For over twenty years, the Madison County Coin Club has served the north Alabama community by bringing numismatists together for the love of coin collecting.
The Club strives to impart knowledge to its members through presentations and personal experiences.
Through the sharing of knowledge and experiences, it enhances and enriches coin collecting for the numismatic community.
Speaking of our members, we have a vast group of collectors who collect all types of United States coins, as well as, foreign coins.
Many of our members collect coins from a certain era (19th century, for example), while others collect strictly modern coins.
We also have members who collect only a certain type of coin (Seated Coins, Morgan Dollars, and Commemoratives, to name a few).
Some members focus solely on foreign coins (for instance English, German, and Chinese) which can span many centuries.
This diversification makes our club dynamic, providing something for every type of collector.
The club is a member of the American Numismatic Association (Member #C-195870 Region 20, AL & GA),
Georgia Numismatic Association (GNA), and the Florida United Numismatists (FUN).
Madison County Coin Club members can access our lending library of more than 130 books, auction catalogs, and periodicals.
The library features resources and materials on subjects including but not limited to U.S. and foreign coins, ancients, paper money, tokens, and medals.
You can request materials by emailing the librarian,
Ann Fulmer.
Library materials are checked out to members for a four-week period. You can email the librarian to renew items for another four-week period
(as long as no other member has submitted a hold on the item/items).
To return your items simply bring them to one of our meetings.
You can search the online library catalog for available materials by using the following links:
Ancient Coins
Auction Catalogs
Currency
Coin Grading
Miscellaneous
Red Books
U.S. Coins
World Coins
The Officers of the Club serve in a variety of capacities and are elected annually at the November meeting.
A Short History of the Madison County Coin Club
by Richard Jozefiak
Why was the club started?
I was transferred for work to Huntsville, AL and moved with my family from Virginia (living near Washington D.C.) to Madison, AL in April 2000.
I had been coming to Huntsville since 1998 for business trips on a regular basis and had looked for a coin club in the area.
I did attend some one-day coin shows held in Huntsville.
At the local coin shows in Huntsville I asked about a coin club in the area, and a number of people told me there were none, and probably no interest.
In Virginia I was an American Numismatic Association (ANA) District Delegate volunteer.
I have been an active ANA volunteer in a number of positions since 1993.
There was not an ANA member club in the area at the time, or even an active coin club.
I contacted the ANA Headquarters in Colorado Springs and requested a search of ANA members within a 50-mile radius of Huntsville, sometime in late 2000.
I was informed by the ANA that there were a little over 100 ANA members in my search area.
I decided that with so many ANA members, there should be interest for a coin club, and I decided to start one. The club would have four main focuses:
- Education
- MCCC Newsletter
- Speakers
- Displays, exhibits
- Fellowship
- Refreshments at meeting
- Pot-luck dinners
- Gathering before and after the meeting
- Public Service
- Outreach to schools, scouts, community groups
- Respond to public inquires
- Collecting Opportunities
- Club auction
- Buying and selling at meeting
- Non-members bring in items to sell
More can be found in Richard's book:
20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY HISTORY OF THE MADISON COUNTY COIN CLUB (2001-2021)
The Club has awarded
Honorary Lifetime Membership to outstanding people that have made a 'major contribution' to the Madison County Coin Club.
The Club's current Honorary Members are:
- Mr. Charles Anderson
- Mr. Michael Turini
For our members, the club holds two auctions each year: one in June and the other in November.
These two meetings feature a bourse and an auction. Our bourse opens at 6:00 p.m. and
all members are welcome to display, trade, and sell coins at the bourse-tables.
The auction starts at approximately 6:30 p.m.
All members may bid on any of the lots in the auction.
Members are encouraged to submit coins to the auction chairman for inclusion.
Visitors may participate in the bourse and the auction as buyers only.
Auction Rules and Regulations
- The maximum number of lots to be auctioned at any regular meeting per member will be five (5). Additional lots may be submitted as donations to the club.
- All coins and other material must be appropriately packaged and described.
- Minimum bids should be indicated on the auction slip and must represent the lowest acceptable price.
Items at "no minimum" bid are identified as "Absolute" and will be sold to the highest bidder.
- Condition of the coin or object should be in the description. Only numismatic related material is allowed at auction.
- Anyone may bid on auction lots, however, sellers may not bid on their own material.
- A runner will return "no bid"items and carry lots to the winning bidder.
- Buyers and sellers will settle auction transactions at the conclusion of the auction. When available, member personal checks are acceptable as payment, however, non-members must pay in cash. An exception can be made by arrangement with the Treasurer.
- You can download our auction slips here.
The purpose of the coin club is to provide a forum for coin collectors, young and old, to have a fun time and share their knowledge and enjoyment of
the hobby.
Membership is open to all people who share an interest in collecting coins, medals, paper money, or any other numismatic material.
Members of the club enjoy a number of benefits:
- Eleven Monthly meetings
- Educational lectures at each meeting covering a range of numismatic topics
- Door prizes including a silver eagle are given away at each meeting
- Refreshments at each meeting
- Two Club Auctions per year
- Notices via email of club events
- Access to the club's extensive numismatic library
- Able to purchase club medals
- Help from a large pool of knowledgeable collectors to answer questions
- Camaraderie with fellow collectors who also have a very strong interest in collecting coins, tokens, banknotes, and exonumia!
We are keen to encourage new members with an interest in numismatics to join the club.
We provide a warm and friendly welcome and are very keen to encourage those new to the study, collecting of coins,
tokens or banknotes.
The club is a member of the American Numismatic Association (Member #C-195870 Region 20, AL & GA),
Georgia Numismatic Association (GNA),
and the Florida United Numismatists (FUN).
PRIVACY NOTICE:
Information provided by members in their application for membership to the Madison County Coin Club will not be provided to any thrid party.
Membership of the club is open to all persons with an interest in numismatics.
Applications for membership are warmly welcomed from individuals.
The club is financed by an annual membership which are due in January each year.
MEMBERSHIP RATES | |
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| Current membership rates are as follows: | |
| Regular membership | $15 |
| Senior membership | $12 |
| YN and Spouse | $5 |
To apply, please fill out the
membership form.
You can bring the form to one of our club meetings or mail it to:
Madison County Coin Club
P.O. Box 12242
Huntsville, AL 35815
We meet at the
South Huntsville Public Library
7901-L Bailey Cove Rd Se
Huntsville, AL 35802
Typically meetings are on the third Monday of the month from 6:00-7:30 with the doors opening at 5:30. If the library is closed that day for a holiday,
we meet on the fourth Monday of the month. You can check our program schedule for this year's meeting dates.
If you would like to sign up to be a speaker in 2024, please use this
form.
If you would like to sign up to bring refreshments in 2024, please use this
form.
2024 Madison County Coin Club Program
Refreshments and Programs Schedule |
| Meeting Date |
Refreshments |
Program |
| January 22 |
Pat Douglas and Gerry Steele |
Harold Fears
Coins of German East Africa |
| February 19 |
Dale Holcomb |
Kurt Kelley
Civil War Medals and Coinage |
| March 18 |
Wayne Koger |
Everyone
Show and Tell |
| April 15 |
Harold Fears |
Todd Hutto
The King with No Coins |
| May 20 |
Garey Beal |
Chad Thrasher
Human Habits and Numismatic Discoveries |
| June 17 |
4th of July Potluck, Bourse Night, and Auction |
| July 15 |
Aaron Wales |
Aaron Wales
The History of Transnistrian Money |
| August 19 |
Ann Fulmer |
Everyone
Show and Tell |
| September 16 |
Doug Glandon |
David Hollander
Banknotes |
| October 21 |
Steve Young |
Steve Young
Tales of a Coin Dealer |
| November 18 |
Thanksgiving Potluck, Bourse Night, and Auction |
| December - No Meeting |
If you can't make it to our meeting in person, you can visit with us via our YouTube Channel.
The name of the club's channel is MCCC Meeting and the URL is
https://www.youtube.com/@MCCCMeeting-of3qx/streams .
The MCCC Newsletter started with the first club meeting with the purpose being to keep the member informed
and to let other hobbyist know about the club's activities. Now, the newsletter include articles and stories written by members detailing
their numismatic adventures, learnings, and mishaps! The MCCC Newsletter has won numerous American Numismatic Association publication awards including
Outstanding Local Numismatic Publications
and
Outstanding Electronic Numismatic Publication.
The club welcomes articles, notes, and stories for publication in our newsletter.
If you are interested please contact the club's
newsletter editor.
You can read our
current newsletter or
read our
previous newsletters going back to 2001.
Click
here to read the index of all our articles from 2018 to date.
https://www.youtube.com/@MCCCMeeting-of3qx/streams .
