Happy Holidays! The final meeting of 2013, the annual holiday party, has been completed!

TLCC coin show and banquet! March 2013 was once again a big month for the TLCC!!

• TACOMA-LAKEWOOD COIN CLUB 49th SEMI-ANNUAL SHOW, March 9-10, 2013,
  King Oscar Convention Center, 88th & So. Hosmer Way, Tacoma, WA.

• TLCC 56th anniversary banquet, March 9, 2013 (evening) at facility just above the King Oscar Inn restaurant, next door to the convention center where we have our shows.

The December 3, 2013 meeting featured the annual holiday party (Holiday Extravaganza by Mike and Bonnie Zagorin); also raffle drawings and club elections.

At the November 5 meeting, there was an expanded show and tell. Members were requested to bring something and share their knowledge with fellow members.

At the October 1 meeting, Kevin Charboneau enlightened us on "the various techniques and software available for tracking our collections."

At the September 3 meeting, Steve Roggow (photo at left) spoke about "Different ways to collect" and "Collections that anybody can put together." There was also a brief ANA convention report.

At the August 6 meeting, Paul Gardner spoke about his "Century Collection." At the June 4 meeting, the educational program was "Wiener medals (of cathedrals)" by Dave Schmidt.

At the May 7 meeting, Dan Duncan from Pinnacle Rarities spoke to the club about the "rare coin market and related topics."

There was a TLCC Special Meeting at the PNNA Convention, April 13, 2013 at noon at the Tukwila Community Center in Tukwila, WA. Dave Schmidt introduced the meeting, and Eric Holcomb presented "Best of TLCC Show & Tell," covering about three dozen items from the years 2002 to 2012.

Note: The PNNA History section has reports on some past PNNA and ANA events, including the PNNA spring and fall shows, and the ANA shows.

At the April 2 meeting, Brian Wagner was the speaker, giving members and guests some "tips on great cent finds."

At the March 5 meeting, longtime club member Frank Benedict spoke about "Collecting Coins - Start to Finish."

The February 5 meeting program was "The History and Collecting of State Tax Tokens" by club vice president Rick Schulz.

The January 8 meeting featured guest speaker Dick Billings (shown in photo at left) speaking on the topic of "Notgeld," a form of "emergency money" privately issued in Germany during the 1920s in many varieties and materials including paper, metal and porcelain. See the sample exhibit items from January 2013 for more photos.