For the past several years, the club has prepared a handout for all attendees at the meeting held in conjunction with the CICF Chicago International Coin Fair. Under the general heading of Odd and Curious Money, each folder contains a modern reproduction of the item in question, along with much history surrounding it.
The club started a similar handout for the meeting in conjunction with the Chicago Paper Money Exhibition. Each handout looks at an obsolete bank from the Chicago area; illustrating some of the money it issued, along with a history of that bank.
| Date | Author | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 1989 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | Leather Money |
| 1990 | Kent M. Froseth | Plate Money |
| March 9, 1991 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | The Stone Money of Yap |
| March 21, 1992 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | Native American Copper Axe Money |
| February 27, 1993 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | California Clamshell Money |
| April 16, 1994 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. and Steven G. Zitowsky |
Pacific Island Bark Cloth Money |
| March 25, 1995 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. and Robert Weinstein |
Chinese Knife Money |
| March 30, 1996 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | African Trade Beads |
| April 5, 1997 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | Woven Cloth Money |
| March 14, 1998 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | Manillas - Money of West Africa |
| April 10, 1999 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | Kissi Kilindi Money |
| April 8, 2000 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | Civil War Postage Stamp Money |
| April 28, 2001 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | Obsidian - Money of the Stone Age |
| April 6, 2002 | Robert D. Leonard Jr. | Gold Dust Currency |
| Date | Author | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| February 24, 1996 | Robert W. Feiler | Merchants and Mechanics Bank of Chicago |
| February 15, 1997 | Robert W. Feiler | Bank of Chicago |
| February 21, 1998 | Robert W. Feiler | Phenix Bank (Chicago) |
| February 20, 1999 | Michael Metras | George Smith's Certificates of Deposit |
| February 19, 2000 | Carl Wolf, Steve Zitowsky, and William A. Burd |
Potter Palmer's Merchant Script |
| March 3, 2001 | Robert Feiler and Michael Metras |
The City Bank |
| March 2, 2002 | Jeffrey Rosinia and William Burd |
The First National Bank of Chicago |