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Minutes of the 1281st Meeting

The 1281st meeting of the Chicago Coin Club was called to order by President Melissa Gumm at 6:45pm CDT Wednesday October 8, 2025. This was an in-person and online meeting with 20 members and one guest at the CBA, and 16 members online, giving a total of 37.

Club Meeting Minutes

The September club meeting minutes were approved as published in the Chatter, both in print and on the CCC website.

New Members

Secretary Scott McGowan reported no membership applications.

Treasurer’s Report

President Melissa Gumm reviewed the submitted treasurer’s report for the September period as follows: Revenue $0.00 and Expenses $286.83 for a period total of -$286.83. The report was approved by the membership.

Old Business

1. Committee Reports:
   1. Special Projects – Lyle Daly reported the committee currently has Rich Lipman and Mark Wieclaw as members. Any others wishing to join please contact Lyle. Lyle plans a committee meeting in late October or early November with the two main agenda items to be: discussion of the Club AV (Audio Visual) systems for meetings, and the best ways to spend a portion of the club treasury with examples being numismatic related scholarships and grants. Lyle also reported on his conversation with the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) about their AV assistance, and the CBA response it does not have any resources to assist the club.
   2. Hall of Fame – No report at this time.
   3. The Legacy committee – No report.
2. Secretary Scott McGowan announced the details for the December annual banquet. It will take place at the Des Plaines Elks Club, 495 Lee St, Des Plaines, Illinois on December 10, 2025 at a price of $45. Family style with 3 entrees, 3 sides, 2 vegetables, Soup and Salad, and Dessert. Cash bar. Appetizers sponsored by Chicago Coin Company. 6PM Appetizers, 7PM Dinner, 8PM meeting, presentation, and awards. The club has a large parking lot with free parking. Book your reservation now by sending your Zelle payment to treasurer.chicagocoinclub@gmail.com – be sure to put your name and BANQUET in the note section; or mail a check to the club, at PO Box 2301, Chicago, Illinois 60690.

New Business

1. Mark Wieclaw called for forming a committee for the CCC Medal of Merit. Club members Bill Burd, Dale Lukanich, and Kevin Daily volunteered to help. Anyone with potential nominations for the MOM contact one of the members.
2. Noah Graf reported that several CCC members attended the Great American Coin Show in September and, while it was not as big as ANA shows, it was enjoyable.
3. November Auction – Deven Kane reported that they are still compiling the auction lots. Any member with items, please contact Deven or Rich Lipman ASAP. The auction requires all bidders to be in person at the CBA meeting room to bid. All items must be paid for and removed the night of the auction.

Featured Program

Dale Lukanich on Last and First – Currency Issued by the Fourth Oldest Bank in Illinois.

Show and Tell

Second Vice President Ray Dagenais announced the eight Show and Tell presentations for the evening.

Melissa Gumm reviewed upcoming numismatic events.

President Melissa Gumm adjourned the meeting at 8:46PM CDT.

Respectfully Submitted,
Scott McGowan, Secretary

Speaker’s Wor[l]d
Last and First – Currency Issued by the Fourth Oldest Bank in Illinois

by Dale Lukanich
presented to our October 8, 2025 meeting

As an avid collector of material related to the history of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, Dale has acquired much local historical knowledge. He also is familiar with the resources that preserve the history of that long-ago era (starting in the mid-1800s). In this presentation, Dale gave us a glimpse into the history of a mostly-rural county near the southern end of the now-abandoned Illinois and Michigan Canal, before it connected with the Illinois River. (The “Michigan” in the name of the canal refers to its northern end, where it connected with Lake Michigan (via the South Branch of the Chicago River).

Dale started with background information about Felix Grundy, for whom Grundy County, Illinois was named in 1841. Born in Berkeley County, Virginia in 1775, he moved with his family to Kentucky in 1780; in 1799 he was a member of the Kentucky constitutional convention. Terms in the state House of Representatives were followed by time on the Kentucky Supreme Court, becoming its Chief Justice in 1807. Then he moved to Tennessee where he practiced law before election to the Tennessee House, which was followed by terms in the US Senate. Appointed Attorney General of the United States in 1838, he served for about one year before resigning and returning to the Senate. He died in 1840, and it is believed he never set foot in what would become Illinois’ Grundy County. The states of Iowa, Kentucky, and Missouri also contain a Grundy County named in his honor.

Nineteenth century banking had its own set of characteristics and idiosyncrasies, resulting in private banks, state chartered banks, and the congressionally chartered Bank of the United States. (Dale wisely skipped all the details and differences, leaving the curious amongst us to use Google afterwards.) After the closing of the Second Bank of the United States in 1836, states started to pass laws allowing “Free Banks” to operate in their states. The basic idea was that the state would charter any bank that would deposit a certain amount of bonds with the state to serve as a guarantee; the bank could then issue its own notes up to a value based on the bonds held on deposit with the state. In Illinois, the Free Banking Act of 1851 required that banks in Illinois wanting to issue notes would have to deposit bonds with the Illinois State Auditor; a bank could issue notes up to 90% of the deposited bond value. A seal was placed on each note’s printing plate to signify the compliance. As an example, Dale showed a close-up of the seal featured on a $1 note of the Grundy County Bank of Morris, Illinois.

The shown excerpts from the 1882 History of Grundy County detailed the county’s “varied and by no means a pleasant experience” with private and other banking concerns starting in early 1853 and extending past 1860. Dale highlighted the mention of “D.D. Spencer, of State Savings notoriety.” The Grundy County Bank was granted a charter and organized in 1862 under the Free Banking Act, with C. Bronson as President and D.D. Spencer as Cashier. Located on the main street in downtown Morris, it was one half of a mile south of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad station (now the existing CSX line), and one quarter mile north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. This location places it between the two largest modes of transportation in the state in its day.

The shown article from the Grundy County Herald newspaper of November 5, 1862 put a positive spin on the NEW BILLS IN TOWN:

The bills of this bank have made their appearance, to a limited extent in our midst as a circulating medium, and are sought after by our people, who receive them in preference to issues of foreign institutions. The design of the bills is excellent, and their general appearance pleasing. The business interests of our city and country, have long felt the necessity of the establishment in our midst of a bank of issue, and the appearance of the bills at this time is opportune. Being secured by Illinois stock, deposited with the State Auditor and having an office of redemption in Chicago, its bills are desirable as a circulating medium, and are preferable to the issues of eastern banks. Besides there is a local interest attaching to its issue, which commends it to our farmers as a preference. In Mr. Bronson and Mr. Spencer, the gentlemen whose names appear on the bills respectively as President and Cashier, the public recognize men of means, fine business qualifications and strict integrity, guaranteeing that the affairs of the bank will be ordered, and its issue so guarded as to best subserve the interest of the public.

A statement of the affairs of the Grundy County Bank, showing matching resources and liablities of $45,744.69 and sworn to be accurate by Cashier Spencer and witnessed by Notary Public C.H. Goold, was shown. It was from the January, 1863 issue of the Grundy County Herald newspaper. In an April 8, 1863 ad from that same newspaper, the Grundy County Bank identifies itself as dealers in “Exchange, Gold, and Bank Notes” while also offering “tickets of passage from Liverpool to this city, by the OLE BLACK STAR LINE.”

The Grundy County Bank issued its notes from November of 1862 to mid-1864. Dale showed a unique uncut sheet consisting of two notes, a $1 and a $5, printed by the American Bank Note Company. The $1 note features an equine vignette while cattle are seen feeding on the $5 note; the vignettes were engraved by James D. Smillie. Both notes feature large red lathe denominational protectors as well as a blue printed serial number of 1834. This sheet is considered a remainder (never issued), because it was never signed by C. Bronson as President or D.D. Spencer as Cashier. This is a great rarity, likely archived by the bank, saved for record purposes. Dale thinks this is likely the last sheet printed for this bank. Two issued examples of the $1 note are known today, but no $5 examples.

The Free Banking era was drawing to a close; once the National Bank Act was passed on February 25, 1863, state bank currency was doomed. The Act of June 3, 1864 withdrew the right of state banks to circulate National Bank Notes. The Act of March 3, 1865 imposed a 10% annual tax on any state notes circulating after July 1, 1866. This was a way of getting the now “obsolete” state notes out of the U.S. banking system, in favor of the new national currency.

The Grundy County National Bank applied for a charter to the US Treasury Department on September 16, 1864. The 11 stockholders provided the $50,000 in capitol needed to secure the charter. At the first board of directors meeting, C.H. Goold was elected president and D.D. Spencer cashier. (The same C.H. Goold who, as Notary Public, had witnessed Spencer’s 1863 statement of bank affairs shown earlier.) The charter was granted on October 12, 1864 (this date is placed on all the GCNB notes), with charter number 531.

A shown ad, from the November 2, 1864 Grundy County Herald, states that the Grundy County National Bank of Morris, Illinois was organized under the General Banking Law of the United States, and was ready to conduct general Banking business.

Dale next showed us a $5 Grundy County National Bank note from the first sheet – it has a red sheet number 1 and printed position letter A! It also has signatures of D.D. Spencer and C.H. Goold. (A shown article from the January 6, 1866 Morris Advertiser reports that D.D. Spencer came across the original of their $5 notes. It is clean and bright, in nice condition.) This is an example of a First Charter National Bank Note (1863-1882), with the front having flanking vignettes of Columbus in sight of land and Introducing America to the old world while the back features a Landing of Columbus central vignette, from a painting by John Vanderlyn. These were printed by the Continental Bank Note Company, and the designs are usually credited to Waterman Lily Ormsby.

The front of the note with sheet number 1 has a bright red Treasury seal right of center; the blue serial number in the upper right was used from only July 1864 to January 1865. For comparison, a later, circulated note from sheet number 5333 was shown next to it; signed by Joseph C. Carr as Cashier, the sheet number is in a drab and dark red while the added Charter Number 531 appears twice in red.

Dale showed a four-note sheet, with DEC 1, 1890 SPECIMEN stamped on each hole-punched note, as an example of an original sheet delivered to the US Treasury Department. The Treasury Department would add the serial numbers and treasury seal. The cashier and president of the bank would sign the notes as needed at the bank.

To quickly summarize the other issues of the Grundy County County National Bank, Dale scrolled through images sourced from Heritage Auctions, and showed tables of years for the bank’s Presidents and Cashiers as well as tables of the denomination arrangements on sheets and the sheet numbers for different series.

• ORGINAL ACE, 1864-1875 (Fr#380b)
• LAZY DEUCE, 1864-1875
• BROWN BACK TWENTY, 1882-1902
• TEN SERIES OF 1902, 1902-1929
• TWENTY SERIES OF 1902, 1902-1929
• TYPE 1 TEN, 1929-1933
• TYPE 1 TWENTY, 1929-1933

A shown excerpt from The Bankers’ Magazine in 1866 listed the Grundy County Bank of Morris as one of the Illinois banks whose notes the State Auditor was redeeming. This indicates that although the Grundy County National Bank shared some officers and resources with the earlier Grundy County Bank, the new bank was not a simple renaming of the old bank. The Grundy County National Bank merged with The Farmers & Merchants Bank in 1931. The current Grundy Bank became a state bank in 2002, and bases its claim to being the fourth oldest bank currently operating in Illinois on the 1864 charter.

References:

• Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/historyofgrundyc00chica
• Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/earlyillinoispap00daviiala/mode/2up (By R. Edward Davis)
• Internet Archives, https://archive.org/details/financingempireh01hust/page/298/mode/2up?q=Producers
• http://livinghistoryofillinois.com/history_of_illinois_counties.html
• Newman Numismatic Portal
• Heritage Auctions, HA.com
• A special thanks to the Grundy Historical Society for all of their help!

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Show and Tell

Items shown at our October 8, 2025 meeting,
reported by Ray Dagenais.

1. Richard Hathaway passed around four French coins after talking about the first.
   1. A gros tournois of the style minted during the reign of Philip IV, who ruled from 1285 to 1314. The gros tournois was created in 1266 under Louis IX in an effort to make larger silver coins, and it was a very popular coin throughout Western Europe over the next century. They were issued in large amounts by Philip to help finance his wars, as well as by many foreign entities and forgers, making it very challenging to attribute the origin/mint of any given example. The shown piece cannot be attributed – although well engraved and well struck, it is underweight by about 25% (3.1 grams vs. the supposed 4.05 grams), and might have been debased or minted by an unofficial entity.
   2. A 1653-H (La Rochelle) ½ Ecu of Louis XIV.
   3. A 1666-& (Aix-en-Provence) ½ Ecu of Louis XIV.
   4. An 1823-W (Lille) 5 Francs of Louis XVIII.
   These are all common dates and mints, but they are excellent pieces of French history.
2. Tyler Rossi shared information about Dick Gregory and a “Flyer One Dollar Note” used by him as campaign material in his run as a write-in presidential candidate in 1968. Dick Gregory was a popular stand-up comedian, author, and activist who ran for president focusing on the Black freedom and anti-war movements. Gregory then decided to run as an independent write-in presidential candidate. Author of the 2015 article “Dick Gregory’s “One Vote” Note” in the magazine Paper Money, Loren Gatch claims that more than 1 million copies of the bills were produced and put out on the market. Enough of these entered circulation to attract the Secret Service and FBI. Gregory was able to evade charges of counterfeiting, in part because he argued that “everyone knows a black man will never be on a US bill.” At least two varieties of the note exist: one with the words “vote for,” the other with the words “write in,” above Gregory’s signature. In his memoir, Gregory explained realizing the power of physical currency, and “I wanted some campaign literature that if you threw it down, somebody would pick it up.”
3. Robert Leonard followed up on Mark Wieclaw’s last month exhibit of a cup-shaped Byzantine gold hyperpyron of John II Comnenus, 1118-1143, that Mark was told was struck from dies engraved backwards. Bob showed five Byzantine cup-shaped gold coins to suggest that it was, instead, struck flat then annealed and cupped in separate operations.
   1. A hyperpyron of John III, circa 1222-1230, struck in cupped form from 3 dies (2 obverse, 1 reverse), with an obvious mismatch on the obverse.
   2. Three hyperpyra of John II, Constantinople mint: first, second, and third issues (same type as Mark’s coin). These are broad, thin coins, only slightly cup-shaped. There is no evidence that two obverse dies were used. Bob believes that this issue was struck from flat dies, then annealed and dished separately – and the presence of an error with reversed dishing confirms that.
   3. A histamenon nomisma (pre-reform) of Constantine X, 1059-1067, with no evidence of 2 dies on the obverse but with a flat, undished portion between the central design and the cup-shaped rim. Bob said it is hard to see how this could occur if fully-curved dies had been used.
4. Olivia Henderson showed an 1885-O Morgan Dollar, graded PCGS MS63. It was in an old green holder and displayed some vibrant, though somewhat dark toning, on the obverse; the reverse is blast white. The strike is sharp. All together, it is a very nice coin. Olivia obtained it at the 2025 Great American Coin and Collectibles Show. This is Olivia’s first foray into toned silver.
5. Deven Kane showed five items.
   1. A copper As coin, minted in Rome 127/128, featuring a bust of Sabina, Augusta 128-136/7, on the obverse. The reverse features a seated Ceres holding grain ears and a torch. Vibia Sabina (83-136/137) was wife and second cousin once removed to the Roman Emperor Hadrian. Sabina was the first woman to have her image featured on a regular and continuous series of coins minted at Rome.
   2. A silver denarius minted in Rome, featuring a veiled and draped bust of Diva Faustina on the obverse; the reverse features a standing Aeternitas drawing a veil from her head with her right hand and holding torch in her left. Annia Galeria Faustina (the Younger), circa 130 to 175/176, was Roman empress, from 161 to her death, as the wife of emperor Marcus Aurelius, her maternal cousin. Faustina was the youngest child of emperor Antoninus Pius and empress Faustina the Elder. Only six of their 14 children reached adulthood: five daughters and their son Commodus.
   3. A silver denarius minted in Rome (circa 178-182), featuring a draped bust of Crispina on the obverse. The reverse features a garlanded and lighted altar, square in shape. Bruttia Crispina (164-191 AD) was Roman empress from 178 to 191 as the consort of Roman emperor Commodus. Their marriage failed to produce an heir. Following charges of adultery in 188, Crispina was banished to the island of Capri, where she was later executed.
   4. A silver denarius minted in Rome 220-222 featuring a draped bust of Julia Soaemias on the obverse. The reverse features a standing Venus Caelestis holding an apple in her right hand and scepter in her left. Julia Soaemias Bassiana (180-222) was a Syrian noblewoman and the mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled over the Roman Empire from 218 to 222. She was one of his chief advisors, initially with the support and accompaniment of her mother Julia Maesa. Julia Soaemias was killed along with her son by the Praetorian Guard.
   5. A large silver medal (53mm in diameter), dated 1895, for the Inauguration of the Shooting Range of the Italian Shooting Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One side features conjoined busts of two allegorical female figures: the background figure wears a phrygian cap and personifies Argentina, while the foreground figures wears a turreted crown and personifies Italy. The other side features a city view of Rome, crowned by an Italian eagle in front of targets. The club closed the range in 1926, but offers a wide range of other sports facilities to this day.
6. Dale Lukanich discussed “cut coins,” then showed examples next to examples of similar uncut coins.
   1. Half of a Celtic (eastern European) imitation of a Phillip II tetradrachm.
   2. Two pieces, each a quarter of a Celtic (Eastern European) imitation of a Phillip II tetradrachm.
   3. Half of a bronze coin from the Seleukid Kingdom of Tryphon, based in Antioch.
   4. Half of a bronze coin of Tiberius, issued at Seleucia Pieria, the ancient port city of Antioch, RPC 1 4272 (3.44g)
   5. Half of a bronze coin of Augustus, issued at Seleucia Pieria.
   6. Half of a denarius of Geta, struck at the Loadica mint.
   7. Half of a denarius struck in Ephesus for Vespian, the the holder when purchased said Geta.
   8. Half of a bronze coin of Gordian III and Abgar IX from Edessa in Mesopotamia. When purchased, holder said Caracalla.
7. Mark Wieclaw showed coins, and a note connected to historical events.
   1. A Roman Provincial bronze coin (a Hemiassarion) from Nicopolis with an image of a bear on the reverse.
   2. A bronze Pentassarion from Nicopolis, also showing a bear on the reverse.
   3. Mark’s third slide showed images of the reverse of the first coin between the Chicago Cubs logo and the Chicago Bears logo. Presumably, the Cubs and the Bears were based on history much earlier than anyone suspected!
   4. A $1 Series 2007 A Federal Reserve Note with the serial number PL 18010507 E was followed by Mark’s question, “What in the world happened on: May 7, 1801?” Answer: Thomas Jefferson refused to pay tribute to the Barbary pirates and the Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States. Mark mentioned many aspects of the war which lasted from May 10, 1801 to June 10, 1805, including:
      1. The U.S. Fleet was unable to crush the pirates.
      2. The ship USS Philadelpia ran aground and was captured on October 31, 1803.
      3. USS Philadelphia was burned by a US Navy raiding party on February 16, 1804.
      4. US Marines were involved in the Battle of Derna on April 27, 1805, the first time a US flag was raised in victory on foreign soil. The words from the Marine hymn, “to the shores of Tripoli” remember this event.
      5. The crew of the USS Philadelphia was finally freed after a peace treay was signed.
8. Joe Boling showed a counterfeit $5 US small-size national note on the Champaign National Bank of Urbana, Ohio. Although counterfeit US national bank notes are not rare, especially from the original series, a counterfeit small-size national is a rare bird indeed – this is the first one he had ever seen. What really tickled Joe and the dealer who had it is that the bankers’ signatures are rubber-stamped, a practice that ended with the introduction of small-size nationals, which all have printed bankers’ signatures. So, the note went into his collection. Independently, Joe was referred to an article in a popular true crime magazine, and there was the story of Count Lustig (aka Robert V Miller) and his partner in counterfeiting, William Watts. From the article’s author, Joe received a digital copy of the indictment that led to prison terms for the pair. Included in that document was an inventory of the hardware seized from their counterfeiting operation – including the plates that had been used to print his unusual $5 national. What a great find!

Reminders:

• You can email to Ray a description of what you will show at a meeting, to give him a start on this write-up.
• Send it to cccshowandtell@gmail.com
• After a meeting, all members who viewed the meeting should email him their scoring sheet – a listing of each exhibit number followed by a score (from a low of 1 to a high of 10) is all that is needed.

Annual Member Auction

Here are the lots in our member auction. The auction will be held near the start of the November meeting, after a short time for lot examination.

The auction will be called from our in-person meeting room, and all lots must be picked up when the auction ends – that is when all accounts must be settled, too. If you wish to bid but will not attend in person, please make arrangements with a fellow member: to bid for you, to pick up your won lots, and to pay for you. We do not know how well the remote-support capabilities of our meeting room would support remote bidders.

William A. Burd Consignment #1

1. Chicago Numismatic Society USS Nashville Medal – 1909 – bronze.
2. CCC 25th Anniversary Medal – 1944 – sterling silver – mintage 315 pcs.
3. CCC 400th Meeting – May 14, 1952 – counterstamped 1944 Mexican Peso .720 silver.
4. CCC 500th Meeting barrel shaped Medal – 1960 – bronze – mintage 246 pcs.
5. CCC 500th Meeting barrel shaped Medal – 1960 – 3.19 ozt – .950 silver – mintage 84 pcs.
6. CCC 50th Anniversary Medal – 1969 – bronze – 57mm – mintage 182 pcs.
7. CCC 50th Anniversary Medal – 1969 – 3.11 ozt – .999 silver – mintage 111 pcs. Serial #772.
8. CCC 750th Meeting – July 8, 1981 – counterstamped 1919 half dollar – mintage 67 pcs.

Chuck Knox Donation

9. Four piece Lincoln medal set in custom acrylic holder. From out-of-town club member Chuck Knox. The set is pictured on page 79 in the book Medals and Tokens of the Chicago Coin Club. Minimum bid of $75. Proceeds will be donated to the club.

John Riley Consignment

10. “Hookneck Limited Edition” by Clyde Hubbard & David O’Harrow, 1997. Included is an 1860 Mexican 8 Reales Coin. $100 combined value. Suggested start at $39.
11. Three Classic George Washington medals – his reproduced Presidency Commemoration, a restruck period “Liberty and Security” Medal, and a 1932 commemorative struck Watch Fob (GW’s 200th anniversary of birth) in soft struck rubber. $25 combined value. Suggested start at $5.

Donation from John and Nancy Wilson

12. Fifteen different pieces of our Club’s “Odd and Curious Souvenir Sheets.” A complete set consists of 23 pieces issued from 1989 to 2011.
13. Eight different pieces of our Club’s “Currency Souvenir Sheets.” A complete set consists of 20 pieces issued from 1996 to 2016.

William A. Burd Consignment #2

14. CCC 800th Meeting Medal – September 14, 1985 – copper – mintage 125 pcs.
15. CCC 800th Meeting Medal – September 14, 1985 – silver plated copper – mintage 125.
16. CCC 800th Meeting Medal – September 14, 1985 – 2.1 ozt – .999 silver – mintage 31 pcs.
17. CCC 75th Anniversary Plaquette – Discoverers – 1994 – bronze – serial #57 – mintage 165 pcs.
18. CCC 1000th Meeting Medal – April 6, 2002 – 5 ozt .999 silver w/gold highlights serial #089 – mintage 31 pcs.
19. CCC 95th Anniversary Ferris Wheel Medal – 2014 – copper – serial #27 – mintage 95 pcs.
20. CCC 95th Anniversary Ferris Wheel Medal – 2014 – 2.55 ozt – .999 silver – serial #31 – mintage 95 pcs.
21. CCC 100th Anniversary Medal – 2019 – copper – serial #120 of 200.
22. CCC 100th Anniversary Medal – 2019 – copper with gold and platinum highlights – serial #45 of 50.
23. CCC 100th Anniversary Medal – 2019 – 8 ozt – .999 silver – serial #28 of 28.

Robert Leonard Consignment

24. Turks and Caicos Islands 5 crowns copper-nickel 1994, prooflike in snaplock case of issue, “ANA Salute to Coin Collecting” and 25th Anniversary of First Lunar Landing. These were available at the 1994 ANA convention in Detroit; the late David Ganz was ANA President then, and he remarked to me that ANA had NO members in the Turks and Caicos Islands!
25. Pittsburgh transit token in NGC Sample Slab, “PAN Welcomes the 2023 ANA World’s Fair of Money,” in drawstring bag of issue, stamped with eagle and pancoins.org.
26. Rolled-out Lincoln cent, “End of the Trail” statue and “ANA WFOM/2025 OK CITY,” in NGC Genuine Slab, with custom label designed by Joel Iskowitz (ANA banquet favor, gift from T.J. Uram).

Robert Feiler Consignment

27. May 3, 1907 brass 32.5 mm, octagonal medal Masonic Temple Meeting Token from 1907. It is the first medal listed. Minimum bid $100.
28. Serial #7, 2014 .999 silver “Ferris Wheel Medal” for the club’s 95th anniversary. It is described on pages 51-53 in the book Medals and Tokens of the Chicago Coin Club. Minimum bid $90.
29. Chicago Coin Club 1000th meeting. Rolled out “elongated” on a 1919 Australian Gold Sovereign. Actual Gold Weight is .2355 Troy ounce. Minimum bid $880.00.
30. Chicago Coin Club 1000th Meeting, two-and-one-half-inch, five ounce .999 silver medal. Gold highlighted Athenian Owl. Serial No. 30. Minimum bid $225.00.
31. Chicago Coin Club 50th anniversary Bronze medal 1919-1969. Minimum bid $50.00.
32. Chicago Numismatic Society 50th monthly meeting medal. March 6th 1908. Minimum bid $75.00
33. Chicago Coin Club 25th Anniversary 1919-1944, silver Lincoln medal. Minimum bid $85.00
34. Chicago Coin Club 50th anniversary five ounce silver medal, 1919-1969. Minimum bid $225.00.
35. Chicago Coin Club 100th Anniversary, 1919-2019. Rolled out “elongated” on a 1919 Australian Gold Sovereign. Actual Gold Weight is .2355 Troy ounce. Minimum bid $880.00.

William A. Burd Consignment #3

36. “Sample” NGC Slab of 1919 Buffalo Nickel, commemorating the CCC 100th Anniversary.
37. CCC 100th Anniversary Banquet medal August 13, 2019. Serial #16 of 150.
38. CCC/NYNC Joint Meeting Medal – August 14, 2013 – Serial #50 of 100.
39. CCC/NYNC Joint Meeting Medal – August 12, 2015 – NGC – MS 68.
40. Chicago ANA Convention Badge – 1933 – by Henry Ripstra.
41. Chicago ANA World Mints Passport – 2013 – includes 17 world coins.
42. Chicago ANA World Mints Passport – 2014 – includes 8 world coins.

Preview of Our December Banquet
(1283rd Meeting)

Our 1282nd Meeting

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