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Message:: [QUOTE="Indianhead65, post: 216748, member: 103422"]I just wanted to share with you my experience at my first coin club meeting. I went to the basement of the local bank where the meeting is held and as soon as you walk through the door theres a guy sitting there selling tickets for a chance to win a few of his coins, so I bought one. One guy was sitting in the back beside a table selling Morgan, Peace and P and D Washington Dollars so I bought a Denver Washington Dollar. The meeting started out with a report of last months minutes and the treasurers report on account balances. Then it was time for show and tell. An example of a bleached $1 dollar bill and a cent planchet. They had a presentation of "hand painted coins" and explained how the paint ruins the coin and suggested that everyone should stay away from wasting their money on these. Then there was a "just for fun" quiz of about 10 questions. I thought it was fun. The club consists of about 15-20 people out of which I was (at 42 yrs old) the youngest there. The rest of the members there were at least in the 65-80 age range and have been collecting for most of their lives, which I consider a benefit. You can learn alot from the old timers that have been involved in Numismatics for that long. I really enjoyed it and plan on attending every monthly meeting. Sorry for being long-winded.[/QUOTE]