Indianapolis Coin Club
A.N.A. C-131170 - C.S.N.S L-600 - I.S.N.A. LM 243
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 30103, Indianapolis, IN 46230 Fax: 257-2220

October
2002

Some pertinent information
for the ISNA Show that will
be taking place this November - the only auction thisyear is for the Juniors. Registration for the Junior Auction begins at 12 Noon, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002. The
auction will begin at 1:00
P.M. The Junior Auction is
being held in the hallway
across from the new "Liberty Hall" where the bourse
dealers are located. The
ISNA Show Dealers, as wellas ISNA members donate
the coins, supplies and reference books to the JuniorAuction. The juniors are
given $300.00 (fake, naturally) with which to bid.
Through the year, they haveopportunities to earn extra
points to procure even moremoney with which to bid.
Those guidelines are always
printed in the Winter Issueof the ISNA News. This is
the 15th year for the JuniorAuction program and it continues to grow in numbers
as well as donations. The
kids have a great time, sodo the parents. The auctioneer also asks many coin
related questions during theauction and the kids receive
a coin item -when answered correctly. ANA isalso donating 500 coins fora Coin Trivia quiz taking
place during the auction,
also. The auction is now
lasting very close to 3
hours, due to so many donations, but it's very muchappreciated by everyone.
- Joyce Fischer
Editor’s Note - We will needvolunteers for the ICC info
table - sign up at the meeting, October 28.

Survey Results In; Banquet to be Held at Meeting Hall
become a member of the club. Adult annual dues are $12.00 per year, junior membership dues are $5.00 per year.

educational nature are held for the benefit of our membership and the general public. All meetings are open to the public and there is no charge for attendance unless a person wishes topresently own or may wish to collect. We hold eleven monthly meetings each year (presently at the Firemen’s Union Hall, 748 Massachusetts Ave.) during which various programs of an

The Indianapolis Coin Club is a non-profit, educational organization founded in 1939 for the purpose of educating people of all ages in the greater Indianapolis community about the coins they

THE MONTHLY PLANCHETISNA Show Approaching; Volunteers Needed

The results of the survey that was in the August newsletter are in - all 13 responses. Dueto lack of participation in the survey, the board
voted in favor of hosting our December Banquet at our Meeting Hall, but to have it catered. Tom Ferverda is our Banquet Chairperson. Just so you know, we had 9 votes for the$10-15 range, 2 votes for the $5-10 range,and one vote for the >$10 range. 7 people
voted in favor of a restaurant, while 4 voted
for the meeting hall. 9 voted for catered, while

only one vote was tallied for a pitch-in.
As far as the coin trivia contest answers went,
we had 7 votes in favor of both adult and junior contests, 3 adults only and one junior only.
Charts are on page 3 for the remaining results.
So are the questions that were in the survey,
to refresh you memory. If you have any questions, please see Allen Dove or Gail Phillips at
the October Meeting.

Our next meetings are scheduled for Monday, October 28, and Monday, November 25, at
7:00 PM at the Fireman’s Union Hall Building, 748 Massachusetts Ave. at College Ave.,
Indianapolis. Parking is available in the lot west of the building and on the streets northand south of the building.
Officers: President: Jim Luckey, Vice President: Jim Roehrdanz,
Secretary: Allen Dove, Treasurer: Vinton Dove, Sergeant-at-Arms:
Jim Warden. Past President: Vinton Dove
Editor/Webmaster: Gail Phillips

Directors: Karl Kreck, Lawrence Wisthoff, Donald Black,Coz Raimondi, Charles Alber

InsideThis
Issue:
President’s Report2
Secretary’s Report2
Treasurer’s Report
2
Puzzle Page
3
Kid’s Page
6
Other News
4,5,7

visit our website at: www.indianapoliscoinclub.org
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From Our
President
The board of directors met before
last month’s meeting, accomplishing the following: we elected Jim
Roehrdanz to fill the vice-president
position that he had been performing via a temporary appointment
from me, we elected Vinton Dove as
treasurer, to fill John Phillips position as treasurer, when he resigned
due to work schedule conflicts, weelected Charles Alber as a board
member, we approved $500 to pay
Gail Phillips to maintain the web site
and to produce and mail the monthly
newsletter for next year, we approved Tom Ferverda to chair the catered Christmas party, we approved
Karl Kreck to chair the 2003 coinshow on Sunday March 16th, andwe approved the monthly meetingsfor 2003 on the 4th Monday of eachmonth, except May, which will be
Tuesday after Memorial Day.
The monthly meeting followed theboard meeting. A great presentation
was given by Donn Wray, a friendof Jim Roehrdanz’s, on Philippine issues.
The 50/50 drawing was won by Dale
Cook, and Jerry Lebo won the puzzle
quiz.
We will have an auction for the October meeting. Come and be prepared to buy some great values.
- Jim Luckey

Texas
Statehood
Quarter
Design
Proposals

Treasurer’s Report
INCOME
50/50 Drawing
Dues
Total Income

9.00
12.00
21.00

EXPENDITURES
Newsletter Printing
Postage
Prizes-Exhibit Night
ICC Promotion at the
Indiana Quarter Introduction
Refreshments
Stationery
Total Expenditures

180.6240.95
28.65
331.77Net Expenditures

310.77

29.35
23.35
28.85

Balance in Checking at 10/01/02 $2,876.84

Secretary’s Report
The meeting was called to order by President Jim Luckey
at 7:00 PM. 23 members and guests were present, including one Junior Member. The Secretary's report wasread and accepted. The Treasurer's Report was read andaccepted. President Luckey made the following announcements: John Phillips resigned, since he was unable to
make the meetings due to his job; Vinton Dove has been
appointed by the Board of Directors to replace John as
Treasurer for the remainder of 2002: Charles Alber has
bee appointed a Director by the Board to fill a vacant
position; the Christmas Party will be held at the meetinghall and will be catered; the Board is seeking to have a
harpist play at the Christmas Party; Karl Kreck is appointed Chairman of the ICC Coin Show, to be held on
Sunday, March 16, 2003; Jim Roehrdanz is appointed Vice
President; and business cards are available to the members to publicize the Club.
The club's newest member, Donn Wray, was the speaker
for the evening. He made a highly informative presentation on Philippine currency, issued from 1903 to 1946.
He circulated scanned copies of many Philippine notes,
and a rather long discussion on currency followed his presentation.
The 50/50 drawing was won by Dale Cook.
The puzzle prize was won by Life Member, Jerry Lebo,
who was the only member to submit a correct puzzle
solution. The meeting was adjourned at 7:54 PM.

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The puzzle page is a
bit squeezed thismonth I needed the room
for the survey
results!
You know the drill solve the puzzle,
enter the drawing,
win the prize!
Good Luck!

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- B.F.
September Puzzle Solution

Jerry Lebo won the September Rebus Puzzle!
Congratulations, Jerry!

Money is like and arm or leg - use it or lose it.
Survey Questions - Part One
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Do you like:
1. Monthly meetings w/educational programs?
2. Refreshments at meetings?
3. Club Newsletter?
4. Website?
5. Club Coin Show?
6. Summer Social?
7. Exhibit night?
8. December Banquet?
9. Dealers’ tables at the meetings?
10. 50/50 drawing?
11. Puzzle prizes?

Question Numbers (4 is 3a)

Survey Questions Part Two

Number of ‘Yes’ answers out of 13
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1.Monthly auctions at our meetings?
2.Quarterly auctions at our meetings?
3.Semi-annual auctions at our meetings?
4.Tour the Firehouse Museum?
5.Riverboat Casino outing?
6.Hands-on coin workshop for juniors?

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CornerJohn Maag’s
Echoes of Empire
Modern Coinage Reflecting
German Colonial Themes
Amazingly, the end of Germany’s
colonial empire in 1918 wasn’t necessarily a given prior to
WWII. During the 1930’s,
the British, who had inherited the bulk of theGerman colonies in Africa, had actually considered the possibility of returning them toGermany in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid
a war with the Third
Reich. There was also
something in Germany
called the “Reichskolonialbund” - “imperial colony federation” - which lobbied for the return of the colonies and issued thismedal in 1933, which featured thedesign of a naked man
running through a barbed
wire fence with the words,“Mehr Raum” - “morespace”. Its reverse featured a map showing exotic animals and some of
the names of various cities in the former Germancolonies.
Although discussed, nothing ever came out of this,and although German
troops fought in the famed “Afrika
Korps” under Erwin Rommel during WWII, it wasn’t in the part that
had been controlled by the Kaiser’s
empire. Of course, after WWII, thewinners gave up all their colonies
as years went on, as part of theanti-colonial movement. Here andthere, various small enclaves
throughout the world still remain
connected with the old empires insome way, such as the British commonwealth, but none of Germany’s
former colonies remain connectedto Germany in any way. Unlike
former British or French colonies,
none of them utilize the monetarysystems that were in use during
German rule.
Almost a century later, there havebeen some echoes of the German
heritage in coinage in a few of thecountries. IN 1994 Papau New
Guinea (the former German New

Guinea) issued a series of coinshonoring the centennial of the German “Bird of Paradise” coinage inthe following denominations: sil-ver five kina KM37, silver twentyfive kina KM36 and gold fifty kina
KM38. However, like the coins theyhonored, the new issues featured
small mintages and are scarce torare. The five kina mintage was
7,500, the twenty-five kina was
1,000, and the gold fifty kina,

41,500. All three coins feature the“bird of Paradise” design utilized
in 1894, although the twenty-five
kina, a large-sized silver piece ofover four ounces, has the bird
enameled in color. The other side’s
feature is the current coat of arms
in a wreath similar to the originalGerman coins with the words“Papua New Guinea, the dates
1894-1994, and the denominations. The current Papua New
Guinea emblem, incidentally, is amodernized version of the “Bird of
Paradise” design of 1894.
The most extensive and interesting series reflecting
the German colonialcoinage was issued in
1999 by a country
that had no coinage
under the German
empire, the Republicof Palau. Palau is agroup of about 100
islands that is generally considered partof the Caroline Islands. They are approximately 1,000
miles southeast of Manila, andabout the same distance southwestof Saipan. They have an area of
about 179 square miles, a population of 12,116, andthe capital is Koror.
The islands were administered by Spainas part of the
Caroline
Islands
group. In 1899,
shortly after Spain’s
defeat in the Spanish-American War,they were sold toGermany. Germany
held them until
1914, when theJapanese seized them. Japan continued to hold the islands under a
League of Nations mandate, until
they were taken by the Allies in
1944, with the heaviest fighting
taking place on Peleliu.

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In 1947, the Republic of Palau became part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. In 1980,
they became internally self-governing and independent. Control
over foreign policy, except defense,
was given in 1986, and full independence in 1995.
In 1999, for the centennial of thesale of the islands to Germany,
Palau issued a nine-coin series ofsilver five dollar pieces. Except for
KM16, which features a design
based on the 1899 Spanish five peseta piece of Alfonso XIII (18861931), with his portrait as a childon the reverse and the Spanish
royal arms on the obverse, the coindesigns commemorate German
ownership.

KM18 depicts a portrait of an elephant based on the German East
African 15-rupien of 1906 on the
obverse, and a portrait of General
Paul Von Lettow Vorbeck with theGerman colonial arms for German
East Africa and the legend,“Deutsch Ost Afrika” on the reverse.
KM19 shows a portrait of Kaiser
Wilhelm I (King of Prussia from
1861-1888 and German emperor
from 1871-1888), based on thefive mark coin of Prussia issued
from 1874-1876, with the Germancolonial
arms
forGermanCameroons on the obverse, and astanding “Germania” on the reverse.

KM21 shows a large ship on the
obverse, with the coat of arms andthe legend, “Deutsch New Guinea”
on the reverse.

KM22 features a portrait of Wilhelm
II based on the German East Africa coins of 1890-1914, with thereverse showing the arms and thewords, “Deutsch Samoa”.

KM17 is based on the Prussian fivemark coin of 1891-1908, showing
the German imperial eagle on the
obverse, and Kaiser Wilhelm II’sbust on the reverse.

KM20 features ships in a harbor on
the obverse, and, on the reverseisthelegend,“Deutsch
Kiautschou” with a colonial emblem
reminiscent of the five- and tencent coins issued in 1909.

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Mississippi Statehood Quarter

Deposit these Fun Factsin your memory bank:
They felt "safe as Fort Knox." Citizensof Denver took refuge in the old Denver Mint building in 1864 when they
heard rumors of possible Indian attacks.
How much was in that first batch? The
Mint produced its first circulating coins---all $111.78 worth of them -- in
March 1793. That first batch consistedof 11,178 copper cents. Soon after, theMint began issuing gold and silver coins
as well.

Euros Join Quarters
The big news in June was a great new collection that went up for sale by the
Mint...the 5 new quarters for 2002 andEurope’s 12 new 1-euro coins, packaged together. The 12 uncirculated oneeuro coins come from each of the 12 European Union nations that are taking part:
Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. The fiveuncirculated quarters are for 2002’s fivestates: Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, and Mississippi, each with a “D” (Denver) mint mark.
The set also supplies great history and coindesign facts, where you can learn about
the symbols on both the euros and thequarters, and the histories of how bothcoins came to be.

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Upcoming Coin Shows:Oct 19-20 South Bend
Coin & Currency Show. Comfort Suites, 52939 S.R. 933 N. Sat: 10AM-5PM; Sun: 10AM-3PM.
Dave’s Collectibles, Dave Brody, POB 724, South Bend, IN 46624. 219-272-9198. Tables: 12-15. Free.
Oct 20 Merrillville
Tri-Cities Coin Show. Serbian American Hall, 8700 Taft St., State Hwy. #55 Hrs.: 9AM-4PM. Merrillville & Hobart Coin Clubs. Don Wilickas,
1210 Woodhollow Ct., Schererville, IN 46375. PH: 219-322-1401. Email: wilickas@earthlink.net Tables: 30 (25). Admission.
Nov 1-2 Indianapolis
ISNA 44th Annual Coin Show. Indianapolis Marriott, 7202 E. 21st St. & Shadeland. Hrs.: Fri. 10AM-6PM, Sat. 10AM-5PM.
Indiana State Numismatic Assoc. Joyce Fischer, POB 2624, Anderson, IN 46018-2624. PH: 765-649-0253. Tables: 100. Free.

Any member who wishes to run for any office in the upcoming election may do so, whether slated or not. It is notmandatory that you submit a formal letter to the president in order to compete. Candidates other than those slatedby the committee may be nominated by endorsement of at least three members in good standing and submitted to thesecretary no later than November 1. Get three of your friends to nominate you, and your hat is in the ring! Submissions to the newsletter stating your positions, aspirations, and ideas for the club, as well as reasons you should beelected need to be made by November 5, either by mail or email. To expedite this process, please mail directly to Gail
Phillips, 6290 Shelby St., Indianapolis, IN 46227 or Indianapolis_Coin_Club@att.net.

2003 Dues envelopes will be in next month’s newsletter - please remit your duesto the club P.O. Box ASAP! Still a bargain at $12 - adults, $5 - juniors.
WELCOME TO DONN WRAY, OUR NEWEST MEMBER ! GLAD TO HAVE YOU ABOARD!

Collecting U.S. Coins Since 1952

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This month, there will be no educational program, but there will be an auction.
Members can bring 5 coins to auction, and get one bid on their own coin.
Don’t miss it!
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KM23 shows a portrait of Wilhelm II thatwas used on the Prussian five-mark coinsof 1913-1914, with the legend, “Deutsch
Sudwestafrika” on the obverse, with a colonial trooper mounted on a camel and thearms for that colony on the reverse.

All of the coins also have the legend, “Republic of Palau”, along with either German or Spanish lettering related to thedesigns of the coins. The KM17 coin evenhad the full legend of, “Wilhelm II
Deustcher Kaiser Koenig Von Prussenas”
appearing on the prototype.

The final coin, KM24, features a seated
Germania on the obverse that was utilizedon the 100-mark notes of 1908-1910 (seepage 4), and the reverse has the legend,“Deutsch Togo”, and the arms for thatcolony.

Almost a century after Germany’s colonial
empire came to an end, echoes of that
era were reflected in some modern coinsfrom some of those former possessions.

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