A Publication of the Indianapolis Coin Club
Issue # 469

Newsletter

March 2006

Membership numbers: ANA C-131170,
CSNS L-600, ISNA LM 243

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The Meetings of the Indianapolis Coin Club are held the fourth Monday of eachmonth at the Nora Library at 8625 Guilford Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Meetings consist of a business session, anintermission, educational program, and anumismatic auction. Doors open at 6:00pm,
meeting will begin at 7:00pm.

The next meeting will beMonday,
March 27, 2006!

Results from the Survey
in February’s Newsletter
Due to the result of getting only nine of a possible seventy completed
surveys, it is hard to come to any true conclusions as to what the members wishes are. The only conclusion that I, Mark Eberhardt, can cometo is that the members would like to see the club go as status quo. We
will do the best we can to make each meeting entertaining and educational to our members. Thank you to those who participated and gave
us your feedback, your ideas and suggestions will be taken into consideration and discussed at upcoming Board Meetings. I hope that there
will be a vested interest in the future by the members in this club. See
you at the next meeting.

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The 2005 Indianapolis Coin Club
Officers and Board Members
President
Mark Eberhardt
Vice-President
Jim Roehrdanz
Secretary
Jim Goaziou
Treasurer
Karl Kreck
EditorAmy Eberhardt(fubacoin@aol.com) ph. (317) 837-5682
Past President
Vinton Dove
Sgt-at-Arms
Jim Warden
Board Member 2005-2006
Dave Reid
Board Member 2005-2006
Donald Black
Board Member 2005-2006
Allen DoveBoard Member 2006-2007
Jim Fuson
Board Member 2006-2007
Cos Raimondi
Board Member 2006-2007
Charles Alber

The Monthly Planchet is the official publication of theIndianapolis Coin Club. It is published monthly in Indianapolis,Indiana. All inquiries should be sent to ICC, P.O. Box 2897,
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46206.

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Table of Contents
Survey Results-

CoverAdvertisers-

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Devil’s Hair-

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Secretary’s Report -Page 4

Treasurer’s Report -Page 4

Ed. Prog. For March -Page 5

Best Wishes

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Canada’s Devil Hair Variety
By Jim Brown

In 1954, when Canada issued the first series of currency to honor
Queen Elizabeth II, a new variety was inadvertently created. The original
photograph of the Queen was faithfully copied onto the notes, but soonafter they were released, the public noticed something was amiss. People
were seeing a grotesque face in the back of the Queen’s hair, behind herear. The highlighted portions of her hair created the illusion of a devils
face, with the eyes, nose, and mouth very visible. This was not a prank,or an error, being very unintentional. There was enough controversy fromthe public, however, that the Queen’s hair was modified, creating twovarieties of currency in the 1954 series. There is the “Devil’s face” variety,and the modified hair variety. Both varieties were printed in $1, $2, $5,$10, $20, $50, $100, and $1,000 denominations. Both varieties also wereprinted in both the regular issue and what is called the asterisk orreplacement issue. The asterisk issue notes in the devil’s face variety arequitescarce. I would estimate that about 10% of the 1954 series notes
are of the devil’s face variety. In the last 3 to 5 years, interest in thesenotes has greatly increased, and prices have been rising rapidly.

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Secretary’s ReportFebruary 27, 2006
The meeting was called to orderat 7:00pm by President Mark
Eberhardt. Several visitors wereintroduced: Jordan Tyra and hismother, Linda; Tom Ruiz; Chris
Leonard with Juniors Jake and Kinsey; MichaelWhite; Michael Webber and Shannon Spears.
The Secretary’s Report and Treasurer’s Reportwere read and accepted.
Under committee reports, Past President Vinton
Dove appealed to the members to help him find alocation for the 2007 ICC Coin Show. Tom Ruiz
responded that he might have a good location, andagreed to meet with Vinton after the meeting.
Under old business, Mark announced that hewould appreciate the members filling out thequestionnaire in the newsletter and sending it tothe Club’s PO Box by Wednesday, March 1. Healso asked for help with National Coin Week,
April 9-15, 2006. He then took an informal survey by a show of hands as to what part of Indianapolis the members lived in. The results showedthat those in attendance were fairly evenly distributed throughout the city.
Jim Luckey announced that he and Doc Gerthwould have a table at the Children’s Museum
April 18, 19, and 20 for the National Coin Week
to represent the Club and the Indiana State Numismatic Association and asked for assistancefrom the Club members.
Mike Suit said that he would be making a presentation on German Notgeld at the 31st Annual
Chicago O’Hara (hotel), 5440 North River Road,Rosemont, IL and will be open to the public from
Friday March 31 through Sunday April 2. Mike
made an excellent presentation on Notgeld to ourClub several years ago.
Mark instructed the members that anyone wishing to give a presentation or program in the nameof the Club should contact him first, so that he canget the Board’s approval.
Mark is attempting to organize a Coin Week
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hower dollars and perhaps a 1914-D Cent for thepublic to find, thus increasing the public awareness of coins and making the public aware of theClub.
Bill Schutt announced that he had several
1911 Grant 2-cent postcards for sale. The cards
were in original condition.
After the break, our Sergeant-at-Arms, JimWarden, gave a colorful education program
about the silver coins of Mexico. It was very
interesting and Jim had a beautiful display ofmany of the different types of coins produced by
the several ruling parties in Mexico’s history.
The display included two very large coins that
he jokingly called “Hockey Pucks” since eachcoin was almost as big as a Hockey Puck.
President Eberhardt ran a spirited auction. Almost all of the lots were sold, and the meeting
was adjourned at 8:32pm.
Respectfully Submitted,Vinton Dove

Treasurer’s ReportFebruary 2006
Income:50/50 Drawing
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Total
Expenses:
Newsletter Printing$ 24.58
Newsletter Postage$ 11.70
WV-D Quarters$ 13.50
NV-P Quarters$ 13.50Drinks & Snacks$ 28.54
Foam Cups$ 2.00Internet/Computer Service $120.00
Total$213.82January Checkbook Balance$3,081.49
February Checkbook Balance$2,914.63
ICC CD Balance$17,226.85
Respectfully Submitted,
Karl Kreck
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EDUCATIONALPROGRAM FORMARCHREVOLUTIONARYPERIOD
COINAGEBY
VINTON DOVE
The Indianapolis Coin Club
would like to send best wishes
to Life Member John Sementa

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Receiving the ICC
Newsletter byemail
The Indianapolis CoinClub would like to email
the newsletter to anyone
that has an email address
and wishes to receive thenewsletter through it.
This will cut back on
the postage and printing
costs that the club spends
each month.
If you have an email
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like to receive the newsletter at , please email theeditor, Amy Eberhardt,
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