The Coin Collectors Group is up and going. Our previous convenor Alex Atkins, and wife Annette, have shifted to Echuca and Alex has handed the reins to Doug Smith. Doug convened the March meeting on our return to the U3A Meeting Room, with five members attending. The recent April meeting was also attended by five members although two of these members were not present at the March meeting. Our numbers are slowly creeping back to pre-COVID levels of 10 to 15 members.
With Doug away on a planned break with family to Gippsland in April, Gary Edwards convened the April Meeting. Members presented selections from their coin collections. A very interesting cross section of Australian pre decimal and decimal coinage was exhibited, as well as coins from overseas countries. Discussions included the ways in which coins can be catalogued and displayed and the values of coins, including coins with varieties and blemishes. Interesting stories of how coins were procured/discovered were told and sets of specimen coins displayed.
If you have coins, either as a serious collector or as someone with a cache of old or foreign coins who wants to know more about them, then feel free to come along to share your knowledge or to find out more about those coins.
The Coin Collectors Group meets on the 3rd Monday from 10am to 12noon in the U3A Meeting Room.
Gary Edwards
With Doug away on a planned break with family to Gippsland in April, Gary Edwards convened the April Meeting. Members presented selections from their coin collections. A very interesting cross section of Australian pre decimal and decimal coinage was exhibited, as well as coins from overseas countries. Discussions included the ways in which coins can be catalogued and displayed and the values of coins, including coins with varieties and blemishes. Interesting stories of how coins were procured/discovered were told and sets of specimen coins displayed.
If you have coins, either as a serious collector or as someone with a cache of old or foreign coins who wants to know more about them, then feel free to come along to share your knowledge or to find out more about those coins.
The Coin Collectors Group meets on the 3rd Monday from 10am to 12noon in the U3A Meeting Room.
Gary Edwards
