2018 Meetings and News
The BCCOCO continued to meet alternate months in Redmond and Bend in 2018, except as noted, on the 2nd Tuesday as begun in February 2016.
The December 4, 2018, club meeting in Redmond featured the annual Christmas/holiday potluck and was one week earlier than normal. There were excellent raffle prizes, including a proof one-ounce silver Eagle, and a proof 1/10-ounce gold Eagle, from the U.S. Mint. There was also good participation in the monthly “show & tell.” Please join us again next year!
At the November 13, 2018, club meeting in Bend, Eric re-presented the talk he first gave back in 2015 on “So-Called Dollars,” adding a display of the new book So-Called Dollars from the Pacific Coast Expositions, 1894-1962, by Shevlin and Hyder.
At the October 9, 2018, club meeting in Redmond, Paul was scheduled to give an illustrated presentation on “U.S. Mint Native American Code Talker medals,” but was unable to attend, so Keith presented some of the material and showed an album with some of the medals. Show & tell photos: 2001 U.S. Silver Eagle colorized with “Defenders of Freedom” design.
The September 11, 2018, club meeting in Bend was an opportunity to report on summer numismatic activities, including the ANA convention in Philadelphia.
Show & tell photos: 2005-S Sacagawea Dollar (PR 69 DCAM).
The club did not meet in the summer months of July and August.
The June 12, 2018, club meeting program in Bend was given by former club president Ted Campbell, who spoke about his experiences buying coins and getting great deals on GreatCollections.com. He also had a few coins to show us.
The May 8, 2018, club meeting in Redmond featured a brief review of information about U.S. coins that can be found in the “Mega Red” edition of the “Red Book,” plus a few more special auction items of U.S. coins including proof sets from 1957 to 1964.
The April 10, 2018, club meeting in Bend acknowledged National Coin Week (Apr. 15-21), although detailed materials ordered for the club had not arrived. There was also a short review of the PNNA convention in Tukwila, Wash., March 16-18, and a few more special auction items of U.S. coins.
The March 13, 2018, club meeting, also in Bend, featured a few more items from the special auction (this time world coins), and a preview of the PNNA convention in Tukwila, Wash., March 16-18, including a preview of the featured numismatic theater presentation, “Robert Scot: First Appointed Chief Engraver of the United States Mint,” by Bill Nyberg.
The February 13, 2018, club meeting in Bend featured a special auction of U.S. coins. Thanks to all who participated.
At the January 9, 2018, club meeting in Redmond, Harold presented some information on the 1902-S Morgan Dollar, one example of which is shown in an NGC slab, graded MS 61. The January 2018 meeting was previously posted for the Bend location, but was changed to Redmond, following the same pattern as in 2016 and 2017.
