The PlanchetNovember 2016

Issue #572

The next meeting will be
Monday, November 21, 2016
Meetings of the Indianapolis Coin Club are now held
the third Monday of each month at theNorthside Knights of Columbus
2100 E. 71st Street in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Meetings consist of a business session, an intermission, educational program,and a numismatic auction. Doors open at 6:00pm, meeting will begin at 7:00pm.

Indianapolis Coin Club Educational ProgramThis months Educational Program will be:

Annual State of the Hobby Address
by Mark Eberhardt
Next Months Meeting Date & Program:Tuesday, December 6th, 2016, at 6 pm.
NO MEETING
Annual I.C.C. Holiday Banquet at Castleton MCL
For a complete list of 2016 Meeting Dates & Educational Programs see the last page of this newsletter.
More information can be found on the Indianapolis Coin Club’s website at:

http://www.indianapoliscoinclub.org/

A Few Words From Your President
Greetings fellow I.C.C. members, as well as prospective members and guests who may be seeing thisletter on our newly renovated Indianapolis Coin Club website. (Thank you Mary)
I am going to use my last "Presidents Message" of 2016 to reflect a bit on the past year and mention
some accomplishments that we made over the past 11 months. Here are some highlights from 2016:
For many years we had invested the ICC's funds in CD's. We would renew them each time they matured but were earning virtually 'zero' as a return on our "investment". Early last year at my urging
the ICC Board voted to place the funds into our bank account as the CD's matured so we can find abetter way to invest. I pass this cash legacy on to my successor, new ICC President Jim Sukup in thehopes that he and the ICC Board will find a suitable investment with a REAL return for 2017 and beyond.
2016's ICC Exhibit Night was a huge success this year. It may have been the absolute BEST one I recall
since I have been a member! We had awesome exhibits, enthusiastic participants, an outstanding
American Silver Eagle exhibit by a Young Numismatist, some wonderful numismatic rarities present
that night, and as always, great prizes for the participants. My thanks to the Exhibit Night Committee
members Vinton Dove (Chairman), Donn Wray & Jeff Bercovitz for a job well done!
As you may already know, the Indianapolis Coin Club has been holding our monthly meetings at the
71st Street Knights of Columbus Hall for quite a long time now. We love the venue and our rent is"reasonable". We had been holding our meetings on the 4th Monday of each month with the exception of December (for our Holiday Banquet) and sometimes May (due to conflicts with Memorial Day)
for all the years I have been involved with the club. Due to several events being held on the samenight as our club meetings we had problems having enough parking for our club members. In June I
convened an ICC Board meeting to discuss our options. Thanks to two ICC Board members in particular making phone calls and researching our options ahead of time (Thank you Mark Eberhardt & JeffBercovitz) we had a solution. Our ICC monthly meetings are now held on the THIRD Monday of eachmonth rather than the 4th. This puts us on a schedule with less conflicting events at the venue we all
enjoy and still keeps our meetings on a Monday night when there will be IMPD Security provided.
Last but certainly not least is the brand new redesign for the outdated ICC website(www.indianapoliscoinclub.org) just completed this month. The site is updated and maintained by
Mary Magee of Indianapolisdogboarding.com. We are now taking steps to be proactive in keeping
our website current and relevant in this technological age and hope you'll give it a look. Our newsletters are archived there, accessible to the public.
In closing, I want to thank the membership and especially the ICC Board members for stepping up anddonating their valuable time and considerable talents to keep the Indianapolis Coin Club alive and well.
The club could not exist without you!
Thank you everyone for allowing me to once again serve as your ICC President for 2016!

Michael WhiteOctober 19, 2016 - Minutes of the Indianapolis Coin Club Meeting.
Open –President, Michael White, called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. 38 people signed in.
We met at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2100 East 71st St.
Visitors – Brian Alexander, who collects Morgan Dollars, was introduced as our visitor.
The Attendance prize was announced as a 1966 Indiana Sesquicentennial (150 year) Commemorative Medal graded MS-67 by NGC. It was donated by our speaker for the evening,
Steve Howery
The Secretary’s report was accepted as published in the Planchet and the Treasurer’s report
was not available.
Committee reports – The Library Committee - J im Sukup, r equested that people whohave checked out books should return them or call him and tell him when the books would bereturned. The Nominating Committee – Pr esident White r epor ted that no one had volunteered for any office. Nominations are due no later than November 1.
Old Business – Reports on the State coin show were received. Junior member, Nick Conner,reported that there were about 20 Juniors attending the Junior Auction, and the show was fun.
The President reported that about 380 people attended the show on Friday, but fewer attended
on Saturday. Mark Eberhardt reported that for him, Friday was busy, but Saturday was slow.
New Business – The election of officers is next month. Nominations are due no later than November 1. Kill Reports: Joe Boling reported acquiring a checkbook which could be written forFrench Francs or MPC. Darrin DeBruhl received 50 star notes. Andy Nahrwold showed his
find of three different denominations of Chinese coins and currency.
The Educational Program – Steve Howery was the speaker for the evening, and gave a mostinteresting report on “Heraldic Medals.” Steve displayed a complete set of silver medals andfour of the seven gold medals designed and produced by Robert McNamara in his garage in
Cleveland, Ohio. When the US Mint stopped making official US Commemorative coins, Robert made the medals from 1959 until 1978. The collection is quite impressive, and the talk wasexcellent.
After the Break. Karl Kreck won the Attendance Drawing and Vinton Dove won the 50/50
Drawing.
Auction – Joe Boling ran the auction. Assisting were Bob Bettcher, Donn Wray, MichaelWhite, Jeff Bercovitz and Vinton Dove.
The meeting was Adjourned at 8:35 PM.
Respectfully submitted,Vinton Dove, Secretary

Editor’s Note:
This month’s educational presentation is Mark Eberhardt’s annual “State of the Hobby
Address”. Mark always gives out great information, and I am sorry to say I will not beable to make it.
As a reminder, next month there is no meeting in December. Instead is the annual ICC
Holiday Banquet, which will be held on Tuesday, December 6. We will be meeting at
6 pm at the Castleton MCL, located at 5520 Castleton Corner Ln, Indianapolis, IN46250. After dinner we will have an optional gift exchange. If you would like to participate, bring a wrapped numismatic or numismatically themed gift in the $20 range.
Bear in mind that 2017 dues are coming due. You should be receiving a reminder inthe mail soon.

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F.A.O. Coins

Anyone who collects world coins has seen FAO as part of the design on coins from many nations. F.A.O. stands for Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It was founded in 1945 in Quebec, Canada with the goal to "modernize and improve agriculture, forestry
and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all”.
In 1968, the F.A.O. started a “Money and Medals” program to help spread its message of theurgent need to increase food and agricultural production. Since this time, hundreds of different
coins throughout the world have been issued to spread the message and has also created aunique world coin type set for collectors.
To date there have been more than 600 coins. F.A.O. coins come in all shapes, sizes, denominations, and compositions including gold.
I have found at least 8 countries that minted coins for F.A.O.’s Year of the Woman. There is awide variety with some countries producing coins for circulation and others like this one thatare more of a commemorative type coin.
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Indianapolis Coin Club
2016 Meeting Dates & Educational Programs
January 25, 2016 - ‘Postal Savings Certificates’ - by Donn Wray
*Prize sponsor: Donn Wray

February 22, 2016 - ‘A Discussion on Several United States Error Coins and Some
Numismatic Potpourri ’ - by Jim Roehrdanz*Prize sponsor: Jim Roehrdanz

March 28, 2016- ‘Medals and Challenge Coins of Saint Barbara’ - by Louise Boling*Prize sponsor: Louise Boling

April 25, 2016 - ‘Wildman Coins of the German States’ - by Chris Bower*Prize sponsor: Chris Bower

May 23, 2016 - ‘World War II’ - by Lyle Pelkin*Prize sponsor: Vinton Dove

June 27, 2016 - ‘Show & Tell’ - by ICC Club Members*Prize sponsor: Bob Bettcher

July 25, 2016 - ‘Current Status of the Langbord Golden Eagle Litigation’ - by Gerald Coraz*Prize sponsor: Gerald Coraz

August 22, 2016 - ‘Throw Mama From the Train’ - by Jim Warden*Prize sponsor: Jim Warden

September 19, 2016 - I.C.C. Exhibit Night*Prize sponsor: Andy Nahrwold

October 17, 2016 - ‘Heraldic Art Medals’ - by Steve Howery*Prize sponsor: Steve Howery

November 21, 2016 - ‘Annual State of the Hobby Address’ -by Mark Eberhardt*Prize sponsor: Mark Eberhardt

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 – NO MEETING - I.C.C. Holiday Banquet*For 2016 we are continuing the 'Attendance Prize' drawing at each monthly meeting as an added incentive for all I.C.C. members to attend as many meetings as possible and to encourage new membership. Everyone attending each regular monthly meeting will receive a prize ticket when they arrive atthe meeting and sign in at the greeting table. The prize each month will be a 90% silver U.S. Half Dollar (or equivalent or greater 90% silver content coin) The I.C.C. Board members and officers as well as
several I.C.C. members chose to act as sponsors and donate the monthly prizes rather than funding
them from our budget. You'll find the monthly prize sponsor listed below each monthly meeting dateabove. You'll just have to show up to see what you may win!
Please keep this in mind each month; regardless of who is giving the monthly program and/or the topic, we owe it to that person and themembership to remain quiet and pay attention during the program. It’s important that we respect the knowledge that is being shared withus as well as the time and effort the speaker is donating to our club.
The same rules should apply to our monthly auctions; please remain quiet and pay attention.
Thank you.