The Chicago Coin Club in conjunction with Whitman Publishing has released a special edition Red Book® A Guide Book of United StatesCoins. This special edition Red Book is just one of many ways the club is celebrating their 100th anniversary of being chartered as an officialorganization in 1919. As with all Red Books being dated with the following year's date, this special edition book is the most recent 2020 datedbook that was released in April 2019.

The Chicago Coin Club Red Book has a custom cover with the club logo and "Anniversary Edition 1919 - 2019." The reverse cover lists the club'sLatin motto "Docendo Discimus" meaning "We Learn By Teaching" a reference to the educational aspect of the clubs programs, speakers and numismaticshow-and-tell at each meeting. Also listed on the back cover is the club's objective...

The spine of the Red Book has a special "CCC 100" imprint. A special two-page bound insert outlines the club history starting with the ChicagoNumismatic Society (CNS). A second numismatic group was added with the formation of the American Numismatic Association (A.N.A.) Branch No. 1. Thiswas the result of a change in the A.N.A. constitution brought forth at the 1912 Rochester, N.Y. convention, which allowed for the formation of branchclubs. The Secretary of the Society, ever alert to promote the Chicago numismatic community, was the first at that convention to file an applicationfor a charter, thereby entitling the Chicago group the honor of receiving number #1. The two groups were never officially affiliated though theirmembership overlapped considerably. How this history evolved into today's 100 year-old chartered Chicago Coin Club can be further explored inthis Red Book section.

This history continues up to the club's 1200th meeting on January 9, 2019 and its upcoming sold out 100th Anniversary banquet in August 2019in conjunction with the ANA World's Fair of Money®, the largest national numismatic convention which the Chicago Coin Club is serving as HostClub.

Finally, the Red Book Page 445 lists this special limited edition Chicago Coin Club book in the "Collectable Red and Blue Books" section showingthe 250 book print run as one of the lowest limited editions with a Red Book value of $50 in VF and $125 in NEW condition. This limited edition isexpected to sell out fast. Pre-publication sales have sold 67% of the print run. The current book price is $20.00 (add $5.00/book for packaging& shipping)

Interested individuals can order a Chicago Coin Club Red Book® Pre-Paid orders will be accepted on a first come first serve basis and can beplaced two ways... Electronic payment: Zelle transfer visit https://www.zellepay.com to see if your bank is part of the network. Yourbank's phone application must be on your smart phone and "location" enabled. The Club has registered:Treasurer.ChicagoCoinClub@gmail.com with Zelle to receive payments. Complete the "What is this for?" message field with "CCC RedBook" and you full Name and Mailing Address. You have 200 characters in the MESSAGE section of ZELLE to add your name and address. You will benotified instantly via email that your payment was sent. The Club will receive your payment typically within minutes. However, the first transactionmade on the Zelle Network could take 2-3 days. Books will be shipped after pre- paid orders are received.

By US Mail orders can be sent to CCC REDBOOK PO BOX 2301 CHICAGO IL 60690. All orders must be accompanied by payment.

For more information on the Chicago Coin Club, see:
http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/