Come Join Us
Collectors and guests of all levels, ages and experience are always welcome at our monthly meetings!
Bring your curiosity, knowledge and sense of solidarity and enjoy the camaraderie, education, raffles, refreshments and auction!
Meeting 1st Thursday of each month* @ 7:00pm
*December is an off-site Christmas dinner @6:30pm
Good Shepherd United Methodist Church
4700 Vance Avenue
Entrance 2
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Next Meeting is:
August 6th at 7pm at Franke Park Pavillion #2. (Updated 7/14/2020)
Our Mission
The Old Fort Coin Club is dedicated to the educational, historical, literary, and fraternal nature of numismatics. We encourage the promotion of the advancement of collecting coins, currency, and tokens in all its many forms. We have been providing ongoing encouragement of the hobby for both young and old. We are proud to have promoted Numismatic Excellence since 1956, serving Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio with our member's hundreds of years of collecting experience.
Club Meetings
Meetings start promptly at 7:00pm and usually run until 8:30pm and include the following agenda
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Brief Business
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Review of Numismatic shows in the area
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Discussion of upcoming events
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Show and Tell
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Coin Quiz
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Break for refreshments
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Educational Presentation
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Coin Auction
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Membership Drawings
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50/50 Raffle
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Door Prizes
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Silver Dollar Raffle
Coin Auction - Items can be bought by any attendees.
Items can only be offered up for auction by members.
Annual Coin Show
The Old Fort Coin Club has an annual coin shows at the Allen County Fairgrounds each year. It is always held on the third Sunday in March from 9-4pm. It is free to all guests and participants.
The show is a great place to buy and sell coins. Along with coins, a wide range of items are presented, such as currency, bullion, tokens and exonumia. Foreign coins, ancient and domestic coins can be found at our show.
The annual show is a great place to see and learn about numismatics. There are scores of ways to collect coins and related items. The show is an opportunity to see what items are selling for and what many in the area see as collectable.
There is an average of sixty-five tables sold to dealers for presentation. If interested in tables, please email us.
Please consider purchasing raffle tickets to win one of these great prizes! Raffle tickets are $1 each.
1st Prize - $5.00 U.S. Gold Piece
2nd Prize - 1/10 oz. U.S. Gold Eagle
3rd Prize - $50 Cash
4th-10th Prizes - American Silver Eagle
Need not be present to win. Drawing will be held at 4pm.
If interested in purchasing tickets, please email us.