North York Coin Club Founded 1960 MONTHLY MEETINGS 4TH Tuesday 7:30 P.M. AT Edithvale Community Centre, 131 Finch Ave. W., North York M2N 2H8 MAIL ADDRESS: NORTH YORK COIN CLUB, 5261 Naskapi Court, Mississauga, ON L5R 2P4 Web site: www.northyorkcoinclub.com Contact the Club : Executive Committee E-mail: [email protected] President ........................................Bill O’Brien Director ..........................................Roger Fox Auction Manager..........................David Bawcutt Phone: 416-897-6684 1st Vice President ..........................Henry Nienhuis Director ..........................................Vince Chiappino ..................................................../Paul Johnson 2nd Vice President.......................... Director ..........................................Andrew Silver Editor ..........................................Paul Petch Member : Secretary ........................................Henry Nienhuis Junior Director ................................ Receptionist ................................Franco Farronato Treasurer ........................................Ben Boelens Auctioneer ......................................David Quinlan Draw Prizes ................................Bill O’Brien Ontario Numismatic Association Past President ................................Nick Cowan Social Convenor ..........................Bill O’Brien Royal Canadian Numismatic Assocation Librarian ......................................Robert Wilson THE BULLETIN FOR SEPTEMBER 2015 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE NEXT MEETING Welcome once again to the North York One item of concern for the club in the TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Coin Club’s monthly bulletin. Fall is upcoming year will be our ability to generate suddenly here in full force in the Toronto revenue to cover the huge increase in the IT’S IN THE BANQUET ROOM: area, but after last weekend’s spectacular cost of our meeting room at Edithvale. The We start gathering in the Gibson Room weather, a little relief is welcome. facilities are beautiful, convenient and meet on the second floor of the With that said, the nicest time of the year all of the club’s needs, but we must be Edithvale Community Centre, at 7:00 p.m. with meeting start is almost upon us, so it’s time to get out and diligent in covering our costs, which now sit scheduled for 7:30 p.m. enjoy the autumn and one of the many at about $600.00 for the 10 meetings we numismatic shows and auctions in the area. hold there each year. Our feature speaker tonight will be our Treasurer, Ben Boelens. Ben's collecting It’s also a good strategy to become familiar The Club’s December meeting location specialty is world coins and he will be telling with all the activity in the hobby. By visiting has also been decided upon and it will be us about the Numista website, which he has these shows you will gain a better insight held again this year at Tucker’s Marketplace found to be a worthwhile aid in building his and become a more educated collector. on Carlson Ct., near the airport. Details to collection. The website's mission is to Knowledge IS the secret to acquiring the follow. “connect you with collectors from the world over. Numista knows what coins you are unique pieces at the right price, so do your Well that seems to bring everyone up to homework first. You are also likely to spot looking for and helps you find them in the date on Club activities and the future events double coins from other members. Your familiar faces, develop friendships, get the that are scheduled. Any feedback or other swaps are made easy, fast and friendly. latest news on your collecting interests – all input such as suggestions on speakers or, as Numista is also a wonderful space to share because you get out and participate. just mentioned other ideas for increasing with other coin enthusiasts, especially I have a great idea, why not become a revenue such as a 50-50 draw, are always thanks to the forum and to Numisdoc, the volunteer and help plan the Club’s future? welcome. So, attend your monthly meeting participative numismatic encyclopedia.” Even if you are not an Internet user, you are This is an election year for the North York and participate. sure to find this communications tool Coin Club and we are looking for The fall show schedule is out and is interesting. individuals to run for the Club’s executive. packed with many shows available in every We appreciate all donations to our If interested you should see our Nominations corner of Southern Ontario. The Toronto supply of draw prize material. Committee Chairman. There will be more area has two of the larger shows in the Please remember to bring your on this at the September meeting. country with the Toronto Coin Expo, auction lots if you would like an Speaking of your Club’s executive, we October 2-3 followed about a month later auction at this meeting. have been hard at it already planning our with Torex on October 24-25. Both events first meeting of the Fall/Winter coin year. have extensive auctions held in conjunction Many items were discussed and a number of with the shows. The people outside the GTA Well that’s about all I have to say this speakers have already been confirmed for are also able to attend one of the many month and if you plan on visiting all those the year, so we are off to a fast start. Among shows in their area with shows in Guelph on shows and need an evening of rest and items that have been set already is the North September 26th, Oshawa Coin-A-Rama on fellowship before hand please circle York Coin Club Annual Coin Show. It is October 17th and finally Stratford on September 22nd on the calendar and get out tentatively booked for May 28 2016. Book October 18th. Now that’s one busy month, and attend the upcoming meeting of the your table early. so check out the details in the Coming NYCC at Edithvale Community Centre. Events listing. Bill O’Brien PAGE 2— SEPTEMBER 2015 — NORTH YORK COIN CLUB BULLETIN NEWS OF THE AUGUST 2015 MEETING The 613th meeting of the North York Coin Club was held on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 in the 2nd floor Gibson room. It was hammered to order at 7:35 P.M. with our Vice-President, Henry Nienhuis, in the chair and 17 members and 2 guests in attendance. Our President, Bill O’Brien, was otherwise involved, not only for the evening but also for the week. He was hosting many house guests and helping with the wedding of his daughter, which was coming up the following weekend. Member Harvey Shutter was not present when his name was drawn to receive the on-time attendance draw prize of $2.00. The draw will increase to $4.00 for the September 22nd meeting. Henry asked members present if they had noticed any errors or omissions in the minutes of the June Director for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) to help with meeting as published in the August newsletter. There being no the report. Jeff, who has spoken at our club before, prepared a corrections to the minutes, Len Kuenzig made a motion to Power-Point presentation and a display of R.C.N.A. convention accept the minutes, which was seconded Vince Chiappino. related items for members to look through during the break. A Motion carried. special feature of the presentation were some movies that he had taken with his digital camera of some of the highlights during Ben Boelens, our treasurer, then gave a brief report on the award presentations and at the banquet on Saturday evening. club’s financial status. After Jeff’s very comprehensive presentation Henry added a few The changes in the treasurer’s report reflect the decision details by quickly going through his presentation on the made during the June regular meeting to move the bulk of the convention. clubs funds into an interest bearing account with Tangerine Bank. Paul Petch asked for the floor to update the club on the status of our permit with the community centre. Paul was happy to report that the permit for our 2015-2016 meetings, in the 1st floor Banquet room, (not including July or December) was now in place. He also reported that the total cost were slightly below budget at $580.00. Jared Stapleton asked for the floor to make a special presentation on behalf of the Canadian paper Money Society. He surprised Henry with a medal for his 1st Place winning exhibit at the recent R.C.N.A. convention on Canadian Paper Money entitled “Edme Henry’s Bank.” With the business portion complete, we then moved on to our featured Delegate’s Report for the evening. Henry, our appointed delegate for the 2015 Henry Nienhuis (left) receives the Best Canadian Paper R.C.N.A. convention, invited our Money medal for his display “Edme Henry’s Bank” from Canadian Paper Money Society Past President guest Jeff Wilson (R.C.N.A. Jared Stapleton NORTH YORK COIN CLUB BULLETIN — SEPTEMBER 2015 — PAGE 3 The next order of business was the regular lucky draw, there was no auction held. Lucky draw winners for the evening were- Tony Hine (2), Ben Boelens (2), Jared Stapleton, Carolyne-Marie Petch (2), and Franco Farronato (2). The club earned $17.00 through the sale of the draw tickets! There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:00 P.M. The club executive would like to thank members for supporting the club through the purchase of draw tickets and draw prize donations. Please consider supporting your club through a donation of numismatic material or other items. (Don’t forget to mention your donations Our guest Jeff Wilson prepares to show his report on the 2015 R.C.N.A.’s Halifax Convention to the club secretary so that your support can be recognized in the minutes and Henry then called for our customary refreshment break from newsletter.) 8:40-8:50 P.M.