Coin Collecting Merit Badge Workshop

Sunday, October 9, 2022, 11:00am – 5:00 pm
Have fun earning the Coin Collecting Merit Badge
Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council
970 W Julian St.,San Jose, CA 95126

Note: Complete Requirement 10 by attending Cupertino Coin Club’s Fri, Oct 14 Youth Night General meeting, 7:30-9pm or CoinExpo San Jose Coin Show at the DoubleTree Hotel, 2050 Gateway Pl, San Jose, CA 95110 Fri, Sept 9, 10am-6pm or Sat, Sept 10, 10am-5pm. Scouts should be in Class A uniform for either option. Coin Show offers discounted validated parking & discounted admission for adults chaperoning uniformed Scout. Get your merit badge pamphlet at the South Bay Scout Shop.

Please email to register for this workshop:
Counselors: Emile Mestressat & Suzy Trigonis
E-mail: coincollectingmb@yahoo.com
Questions? (669)256-1677

Prerequisites: • Bring a Blue Card signed by your Scoutmaster. • Read the Coin Collecting Merit Badge pamphlet, complete & bring workbook. • It is recommended that Scouts bring a Whitman Red Book®, if they have one. • To get sign-off on the Blue Card, each Scout needs to collect and bring the coins required for Requirements 3, 6, 7, & 9 to show the Merit Badge Counselor. Although we will go over the requirements in the workshop, Scouts should be prepared to demonstrate knowledge for Requirements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, & 10. Numismatic magazines will be available and time allotted for completion of Requirement 5.b. • Bring a notebook and pen or pencil. • A prepared Scout will be able to complete this Merit Badge by end of workshop. • Attendees can sign up for a free youth membership with the American Numismatic Association (ANA)! Numismatists/Merit Badge Counselors from Cupertino Coin Club are running this workshop.