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Pillar of the Community
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For those of you who have started your own club or belong to one, what is the easiest way to get one started? I live in a small town and would like to get together with other collectors in the area, if there are any, say once a month for a guys night out to talk about coins.
Should I put an ad in the newspaper, post signs somewhere, bank, grocery store, etc., or place an ad on craigslist? My wife works at the county library, I thought about using that as a staring point also.
Any ideas?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You need to have a place to hold the meeting. And for safety reasons you wouldn't want to host it at your house.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, thanks Brett I had already thought about that. It would be held in a public place such as a restaurant, I work at one and we have a small meeting/conference room that could be used. Also, at the Library my wife works at, has a small meeting room that can be utilized by any non profit group. The first couple meetings I would think would be just organizational / get to know each other before we start bringing in coins and such.
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09/16/2008 7:37 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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You might want to check with another club to see if they have a constitution and get a copy of Parliamentarian procedures so that you will know how to have a meeting and set up officers.
Ask around and find others who enjoy numismatics. An ad at the library would be a great place to put one. You will need to be on the cautious side as you will want to know who shows up (that they are not there just to figure out who's house to break into next)
Local coin shows would be another place to inform others that you are looking for new members.
Good Luck... I how you get one started.
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Bedrock of the Community
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If you are not in an area large enough to have a coin shop or one or two shows a year, then the odds of a club succeeding are pretty slim due to a lack of a solid collector base. If you have those in your area, they would be the obvious places to advertise.
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One place to look is to ask your wife to see how many people havve checked out the coin books from the library. This could give you an idea of any new people that have started the hobby. At a near by coin show, I would put up bulletin board announcements, etc. Plus, I would advertise right here on the forum. You wouldn't happen to be in NC would you.  |
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He is in Michigan.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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If you are not in an area large enough to have a coin shop or one or two shows a year, then the odds of a club succeeding are pretty slim due to a lack of a solid collector base. If you have those in your area, they would be the obvious places to advertise.
Unfortunately very true. And it's not just the size of the area but an interest in such hobbies. It was noted your in Michigan. If your close enough to Illinois, you might want to try one of the numerous coin shows here. Some have a table full of information about coin clubs, other shows, coin magazines, etc. Naturally depending on what type of area also certain types of hobbies are just not the thing. For example you seldom see antique car shows in small, farming areas. If you are interested in forming a coin club, you would have to really be carefull of who joins. Possibly your area is one of those areas in the USA where if a TV set was stolen, everyone within 100 miles would know who did it, where it's at, keys left in cars, doors unlocked, etc. That type of community should be fairly easy to start any kind of club. I would just post signs in the restaurant, library, a telephone post and maybe in the towns jail if there is one. Why not? Criminals need a hobby too.  However, around me you if you leave your lawn mower out at night, POOF, it's gone in the morning. No coin clubs around me. I heard there was some in the area but difficult to find out where. Even people at most coin shows around me will not tell you anything about where they live or work outside the show. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, I am in MI in a small rural town that once had a coin shop but he has since moved away. The nearest coin shops (3) and or show is now about an hours drive away.
Safety will be a concern, but around here people do leave they doors unlocked,except me, and if a crime did happen the neighbor would have a shotgun in someones face.
I have checked with my wife to see if she could tell me who checks out coin books, but do to privacy laws, she cannot.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You might want to try going to Google and typing in coin shows and Michigan. There are several listed in Sept and Oct. Best thing is to go there and ask as many dealers as possible about any coin clubs in the area. Also, if they are friendly enough, they may help you start one.
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Bedrock of the Community
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For example you seldom see antique car shows in small, farming areas Well I hate to argue this but I live in a small rural town with about 4,000 people living here and we have one of the largest car clubs in NC called Carolina Cruisers that originated here. We have a local car show at the local 50's/60's eating joint at least once every month and there are so many people there you can't even drive on the main road from all the classic cars. These old "farmers" are the ones that used to drive the bootleg cars to make extra money and now that they can afford it they really like to build fast cars to remind them of the good ol days even if they never go over 15MPH |
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