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Pillar of the Community
United States
632 Posts |
Seems really odd that Philly wouldn't have a club. Large population, one of the most historically significant cities the U.S. has, there is even a mint right there! There must be a coin club in that city somewhere!
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Moderator
 United States
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There must be a coin club in that city somewhere! If there is, in fifteen years (I've only lived here a year, but since the 1990's I've lived close enough in New Jersey to commute here to party) I haven't found it. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would think it would be rather easy to form such a club.
1. Find a place where such a club could be held. Such as a hall that could be rented for one night a Month.
2. Find out how much it would cost to have that club meet there, if chairs and a table could be supplied.
3. Then comes the hard part. You would have to ask everyone you know if they would be interested and willing to help split the cost of the hall.
4. The ask those that are interested to ask people they know if they would be interested.
5. If enough interest you would have to contact all those interested to meet at such a place to discuss all further meetings and costs.
SEE simple. Of course as you by now noticed, YOU have to do everything. YOU become the clubs president, secretary, treasurer, etc. You end up doing all the work. AND this is why so many start and so many fail.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Take an ad out in the paper,(people that think it's stupid don't read the paper.). Put an ad on Craigslist. Maybe some flyers. Word of mouth. Start the communication. Build fifteen members, meet in public place with no coins. Assign everyone a number according to who joins first. You are number one. Talk with them, listen to their ideas about the affiliation, it's name, purpose, rules, dues, etc. Then second meeting, then rent a hall once a month to start. Give a door prize coin every meeting from the dues. Keep gathering members, meet more often. When someone misses three meetings in a row, everyone else moves up a number. Lower numbers have more say. Wing it a little bit but do it.Enjoy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5964 Posts |
Where'd everybody go? It was just a few suggesstyuns.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6478 Posts |
Lol. Nice suggestions. Those are great ideas.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5964 Posts |
Thanks Kid, Childofthewheat's gotta start somewhere. One thing I've always had even when I had nothing, was opinions and suggesstyuns.
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Pillar of the Community
  United States
5828 Posts |
Thanks for the suggentions! I'll start sometime this summer!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
If you'll notice almost all suggestions deal with you doing everything. Unfortunately that is the main problem with forming a coin club or any club. So many think it's great but those are the same ones that vanish when you ask for help.
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Valued Member
United States
337 Posts |
A coin club is a place to learn, and possibly sponsor a coin show occasionally. You are here, so you have a place to learn. As for coin shows, those take dealers and customers, so a small location if very difficult. Perhaps you could travel to a club, and even if you make few meetings you definitely should get on their mailing, or emailing, list for show information.
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Valued Member
United States
336 Posts |
With today's technology, I wonder if a virtual coin club of sorts could work. We have free voice, text, and even video chat softwares at our disposal. The cost of creating websites is way down and people willing to create a class or do a seminar could record a video of it or do live feeds. A coin show would be a bit more difficult, but could be done as an in person meet and greet once a year at a central location (that would be something way down the road). Just an idea to ponder.
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Moderator
United States
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With today's technology, I wonder if a virtual coin club of sorts could work. CCF is my virtual coin club. Because of it I see no reason to join or start a real one.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
There's a club in North Wilmington, DE (Wilmington Coin Club) One in Delaware County (Delaware County Coin Club) Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists (PAN) is state-wide Red Rose Coin Club in Lancaster Philadelphia Coin Club (small) Some in Jersey, too. Monthly coin shows in Trevose, PA, and Horsham, PA, and a few others within 100 miles. Check at the coinzip website. Google those for more info. Also, go to the ANA website under "clubs" to find more info about location of clubs and how to start one. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
336 Posts |
A friend of mine and I did quite a bit of experimenting with designs for a coin website. We had a forums with facebook like profile pages. Each member was able to create photo albums of their collections and had a facebook like wall that tracked activity through the website and forums. It also had a coin show calendar. It was going to be the website for our local coin club, but we weren't able to attract any members. We were very limited on resources at that point, so we couldn't afford to advertise. Wonder how it would work out these days. Our resources have improved and so have our web design skills :)
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