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--Urgent and Important--
New Meeting Space

For the last few years, the club has been fortunate in being able to meet in a beautiful room with excellent visual equipment, all at no charge. Unfortunately, the bank will need all of its meeting rooms for some in-house training programs, for at least the first half of 2004.

The club is looking for another downtown meeting place, but our space, budget, and late meeting time limit our options. Harlan Berk has offered us his upstairs space again for our April meeting; use the building entrance at 77 West Washington, and go to Suite 1320.

Minutes of the 1021st Meeting

President Mark Wieclaw called the 1021st meeting of the Chicago Coin Club to order on January 14, 2004 at 6:50PM. The meeting was held at 1 Bank One Plaza.

The minutes for December were approved. There was no guests present. There were nineteen members present.

First Vice-President Bob Feiler talked about upcoming programs.

First Vice-President Bob Feiler introduced the speaker for the evening Robert Leonard. The topic was Crusader Gold Coins,1096 to 1450 AD

First Vice-President Bob Feiler thanked Bob for his lecture and presented him with the CCC speaker’s medal and an ANA educational award.

There were ten participants in the evening’s show and tell. They presented as follows:

• Carl Wolf - Primitive Money
• John Connolly - Columbian Expo 50 cent with doubling, Eisenhower dollar with doubling, several MS Columbian expo 50 cent pieces
• Sharon Blocker - CSNS 51st anniversary medal, 2003 hologram coins of Canada
• Bob Weinstein - some ancient counterfeit coins, some Indo-Scythian coins.
• Don Dool - Stocks from LaPlata counterfeit 2 reales from Honduras, San Martin medal, Peruvian independence medal, possibly fake.
• Cliff Mischler - Items made of recycled currency.
• Mark Wieclaw - Seals from boxes of US eagles,cutout dime found in a bag of dimes,bronze coins of the Bactrian King Agathokles, double struck coin of Caracalla
• Chuck Jacobs - Several medals from various Asiatic military campaigns.
• Bill Burd - numismatic literature.
• Bob Feiler - Ptolomaic tetradrachms, Fugio Cent

Reading of Applications for Membership:
2nd reading for Glenn DiCosta

Old Business:
Jeff Rosinia is working on the give-a-way for the paper money show. CCC magnifiers are available for $8.00. Carl Wolf is looking for volunteers for the Boy Scout merit badge clinic on Feb. 21. We will need to man 5 stations.

New Business:
We have lost our meeting room at the bank. Any suggestions for a new place are welcome. Some possibilities were discussed.

Meeting adjourned 9:00 PM

Respectfully submitted by Bob Weinstein

Minutes of the 1022nd Meeting

President Mark Wieclaw called the 1022nd meeting of the Chicago Coin Club to order on February 11, 2004 at 7:00PM. The meeting was held at the office of Harlan J. Berk.

The minutes for January were not delivered in time for publication.

Treasurers report:

There was one guest present, John Vander Weit. There were eleven members present.

First Vice-President Bob Feiler talked about upcoming programs.

First Vice-President Bob Feiler introduced the speaker for the evening Mark Wieclaw. The topic was Parthian Silver Drachms.

First Vice-President Bob Feiler thanked Mark for his lecture and presented him with the CCC speaker’s medal and an ANA educational award.

There were seven participants in the evening’s show and tell. They presented as follows: Carl Wolf - Knife Money from Africa. Steve Huber - Gedenktalers John Connolly - 1971 and 72 proof Eisenhower dollar with doubling Don Dool - San Martin medal cast copy, facsimile of a cloth award for battle of Tupiza, medal for battle of Tupiza, small portable scale. Phil Carrigan - Book on W.M. McColl. One of 20 copies printed. Mark Wieclaw - Sestertius of Lucius Verus, novelty state quarter for Louisiana. Bob Weinstein - Some early dated European coins.

Old Business:
Carl Wolf has been checking for new meeting sites. Nothing firm as yet. Mark Wieclaw announced that the 85th Anniversary committee would meet next week.

New Business:
Motion passed for the ordering of 100 speakers medals. Discussed future dues increase. Discussed the possibility of taking advertising in the Chatter to help offset the cost rather than passing the cost on to the membership. Passed motion to pay for dinner for speakers at banquets from treasury.

Meeting recessed at 9:05 PM

Respectfully submitted by Bob Weinstein

Minutes of the 1023rd Meeting

The 1023rd meeting of the Chicago Coin Club was called to order on March 10, 2004 at 7:00 PM by President Mark Wieclaw with nine members present. The meeting was held in the offices of Harlan Berk at 77 West Washington Street, Suite 1320, Downtown Chicago. Steve Zitowsky reported $7,173.69 in the treasury and a motion was passed to accept his report.

In the absence of First Vice President Robert Feiler, Carl Wolf introduced the evening’s featured speaker, John Connolly. He spoke on the Eisenhower $1.00 coins showing different types, pointing out the subtle differences between business strikes and proof coins. Mark Wieclaw presented John with an ANA Educational Certificate and an engraved CCC medal at the end of his talk.

Exhibitors for the evening were:

• Mark Wieclaw - two Washington quarters found in bags at the coin shop, one showing tails on both sides and another a lead copy; a Walking Liberty half dollar, a 1915 Panama Pacific half dollar, and a $20 national bank note (only six known) from the Monessen, PA where he was born;
• Chuck Jacobs - six Chinese coins dated 1897 and struck by the Pei Yang Arsenal in the Chihli Province in $1.00, 50¢, 20¢, 10¢ and 5¢ type 1 and type 2;
• Robert Leonard - two 1900 Lesher referendum dollars with related literature, including Secret Service reports, plus a $10 Liberty coin;
• John Connolly - an unlisted 1974 Eisenhower dollar with doubling;
• Sharon Blocker - Lord of the Rings coins in special folders from New Zealand including a silver proof bimetallic, a three-coin set with the Battle for the Ring theme and a six-coin set with the Light versus Dark theme;
• Carl Wolf - a framed stock certificate created in 1896 by American Bank Note Company for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.

Under old business a new meeting location was discussed with John Connolly reporting that St. Peter and Paul Church could accommodate the Club on Saturday afternoon only. Carl Wolf reported that Steve Huber forwarded information and a contact at the Chicago Cultural Center, but they hadn’t returned the telephone call.

President Wieclaw announced that the 85th Anniversary Committee would hold a meeting March 24th at Connie’s Pizza. Sharon Blocker reported on the final arrangements for the 85th Anniversary Banquet to be held May 1st with cocktails at 6 PM, hors d’oeurvres compliments of the Chicago Coin Company. Buffet dinner begins at 7 PM, in the Kitty Hawk room at the Holiday Inn, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois. The event will be held in conjunction with the Chicago International Coin Fair. Carl Wolf reported that Scott VanHorn from Classical Numismatic Group would be the featured speaker on the subject Coinage of the Late Roman Empire Seen Through Its Portrait Type, 300 -– 400 AD. Robert Leonard reported on the progress made on the Bamboo Money educational card for the upcoming Chicago International Coin Fair. After he reported some difficulty reading some of the older Chinese characters, Chuck Jacobs volunteered his help.

Carl Wolf and Sharon Blocker reported on how they, along with Andrew Micheyta and Jeff Rosinia, manned educational tables at a Boy Scout coin collecting merit badge clinic February 21st near Midway Airport. Mark Wieclaw presented Robert Leonard with an ANA Educational Certificate and engraved Club medal for his featured talk at the January meeting on Crusader Gold Coins.

Following second readings of the applications for John Van Der Weit, Harry E. Collier, Jr. and Chris E. Patton a motion was passed to accept them into membership. Following a report that Dale Noble paid his 2003 and 2004 dues at the recent Chicago Paper Money Expo a motion was passed to reinstate his membership.

Carl Wolf reported on the availability of digital pocket scales. After a question and answer period a motion was made and passed authorizing him to order 15 of two different scales (200-0.1 grams) cost $16.77 and (50-0.01 grams) cost $22.75. The motion set a sell price of $17.00 and $23.00 respectively. President Wieclaw reported that no one on the ballot for Central States Numismatic Society were Club members so the Club would not cast a ballot this year. He did encourage members to vote for the candidate of their choice. Wieclaw also announced the upcoming 45th Annual Will County Coin Show at the Holiday Inn Express in Joliet.

It was announced that Harlan Berk was presenting to every attending member the new Jefferson nickels with the Louisiana Purchase reverse from the Philadelphia and Denver mints. A round of applause followed. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM.

Respectfully Submitted, Carl F. Wolf
Acting Secretary

Our 1024th Meeting

Our 1025th Meeting
Session One

Date:	May 1, 2004
Time:	1:00 PM
Location:	29th Annual Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF) at the Holiday Inn O'Hare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont. Admission to the meeting is free, but admission to the show is $5.
Featured speaker:	Richard Giedroyc - Numismatic Issues from the House of Dracula and House of Frankenstein For the sixteenth successive year the Chicago Coin Club will also present every attendee with an educational card dealing with some area of primitive money, researched and written by Robert D. Leonard, Jr. Only 150 copies printed and extra copies will be sold for $5.00 + $1.00 for postage.

Our 1025th Meeting
Session Two
85th Anniversary Banquet

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