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crown found in a junk box! Next Chuck Call showed a high relief silver round from the NW Territory Mint.
Kristine Martin had a New York City commemorative medallion to show us. Briita Ehlers had an Alaska Inland Passage token. The highlight of the Show and Tell for many of us was Bruce Braga's 1794 (pictured left) and 1795 large cents in AU condition. Very nice coins! There is an interesting article in the March 1st issue of the Coin World newspaper on an exhibit of pedigreed 1794 cents scheduled at the Early American Coppers convention in San Diego this April.
Vince Lacariere conducted the auction and Alan Douglass rounded off the evening with the raffle.
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Upcoming Speakers
March 9th - Bill Burke, US Philippines Currency
April 13th - Michael Turrini (subject to be confirmed)
If you would like to give the club a short talk on an area of numismatics that you find particularly interesting, or have other ideas for potential speakers, please contact Bill Burke at (408) 248-4057.
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