Written history of the Elgin Coin Club is scarce. Working back from the 500th meeting in August 1999, I concluded that the initial meeting was January 1958. But someone must have miss-counted a few meetings along the line or a our ancestors must have skipped a few meetings because the ANA records our renewal month as September and shows us at 42 years this September. Using that, I concluded the club started on or very near September 1957, 42 years ago....