Our first meeting in November was interesting, with coin albums, war note collection, a special framed coin and the latest mintage of the A to Z $1 coins dispersed by Australia Post during October.

Our second meeting will be on Wednesday 4th December, 12.15 pm at the U3A room.   

For the December meeting I suggest we bring a coin or note which refers to a significant date or event. I have the sets when the decimal currency changeover from notes to coins occurred.  Remember it is a lunchtime meeting.

Anyone interested in coins and/or notes is most welcome.

Alex Adkins
0427 820 287

Writing in the September Newsletter that coin collecting has been an interest/hobby of mine for a long time, I invited anyone with a similar interest to contact me with the view of forming an interest group within U3A. Since then I have had a positive response and six of us met to discuss the possibilities on the 8th October. A Course Proposal was completed and submitted.  The Committee is quite happy for us to meet as a Coin Collecting Group and has given us the meeting time from 12.15 pm to 1.45 pm on the first Wednesday of each month at the U3A rooms.

The first meeting will be held on Wednesday 6th November with a second meeting following on 4th December.

I am pleased that some keen interest has been shown by people who have been putting coins aside and like me have not yet sorted or catalogued their collection.  I am looking forward to seeing your coins and sharing our stories.

As this is a lunchtime meeting, bring some nourishment along and tea and coffee will be available.   To register your interest or answer any queries please phone me, Alex Adkins, 0427 820 287, or come along on the day.

Alex Adkins

People over the years have bags, boxes or tins of old coins of pre decimal and decimal currency.  My interest started in the early 1960’s when Australia went to decimal currency in February 1966, and I am still collecting today.
 
If this is an interest or hobby of yours and you would like to discuss the significance of coins and notes with all their different designs that commemorate the events and people that create a history of Australia perhaps we could look at forming a group with U3A.

To gauge the interest in coin collecting could you please contact me, Alex Adkins on 576262457, Mobile 0427820287 with the view of having a meeting and organising an ongoing U3A Coin Collectors group. 
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