible for our show.
John Fryar has been working hard on this project, and he is also organizing displays of Numismatic items related to
Native American subjects that will be shown at the show.
This is a very timely subject for our show, since starting in January there will be changes to the reverse of the Sacagawea dollar
every year.
There are also other clubs beginning to request her for their coin shows.
Currently, there are only two living people on
She is on the 1995 Special Olympics Commemorative coin.
We will have special cards for her to autograph, and most of our raffle prizes will be Sacagawea oriented.
Randy’L is a wonderful person, and everyone will enjoy meeting and speaking with her.
Our club is fortunate to have her available to meet the
public at our coin show.
DO YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS?
Just a short message in the middle of the month keeps everyone connected and keeps everyone current about club events.
Please be sure that we have your correct e-mail address, and we will develop a list for messages.
It will make it much easier to contact members outside of the newsletter or meetings.
Nimitzs' Nickels (Meeting Minutes)
ACC held a monthly meeting on June 30 and about 70 attended.
Bob L. gave a presentation on displays, with guidelines on what to do and what not to do.
Some of the recommendations were to add extras such as pictures, maps, photos and to be careful with colors.
To prepare a display the recommended steps include choosing a title and decide what will be in the display,
writing short notes about each item, planning the layout, laying it out and leaving it for a few days, looking
at it and modifying as ideas change, then finalizing it, making sure it looks good in terms of colors, layout,
and content, plus double-checking the information.
Common mistakes made include: title and content don’t match; too much stuff (volume doesn’t add points);
too many or too few words; colors aren’t visually pleasing, or the layout doesn’t flow.
Guidelines for scoring of numismatic displays were handed out.
A record 10 displays by members were brought to the meeting, and voting was held for the best display.
Olivier, Ryszard, and Rex received award certificates from ANA for giving presentations to our club.
An-other donation of
foreign coins, and one of
They need to be sorted, mounted in 2x2 holders, and priced.
Volunteers are meeting every Tuesday and Thursday evening after 6:30 at Bob’s Condo, and you are encouraged to join.
This is an easy and fun way to learn more about a variety of coins.
The winning logo from last month’s voting is a design by Rex featuring a Zia sun sign and the letters
ACC in an outline of a 2x2 coin holder.
This logo will be used
on future club literature.
One of Jons coins
YN UPDATE BY ERIN FRYAR
WHAT’S NEW WITH THE YNS?
Hello Yn’s! If you didn’t attend, you missed a great picnic on Sunday.
The food was good, young people seemed to have plenty to keep them busy and everyone had a good time.
We are back from our
trip to
Attached is a photograph
of
It’s a little different
than on the streets of
The meeting this month
(July 28th) will feature George Proctor sharing with you his experience on
Have a great summer! Your YN president,
ERIN
NEW COIN CLUB LOGO
Correction Last month I gave credit to the wrong member for the new logo design.
The correct winner of the contest is Rex Borders, our Treasurer.
For
submitting the winning design, he will have his dues for the next two years
paid.
Our Fall Coin Show is now SOLD OUT. If you wanted a table, and did not let us know, call, so we can get you onto our waiting list.
Since Randy’L Teton will be here, this could be our best show ever.
We Had A Directors Meeting
We had our first directors meeting since the election in April.
Items discussed were the Picnic, and the changes in Door Prizes for each meeting.
We also went thru the presentations for each month, jobs for directors, and out displays that will be in the Library and the
State Fair.
We discussed the upcoming coin shows, having Randy’L Teton here, and a theme for the Spring 2009 show which will be
the
We discussed the possible need for a larger show location, as well as what a new location would need to have.
A committee was formed to look into other locations, and what they cost.
Door prize changes:
For the meetings starting this month, the door prize will be a Silver Eagle, or some other bullion coin.
The club will provide them for each
meeting. In January, we will be adding more prizes.
We will have a contest for the member who sells the most raffle tickets before the show.
The winner will receive a gift certificate worth $50.00 to spend at our Fall show.
We will have full information at our next meeting.
Help
the club by selling raffle tickets, and we will help you by giving
you
$50.00 to spend at the show.
Did You Know?
By Glen R. (ACC Member)
about the WINGED
This is also known as the Mercury dime!!
This is a beautiful coin series minted from 1916 thru 1945, it replaced the Barber Dime whose last year of mintage
was the same year that this series started.
This series is better known as the Mercury dime, which came from the resemblance to the winged mythical
god Mercury, but in fact it is a liberty head obverse, which shows liberty in thought, the designer was
Adolph A. Weinman, he is also known to be the designer of another series which I will write about in a later article.
The series is 90% silver and 10% copper, they have a reeded edge, and were minted by all three mints, with the
mint mark on the reverse only.
There are no dimes dated 1922, if you find one it is definitely a counterfeit.
And, if you find a 1923 D, 1930 D, any dated 1932 or 1933 or 1921 S they are counterfeits, as none were minted.
Winged Liberty dimes were minted in Proof from 1936 thru 1942; with the 1936 being the key date for the proofs, and
as for the other keys in the series, they are of course the 1916 D, with a very low mintage of only 264,000, this is the
king key in the series, I have seen that coin listed in auctions graded in about good 3 condition and have sold for
$800.00 and as high as $1000.00, and an MS 65 FB (full split bands reverse) could set you back up to $25,000.
This coin in any grade is a coin that will have a high price tag.
But if you can get one in any grade it is nice to have in any collection.
There are a few over dates in this series, the 1942 over 41 from the Philadelphia mint, which has a very visible 1 under the 2,
and 1942 over 41 from the Denver mint which does not have a really clear 1 under the two.
But you can tell if it is an over date by looking for the notch in the vertical line of the 4 in the date as the 4’s over lap and there will
be a notch at the bottom of the vertical lines. Other keys in the series are the 1921 and 1921 D.
The 1945 S comes with what is called a micro S, which is a smaller S mint mark.
When Winged Liberty coins are graded by any third party service, there can a designation of FB which means
Full Split Bands, this refers to the Horizontal bands on the reverse that run across the Fasces, the coins that have this designation
will carry a higher price tag, as this means the coins are fully struck, and are wanted more by the mercury dime collector.
The
fasces are from the days of the
they went into battle; it was a symbol of Roman strength and unity.
As to why Weinman used this I believe he liked the idea of the obverse resembling the god Mercury, who had wings of his helmet as
he was the messenger of the Gods.
And he did convey a big message in the design of this coin.
The
There are some very interesting coins in this series, when it comes to mint marks and errors Below is the 1942 over 41 dime, and the
1942 over 41 D.
There are some other over mint marks and a few known doubled dies (extremely rare), there is some doubled dies in the 1930’s
but they are not that common, and some I believe are really caused by hub doubling, and there are some over mint marks in the series
in the 30’s and 40’s.
But again these are available and some are very common or at least the prices for them reflect that, and then some are not so common
and they are costly.
The two coins below are over dates, the 1942/1 and 1942/1 D.
Both coins are relatively easy to find thru dealers and auction, but depending on the grade can be very expensive.
You can put together a very nice set in unc condition that will not set you back an arm and a leg that is if you get them in very fine to
unc condition, but this will not include the 1916 D or the other keys in the series.
If you go after the over dates you should buy them in slabs by one of the major grading services, as there are counterfeits out there!!
I recommend that if you buy any key date coin in ANY SERIES, you buy it in a slab unless you are an expert in this series.
As I have said there are many counterfeits out there.
Please Note: If there is a subject that you want to know more about, Talk to Glen at a meeting,
and let him know what it is.
You could also E-Mail him at Email: grobinson26@comcast.net
ACC Club News Editor: Mr. Robert L. ACC Club President
2008