You never know what will turn up at a Coin Collectors' meeting.
At our October meeting we had a new member attend and a U3A member/visitor.
Our theme for October was PNC’s (Postal Numismatic Cover). These are put out by Australia Post and available at Post Offices including Benalla. A PNC is a folder that contains a Royal Australian Mint coin and a first day issue stamp. They are a limited edition, generally around 7000 to 10,000 .The coins and stamp are unique and celebrate national events, famous Australians and milestones of Australian History and are very collectable.
Our members presented PLC’s celebrating 100 years of Scouting; Queen Elizabeth 2 anniversaries, including Platinum Jubilee 2022, 95th birthday in 2021 and 150 years Overland Telegraph Adelaide to Darwin 1872. One of our members had a large folder with numerous PNC with many lovely coins and stamps.
The group viewed a very interesting Youtube video on Bitcoin which explained this mystery cryto currency for beginners.
A surprise item was presented by our U3a guest Hanz in the form of a 6kg meteorite that fell to earth in China in 1566.
I also introduced the group to a brief onscreen demonstration of Chat GPT, a new form of AI. This can help with searching coin information.
Afternoon tea with lamingtons was enjoyed by all (thanks Gary).
At our October meeting we had a new member attend and a U3A member/visitor.
Our theme for October was PNC’s (Postal Numismatic Cover). These are put out by Australia Post and available at Post Offices including Benalla. A PNC is a folder that contains a Royal Australian Mint coin and a first day issue stamp. They are a limited edition, generally around 7000 to 10,000 .The coins and stamp are unique and celebrate national events, famous Australians and milestones of Australian History and are very collectable.
Our members presented PLC’s celebrating 100 years of Scouting; Queen Elizabeth 2 anniversaries, including Platinum Jubilee 2022, 95th birthday in 2021 and 150 years Overland Telegraph Adelaide to Darwin 1872. One of our members had a large folder with numerous PNC with many lovely coins and stamps.
The group viewed a very interesting Youtube video on Bitcoin which explained this mystery cryto currency for beginners.
A surprise item was presented by our U3a guest Hanz in the form of a 6kg meteorite that fell to earth in China in 1566.
I also introduced the group to a brief onscreen demonstration of Chat GPT, a new form of AI. This can help with searching coin information.
Afternoon tea with lamingtons was enjoyed by all (thanks Gary).
Doug Smith
