Bill Text: IL HR0474 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Chicago Coin Club on its 100th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0474 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0474-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Chicago Coin Club on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of its 100th anniversary; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, On February 14, 1919, the first official meeting | ||||||
| 6 | of the Chicago Coin Club was called to order with 15 people and | ||||||
| 7 | eight exhibits; attendees that evening could not have
imagined | ||||||
| 8 | that one hundred years later the minutes of that meeting would | ||||||
| 9 | be viewed as such a
milestone; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Coin Club originated from a group of | ||||||
| 11 | dedicated numismatists who had previously been members of the | ||||||
| 12 | then-dormant Chicago
Numismatic Society and American | ||||||
| 13 | Numismatic Association Branch #1 (A.N.A.#1) and was | ||||||
| 14 | incorporated on January 19, 1938; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, For 100 years, the Chicago Coin Club has continued | ||||||
| 16 | to meet,
celebrating numismatics in all aspects; on January 9, | ||||||
| 17 | 2019, they held their 1200th meeting; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The motto of the Chicago Coin Club, Docendo | ||||||
| 19 | Discimus "We Learn By Teaching", is celebrated at each club | ||||||
| 20 | meeting with educational presentations, club member trip | ||||||
| 21 | reports,
and members show-and-tell of items from their personal | ||||||
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| 1 | collections or recent acquisitions; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Coin Club is one of the oldest | ||||||
| 3 | numismatic clubs and is now celebrating its centennial | ||||||
| 4 | anniversary with the objective
"To pursue numismatic knowledge | ||||||
| 5 | through the study and research of coins, currency, medals,
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| 6 | tokens, and other related items and the sharing of this | ||||||
| 7 | information through monthly meetings,
dialogue, and the | ||||||
| 8 | publication of literature; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | we congratulate the Chicago Coin Club on its 100th anniversary, | ||||||
| 12 | and we wish them many more wonderful years in the continued | ||||||
| 13 | study and promotion of numismatics; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the Chicago Coin Club as a symbol of our respect | ||||||
| 16 | and esteem.
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