Has a dealer here ever given a speech at a club with elderly people, and a great coin came out of th

Longacre

I belong to the local Lions Club chapter in my town. Part of the appeal of my joining the club, was that I dropped the average age of the members to approximately 85 years old. I actually don't mind hanging out with the boys at the meetings, and almost all of them have had very interesting careers.

At every meeting we have a speaker. Usually the speakers are pretty boring, but occasionally they are good. We have never had a numismatic speaker since I have been a member. For the dealers in the house (or others), have you ever given a speech to a civic club with a lot of elderly members, and then had an excessively rare coin come out of the woodwork from one of the members? Any details would be interesting to hear.

PerryHall

<< <i>I dropped the average age of the members to approximately 85 years old. >>



Sounds like a couple of coin clubs that I belong to.

BECOKA

Nope,

But I plan on attending my first Cupertino coin club meeting next month while my wife and kids are away.

You just never know.

Veep

Nothing excessively rare. Best find was an XF 1921 SLQ. Pretty cool!

SanctionII

No. But I am considering joining a local Rotary. The members have a varied background, with lots of seniors who have done very, very well for themselves in their careers. Dealers have told me that in the SF Bay Area there are many, many collections of high quality in very strong hands. I suppose if one hob knobs with these strong hands some interesting coins may just pop up for a private or public viewing.

BTW, shouldn't you get back to work before "The Man" discovers you slacking off?

RWB

Hanging out with tax and estate lawyers could be very advantageous. Coin collections are very common in estates and heirs frequently want money not a collection of shiny stuff they don’t understand. If you can qualify to be either an expert or appraiser on coins, there is a good chance you can buy many of the estate offerings.

As for woodwork finds … at the last Lions’ dinner I attended (held at the American Legion) the only things coming out of the woodwork had six legs.