TLCC News Summary 2024
Club Meetings! New location (and meeting day) beginning June 2022 - 3rd Thursday (not Tuesday) at the American Legion Post #2 at 11204 Park Avenue South in Tacoma.
Coin Shows! The club only hosts one annual coin show (instead of two) starting in 2024, on Saturday, September 21, 2024.
2024 Meeting Programs: (All meetings at the American Legion unless otherwise noted.)
The December 19, 2024 meeting was the annual holiday party/dinner.
The November 21, 2024 meeting featured Ken Fialkowski speaking about "what in the wide wide world is going on with the metals and stock markets currently."
The October 17, 2024 meeting did not have a program or speaker announced in advance, but there was a presentation from Ray, the newly appointed ANA District Rep for Washington.
The September 19, 2024 meeting did not have a program or speaker announced in advance, but Todd planned to come up with something as always.
The August 15, 2024 meeting did not have a program or speaker announced in advance, but Todd planned to come up with something as always.
A
private BBQ dinner for club members and guests was held on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
(This event was held at a private location announced to club members.
The photo shows some club members enjoying the event.)
The June 20, 2024 meeting featured Jay D., finishing his presentation on "Coin Carving and Hobo Nickels." There was a lot of interest in this subject back in February.
The May 16, 2024 meeting was supposed to have featured Jay D., finishing his presentation on Hobo Nickels, but this was postponed until the June meeting.
The April 18, 2024 meeting (hopefully) featured Tom Sparks' delayed talk via Zoom.
The March 21, 2024 meeting was originally scheduled to have Tom Sparks of the Short Snorter Project, who was scheduled to particpate online via Zoom. However, Tom's talk has been rescheduled for the April 18, 2024 meeting. (The March meeting turned into an extended show and tell.)
At the February 15, 2024 meeting, Jay D. spoke about "Hobo Nickels and coins."
At the January 18, 2024 meeting, Grant T. gave a talk relating to "The basics of ancient coin making."