Cupertino Coin Club

Bring a friend, or two, to our next meeting on May 13, and you will be entered into our special Friend Drawing for a prize. Plus, you and your friend(s) will have fun at the meeting. This applies to both youth and adults! Thank you for introducing your friend to a potential new hobby and helping our club to grow!

Don’t be frightened! Our May general meeting will be Friday the 13th. Although this will be a hybrid meeting with a Zoom option, you will want to attend in-person in order to participate in the program. The 100 Grand Challenge is back! We will run a numismatic Q & A game, run by our Vice President and Program Chair, Suzy. Winners of each question will receive a 100 Grand! (Fun-Sized candy bars will be given to the winners. Gluten- & dairy-free participants will receive an alternate yummy treat. We didn’t forget about you!) The general meeting will also feature our usual auction, show & tell, attendance & birthday drawings. If you are not current on your dues, you can mail your $12 per year dues to the club PO Box or pay them to the Club Treasurer, Emile, at the May meeting. Our meeting will begin at 7:30 pm at St. Joseph of Cupertino Church.

We will have a virtual board meeting Wed, May 18, 7:30 pm. All members are welcome to attend. Please contact the Club President, Gran at cupertinocoinclub@gmail.com for the Zoom link if you are interested.

This is NO April Fool’s joke. Key Club Officers needed to run the April General Meeting are not available April 8. The church was not available to us on Good Friday, April 15, so we have decided to move the April meeting up one week. We hope you will join us at 7:30 pm on the FIRST Friday of April, April 1 at St. Joseph of Cupertino Church.

We will have a hybrid meeting again, with in-person and Zoom available. The meeting will feature an auction, show & tell, attendance & birthday drawings, plus the induction of Club Officers & Board of Directors for the 2022-2023 term and Keith S’s presentation on “Numismatic Thorns”.

Dues are due, so please plan to make your $12 dues payment at the meeting to the Club Treasurer or mail your dues check to the club PO Box.

We will have a virtual board meeting Wed, April 20, 7:30 pm. All members are welcome to attend. Please contact the Club President, Gran at cupertinocoinclub@gmail.com for the Zoom link if you are interested.

The Friday, March 11 general meeting will be an in-person business meeting that will feature our usual auction, show & tell, attendance & birthday drawings, plus the annual election of Club Officers & Board of Directors for the 2022-2023 term and a slideshow, highlighting all the fun events this club has participated in over the last 12 months, March 2021 – February 2022. Members in good standing are eligible to vote for the 2022-2023 Board. If you are not current on your dues, you can mail your $12 per year dues to the club PO Box or pay them to the Club Treasurer, Emile, at the March meeting prior to the election. You won’t want to miss this exciting iMovie video that Board Director Alex is helping Program Chair Suzy put together. Our meeting will begin at 7:30 pm at St. Joseph of Cupertino Church.

We will have a virtual board meeting Wed, March 16, 7:30 pm. All members are welcome to attend. Please contact the Club President, Gran at cupertinocoinclub@gmail.com for the Zoom link if you are interested.

Sadly, the Elks Lodge in Santa Clara was destroyed by a fire on January 30th. We have been fortunate enough to be given permission to hold our BSA Coin Collecting Merit Badge Workshop at the newly-renovated, 300-capacity hall at:

American Legion Post 419
958 Homestead Rd
Santa Clara, CA 95050

Eight volunteer Merit Badge Counselors from Cupertino Coin Club look forward to working with the 50+ registered Scouts on Sunday!

CoinExpo San Jose
Fri, Feb 4, 10 am – 5 pm
Sat, Feb 5, 10 am – 4 pm
Double Tree Hotel
2050 Gateway Pl
San Jose, CA
Show Producer: Scott Griffin
Portsmouth Square Company
(415)601-8661
scott@griffincoin.com

Cupertino Coin Club February General Meeting (In-Person/Zoom hybrid)
Fri, Feb 11, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
St Joseph of Cupertino Church
10110 N De Anza Blvd
Cupertino CA

Agenda:
– Auction
– Announcements
– Attendance drawing
– Birthday drawing (this month’s birthdays)
– Show & Tell
– Program: *Guest Speaker: Mike W
Topic: The Fitzgerald Hoard

BSA Coin Collecting Merit Badge Workshop
Sun, Feb 13, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Elks Lodge
1680 Martin Ave
Santa Clara CA
Open to Scouts ages 11-17 registered to a Scouts BSA Troop.
Details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LZSmvxtNiMWq1vAIje1sweP1a6WJ7bZp/view?usp=sharing

February Board Meeting
Wed, Feb 16, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Via Zoom.
All members welcome.

2022 Coin Show
Cupertino Coin Club’s annual coin show will NOT be in February this year. We are working on the details for a show later this year and will keep you posted. Our aim is to keep the show at St Joseph of Cupertino Church. Please accept our apologies for the delay. You can also check back on our website under the Annual Show tab for the latest. Thank you!

Yes, we will be meeting in person this Friday at St Joseph of Cupertino Church, starting at 7:30 pm! We look forward to seeing you there!

Cupertino Coin Club Officers and Club Members offer BSA Coin Collecting Merit Badge Workshop! Please share this information with registered youth in Scouts BSA.

Sunday, February 13, 2022, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Elks Lodge 1680 Martin Ave Santa Clara, CA 95050

Have fun earning the Coin Collecting Merit Badge!

Please email to register for this workshop:
Counselors: Emile Mestressat & Suzy Trigonis
Email: coincollecctingmb@yahoo.com

Numismatists/Merit Badge Counselors from Cupertino Coin Club are running this workshop.

Note: Complete Requirement 10.b. by attending Cupertino Coin Club’s Friday, Feb 11 General meeting, 7:30-9:00pm at St Joseph of Cupertino Church, 10110 N De Anza Blvd, Cupertino, CA or CoinExpo San Jose Coin Show at DoubleTree Hotel, 2050 Gateway Pl, San Jose, CA 95110 Fri, Feb 4, 10am-5pm or Sat, Feb 5, 10am-4pm. Scouts should be in Class A uniform for either option. Coin Show offers discounted validated parking & $3 discounted admission for adults chaperoning uniformed Scout.

Prerequisites:
* Bring a Blue Card signed by your Scoutmaster.
* Read the Coin Collecting Merit Badge pamphlet (available for purchase at the South Bay Scout Shop), complete & bring workbook.
* It is recommended that Scouts bring a Whitman Red Book, if they have one.
* To get sign-off on the Blue Card, each Scout needs to collect and bring the coins required for Requirements 3, 6, 7, & 9 to show the Merit Badge Counselor. Although we will go over the requirements in the workshop, Scouts should be prepared to demonstrate knowledge for Requirements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, & 10. Numismatic magazines will be available and time allotted for completion of Requirement 5.b.
* Bring a notebook and pen or pencil.
* A prepared Scout should be able to complete this Merit Badge by end of workshop.
* Attendees can sign up for a free one-year youth membership with the American

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Numismatic Association (ANA)! We look forward to seeing you Feb 13!

Vaccinated members & guests are invited to attend our general meeting in person on Friday, Jan 14, 7:30 pm. Bring your COVID Vaccination card unless you provided it previously. Masks must be worn at all times indoors. No food or drinks will be served or permitted. A personal water bottle is allowed. Unvaccinated members or those still wishing to attend virtually may login using the credentials in this month’s newsletter.
Agenda:
– Auction
– Announcements
– Attendance drawing
– Birthday drawing (this month’s birthdays)
– Show & Tell
– Program:
*Guest Speaker: Kevin A
Topic: San Francisco Coinage & Early California History