May 26th. 2000.

Next club meeting Monday 5th. June 2000.

At Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square.

Meeting commences at 7.00 pm.

May meeting

The May meeting consisted entirely of the annual club auction.

The meeting was well attended by 22 members and there were 4 dealer tables open. There were 119 lots of which nine failed to meet their reserve and did not sell. There were 14 buyers and the lots were evenly distributed between the collectors and dealers in the room.

The value of the sold lots was £466.55. Commission to Club was £42.54 Value of lots donated to the club was £37.30. Therefore the amount forwarded to Club funds is £79.80.

June Meeting.

The annual display competition and the AGM.

First the Annual General Meeting, probably the most important meeting in the Club's calendar.

This is the club member's opportunity to hear how their club is being run by the elected committee and comment on any aspect that he/she cares to. There will be reports by the:-

• Chairman, on all aspects of the club, over the events of last year and what we hope to achieve in the next year.
• Treasurer on the financial condition of the club.
• Program Secretary on the guest speakers for the next year.

There are to be some changes to the committee with officers who have served their term retiring, and new officers being elected by Club members. Club officers are all volunteers ( or press-ganged ) and there is always a shortage of volunteers. If you feel that you can help in any capacity or would like a year as an assistant officer then please make yourself available.

Second.the annual display competition for the Michael Broome Memorial Trophy. There is no theme to this year's display, only that it should have some connection to numismatics . The competition is open to all members. The winner has the prestige of keeping the Michael Broome memorial Trophy on their mantlepiece for one year with their name engraved upon it. The entrants are judged by all members present and it is not always the most expensive coins on display that win the competition. What the judges are looking for is originality, enthusiasm, presentation and interest. Displaying members must give a small explanation on their display, maximum 5 minutes, before the votes are cast by all members present. One vote to each member present and the display with the greatest number of votes is the winner. The winner will be announced after the AGM.

All entrants for the competition will be given a raffle ticket. At the end of the AGM the winning ticket will be drawn from the hat. The prize for the winning ticket will be a bottle of wine.

FREE bourse tables will not be available until after the AGM therefore we can give maximum space to the display competition.

Thanks to all members who returned the details questionnaire. I will update all of my records for the new Club Secretary.

This is my last newsletter. I hope that you have enjoyed reading the Newsletter over the last 5 years as much as I have writing it. Best wishes to the new secretary.

BNS. 27th June.

Christine Wiskin. Charlotte and the Cartwheel; the financing and distribution of the 1797 regal copper coinage

Future Events

The London Coin Fair. Saturday 3rd June. Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch. London W1.

Coin Fair. Saturday 17th June. Commonwealth Institute. Kensington. London W8.

Coin Fair Sunday 9th June. National Motor Cycle Museum Bickenhill Birmingham.

20 Years ago.

This was the AGM. 21 members attended out of a membership of 59. Frank was elected as Club Secretary and Graham was elected as Club President.