RECAP 

January 1 - The meeting was cancelled due to New Year's holiday.

January 15 -  The meeting was opened with 25 members and 4 visitors present.  The membership welcome:  Matt Acosta, "B" Bolton, Diana Sica and Mr. Kaderli.  That evening Matt and "B" joined our ranks and are now our newest members.  Welcome to the club. 

The attendance prize, a beautiful one ounce silver round, was given to John Pourner.  Tom Bailey announced the passing of dedicated member Don Knapp.  Willy announced that he needs volunteers to give numismatic educational programs.  Fernando Razo reminded members of the upcoming Mexican Coin Club meeting. 

That night the roundtable session was very spirited.  Several very interesting pieces were brought by some members.  Cliff Anderson brought a 3 Euros bi-metallic fantasy piece.  Karla Galindo showed 2 tokens.  One was a 1937 "Little Duchess" Laundry Blue gift piece.  The reverse depicted Abe Lincoln.  The other was a One Hen Penny play token.  Clifton Valley had some old German propaganda notes issued by Hitler to help raise funds to provide food, shelter and clothing for the masses.  Larry Foster showed a Vatican set that contained a medal, stamp, and several Vatican coins.  Frank Galindo brought a St. Eligius medal and a Santa Fe Loretto Chapel elongated coin.  Vincent had a 1861 patriotic Civil War token. 

Raffle winners were Leon Weinstrom, Bob Thaxton, David (2 times, Vincent and Dave (2 times).  The educational program was presented by Bill. His presentation was on the "Coins of the Early Peruvian Republic."  Thank you, Bill for a fine program.  The meeting ended with a mini-auction.

February 5 -  The meeting opened with 25 members and 1 visitor in attendance.  The president and the treasurer were unable to attend that evening.  Due to the absence of the president, the vice-president opened the meeting.  Our visitor, Gloria Martinez, was warmly welcomed by the members. 

The attendance prize was given to David.  David announced that he has opened an auction firm named Eagle auction and plans to hold his first auction in April.

The roundtable was led by Cliff Anderson.  He brought two interesting St. Helena coins.  The first was an East India Co. half-penny dated 1821 and the other was an 1986 fifty-pence commemorating the 150th anniversary of Napoleon's death.  The coin depicts a forlorn Napoleon watching his ships leaving him in exile.  John Pourner showed a 1995 double die Lincoln cent that he found while searching through several rolls of Lincoln cents. Fernando Razo had a beautiful Mexican one-eighth real dated 1814.  The coin was issued by Antonio Periera and was marked with a "TAR" counter stamp.

The meeting concluded with a fun-filled auction.  The auction offered a wide variety of items to the eager bidders.  The bidding was fast and exciting as the members kept the bidding strong.  Thank you to all the members who participated in the auction.  

February 19 - The meeting opened with 20 members and 3 visitor in attendance.  Our visitor, Diane Sica, Tracy Thompson and Al Gonzalez, were welcomed by the membership.  Al joined our club that evening.  Welcome aboard, Al, as our newest member! 

The attendance prize, a dazzling silver round was given to "Lucky" Arturo Gutierrez.  Karla Galindo announced that the post cards advertising the show had been printed and that Ray Tate has them ready to be mailed for the May show.  It was reported that Tom Bailey is ill and Karla passed around a get well card for the members to sign.

The roundtable discussion was very informative, as members showed some of their recently acquired numismatic items.  Cliff Anderson had a most interesting German postcard that featured a coin from Greece.  The coin shows the legend of the Minotaur's Labyrinth found on the island of Crete in Knossos.  Fernando Razo showed a 1926 post Mexican Revolution twenty-centavos coin known as a "Cristero."  Matt had an error 2009 Washington quarter.  David brought a Dominion of Canada twenty-five cent note dated January 2, 1900 and Robert had an 1859 Indian Head Cent graded by ANACS as an EF-45.

The raffle winners were Leon Weinstrom, Bob Thaxton, Diane Sica, Bob, Al, and Robert.

David presented a numismatic program that evening.  His presentation was titled "Coin and Currency Auctions."  He distributed handouts listing the areas of discussion to help the members follow and understand the presentation more clearly.  A question and answer session followed his program.  Thank you, David, for an informative presentation. 

The meeting closed with a mini-auction.   Thank you to our auctioneers Fernando and David.