Cupertino Coin Club

Our club is really busy this month!

Event #1: BSA Coin Collecting Merit Badge Workshop – Sun, Oct 8, 11 am – 5 pm – open to all Scouts registered with a Scouts BSA Troop. Presented by Club Treasurer Emile M and President Suzy T with the assistance of other club members and board who are registered Merit Badge Counselors with Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council, BSA.
Scouts, have fun earning the Coin Collecting Merit Badge! Begin a life-long hobby.
Flyer with details and instructions on how to register:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tP2UGqn9TwvwQPAvENl2KjfLfX0XEr53/view?usp=sharing

Event #2: General Meeting – Youth Night – Fri, Oct 13, 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Meeting Presided Over by Junior President, Matthew W
Program Topic: United States Mints
Presented by: Emile Mestressat
Auction – Show & Tell – Drawings: Youth, Birthday, Attendance, General
Socializing – Refreshments

Event #3: Board Meeting – Thurs, Oct 19, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – online via Zoom
This is our board! Seated from left to right are:
President Suzy T, Board Director Don P, Treasurer Emile M, Historian Griffin G
Standing from left to right are:
Recording Secretary Lyle O, Director Mike W, Director Harold, Junior President Matthew W, Vice President Gran G, Director Joe M, Corresponding Secretary Al L, Coin Press Editor Allison P.
All members are welcome to attend. Please reach out to Club President at cupertinocoinclub@gmail.com to get the Zoom link to attend.

Event #4: 39th Annual Banquet – Sun, Oct 22, 5 pm – 9 pm – St Jude’s Episcopal Church, 20920 McClellan Rd, Cupertino
Registration Form to join a fun evening with a delicious home-cooked meal by Club Treasurer Emile M, President Suzy T, and member Steve T:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MgOUX7Zdr9ty_LtM8BPwWERWgvbormsu/view?usp=sharing
The evening includes: socializing – enjoying dinner with friends – guessing games with prizes – Presidential recognitions – BINGO with numismatic prizes – cake & coffee. Please join us!

SEPTEMBERFEST! Members & their guests are invited to attend our general meeting in person on Friday, June 9, 7:00 pm, a half hour before our usual start time. Members and needed to bring Potluck items to share with fellow members. The club will provide hot dogs & Polish sausage with soft drinks. We need salads (all kinds), sides, chips, and desserts.
Agenda:
– Let’s eat! And socialize!
– Auction
– Announcements
– Attendance drawing
– Birthday drawing (this month’s birthdays)
– Show & Tell
– Youth drawing
– General drawing – if enough tickets are sold
(No additional program is scheduled. We want to get out of there at 9:00!)

Members & guests are invited to attend our general meeting in person on Friday, Aug 11, 7:30 pm. Bring a friend for added fun! We especially want to see lots of youth at this meeting.
Agenda:
– Auction
– Announcements
– Attendance drawing
– Birthday drawing (this month’s birthdays)
– Show & Tell
– Youth drawing
– General drawing – if enough tickets are sold
– Program:
1. Beauty & the Beast Contest – bring your most beautiful coin & your ugliest coin for a fun competition
2. Topic: The Redfield Hoard- find about LaVere Redfield’s silver hoard
Guest Speaker: Don Pa.

Members & guests, including youth of all ages are invited to attend our general meeting on Friday, June 9, 7:30 pm. Plan to share what other hobby you have and bring something from that hobby to show, if applicable. We love to hear what else you do besides coin collecting.
Agenda:
– Auction
– Announcements
– Attendance drawing
– Birthday drawing (this month’s birthdays)
– Show & Tell (prizes available)
– Youth Drawing
– General drawing – if enough tickets are sold
– Program: Other Hobbies Night (no prizes)

We had a full house at the Council Service Center today with nearly 50 Scouts from three different Councils from all around the San Francisco Bay Area attending our workshop. After check-in, Emile ran his hour-long presentation. There were lots of questions & answers throughout. The Scouts were engaged before, during, and after the workshop. There were display cases to view and numismatic magazines to read. They had access to magnifiers, Red Books, Blue Books, World Books and Currency Books. Most Scouts came Prepared and were able to complete their merit badge today. The rest will meet back with their Counselor at a later date. All were invited to attend Cupertino Coin Club’s May 12 General Meeting to finish up requirement 10.b. or just check out the meeting. We hope to see many of them again on Friday! It was a successful workshop!

Club Treasurer, Emile Mestressat is running for the ANA Board of Governors. On April 12, he participated in the Candidate Forum and provided responses to four questions posed to the candidates. Please watch video. Candidate bios will be published in the June 2023 issue of The Numismatist. Ballots will be mailed to ANA members in June and must be received by the ANA by July 1. Please cast your vote for Emile. Thank you!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lH3VoDyojww1A8_BVPmynwyu6yY5EiER/view?usp=sharing

This just posted in the June 2023 issue of The Numismatist.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12NVRYiZzUZ6sO6–6oeTFE4x4KRcfY6B/view?usp=sharing

Members & guests, including youth of all ages are invited to attend our general meeting on Friday, May 12, 7:30 pm.
Agenda:
– Announcements
– Share a meal
– Auction
– Attendance drawing
– Birthday drawing (this month’s birthdays)
– Show & Tell
– Youth raffle
– General drawing – if enough tickets are sold
– Program: Precious Metals Market Trends
– Guest Speaker: Ron Ikebe