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Note! Contest to replace
this web banner! Open to BECC club members. Guidelines: Keep it
simple! No use of Boeing logos (except medal photos). Must have permission to
use any copyrighted photos/art. (Medal photos on website OK.) Design can be
submitted as sketch or final art. If final art, must be JPEG or GIF, no larger
than about 640x320 pixels. Include club name in banner. Other info (such as ANA
number) is optional and can be inserted as text below the banner. Specifications
for official Boeing blue and gray colors are available on company website.
Submit design to the BECC board. The winning design will be announced
soon!

This is the official web site of
the Puget Sound (Seattle) area Boeing Employees' Coin Club. News items and
editorial comment in this web site do not necessarily reflect the views and
opinions of The Boeing Company. The BECC meets the 4th Wednesday of each month
(see
club announcements or upcoming club events
below). Meetings are open to all
Boeing employees, retirees and other eligible persons as defined by Boeing
Recreation. Mailing
address: Boeing Employees' Coin Club (or B.E.C.C.) c/o Greg Smith, P.O. Box 6314, Kent, WA
98064.
Welcome to the BECC!
The Boeing Employees' Coin Club (BECC) is one of
the most active coin clubs in the Pacific Northwest region. Per the BECC
Constitution and Bylaws, "We, the Boeing Employees' Coin Club, are organized in
a spirit of friendliness and good fellowship to share the pleasures of coin
collecting." The BECC also contributes to the objectives and purposes of
the Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association —
"to promote, extend, and protect the interests of numismatists and numismatic
activities throughout the Pacific Northwest and to foster and encourage the
study of numismatics in all its forms."
The BECC publishes a monthly newsletter (the BECC News), holds an
annual coin show in January, mints an
annual commemorative medal featuring a Boeing product,
and promotes numismatics through special programs and activities such as the
numismatic display at the Puyallup Fair
each September.
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BECC News Items
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See old news items previously appearing on this home
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Arnie
Wells, longtime member of our club passed away the morning of June 24.
Arnie was a steady attendant of our monthly club meetings and volunteered
for the coin show (photo from 2009 show) and the Puyallup Fair. He enjoyed
US coins but really enjoyed two-dollar bills or any currency with a
numeral 2. In addition, Arnie was a hit with the neighbor kids as he made
sure they received the newest quarter after release from the mint. His
other main interest, aside from family, was his garden. Arnie didn't get
to do much gardening this year, but his family, especially his son Joey,
kept it going in hopes that Arnie would get home to enjoy it.
Arnie will be missed by many, including our club members.
Arrangements will be posted when available.
2009 BECC Meeting Schedule, Display and Speaker Topics.
2009 BECC Banquet set for October
28 at the Tukwila Community Center.
2010 medals
to feature P-8A Poseidon –
At the March 25 BECC
meeting, club members selected the P-8A Poseidon as the Boeing product
to feature on the club's 2010 medal. Medals chairman Jim Bell developed
specific design concepts to be voted on at the April meeting, and the
resulting design is depicted here. This will be the first BECC medal to
feature an aircraft carrier and naval ships in addition to the airplane.
Eligible buyers may now request order forms from the club.
See BECC medals page
for more information.
Artwork © 2009 The Boeing Company and BECC.
All Rights Reserved.
Hamm
Creek Project! On Saturday, February 7, 2009, five BECC members
participated in the Hamm Creek clean-up community service project. Hamm
Creek is down the Duwamish about another mile toward Seattle from the Oxbow.
According to Greg Smith, "The day was nippy, but once we started hacking and
pulling blackberry bush stalks it warmed up." Greg also pointed out that beavers live
near the creek, although none were sighted during the clean-up.
Photo: BECC Members Jesse Torres, Grant Knutsen, Greg Smith, Ken Dang and
Daryle Hawkins.
Link for more photos.
Thanks to the volunteers!!
It's Over! The
Boeing Employees Coin Show, the club's big annual
show, was held January
17-18, 2009 at Kent Commons. If you missed it, why not consider attending a
regular club meeting instead (see below), or see the
PNNA calendar for other local
coin shows
Photo: bourse activity at the 2009 coin show. Behind the
tables with dealer badges are BECC members Greg Smith and John Enges.
Link for more photos.
Stearman Kaydet Trainer
featured on 2009 BECC medal – See BECC medals page. Artwork © 2008 The Boeing Company and BECC.
All Rights Reserved.
Congratulations, Mike!!
Michael Pepka was awarded the
Jim Payne Memorial Service Award for all
his extraordinary help as Coin Show Bourse Chairman, Banquet Coordinator, Past
President and all around great guy! The award was presented at the
annual banquet.
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Current and Upcoming Club Events!
Current and Upcoming Regional/National Events!
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ANA Summer Seminar (pre-registration and payment of tuition required to take
courses),
June 27-July 10, 2009, Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
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ANA World’s Fair of Money®, August 5-9, 2009, Los Angeles, California. |
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Puyallup Fair –
September 11-27, 2009 – The PNNA sponsors the annual coin exhibit in the Hobby Hall,
with assistance from several local coin clubs including the BECC. BECC past president Greg Smith
is the Puyallup
Fair coordinator! (Be sure to contact Greg to volunteer!) Thanks, Greg, for all your efforts!! No volunteer is
knowledgeable about all aspects of numismatics – if your question isn't
answered or if you are unable to attend the Fair, please e-mail your question
to info@pnna.org, and it will be directed to
a local expert for a response. |
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PNNA-Willamette Coin Club 5th Annual Fall Convention & Coin Show,
October 24-25, 2009, Portland, OR. |
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Also see the
PNNA Calendar. |
Completed Events
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PNNA Convention, April
17-19, 2009, Tukwila, Washington. |
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National Coin Week, April 19-25, 2009. Theme: Lincoln's Legacy: A
Nation United.
This year is the Abraham Lincoln birth bicentennial, 1809-2009. |
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Competition for
scholarships to the 2009
ANA Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
See the PNNA scholarship
page. Applications were due April 1, 2009. |
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ANA National Money Show™, March 13-15, 2009, Portland, Oregon.
See local host (WCC/PNNA)
webpage. |
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Boeing Employees Coin Show, January
17-18, 2009, Kent
Commons, 525 4th Ave, Kent, WA.
See displays and exhibits page for collector exhibit
information. |
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BECC annual banquet – October
22, 2008 at Boeing Oxbow Activity Center, Building 9-150. |
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PNNA-Willamette Coin Club 4th Annual Fall Convention & Coin Show,
October 18-19, 2008, Portland, OR. |
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Puyallup Fair – September
5-21, 2008. |
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Joint King County
Coin Club - BECC picnic/bourse, Thursday, August 14, 2008, Tukwila Community
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BECC Membership
Information | BECC Constitution & Bylaws
Coin Collecting Consumer &
Reference Information
from the Pacific Northwest Numismatic
Association

The BECC suggests that you also visit the
American Numismatic Association
and the Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
web sites.
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Updated 7/1/2009 by J. Eric Holcomb,
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