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  • When and How to Dispose of Your Collection
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Editor’s Notes

Our April issue had a report on the presentation, by Dennis Lutz, to our March meeting at the PCDA convention about the World Bank Note of the Year competition. As part of the program, we had the opportunity to view the 2016 candidate notes in the polling then underway.

The winning note for 2016 was recently announced — it is the Swiss 50 Franc polymer note. Close behind was the Maldive ISlands 1000 Rufiyaa note with tortoise and whale shark, followed by the Argentina 500 peso jaguar note, and the Royal Bank of Scotland’s £5 first polymer note. The official results to the straw poll at our March meeting, where the Swiss note came in first, the Maldive Islands note came in second. and the Argentina note came in third.

Paul Hybert, editor

Minutes of the 1181st Meeting

The 1181st meeting of the Chicago Coin Club was held Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at the Chicago Bar Association Building, 321 S. Plymouth Court, Downtown Chicago. President Richard Lipman called the meeting to order at 6:45 PM with attendance of 22 members and 1 guest, Fran Amelse.

The Minutes of the April 12 and April 29 meetings as published in the Chatter were approved. The Treasurer reported April revenue of $550.00, expenses $280.46, and total assets $26,875.25. A motion was passed approving the report.

Secretary’s Report and Announcements:

1. The featured speaker at the June 14 meeting will be Shanna Schmidt, on an area of Ancient Greek coinage.
2. A poll was taken of those members who would be interested in attending a dinner with the New York Numismatic Club at the Denver ANA.
3. The Boy Scout Merit Badge Clinic sponsored by the Club at the Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) convention had to be canceled because the Certified Merit Badge Instructor could not make the event. The Club’s sponsorship will roll into 2018 without an additional cost.
4. The Club received, from the ANA, a packet of “Free One-Year Gold Membership” applications. A poll revealed everyone in attendance was an ANA member, so the applications were dispersed among the members to pass on to their friends.

Old Business:

1. President Lipman announced:
   1. A Board Meeting will be held at 6 PM, Wed., May 17 at Connie’s Pizza, 2373 S. Archer Ave., Chicago.
   2. Encouraged members to volunteer to serve on the upcoming 2019 Chicago ANA Convention Committee.
2. Mark Wieclaw, Chairman of the 100th Anniversary Committee, took a quick poll on how many members were interested in serving on the Anniversary Committee, then announced plans to hold an open meeting at a date to be determined in July.

New Business:

1. President Lipman reported he gave well-received numismatic presentations before three high-school history classes. He offered left-over material to any member planning future talks.
2. Lyle Daly reported giving a numismatic talk to his department at J.P. Morgan Chase.
3. Richard Hamilton reported speaking at a senior care center.
4. Members who received exhibit awards at the recent CSNS Convention included: Jeff Rosinia, Mark Wieclaw, Tom Uram, and Bruce Bartelt. See a later article for the details.

The featured speaker for the evening was Jeffrey Amelse, with a presentation Numismatic Portraits of Marianne, Patroness of France. Following questions and answers, Jeff was presented with an ANA Educational Certificate and an engraved Club medal suspended on a neck ribbon.

Second V.P. John Riley announced the evening’s nine exhibitors. MARK WIECLAW - two U.S. bills with unique serial numbers, and a trias and a hemilitron from Sicily 425-406 BC. ROBERT LEONARD – medal commemorating Eric P. Newman’s 105th birthday, and a silver denarius of Marcus Aurelius along with imitations of it. DEVEN KANE – three drachms of Indo-Greek king Menander I Soter, and a drachm from each of three later Indo-Greek kings. RICH LIPMAN – brief financial history of US to 1900, Pennsylvania Colonial Currency of 1764, 1884-O silver dollar, a $50 Treasury note from 1880s, and a $20 silver certificate from 1890s. DAVID GUMM – medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Early American Coppers club, and an Australian 2017 $1 silver 1-ounce Kookaburra bullion coin in proof. DALE LUKANICH – Malta 1, 5, and 10-lira banknotes, and 2017 Swiss 50-franc banknote voted best 2016 design by the International Bank Note Society. LYLE DALY – three coins of River God Strymon, three coins with Apollo obverse and boy on a horse reverse, a Marianne medal, and 1939 centennial medal of Marine National Bank of Milwaukee. ROBERT FEILER – Peace dollar cut-out, $1 and $5 obsolete currency from Bank of Whitfield, Georgia, and an 1861 $5 scrip note from S.W. & W.A. Torrey Store, New Jersey. KURT HYDE – a 1963 Canadian Silver Dollar “lucky pocket piece.”

The meeting was adjourned at 8:53 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Carl F. Wolf, Secretary

Exhibiting Awards at CSNS Convention

by Carl F. Wolf, Secretary

Our fellow club members who received exhibit awards at the recent CSNS Convention are:

• First Place Foreign Coins Prior to 1500 AD: Bruce Bartelt, “From Croesus to Caesar: An overview of Western Coinage Until the Dominance of Rome.”
• Second Place Foreign Coins After 1500 AD: Thomas Uram, “The Austrian 25 Euro Niobium Coins.”
• Third Place Token Category: Mark Wieclaw, “Irish Gun Money of James II, 1689-1690.”
• Third Place Medals Category: Thomas Uram, “The Society of Medalists.”
• Third Place U.S. Coins Category: Jeffrey Rosinia, “Wartime Change: Alterations in U.S. Coins during World War II.”
• People’s Choice Award: Thomas Uram, “The Society of Medalists.”

Speaker’s Wor[l]d
When and How to Dispose of Your Collection

a discussion by Mark Borckardt and Steven Bieda,
to our April 29, 2017 meeting during the CSNS convention.

As we entered the meeting room, we each receieved a copy of the 9th edition of The Collector’s Handbook by Halperin, Rohan, and Prendergast – courtesy of Heritage Auctions. The speakers were Mark Borckardt, of Heritage Auctions, and Steven Bieda, legal counsel for the Central States Numismatic Society.

[Writing this article is not easy. I have only the above paragraph to show after more than two weeks of effort. The topic is important, as shown by the good turnout; and the presentation was engaging, as shown by our going over our scheduled time slot. The problem is with the covered material. Instead of the usual presentation with a few story arcs that could be covered in an article, this presentation covered a wide range of topics, starting from how and why we collect, and ending with what happens to a collection! So many possibilities at each step! Writing on the meaning of life would be simpler. Sigh.]

The main theme of the presentation was the disposition of a collection. If you lose interest a collection, do you sell it or do you store it? Storage is the simplest solution, since the collection is in storage when you are not working on it. The motivation for selling a collection can come from a need – the needs for space and dollars are two common needs. Realize that a collection will be disposed of eventually – either by you or by your heirs. Remember that information is needed to make an informed decision.

In reviewing my notes, the one recurring implied message was keep documentation. The buying price is needed for taxes and insurance, and knowing the seller can be useful when it is time to sell. A detailed inventory of your collection might also contains such extra information as the condition, provenance, and maybe even the current value. (Be realistic – think what you can sell for now, not what it would cost to buy now.) If you use an online inventory program, keep a printed copy somewhere handy, just in case. An overview of your collections can also be useful – writing it will help you focus on why collecting is enjoyable, and it can help manage the expectations of your heirs and estate executor.

Which collections are for pure fun, where the cost of supplies might exceed the cost of the items? Elongated coins from vacations and events? Foreign coins acquired during travel and found in change? In other words, the fun stuff that gave you some quiet hours, away from the kids and extended family. Which coins are worth more than face value based upon the current prices of their metals? Which pulls from circulation can be put back into circulation, or maybe given to the kids who are interested in collecting? Which general collections can be sold to a local coin dealer or collector?

On which collections did you spend much money? (Unfortunately, spending a lot for something does not make it an investment.) For specialized material, it is always a good idea to sell to a dealer in that specialty. Even if you have not bought pieces in many years, keep track of the current dealers in your specialties. Maybe your specialty collection was formed by cherry picking from general dealers, garage sales, and other sources. Unless you give some guidance, your collection could well be cherry picked again from a local dealer or a garage sale. Of course markets can run hot and cold, and specialties can fall in and out of favor. Please leave some information unless, as Mark jokingly suggested, you do not like your heirs.

How does your family view your collecting? Is it just your eccentricity that keeps you out of their hair? Are you building a family fortune that will solve all of their problems? Are there unrealistic expectations? How do you know, if the topic is never discussed?

Steve mentioned the wonder coins in your collection – as in, “I wonder if this will ever be worth what I paid for it.” The bags of 1950-D nickels are still below peak. Are you honest about the polished, whizzed, and other bad choices that somehow entered your collection?

Without some guidance, the heirs might split a collection according to their own perception of equitable. One might sell at a pawn shop (yes, that got some laughs from our audience, so we know they are not a first choice), and one might sell to an honest specialized dealer (is there any other kind?) – all is well until they compare prices – if the amounts are vastly different, maybe they will never speak again. There are real horror stories out there – although communication might not solve all future problems, it can make them smaller.

The discussion touched on other ways of disposing of a collection, including eBay, to a local collector or dealer, at a coin show, and even the difference between a will in probate and a living trust (in the public record, versus probate; no estate fees, but fees to start). If your local government sees you running a business, expect to see forms and fees. You should have attended our meeting, but all is not lost if you did not – the latest edition of The Collector’s Handbook is available for free download as a PDF file from Heritage at https://www.ha.com/c/ref/handbook.zx

Speaker’s Wor[l]d
Medals of the French Patroness Marianne

a presentation by Jeffrey Amelse,
to our May 10, 2017 meeting,

Marianne is a national symbol of the French Republic, an allegory of liberty and reason, and a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. In many renderings, she wears the Phrygian cap, emblematic of liberty and freedom from bondage, which dates back to several peoples of Eastern Europe in antiquity. The Phrygian cap is often confused with the pileus, the cap given to emancipated slaves in ancient Rome – the pileus does not have the front foldover.

Jeff’s interest in these medals grew from his interest in Art Deco Medals, and during the presentation he showed us medals from different design eras, both before and after Art-Deco. Marianne made her first appearance in France on a medal in July, 1789 celebrating the storming of the Bastille. Jeff showed us a medal from the 1879 centennial anniversary of the revolution.

The medals from the late 1800s through the early 1900s generally followed the Art Neuveau style, a softer style. An unawarded 1893 gymnastics medal by Émile Fernand-Dubois showed Marianne wearing a crested helmet with swirling plates, and with a laurel wreath around the helmet – the spiked webbing on the helmet looks reptilian. In front of her throat is the head of a small rooster, which is another symbol of France. What we call France, the ancient Romans called Gaul, based on native language roots – the similar sounding gallus is Latin for rooster. The reverse of this medal from the Ministry of War showed men om various pieces of equipment: parallel bars, rings, and a ladder.

A turn-of-the-century medal by the famous medallist Louis Alexandre Bottée used the head, neck, and wings of a rooster as the crest of Marianne’s helmet on a prize medal awarded to a Mme. R. Henriquet. An unawarded medal by A. Bertrand used more of a smaller rooster at the front of a helmet’s crest, with the body and tail extending back along the top and back of the helmet. The obverse legend is PATRIE, while the reverse has a wreath, formed from an oak and laurel branches, surrounding an empty central area available for suitable engraving.

Next was an unawarded prize medal by Oscar Roty to be awarded by the Interior Ministry, with another artistic helmet embellished with a wing above the ear flap, a set of breaking waves along the crest, laurel branches around the helmet, and a visor reminiscent of a bird’s upper beak. So far, we had seen only medals showing the bust of Marianne in profile, but the next shown medal, by Poncet, dated 1890, and for an architects’ association, had a facing bust of Marianne wearing a head band and a Medusa-inspired necklace. The compass and triangle in the obverse field provided a tie in with architecture, while the reverse of this unawarded medal has only a curving laurel branch on the left side. A simple functional helmet appeared on an unawarded plaque medal by Charles Pillet, where Marianne appeared as Queen of Gaul, even with braided hair.

There was no sudden break between the Art Neuveau and Art Deco eras; some Art Deco designs appeared before 1915, while the latest shown medal in the Art Neuveau style was from 1927, for a Paris Exposition. The artistic helmet has a laurel wreath around it and a small lion at the top front. A lion? That is not a symbol of France!

Jeff next showed us some pieces grouped not by style but by purpose – World War I. A round medal, with a suspension bar atop, showed Marianne as Joan of Arc, holding a sword and wearing a WW I helmet; centered on the reverse, GRANDE GUERRE 1914-1918 is incuse. A cardboard pin showed Marianne as the Protector of War Orphans; and that was followed by range of WW I patriotic pins in cardboard. The brass medal concluding this group showed Marianne with helmet flanked by GLORIA and VICTRIX on one side, with laurel sprigs surrounding a central square in which C.S.F 12 JUN 1921 is incuse.

Leading off the Art Deco medals was one by Pierre-Alexandre Morlon; Marianne wears a Phrygian cap, with oak and laurel branches, on an uninscribed physical education medal which have a wreath from an oak and laurel branch on the reverse. The Art Deco style usually uses a hard, mechanical, and streamlined design. A medal by Édouard Fraisse shows this, especially in the mechanical treatment of a classic winged helmet; the reverse features a few Gibbs branded health and beauty products above the dates 1933-1934.

Two medals by Josette Coeffin-Hébert showed Marianne wearing headgear inspired by a Prygian cap – the foldover is present at the front top – but the overall appearance is of a soft 1920s avaitor’s helmet where the chin strap was replaced by a thin flap of material on each side. This general cap design also appered on a 1962 medal for transatlantic ocean service between Le Havre and New York on the ship France of the French Line. A fitting end to the Art Deco section of Jeff’s medals.

The next group of medals showed Marianne as historic allegoral figures. Marianne appeared as Athena on a simple and clean medal by Henri Dubois, wearing an Athenian helmet, appropriately; the central field of the reverse, bearing only a small inscribed W.A., is surrounded by a wreath of an oak branch and a laurel branch. A medal by Georges Contaux, modern yet with Art Deco aspects, also showed Marianne wearing an Athenian helmet; the reverse bears the inscription A.P.H.S. 28.9.70. Maranne appeared as Queen of Gaul, hair in braids, wearing a crown with large wings, and holding a sword, on a medal with most details softly rendered – the only legend, GALLIA, is faint on the obverse, while there is no inscription in the tablet and ribbons on the reverse.

Jeff showed a few recent French coins and stamps which show Marianne, and then concluded the presentation by showing the incluence on coins of other countries, including the US. The last of these coins was the 1905 French Indo-China large silver pistre imitating the 1848 Great Seal of France – this was followed by a recent Chinese imitation of the coin where the seated figure on the obverse is rendered in a mirror image. Jeff had three of these imitations with him, and he gave them as door prizes, based upon randomly selected line numbers in our sign-in book.

A Call for Assistance —
First Meeting of 100th Anniversary Committee

by Mark Wieclaw,

Please make plans to be a part of this historic event. We are looking to fill positions on the following committees: Banquet, Book(let), Medal(s), Program, Promotions/advertising, and Sponsorships.

If you have any interest in being a part of the celebration, please don’t hesitate to contact me, Bill Burd, or Dale Lukanich. Although the first meeting isn’t until September, it is time to come forward now with any ideas that you may have.

The location of the September committee meeting is to be determined. See me at club meetings, or email me in care of the Chatter editor.

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Show and Tell

Items shown at our May 10, 2017 meeting,

1. Mark Wieclaw showed currency and coins.
   1. A $1 bill with a fancy birthday serial number of I19660222A.
   2. A $50 bill with a fancy birthday serial number of JG19550625A
   3. A bronze trias from Akragas, Sicily, circa 425-406 BC. The obverse shows a crab with a tunny fish below, while the reverse shows an eagle holding a hare in its talons.
   4. A bronze hemilitron from Akragas, Sicily, circa 425-406 BC. Orginially it had the design elements as on the above piece, but this piece was ground down and counterstamped with the head of Herakles (circa 380 BC). Later, a rare second counterstamp of a young male head and a caduceus was applied over the first counterstamp. The reverse was flattened and left blank.
2. Bob Leonard showed mostly ancient coins.
   1. He started with a token commemorating the 105th birthday of Eric P. Newman on May 26, 2016. This was given out at the Newman Numismatic Portal presentation at the Central States Numismatic Society convention.
   2. On a map of the Black Sea area he pointed out the Taman peninsula, located to the east of Crimea.
   3. A scarce silver denarius of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius issued 173/4; the reverse shows Mars walking right, holding a spear in his right arm and a trophy in his left arm. This coin served as a prototype for imitations – first in silver, then in copper – made by an “Unknown People” (Goths? Alans?) on the Taman peninsula.
   4. An early imitation in silver and close enough to identify the prototype.
   5. A degenerate copper imitation denarius from the Taman peninsula, with a stick figure for Mars and crescents for the legend. (Kazamanova Group 3.)
   6. Bob concluded by showing an article in The Celator on Taman imitations.
3. Deven Kane showed six coins, all part of a group lot from the Hanbery collection.
   1. Three drachms of the Indo-Greek king Menander I Soter (Savior), approximately 155-130 BC, using three diiferent styles: helmeted, diademed, and heroic. The reverse of all of these coins show Athena, as is typical for all of his silver coins (Deven’s first coin was from this ruler). Menander is probably the most prolific coin issuer of the various Indo-Greek kings, minting types in silver and bronze. On the silver coins, the Greek legends no longer have letter tops near the rim all the way around the coin, letting us read the legends without rotating the coin, an innovation followed by all subsequent Indo-Greek kings. Many succeeding Indo-Greek kings used the Athena reverse and Menander’s title of Soter, leading to speculation they belonged to his house.
   2. A drachm of the Indo-Greek King Antialcidas Nikephoros (approx. 110-100 BC). The obverse shows the head of the king wearing a Macedonian style hat, while the reverse shows a seated Zeus holding a sceptre with Nike on his extended arm, holding out a wreath to a baby elephant. All of his silver coin reverses have this general design; one difference is the baby elephant can face left, right, or, in rare pieces, sideways. Succeeding kings used his reverses and portrait styles, and may have belonged to his house. Antialcidas is also one of the Indo-Greek kings for whom non-numismatic evidence exists: a pillar, erected by his ambassador Heliodorus to the Sunga King Bhagabhadra, in Central India.
   3. A square drachm of Indian-standard coin of Apollodotus I (approx. 180-160 BC). The obverse shows a sacred elephant with the Greek legend for “of Saviour King Apollodotus.” The reverse shows a bull with the Kharoshti legend for “Savior King Apollodotus.” A rarer round coin version is known. Apollodotus was not the first to strike bilingual coins outside Bactria, but he was the first king who ruled in India only, and therefore is the founder of the proper Indo-Greek kingdom. Menander eventually succeeded him in his Indian realm. The animals on the coins may symbolize Buddhist (the elephant) and Hindu (the Bull) imagery.
   4. A silver drachm of Nahapana (approx. 50-100 AD). The obverse shows a bust of the king crowned with a diadem, with a Greek legend. The reverse shows an arrow and a lightning bolt, with a legend in kharoshthi on the left and a Brahmi legend on the right. This coin was part of a group with wonderful toning, and the Greek legend clearly visible.
4. Rich Lipman illustrated a brief financial history of the United States up to 1900.
   1. An 1884-O silver dollar illustrating passage of the Bland-Allison Act, from the previous decade, which dictated an economic policy based largely on “hard silver” and the production of millions upon millions of silver dollars in the US.
   2. A $50 silver certificate of the 1891 series, featuring a portrait of Edward Everett.
   3. A $20 Treasury Note of the 1890 series. This is neither a silver nor a gold certificate – it promises $20 “in coin.”
   4. A 3 pence note (Pennsylvania Colonial Currency), marked on the back as being printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall in 1764.
5. David Gumm showed some recent acquisitions.
   1. A commemorative medal produced this year for the 50th anniversary of the Early American Coppers (EAC) club. It is a 40mm copper-coated brass piece featuring a handsome design of dual busts of the 1793 and 1855-style large cent obverses.
   2. An Australian 2017 $1 silver 1-ounce Kookaburra bullion coin in gem proof condition. The Kookaburra is an Australian bird with a distinct call that David remembers, from a stay in Australia while in the military, as being twice as loud as that of a crow.
6. Dale Lukanich showed banknotes.
   1. Obtained at auction, 1967 Malta 1-Lira, 5-Lira and 10-Lira specimen banknotes produced expressly for collectors. The Franklin Mint was involved in the distribution.
   2. A 2017 Swiss 50-franc banknote recently voted best design of 2016 in the annual contest of the International Bank Note Society (IBNS). The design involves wind, and one of the images shows seeds blowing away from a dandelion.
7. Lyle Daly showed a range of items.
   1. Three coins with Apollo on the obverse and boy on a horse on the reverse (Alexander, as a youth, on Bucephalus).
      1. One of Phillip II 359–336 BC.
      2. One of Phillip III 323–317 BC.
      3. A Celtic imitation from a Gaulic tribe, the Aulerci Eburovices, dated to 225-175 BC. From the north central area of France, Normandy.
      This style of coin was around for 125 years before the Celts copied the design in a stylized manner; Alexander devolves into a bug like figure.
   2. Three coins showing the River God Strymón with a trident reverse. The Strymón River runs south from Bulgaria, through Greece, into the Aegean. The name comes from a mythical Thracian king who drowned in the river. The Macedonian coin was struck during the reign of Phillip V 185–168 BC, and the other coins were attributed to the Danubian Celts and the Donau Celts who were just south of the Danubian Celts. The coins present an interesting progression of devolved designs. These coins are believed to be contemporaries.
   3. To complement the evening’s featured program, a Marianne medal by Daniel DuPuis (1849-1899), a French engraver, medalist, and sculptor. The inscriptions include la societe industrielle de l’este Natan Silberstine.
   4. A medal from the Marine National Exchange Bank of Milwaukee’s 1939 Centennial, featuring a mariner figure. This bank is a legacy bank of Chase – while Lyle was working in the legacy headquarters at 111 E. Wisconsin, he noticed that they are reusing the old custom door pulls in the image of a mariner identical to the medal!
8. Bob Feiler showed some recent acquisitions.
   1. A 1923 Peace Dollar “cutout” coin obtained at the recent CSNS show. The suspension loop is inside the edge of the piece.
   2. From a Milwaukee show in early April, a June 15, 1861 $5 New Jersey scrip note in red ink “Payable on Demand in Goods at Their Store” from the S.W. & W.A. Torrey Store.
   3. $1 and $5 Dalton, GA (Bank of Whitfield) obsolete currency notes (unissued remainders) with a Jan 1, 1860 date and a beautiful farm motif on the $1 and a steam locomotive on the $5.
9. Kurt Hyde showed us his “lucky piece,” a 1963 Canadian silver dollar pocket piece carried daily since US Air Force duty in Minot, ND in 1969 or 1970. The coin is well worn from contact with cloth; the fields are dark, maybe from contact with dry cleaning chemicals present in his Air Force uniform.

Minutes of the Chicago Coin Club Board of Directors

May 17, 2017

The Chicago Coin Club Board met May 17, 2017 at Connie’s Pizza, 2373 S. Archer Ave., Chicago. President Richard Lipman called the meeting to order at 6 PM with the following members present: Paul Hybert, Marc Stackler, Mark Wieclaw, Steve Zitowsky, Elliott Krieter, Melissa Gumm, Dale Lukanich, and Carl Wolf.

Mark Wieclaw reported on the progress of the 100th Anniversary Committee including a proposal to mark the centennial year by creating a Hall of Fame. A detailed handout was provided. After much discussion with many different opinions, the subject was tabled. The committee will hold an open meeting September 20, 2017 (the third Wednesday) and invites members to attend and share ideas.

Elliott Krieter was unanimously appointed as the Assistant Host Chair of the 2019 ANA Chicago Convention. Cross training committee and assistant chairs was discussed. Finding someone new to chair the Scout Merit Badge Committee was also discussed.

Several new locations were discussed for the Annual Banquet, Wednesday, December 13, 2017.

A discussion was held regarding the acceptance of Life Member applicants. Currently all Life Members are polled, which proves cumbersome. A unanimous decision was made to change acceptance to rest with The Board. Following this, the Life Membership application of William L. Riles was read and approved.

Other topics discussed included:

• Excessively long exhibits during monthly meetings.
• Working to get the printed and electronic newsletters in sync, and make the electronic version in color.

The next Board meeting will be held August 16, 2017 at Connie’s Pizza.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:11 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Carl F. Wolf, Secretary

Our 1182nd Meeting

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