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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1800673, member: 57463&quot;]Ace71499, good luck with the project.&nbsp; You got a lot of good advice here.&nbsp; You cannot follow all of it at once.&nbsp; No path to success exists: there is no royal road. Everything helps; nothing guarantees.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would say that the single most important thing is <b>continuity.</b> I know one club (not coins) five years old. Four to eight people meet once a month.&nbsp; It is all they need for the purpose of the group.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While you do know a lot, perhaps, it feels to me as if for your club, hands-on grading would be fun.&nbsp; Maybe members could bring in materials for identification.&nbsp; This library you meet at, what kinds of books do they have in the CJ or 737 sections?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, you might find one or more local coin dealers who would come and talk about an area of expertise - not just &quot;buy your coins from me&quot; but something they know about well at a recognized level.&nbsp; Ask around.&nbsp; Check with the ANA website under Membership to find dealers close to you and then use the ANA and ANS library databases and see if any has written an article or book.&nbsp; You might find other numismatists (not dealers) who would come to your group as guests.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might want to think about a website or at least pages on someone&#039;s site, just to post meeting notices and meeting minutes. Meeting minutes let people see that something happened worth attending. (As an aside, we never mention last names. )</p><p>New Jersey has some national-class clubs, also.&nbsp; You can find them on the ANA website, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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