Local numismatists will have an opportunity to add to their coin collections on Sunday, Oct. 28, when the members of the West Springfield Coin Club stage their semi-annual coin show at the Dante Club. The show, which the club has staged twice-yearly at the 1198 Memorial Drive social club for almost three decades, will begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until about 3 p.m. Both admission to the show and parking at the Dante Club are free. The coin dealers participating in the show will not only buy and sell both U.S. and  foreign coins but will offer free appraisals of coins brought to the show by the visitors.

Club president Peter Setian said all 28 tables available for the show at the Dante Club have been reserved, both by local coin dealers and by dealers from the surrounding states.

Patrons of past shows who left their addresses were sent postcards reminding them of the upcoming show and recipients who bring those postcards with them may claim a pick from a grab bag of vintage U.S. coins which will include two U.S. silver dollars. There will also be a raffle offered at the show with prizes which include a proof silver dollar and a silver proof set.

The club meets monthly, with a summer hiatus during July and August, at the Church of the Good Shepherd at 214 Elm St., in West Springfield. The meetings are generally staged on the second Sunday of the month. The remaining meetings of 2018 will be on Nov. 11 and Dec. 9. All are welcome. At each meeting, a program about a specific aspect of coin collecting is offered after the club’s business is conducted. Following a social break, members offer a small number of coins for sale at an auction.