Announcements

MAY 08/08 - PPM is in the process of encasing 25 Monroe Dollars and 25 British One Shilling and 20 sets of of the 1964 P&D Kennedy halves. Also 20 6 piece sets of the 2007 Canadian quarters have been encased. Members wishing to reserve any or all of the above email Jerry HERE.

APRIL 20/08 - Email notices will no longer be sent announcing the quarterly newsletters beginning with 2nd quarter newsletter in April. A link to the current newsletter will be posted on ECI's homepage.

APRIL 14/08 - Check your email in-box carefully today. The U.S. District Court says a bogus email is out there telling people they've been subpoenaed for a Grand Jury in San Diego. If you open the email it will download a virus to your computer! The Court warns that they never contact people via email for a Grand Jury. The FBI has been alerted to the scam. You are advised to delete the email.

MARCH 4/08 - ECI is no longer offering the PayPal option for purchasing items from the ECI Store.

FEBRUARY 14/08 - Shipping of numismatic products from the U.S. Mint's contracted fulfillment center in Memphis, Tenn., will be delayed one to two weeks because of extensive damage to the facility from severe weather, according to Mint officials.

In a statement released Feb. 8, Mint officials reported that the tornados that struck five Southern states on Feb. 5 caused considerable damage to the PSFweb Inc. fulfillment center, but no one in the building was injured. The United States Mint products housed at the Memphis facility for shipment to customers are secure and being protected around the clock by a PSFweb Inc. security detail, Mint officials said.

JANUARY 16/08 - Free coin related screen savers from the US Mint. Click HERE.

JANUARY 13/08 -Ten more members have been removed from our mailing list due to non-functioning email addresses. The first quarter 2008 newsletter has been posted.

DECEMBER 11/07 - The United States Mint is seeking applicants for appointment to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). The terms of two CCAC members will expire in February 2008 — one for a member representing the interests of the general public, and one for a qualified numismatic specialist. The application deadline is January 31, 2008. The United States Mint will review all applications and will forward recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury for appointment consideration.

DECEMBER 09/07 - The American Numismatic Association is accepting applications for a new executive director to replace Acting Executive Director Kenneth Hallenbeck, who will step down once a replacement has been named.

NOVEMBER 13/07 - Ten members were removed from our mailing list today because their email address's no longer work. We can't stay in touch if you don't!

-ECI has a great stocking stuffer for this Christmas, five 2007D Jefferson Nickels  SOLD OUT.

OCTOBER 18/07 - Well, eBay has screwed with the access to encased coins and in my opinion it's made a mess of things. Here how it works now. Go to the "coin & paper money" page > in the second group click on "exonumia" > then on the left hand side click on "modified coins" found under the "Item Type" heading > then click on "encased coins" under the "Coin Type" heading. These people need to be in government, now that they are expert in making a simple easy to use process a gigantic pain in the butt. To make things easy once again, just click on the words "Encased Coins On eBay" located about half way down in the center of the ECI homepage and save yourself a headache and a few swear words.  Cecil

~POST SCRIPT - Well, I guess eBay must have gotten an earful from their users since they returned the coin interface to its former configuration. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"  Cecil

- Jerry Ferrell, Director of Marketing & Sales, announced today that ECI will discontinue striking club encased coins for distribution to the membership with the completion of the State Quarter Series in late 2008. He stated that provisions have been made to strike the Madison dollar later this year; no more of that series will be encased for the general membership. The decision was necessitated by the lack of member support leaving the club nearly $800.00 in the red. ECI's inventory of uncirculated and Proof rolls have been liquidated. Enough money was raised to repay the loan that purchased the inventory plus offsetting the sale's shortfall. Money earned through the future sales of existing encased will be budgeted to maintain the website.

SEPTEMBER 29/07 - ECI has released the 1980 PDS encased SBA uncirculated encased set and the 2004 2 Canadian Loon Dollars. These are first Loon dollars ever encased.

AUGUST 12/07 - DO NOT rely on any email address's for ECI that you may have saved in your address book to be the current. Because of spammers we are being forced to change our address's about every 4 - 6 weeks. Use the email links found on the website for communicating with me or Jerry, they will always be correct. It is a shame that these unethical cads can cause these problems; and worse yet, we are defenseless. We set new rules in our email program in an attempt to block them out but it never works the way it is supposed to. Anyway, don't add us to your address book because I can promise you that address won't work 2 months from now.  Cecil

AUGUST 08/07 - Cecil has agreed to allow ECI members use of his personal PayPal account to pay for purchases from the ECI Store. He agreed to this on the condition that the purchaser pay the fees charged by PayPal. 2.9% + .30  will be added to each order using PayPal. Members are to submit their orders as usual indicating payment using PayPal and I will send a request for payment. Questions? Ask HERE.  Jerry

JULY 25/07 - Think you're smart at recognizing online scams? Take a quiz to find out. McAfee Inc.'s SiteAdvisor service has created a 10-question test to see whether you can spot "phishing" attempts to steal passwords and other personal information by mimicking popular Web sites such as eBay Inc.'s PayPal and News Corp.'s My Space.

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You can also download a tool that can help warn of sites known or suspected to be phishing scams. SiteAdvisor researchers also identify sites that produce spyware, viruses, excessive pop-up ads, junk e-mail or other threats. Visit http://tinyurl.com/ytec4u to take the quiz

JULY 22/07 - Member Matt Sztym #224 of Edmonton, Alberta has volunteered to make a check list of Canadian issued encased coins for posting on the ECI website. Please be of assistance with this project by emailing Matt HERE with  a listing of Canadian pieces from your collection.

JULY 09/07 - The third quarter newsletter has been posted. We have a couple of the Adams Dollars in stock due to 2 members not honoring their commitment to to pay. If you missed them the first go around drop Jerry a line. Once again the spammers have swamped the ECI Store's email account. To reach Jerry the new address is contact@ecinet.org. I have no idea what these people believe they are accomplishing. I am sure that most folks, like me, delete the crap while swearing out loud without once reading it. If anyone knows of a place where we can report these criminals, please let me know. Thanks, Cecil.

JULY 03/07 - Even though ECI is a proven success, there is a large number of encased coin collectors who can not participate due the lack of an internet connection. Acknowledging this fact, ECI is putting in place a new program which will allow those collectors a way in which to participate. Beginning with the July issue of the club’s newsletter, “The Lucky Penny”, those collectors who do not have an internet connection can join ECI thru the mail, dues free. Even though they will not have the full benefit of visiting the website, they can receive a full printed version of the quarterly newsletter thru subscription. The fee for doing so is $8.00 annually, which covers the postage and the printing related costs. The fee will not go to ECI but to the firm providing the service. Checks are to be made payable to Rexdale Publishing. This service is not available to internet connected members.

Interested collectors can register for membership and subscribe to The Lucky Penny by writing: ECI Member Services – POB 563 – Hackensack. N.J. 07602. If you know an encased collector who may wish to take advantage of this offer, please pass on the good word.

JUNE 13/07 - We have a complete sell out of the 2007P John Adams and the 2003P State Quarter Sets.

JUNE 07/07 - The June special has been posted featuring the 2007P John Adams Dollar and a three piece set featuring the 1979 PDS Susan B. Anthony Dollars.  Supplies are limited.

MAY 27/07 - All links have been restored. Announcement: Free Computer Help. Need a tech expert? You can go to the right place! With over two-hundred thousands members, Geeks To Go Tech Support Forums have hundreds of technology experts that donate time to answer your computing questions. Member helping member. Fast, friendly and free!  You must register before using this free service.

MAY 25/07 - NOTICE: SOME S.O.B. HAS GAINED ACCESS TO OUR WEBSITE AND OUR E-MAIL ACCOUNTS AND IS USING BOTH TO SEND SPAM. ALL EMAIL ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED. SEVERAL LINKS TO OTHER ECI PAGES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AS WELL. WE ARE WORKING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS AND DELETE THE INTRUSIONS. THIS MAY TAKE A FEW DAYS Cecil

MAY 19/07 - Have you mailed out a package lately or used USPS insurance? If not get ready for a big shock. The new rates are appalling. Insurance up above 20% and sending a padded mailer has more than doubled. Not only do they calculate the mailing cost by weight, now they also consider size as well. We are sorry to announce that ECI will have to raise our s&h charges as well. We absorbed the last price increase for the mailers but we can't the new postal rates.

MAY 15/07 - The 2006P State Quarter Set is a complete sellout. We will issue the 2007P Set in November or December. Stayed tuned.

MAY 12/07 - ECI's newest encased coin sets were released today. Supplies are limited for the 2006P State and the 2006 Canadian Quarters. The link to review the special and place an order is on ECI's homepage.

MAY 10/07 - The George Washington Dollar encased is a complete sell out. Out of the 50 pieces we had struck over 60%, not bought by members, were sold to non members with orders being returned unfilled. Amazing!

APRIL 20/07 - Member Steve Drake has posted a new Check List for Nevada and a Topics List detailing encased coins issued by Krause/Numismatics News. There has been a sell-out of the 1979S Proof SBA Dollars. Bidboards 10 & 11 have ended with Tom Cain, Jr. winning both boards. There has been a complete sell-out of the 2002P & 2004P State Quarter Series.

APRIL 13/07 - ECI will be issuing our first dollar encased on Monday April 16th to the general membership. Twenty 1979S Proof Susan B. Anthony's and 50 2007P President Washington dollars have been struck. Notices have been emailed to the program's subscribers who can pre-order beginning today. If you wish to become a subscriber email Jerry, there only a few slots available. The current two bidboards end at midnight tomorrow.

MARCH 21/07 - The 2005P State Quarter Set, the 7th in the series, was released March 20th. Order HERE. Be sure to click on the "Charleston Mint" button a little further down on this side of the page to learn of their new special. We are working on encasing the new Washington Presidential dollar - watch this page for the announcement of its release.