Next Meeting:
2nd December, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Club Board Member Nominations Night and Club Mini Bourse Night:
Bring stuff to buy sell or trade
Meeting location:
Nevada Air National Guard Base
1776 National Guard Way
Reno, NV
At The Board Meeting
The RCC Board on November 18th, approved a $300 contribution to the SANGA fund
for their childrens’ Holiday Party.
The Board accepted the High Sierra Coin, Stamp & Western Americana Show’s offer of
a free table and a raffle venue for their upcoming June, 2009 show at Lawlor Events
Center at UNR.
RCC members can donate raffle prizes if they wish, once raffle tickets are printed, we’ll
distribute them for sale and replenish the club’s bank account. Thanks to Dan and AJ
for letting us use their venue.
Upcoming Coin Shows
7 December
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Coin Show
Red Lion Inn
1401 Arden Way (next to Sears)
Capital City Fwy (Bus. 80) & Arden Way
RCC Officers
Paul Williams..…President…..720-5395
Doug Larson…..Vice Pres……843-0162
Ralph Marrone…..Treasurer.…882-6741
Shannon Holmes ..Secretary….827-4359
Pete Plath….…Director……...323-8817
Ken Hopple…Director…….....677-1544
David Elliott…Past Pres…..…746-2180
Rusty King…Director….….…673-6745
Gerald Breedlove….Director(ex-officio)
The RCC Board meets the third Tuesday of the month at the NANG SANGA facility. All
members are invited to attend board meetings.
Holiday Dinner Scheduled for January 6th
The Reno Coin Club’s annual Holiday Dinner will be held January 6th at 6 p.m. at the
SANGA facility. Main dishes will be provided. People with last names ending A-M
should bring a side dish; and N-Z should bring a dessert, unless there’s a special dish
you’d like to bring regardless of your name.
Grading Class Resumes
The grading of Franklin Half Dollars will be discussed at Grand Gold Coin in the Grand
Sierra Resort December 2nd at 6 p.m. just before the next club meeting which begins
at 7:30 that evening. Rusty King will be leading the group. Franklins were minted from
1949-1963.
Coin Show in Reno in June 2009
The High Sierra Coin, Stamp & Western Americana Show is coming to Lawlor Events
Center at UNR June 13-14 2009. Scheduling conflicts kept the show from its November
dates this year, but the middle of June is usually respectable weather in Reno.
The show will be held in the Blue and Silver Room and if dealer demand is great
enough, it will expand into the President’s Room across the hall. The November show
was well attended. A Friday night rain storm flooded some of the room, but nothing
serious was damaged. Almost 30 dealers attended.
Two Reno Coin Club members, A Jacob and Dan Waterman are promoting the show.
For more information call Dan at 775 747 4380 or AJ at 775 265 5053.
The Other Coin: Paper Money
A small hoard of coins of Herod Philip have come on the market along with other
Judaica. Most of the coins from David Hendinʼs releasing of coins collected for his new
edition of Guide to Biblical Coins. (Yakov Meshorer, a Treasury of Jewish coins is the
other standard reference). I finally got one for $180 (usually $300-800), which
completed a set of ancient Jewish coins in bronze.
Herod Philip (37BC-4AD) was one of 3 sons of Herod the Great, who welcomed
the 3 wisemen and slew the infants searching for Jesus. His other sons Herod
Archelaus (23BC-18AD) ruled Judaea after his father died and Herod Antipas (21BC-
40AD) took Herod Philipʼs wife and daughter Salome, who had john the Baptist
executed. All three are mentioned in the New Testament and all three minted coins.
Herod, Herod Antipas, and Herod Archelaus have coisn that are common. Only Herod
Philipʼs coins are rare. I will bring a family set to the mini-bourse meeting in December,
along with Alaska quarters and Andrew Jackson dollars.
The Christmas season also demands I put together the ancient coin contenders
for the 3 wisemen: Azes II of the Indo-Scythians, Phraates IV of the Parthians,
Gondophares of the Indo-Parthian (whom St. Thomas was to have converted to
Christianity) and Aretas IV of the Nabataeans. I will bring those coins along as well.
Numismatically yours and Merry Christmas, David Elliott