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| Volume 50 No. 5 | May 2004 |
For the last few years, the club had 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 May meeting; use the building entrance at 77 West Washington, and go to Suite 1320.
Presented by Andy Plioplys to our April 14, 2004 meeting.
Andy Plioplys showed numerous examples of kapos, silver bars used as money in Lithuanian from 1100 – early 1400’s. No records exist on their exact origin but it’s believed they were circulating before the reign of Mindaugas, Lithuanian’s first and only king.
Andy has researched this subject and discovered that non-descript silver bracelets recovered from burial sites weigh the same as kapos. Furthermore, the bracelets disappeared from use about the time of the kapos came on the scene. Andy expounded that this was a deliberate switch motivated by the need to show the silver content through a series of chop marks. Andy also speculated that this primitive form of money was created by fur traders.
Records tell that a wife could be bought with one kapo, but a highly desired woman cost two kapos (and Andy pointed out that’s just the beginning of the expenses!). He shared a chart of Royal genealogy and showed examples of Lithuanian’s first coinage issued under Algirdas (1345-1377).
| 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
Richard Giedroyc, a student of superstitious beliefs surrounding international coinage, will show and discuss facts and ancient customs of the numismatic issues from the Houses of Dracula and Frankenstein. Coins from the 14th – 16th centuries will be discussed for the House of Dracula. The Frankenstein family issued coins from the 9th through 20th century notgeld. Giedroyc gathered stories on numismatic superstition for over thirty years and will soon release a book on the subject. Those who attend this unforgettable program will come away with a deeper understanding of these two notorious families and their hold on cultural lore. 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; this one 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. |
| Date: | May 1, 2004 |
| Time: | 6PM to 7PM Reception. Cash bar. Hors d'oeuvres compliments of Chicago Coin Company.
7PM to 9 PM Dinner and Meeting |
| Location: | 29th Annual Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF) at the Holiday Inn O'Hare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont. |
| Menu: | Dinner is buffet style. Banquet tickets are sold on a reservation basis and are available at $39. Those who want to attend should send a check payable to Chicago Coin Club, P.O. Box 2301, Chicago, IL 60690-2301 before April 20, 2004. |
| Featured speaker: | Scott VanHorn
- Coinage of the Late Roman Empire Seen Through it's Portrait Type, 300 - 400 AD
Roman coinage portraits began to change with Constantine the Great. A study of the coins issued over the next 100 years shows subtle yet remarkable differences. Scott VanHorn will cover this historical era, point out changes in clothing, diadems, laurel wreaths, etc. and explain what each signifies. Those who attend will come away with an appreciation of the stories that can be told through observation of the small details on coinage. VanHorn holds Master's Degrees in ancient history and Latin and is near completion of his doctoral degree in Classical Studies at Chicago's Loyola University. He is an ANS Summer Seminar Graduate, has presented papers at several international conferences, including the 13th International Numismatic Conference in Madrid, Spain. VanHorn joined the Classical Numismatic Group in January, 2003 and works with electronic auction lots. |
| Date: | May 12, 2004 |
| Time: | 7:00 PM |
| Location: | Downtown Chicago
In a meeting room provided by Harlan Berk; at 77 W. Washington St., Suite 1320. |
| Featured speaker: | Robert J. Greenstein - The Coins of the Palestine Mandate, 1927-1947 |
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The Palestine Mandate was born out of League of Nations agreements ending the First World War.
It resulted in Great Britain receiving administrative powers over Palestine,
in addition to other countries.
The Palestine Currency Order of 1927 created a standard of currency based on the Palestine pound,
divided into one thousand mils.
The League of Nations mandate required the name of “Palestine” appear in three languages:
English, Arabic and Hebrew.
Coins were issued in 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 mils from 1927 through 1947,
but not struck with all possible year dates.
In all, there were 59 different combinations of dates and denominations.
The Palestine Mandate ended May 1948 with the creation of the State of Israel,
but the coins remained legal tender through September 1948.
In the Gaza Strip and Jordan they remained legal through June 1951.
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| April 30- May 2 |
29th Annual Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF) at the Holiday Inn O'Hare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont. Admission is $5. | |
| Our May meeting will consist of three sessions: we will end the first session with a recess (instead of an adjournment), and we will reconvene for the second session at our regular monthly time. | ||
| May | 1 | Russian Numismatic Society - 9am at the Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF),
which is held at the Holiday Inn O'Hare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL.
No admission charge for the meeting.
Featured Speaker - to be announced |
| May | 1 | Ancient Coin Club of Chicago Meeting - 11am at the Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF),
which is held at the Holiday Inn O'Hare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL.
No admission charge for the meeting.
Featured Speaker - Benjamin Bell on Striking Eastward: the Venetian Ducat in the Orient |
| May | 1 | CCC Meeting - 1pm at the Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF),
which is held at the Holiday Inn O'Hare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL.
No admission charge for our meeting.
Featured Speaker - Richard Giedroyc on Numismatic Issues from the House of Dracula and House of Frankenstein |
| May | 1 | International Primitive Money Society - 4pm at the Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF),
which is held at the Holiday Inn O'Hare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL.
No admission charge for the meeting.
Featured Speaker - Mark Bir on Bracelet Money from West Equatorial Africa |
| May | 1 | 85th Anniversary Banquet Meeting - 6pm reception, 7pm dinner -
at the Holiday Inn O'Hare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL.
Reservations required, at $39 per person, for the buffet style dinner. Featured Speaker - Scott VanHorn Coinage of the Late Roman Empire Seen Through it's Portrait Type, 300 - 400 AD |
| May | 12 | CCC Meeting - Featured Speaker - Robert J. Greenstein on The Coins of the Palestine Mandate, 1927-1947 |
| Our June meeting will consist of two sessions: we will end the first session with a recess (instead of an adjournment), and we will reconvene for the second session at the MidAmerica Coin Expo. | ||
| June | 9 | CCC Meeting - Featured Speaker - William Bierly on U.S. Pattern Coins |
| June | 26 | CCC Meeting - 1pm at the MidAmerica Coin Expo,
which is held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 North River Road, Rosemont, IL.
No admission charge for our meeting.
Featured Speaker - to be announced |
| June 25-27 | MidAmerica Coin Expo at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 North River Road, Rosemont, IL. Admission is $5. | |
| July | 14 | CCC Meeting - Featured Speaker - Saul Needleman on Use of Jehovah on Coins and Medals |
| June | 7 | Harlan J. Berk | 1995 |
| June | 11 | Joseph A. Piekarczyk | 1991 |
| June | 12 | Rosalind Ryant | 1977 |
| June | 27 | James Simek | 1973 |
All correspondence pertaining to Club matters
should be addressed to the Secretary and mailed to:
CHICAGO COIN CLUB
P.O. Box 2301
CHICAGO, IL 60690
http://www.ChicagoCoinClub.org/
| Paul R. Hybert |
| prhybert@worldnet.att.net |
| Mark Wieclaw | - President |
| Robert Feiler | - First Vice President |
| Jeff Rosinia | - Second Vice President |
| Directors: | Lyle Daly
Mike Metras Steve Zitowsky Carl Wolf |
| Other positions held are: | |
| Robert Weinstein | - Secretary |
| Steve Zitowsky | - Treasurer |
| Paul Hybert | - Chatter Editor |
| Phil Carrigan | - Archivist |