Dear C4OAers,
I'm pleased to announce that after many hours of preparation, we have launched a new C4OA website. The URL is www.carsoncitycoinclub.com. We have new features, including a discussion board, a "contact us" page, and a news and articles section.
Rusty Goe, C4OA president and editor of Curry's Chronicle, made this all happen. This site was not designed to take the place of the blogsite, but instead to offer an additional meeting place for Carson City enthusiasts in cyberspace. If you're interested in how this website came to be, please read the May 21st News and Articles entry on the site.
Visit the site, www.carsoncitycoinclub.com, and register on the discussion board. Leave your comments to the posts, or create your own post! Please note, the site is live, but it is still being tweaked to fit our expectations. Any little glitches will be fixed soon.
Enjoy your new site and forum, fellow "CC"-lovers!
-Maya
Friday, May 22, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Souvenirs from the Nevada State Museum in Carson City
Last year we were in Reno and I was able to visit Nevada State Museum and the mint in Carsin City.
The day we were there the press was not operating, however they were selling medals produced on the old press #1. Prices were very reasonable.
The day we were there the press was not operating, however they were selling medals produced on the old press #1. Prices were very reasonable.
Friday, May 15, 2009
1875-CC Twenty-Cent Pieces
Well, here it goes my first attempt at posting on this blog. To get to this point it took a while.
Finally, I was able to upgrade from 1875-CC G Details to 1875-CC MS64. As one can see, on the reverse the left wing has a problem, but overall the coin is nice. This leaves some room for a future update - one with a perfect wing.
Finally, I was able to upgrade from 1875-CC G Details to 1875-CC MS64. As one can see, on the reverse the left wing has a problem, but overall the coin is nice. This leaves some room for a future update - one with a perfect wing.
Since this is my first try I am not sure if the images are too small or too big.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Questions Regarding Receiving Invitations to this Blogsite
In the spirit of “blogging for dummies,” I would like to explain the dynamics of participating on this blogsite. First, let me go over the basic definitions of some blogsite lingo:
Blog: Literally, “blog” is a shortened form of “weblog,” which is a series of online postings by one or more authors. Blogs usually have a feature that allows viewers to comment on the topics discussed.
Right now, the Web site you are on is a blog, or blogsite.
Post: A post is what one or more authors (C4OA members, in this case) contribute to a blogsite. This is the actual mini-article you write and publish within the blogsite.
Right now, the text you are reading is in the form of a post, which I just published on the blogsite.
Comment: A comment is an afterthought, or an addition to a post. Comments can be published by anyone, even if the person isn’t a registered author on the blogsite.
Basically, you comment on a post, and you post on a blogsite.
Recently, I have received some questions about problems that members have encountered with accessing this blogsite, so I will explain how you can participate on this blogsite:
First:
Become a Member of the Carson City Coin Collectors of America.
Second:
Sign up for Google account. You will need to have a Google Account in order for your Invitation Link to work. The C4OA blogsite is on Google’s “Blogger” platform, so only Google Accounts will work with it.
Third:
Request an Invitation Link from a Club Administrator at mdparrott@cox.net, ok2lmkr@aol.com, or mariesgate@sbcglobal.net. (If you don’t receive an invitation after emailing one of these addresses, please try another one. Remember, these are the email addresses of volunteers within the club, and they might not always check their email or they might be on vacation.)
This invitation will come from Google’s “Blogger,” so be aware that it will NOT come as a reply from the volunteer you originally emailed! And it will not come from the C4OA.
Fourth:
Add a Post! All you need to do is click the “Sign In” button at the top, use your Google Account information and password to sign in, and you will be brought to your “Blogger Dashboard.” In the Dashboard, you can view whatever blogs you are apart of, and if you click “New Post,” it will allow you to post a mini-article to our blogsite. When it’s posted, other members will be able to comment on your writing.
Hopefully, this clears up some of the issues members have encountered recently, such as not being able to post articles onto the blogsite.
If you’ve struggled through all the steps required to register on the blogsite, and you’re having issues when attempting to post something, please remember that you can email your questions and concerns to mariesgate@sbcglobal.net. (Make sure you set your spam filters in your email account to allow this address to reply to you!)
Concerning Curry’s Chronicle
We’re in the midst of proofing the summer 2009 Curry’s Chronicle, and it looks like it will be shipped right on schedule! You can expect to receive your copy around the first week of June.
Enjoy these spring months while they last!
-Maya
Blog: Literally, “blog” is a shortened form of “weblog,” which is a series of online postings by one or more authors. Blogs usually have a feature that allows viewers to comment on the topics discussed.
Right now, the Web site you are on is a blog, or blogsite.
Post: A post is what one or more authors (C4OA members, in this case) contribute to a blogsite. This is the actual mini-article you write and publish within the blogsite.
Right now, the text you are reading is in the form of a post, which I just published on the blogsite.
Comment: A comment is an afterthought, or an addition to a post. Comments can be published by anyone, even if the person isn’t a registered author on the blogsite.
Basically, you comment on a post, and you post on a blogsite.
Recently, I have received some questions about problems that members have encountered with accessing this blogsite, so I will explain how you can participate on this blogsite:
First:
Become a Member of the Carson City Coin Collectors of America.
Second:
Sign up for Google account. You will need to have a Google Account in order for your Invitation Link to work. The C4OA blogsite is on Google’s “Blogger” platform, so only Google Accounts will work with it.
Third:
Request an Invitation Link from a Club Administrator at mdparrott@cox.net, ok2lmkr@aol.com, or mariesgate@sbcglobal.net. (If you don’t receive an invitation after emailing one of these addresses, please try another one. Remember, these are the email addresses of volunteers within the club, and they might not always check their email or they might be on vacation.)
This invitation will come from Google’s “Blogger,” so be aware that it will NOT come as a reply from the volunteer you originally emailed! And it will not come from the C4OA.
Fourth:
Add a Post! All you need to do is click the “Sign In” button at the top, use your Google Account information and password to sign in, and you will be brought to your “Blogger Dashboard.” In the Dashboard, you can view whatever blogs you are apart of, and if you click “New Post,” it will allow you to post a mini-article to our blogsite. When it’s posted, other members will be able to comment on your writing.
Hopefully, this clears up some of the issues members have encountered recently, such as not being able to post articles onto the blogsite.
If you’ve struggled through all the steps required to register on the blogsite, and you’re having issues when attempting to post something, please remember that you can email your questions and concerns to mariesgate@sbcglobal.net. (Make sure you set your spam filters in your email account to allow this address to reply to you!)
Concerning Curry’s Chronicle
We’re in the midst of proofing the summer 2009 Curry’s Chronicle, and it looks like it will be shipped right on schedule! You can expect to receive your copy around the first week of June.
Enjoy these spring months while they last!
-Maya
Friday, May 1, 2009
Update on the Summer 2009 Curry's Chronicle
Fellow C4OAers,
All of the article and letter to the editor submissions are in for the summer 2009 Curry’s Chronicle! We’re now in crunch-time, where we edit, arrange, and layout the journal before we send it off to the printer. We’ll be working hard for the next two weeks, so you can enjoy this upcoming Chronicle just as much as the last issue!
Hope you’re having a wonderful first-day-of-May,
-Maya
All of the article and letter to the editor submissions are in for the summer 2009 Curry’s Chronicle! We’re now in crunch-time, where we edit, arrange, and layout the journal before we send it off to the printer. We’ll be working hard for the next two weeks, so you can enjoy this upcoming Chronicle just as much as the last issue!
Hope you’re having a wonderful first-day-of-May,
-Maya
Sunday, April 26, 2009
This Blogsite's Potential Strives Against its Failure to Elicit Member Participation
For almost two years, the Carson City Coin Collectors of America has provided this blogsite to its members and to any other cyberspace visitor who might pass by. Over 440 people have signed up for membership in the club since its inception in May 2005, and approximately 300 of them have maintained their dues-paid status. All current members receive four times a year, an issue of the club's award-winning journal, Curry's Chronicle. This blogsite is an added bonus of their membership. Yet, whereas members await with eager anticipation each new issue of Curry's Chronicle, very few of them take advantage of this blogsite. We want to know why.
The success of this blogsite, just as the success of Curry's Chronicle, depends on contributions of content by club members. Fortunately, the articles and letters to the editor continue to pour in for Curry's Chronicle. This enabled us to publish our blockbuster spring 2009 edition, which featured 16 articles. In contrast, only a handful of members---maybe 10---faithfully visit this blogsite, and if several of these members' contributions were eliminated, there would be nothing for other visitors to view. This isn't the way it's supposed to be.
This blogsite is a community domain, where community efforts are required to produce a sense of community pride. Our vision for this blogsite is to have a forum where Carson City coin enthusiasts can meet to exchange information about their passion. We want it to also serve as a reference source for Internet surfers with questions about the Carson City Mint and its coins.
Our original expectation for this blogsite was built on the if-you-build-it-he-(or they)-will-come principle. We believed that a blogsite devoted to preserving the legacy of the Carson City Mint would not only attract our club's members, but would also attract anyone who had even a remote interest in the subject. We wanted the site to resemble a wiki, as in Wikipedia.
If all had gone according to plan, this site would now have hundreds of small postings from our members that covered dozens of different topics related to "CC" coins and the history of the Carson City Mint. In addition, there would be hundreds of comments posted by members and non-members, in reference to the mini-articles, the images of coins, and the questions raised.
If the site had experienced this kind activity, we would have reciprocated by posting dozens of other articles, excerpts from books, a gallery featuring information on each of the 111 different date/denomination combinations in the "CC" coin series, and much, much more.
Visitors to this site could find information on many of the varieties found within each series of "CC" coins, price estimates for every "CC" coin in every grade range, population data for surviving "CC" coins, facts and stories about GSA and Redfield "CC" silver dollars, updates on "CC" coins in the auction place, and images of hundreds of "CC" coins. There would be everything that's found in each issue of Curry's Chronicle and a whole lot more. And the best part would be, that new bits of information and exciting new things would be added to the site every day; plus, visitors would be able to ask questions all the time and people would be able to comment on anything they saw on the site.
I know the faithful few that visit this site on a regular basis are asking themselves, "What are we waiting for?" What I'm hoping is, if you're not one of the "faithful few," and you're just a casual visitor---or even a first-time visitor---to this blogsite, you'll send a comment to express your interest in helping us achieve our goal of transforming it into a popular destination spot for Carson City coin collectors. If you know of another Internet site that's already offering what I've outlined in this article, please let me know about it and I'll post a link to it.
One word about our club
The Carson City Coin Collectors of America is a club that every serious "CC" coin enthusiast should join---you won't find more information on this fascinating subject anywhere. If you collect Carson City coins and you're not a member, you're like a baseball fan without access to ESPN or the sports pages in the newspaper. You're like a food lover without any good restaurants to enjoy. Do yourself a favor and before you add another "CC" coin to your collection, join the Carson City Coin Collectors of America---stop being a fish out of water.
You can send your first year's dues of $20 to:
Please be sure to include your name, your mailing address, and your email address.
The success of this blogsite, just as the success of Curry's Chronicle, depends on contributions of content by club members. Fortunately, the articles and letters to the editor continue to pour in for Curry's Chronicle. This enabled us to publish our blockbuster spring 2009 edition, which featured 16 articles. In contrast, only a handful of members---maybe 10---faithfully visit this blogsite, and if several of these members' contributions were eliminated, there would be nothing for other visitors to view. This isn't the way it's supposed to be.
This blogsite is a community domain, where community efforts are required to produce a sense of community pride. Our vision for this blogsite is to have a forum where Carson City coin enthusiasts can meet to exchange information about their passion. We want it to also serve as a reference source for Internet surfers with questions about the Carson City Mint and its coins.
Our original expectation for this blogsite was built on the if-you-build-it-he-(or they)-will-come principle. We believed that a blogsite devoted to preserving the legacy of the Carson City Mint would not only attract our club's members, but would also attract anyone who had even a remote interest in the subject. We wanted the site to resemble a wiki, as in Wikipedia.
If all had gone according to plan, this site would now have hundreds of small postings from our members that covered dozens of different topics related to "CC" coins and the history of the Carson City Mint. In addition, there would be hundreds of comments posted by members and non-members, in reference to the mini-articles, the images of coins, and the questions raised.
If the site had experienced this kind activity, we would have reciprocated by posting dozens of other articles, excerpts from books, a gallery featuring information on each of the 111 different date/denomination combinations in the "CC" coin series, and much, much more.
Visitors to this site could find information on many of the varieties found within each series of "CC" coins, price estimates for every "CC" coin in every grade range, population data for surviving "CC" coins, facts and stories about GSA and Redfield "CC" silver dollars, updates on "CC" coins in the auction place, and images of hundreds of "CC" coins. There would be everything that's found in each issue of Curry's Chronicle and a whole lot more. And the best part would be, that new bits of information and exciting new things would be added to the site every day; plus, visitors would be able to ask questions all the time and people would be able to comment on anything they saw on the site.
I know the faithful few that visit this site on a regular basis are asking themselves, "What are we waiting for?" What I'm hoping is, if you're not one of the "faithful few," and you're just a casual visitor---or even a first-time visitor---to this blogsite, you'll send a comment to express your interest in helping us achieve our goal of transforming it into a popular destination spot for Carson City coin collectors. If you know of another Internet site that's already offering what I've outlined in this article, please let me know about it and I'll post a link to it.
One word about our club
The Carson City Coin Collectors of America is a club that every serious "CC" coin enthusiast should join---you won't find more information on this fascinating subject anywhere. If you collect Carson City coins and you're not a member, you're like a baseball fan without access to ESPN or the sports pages in the newspaper. You're like a food lover without any good restaurants to enjoy. Do yourself a favor and before you add another "CC" coin to your collection, join the Carson City Coin Collectors of America---stop being a fish out of water.
You can send your first year's dues of $20 to:
TREASURER
P.O. Box 16776
Boise, ID 83715-6776
Make checks payable to CCCCOA
P.O. Box 16776
Boise, ID 83715-6776
Make checks payable to CCCCOA
Please be sure to include your name, your mailing address, and your email address.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Summer 2009 Curry’s Chronicle Deadline Approaches
Well, after the outpouring of support that we experienced with the spring 2009 issue, we are working hard toward another jam-packed edition of Curry's Chronicle— all thanks to devoted members like you!
As a reminder, the deadline for letter to the editor and article submissions is April 30, 2009—just over a week away! So, if you feel that you have something wonderful to share with the rest of us C4OAers, please, send email your submission to mariesgate@sbcglobal.net.
I hope that all of you enjoyed this past Curry’s Chronicle, and understand that your contributions and support are what keep this club thriving.
Have a happy end-of-April,
-Maya
As a reminder, the deadline for letter to the editor and article submissions is April 30, 2009—just over a week away! So, if you feel that you have something wonderful to share with the rest of us C4OAers, please, send email your submission to mariesgate@sbcglobal.net.
I hope that all of you enjoyed this past Curry’s Chronicle, and understand that your contributions and support are what keep this club thriving.
Have a happy end-of-April,
-Maya
Sunday, April 12, 2009
1877-CC Dime NGC MS-61
Here's my 1877-CC Dime. You can see the rough texture of the surfaces. It looks like a coin that spent some time in the West in the late 19th century!
(You can see a larger image of my dime in the Gallery of "CC" Coin Images in the righthand column on this page.)Other C40A members: Show us some pictures of your "CC" coins!
Garry N.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
C4OA Treasurer's 1876-CC Dime PCGS MS-65
In the message about the 1874-CC dime, from March 10, 2009, our club's Treasurer mentioned his 1876-CC dime in PCGS MS-65. As you can see from the image, it is an exquisitely toned specimen with immaculate surfaces. It doesn't get any better for the grade. Take a look:
You can get a more close-up view of this coin in the Gallery of "CC" Coin Images located in the righthand menu section on this page.
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