February 2010 - Volume 1 Issue 2

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February 2010 - Volume 1 Issue 2

Walk ing Liberty Halves

The Walking Liberty Halves, which are more professionally known as the Walking Liberty half dol-

lars, are silver half dollar coins that are worth $0.50 U.S. These were released by the United States

of America and some of them can even be found easily today because of their minting date. Walking

Liberty half dollars were minted at different times and for multiple dates. These times and dates in-clude 1916-1921, 1923, 1927-1929 and 1933-1947. The original design was created in 1916 by Ad-

olph A. Weinman. On the reverse side of the coin, you are even able to find his artists mark AAW

just under the wings of the eagle.

The different mintmarks can be seen under the saying In God we Trust which resides on the

front. However this mark was moved to the reverse side on 1917 and so for those dates forward

can be found underneath the words half dollar on the coin. The S sign for minting stands for San

Francisco Mint, the D is for Denver Mint and the P is for Philadelphia.

The designer of the Walking Liberty half-dollars, Adolph A. Weinman, was also the designer for thevery famous mercury dimes. Mercury dimes are thought to be one of the more attractive coins in

the history of the United States of America. This coin is considered one of the most beautiful coins

but is primarily known as the most beautiful half dollar, showing great craftsmanship on his part as

well as skill. While many coins has significant errors that you are able to find, Walking Liberty half

dollars only have one that is well known which is both sides with the image of the reverse side

rather than being two sided like most coins.

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SOME HISTORY OF THE BAY CITIES & CULVER CITY COIN CLUB(Taken from a flyer created in early 1972)

BAY CITIES COIN CLUB and the CULVER CITY COIN CLUB

Extends a cordial welcome to the49TH SEMI-ANNUAL

CALIFORNAI STATE NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION CONVENTION

"Santa Monica-Where the Mountains Meet the Sea"

Bay Cities and Culver City Coin Clubs as your hosts selected as the design for the convention medal,James and Laura Gardner Fraser's depiction of the early pioneers first viewing the Santa Monica Bayand Pacific Ocean; the covered wagon and the setting sun over the bay and mountains gives a vividpicture of one view of our historic past.

Truly, Santa Monica has had an historic past; from Juan Cabrillo's landing in 1542 and naming it theBay of Smoke----from the many Indian encampments; to the Franciscan Mission trails---Father Cre-spi built the first establishment here in 1752 at the base of the Santa Monica Canyon; to the laterdays of the great Rancheros, to the early movie. colony of Inceville, and even later to the famouswatering spa of the rich and famous, to today' s gracious way of living............A HISTORIC PASTLOOKS FORWARD TO A GOLDEN FUTURE

*****************BAY CITIES & CULVER CITY COIN CLUBS Joint Installation & Awards Banquet, January 20th, 1972,Thursday, 8:00 P.M., Memorial Bldg., Overland & Culver Blvd., Culver City.M.C. Curly Mitchell: Dinner, Fun and Fine Fellowship. Please join us.

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Photos from our January Dinner Meeting at Dinahs Restaurant

Our Grand Prize Winner of the Gold DrawingEric Auerbach



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The January dinner meeting was called to order at 6:55 PM with 35 people present, includingguests. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Steve D. Walter Ostromecki won the membership

drawing of $3, which he took in the form of drawing tickets and then donated them to the YNs(Young Numismatists) at the meeting. (Thank you Walt!)

ANNOUNCEMENTSGarn A.Explained dinner payment issues due to the fact that we will not be able to get separate

checks at our annual dinner meeting. He is going to put the total bill, including tax and 15% tip onhis credit card. Each diner was to list on sheets of paper exactly what they had for dinner and willbe presented a bill from Garn at the next regular meeting in February.

AFTER DINNER

Garn A.Introduced Walt Ostromecki as an ANA Governor, Culver City Coin Club Life Member andBay Cities Coin Club Member (Life?) to give us a short speech.

Walt O.Stated that he enjoyed being at our annual dinner meeting and requested us to join theANA (American Numismatic Association). He told us that he could sign us up that night at a specialprice of $18 instead of the regular price of $28. (Several members joined the ANA that night.) Healso mentioned that although the ANA has had financial and other problems in the past, that theyare getting a handle on those problems and they seem to be being resolved.

Jack vB.Passed out papers showing our current logo and two other modified designs that GeorgeG. created. After a short description of each design he requested that a vote be taken to possiblychange our logo to include the design showing Culver City in the sun suggesting that the sun is

setting on the Culver City Coin Club. A vote was taken and the sunset version was the winner. (Seepage eight.)

COIN RAFFLE

1.) 1930-DLincoln 1c-Jack vB. 11.) 1954-DWashington 25c-Gordon W.2.) 1947-DLincoln 1c-Ryan P. 12.) 2009-P&DTerr. Set 25c-John F.3.) 1925-SBuffalo 5c-Jack vB. 13.) 1928-DSt. Liberty 25c-Gordon W.4.) 1907-PLiberty 5c-Steve R. 14.) 1898-PBarber 25c-Steve R.5.) 1943-PWar nickel 5c-Dan R. (guest) 15.) 1939S&1907PBarber 50c-Eric P.6.) 1833-PHalf dime 5c-Dan R. (guest) 16.) 1937-DWalker 50c-John F.

7.) 1943-PMercury 10c-Gordon W. 17.) 1923-SWalker 50c-Rob P.8.) 1951-SRoosevelt 10c-Jack vB. 18.) 1945-PWalker 50c-George G.9.) 1964-PWashington 25c-Ryan P. 19.) 1949-SFranklin 50c-John F.

10.) 1962-Prf-Washington 25c-Clint McG. 20.) 1883-OMorgan $1-Steve R.

A few of the coins were donated by John S. & Jack vB. Thanks go out to them!Garn A. donated back two of his coin wins for a second drawing. Thanks, Garn!

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MEMBERSHIP AWARD/ GOLD DRAWING

1.) 1999-PrfSBA $1-Steve D. 9.) 2009PrfTerr. Proof Set 25c-Al dM.2.) 1982-DGeo. Wash. 50c-George G. 10.) 2009-?Silver Eagle $1-Steve D.3.) 1982-DGeo. Wash. 50c-Valentijn R. 11.) 2009-?Silver Eagle $1-John S.4.) 2-1951-?Franklin 50c-George G. 12.) 2009-?Silver Eagle $1-Clint McG.5.) 1938-DBuffalo 5c-Jack vB 13.) 2009-?Silver Eagle $1-Lou B.6.) 1945-DJefferson 5c-Gordon W. 14.) 1926-PPeace $1-Steve D.7.) 1952-DFranklin 50c-Anthony L. 15.) 1902-OMorgan $1-Steve D.8.) 1865-PTwo Cent 2c-Clint McG. 16.) 2006-SSF Mint $5 GOLD-Eric A.

Garn A. & Richard N. each donated back a coin win for a second drawing. Thanks, guys!

Two new members signed up tonightbringing our membership total to 40!!

Meeting adjourned at 8:42 PM.

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February 2010 - Volume 1 Issue 2Presidents MessageIt is always an interesting event when we have our annual dinner

and membership awards. This years event at Dinahs was no ex-ception. It was a little crazy at the beginning with another groupsharing the room for a short time. Moreover, we had a little mix-up

on the time, which turned out fine as everyone pretty much showedup at the normal meeting time. Therefore, once we got into theswing of things it was a fun evening. Particularly at the end whenEric Auerbach won the gold coinI think he was more surprisedthan anyone else was. Congratulations, Eric!It was also a pleasant surprise to have Walt Ostromecki join us at

the dinner. As I mentioned, Walt has served as President of boththe Culver City and Bay Cities Coin Clubs so it was nice for him tobe there when the two clubs were officially merged into one. Walt is currently serving on the Boardof Governors of the American Numismatic Association. As he travels quite a bit, I wanted to thankhim again for taking time from his busy schedule to join usand to take a few minutes to speak tous. His offer to join the ANA was well received as I joined again and a few others joined as well.In addition, as Walt offered to present a program at one of our monthly meetings, we have since

set a date for him to do so. Walt will be presenting his program at our March 11th meeting on thetopic of DUMB COINS. I think we are going to have some fun with this one. So please be sure toattend the March meetingand bring a friend.In an email to me after the dinner, Walt raised an interesting questionwhether the club has con-

sidered becoming an ANA member? The old Bay Cities Coin Club was a long-standing active mem-ber. Culver City long ago had decided not to join. Dues for the club would be $75 a year, which canbe reduced to ZERO, by having 15 ANA members. The ANA will take off $5 dollars for each ANAmember the club has. Based on the show of hands at the dinner, and those that joined, we could

already have 9-10 ANA members in our club. Therefore, club membership in the ANA could be at anegligible cost. This is something we need to discuss at the next meeting.During the week following our dinner, Walt was also instrumental in recommending one of our club

members for a 2010 Summer Seminar Young Numismatist Scholarship. Now celebrating its 41styear, the Summer Seminar features a weeklong lineup of classes in ancients, paper money, Morgandollars, Lincoln cents, shipwreck coins, commemoratives, or medals and tokens. Students learn tograde coins and detect counterfeits and, most important, talk with distinguished scholars, risingyoung stars and successful business leaders. With Walts help, Tyler Gobble has applied for thisyears Summer Seminar Young Numismatist Scholarship. This is really a great opportunity for Tylerand we are all pulling for him to win a scholarship to attend.Before our meeting on February 11th, there are a couple of coin shows that I hope our members re-membered to attend. First was the show at the Elks Lodge in Westchester on Saturday and Sun-day, January 30th and 31st. Moreover, everyone should be aware by now of the Long Beach CoinShow on February 4th thru 6th. We are hoping to hear many tales about everyones experiences atthese shows and the prize finds they discovered there. I look forward to hearing from you at themeeting. Until then

Collect Early and Often

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2010 OFFICERSPresident

Garn AndersonVice Presiden tRichard Navarro

Secretary/EditorJack von Bloeker III

TreasurerGeorge Gill

Meetings are normally held at the El Segundo Library, 111 West Mariposa Avenue,El Segundo, CA. Next meeting is on Thursday, February 11th@ 6:30 PM

(Place & time are subject to change)


Items of interest for this newsletter

can be mailed to:The BCCC Journalc/o Jack von Bloeker III5714 Apia DriveCypress, CA 90630or emailed to:

[email protected]

Coin ShowsFeb 4-6 Long BeachLong Beach Convention Center Hall A, 100 S. Pine Ave.Hrs: Thurs. & Fri. 10AM-7PM, Sat. 10AM-5PM ADMFeb 15 AnaheimEmbassy Suites Hotel, 3100 Frontera St., Free parking

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Member SpotlightFebruaryScott Gobble MarchWalt Ostromecki

RefreshmentsFebruaryJack von Bloeker III March?????

OUR NEWEST LOGO VOTING RESULTS

The newest logo reflects the sun setting on the Culver City Coin Club.

Januarys logo Februarys Logo

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