GREATER HOUSTON COIN CLUB, INC. P.O. Box 79686 Houston, TX 77279-9686

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Up Coming Events
***Alert	Beginning in January 2011, the GHCC will meet monthly at Baseball USA as the new regular meeting space. Click here for special PDF file with details and map. More info: Baseball USA website - location map
Note	GHCC wooden tokens can be picked up at our monthly meetings or purchased by mail from the club for $1 and a SASE. Remit payment and SASE to GHCC, P.O. Box 79686, Houston, TX 77279-9686
View	American Numismatic Association 2008 Summer Seminar pages including reports, photos, sketches and more to come!
Tue -  January 10th	***New Location! GHCC Numismatic Lunch Bunch The Numismatic Lunch Bunch will meet for lunch at Pronto Cucinino - Town & Country, located at 791 Town and Country Blvd #146, Houston TX 77024 - 713.467.8646, located south of I-10 and one block east of BW-8, approximately three miles south of Baseball USA. See map. Click through for Pronto Cucinino - Town & Country. This is a Dutch treat event and is open to anyone interested in numismatics, although the conversations may not even include numismatics. For a good time, show up around 11:30 a.m. and feel free to bring a friend.
Tue -  January 10th	Executive Council Meeting, 1:00 pm, at Baseball USA
Thu - January 19th	Regular monthly meeting at new location of Baseball USA "The Yard" see details above Doors open at 5:45pm, meeting starts around 6:30pm Address: 2626 West Sam Houston Parkway North Houston, TX 77043 Evening Program : "Byzantine Gold Revisited" by Brian Holland
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History

The Greater Houston Coin Club was founded in September 1955, the year known numismatically for the "double die" Lincoln One Cent piece. GHCC was incorporated on June 14, 1971, and is a life member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA #24824) and the Texas Numismatic Association (TNA #C-7).  It is a not-for-profit, public charitable organization with all proceeds used to promote the education and study of Numismatics.

Information & Contacts   

If you wish further information on the Club, its history, membership, meetings, projects and/or events, please write to: 
Post Office Box 79686
Houston, TX 77279-9686
or Gbrichford@aol.com

For immediate information or contacts, please call Gail Brichford #(281) 496-0366.

Purpose & Objectives

The Greater Houston Coin Club is organized exclusively for educational purposes, and in the furtherance of this purpose, to promote the study of numismatics through educational and scientific means.  Its objectives are: to advance numismatic knowledge through educational, historical, and scientific means;  to assist in bringing together persons interested in numismatics; to promote greater popular interest in numismatics; to aid its members through the study, acquisition, and exhibition of numismatic material; and to assist or encourage other worthy numismatic causes.

Monthly Meetings

Visitors are welcome at the GHCC's monthly meeting.  If you are interested in what we do, or would like to try us out, or if you are from out of town and find you will be in Houston on the Third Thursday of the Month, then Please plan on joining us for the evening.  

• Public school coin or numismatic clubs.
• Its "Coin for A's" programs of the Greater Houston Metropolitan area and Texas Numismatic Association's similar program throughout the state of Texas.
• The "Books for A's" program in the Greater Houston Metropolitan area.
• A "Speakers Bureau" in which GHCC members make educational presentations to school and public organizations.
• Scholarships to the American Numismatic Associations Summer Seminar for children between the ages of 12 and 17.
• Scholarships for middle school teachers from the Greater Houston area to attend the American Numismatic Association's Summer Seminar and participate in the "Coins in the Classroom" class.
• Dissemination of "TEACHER KITS" to teachers in Texas, with emphasis on Southeast Texas

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