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.

The B.E.C.C. is an IRS 501(c)(7) non-profit organization.

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.

Note! The club's current meeting location is the Tukwila Community Center, as the Burien Community Center is no longer available. Meetings now start at 6:00 PM. Congratulations to newly installed BECC officers for 2010!

New! Revised Art! 2011 medals – BECC members at the April 2010 club meeting selected the Boeing 747 Dreamlifter for the club's 2011 medal. BECC Medals Chairperson Daryle Hawkins presented three different views of the Dreamlifter so the BECC membership could choose the artwork for the medal at the May general meeting. Daryle reported that the final design (shown at left) has been approved by Boeing and the design will now be sent to the Golden State Mint to start the medals minting process. (BECC members and recent previous BECC medals customers will receive an order form in September.) For some interesting facts about the Boeing Dreamlifter, see http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/dreamlifter_fact.html. More info on medals page.
Artwork © 2010 The Boeing Company and BECC. All Rights Reserved.

Boeing Employees Coin Show – It's over! We'll see you again next year (January 15-16, 2011)!
January 16-17, 2010, Kent Commons, 525 4th Ave, Kent, WA.
Photo: Along with 65 dealers and hundreds of buyers at the 2010 BECC Coin Show, Young Numismatists could venture a guess at how many foreign coins were in a large jar. Our winner was a young local area lad by the name of John W., who guessed 2000 coins. Greg Smith (left) met up with John (right) and his family and presented a "30th Anniversary of Numismatic News Lincoln Cent Set" dating 1952-1982, all in Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) condition. Along with the set John received a Boeing Employees' Club T-Shirt, a partial set of Lincoln cents dating back to 1910, a copy of Coins magazine and another BU "Wheatie" starter set. Oh, the number of coins actually in the jar ... 2010, of course!

2010 medals feature P-8A Poseidon – BECC 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, and the resulting design (and final medal) are depicted here. This is the first BECC medal to feature an aircraft carrier and naval ships in addition to the airplane. Eligible buyers could request order forms from the club, and medals delivery is nearly complete. (Most if not all medals are already sold.) See BECC medals page for more information. Artwork © 2009 The Boeing Company and BECC. All Rights Reserved.

Congratulations to 2009 Jim Payne Memorial Service Award winner David Buehler! Photo: David Buehler (left) receives the BECC's Jim Payne Memorial Service Award from 2008 recipient Michael Pepka (right). The award was presented at the club's 2009 annual banquet. (Please see this page for additional banquet/award photos.) Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2010 award.

Current and Upcoming Club Events!

Next Meeting! Note new 6:00 PM start time! BECC regular monthly meeting | Get the club auction form
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 6:00 PM at Tukwila Community Center, 12424 42nd Avenue South, Tukwila, WA.
Revised! Speaker topic: How to setup an Exhibit Display by Greg Smith.
Display topic: Coins and Currency from your Ancestry Country.

Current and Upcoming Regional/National Events!

• See the PNNA Homepage and PNNA Calendar for information about such exciting events as the PNNA annual conventions in Tukwila and Portland, National Coin Week, ANA Summer Seminar, and the two annual ANA conventions (National Money Show™ and World's Fair of Money®).

• Puyallup Fair – September 10-26, 2010 – The PNNA sponsors the annual coin exhibit in the Hobby Hall, with assistance from several local coin clubs including the BECC. 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. If you're eligible for the Boeing recreation program, you can also get many numismatic questions answered simply by attending a BECC monthly club meeting. To volunteer for the Fair Hobby Hall, attend the next club meeting, or contact Rick Schulz.

Completed Club Events

• Boeing Family Day at Duwamish – August 25, 2010. The BECC had a table at this event.

• Boeing Family Day in Auburn – August 15, 2010. The BECC had a table at this event.

• Boeing Employees Coin Show, January 16-17, 2010, Kent Commons, 525 4th Ave, Kent, WA.
  See displays and exhibits page for collector exhibit information. | See show flyer in PDF format.

• BECC annual banquet, Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at the Tukwila Community Center. See banquet photos.

• BECC table at Renton 737 Multicultural Awareness Event, September 17, 2009, Renton Building 4-82.

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 8/26/2010 by J. Eric Holcomb, BECC Webmaster