Tacoma-Lakewood Coin Club
c/o David F. Schmidt
PO Box 11192
Tacoma, WA  98411
Phone 253-565-6565

Bigger Show! Puget Sound Area Collectors – Hope you didn't miss the PNNA Convention the weekend of April 4-6, 2008 in Tukwila, Washington. Over 80 dealers were set up at this event, and a number of TLCC members were there! Look for a report in the May TLCC newsletter.

Coin Show! TACOMA-LAKEWOOD COIN CLUB 39TH SEMI-ANNUAL SHOW – The TLCC's 39th Semi-Annual Coin Show was held March 8-9, 2008 at the King Oscar Convention Center in South Tacoma. We also had our annual banquet the evening of the 8th at the Tacoma Elks.

Recent Meeting Programs:

Thanks to Loren Lawrence, Ron Ahre and Todd Hughes for the May 6 meeting program,
"ANA convention and 'Coins in the Classroom' reports."

Thanks to Scott Manke (shown in photo) for speaking about "Liberty Seated Dollars" at the April 1 meeting. Also see the April 2008 sample exhibit items.

Thanks to Rick Schulz for speaking on the topic of "State Tax Tokens" at the March 4 meeting. Although we unfortunately didn't have time to show the ANA video on Grading Mint State U.S. Coins at the February 5 TLCC meeting, TLCC members can still borrow the video from the club library.

Our first 2008 meeting was on January 8. Thanks to Eric Holcomb for giving an interesting illustrated talk on "Best of Show & Tell." As of February 26, Eric has relocated to Bend, Oregon, but continues to update the TLCC website. (Photo: Eric photographing some coins.)

Congratulations, Rick! Congratulations to TLCC newsletter editor Rick Schultz, who has now received both PNNA and ANA awards! Rick received a PNNA Presidential Award, the first ever awarded, at the PNNA Annual Convention in Tukwila, April 13-15, 2007. Rick and the TLCC also received the ANA's outstanding club publication award in the e-newsletter category. Rick accepted this award at the ANA anniversary convention in Milwaukee. Why not join the TLCC and see what you're missing?

TLCC 50th Anniversary Celebration (1957-2007) – The TLCC commemorated its 50th anniversary with a medal produced by the Northwest Territorial Mint using the design shown here. We minted 100 serially numbered silver/bronze prooflike medal sets, plus 100 unnumbered bronze medals with an antique finish. Medals are still available while supplies last. See actual medal photographs on page 21 of the club's memorabilia catalog.
© Northwest Territorial Mint and TLCC (obverse logo). Unauthorized use prohibited.

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