The Tacoma-Lakewood Coin Club (TLCC) is a vibrant local coin club serving the South Puget Sound region, including the cities of Tacoma and Lakewood. The TLCC was founded in 1988 by the merger of the former Tacoma Coin Club and the former Lakewood Center Coin Club. The TLCC welcomes all numismatists — persons who study, collect, or deal with coins, paper money, tokens and medals.

The TLCC is proud to present tlcc.info, our home on the World Wide Web! This site is updated at least monthly to bring you accurate and up-to-date information about numismatics in the Tacoma area. TLCC members are also available to help answer your questions about numismatics. Please don't hesitate to ask us a question or to contribute information for possible use on this site!

Recently completed TLCC coin show and banquet! March was a big month for the TLCC!!

• Complete!!
  TACOMA-LAKEWOOD COIN CLUB 47th SEMI-ANNUAL SHOW , March 10-11, 2012,
  King Oscar Convention Center, 88th & So. Hosmer Way, Tacoma, WA.

• TLCC 55th year party, banquet, and reunion, March 10, 2012 (evening) at facility just above the King Oscar Inn restaurant, next door to the convention center where we have our shows.

See the PNNA calendar for more upcoming coin shows, and see "Club Information" below for regular TLCC club meetings.

TLCC Library List! (PDF file) Members may borrow materials subject to club policies.

The May 1 program was the Show & Tell that we didn't have in April. Attendees were asked to bring their World's Fair memorabilia along with memories of experiences at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair or any other World's Fair. Any World's Fair artifact (even non-numismatic) was welcome.

The April 3 display (Show & Tell) topic was "Seattle World's Fair (50th anniversary)," and the speaker was Steve Fisher from the Federal Reserve Bank. However, because there wasn't actually time for the Show & Tell items, the club is doing it again in May (see below).

The March 6 program was "Small Cents: From Flying Eagles to Indians to Lincolns," by Brian Wagner (photo at left).

The February 7 program was "Peace Dollars," by Dan Duncan from Pinnacle Rarities (photo at right), and the January 3 meeting featured mini-programs presented by club members.

The December 6, 2011 meeting featured a Holiday Extravaganza (party) hosted by Ken Fialkowski, with a holiday gift exchange. Members and guests participating in the gift exchange were asked to bring a wrapped numismatically-oriented present valued at no more than $10.

The November 1, 2011 program was an open forum discussion on some of today's issues surrounding our hobby. The moderators were Dave Schmidt and Rick Schulz.

The October 4, 2011 meeting program was on "the history and the collecting of Roosevelt dimes." Rick Schulz stood before us and spewed forth with whatever knowledge he has on the topic, also fielding some tough questions!

The September 6, 2011 meeting featured Ron Ahre and Mike Zagorin sharing their knowledge of Numismatic Literature, which was also the theme for Show & Tell.

See sample exhibit items from TLCC regular meetings.
These are items members bring each month for "show & tell."

See previous TLCC news headlines. | See the TLCC memorabilia catalog.

What is our charter? — Per the TLCC bylaws, Article II, Section 1, "The purpose of this club is to promote interest in numismatics, through a sound program of education and fellowship, as a non-profit association." In doing so, the TLCC contributes to the mission of the Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association (PNNA) to "promote, extend, and protect the interests of numismatists and numismatic activities throughout the Pacific Northwest and to foster and encourage the study of numismatics in all its forms."

What do we do? — In addition to maintaining this web site, the TLCC publishes a monthly newsletter, has monthly meetings, holds two annual coin shows, and promotes numismatics through special programs, activities and awards. TLCC members participate in the numismatic display at the Puyallup Fair Hobby Hall each September.

• See our calendar for upcoming club events.

• Our TLCC information index includes links to everything you need to know about the TLCC!

• See the PNNA reference section for information about buying and selling coins, a list of speakers for your coin club meetings, and a variety of other numismatic topics.

• See the Young Numismatist (YN) activities page.

Current and Upcoming Club Events:

• TLCC Regular Monthly Meeting, June 5, 2012. Program to be announced. We will also have our usual raffles and auction, and solar viewers will be available for a rare astronomical event ... the "transit" of Venus across the Sun! Also see the TLCC calendar.

• TACOMA-LAKEWOOD COIN CLUB 48th SEMI-ANNUAL SHOW, August 25-26, 2012,
  King Oscar Convention Center, 88th & So. Hosmer Way, Tacoma, WA.

• Also see the TLCC calendar.

• See the PNNA Homepage and PNNA Calendar for information about such exciting events as the PNNA annual conventions in Tukwila and Portland, National Coin Week, ANA Summer Seminar, and the two annual ANA conventions (National Money Show™ and World's Fair of Money®).

Completed Club Events: (See "News Items" for regular meeting programs)

• TLCC annual grant program – The application deadline was April 17, 2012.

• TLCC 55th year party, banquet, and reunion, March 10, 2012 (evening) at facility just above the King Oscar Inn restaurant, next door to the convention center where we have our shows.

• TACOMA-LAKEWOOD COIN CLUB 47th SEMI-ANNUAL SHOW, March 10-11, 2012,
  King Oscar Convention Center, 88th & So. Hosmer Way, Tacoma, WA.

• Puyallup Fair – September 9-25, 2011 – The PNNA sponsors the annual coin exhibit in the Hobby Hall, with assistance from several local coin clubs including the TLCC. No volunteer is knowledgeable about all aspects of numismatics — if your question wasn't answered or if you were unable to attend the Fair, please e-mail your question to info@pnna.org or info@tlcc.info, and it will be directed to a local expert. The PNNA's Hobby Hall coordinator is our own Rick Schulz!

• TACOMA-LAKEWOOD COIN CLUB 46th SEMI-ANNUAL SHOW, August 27-28, 2011,
  King Oscar Convention Center, 88th & So. Hosmer Way, Tacoma, WA.

• NO July meeting - have a great summer!

Please visit the TLCC memorabilia catalog!