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Santa Maria Club Centers on Learning

The Santa Maria Coin Club (SMCC) held its annual one-day spring coin show Oct. 19 at the Elwin Mussell Senior Center in Santa Maria, Calif.

A special public outreach draw was the premiere of “The Coin Experience Learning Zone,” developed and hosted on-site by Walt Ostromecki, past president of the American Numismatic Association.

The numismatic highlight in the hands-on zone where two 2019

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