The Planchet
A Publication of theIndianapolis Coin ClubMay 2008 Issue 493

The next meeting will be Monday, May 19th
2008
The Meetings of the Indianapolis Coin Club are held
the fourth 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.

2008 Meeting Dates:
May. 19th
Jun. 23rd
Jul. 28th
Aug. 25th
Sept. 22ndOct. 27th
Nov. 24th
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Table Of Contents
The 2008 Indianapolis Coin ClubOfficers and Board Members
Letter From the President

President
Vice-President
SecretaryTreasurer
EditorPast President
Sgt-at-Arms
Board Member 2007-2008
Board Member 2007-2008
Board Member 2007-2008
Board Member 2008-2009
Board Member 2008-2009
Board Member 2008-2009

Mark Eberhardt
Jim Roehrdanz
Vinton Dove
Karl Kreck
Matt Dinger
Vinton Dove
Jim Warden
Dave Reid
Bob Bettcher
James Held
Jim Fuson
Charles Alber
Don King

Advertisers
Steel Cents
Treasurer's Report
Secretarys Report

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A New Silver Eagle Variety From The US Mint!

When the 2008 Silver Eagles first came out this year it was noticed that both the obverse andreverse hubs had been modified changing much of the styling of the lettering alongwith so other sharpening and slight altering of the central devices. This month it was discovered that the 2008 W uncirculated coins comes both with the regular 2008 reverse with themodifications, but also muled with apparently leftover 2007 W reverse dies! There have beenother cases of muled modified dies from the mint in the past but it doesn’t happen often andusually the changes in the hubs is so slight that they are hard to notice. The last time this happened was with the 1998 – 2000 Wide AM Lincoln cents and they were nowhere near thisobvious.
The first and easiest feature to identify is the U in UNITED. On the 2007 it is like the uppercase U while on the 2008 it has a “tail” like a lowercase u. The letters of the2007 are wider than on the 2008 hub. This is most noticeable on the T. In 2007 it is almost as
wide as it is high, on 2008 about half as wide. In 2007 the letter O is oval, in 2008 theyare round. The openings in the letter A are much larger in 2007. The hyphen between silver
and one is very different.
In 2007 it is almost straight with a large serif at either end. In 2008 the whole hyphen iscurved like ~ . On the 2008 the stars above the eagle are in a tight formation with their points
almost touching the ones to either side. In 2007 the arrangement is looser with more space
especially on the row with three stars. The points on those are well separated.
It is unknown just how many of the mules were made. Some estimate run as high as one fifthof the mintage so far, but they don’t seem to be that available. They seem to be
fairly disbursed among the mints stock as they are still showing up in coins delivered fromrecent orders.

ICC COIN EXHIBITThe Club has placed an exhibit on display at the newly expanded Indianapolis Public Library,located at 40 East St. Clair Street, Indianapolis, IN. That is between Meridian Street andPennsylvania Street, and between St. Clair Street, (800 North) and 9th Street.
The exhibit is located on the 6th floor, just to the right as you exit the elevator. While viewing
the exhibit, you will have a grand view of downtown Indianapolis. The Library is open from 9AM to 9 PM, Monday through Thursday; 9 AM to 6 PM on Fridays; 9 AM to 5 PM on Saturdays and 1 PM to 5 PM on Sundays. There is on-street (metered) parking and limited space inthe pay-parking lot in the basement of the Library building.
The exhibit is designed to benefit the Club, National Coin Week and coin collecting in general. It will be on display through the end of May.
Jim Goaziou, Life Member of the Club, was the “Chief Engineer” who arranged the space andtime with the Library, and he had help from Jay Dehority, Joe Boling, Mark Eberhardt andVinton Dove in supplying and arranging the materials in the exhibit.
The Club thanks Jim, Jay, Joe, Mark and Vinton for their efforts on behalf of the Club.

Indianapolis Coin Club
Treasurer's Report April 2008
Income:50/50
Dues Bruce Moore
Dues Scott Spencer
Dues Basil Worl Check #1224$ 54.00$ 12.00$ 12.00$ 12.00
Total$ 90.00

Expenses:
None
March Checkbook Balance
April Checkbook Balance$ 2,471.35$ 2,561.35

I.C.C. C.D. Balance$18.667.09

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April 28, 2008 - Minutes of the Indianapolis Coin Club Meeting.
Open - The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Past President and Secretary Vinton Dove. 42 people signed
the attendance book.
Visitors - Visitors introduced were Gil Hammond and Bob Oberding.
The Treasurer’s report and the Secretary’s report were read and accepted.
Old Business – Vinton announced that he and Life Member, Jim Goaziou met with the Mayor of Indianapolis, GregBallard, and received the Proclamation that April 20 – 26th 2008 was Indianapolis Coin Club Week in Indianapolis, in celebration of the Club’s 70th year of service, and in conjunction with National Coin Week. He said that he andJim chatted with the Mayor for about fifteen minutes in the Mayor’s office. The Mayor said he was familiar with theClub’s meeting location and would be glad to join us as the evening’s speaker. On behalf of the Club, Vinton thanked
Jim for his good work in obtaining the Proclamation.
A letter was read from Life Member, Jim Goaziou, thanking Club members Jay Dehority, Joe Boling, Mark Eberhardt
and Vinton Dove for their contributions to the Club’s exhibit at the downtown Indy Library. The exhibit is designed
to promote the Club, National Coin Week and coin collecting in general. Jim then spoke and encouraged the members
to go to the Library and see it. He said that the display is located on the sixth floor of the Library, and has a marvelous view of the downtown Indianapolis skyline from the site of the display. The display will be at the Library until
the end of May.
Joe Boling, ANA Governor and member of ICC brought us up to date on the progress of the August, 2011 ANA CoinShow.
New Business – Vinton reminded Club members that August would be Exhibitors Night, and urged them to plan anExhibit. Judging will be “Peoples Choice.”
Joe Boling spoke briefly about the FUN show in Florida, and mentioned that the Old Fort Coin Club, in Fort Wayne,
has received, on loan, an exhibit of old money sold at the show.
Dave Reid said that he and several other Club members had attended the Central States Numismatic Society’s coinshow in Chicago (Rosemont). He said that the show seemed to be well attended, and that there was a large number ofcoins available for sale to those attending. In the ensuing discussion it was mentioned there were at least ten membersof the Club at the show.
Jim Goaziou announced that he was planning on attending the Mid America show in Shaumberg, Illinois and the ANAshow in Baltimore. He asked that anyone interested in carpooling please contact him
The Educational Program was presented by the Club Vice President, Jim Roehrdanz. His topic was U S Quarters.
He described each type of US quarter issued, and had a PCGS graded example of each type of quarter on display except the 1796 Bust with small eagle reverse. He also displayed his complete set of Standing Liberty quarters, all
PCGS graded, and nearly all in Mint State. Jim said he had decided to assemble the set in the late 1990’s, and did so“before the prices went up to the levels of today.” He also spoke about several of the grading services, and his experiences in “crossing” a coin from one service to another. It was a most impressive program.
Jim Lucky and Karl Kreck then ran the 50/50 Drawing. The winner was Bill Phillips!
A letter was read from the Evansville Coin Club inviting the public to their Coin Show on October 10 and 11, 2008.
Auction – After the Break, Joe Boling, ran the Club Auction. Bob Bettcher, Karl Kreck and Vinton Dove assisted.
The club adjourned shortly before 8:45 PM.

Vinton Dove, Secretary