Meetings
MCCC Monthly Meetings Announcements
May 14, 2013: National Money Show Report
This year, the American Numismatic Association National Money Show will be held May 9-11 in New Orleans. Several members will be attending including MCCC President Scott Barman who will participating in the candidate’s forum on Saturday, May 11. After a few days of recovery from this trip, show attendees will report on what went on [...]
April 9, 2013: Geocaching and Numismatics
New MCCC member Chris Jorritson will discuss “Geocaching and Numismatics.” Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity in which participants use Global Positioning System receivers or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers. Some participants use geocoins, or tokens, in the caches. Many of the geocoins are trackable on various websites where visitors are able [...]
March 12, 2013: Introduction to Collecting Ancient Coins
MCCC is happy to announce that Mike Markowitz, the President of the Ancient Numismatic Society of Washington D.C., will join us for our March meeting to present “Introduction to Collecting Ancient Coins.” Collecting ancient coins can be intimidating at first but as you study and learn more about their history you can learn more about [...]
February 12, 2013: Coin Collecting in the former Soviet Union
MCCC Member Aaron Cohen will talk about his experiences as a coin collector in the former Soviet Union. Aaron, who immigrated to the United States in 1979, will talk about what it was like to collect as a young numismatist and then what happened to his collection when he attempted to leave the Soviet Union. [...]
January 8, 2013: Early Baltimore Scrip
Thanks to Simcha Kuritzky, January’s presentation will be a 20-minute video of a talk given by Bill Stratemeyer describing early scrip and private banknotes of Baltimore, particularly around the Hard Times era (1837–1840s), presented at the ANA World’s Fair of Money in Baltimore 2008. MCCC will also install the officers elected during the December 2012 [...]
December 11, 2012: Election and Donated Auction
In December, MCCC will hold its annual Donated Auction to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Silver Spring. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to the club so they can continue their good work in the community. The auction will consist of a combination of coins, hobby supplies, numismatic literature, etc. Please [...]
November 13, 2012: The Tobacco Economy of Montgomery County 1700-1748
MCCC President Jack Schadegg will make a presentation on “The Tobacco Economy of Montgomery County 1700–1748.” This period leads up to the issue of the notes that Scott Barman discussed in his June, 2009 presentation on “Maryland Colonial Currency 1744-1780.” Jack has recently done some interesting research on the topic and will illuminate his talk [...]
October 9, 2012: Prize-Winning State Quarter Display from Montgomery County Fair
Shawn Weiksner will show and discuss his hand-made, wood-carved 50-State Quarter display that was the Grand Champion winner of the 2012 Montgomery County Fair’s Arts and Crafts Division. The display includes complete 56-coin sets of both Philadelphia and Denver Mint quarters representing the 50 states and the six other territories.
September 11, 2012: “Fort Knox: Secrets Revealed”
Start of the school year brings the opportunity for new learning opportunities. September’s meeting will be a screening of an excerpt of The History Channel’s Fort Knox: Secrets Revealed. According to the summary, “The U.S. Bullion Depository, better known as Fort Knox, is home to an estimated $73 billion (2007 value) in gold. Almost all [...]
August 14, 2012: World’s Fair of Money Wrap Up
A number of MCCC members will be attending the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia the week of August 7-11. Those members will share their experiences and what they found at the world’s largest coin show. Come see what is happening in the world of numismatics and [...]
