Next club meeting Monday 4^th January 2016.

• Subject - Short Talks by Members

Notices

· Please continue thinking about Auction lots for March. All lots should be given to Ian Pratt at the January or February meeting.

December Meeting

The December meeting was given over to our Xmas bash.

Members brought along coins for sale and there were two displays including:

· Gavin had two acquisitions for 2015, a fake 8 Reales and a countermarked Victorian halfpenny.

· Brian had brought a 1914 penny that had been converted into a ring.

A further display was waiting in the main part of the Church, where there was a set of decorated Xmas trees, one for each of the groups who use the Church. Val had decorated the one for the Coin Club, a splendid example, with several coin related baubles.

After a time for the usual dealing and bargaining we were treated to a buffet, prepared by Mick, including quiches amongst the usual suspects (Mince pies, cheese and grape etc.). Next came the notoriously difficult Gavin quiz. Answers will be provided in next Month’s newsletter for those of you not lucky enough to have attended the meeting. Questions are given below. The winner was Michael who managed to get 10 ½ questions right!

Xmas Dinner

The December dinner was a return to the Cunning Man where 22 members and partners enjoyed a sumptuous meal, accompanied by fine wines and plenty of entertaining conversation. Well done to Peter for organizing such an excellent event - I wager we’ll be returning there next year.

Gavin’s Quiz

1. What does PP stand for on Roman coins?

2. What does RSR in the exergue of Roman coins designate?

3. When was the first British silver threepence issued?

4. What was a Bawbee and its English equivalent?

5. What is the most common currency denomination in the 17^th century token series?

6. Where did the silver for the British SSC coinage of 1723 come from?

7. What was the highest face value copper token issued in the early19^th century?

8. What change takes place on the obverse of the British gothic florin after 1867?

9. When were heraldic colouring lines added to Britannia’s shield on British bronze pennies?

10. Were British bronze pennies issued in 1923?

11. Who designed the obverse of the 1887 Jubilee head coinage?

12. Who was the first British coin issuing monarch of the House of Windsor?

13. When were British bronze farthings demonetized?

14. When did a leek first appear on British coins?

15. What does VDB stand for on the reverse of the 1909 US cent?

16. In which country is the Lempira the currency unit?

17. Which country first issued euros in 2015?

18. Which country issued Escalins in the 17^th century?

19. Which mint is denoted by K on French coins?

20. Which British possession issued obols?

Future Events.

• Midland Coin Fair - National Motorcycle museum – 10^th January

Past Events

• The December meeting has traditionally been the Xmas party.

Finally a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to All Our Members.

Club Secretary.