Christmas at the coin club
RedTiger
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The Culver City coin club (California) celebrated Christmas with their annual BINGO game (COIN-O). Prizes included a 2009 Silver eagle, a Peace Dollar, a 40% off-center Roosevelt dime, a couple of modern commem dollars. Prizes were bought with anticipated sales of the bingo cards at $5 per chance. I didn't win, only got close once.
The last game of the night is "blackout" where all the squares have to be covered, and the prize is a small Christmas tree with coin ornaments. Each club member was told to bring in two coins to help decorate the tree. I saw an unc 1955-S cent on the tree. I was sitting near two boys maybe 9 to 11 years old, and told them that cent was one of the first coins I ever bought.
Boy, those kids got so excited over the Bingo. Sometimes the club business, and the presentations can be a bit dry for the kids, but they got into the game. The brothers decided that if they won the tree, they would split it. Their eyes were wide as they got closer to covering their entire BINGO card. In another corner of the room another youth, a young woman would loudly exclaim "yes...." or "no..." with every call. Alas, none of the youth's won any BINGO games. They did get a couple of Christmas gifts from two other members to add to their modest collections that they had started this year.
Let me tell you, I've been so busy with other things, the time at the coin club, and hearing and watching those kids was the best tonic.
For the curious, search on Culver City Coin club to find the meeting place and time.
The last game of the night is "blackout" where all the squares have to be covered, and the prize is a small Christmas tree with coin ornaments. Each club member was told to bring in two coins to help decorate the tree. I saw an unc 1955-S cent on the tree. I was sitting near two boys maybe 9 to 11 years old, and told them that cent was one of the first coins I ever bought.
Boy, those kids got so excited over the Bingo. Sometimes the club business, and the presentations can be a bit dry for the kids, but they got into the game. The brothers decided that if they won the tree, they would split it. Their eyes were wide as they got closer to covering their entire BINGO card. In another corner of the room another youth, a young woman would loudly exclaim "yes...." or "no..." with every call. Alas, none of the youth's won any BINGO games. They did get a couple of Christmas gifts from two other members to add to their modest collections that they had started this year.
Let me tell you, I've been so busy with other things, the time at the coin club, and hearing and watching those kids was the best tonic.
For the curious, search on Culver City Coin club to find the meeting place and time.
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