The Diablo Die Break
51th Year
Vol. 2
February, 2011
President: James Laird
Vice President: John Russell
Secretary: Brad Lee
Treasurer: Bill Green
Board: Kyle Anderson, Larry Casagrande, Steve McClure (Editor)
The SOCIETY meets the Third Thursday Monthly at the Red Lion
Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn), 1050 Burnett Ave, Concord, Ca.
Doors open at 6 PM. Meeting starts 7 PM SHARP.
The next gathering will be the 630th meeting of the Society, Thursday,
February 17th at the hotel Please plan to attend.
DUES MAY NOW BE PAID FOR 2011.
February Meeting Topic
BEI Wealth Management Group will be giving a presentation "2011 Investment
Market Outlook". Bring your questions.
January Meeting Review
Mark Clarkson-“Collecting US Paper Money”
Highlights: buy various guide books available, federal reserve notes printed 1914
(saddle blanket bills), current size bills were produce in 1928, certificates
redeemable in gold discontinued in 1934, “In God We Trust” first appeared in
1963. This was also the date for the $1 reserve note. Prior to that year all $1 bills
were Silver Certificates. Mark showed design changes over the years. Star bills
were explained.
Youth Meeting:
. The Youth Numismatic meeting was held prior to our general meeting. 10 scouts
attended.
Winners, were as follows:
Ontime drawing: Michael Jordan
The raffle winners were: Paul Romesburg x3, Jon Marish x2, Bill Hickman x2,
Tom Spohn x2, Lloyd Chan x2, Karen Stephenson, Glenn Stephenson, and Don
Hill
The 50/50 raffle: There was $100 in the pot. Edwin Hoffmark Jr. was the winner.
Show & Tell: There were 10 presenters. The winner was Lyle Okamoto.
Membership Drawing: Maureen Owens was present to win our 50th Anniversary
Silver Medallion.
Announcements:
Guests in attendance were: John Arkoosh Jr., Paul Thomson, Ron Grant and
from the Livermore Coin Club Sharon & Steve Kramer. Also attending were Edwin
Hoffmark Jr. and Lloyd Chan who joined as new members.
Dates for the San Jose and Livermore Coin Shows were given.
Bob Luna requested that we consider changing our start time to 6:30 p.m. James
Laird advised this could not be done.
Annual banquet will be Saturday, 3/26/11 at Marie Callenders. The cost will be
$20 per person.
The board of directors decided our October Coin Show raffle will consist of 3 gold
coins and 17 Morgan Silver Dollars. There will be 4,000 raffle tickets for sale with
advertising on the back of each ticket.
This Month in American Coin/Currency History:
02/05/1912 – First coinage of Nickels at Denver Mint
02/09/1793 – Congress authorized foreign coins as legal tender
02/09/1924 – First National Coin Week
02/10/1870 – Carson City Mint delivers first coinage (Silver Dollars)
02/11/1964 – First coinage of Kennedy half dollars
02/12/1873 – Coinage Act of 1873 signed by President Grant
02/21/1853 - $3 gold coin approved
02/21/1857 – Flying Eagle design authorized for cent, half-cent discontinued
02/25/1791 – First charter date – The Bank of the United States
02/28/1878 - Passage of Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act, providing for issue
of silver certificate
Upcoming Shows:
Feb 18 & 19
Santa Rosa
Feb 20
San Jose
Redwood Empire 43rd Annual Coin Show, Redwood Empire Coin Club, Sonoma
County Fairgrounds, E. L. Finley Hall, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd., Merle Avila,
(day) (707) 585-3711, (eve) (707) 824 - 4811
39th Annual Coin & Collectibles Show, Cupertino Coin Club, Napredak Hall, 770
Montague Expressway, Bruce Braga, (408) 839 - 1883 BruceBraga1@AIM.com
Free parking!
Feb 25 - 26
San Francisco
Old SF Mint Show, 5th & Mission, Scott Griffin (415) 601 - 8661
Mar 6
Livermore
49th Annual Coin Show, Livermore Valley Coin Club, Elks Lodge, 940 Larkspur,
Bourse: Stephen Kramer (925) 422 - 3794 Free admission & parking!
Mar 11 - 13
Sacramento
Sacramento Coin Show, Red Lion Inn (Next to Sears), 1401 Arden Way, Peter
McIntosh, (916) 317 - 9055 mcintoshcoins@yahoo.com
Mar 17 - 19
Sacramento
ANA National Money Show, Sacramento Convention Center, (719) 482 - 9826
Apr 15 - 17
Santa Clara
Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, Convention Center, 5001 Great American
Parkway, (805) 962 - 9939 scshow@exposunlimited.com
Diablo Numismatic Society
51ST Anniversary Awards Banquet
When: Saturday, March 26th, 2011
Time: Conversation and Cocktails – 6:00 PM
Dinner served at – 6:30 PM
Where: Marie Callender’s
2090 Diamond Blvd.
Concord, Ca.
Menu: #_______ Country Fried Steak
#_______ Roasted Turkey Dinner
#_______ Braised and Slow Roasted Pot Roast
#_______ Vegetarian Dinner
Dinner includes Caesar Salad, Cornbread and choice of Coffee, Iced Tea
or fountain drinks. The meals also includes a slice of Apple, Chocolate
Cream or Lemon Meringue Pie.
Pie Choice: #_______Apple
#_______Chocolate Crème
#_______Lemon Meringue
Remit Check Payable to D.N.S.
Promptly mail this form and check to:
Diablo Numismatic Society
P.O. Box 177
Concord, Ca. 94522-0177
Reservations must be received no later than March 19th.
Name: __________________________
Number in Party___________________
X $20.00 per attendee=_____________