I attended my first club meeting yesterday afternoon and officially became a member of the Calumet Numismatic Club which meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month in Highland, Indiana. I'm now one of what appears to be a total club membership of roughly fifteen. All new members are invited to pick a surprise out of "The Mystery Box". I pulled a 1961-D Washington quarter out. Gotta love that silver! I'm hoping this will prove to be a good resource for social networking, exchanging numismatic information, and adding to my collection. I'll let you know how things go and if there's any members on here in my area I would encourage you to join us. The more the merrier. :smile
It should really help with trading and exploring your collection. It's always good to surround yourself with people of like interests. -DJ
That would be cool clembo. And then when you show up they'll all be like "Hey it's Clembo, where have you been for the past 35 years?":goof:
Now THAT'S funny! I was like 12 or so. One of the few YNs and no computers. Just a bunch of old people and 4 YNs. There was no clembo. I had a real name but man it brings back memories. Just so happens that my boss at the shop was also a member. Like in the early-mid 60s. What a trip it would be if we both showed up. They'd at least know him. Putting this on my list of things to actually do. clembo
I wonder how coin clubs are listed in the phone book? Or how does anybody know about them? I've been collecting coins for nearly 50 years now and I just two weeks ago found and joined the Honolulu coin club. Yes I did! So . . . How does anybody find out about these clubs if they don't go to coin shops to buy coins?
...but then things happen, reputations are made, and time passes and there's always some young guy who thinks he's faster on the draw. So it's safer to adopt an alias. "Clembo" would make a half-decent movie title for a western.
congrats, and have fun! by the way Gopher, looking at your signature... coins minted in the Falkland Islands, which is near the southern tip of South America, which is fairly close to Antarctica, is an overseas territory of the UK (and of course has the Queen on the obverse)... and, well, I'll let you take a look at the coins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_Falkland_Islands_pound specifically the 1 cent piece
