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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION WATERLOO. ONTARIO

I- " . i l n 1967 - 1969 1; Volume 8 January

O o No A, OFFICERS Pas t Pres idents R.R. Rekofski (1962-65; L, T. Smith (1965-67)

P res iden t . W i l l i a m Engl ish

F i r s t Vice- President Vacant

Second Vice-President Walter Griggs

Secre tary Mrs. Pat Lambert

Treasurer Bruce Ho Raszmann

Mailing Box 33, Waterloo, Ont. I/

DIRECTORS i I

Area 1 Howard w h i t f i e 1 1 E l l i o t t Jephsonfi

2 . A r t h u r Honour i i J. Ed, Stahley Don F l i c k en s o p h e t R,R, Morse

7 Charles Mi l l e r // " 8 E.C. Grandmaisoq 9 J. McKay-Clemenr s

10 Chas. B. Laiste! HISTORIAN - i:

Walter Griggs PUBLICITY - Ci

Ricky Morse i i LIBRARIAN - /j

Mrs, Hazel Munro, Box 33, Waterloo, 'int.

AUDIO VISUAL L7VICE - 11 ! j

Charles B. L a i s t c r , / I NO, 3 Highway? il T i l lsonburg, Ont.

EDITOR - WOEo. Pat Lambert, 57 Emmett Road, St. Catharines , Ont.

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NUMISMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY - by Lloyd To Smith., -

This a r t i c l e has been prepared i n response t o a number of r e q u e s t s f o r more de- tai 1,ed i n f l - n a t i o n on methods of photographing numismatic i tems and t h e prepara t ion of t h e populcar audio-vis;-.dl s e t s , A s it i s d i f f i c u l t t o a n t i c i p a t e the problems t h a t may a r i s e , I would welcome any ques t ions and w i l l a t tempt t o answer them s a t i s f a c t o r i l y , Quest- i o n s may be forwarded through t h e Ontario Numismatic Association, THE CAMERA: The only e s s e n t i a l requirement here i s t h a t t h e camera must accept t h e s tandard 34mm f i lm, Natural ly , t h e more v e r s a t i l e and advanced cameras w i l l f a c i l i t a t e t h e work,

SINGLE LENS A FLEX CAMERAS : ( SLR) : ~hese-have one b ig advantage over a l l o ther camera -- you see- the p i c t u r e i n a c t u a l s i z e and sharpness of d e t a i l as you shoot, Focus- i n g d i f f i c u l t i e s a re thus el iminated and extreme close-.ups of small por t ions .-of co in d e t a i l a r e poss ib le ,

The s i n g l e l e n s r e f l e x camera i s equipped w i t h a rnirror which r e f l e c t s t h e l i g h t t o a ground g l a s s on top of t h e camera, Therefore, t h e image you see i n t h e ground g l a s s i s merely a r e f l e c t i o n . Pushing t h e camera r e l e a s e enables t h e mirror t o snap up o u t of t h e way and t r i p the s h u t t e r . Since t h e d i s t a n c e between t h e l e n s and the f i l m i s t h e same as t h a t from the l e n s t o t h e ground g l a s s the image on the f i l m w i l l be a s sharp as Ehat seen on t h e ground g lass .

T W I N LENS REFLEX CAJXERAS : CTLR): This v a r i e t y d i f f e r s from t h e s i n g l e l e n s r e f l e x i n t h g t i t has two l e n s e s ? oGe of which admits t h e l i g h t t o expose tho f l l m and t h e o the r9 wi th t h e a id of a mirror , p r o j e c t s t h e image on t h e ground g l a s s a t t h e t o p of t h e camera, Both l e n s e s a r e focused simultaneously, thus providing sharp focus, A d i s t u r b i n g disad- vantage of t h i s type i s a p a r a l l a x problem

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wi th close-up shots . That i s , t h e r e i s a discrepancy of f i e l d between t h e viewing l e n s and t h e p i c t u r e tak ing l e n s . T i l t i n g the camera , - L L " ~

s l i g h t l y upward w i l l remedy t h i s problem. FOLDING CAMERE: I f t h e fo ld ing camera has e i t h e r a revolving l e n s

mount-& an ad jus tab le bellows wi th d i s t ance s c a l e i t i s s u i t a b l e f o r close-up work. Again, t h e p a r a l l a x prob$cm must be considered when s e t t i n g up t h e camera and objec$ t o be photographed,

Box cameras or other types of f ixed focus cameras a e n o t usua l ly s u i t a b l e f o r t h i s purpose.

EXTENSION TUBES, BELLOdS APD SUPPLElfZiiTAFiY LENSES : B e c a ~ ~ s e few cameras a re capable of producing extreme close-upJ sho t s of smLdl o b j e c t s such as coins or even por t ions of coins , it i s u s u a l l y necessary t o shor ten t h e f o c a l l e n g t h of t h e l e n s by the use of one of t h e above attachr;ients.

The supplementary l e n s e s , sometimes ca l l ed p o r t r a or p o s i t i v e l e n s e s a r e t h e e a s i e s t t o ~ ~ s e , a r e adaptable t o more types of c ~ m e r a s a id re- q u i r e no f a c t o r c o r r e c t i o n f r o n the a c t u a l l i g h t reading on t h e l i g h t meter.

Unless t h e canera t o be used has a removable l e n s mount, thw p o r t r a l e n s e s 'are t h e recomqended method f o r close-up work. Por t r a l e n s e s a re numbered 1, 2 and 3 d i o p t e r s ,and may be used s ing ly or i n vcxrious combinations, depending on t h e magnif icat ion des i red .

Because some ca ie ras ,are threaded a t t h e f r o n t of t h e l e n s to accept supplementary l e n s e s , while ot l lers r e q u i r e an adapter r i n g , it i s advisable t o t ake t h e camera t o t h e photo'graphic s t o r e when purchasing any such l e n s e s .

Except i n the case of the s ing le l e n s r e f l e x at-iera, i t i s necessary t o make exact rrneasurenents between the camera l e n s and ob jec t and t o c o r r e c t f o r poss ib le pa ra l l ax . I ;wonTt go i n t o d e t a i l here a s t h e necessary measurjlng information i s supplied wi th t h e p o r t r a l enses . Do fol low i n s t r u c t i o n s very c lose ly ,md good r e s u l t s w i l l ensue.

Besides accepking t h e p o r t r a l e n s e s , t h e s i n g l e l e n s r e f l e x Cameras w i l l u sua l ly accept ex tens ion tubes or bellows extensions. To use each ~f those accessor ies , t h e l e n s n u s t be rewovable from t h e body of t h e $*I**** ******* **f **** ******* ******* *****

4 Maple Court, 239 Lancaster S t . #west , Waterloo, Ont. Tel , 576-7831 (NEW) Il i tchener, Ontario. ******** $>k****** ******** **$***** ******** THE ONTARIO 1WMISl~ATIST i s published monthly by t h e Ontario N m i s n a t i c Association. The pub l i ca t ion nay be obtained wi th rnenberships of one of t h e following ca tegor ies . L i f e memberships - $50.00, r e g u l a r member- -.- ships- $3,00 year ly , Jun io r s - $2, y e a r l y , ( ~ ~ t o 18 y e a s of age), Husband and Wife (one Journal ) - $5, year ly , Club - $10. year ly . Specia l 0. N,A. S t e r l i n g S i lve r Lapel Pins (screw back or p i n back) only $2.50->

R e m i t t a c e s (p lus bank exchange if paid by cheque) payable t o t h e Ontario Nmisna t i c Associat ion, P. 0, Box 33, W ~ b - ~ l o o , O n t a i o e

Authorized as second c l a s s m a i l by the Post Off ice Department, Ottawa, and f o r payment of postage i n cash.

- 3 - canera, as the tubes or bellows a re placed between t h e camera body and ' the l e n s , The l e n s nay have e i t h e r a threaded or a bayoi~et mount, so t h e extension mu-st have a matching momit, Again, consu l t your camera dea le r .

When extr , ision tubes or bellows a re used i n close-up work, adjust- ments ,are necessary between t h e ac tua l l i g h t meter reading and camera s e t t i n g , These ch'mges a re l i s t e d on i n f a r n a t i o n t h a t comes wi th t h e tubes or bellowso A word of' caut ion, on f u l l y automatic cameras--only those wi th a t th~ough- the- lens 1-ight lreter w i l l nake t h e necessary adjustlilent ~ ~ u . t o n a t i c ~ ~ l y f o r -chcse accessor ies , EQUIPWE -- Because t h e b e s t ~ e t h o d of photographing coins i s t o l a y t h e - coin on a base and t o p i n c c t h e cailera i n a v e r t i c d p o s i t i o n above the coin, i t i s necessu;y ic su.pp0i.t t h e cm-era i n sone manner, The s implest rnethods m e a ti1 t--palliead ti-ipod, a r egu la r t r i p o d , an optipod or kodapod,

TILT-PA1JHEA.B - T._I,_PPQ-: The t i l t -panhead w i l l tilt t o angles i n excess of 9oedegreos, thus br inging the c m e r a i n t o t h e proper pos i t ion t o look down a t t h e coin ,

REGULAR TRiPGD ABlD OPTII,l': : The optipod i s a b a l l - j o i n t accessory ----"--- ----- t h a t performs the s a x func t ion as thw t i l t -panhead when used on a sirnple t r ipod . This nay be l e s s expensive than buying a complete new tilt-

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p,mhead t r ipod i f you already own a simple t r i p o d , ICODAPOD: --- This i s a t r a d e liasne f o r an accessory t h a t may be at tached

t o t h e camera ,and -then c l a p e d t o m y upr ight such as a door, COPY-STA,Q: Thz b e s t piece of equipment f o r our purpose i s the

copy-stand. With t h i s , t he ccmera niay be r a i s e d or lowered very e a s i l y and- smootlfiy on a cent5cil pos t , ~ d j u s t a b l e l i g h t s a r e at tached- on each s i d e , (continued i n February B u l l e t i n ) ******:k* :p:; *ak*::*:k *>k***<*** ******** ********

.NEWS R 3 O M TFE C O11G CLUB&-- ----- TROUIID ONTARIO BAY OF QUINTE C O I N CL-i -

On Decenber 1 9 t h a t t h e i<iw,mis Centre The Bay of Quinte Club e lec ted t h e following execut ive f o r 1969--President-Alvin '!Duken P a r y , Vice- Presidai t - . Andy Andc~son, Secretary-Barry McGugan, Treasurer-Keith Day, Men,.--- sh ip D:lrectoT.-Pat B l a i s , Bad weatlzer nzde nocess~wy t h e postponement o f t he plcvvled auct ion and speakerO Tlzese w i l l be eiijoyed next nonth, The Lznnu,d coin show i s t o be held Apri l 22 th of which :lore w i l l be sa id l a t e r , BRA.PITFORD C O I N CLUB -

hiual ChrisJmas P,?rty on December 1 5 t h ~ gues t speaker - Mr, Ed. Meadows who spoke on the M a s s a s s a u L ~ R a t t l e r . There was a specimen on d i s p l a y mcl Mr , Meadows h u ~ o w o u s s t o r i e s were much enjoyed. L i s t of new execut ive w i l l be publislled next i s s u e , CHAMPLAIN C O I N CLUB- - -

Tlze l a s t nee t ing of the O r i l l i a Club was t h e i r second 'annual bcmquet and i t was a huge suceess with a wonderful turkey dinner and a l l t h e t r i n n i n g s . With n,my f r e e draws and th ree s p e c i a l dkaw p r i z e s the evening pas t very p leas ,mt ly , CENTRAL C O I N CLm - ---..

One of the few coin clubs holding weekly nee t ings and and they w i l l be ,znnouncilig t h e i r execut ive f o r 1969 a t t h e i r J m u a r y meeting. I f you a r ~ i n Toronto ,my Monday evening go t o 300 J a v i s S t . , t he Carr iage Hcuse Hotel, and enjoy a d e l i g h t f u l n m i s n a t i c evening wi th t h e members ,~ td f r i e n d s 6f t he club,

W I L T O N C O I N CLUB - A t t h e Decenber neet ing M r . George Takacs of

Brantford showed c o l o u r e d f i l o s of h i s r e c e n t t r i p t o Europe. The F a l l Show was a huge success wi th 226 paid admissions and eleven bourae d e a l e r s which was d.1 the space ava i l ab le . HURONIA TJUMISMATIC ASSOCIATIOX -

The l a s $ nee t ing was h ighl ighted by the presenta- t i o n of tlne 0, No A. audio-visual frCanadian Voyegeur Dol la r f f which i s the s t o r y of t h e 1963 s i l v e r dollLm from i t s shape t o i t s design.

INGERSOLL C O I N CLUB BULLZTIN- The Decewber neet ing took t h s form of a s l i d e show

and d i sp lay by Norm B,wnes on ffMayayafl, which was much enjoy~d, . . LONDON I'mISMATIC SOCIETY - -

As a y e s f i t of the e l e c t i o n s it was announced by Presideli t W i l l i x l Clarke t h a t Percy E lg ie and Scvll Sr~iith w i l l be Di rec to r s f o r 1969 and=1970 & ToEi Mzstcrs, r\lalcolw Smith and Bud MercerT, 'will be D;i+cctors f o r 1969. ., NIAGARA FALLS C O I N CLUB - --

The h i g h l i g h t of the l a s t s e e t i n g was a t a l k and s l i d e s shown by Harold Dcmiels on CLunadiLm S i l v e r Dol lars . The r e s u l t s of the nominating conn i t t ee w i l l be published next month.

0SHA:dA C O I N CLUB - The 1969-1970 Executive i s as follows:-

President- Henry 2iBurke, vice-president- Ed Kcetch, Sec re ta ry - Lloyd Embury, Treasurer- i3ril.w Watt, Ed i to r - Ray Pleau, , L i b r a r i a n - B i l l Leming. So now Oshawa ~v le 'all ready t o g,q f o r 1969,- C I T Y OF OTTAkJA C O I N CLUB - *.

P l m s have been completed f o r t h e c l u b ' s f i r s . t Show on May 3rd: aid. j;t was decided t h a t t h e b e s t of show award should be n,wled the TINorvd Parker Mei9ori.d Tropllyff as t h e l a t e Master of the M i i l t was an Honor,ary L i f e Menber of t h e club. PORT CREDIT C O I N CLUB -

The Decenber m e t i n g took t h s f o r n of a Chrishlas Party. M r . Don F l i c k displayed p a r t of h i s c o l l e c t i ~ a of medals and gave a t a l k on t h e i r h i s t o r y , Also Lloyd ,md Mazie Carney displayed p a r t of t h e i r Ne~foundl~znd and Maundy co l l ec t ion . RICHMOND HILL C O I N CLUB - -

E l e c t i o n s were held a t the l e s t rieekinz the follow- i n g geoo o ~ b c t o d t E 8 - Pas t Pres ident - Ronald 3ennet t ; P res iaen t - Ricicy Morse, Sec rc tmy - Fr 'vlk CU11im9 Vice-President- Robert Shill ingwor t h , Treasurer - June Clarke, Ass is t ing Secre tary -ULm Weighell, SARIVIA NUlvIISMATIC SOCIZTY -

A t the Deccr~bcr l-nceting Gordon Grey of London showed s l i d e s on Canadian and Ar.ierican b i l l s . The Doninion of Canada b i l l s ranged .fron 1870 t o 1935 =and of p a r t i c u l m i n t e r e s t w a s t h e p i c t u r e of t h e passenger s t e r n e r "United Empiref1 which was b-iailt i n Scanin. The Executive f o r 1969 i s : - 1President - Norm Sco t t , Vice-President- Carl W i l l i ainson, Secret=y-Don Pmk, Treasurer-Eor ace Bmdwell , Executive Sec re tcay - Robert Sargent. ST. TROPIAS lVUMISMATIC Associat ion -

Pres ident f o r 1969 i s C , J. Miedema who was re turned by acclcmation, bu t t o t h e disappointnent of a l l i t was l a t e r l e a n e d t h a t Ttr. Miedema w i l l n o t be able t o car ry on so a new pres iden t i ~ u s t be chosen.

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The Decenber meeting was e l e c t i o n of o f f i c e r s and the following were elected:- Pas t President- Bet ty Lou Bellows; Pres ident - Pat Lmber t , Vice-President- Frank I-Ciley, Secre tary - Gwen Hmrison, Trasurer- Fred Barley; Member s h i p - John Morrison, Librar ian- Mrs. R i t c h i e Christmas cake ,and f r e e coffee and s o f t d r inks closed t h e meeting. TEI STLET GNN C 01 N CLUB-

The Pres ident f o r 1969 i s Norm Belsten, Vice-President- Ricky Morse, Seeo-Treas. - L i l y Meek, Pas t President- John J e f f e r i e s , Edi tor- Ricky Morse, Librar ian- J i m Petr ic . There was ,_so a !!coin- bingo1! and O , N , A , s l i d e s , on Tokens of Nov5,Scotia and Po E, I , TOR01NTO C O I M CLUB -

1969 Pres ident - I?. C. Jewett , Vice-Presidents- Russell. Martel and Mxs.. Graham, Secrcrbary - M a t h a Wilson, Treasqmar- Hcmvey_ FLvrow, Pas t Pres idant - Alex Munro, M r . Jewett showed sone of h i s B r i t i s h Connonwe,ilth Paper money ,md gave a shor t t a l k on the d i sp lay , WATERLOO C O I N SOCIETY-

A t t he Decelnber meeting i t was decided t o have two o r t h r e e f i l m s ,and enjoy a good old-fashioned soci,d t i n e . A good time was had by all. WOODSTOCIC C O I N CLUB -

1969 Executivs i s President- Percy E l g i e , Vice-President- Glenn For s t e r , s e c r e t my- Doug IlcGill, ~ r e a s ~ e r - ~ o h n ' ~ u l 1 , Past- President- Albert Cole. A t t h e Decenber meeting t h e r e was ,an Audio- v i s u a l , a C h r i s t ~ a s exch,ange of coins ,ad Chr i s tnas r e f r e s k ~ l e n t s , ******** * * \ k * * * * * ***:k:k*** ***sf.,**** ********

REPORT BY TH3 DIRECTOR OF O.N.A, AREA#2, Ar th~w Honour Si-&cg,sycc~edi= Pat L m b e r t i n the p o s i t i o n of Di rec to r of Area #2

TL have t r i e d t o f a - l i l i a r i z e myself wi th a l l the s e r 9 i c e s qnd p o l i c i e s of the O,N.A,

I n August I spent seve ra l days as an a t t endan t a t t h e O.N.Ao-C.N.3, d i s p l a y which was f i r s t r a t e and c e r t a i n l y a t t r a c t e d a l o t of i n t e r e s t from t h e publ-LC. Congratulat ions t o Vince Doran and dl other p a r t i c i - pants f o r a job we l l done,

I attended n o s t of t h e nearby coin shows t h i s fLal l , including two f u l l days a t t h e O.NoA, Convention where I actedcs d i s p l a y judge as we l l as p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n t h e other a c t i v i t i e s ava i lab le . Judging d u t i e s were a l s o performed a t t h e Oshawa Coin Show t h e f i r s t week of November.

My t r a v e l s have taken nc t o a l l the coin clubs i n r;ly a e a and I hope t o v i s i t each one a t l e a s t once nore i n t h e spr ing. I have arranged t o r e c e i v e t h e monthly b u l l e t i n s of each of these clubs so t h a t I may keep properly inforned of t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s .

... . I f any coin clubs or c o l l e c t o r s wish t o d i s c u s s any lpatter concerning t h e O , N o f i , w i th me they cLm contac t ne a t t h e following address:-

W, Arthur Honour, P. 0. Box 3259 S t a t i o n llB1l. ,

HAMILTON, Ontario Ct*QO**** * * * * S F * * * ******** ******** ******** D I D YOU KNOd - -

The e a r l y Newfoundland coins were minted i n e i t h e r t h e Tower Mint i n London o r t h e Heaton Mint i n Birninghara. These l a t t e r bear t h e llHJi mint nark, Coinage of Newfoundland was s t r u c k a t Ottawa i n . 1917,1919,1920 (Large Cents) , 1941,1943,1944,1947 (Ehal l Cents) ,1940, 1944,1945,1947 (5 cents and 10 c e n t s ) , 1917,1919 (25 cen t s and 50 cen t s ) . A l l t hese bear the lTCl1 raint nark, No s i l v e r dlbllars have been i ssued .

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To he lp clubs decide upon a coin show da te t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th 'mother club i n i t s 'area we m e l i s t i n g proposed d a t e s , Proposed d a t e s w i l l be l i s t e d every t h r e e months and f o r t h e l a s t t h r e e consecutive months p r io r t o show da tes . M c ~ c h 22 - Riclvnond 133.11 Annual Spring Show i n the Lions H a l l f r o n

10.00 a,n. t o 10.00 pone Mmch 22 - St . T h o ~ ~ ~ a s N u ~ i s n c t i c Association S ix th Annu=& Coin Show and

I3,anquet i n Grace United Church, S t . Thonas, Ontcwio.

March 29 - Waterloo Coin Society Annucal Banquet and Coin Show. More 30 d e t a i l s l a t e r . General Chairnian, W i l f Erb, Box 41, Waterloo, Ontario.

Apr i l 1 2 - Bay or" Quin te BTwiisnatic Associat ion Annud Coin Show a t t h e Hotel Quinte, Corner Bridge a d Pinnacle S t r e e t s B e l l e v i l l e , Ontario, Pres ident - llDukell Parry, P. 0. Box 125, B e l l e v i l l e .

Apr i l 20 - Chatha2 Coin Club F i r s t Annual Coin Showat the Holiday Inn, Kei l Drive, C l ~ a t h m , Ont, Bourse Chairman- David Cregg, 192 Richnond St . , Cha- t l~ ,~~ , Exhib i t Chairn,m- Walter Neman, Port Alna , O n t a i o .

A p r i l 26 - Huronia N m i s n a t i c Associat ion of B a r i e h - u c i l Coin Show on - Saturday, a t t h e T r i n i t y H a l l , Co l l i e r St. , B m r i e fro^ 12,OO noon t o 10,OO p u n , For k3rtlner i n f o r n a t i o n w r i t e t o P.O. Box 243, B a r r i e , Ont.

Apri l 27 - S t r a t f o r d Cpin Club Annu,d Show i n the Pa r i sh H a l l . Further d e t a i l s l a t e r .

May 3 3 4- Ci ty of Ottawa Coin Show a t t h e Talisc~m Motor Inn, 1376 Cmling Ave., Ottawa, Chai rnm - H. A. Burton; Bourse - Paul. Sul l ivan; Exh ib i t s - Don MacRae.

May - 0. A. A. Scvonth Annua Convention a t Prudhonne s Garden Centre Motel, hos t club St . Cathxrincs Coin Club. More d e t a i l s l a t e r , or m i t e t o Box 33, l:Baterloo, Olitario.

Otto Pc - Icitchener Coin Club Annual Show & Banquet. D e t a i l s l a t e r . ****** 5 * *q:****+;* ****4:4:** ******** ***:k****

Applicat ions published i n the Novenber i s s u e of the Ontario rJwni s r ~ i a t i s t hava now been accepted, The following app l i ca t ions have been received, If no w r i t t e n ob jec t ions a rc rece ived , t11ei.r acceptLance w i l l be aclcnowledged i n t h e February i s s u e or" tlie Ont,ario N m i s n a t i s t . 693 Mrs. E. J. Chesson, 803 Concession, Apt. 101, Hm-ilton, Ont. 69% Ronald Young, 46 Grenaflier Drive, Har.ilton, Ont. 695 MTS. W. Gele t l e , 1299 Royal Drive, Burlington, Ont . 696 John David Bruce, 1995 B a t o n S t . East,Apt. 101. H ~ m i l t o n , Ont. 697 Denis Laliberkbq, 36 Oak S t r e e t , Grinsby, Onto- 698 Walter F. Parks, 2478 Locus Ave., Niagara F ~ a l l s , Onta-rio 699 J. Sanderson, 924- Kingswood Cresc. , Niagara F a l l s , Ontario 700 Claude ICcwley--6 Mayf c i r Avenue, Dundas, Ont. 701 Hmold F. Dom, 209 Zina, Orangeville, Onto 702 Dennis Faircall , 34 Venison S t , West, Ti l lsonburg, Onto @03 George Gray, R. R. # l9 Woodstock, Ont. 704 T. S o Cddwel l , 1 2 5 Byron Ave., Th,msford, Ont . 705 John C. Voisin, 11 Cash-mn Cresc, Toronto 7, Gnt. 706 Rapiond Cote, 149 Roxborough Ave., Kitchener, Onto

C.62 Ha l i l ton Coin Club, c/o Mr s , Bruce Brace, 6 54 Hiawatha Blvd, , Ancaster, Ont,mio

707 Tom Kustaluk, 128 West S t . , Brantford, Ont, 708 Tinothy C . Perkins , 6 1 F r o s t S t . , Rexd,zle, Onto 709 Miss A. MacDondd, 6311 Sonerlmd Ave. ,Ap t . 15067 Montreal 253, Q L I ~ ,

710 K a o l J. B a a s , 339 Eas t 1 4 t h S t . , Hamilton, Onto 711 L. A. Milberry, Po 0, Box 396, Angus, Onto 712 H, R. Lucas, 2221 C o ~ t l c ~ d Drive, Burlington, O n t o 713 Mrs. H. R, Lucas, 2221 Courtland D r , , Burlington, O n t , 714 Greg. Backwell, 5 OregLan Rd., London, Onto ******** ********* ******** ********

CHIT\S%SE COINS ----- By John McKay-Clerxents, Direc tor of k e a 9

A f r i e n d i n Toronto r e c e n t l y asked me t o look a t a group of coins m d advise her i f t h e r e was anything of v&xc axlong them, They proved t o be a s m ~ l c o l l e c t i o n of Cmadi,m t r a d e :$okens and a s m a l l number of f o r e i g n coins , As i s q u i t e cornnon wi th a group of t h i s kind, t h e r e were sor~le Chinese cash coins , t h r e e c a s t b rass coins, each wi th a squ~zre hole i n the cent re a id about t h e s i z e of an English h a l f penny, I t o l d her t h a t n o s t of these Chinese coins a re q u i t e common a ~ d have l i t t l e value but never the less , f r o n a nwnisnatic po in t of view, each represebted a r e sea rch chLallenge, I f ; :-thcr t o l d her t h a t I co l l ec ted these coins

had about one hundred vLzriet ies i n my c o l l e c t i o n and t h a t i f she d id no t a t t a c h any irflport,ance t o those she had I would 1S:ke t o take them hone wi th me and look i n t o t h e i r h i s to ry , . She r e a d i l y agreed, i n f a c t she i n s i s t e d t h a t I keep t h e coins i n r e t u r n f o r t h e time I had taken wi th her co l l ec t ion . This type of generos i ty i s f r equen t ly met wi th arnong coin c o l l e c t o r s and i s one of the th ings hat makes t h e hobby one of t h e b e s t i n the world f o r meeting n i c e people ,and naking good f r i e n d s , I always accept such g i f t s on t h e understcanding t h a t should i t prove t h a t the coift turn out t o be of re,al value I rese rve t h e r i g h t t o pay f o r 5-L a t a p r i c e Ghich r e p r e s e n t s a sm$ll discount below i t s cu r ren t s a l e p r i ce t o a c o l l e c t o r , Two of t h e coins , ,although e n t i r e l y d i f f e r e n t i n appearance, proved t o be from the scvlie period ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 7 3 6 - 1 7 9 5 and already i n my c o l l e c t i o r u Catalogue vLalue about f i f t y cents each i n average c i r c u l a t e d condi t ion, They r a t h e r More than aver age circulated.-F - *

q u i t e worn and d i f f i c u l t t o read, The t h i r d coin i s i n b e t t e r condi t ion 'and has a p r i ce of one dol lLm i n the d e a l e r s i l i s t s , mot a r a r e coin Srorf! - a money point of view but one - t b t i s nos t i n t e r e s t i n g from a s t o r y t e l l i n g and romantic poin t of view, ,: t i s one of a group of twenty coins (Schjoth reference n m b e r s 1423-1442), which were c a s t i n 1667 a t d i f f e r - e n t mints during the r e i g n of Chiing Sheng Tsu 1662...1722, r e i g n t i t l e Kr ang-hai, He was the f i r s t of t h e Chl ing Dynasty ( ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 6 4 4 - 1 9 1 1 ) emperors t o ~ B e an cdl-China emperor i n actuciL f a c t , The twenty coins have the nx les of the n i n t s on the r eve r se , The Mint n ~ m e s of these twenty coins have beell ar,u?ged i n a st,mza of four penteiveter l i n e s , forming a rhyme a f t e r t h e r u l e of Chinese poetry, Arthur Bradden Coole, i n h i s book YCoins i n ChinaYs Historyt1 says of t h i s poern -.--"There i s no partic-. ulm lneaning t o t h e "poemrt but t h e character-sounds rhyme and hence i t i s easy t o remember. It i s t o be read from top t o bottom s t a r t i n g a t t h e r-ight hand column.11 (Well at l e a s t we know where t o s tar t , I found the poem i n one book, the l i s t of Chinese mints i n x l ~ t h ~ 9 how t o pronounce then i n another and sketches of t h e obverse and reve r se i n anotl?er ,) I a l s o learned t h a t t h e Chinese at tached a td isn ,anic v i r t u e t o these twenty coins , They claimed t h a t i f t he coins were genuine placed

- 9 - together they had t h e power of expe l l ing e v i l i n f l u e n c e s and of prev-- en t ing f i r e s . It was genera l ly bel ieved i n those days t h a t it was qui.-,-. easy t o t e s t t h e genuine coins , a l l t h a t was necessary was t o s t r i n g :-.:;- together and then p lace then on t h e t o p of a chicken coop, genuine coiii; prevented t h e cocks from crowing i n t h e morning. I had none of these coins i n my c o l l e c t i o n before, having made a s t a * w i t h this s i n g l e co,;~ on my c o l l e c t i o n of the I1poeml1 cash, who knows, perhaps one of these d z - - I may be able t o keep t h e neighbours cock from crowing -- when I f i n d t h e o t l ~ e r rf -ie t &en,

(This w a s column No, 74 w r i t t e n by John f o r t h e l o c a l paper, Thanks, John, very i n t e r e s t i n g ) , ******** **#***** ******** ******** I****$*.,

The following i s a continuing l i s t of Coin Clubs i n Ontario s t a r t e d i n t h e December i s sue . :- S t r a throy Coin Club,

The Scout House, 3rd Sunday Afterrmon Highway 81 North, S t ~ a t h r o y , Ont. each llionth

St . Thomas Numismatic Associat ion, Grace United Chirch? Every 2nd. Tuesday of month

St . Thomas, Ont, This t le town Coin Club,

Publ ic School, Albion Road? Second Tuesqay each month Weston, Ont. 8.00 pen,

Ti l lsonburg Coin Club, Orange H a l l , Brock S t . , 3 rd Wednesday each month

Ti l lsonburg, Ont. Toronto Coin Club,

Royal York Hotel, 4th Saturday each month Toronto, Ont.

Welland Coin Club, B,mclay Hotel, 2.00 p.m. F i r s t Sunday Welland, Ont. of month.

Woodstock Coin Club, Old S t . Pau l ' s Church, 3rd ThuTsday each month

Dundas St. East , WOODSTOCIC, Ont.

Inger s o l l Coin Club, Inger s o l 1 & D i s t r i c t Menor idcen t re , 3rd Monday of nonth

INGE;RSOLL, Ont.

Centr,d Coin Club Carr iaze House Hotel7

300 J,ulvis S t r e e t , - Lac11 Nonday evening

- TORONTO , 0 n t & i o ******** ******** ********* ******** **%+-'

D I D YOU KNCM THAT:- The two-cent piece. of 1864 w a s t h e f i r s t United Statea coin t o her:

t h i s motto, " In God We Tr&s t . l l

The United S t a t e s Bureau of t h e Mint has n o t stamped s i l v e r dollc.": L;. s ince 1935 bu t has 7~ ,000 ,000 on hand.

Rares t Canadi,m coins a re $10 and $20 gold p ieces s t r u c k a t NeT:r Westminster, B.C. i n 1862.

T-he Fis)?, Money of Quathiaskg Cove Or ig ina l ly cont r ibuted by Albert E, McbJha, C. N. A, Journal, ~ e c , / 5 9

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Off t h 3 ?rugged. e a s t coas t of Vancouver I s land l i e s a f i s h i n g v i l l e g e which bears the intriguing-.-even r e n m t i c nane, Qua th iask i Cove. A t t h e ,. .r t u r n of our century when the waters of Queen Char lo t t e S t r a i t were be-- coning world f m o u s f o r t h e i r teeming s d n o n , canneries developed on n m y c o a s t a l i s l m d s , Frequently, g ~ v e r - ~ l e n t a u t h o r i t i e s g r ante2 exclusive f i s h i n g r i g h t s t o some of these concerns, Such IiClosed Waters Rights" conferred on t h e i r holder a 1rii-d of soclspoly ._ver a designated ,area of s,dt water , which wight extend t o upwards of two hundred square n i l e s , >

Most of the f i s h e r i ~ e n employed by the canning i n d u s t r y i n those days were Indicans, probably of Kx2ki.ut1, Be112 Coolas or even Kootenay t r i b e s and descendents doubt less take ->heir ? lace B ~ i t i sh Colunlbia' s fishermen to-day, F i f t y yea r s ago, c m n e r i e s paic! t h e Indians i n currency which could ba erxchr-"~vlgecl f o r cqu-ipment or s t o r e s t o serve their . household needs, jusr, as other aboi-igines engaged i n t rapping n i g h t re=-. ceive Hudson's Bay Co, Tokens when they brought p e l t s t o buy suppl ies , A t Qua th iask i Cove t h i s kind of canning business was bperated by W , E, Anderson i n 1912, He had tokens s t ruck t o pay f o r f i s h c f fe red t o h i s f i rm, whereby fishermen would be sure of L: : - ; ~ i n g a convenient mediux~ of exchange wi th which t o ob ta in Conp,m..y goods ,. This aluminum llloney adheres t o the u s u d dFsc silage foY coiiis and conles i n denorxinations ?qua1 t o t h e number of f i s h subni t ted f o r ?wchase . A,yldersmi s tokens bore e i g h t d i f f e r e n t values, f r o o Fishi1 'GO ilLOO Fish1I.

Frzncis Diclcie, whos; x t i c l e on liFislq r"ioneyI1 may be seen :.a t h e Nover~ber 195'8 i s s u e of l iPores t & 0l;ltddc;~rs i n PicturesY, t e l l s u s t h a t f i f t y f i s h a t t h a t t i n e a d place bronght frzm 61--$2,56, according t o t h e type of salmon caught ,md preva.il-ing rial-ket r a t e s f o r then. He ;?em. l i e v e s t h i s particular type of lIFisk; IvIolieyci" f r o n e a r l y B r i t i s h Colw~lbf.c., t o be unique,. A t any r a t e , it, zould h a ~ d l y be confuseG wi th "Fish Hook Money1! made of f l i n t e l abora te ly caved i n t h e shape of fish-.hooks which had t h e i r place as cLxrrenc:.-. ;ln E., C, & Aiaslca,

M r , Anderson i ssucd h i s IiPish Moncyl' i~ 8 2cnorniiiations a s follows:- Denomination Dimete?: Thickness CertonS.nation Dicme t e r Thickness

100 F i s h 37 mz, 2. m-, 5 F Z S ~ 22 ma, 1 .5 mnm. 5'0 F i sh 3 7 K U : ~ ~ , 2 mm, 3 Fish 22 m~l, 1 . 5 mm. 20 Fish 2 5 1 1 1 ~ ~ -! .L. 5 nn r, 2 F i s h 22 rim, 1 . 5 mm;. 10 F i s h 25 nn, 3- .. 2 i' !.~.ra s I Fish 22 m-2, 1 . 5 m'.,

A l l of these tokens C ~ T J J -:he sme O~::TTF,TS~ legend w i t h minor v a r i a t i o n s indica ted below, -lirhil-e -tke r e z e r s e desiglis d i f f e r according t o t h e n m b e r of f i s h s p e c i f i d and iil a few other ways, 3E'VERSE: Within a beaded c i r c l e running cu:ound t h e edge of the:.token' t h e word Fish appems a t the top and I1NOT T R A K S Y i 3 4 3 L l ~ ~ ~ a t the botton, t h e s e legends being curved t o p,m,XLlel t h e edges., The denonLnation i.n l a r g e bold Arabic nwner als, holds t h e c e n t r d - p o s i t i o n on each reve r se , To l e f t and r i g h t of t h e denomination, f o r t h e 100, 50: 20 and 10 ~ ~ a l u e s , one f i n d s a f i v e pointed s t a r , These s t z r s are absent f r o n t h e lower 1, 2, 3 and 5 F i s h designs. The f j . g ~ v e 1 t o 100 i s of the sane s i z e and type as those on t h e 10 ,md 1 Fish pieces; s i m i l a r l y , the zeros i n 100, 50, 20 m d 10 a re a l l calike, while t h e 2 on both 20 cad 2 F i sh tokens show no vcxria-ki.o:l i n s t r u c t u r e or e x t e n t , Hence, one nxy suppose t h a t i d e n t i c a l d i e figin??cs were cu t , i n t h i s sense f o r the e i g h t denominations nade, OBVERSE: As upon t h e revei-se, a beaded c i r c l e goes around t h e tolren sur face j u s t i n s i d e t h e outer circumference, The name W . E, Anderson occurs a t t h e top wi th , beneath it ~m cmah..-sque ~ e s e n b l i n g a bow t i e , under which i n succession come Qua th iask i i n an upcurving mc,Cove i n horizontal . alignment, ,and t h e abbrevia t ion B.C, curved t o the loww edge.:

The obverse design for the 100, 9, 20 and LO values renains the same so that the I1Bow Tie" feature on the 20 and 10 has not lessenedmby compmison with tha t de t a i l on the two larges t pieces, On the 1, 2 3, and 5 Fish tokens however, the ornament more closely resembles a hollow diamond with short, bar-shaped extensions t o both l e f t and right.

It need hardly be said tha t these items are f a i r l y scarce, Neverthe- l ess , Andersonf s '!Fish MoneytT of Quathiaski Cove bears s i l en t witness t o a highly- significant phase of Canada" r i s e as a trading nation,

(Thanks t o TJondon Nwni mat i c Society Bulletin) ********* I******** ******** ******** ******** THIS W THAT-

Followinn on from our December notes with reference t o .., - helpful hints on -: exhigi ting--ple ase-- t e l l us what you a r e .exhibi tin&- l i t t l e hints as t o how long you took t o get a certain coin o r b i l l t o corap- l e t e your collection--give more de ta i l s on your aspeciaJ_ll items so that the tlseekertl too w i l l enjoy the hunt for some particular specimen, etc, A l l t h i s w i l l help increase in te res t i n your exhibit and give you those necessary 2-3 points which makes the difference between F i r s t and Place, ItDr es s-up" your exhibit a l i t t l e , extr.atine i n "sett ing up your exhibit can pay dividends towards those precious and ever so important points,, and better luck next year---Some of your Birectors have been busy these past few nonths--I see tha t Don Flick spoke a t Oakville and Port Credit--- another of our Directors who i s following President B i l l English's ttLesson on Comunicationsn--- speaking of B i l l - - I see he spoke a t Inger sol1 recently and I note RicKy.-Morse spoke a t Thistletown and RicJmond Rill--and an a r t i c l e byhthur Honour tclls:us he, too, i s comunicationg "real goodn Had a l e t t e r from nember Paul Cml of Rochester, N.Y. containing sone photos of an over-strhck 1965 half dollar by an 1967 half dollar---I asked about';overstrikes i n a recent bul le t in --have any of our other

+ members cane across anything l i k e th is? Lncidentally Paul had promised an exhibition of his error collection--I hope he w i l l come t o Prudhommet s i n May and l e t us see his collection--passed to you, Paul----At one of the recent coin shows I was given an a r t i c l e for the O.N,A. Bulletin on Canadian Armed Forces B dges etc.--will the writer please contact me Igpr sonally--I wish some further inf ormation--Thanks ,--Yo* Editor muses somewhat-- has been .an interest ing year--a somewhat rewardin one with so many kind remarks of encouragement from many readers---1968 ??)-- A r ea l challenge for the O,N,A,--Numismatists-- and of course your Editor and M.s bulletin--the many willing helpers who put this bul let in t o bed every month-- the help of Linda our efficient .llReproducern-- the many contributors club secretaries who send i n the i r club news, eka--the a r t i c l e contribu- to r s who so fa i thful ly send i n articles--to a l l these kind folks a special 'Vote of Thankst1--Whateearm success we enjoy it i s to you we give f u l l credit , FINALLY- DO NOT FORGET--- 1969 DUES ARE NQJ DUE--Do not take any chances of missing any of our bul le t in i s su +--Send your remittances t o

M r . Bruce Rasmann ?H.tim YOU C O N S m m LIFE -HIP )

P* 0, BOC 33, Waterloo, Ontario

Do it NOd -- TO-DAY--THIS INSTANT---IN FACT AT ONCE--- So you donf.%

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- FyEL iiUCTION TENDSR FOR 1969 O.N.B. CONVENTION. IXi'i'E - May 10, 11,1969 Place - Prudhommes Hotel; HOST -ST. CLTUImS COIN CLUB. F U 3 H * + F L i S H

OFFlCIAL PUBLIICATfQkl OF THE ONTAR16 NUMIISMATI!: ASSQGIAT16N WATERLOO. ONTARIQ

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Past Fresidents x R. R, Rekafski (1962-65) L. T, Smith (1965-67 )

President bjkl l iam &&is h

First Vice-President Vacant

Sacond Vice-Prss ident Wa.l.ter Or iggs

Secre.t,awly Pat Umbert

Treasurer Wuce 11. Raazmm

6.2alling Address Box 33, Vaterloo, Ontarfo

b No. . Description Price I! t 1

9 1. 1 OK Solid Gold $40.00 Set A - 1, 2, 3, 4 $65.00

b Numbered 1-25 Set B-1, 3, 4 $SQ.QO

1 OK Gold Plate $15.00 Set C-2, 3, 4 $25.00 Set D - 3, 4 $1Q.00

Sterling Silver $ 6.00 Set E-3 $ ?,50

I $ 3.50 Set F - 4 rt; 475

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lWMISMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY (concluded from January i s s u e ) By Lloyd T o Smith

LIGIECING: A considerable amount of l i g h t i s requi red , but t h i s depends on t h e speed.-of t h e f i l m used and the camera. The b e s t source of l i g h t i s the sun. A small mir ror may be used t o d i r e c t the sunl ight evenly over t h e e n t i r e coin, Indoor l i g h t i n g may be obtained wi th one or more l i g h t s placed a s h o r t d i s t a i ~ c e from t h e coin a t approximately a 30 degree or 60 degree angle , A low--r m g l e produces a b e t t e r r e l i e f e f f e c t on the coin, bu t always check t o assure t h a t l i g h t i s no t shining d i r e c t l y i n t o t h e camera l e n s , For slow speed f i lms , or when using extens ion tubes or bell-ows,#l photoflood bulbs a re recommended, b u t f o r higher speed f i l m s (1-00ASA 8nd u p j 1-00 t o 200 wa t t bulbs a re usudl ly acceptable l i g h t sources , Zxperf menting w i l l provide t h e b e s t so lu t ion ,

A s a f i n a l note on Lj-ghting we s1lou.d consider t h e e l e c t r o n i c f l a s h . This type of l i g h t i n g may be q u i t e successr"u1 when using supplementary p lus l e n s e s , bu t w i l l only be successfu l w i t h t h e tubes or bellows i f the f-number s e t t i n g i s c a r e f u l l y adjusted according t o extens ion i n s t r u c t i o n s , The main th ing aga ins t t h i s method i s t h a t t h e a c t u a l l i g h t i n g and shadows cannot be examined as w e l l p r i o r t o ' t he snap. Keep i n mind, too, t h a t t h e f l a s h must be removed from t h e camera shoe f o r extreme close.-ups so t h a t t h e l i g h t can be properly d i r e c t e d towards the coin, I:.;'..-.';-i;'~ial shot or two on a f i l m prove successfu l , t h e r e i s no reason why t h e e l e c t r o n i c f l a s h s h o u l d n l t be used,

Generally speaking, t h e cos-t of r egu la r f l a s h bulbs r u l e out t h e i r use i n coin photography.

FILM: This i s mainly a mat ter of personal choice. Natural ly , outdoor f i l m i s b e s t f o r use wi th sun l igh t and indoor f i l m f o r a r t i f i c - i a l l i g h t , but i f t he recommencled f i l t e r s and adjusted ASA r a t i n g s a r e used it i s poss ib le t o ob ta in good r e s u l t s wi th t h e opposi te arrangegent,

A s w i th so many th ings , t h e r e a re advantages i n almost a l l f i lms ; slow speed f i l m s allow considerably more l a t i t u d e f o r e r r o r than high speed f i lms , but i f it becomes necessary t o use an extremely slow camera speed and a l a r g e l e n s oijening i t could r e s u l t i n a f a i l u r e of the r e c i p r o c i t y law. This would take much time t o expla in , but t h e e f f e c t i s a curious changing of t h e colou values i n t h e f i l m , ******** ******** *$****** ******** NZlj ~ J Q V ~ B ~ S

******** ac. j c n u ~ r y i s s u i of t h e Ontar io Numisn~l.t ist i ~ p p l i c ~ . t i r ~ n s pul,lislli:c! in t' .-.

- have now b ~ c n acccptcd . . '

S? :.l;irs C i r c u i t : - . 711~. Clntasio i\iumisn~atic & s s o c i ~ t i o n ?roi_zlr' cpprcc i c - t i it i_t' any - i . . . . ~ b ~ r hr.vingi!z:c:~l-dge of member in t h e i r c l a b cr rny o thc r c l u b t h a t shows

po t . . n t i21 as-a ,pLal.-c.r r,~ould adv i se -::-::- I:cn Proplli t Ci,';,TC Ci?E 3CFd.i:, BG:<DEi\T, OI\ITliRIO, s o t l l a t q l i s t af ';;ssLc,l;-rs bd th l o c a l 2nd d i s t a n t coulc~ b;.. p r ~ x - r z d >@o are continu2U.y r c v i s i n g t h e l i s t and lot a1 speakers ' . -.::d.!f: ;.ezlc 'L loc?.l :.:r :. cub i;r-OGT?J;ii.;l;S . - - -- --- - -- ...---- I--. ----... , - -

THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST i s p~tb l i shed monthly by the Ontario Numismatic Associat ion, The pub l i ca t ion may be o'btained wi th memberships of one of t h e following ca tegor ies , L i f e lnemberships - $50,00, r egu la r member- sh ips - $3.00 year ly , Juniors - $2,00 yea71y, (up t o 18 years of age), Husband and Wife (one Journal ) ... $5,00 yea r ly , Club - $~Lo.OO year ly , Specia l 0. N, A. S t e r l i n g S i l v e r Lapel Pins (screw back or p i n bacP:) o q y $2.50.

Remittances (p lus bank exchange i f s a i d by cheque) payable t o t h e Ontario Numismatic Association, P. 0. Box 33, Waterloo', Ontario.

Authorized as second c l a s s inail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and f o r payment of postage i n cash,

I th ink i t could be s a f e l y recommended t h a t a medium speed (64 ASA)

f i l m be used when i n c o r p o r a t i n i supplementary l e n s e s and a higher speed such as 12SASA f o r use wi th extensions. My personal choice f o r colour r e n d i t i o n i s Kodachrome 11 Profess ional , Type A. This f i l m has an ASA of 25 i n day l igh t w i t h a #A5 f i l t e r , ASA 40 wi th 3400K photoflood (no .7

f i l t e r ) and ASA 32 wi th 320GK tungsten l i g h t s wi th a # 8 2 ~ f i l t e r . It i s a slow f i lm, bu t r e s u l t s a r e except ional ly t r u e and i t i s t h e f i l m used by many h o s p i t a l s and doctors . Whatever your choice of colour f i lm, fo l low the manufacturer ' s i n s t r u c t i o n s c a r e f u l l y ,

BACKGROU,W: It i s e s s e n t i a l t h a t backgrounds f o r co ins be c a r e f u l l y chosen, Various m a t e r i a l s such as c lo th , book covers and cardboard may be used, but p a t t e r n s should be p l a i n o r muted and have a d u l l f i n i s h . By placing t h e coin on d i f f e r e n t backgrounds it i s q u i t e easy t o determine t h e most pleasing, I f one wishes t o g e t r i d of t h e shadows a t t h e edge of the coin, it i s only necessary t o place a c lean square of g l a s s about one i n c h above the background mate r i a l by means of small corks a t each corner and t h e coin i s then placed i n the middle of t h e square. I f t h e coin i s placed on a s l i m pos t about one inch high, wi th a dead black background and a very narrow 'depth of f i e l d 1 i s used, t h e e f f e c t i s of a f l o a t i n g coin, I n extreme close-up photography it i s q u i t e easy t o achieve a depth ranging down from 10 t o only one or two mi l l imeters . Always be sure t h a t t h e plane of the coin i s p a r d l e l t o t h e plane of the l e n s .

TITLE SLIDES : These may be produced by s e t t i n g up t h e r equ i red information from l e t t e r s e t s ava i l ab le from camera s t o r e s or by var ious o ther means, such as c a r e f u l p r in t ing , typing o r cut-out l e t t e r s . The prepared l e t t e r k i t s a r e b e s t as t h e other methods may appear q u i t e rough or fuzzy when pro jec ted on t h e l a r g e screen.

The t i t l e s l i d e s may inc lude such information as: t h e t i t l e of the s e t , photographer, producer, n a r r a t o r ( i f tape i s t o be inc luded) , source of coins , sponsor ( i f c lub or other person pays cos t ) and d i s t r i b u t o r (0. N. A. i f donated t o t h i s audio-visual s e r v i c e ) .

1mfBERIPJG-: ' A l l s l i d e s i n a s e t ( including t i t l e s l i d e s ) should be c l e a r l y numbered from one t o t h e end i n the exact order of showing. The number should appear i n t h e upper r i g h t corner of the card when holding t h e s l i d e i n t h e upr igh t viewing p o s i t i o n wi th t h e f r o n t toward you. I f any o ther number a p p e a s on t h e s l i d e it should be de le ted .

MANUSCRIPT : A typed, double-spaced manuscript should be prepared and included wi th t h e s e t , Each paragraph represen t ing a s l i d e should be given the same number a s i t s s l i d e and a small s t= (*) placed a t t h e end of the paragraph t o indicate1 t h a t a b e l l or other sound should be made t o l e t t h e p r o j e c t i o n i s t know t h a t he should advance t h e nex t s l i d e .

RECORDZD TAPE: If a recorded t ape i s t o be included, it should be recorded monaurally on a two-track machine, preferably a t 3 3/4 i .p . s. When recording it i s advisable t o read from t h e manuscript and allow about 10 seconds between t h e b e l l sound and thw reading f o r t h e next s l i d e so t h a t any sound of the changing i n the p ro jec to r w i l l n o t i n t e r f e r e wi th t h e reading, By t h e way, when making t h e tape d o n r t f o r g e t t o record a good c l e a r b e l l sound on the tape a t t h e end of each paragraph.

Such th ings a s in t roduc to ry or i n c i d e n t a l music or other appropr ia te sounds a re a matter f o r t h e d i s c r e t i o n of t h e individual. producer, but be sure t h a t they do no t i n t e r f e r e wi th t h e c l ea r sound of t h e reading.

S l ides , tape and manuscript; may now be n e a t l y packed i n t o a small

conta iner and you a re now a suc ces s f u l Audio-vi sua l pcoducer ,

The Ontario Numismatic Association i s prepared t o pay any reasonable c o s t f o r completed s a t i s f a c t o r y Audio-Visual s e t s i f you or your club members cannot a f ford t h i s cos t . Wherever poss ib le , t echn ica l a s s i s t ance w i l l be supplied g r a t i s by t h i s w r i t e r . ******** ********* ******** ******** *********

LIST OF BOOKS AVAILABLE I N THE O o N o A. LIBRARY

1. Beginners Coin Guide - 2 booklets - by Kail Kash 2. IJL: : :~~; i n Coinage - i ssued by t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Niakel -Conmy 3, A Bibliography of Applied N~unismatics - by Cornel ius C. Verneule, Ph.D. 4. Coin Collect ing For Beginners - By Kenneth A. Jacob.

5. Complete Guide t o Coin Col lec t ing - By Don Zucker. 6. Coins - A Complete Guide To Col lec t ing - Jacques Del Monte 7. Coins - by Howard W, A. Linecar. 8. Nickel From Coinage - by H. G. S t r i d e , O.N.E., I.S.O.

9. Counter fe i t Gold Coins - i ssued and donated by Alfred Dieffenbacher. 10,Coin Collect ing - by Lawrence Brown. 11. Exhibi t ion Services - O.N,A, brochure on d i s p l a y cases ,

1 2 , Audio-Visual Scrv ices - O , N , A , brochure of s e t of s l i d e s and tapes. 13. Book Lending Library Index - Indexing l i t e r a t u r e f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n ,

14. I n t e r n a t i o n a l Bmknote Society Bu l l e t ins .

1 5 0 The Canadian Numismatic Journal 1964.

16. Ontario Numismatist 1962, 1963, 1964. 1 7 , Numismatic Notes and Monographs - published by American Numismatic 18, Coin and Medal B u l l e t i n - B. 4. Seaby Ltd. Society.

19. Pos ta l Information - by Canada Post Office. 20. Brond-Lichtenfels e t ale Col lec t ions - Public Auction Catalogue by

. ' c c and Hans M. F. Schulman, 21, Beebe s Annual Catalogue - 1964-65

22. Great Eas tern Numismatic Associat ion Auction Sale - by James KeJly,

23, Numismatic L i t e r a t u r e -by Frank J.. Katen,

24. United S t a t e s and Canadian Commemorative Medals and Tokens - by C l i f f o r d Mischler.

25. Auction Catalogue - Mail Bid Sale - by Abner Kreisberg.

26. My Bank and Hnw I Can Use It - by Bank of Montreal. 27, Golden Sale - P a r t 3 - by Hans M e F. Schulman, 28. Papal Medals - by Regency Coin & Stamp Co. Ltd.

29, Commemoratives of Great Figures and Events i n U.S. History - by Regency Coin and Stamp Coo Ltd.

30. nTumismatic Books - by Regency Coin and Stamp Coo Ltds

The l i s t of books w i l l be completed next month and as our l i b r a r i a n i s i n the process of moving, we hope t o be able t o l e t you know when and where you w i l l be able t o borrow any books t h a t i n t e r e s t yo.&, next month.

5 C O I N CLUB NENS F R O M OUR MEMBER CLUBS

BIIANTFORD NUMISMATIC SOCIETY - -- We welcome the following Off icers f o r 1969-

Pres ident - Fred Hiuser, Vice-President - Ernie Baker, Secre tary - Ernie L igh t l e , Ass i s t an t Sec re ta ry - Phi l Baker, Treasurer-Tom Savory, Historian- Mrs. Mary Hilborn, Librarian-Tom Gear ,Advisory Member-Walter Griggs, D i r e c t o r s - Henry Meggitt & George Wagner, Editor-John Barchino. The January meeting fea tured 0, IT. A. Audio-Visual s l i d e s on l a r g e cent pieces of Canada. CENTRAL C O I N CLUB - Have as t h e i r Pres ident f o r 1969 Vince Doran, Treasurer-ROW. Shi l l ingworth, Secre tary & Progr am-Ricky Morse, Publ ici ty- Ricky Morse,Director s-Roy Longo,Eric M i l l e r , Keith Evans,Reanus Holtman, Gary Doran, John Cloran, Steve Oko and L m r y McNeill. Good Luck t o you all, HAMILTON C O I N CLUB -

Welcomes back Arthur Honour as Pres ident f o r another y e a . To a s s i s t him a re Vice President-Ken Palmer, Treasurer- Gordon McComb, Secretary-Eugene Culp. The theme of the January meeting i s Preparing Coin Displays and "What Judges Look ForIf. A good meeting. HURONIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION-

The January meeting i s the e l e c t i o n s of o f f i c e r s and new blood i s needed, The r e s u l t s w i l l be given next month. NIAGARA FALLS C O I N CLUB -

The new pres ident i s John Sanderson, vice- president-Don ~ c ~ o n a l d , ~ r e a s u r e r - k s . T. ~ a l e y , s e c r e t a r y - ~ l o i d Hottot , Direc tors - Iaaus Muller, J, Near, Pete Kostyk, Mrs, A. Tompkins. C I T Y OF OTTPjlJA C O I N CLUB -

The l a s t meeting was h ighl ighted by a s l i d e show of Aust ra l ian Coins courtesy of the C.N.A. A-new-const i tut ion and By-Laws was accepted, They a re busy preparing f o r May 3 and 4. PORT CRZDIT C O I N CLUB -

A t the l a s t meet in^ M r . Don F l i c k displayed a - "

por t ion of h i s remarkable Canadian token ~ o l l e c t i o n and gave an impromptu t a l k a s the scheduled speaker, M r . Gale J a r v i s , co~ i ld n o t a t tend due t o i l l n e s s . The new o f f i c e r s w i l l be announced next month, RICHMONJ~ HILL C O I N CLUB -

Are busy preparing fo r t h e i r F i f t h Annual Show March 22nd. .The new Pres ident , Ricky Morse and sec rea ta ry , Frank Culharri, a re ready f o r a good and e x c i t i n g y e a , SARNIA TTUMISMATIC SOCIETY -

Mr. George Smith of B r i g h t ' s Grove was the gues t speaker a t the l a s t meeting, Coloured s l i d e s were shown of Sa rn ia and D i s t r i c t Landmarksdating back t o t h e 1800' s o M r . Smith t o l d about t h e f i r s t Banks and had some old s t o r e tokens, ST. CATIIARINES C O I N CLUB -

The January meeting fea tu red s h o r t t a l k s by t h r e e of the Junior Club members on "Why I Col lec t Coins17.This was fall- owed by an auct ion which was enjoyed by over 120 members and guests. ST, THOMAS NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION -

The 1969 Ekecutive i s : President- C . J.Miedema,Vice-President-Harvey ~ l l i s , $ e c r e t a r ~ - ~ . W. O i Ne i l l , Treaswer- George Conno$, Editor-Harry James, Direc tors - Mrs. Clunes, Arnold Baxter, J i m Ross, George Kerhoulas, Ken Tuff, The s p e c i a l f e a t u r e of the f i r s t meeting of the year was a t a l k 111969rT,

TORONTO C B I N CLUB -

The January meeting fea tured a s l i d e show "Trading tokens of the Yukont1 from t h e C.N.A. l i b r a r y . This was much enjoyed by all .

WATERLOO COIN SOCIETY- The January meeting fea tured M r b Rex Pearce of Toronto

speaking on "Nickel Coins and Sherritt-Gordont1 Sherritt-Gordon suppl ies t h e n i c k e l blanks f o r t h e Royal Canadian Mint and s e v e r a l fo re ign countj r i e s . M r . Pearce i s i n t h e head o f f i c e i n Toronto and h i s t a l k was very i n t e r e s t i n g , ******** ******** *****>k** ******** ********

REPORT BY TH!3 DIRECTOR OF Q.N.A, AREA # 6 - RICKY MORSE.

1 am extrerpely pleased t o be able t o r e p o r t t h a t all t h e O o N o A . member clubs i n my a r e a appear t o be heal thy and happy,, . .with good attendances, increased member sh ips and hea l thy p m t i c i p a t i o n i n dl club funct ions . Being personal ly a member of these clubs keeps me i n contac t w i t h all major programs i n progress i n the l i n e of a c t i v i t y of t h e present and fu tu re .

Having been a gues t speaker a t t h e major c lubs I found t h e 'members t o be both a t t e n t i v e and apprec ia t ive of the information t o be gleaned from t h e main theme of my sub jec t s ,

The s e c r e t of a l l successfu l coin clubs to-day i s contained i n one s i n g l e word.. . oGOODFELL~S-HIP9 and I f i n d t h i s t o be a most important f a c t o r i n every p r o j e c t t h a t i s undertaken by any c lubg r e g a r d l e s s of i t s s i ze .

This may be e s p e c i a l l y not iced a t a l l Ontario Numismatic Associat ion shows and Conventions.. , .where any member i n good s tandingt t may en te r a d isp lay . This, t o me, i s the HAND OF GOODFELLC%JSHIP being proffered.

During 1969 i t i s up t o us , as a f r a t e r n i t y of numismatist,^, t o j o i n hands together and progress i n , t h e goodfellowship of t h e Gntario Numismatic Associat ion f o r t h e f u t u r e b e n e f i t of tlie younger generat ion i n t h e years ahead,

1fz.a.n~ coin clubs, o r c o l l e c t o r s , wish .to d i s c u s s any matter per- t a i n i n g t o numLsmatics they may contac t me a t t h e following address:

Ricky Morse, P.O. Box 91, S t a t i o n t18t 9 Danforth kve., Toronto, Ont. ******** ******** ******** ********* ********

CANADIAN C O I N COMMENTS By Bernard G o Kline,

Many c o l l e c t o r s claim t h a t t h e most b e a u t i f u l s e t of Canadian CohS, e s p e c i a l l y when i n unci rcula ted condi t ion, m e t h e s m a l l 5-cent s i l v e r p ieces i ssued from 1858 t o 1921. Three d i f f e r e n t monarchs a r e shown i n t h i s f i n e s e r i e s of coins , These miniature coins a r e except ional ly w e l l engraved and make a very irilpressive d isp lay . EIowever, n o t many c o l l e c t o r s a re aware of t h e f a c t t h a t t h e s e 5-cent s i l v e r coins came from t h e mint i n sealed metal tubes and no t loose i n bags as other denominations a re d i s t r i b u t e d , They a re stamped wi th t h e d a t e and t h e mint mark of t h e i s s u i n g mint, (London, Heaton a id Canada) , dependc~ng on where they were s t ruck , These metal tubes a re now i n t e r e s t i n g c o l l e c t o r s i tems, bu t a r e n o t widely seen.

PROPOSED C O I N SHOWS - To help clubs decide upon a coin show d a t e t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t with anothzr club i n i t s a r e a we a re l i s t i n g proposed. da tes . Proposed d a t e s rill be l i s t e d every t h r e e months and f o r t h e l a s t t h r e e consecutive months p r io r t o show d a t e , March 22- Richmond H i l l Annual. Spring Show i n t h e Lions H a l l from

10.00 a,m. t o 10,00 porn6 March 22 !4St. Thomas Nunisma-tic Associat ion S i x t h Annual Coin Show and

Banquet i n Grace United Church, S t . Thomas, Ontario.

March 29 -Waterloo Coin Socie ty Annual Banquet and Coin Show. General & 30 Cha-j.rman-Wilf. Erb, P, 0. Box 419 Waterloo, Ont. Dealers welcome.

Apr i l 1 2 -Bay of Quinte Numismatic Associat ion Annual Coin Show a t the Hotel Quinte, Corner Bridge and Pinnacle S t r e e t s , B e l l e v i l l e ; Ont, President-l1Duke1I Parry, Box 125, B e l l e v i l l e , Ont,

A.pril 1 9 -Hanilton Coin Club Spring Show and Banquet, Apri l 1 9 , 1969, For information wr i t e t o P. S t a t i o n "Bi ' , , Hamilton, Ont.

Saturday, 0. Box 325,

.!April 20 -Chatham Coin Club F i r s t Annual Coin Show a t t h e Holiday Inn9 Kei l Drive, Chatham, Onto Bourse Chairman - David Cregg, 192 Richmond S t , , Chatham, Exhibi t Chairman - Walter Neman, Por t Alma, Ont.

- 4 ~ r i l 26 -Hu~onia Numisinatic Associa t ion of B a r r i e Annual Coin Show on Saturday, a t T r i n i t y H a l l , C o l l i e r S t . , B a r r i e , from 12.00 t o 10.00 p.m. For f u r t h e r information w r i t e t o Po 0. Box 243, Bar r i e , Ont.

.J .pri l 27 -S t ra t fo rd Coin Club Annual Show i n t h e Pa r i sh H a l l , Further d e t a i l s l a t e r .

May 3 & --City of Ottawa Coin Show a t t h e Talisman Motor Inn, 1376 4 Caling Avs. , Ottawa. Chairman -H.A. Burtoii; Bourse chairman-

Paul Sul l ivan; Exh ib i t s chairlilan - Don MacRae.

May 5 .- Sarn ia Eumislnatic S o ~ i e t y Anliual Banquet w i l l be held on May Sth, 1969,

May 10 - 0. No A, Seventh Annual Convention a t Prudhoinme ' s Garden Centre & 11 Motel, hos t c lub, S t . Catharines Coin Club. Chairman -- Pat

Lambert, 57 Emmett Rd, ,S t . Catharines. Bou-rse d e a l e r s contac-': - < Howard H i l l , l r.-;-es l;.,StDCG?lh&inoa 3: - . k i t e t8.P. ue .Box33 - . Waterloo, Ont,

Sept. 28 -Sarnia Numismatic Socie ty Annual Coin Show, More d e t a i l s l a t e r .

Oct, 4 -I(itchener Coin Club Annual Banquet and coin Sholfo More & 5 d e t a i l s l a t e r , ******** ******** ******** ******** I*******

D I D YOU KNOW THAT :- More c o u n t e r f e i t money was passed i n Quebec l a s t year than i n t h e

n ine other provinces combined, r e p o r t s James Nesbi t t , a document examiner a t the RCMP f e d e r a l l abora to ry i n Ottawa. He was giving evidence at a cour t cacc involving bogus b i l l s ,

The Swedish 10-.daler copper coins of the 1 7 t h century weighQd up t o 3G pounds each,

One of the only s ix known specimens of the U.S. 1804 s i l v e r d o l l a r was sold i n 1960 f o r $28,000,

C&TADArS HISTORY CHABTERED WITH MONEY

(Or ig ina l ly published i n t h e i r November 1967 i s s u e , and r e p r i n t e d by kind permission of COINS MAGAZINE, Iola,Wisc, ,U. S. A.)

Nwnismatists who choose t o c o l l e c t i n t h e Canadian arexla soon f i n d t h a t t h e f i e l d i s r e p l e t e wi th i n t e r e s t i n g specimens, be they t h e tokens of the French regime or the l a t e r B r i t i s h co lon ia l i s s u e s , playing card money, t h e f r a c t i o n d s h i n p l a s t e r s , or the commemorative coins of t h e modern era . I n add i t ion t o these more common i tems, t h e r e a re a l s o t h e i n t e r e s t i n g and unique money c h a r t s of W i l l Kernohan.

Icernohan, n o t a r i c h m a n by t h e r u l e s of most, spent a g r e a t d e a l of time and money researching Canadian h i s t o r y as it r e l a t e d t o numismatics i n order t h a t he might l eave f o r f u t u r e generat ions of Canadians h i s c l iar ts t r a c i n g "The His tory of Canada i n MoneyH.

When a f t e r many y e a r s he f i n a l l y had t h e contents of the c h a r t s completed, i t developed t h a t t h e Deputy Minister of Finance of Ccmada would no t grant t h e necessary permission t o reproduce appropr ia te specimens of Canadian currency i n p r in t . A stubborn Irishman, Kernohan had worked too long and hard t o accept d e f e a t a t t h i s l e v e l . I n r e t a l i a t i o n he went t o the top , w r i t i n g the following l e t t e r t o George V l , of England.

I1Your servant ha? a mat ter he would l i k e t o b r ing before H s Majesty i n connection wi th Canadar s h i s to ry . For some time I have been working on a plan, i n t h e form of a chart . This cha r t , when completed w i l l shold a complete h i s t o r y of a l l the coinage and paper money of the Dominion cf Canada, from 1867 t o t h e present i s sue , . . bu t our g r e a t d i f f i c u l t y i s t o g e t a reproduct ion as i t i s a cr iminal offence t o reproduce money. Your se rvan t d e s i r e s t o ask E s Majesty i f he w i l l cnnsider some means of i s s u i n g a permit t o have t h i s c h a r t reproduced f o r the purpose s t a t ed . :i

To apprec ia te t h e deep meaning Kernohan put behind t h i s l e t t e r , one must explore his background and t h e i n t e n s i t y w i t h which he compiled t h e information and co l l ec ted t h e numismatic specimens i l l u s t r a t e d on t h e money char t s . Icernohan w a s born i n 1874- on a farm near Fores t i n south-- western Ontario. His f a t h e r emigrated t o Canada from Ballamana I r e l a n d , and was of Empire L o y a l i s t stock. Kis mother, t h e adopted daughter of 2 s e a capta in , was from Edinburgh, Scotland, A t 13 young Kernohan d e v e l o p d a l s i k e poisoning behind the eyes as a r e s u l t of exposure i n t h e threshing of a l s i k e clover. He soon began l o s i n g h i s s i g h t and was i n l a t e r years t o become completely b l ind . The l i f e t i m e handicap was t o serve as Kernohan1s i n s p i r a t i o n i n l a t e r l i f e f o r t h e production oz his unique money char t s , which were pr imar i ly intended t o serve t h e youth of t h e land. His i d e a w a s t h a t t h e c h a r t s would provide l a s t i n g i l l u s t r a t i o n s of old Canadian currency f o r f u t u r e generat ions, l i n k i n g them wi th t h e growth, t h e i n d u s t r i e s and t h e resources of Canada, so they can see them while t h e y ' r e young beca~xse some may l o s e t h e i r s i g h t a s I have1!,

Having a g r e a t love f o r Canada, Kernohan bel ieved t h a t t h e rollzance of her h i s t o r y could and should be presented t o school ch i ld ren i n an i n t e r e s t i n g v i s u a l form. He f e l t t h e c h a r t s could be t h e beginning of such a method, and h i s ambition was t o see them placed i n schools, l i b r a - r i e s and museums a l l across Canada,

Cer ta in ly Kernohan had na i d e a a t t h e time t h a t only a few years a f t e r h i s dea th coin c o l l e c t o r s i n Canada and t h e United S t a t e s would consider the c h a r t s a s c o l l e c t o r i tems, Active coin c o l l e c t o r s were few and fa r between i n Canada when Kernohan was doing r e s e a r c h f o r h i s colapact !'The History of Canada i n Money1!, To-day h i s achievement s tands as t h e only chronic le of i t s kind i n t h e world.

ICernohan s e t out on h i s t a s k of compiling and present ing these char'ts i n 1938. It was an enormous t a s k f o r a man of 64- years age who had t h r e e

P a ~ e 19 s t r i k e s aga ins t him from t h e very stLxrt , being t o t a l l y b l i n d , nea r ly deaf and heavi ly dependent on otlzers. By the time he was ready t o p r i n t h i s c h a r t s Canada was a t w a r , making both labour and m a t e r i a l scarce.

To r e a l i z e h i s dream i n compiling '"The History of Canada i n Money1' Kernohan s e t out f i r s t t o r e sea rch ava i l ab le m a t e r i a l on Canadian Currency l i n k i n g it wi th t h e s t o r y of Canada's growth from a wi lderness inhzbi ted only by Indians t o a modern na t ion . Then, all of t h i s compiled h i s t o r i c a l d a t a was checked by educators , This slow and l abor ious t a sk , which took almost t h r e e years t o complete, Gas made all the more ted ious by Kernhhanls l a c k of s i g h t , Another in f luenc ing f a c t o r was h i s l a c k of a complete formal eddcation, I n the meantime, and a c t u a l l y s ince 1927, Kernohan had been c o l l e c t i n g nunismatic specimens which were t o be used i n preparing' i 1 l u s t - r a t i o n s f o r the char ts . B3.s ambitions as a coin c o l l e c t o r had been given l i g h t i n 1927 when he was given an 1859 cent ,

The examples of paper currency used i n i l l u s t r a t i n g t h e c h a r t s came fxon; two sources; Kernohan's personal c o l l e c t i o n and i tems which were borrowed from the archives of Canada's chartered banks. His d e ~ o t i o n t o the money c h a r t s p r o j e c t i s evidenced by the f a c t t h a t he purchased a s e r i e s 1935 S i r Wilfred Laur'f o~ $1,000 note. I n another i n s t a n c e he went t o g r e a t pa ins t o l o c a t e a specimen of an 1872 Dominion of Canada $50,00 note. Though he was never able t o ob ta in one, he was no t stopped e a s i l y , as he again wrote a r eques t t o King George V 1 , one which would n o t be f i l l e d .

F i n a l l y , everything, t h e t e s t and i l l u s t r a t i o n s , had been assembled and prepmed. Al l t h a t remained was f o r the p r i n t i n g p l a t e s t o be prepared, A t t h i s poin t t h e e n t i r e p r o j e c t ground t o a h a l t as Kernohan could no t ob ta in permission t o have t h e banbiotes reproduced. He was t o l d f i n a l l y and emphatically t h a t it was aga ins t t h e law t o p r i n t i l l u s t r a t i o n s of currency i n any way f o r any purpose whatsoever. However too much e f f o r t had been put i n the p r o j e c t f o r ICernohan t o allow it t o drop e a s i l y . Two f r u i t l e s s t r i p s t o Ottawa ensued, i n which he personal ly pe t i t ioned t h e Deputy Minister of Finance, D r . W , C , Clark, When all e l s e f a i l e d , possibly no one bu t \ J i l l ICernohan would have considered p e t i t i o n i n g t h e King of England. This l e t t e r which w a s quoted previously, brought r e s u l t s . A r e p l y i n t h e alff i rnat ive was received f r o n the Governor-General of Canada,

Soon wheels were s e t i n motion and the l i t t l e m a 1 from Fores t wi th t h e b ig i d e a f o r f u t u r e Canadians received t h e permission he sought t o p r i n t reproduct ions of c e r t a i n e a r l y Canadian banknotes, T h i s permission was received from the very ixan who had twice refused himyDr. W . C. Clark. Now only one more problem remained t o solve, and ICernohan f e l t t h a t time was running out on him. Who would p r i n t t h e c h a r t s t o s u i t him? After many i n q u i r i e s and f r u s t r a t i n g de lays , the H u l l P r in t ing Co. of Winnipeg, Manitoba was se lec ted t o be r e spons ib le f o r the prepara t ion of t h e p l a t e s and t h e p r in t ing . Kernohant s f i r s t l e t t e r t o them was dated December 8,1942, and i t was-..not u n t i l Apri l of 1947 t h a t t h e f i r s t pr in ted c h a r t s came of f the press , The shortage of labour and t h e obtaining the r i g h t kind of paper slowed down t h e work. An a d d i t i o n d inf luence was the g r e a t d i s t a n c e between t h e author and the p r i n t e r . During t h e more than four years , Kernohan made two t r i p s t o Winnipeg personal ly t o check proofs and l ayou t s . Kernohan had shipped t o Winnipeg the numismatic i tems t o be used i n t h e prepara t ion of the i l l u s t r a t i v e p la te s . The engravers who made t h e p l a t e s re fused t o be respons ib le f o r the valuable coins and paper qoney i n t h e c o l l e c t i o n , in- s i s t i n g t h a t one of t h e b ro the r s i n the Hull p r i n t i n g f i rm pick them up each n igh t , Each morning they were re turned from t h e s e c u r i t y v a u l t s , The r i t u a l continued u n t i l t h e job was completed. F i n a l l y , n ine years a f t e r W i l l Kernohan f i r s t s t a r t e d work on "The History of Canada i n Money" c h a r t s , they were ready f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n . One of the f i r s t copies was s e n t t o Pr incess El izabeth , wi th apprec ia t ion and acknowledgement being made by t h e Governor-General on August 17,1948.

Educators were immediately e n t h u s i a s t i c about the Kernohan money chartit.

They were requested.' by publ ic shhools, co l leges u n i v e r s i t i e s , l i b r a r i e s and museums. They were placed on d i sp lay a& t h e hroyal Ontario Museum i n Toronto through t h e e f f o r t s of Lieutenant E.A. Baker, co-founder of t h e Canadian National I n s t i t u t e f o r t h e Blind, who were per sona l ly i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e pro jec t .

Although Kernohan's fami ly d id n o t share h i s i n t e r e s t i n t h e money c h a r t s , and couldn ' t understand h i s devot ion t o a p r o j e c t which d id n o t i n t w r e s t them, h i s son Fred has a p a i r of then i n his genera l s t o r e i n 1nx.c; ' Ontxrio. Five yea r s ago, coin c o l l e c t o r , C a r l Lehrbass of Alvinston, Ontario, not iced t h e c h a r t s hanging on t h e w a l l and asked about them. This brought t o l i g h t another chapter i n t h e h i s t o r y of t h e cha r t s ,

(The r e s t of t h i s s t o r y w i l l be t o l d i n the March issue.)

THIS ' N THAT-

Here i t i s a l ready t h e end of another b u l l e t i n . . . .We have severa l i tems which we wish t o draw t o your a t t e n t i o n , . ... Firstly-You w i l l no te t h a t we have s t a r t e d t o publ i sh our l i s t of numismatic books i n the 0. N.A. l i b ra ry . . . . .We would ask members t o r e f r a i n from ordering t h e s e books f o r the time being u n t i l our l i b r a r i a n has a chance t o g e t s e t t l e d i n her new home.. . . . Note t o Hazel - Please advise Ye Ed when you w i l l be ready t o again s tar t shipping books out so we can pub l i sh your new address,. Thanks Alan MacNab f o r your l e t t e r , w i l l be wr i t ing t o you i n the very near f u t u r e r e your a r t i c l e . . . . .O. N.A. forthcoming show-- 1. a conf iden t i a l note t o all who may be planning t o a t tend t h e 0,N.A. Convention a t -Prudhommel s Garden Centre, May 10 and 11- Prudhomrae s have advised me t h a t any f o l k s who a re p l h i h g t o s t a y Friday, Saturday o r Sunday n i g h t s should be sure t o book accommodations through our Accomniodations Chairman, Robert Cassidy, 77 P j n ~ S t . N., Thorold, Ont., so t h a t you can be sure of securing the s p e c i a l r a t e s granted t o t h e O e N o A e f o r t h i s Convention.. , . .2. Notice t o Bourse Dealers - Already we have received sor!ie orders f o r bourse t a b l e s f o r the Convention. We would again advise e a r l y booking of bowrse t a b l e s t o take adv,antage of (a) f i r s t come b e s t t a b l e s and lb ) tlie $10.00 t 02 $5.00 savings a s previously s t a t e d (by March 15th-$b0.00 and Apr i l 15'th-$b5.00, cheques may be postdated) , o rde r s t o Howard H i l l , 1 Hayes Ave., S t , Catharines, Ont.... Notice t o B u l l e t i n Secretaries..We would r e s p e c t f u l l y remind you good f o l k s t h a t we would l i k e club news, e t c . a t t h e l a t e s t by t h e 25 th of t h e month, otherwise your news w i l l be out of d a t e by t h e t ime t h e next b u l l e t i n i s issued. , .Thanks f o r your co-oper at ion. . . . ,P lease don ' t f o r g e t your nominations f o r the Award of Meri t and equal ly important your nominations f o r the o f f i c e s of t h e 0. N.A. Executive f o r 1969-1971,. . . Also may we remind you of your membership dues now due.. . . . . FLASH.. .... . HELP. ,.. ..ATTENTION. ... OR WHAT MVE YOU. .... Nm EEAR THIS....

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Volume 8 March 1969 P a ~ e 21

CLVADAtS TEN RAREST COINS

By John McICay-Clements

The Edi tor of Numismatic Newsletter, monthly pub l i ca t ion of the Numismatic L i t e r a r y Guild, Lee Martin, asked t h e quest ion "What a re the 10 r a r e s t coins i n t h e worldt1? Someone asked us and we gave them our opinion, but what i s yours?I1 Needless t o say I could n o t l e t t h i s pass without put t ing i n a nomination f o r our own C a n a d i a ~ coins. Then along comes the January 1969 i s s u e of The Ontario Numisma- t i s t wi th t h e s ta tement a t t h e bottom of page 3 t h a t t h e r a r e s t Canadian coins a re t h e $10 and $20. gold p ieces s t ruck a t New Westminster, B,C. i n 1862. The t roub le i s t h a t they were No. 9 and No. 10 on my l i s t .

Before I give you my l i s t l e t me t e l l . you a t once t h a t NO. 1, I know, should be i n t h e No. 6 pos i t ion , b u t who could put what I consider t o be t h e ui(inglt of Canadian coins anywhere e l s e but i n t h e

'number one spot , I know t h i s w i l l spark q u i t e an argument among Canada's c o l l e c t o r s a s t o which m e our t e n r a r e s t coins , t h a t i s why I am w r i t i n g t h i s f o r Pat Lambert, OUT own energe t i c Ed i to r , 1. The Cmadian S i l v e r Dol lar 1911.

Two known. 2. Nova Sco t i a Penny token. Courteau 361A,

See The Numismatist, February 1922, page 67. Unique.

3. a r e t o n 999.ships,Colonies & Commerce token, bel ieved unique.

4. Breton 672. .,h Penny Bouquet token, 1837. Unique.

5. Breton 898,Robert Hopwood & Sons token 1852. Believed t o be unique.

6 , Breton 712. Bouquet Sou, 2 known. 7. Sovereign minted i n Canada.1916C.

I h o w of four , 8. Breton 501. French Regime. 1 5 So l s

1670. Breton, says "This i s one of the r a r e s t of Canadian coinsu.

9. Breton 9 3 k . ~ r i t i s h Columbia 2Q Dol lars 1862, gold. Breton saysflGnly 1 o r 2

known, I know of two i n p r i v a t e c o l l e c t i o n s , perhaps two i n B,C. AT ch ives . 1 0 , Breton 93S .Br i t i sh Columbia 1 0 D o l l a r s , 1962, gol8 . Same n o t e a s

f o r No. 9 , Now -to add f u e l t o t h e f i r e I should n c t e t h a t t o make my l i s t

v a l i d , i t must f i r s t be conceded t h a t a genuine t r a d e token i s a co in , I s2y i t i s , and t o s t r e n g t h e n my argument I would p o i n t ou t t h a t most o f our modern coinage a r e r e a l l y no th ing b u t t r a d e t okens , Next, someone w i l l say t h a t I should n o t have inc luded a p a t t e r n , b u t we a r e speaking of co ins , and t h a t p a t t e r n a t t h e head of t h e l i s t i s d e f i n i t e - l y a c o i n s t r u c k from c o i n d i e s and would have been i s s u e d l a t e r i f t h i n g s had taken t h e i r norrial course.

Some of illy f r i e n d s w i l l l e a p olito I tem 7. I ccm hear them say ing , !'The Sovereigns a r e B r i t i s h Coins1I. Truc b u t t h e 1916 C was minted i n Canada from Canadian gold ,md i s t h e r e f o r e p a r t of t h e Canadian numismatic scene, c e r t a i n l y a s much a s I t e n 8 whicli was ~ i n t e d i n France b u t was l e g a l cwlrency h e r e ( so was t h e 1916 C s o v e r e i g n ) , I tem 5 w i l l come i n f o r i t s s h a r e of c r i t i c i s m on t h e grounds t h a t i t w a s s t r u c k f o r a f i r m i n t e n d i n g t o do b u s i n e s s i n Nova S c o t i a b u t which never "go t o f f t h e ground11, Bre ton c la ims t h a t two were seen t h e Cariadian co ins i n an Eng l i sh c o l l e c t i o n , I t s l i s t i n g i n Breton stalces a claim f o r i t s p o s i t i o n i n Canadian numismatics u n t i l somebody proves t h e c la im t o be wrong.

I tems 9 and l o , i n my c o l l e c t i o n , a r e f i l l e d by S i l v e r - G i l t p a t t e r n s from t h e Kuner e s t a t e , wh i l e p o s i t i o n s 4 6 a r e empty. I thought I had a chance of f i l l i n g t h e No, 6 p o s i t i o n a t t h e r e c e n t Sotheby & Co, (Canada) Ltd . , s a l e i n Toronto b u t u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e co in l i s t e d proved t o be wrongly a t t r i b u t e d . Now you have my i d e a of Canadaf s t o p t e n , what a e yours? ******** ******** .& .I. T - P * * * * * .I. **:'6***** ******** D I D YOU KNW -

The wor ldf s l a r g e s t form of cur rency was t h e g i a n t holcd-s tone d i s c . c a l l e d Fe used on t h e i s l a n d of Yap i l i t h e P a c i f i c , . . .It sometimes reached a d iameter of 1 2 feet---- A medikn-sized s t o n e d i s c was worth one wife .

A d e a l e r i n f o r e i g n money i s known as a c ,mbis t , Gold i s hardened by adding copper so t h a t c o i n s w i l l n o t be worn

away by handl ing. **f :k**s(:* ****s/.,*** *****>k** ***:k96$** ******** SPEAKERS' CIRCUIT - The Ontxr io Numislliatic Assoc i a t i on would a p p r e c i a t e i t i f any member having lrnowledge of another member i n t h e i r c lub o r zny o t h e r c lub t h a t shows p o t e n t i a l as a speaker would ad-vise i B N PROPHET CFMTC CFB BORDEN, BORDEN, O ~ t ~ a r i o s o a l i s t of speakers may be prepared , ******** ******** ******:k* %***%*f* ** ****** THE: ONTARIO iWMISivlATIST i s publislzed monthly by t h e Onta r io Nmismat ic Assoc ia t ion . The p u b l i c a t i o n may be ob ta ined w i t h memberships of one of t h e fo l lowing c a t e g o r i e s . L i f e member ships-$SO,, r e g u l a r member ships- $3 .00 ,yemly , Juniors-$2, y e a r l y , (up t o 18 yexrs of a g e ) , Husband and Wife (one ~ o u r n d ) - $ ~ ~ y e a r l y , Club-$10, yea r ly . S p e c i a l 0, No A, S t e r l i n g Lapel P in s (screw back o r p i n back) only $2,50. Remit tances ( p l u s bank exchange i f paid by cheque) payable t o t h e Olitario Numismatic Assoc i a t i on , Po OoBox 33, Waterloo, Ontario. Authorized a s second c l a s s m a i l by t h e Pos t Off ice Departixelit, Ottawa, and TOT payment of pos tage i n cash.

- ONTARIO T\SUMISMATIC ASSOCIATI ON COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES

FOR EXHIBITS FOR 1969 SEVENTH ANNU-! CONVENTION - MAY Iln and 11, 1969

PRUDHOMMEr S GARDEN CEWTW MOTEL - ST. CATLYARINESS OlWARIO A - JUNIOR - I n c l u d e s a l l numismatic l l l a t e r i a l s e n t e r e d by a jun ior

c o l l e c t o r under 18 y e a r s o f age, B - CANADIAX COIXS - Decimal co ins of Canada,. Newfoundland, New

Brunswick and Nova S c o t i a . C - TOKENS - Medals and Medal l ions - S i n g l y o r Combined. D - C A i W I A N CURRENCY - A l l o r " f i c i d C,madian P2per Money, E - TOPICAL - A common theme - (people , b u i l d i n g s , t r e e s , me ta l s ?

animals , e t c ) . F - WORLD CURRENCY - O f f i c i a l Fore ign Paper IvIoney, G - WORLD COINS - Coins of t h e world. H - ERRORS - E r r o r s occur ing i n t h e o f f i c i a l p roduc t ion of numismatic

m a t e r i a l .

3 - MISCELLAJVEOUS - kll material . t h a t i s n o t s p e c i f i e d i n o the r c a t e g o r i e s ,

K - GRAND ATiARD - Determined by judging all d i s p l a y s W I N N I N G A FIRST i n c a t e g o r i e s A t o J,

RECOMMENDATION - InfoYln judges on a s e p a r a t e n o t e about complimentmy - m a t e r i a l i n d i s p l a y o r background in fo rma t ion on making d i s p l a y .

NOTE - The Disp lay Chairmanr s d e c i s i o n as t o ca t ego ry w i l l be f i n a l , - Disp l3ys w i l l be judged according t o t h e d i s p l a y r u l e s . PLEASE - r ead t h e s e r u l e s c a r e f u l l y a d e x h i b i t by t h e s e stand- a rds , d i s p l a y s w i l l be numbered so t h e judges w i l l no$ know t h e names of t h e e x h i b i t o r s .

CASES - Ontar io Nmismnatic Assoc i a t i on ca se s and l o c k s w i l l be a v a i l a b l e , I n s i d e rneasurenents: 282 i n c h e s l ong , 1 6 2 i n c h e s wide, 1 7/8 in - ches deep. (S i ze o f d i s p l a y b o L r d ) .

AWARDS - Trophy wimners w i l l be determined by h i g h e s t average p o i n t s i n each r e s p e c t i v e ca tegory . Ribbons w i l l be awarded t o a l l winning d i s p l a y s f o r JFir s t , Second Third p o s i t i o n s ,

POINT SYSTEM- 30 p o i n t s - in format ion ; 1 0 p o i n t s each - eye appea l , nea tnes s , o r i g i n a l i t y , concl..ition, r a r i t y , completeness, s p e c i L d - T o t a l - 100 p o i n t s .

$ q C K XOUR CATZGORIES -- DISPLAY BY RU&ES -- YOU CAN W I N -- GOOD LUCK .I- * ** .,. * ******** & -,- J. .,. .Lr .? * * * -P * ******** ********

EELdS F R O M THE C O I N CLUBS BAY OF QUINTE- The sun& meet ing was spen t i n wheel ing and d e a l i n g and

e a t i n g one of t h e meinbers d a t e squares - a good idea . The Thurs- d2y evening meeting was g iven over t o a t a l k by C h a r l i e M i l l e r on t h e c l ean ing and p re se rv ing of c o i n s a d b i l l s .

CW1PLAIN C O I N CLUB - The Februmy meeting was f e a t u r e d as "Bring Something t o t h e Auction" and "Bring A Fr iendl l , Two good i d e a s ,

HAMILTON C O I N CLUB - The theme of t h e F e b r u a y meet ing i s "ODD AND CURIOUS1lo Everyone brought any odd o r c u r i o u s co ins t hey had and t h e O.N,A. s l i d e !!Odd a i d Curiousu was shown. Time was spen t p lanning f o r t h e Spr ing Show on A p r i l 1 2 t h . Sure t o b e a b i g cand i n t e r e s t i n g t ime,

HURONIA -NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION - -

February meeting was e l e c t i o n n i g h t but t o d a t e we have no-t received the res~CLts. W i l l publ i sh them next month, we hope.

II\JGERSOLL C O I N CLUB - The Audio-Visual. ltWanpum t o Decimal CoinsI1, p a r t #4, produced by Lloyd T. Smith. This t o l d of t h e coins and tokens of Nova Scot ia , New Brunswick and Prince Edward I s l and and Newfound- land,The 0. N,A, D i r e c t o r s Howard Whi t f ie ld and C h a l i e La i s t e r addressed t h e members on the advantages of belonging t o t h e O,N.A,

KINGSTOE C O I N CLUB - Ye Ed apologizes f o r g e t t i n g t h e wrong d a t e s of t h e Kingston meetings, They a re on MOBDAY NIGHTS n o t Sunday, Thanks, Fred,

LONDON i~TUMISMATIC SOCIETY - M r , Fred Measor ?resented an i n t e r e s t i h g t d k - on ltCoins of t h e B a l t i c StatesI1. This t a l k was t o have been given i n January bu t was postponed due t o t h e s m a l l at tendance, Bad Weather, The r e s t of the meeting was thrown open f o r d i scuss ion and proved very i n t e r e s t i n g .

NIAGARA FALLS C O I N CLUB - The l a s t meeting enjoyed. a ItHoward H i l l Q L I ~ Z ~ ' whicli was very enl ightsn ing and a l s o had a f i n e auct ion thrown in.

C I T Y OF OTTAWA COIP CLUB- Ottawa t e l l s u s t h e r e a r e only f i v e bourse t a b l e s l e f t f o r t h e i r May 3 and 11- Show. Guy Po t t e r gave a t a l k on h i s r e c e n t t r i p t o t h e C h a r e l I s lands . He t o l d of a medal he had had i n h i s c o l l e c t i o n f o r over 30 yea r s and while i n London cleared up the inystery about it. The medal turned out t o be commemorating t h e capture of Bel le I s l e i n 1761. His copy i s unci rcula ted i n Brass and unknown i n t h a t meta l up t o now,

PORT CREDIT C O I N CLUB - A t t he February meeting a preview of some of t h e ma te r i a l t o be auctioned o f f a t the j o i n t meeting of t h e Cakadian Paper ivloney Socie ty and Toronto Coin Club l a t e r t h i s month. Then a t t h e second rneeting of t h e month the r e s u l t s of t h e above L

auction'.was~seviewed. RICHMOND HILL C O I N CLUB - Most of the meeting was given over t o f u r t h e r

prepara t ions f o r the Coin Show March 22nd a t which the doors w i l l be open from 9 , O O a,m. t o 11.00 p.m. Keep t h i s i n mind,

STo CATHARIIVES C O I N CLUE3 - 73 melilbers m d 1 9 v i s i t o r s enjoyed a very i n t e r e s t i n g and informative t a l k by Vic Po t t e r on Medical and M i l i t a r y Medals. Vic i s a member of t h e Canadiaii Socie ty of M i l i t a r y Medals and h i s c o l l e c t i o n i s over 200 medical and m i l i t a r y medals, The u s u d a ~ ~ c t i o n w a s inucli enjoyed, Dennis Jessome suggested a p e t i t i o n be sen t t o the mint t o pro te& t h e

coins now being minted and t h a t t h e minting of proof- l ike s e t s be resuned,

SARNIA nJIT"I4ISlfATIC SOCIETY - A panel d iscuss ion llLihatl s My Coin1' produced by Rod Rekofski o f the O.N,Ao provoked inuch d iscuss ion , Also Yi. Tyler gave a t,allr ou t l in ing the I1Pool P ~ o j e c t ~ ~ .

ST. THOMAS P$O1\11SMATIC --.. A880CIATION - - The t o p i c f o r the meeting was I1Money M i l i t e ~ s l ~ presented by George Kerhoulas, The club was saddened by the passing of cha r t e r nember # 6 , M r . Russ Luniley, who joined the Club i n January, 1963,

STRATFOPD. C O I N CLUB - The Club i s g e t t i n g rea6y f o r i t s Seventh Annual Coin Show, Apr i l 27th and these w i l l be the d i s p l a y ca tegor ies : Canadian, B r i t i s h Empire and Commonwealth, Foreign Coinage, Paper Money, Medals? Miscellaneous, Junior and GT and Award. Auction l i s t s may be obtained from-Auction, S t r a t f o r d Coin Club, Box 262, S t r a t f o r d , Ontario,

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THISTLETOWN C O I N CLUB - Spec ia l f e a t u r e f o r l a s t meeting a s h o r t movie f ea tu re -o ra l coin quiz-auct ion- ins t ruc t ion on t h e O o N o A m point-- judging system,

TORONTO COIN-CLUB - The February meeting was j o i n t wi th t h e Canadian Paper Xpney Societyand a very i n t e r e s t i n g auct ion was held, The po1icy"of the Mint wi th r e s p e c t t o the 1968 Canadian d o l l a r was discussed. The meeting nominated M r , J. J, "itman f o r t h e pos i t ion of Vice-President of t h e A,N.A,

WATERLOO - C O I N SOCIETY - This meeting was t h e Tenth Anniversary meeting and they had t h e same t a l k " F i f t y Cent Pieces1I or1IIlalf DollarsI1 given by R i l l Eng l i sh as was given t e n years ago a t t h e i r f i rs t meeting. B i l l was t h e i r f i r s t p res iden t m-d i s now Pres ident of t h e 0. N o A o They a l s o had. a b ig "Tenth Anniversmy Cakei1 ,

WELLAND - C O I N CLUB- .- The February meeting fea tu red a Donation Au: ';ion of Coins, paper money and books dea l ing wi th coins , They a re t r y i n g t o bui ld up t h e i r c lub by featuring having each member br ing sorne- one t o t h e meeting who i s i n t e r e s t e d i n coins and i n becoming a member of t h e i r club. Good work, We: - ;: L:. ;

WIAJSOR C O I N -- CLUB - Sends u s t h e following l i s t of o f f i c e r s f o r t h e coming year - Pres ident - Mrs. Carlyn Querbach, Vice- President-Raymond Simrak, Secre tary - Kenneth A m e t t , Treasurer--Guy Jamieson, Edi-Lor- C a r l W. Querbach. ******** ******** ******** ******** ********

NOMINATION LIST FOR THE 1969 - 1970 EXECUTIVE OF THE O O N * A Q - Pres ident - Don Fl ick 'Firs",;'S-c,~~-.~.~Zs.!-dent - Charles B. L a i s t e r . '"eeond Vice-President- Walter Griggs Secre tary .- Mrs, P a t Lambert Treasurer - Bruce Raszmann His tor ian - Walter Griggs Rxhlikkty -. R. R, Morse L ib ra r i an - Mrs. Hazel Mwlro Audio-visual - Charles B, L a i s t e r Display Case - Walter H o l s t Speaker s C i r c u i t - Ken Prophet Zdi tnr .-- W. E. Pat Lambert DIRECTORS - Area 1 - Howard Whi t f i e ld Area 2 AT thur Honour Area 3 - J. Edward S tah ley Area 4 - R e R. Morse

and Jack C. D i e t r i c h Area 5 ..- Ken Prophet.

Area 6 - Vince Doran Area. 7 -- Charles Mi l l e r Area 8 - E a r l C , Grandmaison Area 9 -.- John McKay-Clements Area 10 - E l l i o t t Jephson.

The above nominations have been received by the nominating committee and w i l l s tand f o r e l e c t i o n ,

1968 MINT FIC-TJBES RECENTLY RELEASED - THAWS TO MR. HOdCROFT of t h e Huronia Numismatic Sncie ty

1 - 329,600,000 PCS, 5 - 99,20O9000 P C S ~

l o@ .- 107,000,000 PCS, 2 - 88,000,000 PCS,

500p- 399009000 pCSo 1 , O O - :-',900,000 PCS, Proof- l ike s e t s - 500,000 Proof-like d o l l a r s - 875,000 1968 dated .500 f i n e 25g - 717%0,000 1968 da ted . g o f i n e lop' - ~ O , % O , O O O

The following i s a l e t t e r received from Alex M-o, F i r s t Vice-President which i s self--explanatory--- M r , Wm, Engl ish, Apr i l 2nd,1968 1. 0, Bo;: 4 - - , ..-,-c~.rl[;c), Ontci-io . Dear B i l l ,

During t h e l a s t few months i t has become evidwnt t o me and I am sure obvious t o you t h a t I am no t f u l f i l l i n g t h e o f f i c e of f i r s t vice-president of t h e 0,N.A. i n the manner which i t deserves.

This i s a f a c t which d i s t u r b s me a g r e a t d e a l s ince i t i s my s ince re convict ion t h a t one should not occupy an o f f i c e as a matter of p r e s t i g e only o be discxrded when inconvenient,

The time has come however, when I must f ace f a c t s , and r e a l i z e t h a t t h e exigencies of my work, 'which could n o t be an t i c ipa ted a year ago have become such t h a t I am n o t ab le t o f i l l an o f f i c e which by i t s na ture demands I should be ava i l ab le a t s t a t e d t imes,

I n all f a i r n e s s t o you and the O . N , A , , t he re fo re , , I am obliged t o tender my r e s i g n a t i o n from the pos t , This i s no t an easy th ing f o r me t o do s ince I an aware liow much work t h e r e i s t o be done and how worthwhile i t i s ~ u t it i s obvious from t h e developments i n my work during the l a s t months t h a t I w i l l have l e s s spare time i n the Future than I have had i n the p a s t ,

Needless t o say I w i l l help i n any way when I can but even now I have t o hedge any promises t o give a t a l k or t o a c t as a judge by t h e w a n i n g t h a t I may n o t be a v a i l a b l e when the d a t e comes around.

7' I have enjoyed very much my se rv ice w i t h t h e O . N , A , and t h e f r i e n d s h i p s I have made, and I s i n c e r e l y r e g r e t t h a t I w i l l no t have t h e time t o car ry on,

Yours s ince re ly ,

Signed: Alex (A. L .Mullro) ,

Our FTesident ' s r e p l y t o t h e above l e t t e r -. T"Ir, Alex Munro,

3703 Kingstoll Hd,, Scarborough, Ontario

Apr i l 8,1968

Dear Alex, Your l e t t e r of r e s i g n a t i o n was read wi th r e g r e t a t our l a s t

execut ive meeting a t Don Fl ick : s l a s t Wednesday, F i r s t I w a n t .to thank you personal ly f o r a job w e l l done on

behalf of the O , N , A , You have helped i n so nlany ways t o make our associ- . - a t i o n , Your t a l k s , d i s p l a y s and judging (mostly head judge), p lus all t h e e x t r a time a t t h e C,N,E, durFng ox? i n i t i a l p a r t i c i p a t i o n has been invaluable ,

With the pressure of business , which must come f i r s t , we know you s t i l l want t o he lp bu t ,are un&le t o do so as much as you would l i k e ,

Alex, we know you cannot ge t away from t h e hobby and look forward. t o your a c t i v e p a r t i c i p a t i o n when time permits ,

S incere ly , Signed - B i l l English, Pres ident ,

(N,B. - This i s the reason why Frienl . Alex i s no longer on t h e Executive u n t i l sox: .;.me i n t h e f u t u r e ) .,

- - CAiiADArS HISTORY CHARTED WITH 1.' TTEY ----

(continued from F e b r u a y i s s 3 )

It devlops t h a t a f t e r nine yeaTs of labour and a s i zeab le expendi- t u r e i n money; the c h a r t s were nkar ly l o s t . With t h e e l d e r Kernohan dying i n 1961, Fred moved t o Inwood wi th t h e cha r t s , s to r ing them i n an u n c l e ' s barn, The roof leaked and some of t h e c h a r t s were nea r ly ruined 0th-*. ones were, and -the uncle was going t o burr, t he r e s t ,

Although he had no pe r sm$L : i . n t e ~ c s t i n t h e money char t s , Fred removed them frorn tne barn. a16 s-tored -ti?e~l. i n h i s .?, as being S c o t t i s h he had a saving l i a t w e , ;Use, Ile knew o_nly -too w e l l how hard h i s f a t h e r had worked on them, rand how mv.cii aoney they cos t , as he had guided h i s f a t h e r oa t h e f r u i t i s s s t r i p s ko 0Ot.awa when he was see::.,. 2.g permission t 3 il?. .;t.-r? ai;a tlie ex::.mples of Cm.adi 2~ currency,

. . 0r.~-: , 1. b -1c1 ~ l ~ d as a visuaL a i d to be used i n schools t o encourage in&$es t i n Canadian hi s to ry , -,;irne has converted t h e Kernohan money c h a r t s t o r e l i c s which t h e coin co l l ec to r r e l i s h e s , On these c h a r t s Kernohan made no attempt t o provide a complete h i s t o r y of all of Canada's currency,, Rather , it, was h i s i n t e n t t o present reproduct ions of both coins and no tes r ep resen t ing the p r i n c i p a events i n Canada, her ind; 3 t r i e s and resources ,

There a re two c h a t s , h o J ~ h ptcin<;ed on two s i d e s , The f i r s t cha r t begins by t r a c i n g Canada's hi-stgr;~ through i t s currency from 1534- when Jacques Cartie' landed on the shores of the S t , Lawrence, making acquaintance wi th t h e n a t i v e s or' i\Jx%h -4merica and t h e i r wampum, It was i n t e r e s t i n g t o note t h a t a "wampum b e l t t i owiled by Ke~nohan was a c t u a l l y g j ?n t o him by h i s old thorn, Dr-, Clark,

The second chxr ts prresents t h e s t o r y of CanaclaYs c i r c u l a t i n g cur== r c ,y from the coins of 1945, o u t l i n e of the 1945"

e r a of Queen Vic tor ia . up tk-i2ough The back s i d e of t h i s cha t pres

s i g n i f i c a t events i n Canadian h i

the W e n t s s t o r y

o r l d W a r l l v i c t o y y a chronological from 1534 through . .

Each coin 03: note 2 - l lus t r a t ed on the four cha r t f aces r ep resen t s a development i n Canadals the^ 4-11 ; . c z h i s t o r y , The i l l u s t r a t i o n s in., clude Canadaf s f i r s t paper monzy, the French ccard money, beaver money, coins of the French regime, an e a ~ l y Iiuclson s bay Company ~aote, , prov- i n c i a l halfpenny and pemy and t o k e ; ~ s , 9nd Prince Edward I s l a n d 7 s doughnut-.. shaped I1Holey L7013-a;?~~ of 1786,

&so i l l u s t r a t s d are t he B r i t f sli Columbia $20, gold coins of 1862, t h e Magdalen I s l and one! p e m y kolrei~ of 1815 and 20--cent a id h a l f cent coins i ssued durin.g t h s i-.zi_gn 02 Quc?elz Vic to r i a , .A l a r g e v a r i e t y of no tes a re i l l u s t r a t e d , j.nclu6ic.g a 2 5-- cent s h i n p l a s t e r , a $4. b i l l , dep ic t ing -the S a l and Lady Minto ar:d Cmadars h ighes t deliomination, a $1,000. no te ,

One can observe t h a t perhaps W i l l Kernohan was a man who l i v e d before h i s time, Ee had a. consuming i d e a t h a t few could grasp but , because he had a v i s i o n ins tead of s i g h t , was stubbornly I r i s h and f i e r c e l y C,anadian, we have h i s "The E s t o r j r of Canada i n Money,I1

It i s more tliai another c o l l e c t o r s item,; i t i s the only work of i t s kind i n t h e world,

PROPOSED C O I N SHOWS -.- To he lp clubs decide upon a coin show d a t e t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th another club i n i t s a r e a we a re l i s t i n g -proposed da tes . Roposed d a t e s w i l l be l i s t e d every t h r e e months and f o r t h e l a s t t h r e e consecutive months p r io r t o show d a t e , March 22 - Richmond H i l l Annual Sprirlg Show i n the Lions H a l l from

10.00 a,m, - 10.00 porn,

March 22 -- S t , Thomas fiJumisma-t.ic Associat ion S i x t h Annual Coin Show and Banquet i n Grace Unitcd Zh..-~ch, S t , Thomas, Ontmio.

March 29 - Waterloo Coin Soc ie ty Annual Banquet and Coin Show. General & 30 Chairmcm-,Wilf E.rb, P, 0, 3ox )tl, Wa-Lerl-oo, Ont. Dealers welcome.

Apr i l 1 2 -Bay of Quints I\Tl~mj.sma'tic Association Annual. Coin Show a t t h e Hotel Q u i n t e ? Corner Bridge and Pinnacle S t r e e t s , B e l l e v i l l e President .- i '~i~kcefl Parry, Box 125, B e l l e v i l l e , Ontario.

Apr i l 19 -Hamilton Coin Club Spring Show and Banquet, Saturday, Apri l 19 , a t -the B01..- O-Dr ome Banquet Centre, General Chairman- Arthur Honcur ,Box 325, S t a t i o n I1Bi1, Hamilton, Bourse Chairman- Gord M C C O ~ S , 415 E r i n d d e S t . ,Burlington. Reserve ear ly .

Apr i l 20 -Chatham Coin Club F i r s t Annual Coin Show a t t h e Holiday Inn, Kei l Drive, Chatham, Ont, Bourse Chairman-David Cregg, 192 Richmond S t , ,Chatham and Exhibi t Chairman-Walter Neuman, Por t Alma, O n t s i o ,

Apr i l 26 -Huronia Numismatic Associat ion of B a r r i e Annual Coin Show on S.':lturday, a t T r i n i t y H a l l , C o l l i e r S t . , B m r i e from 12.00 noon t o 10,OO p.m, Idr i te t o P,O. BOX 2b3, Bar r i e , Ontario,

Apr i l 27 - .Stratford Coin Club Annual Show i n t h e I'arish H a l l , from 1:00 t o 7.00 perno 8 d i s p l a y ca tegor ies bourse d e a l e r s and auction. Contact S t r g t f o r d Coin Club, BOX 262, S t r a t f o r d , Ontario,

May 3 & -City of Ottawa Coin Show a t t h e Tal isqan Motor Inn, 1376 4 Carrling Ave, , Ottatra, Chairman.--H, A, Burton; Bourse Chairman-

Paul Sul l ivan; Exh ih i t s Chairman .- Don MacRae.

May '7 -Sarnia Numismatic Socj e t y Annual Banquet ,

May 10 -0 . No A, Seventh Annual Corlvention a t Prudhommer s Garden Centre, & 11 S t , Ca t l i a inea . Host Club--St, C a t h m i n e s Coin Club, Bourse

Chairman-Hova'rd I-E13-, 1 Hayes Ave,, S t , Cathar ines or w r i t e t o P, 0, Box 33, InJaterloo,Chairmxq-Pat Lambert, 57 Emmett Rd., S t , Catharines , DegLers g e t your t a b l e s , they a re going fzs t ,

June 7 -1ngersol l Coin Club AnriuL Show and Banquet a t I n g e r s o l l and D i s t r i c t Memorial Centre Audi to r im, Mutual St . , I n g e r s o l l , Guest spealcer- John J, Pitman, For bourse L~ld f u r t h e r information w r i t e to-Alan ~acna 'u ,249 H a l 1 St: ; , I n g e r s o l l , Ontario

June 24 -Strawberry Soc ia l a t trllich t h e r e w i l l be Adult and Junior Dis- plays. Inforrnati ; .~ from M r , Dave Gordon i n care of t h e club or by telephone 279- 5219. Tort Credit Coin Club, Port Credit, Onts?rio.

July 13 -Por t Huron Coin Club-.Bluewater Inter-nat ional Coin Show. More d e t a i l s when rece ived from club.

Sept , 28-Sarnia Nw~ii srnatic Socie-ty Annual Coin Show, Later d e t a i l s .

O c t n &- Ki1;chener Coin Club -Annual- B a ~ q u e t and Coin Show. D e t a i l s l a t e r . 5

- The Onta r io Numismatic Assoc i a t i on Audio-Visual Repor t f o r t h e Year 1948 - The 0,PJ.A. had th i r t y - two member Clubs i n 1968 w i t h twenty-four of t h e c lubs making use of t h e Audio-Visual S l i d e s e r v i c e , F i f t y - f i v e s e t s of s l i d e s where ob ta ined by t h e twenty-four c lubs du r ing t h e ye*. Canadicm Large Cents , #B23, By Lloyd T , Smith, being t h e mosC i n demcand a s i t was o u t e l even t imes , P o r t C r e d i t Coin Club used t h e s l i d e s t h e most of any of t h e c lubs , they had f i v e s e t s dur ing t h e yea r . A l l Clubs do n o t se Lid i n a s e r v i c e r e p o r t when r e t u r n i n g t h e s l i d e s , I wish they would, Of t h o s e t h a t had f i f t y - f i v a s e t s of s l i d e s only t h i r t y - t h r e e r e p o r t s were r ece ived showing t h a t 829 a d u l t s and 119 '

j u n i o r s viewed t h e s l i d e s . Twelve r e q u e s t s were r e c e i v e d f o r t h e month of November, t h e most of any month of t h e y e a . I am s u r e t h a t t h o s e t h a t d i d s ee any of t h e s l i d e s , g o t some good in- fo rmat ion o u t of viewing them. I wish t h a t a l l t h e c lubs t h a t u s e t h e Audio-visual s e r v i c e would f i l l o u t and r e t u r n t h e s e r v i c e r e p o r t t h a t i s s e n t ou t w i t h each s e t of s l i d e s when r e t u r n i n g t h e s l i d e s ,

Thcznk you, Chas. B, L a i s t e r , Audio-Visual Serv ice ,

No, 3 Highway, T i l l sonburg ,Ont .

The fo l lowing i s a l i s t of t h e s l i d e s i n t h e Audio-Visual L i b r a y -

A.Vo#B1 Romance of Xor ld Gold

Wampum t o Decimal Coiiis i i i Canada, Wampwn,C;lrd Money and Coinage

P a r t 1: Of t h e B e n c h Regime A,Ve#B3 Wanpum t o Decimal Coins i n Canada

P a r t 2 : The Tokens of Quebec A . v , # B ~ Wampum To Lecim,d Coins i n Canada

P a r t 3: The Bouquet Sous and a Few Upper Canada Tokens

A,V.#BS Coins of Roman B r i t a i n

A.V.#B~ What1 s My Coin - P a t 1 - For Less Exper ienced C o l l e c t o r s

A . v , # B ~ What 's My Coin - P a r t 2 - For Advanced JTumismati s t s

A,V.#B9 Canadian S i l v e r D o l l z r s A.V,#EUO C,unadi,m F r a c t i o n a l Currency AoV.#B1l Canadian Coat of A r m s A,VQ#B12 Wampuin t o Decimal Coins i n Canada

P a r t 3:Tokeils of Nova S,.atia , New Brunswicli, P . E . I . , Newfoundland

A,V,B13 Lundy I s l a n d =and World Famous G r d e r r s - P a r t 1

A.V . # ~ 1 4 The Eddystone Lighthouse and World O r d e r l s - P a r t 2

A , v , # B ~ S The Waitangi Crown and Ye Olde Famous C ,a twheel

A,V .#BIG Canadian Voyageur D o l l a r

A.V,B a 1 Index

Lloyd: T. Smith

Lloyd T. Smith

Lloyd T , Smith

Lloyd T. Smith

Rod, R. Rekofski

Rod. R , Rekofski

Rod. Ro Rekofski W i l l i a m Eng l i sh W i l l i ,m E n g l i s h David Ashe

Lloyd T, Snlith

David Ashe

David Ashe

David Ashe Mrs. C laud ia Pelkey

A.V.# B17 What's My Coin - P a r t 3 Lloyd T o Srcith A.V.# ~ 1 8 Odd and Curious Money .Percy Xlgie.

A.V .# Bl9 ITSeaf aringIf Development of the Ship Alex Lo Munro

A.V.# B20 Ccnadian Coin Quiz - P a r t 1 David Ashe

A.V.# B21 Coins of t h e Bible

A.V.# B22 Col lec t ing Church Medallions A.V.# B23 Canadiai Large Cents

Lloyd D.Srnith,B.~. , BOD.

R l l en Macnab .- . I[-lt .-PG;-r Cot11 C!-ub

"Let1 s make use of t h i s worthwhile service1 ' ******l* ******** ******>k* ******** ******** THIS 'N THAT - - A thcmk you t o J o h i McICay-Clements f o r h i s thought-provoking a r t i c l e on Ccanada7 s 10 r a r e s t c o i n s , . , ,Repl ies f o r or aga ins t i n v i t e d , . . .M=any thanks f o r the e x c e l l e n t response of our many r e a d e r s f o r a r t i c l e s f o r our Bu l l e t in . . .We received. enough i tems f o r March and Apr i l , . .How about some f o r Mayo. ,Speaking of a r t i c l e s . .A few remarks addressed t o our kind f r i e n d s t h e e d i t o r s of t h e club news, some of whom s t i l l send your Club News t o our old address "Box 33, Waterloofl, This e n t a i l s double work, double postage and i n many i n s t a n c e s r e s u l t s i n t h e club news n o t being published due t o l a t e a r r i v a l which, t o us , i s t h e worst s i n of dl. We a re here t o publ i sh the news of your c l u b s T a c t i v i t i e s b u t can only do t h i s i f we g e t t h e news on time.. ,So p lease send d i r e c t t o "57 Emmett Road, S t . Catharinesll t o a r r i v e n o t l a t e r than t h e 25th of t h e nonth, and. l a s t l y check your l i s t s and c ross out Box 33, Waterloo....Thanks.... \Jill clubs who a re holding banquets, coin shows, e t c . p lease give our d i s p l a y case chairman, W a l t ~ r Holst , your case requirements a t l e a s t EIGHT weeks i n advqilce of your show d a t e t o perrilit him t o make up h i s schedule, e t c , . i . e . , March, Apri1,May and June have 1 5 coin shows sched-- u led , many of whom w i l l r e q u i r e cases , so t o avoid disappointment, help us t o help you make your show an even g rea te r success by having s u f f i c i - e n t d i s p l a y cases. , . ,Fred Barley, our d i sp lay chairman f o r t h e forthcorn-. ing O.N,A, Convention a t Prudhommer s Garden Centre , makes a reques t t o '

t h e e f f e c t t h a t all those who r e q u i r e cases and . intend t o e x h i b i t , p lease advise Fred, c/o 162 Lake S t r e e t , St . Catharines , how m~my cases you w i l l r equi re . . , E-Iere again we w a i t t o make sure every d i sp lay exhibi- t o r have s u f f i c i e n t d i s p l a y cases , . . ,Any of our read "- who l i v e i n t h e Kitchener-Waterloo ,area and a r e f r e e between 4.00 and 4,30 on Tuesday af ternoons may be Fli terested i n watching Pres ident B i l l Engl i sh do h i s TV a c t over CKCO-TV, Channel 1 3 ? B i l l t a l k s about coins , e t c . and, we be l i eve , i s bui lding himself q u i t e a f a n club,, . . . A l l f o r now.. .See you i n April,....Bona Snowshoes

Ye Eci,

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 1962

WATERLOO, ONTARIO

I

0. N. A. OFPIZERS

Fas t 'Yresidents : R.R. 25i<S'SKI (1962-65) L.T . Sl4ITI< (1965 -67 )

Pr es i d e n t U i l l i am English

F i r s t Vice-president Vacant

Second Vice-pres iclent Walter G r iggs

Sec re t a ry Mrs. Pat Lambert,

Treasurer Bruce B. Raszmann

- - ; . a i l i n g Address --

Box 33, Naterloo, Ontario

D I F i TORS

Area 1 Howard Whitf i e l d E l l i o t t Jephson

11 2 lx-thur Honour n 3 J. Edward S t a h l e y I t Ic Don F l i c k 11 5 Ilen Prophet

6 R. R. Tiorse ' 1 7 Charles l l i l l e r 11 8 Ear 1 C . Gr andmais on

9 Jo'm 7.Ic Kay-C lements n 10 Charles B. L a i s t e r

HISTORGd - N a l t e r Griggs

PUBLICITY - R. R. Xorse

LiBRZ!LJI - i . 2 ~ Haze 1 E ~ f m o

AUDIO-VISUiL SEIVICE - Charles B. Lai s t e r , No. 3 Highway, T ills onbur g, Ont .

CI-!i,.-Ii3 L:Jl OF D iSPI;r'YY CiSG N a l t e r H o l s t , Phone: 44 i iaple C o u r t , Waterloo, ~ n t . 576-7831

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1 Volume 8 A p r i l 1969

KNOW YOUR COINS BETTEL

(Talk by Lloyd T o Smith) Many times, we have heard the terms

numi smati s t , c o l l e c to r actd accumulator, and most of us f a l l i n t o one or more of these ca tegor ies . Each term i s t i e d i n wi th t h e o t h e r s t o some ex ten t , p a r t i c u l a r l y i f you

have beefl c o l l e c t i n g f o r some year s . We have j u s t experienced a period of

change i n coin c o l l e c t i n g , accompanied by a d e f i n i t e r ecess ion i n t h e investment fke ld . During t h i s period we saw some of t h e l a r g e r coin d e a l e r s go i n t o bankruptcy or s e l l out a t a l o s s , Most clubs experienced some l o s s of membership as t h e would-be i n v e s t o r s l e f t t h e f o l d t o seek out other get-rich-quick schemes.

For more than t e n yea r s , t h e advanced c o l l e c t o r s and numismatists have been urging newer c o l l e c t o r s t o d i v e r s i f y t h e i r i n t e r e s t s f o r more enjoyment i n our hobby, Actually, t h e many d e a l e r s , hoarders and a c c m u l a t o r s who sought t o con t ro l the coin market and so f o r c e p r i c e s cont inual ly upward, n o t only have brought about t h e i r own d e f e a t , but have helped us immensely i n our bid t o encourage d i v e r s i f i e d co l l ec t ing .

So, we see t h a t the r e c e n t apparent set-back i s ac tua l ly a t r a i l s i t i o n period, separa t ing t h e t r u e c o l l e c t o r s from t h e inves- t o r s , giving promise of a more s t a b l e hobby and a much keener i n t e r e s t i n t h e numismatic or researcl? aspect. There i s now a g r e a t e r attempt by most c o l l e c t o r s t o l e a r n more about t h e i r coins.

I The poin t system of judging has been l a r g e l y respons ib le f o r increased r e s e a r c h and imparting information. This ga ins po in t s f o r t h e e x h i b i t o r , i nc reases h i s humi smatic lcnow- ledge and supp l i e s the viewing publ ic wi th a b e t t e r under standing of our purpose,

Many club members have l i m i t e d themselves because they th ink of a u t h o r i t a t i v e books on numismatics as somewhat unapproaxhable or forbidding. We know t h a t no t every coin

, - l o l l e c t o r w i l l become a numismat is t ; n o t because it i s t o o d i f f i c u l t , b u t because many a r e somewlzat confused a s t o t h e d i r e c t i o n t hey should t a k e and, even when g iven sound d i r e c t i o n , may s t i l l h e s i t a t e because of t h e t ime and e f f o r t r e q u i r e d ,

Guide books and ca t a logues l i s t i n g mintage f i g u r e s , va lues and a l i t t l e numismatic i n fo rma t ion form a good s t a r t i n g p o i n t , b u t t h e s e ae only a b a s i c guide , I t i s n o t p o s s i b l e t o l e a r n eve ry th ing about a p a r t i c u l a r f i e l d of numismatics from t h e s e b a s i c gu ides , s o t h e c o l l e c t o r must go on and on, advancing t o t h e more t e c k r i c a l books, Thanks t o lnazly of t h e w o r l d l s lea!. -ng numismat i s t s , t h e r e i s now an ample supgly or" such books a v a i l a b l e , w r i t t e n i n ea sy t o unders tand language,

I n g e t t i n g t o know your co ins b e t t e r , your exc i tement w i l l i n c r e a s e i n p r o p o r t i o n s t o your s e a r c h f o r more in format ion , You w i l l o c c a s i o n a l l y exper ience t h e t h r i l l of find:'~ng some new o r l ~ a l f - " f o r g o t t e n f a c t and, depending on t h e dep th of reseasl.cn, you w i l l be ab l e t o r e l a y i n fo rma t ion t o o t h e r s through your d i s p l a y s ,

The g r e a t e s t s a t i s f a c t i o n comes when you f e e l t h a t you a r e on an e q u a l f o o t i n g wit11 more advanced nwnismat i s t s , when you a r e considered t o be an e x p e r t i n your f i e l d .

Even though many n~~mismatis ts have a l r eady exp lored each a r e a i n dep th , it i s s t i l l p o s s i b l e t o uncover uselCul i n fo rma t ion t h a t w i l l bene - f i t t h e hobby and t h e f i n d e r of t h i s in format ion has t h e pe r sona l s a t i s - . f a c t i o n of g iv ing a l i t t l e t o advance numismatics.

I t i s n o t p o s s i b l e t o over.-emphasize t h e e d u c a t i o n a l a spec t of c o l l - e c t i n g a s i t adds so much t o t h e r e l a x a t i o n and enjoyment our hobby can b r i n g , J u s t a s we remember t h e p l e a s u r e of s t a r t i n g our c o l l e c t i o n s , we g a i n added s a t i s f a c t i o n when we know our c o i n s b e t t e r ,

One way t o develop a b e t t e r knowledge of our c o i n s i s t o make n o t e s f o r each c o i n or t ype , When you have gleaned a l l t h e in forn la t ion from your gu ide books and ca t a logues , advance t o t h e many books a v a i l a b l e i n . your c lub l i b r a y , O.N.A. o r C .IJ.A. Continue t o make n o t e s and keep a T i l e of c l i p p i n g s from c o i n papers and magazines, o r make a n o t e of t h e

st.-.:.:re and page i f you do n o t wish t o mu. t i la te t h e copy. One c a r even make n o t e s from in fo rma t ion supp l i ed i n d i s p l a y s prepared by o t h e r s o

Another metllod i s t o t r y -to w r i t e s h o r t a r t i c l e s of 300 o r 400 woTds on a s many co ins o r s e r i e s of c o i n s a s p o s s i b l e . Research you3 m a t e r i a l , making n o t e s from t h e v a r i o u s sou rces a t hand and b r i n g t h e i n fo rma t ion - - t o g e t h e r so t h a t it w i l l be conc i se , y e t a s i n fo rma t ive a s space w i l l a l low. Try t o complete one a r t i c l e of t h i s len2'-'1 each week and you w i l l soon f i n d t h a t you n o t on ly k-now more about c o i n s , but w i l l have developed ******** ***9;-**::g* * >, * * :b >; * :$ *****+*;"- ***&&&** q- -,- 'r 'r 5- 'r

THE OT\TTAP,IO _NU!/iIS!fATIST i s publislned monthly by t h e Onta r io IVmi smat ic Assoc ia t ion . The p u b l i c a t i o n may be ob ta ined w i t h memberships of one of t h e fo l l owing c a t e g o r i e s . L i f e member s h i p s - Q $ ~ o . o o , r e g u l a r memberships- $3.00 y e a r l y , J u n i o r s - $2.00 y e a r l y , (up t o 1 8 y e a r s of age ) , Husband and !:,rife (on2 jou rna l ) -. $5,,00 y e a r l y , Club - $10.00 y e a r l y , S p e c i a l 0. M. A, S t e r l i n g S i l v e r Lapel P i n s (screw back o r p i n back) 0-fly $2.50,

Remit tances ( p l u s b a l k exchange i f paid by cheque) payable t o t h e a n t a r i o Nunismatic Assoc i a t i on , P, 0, Box 33, Mater loo, Ontar io .

A~xthorized as second c l a s s m a i l by t h e Pos t Of f i ce Department, Ottaxa.: and f o r payment o f postage i n cash,

N O T I C E 42:- O n l y $5.00 R E G I S T R A T I O N FOR THE 1969 0 . N O i i . CONVEhPTION. T H I S Zi\TCLlJI!ES ---- - TUE BA UET> GUEST S P E X E R AND FFZE DRiiWS PLUS ALL OTHER EVENTS. THERE I S NO G~l.EililL 2 'L'''"IS I O N CH'JGE a PLAN NOIfiJ TO ATmI'JD: THE 1G.Y 10 & llt h SHOW ILT Fi?UDI-IOI'D.ES . .up-

Page -33 an a b i l i t y t o present infbrmative a r t i c l e s fo r o t h e r s t o read and enjoy, This i s the way a coin columnist must work, ga ther ing h i s information from every source, wringing out t h e essence, making r e c e n t comparisons or p a r a l l e l s wherever poss ib le and publishing f o r h i s r e a d e r s what he hopes w i l l be another a r t i c l e of i n t e r e s t . Often, a 300-400 word a r t i c l e t h a t r e q u i r e s only 5-10 minutes of reading time may take severa l hours t o ppre- pare, but i n t h i s t h e t h e columnist has probably l ea rned a few important f a c t s of numismatics previously unknown t o himself.

As we gra6ual ly improve our knowledge of coins , i t becomes poss ib le t o w r i t e l o n ~ e r a r t i c l e s , s u i t a b l e f o r club t a l k s or f o r publ ica t ions . 'iJe can a l so develop the a b i l i t y t o supply the c o r r e c t afiiount of informa-. t i o n i n an e x h i b i t , so t h a t the viewers w i l l s top t o read about t h e coins i n each d i sp lay case, Too much information i l l a d i s p l a y case can be j u s t as poor as no information, as many viewers w i l l n o t t ake the time t o read everythin,,

I th ink we a re a l l des i rous of a continuing growth i n dl c l ~ ~ b s and would l i k e t o do our p a r t t o bring. g rea te r pleasure t o our hobby. I be- l i e v e t h a t one way we can accomplish t h i s a i m i s t o know our coins b e t t e r . Knowledge i s the most p r o f i t a b l e investment we can make; shariil;; knowledge pays the b e s t dividends,

(With thanks t o t h e Edi tor o f the London Numismatic s o c i e t y ) ******** *I****** * ******* *******:: ******I*

An Open Answeru t o John McICay-Clements I do n o t usua l ly answer some of the many r i d i c u l o u s claims t h a t I

have heard and read , but , t o c a l l tlTol~enstl our I1Coins1! or vice-uersa j u s t goes agains t t h e gra in .

However, I f u l l y agree t h a t Nos. 1 , 7 , 9 and 10 a re a l l Canadian coins, and except ional ly r a r e . The above numbers were named t7Coins11, made as such, and were made of Canadian m a t e r i a l s , e t c , To my mind, tokens are tokens, and coins a re coins. You cannot ex tkac t c e r t a i n tokens and c a l l them coins without c a l l i n g tokens coins,

Several years ago, our Pres ident , B i l l f i n ~ l i s h , ru led t h a t !!trans- p o r t a t i o n t i c k e t s and tokenst1 were numismatic l tems, and could be displayed a t coin shows as ttTokensl!, This included t h e paper t i c k e t s as wel l , NOW, how would i t sound i f solnebody claimed t h a t these t r a l s p o r t a t i o n i tems were coins? 7 e r y s i l l y , indeed. Personally, I w i l l never concede t h a t a t r a d e toLm, of any s o r t , i s a coin. It does r ep resen t a coin, but t h a t i s as f a r as i t goes,

I tems 9 and 10 i n my c o l l e c t i o n a re Itcopies1! and a re i n golden-gi l t bronze, I cannot l a y claim t o ownin;;. any of t h e o ther tlTokenslt, \ihat a.mazEg me i s why the s a r i e t y Canadian coin, the 1936 do t , was

n o t mentioned, (only 4 known) . 'oth of the cent , and the 1936 t e n cent piece, Then we have the f mous 1921 Canadian ha l f d o l l a r , Granted, t h e r e may be 5'0 known, bu t what i s t h a t from a mintage f i g u r e of some 206,398, and how many of those 50 ltknownlt p ieces have been c e r t i f i e d as genuine?

I n t h i s so-called modern world of to-day, where everything and every.-- body, including tliose i n high p laces , seems t o be going llZ~aywiren, l e t u s keep a l e v e l head i n nunlismatics, and I1cal l a spade a spade1!, and a Ittoken a token1l0

I shouldn ' t be a t all su rp r i sed i f t h e a r t i c l e on page 21 of t h e March i s s u e of the Ontario B~mis ina t i s t was respons ib le f o r the- pos ta l workers going on s t r i k e again due totloverwork i n the handling of mail

addressed t o our hard-pressed Ed i to r , my good f r i e n d , Pat Lambert,

(Signed) Ricky R 9 Mor se-OoN,A. Direc tor - Aka3 #6.

(Note from Ye Ed llPhew) ******** ******** ******** ******** ********

PROPOSED C O I N SHmS

To he lp clubs decide upon a coin show d a t e t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th another club i n i t s a r e a we a re l i s t i n g proposed da tes . Proposed d a t e s w i l l be l i s t e d every t h r e e months and f o r the l a s t t h r e e consecutive months pr ior t o show date .

5 - Centr81 Coin Club Annual Show a t the Mestbury Hotel, Yonge St . , & 6 Toronto, No f u r t h e r d e t a i l s ~ v a i l a b l e ,

Apr i l 12- Bay of Quinte Numisinatic Association Annual Coin Show a t the Hotel Q u i n t e , Corner Bridge and Pinnacle S t r e e t s , R e l l e v i l l e , Ont. P r e ~ i d e n t - ~ ~ D u k e ~ ~ Parry, Box 125, B e l l e v i l l e , Ontario.

Apr i l 1 9 - Hamilton Coin Club Spring Show and Banquet, Saturday,, Apri l 1 9 , 1969, For information w r i t e t o P.O. Box 325, s t a t i o n i l ~ ' l , hilto on, Ontario.

Apr i l 20- Chathanl Coin Club F i r s t Annual Coin Show a t t h e Holiday Inn, Kei l Drive, Chatham, Onto Bourse Chairman - David Cregg, 192 Riclnmond S t , , Chathan, Exhib i t Chairman- Walter Meurnan, Port Alma, Ont.

Apr i l 26- Huronia Numismatic Associat ion of Bar r i e Annual Coin Show on Saturday, a t T r i n i t y H a l l , C o l l i e r S t , , B a r r i e , from 12,OO t o 10.00 porn, For f u r t h e r information w r i t e t o P.O. Box 243, Bar r i e , Ontario.

Apr i l 26- Nickel B e l t Coin Club Third Annual Coin & Stamp Show, Saturday a t the Pres ident Hotel, 99 Elm St . W., Sudbury, Ont. frcrs 10.00 a.m. - 10.00 p.m, Bourse d e a l e r s and e x h i b i t o r s welcome,

Apr i l 27 -S t ra t fo rd Coin Club Annual Show i n the Pa r i sh H a l l .

May 3 & - City of Ottawa Coin Show a t t h e Talisman Motor Inn, 1376 4 Carling Ave., Ottawa. Chairman - H.A. Burton: Bourse Chair-

man - Paul Sul l ivan; Exh ib i t s Chairman - Don MacRae.

May 7' - Sarnia Nuniismatic Annual Banquet w i l l be held on May 7th. a t t h e Chalet Motel. Convenors-T"m- 4 Mrs. Howard Browning and M r , & i@s. Carl Will-iamson.

May 10 - O ? N , A . Seventh &mud Convention a t ?rudhommels Garden Centre, & 11 Vlneland, hos t club-St. C a t h a ~ i n e s Coin Club. Chairman - Pat

Lambert & Lloyd Dorsey. Bourse Chairman-Howard H i l l , 1 Iiayes Ave,, St . Catharines or w r i t e Po 0. Box 33, Waterloo, Ont, The C. i\T,V, C,A. w i l l be gues ts of the O a N 0 A o a t t h i s Convention wi th a s p e c i a l category f o r V a r i e t i e s i n t h e e x h i b i t s . For fuTther d e t a i l s contac t t h e Pres ident , Ricky Morse,

June 7 - I n g e r s o l l Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet a t t h e I n g e r s o l l Sc D i s t r i c t Memorial Centre Auditorium, Mutual St . , I n ~ e r s o l 1 , O n t Guest Speaker-John J, Pkttman. Bourse d e a l e r s contac t Alan Macnab, zLk9 H a l l S t . , I n g e r s o l l , Ont.

Sept. 28 - Bluewater Annual I n t e r n a t i o n a l Coin Show, General Chairman-

Norm Sco t t ; Bourse Chairman- Rudy B r i l l ; Display Chairman- Don McIZelvie and Fred Hinley,

Oct. 4 - ICitchener Coin Club Annual Banquet and Coin Show, More 5 d e t a i l s l a t e r .

Oct. 25 - Windsor Cpin Club Annual Show, Saturday & Sunday a t t h e & 26 l.Xorton--Palmer Hotel. Bourse d e a l e r s con tac t C a r l Querbach,

80-1800 Columbia Court, Winclsor 21, Ont. S!IOW from 10.00 a.m. t o 6.00 p.m. Sunday,

A 1058 CAXPDIAW DOLLAR VARIETY --.--

I n January, 1969, while searching through about 500 n i c k e l d o l l a r s t o f ind some w i t h o ~ t bag sc ra tches , I discovered i r r e g u l a r i t i e s i n the l e t t e r s l l D , G , REGINAll on the Obverse of some coins. The f i r s t s l i g h t breakdown of t h e d i e appeared on t h e upper r i g h t of t h e I1Rf1 i n REGINA, and as it got worse both l 1 G U 1 s broke down, then t h e I1DY showed. and f i n a l l y some appeared around t h e "El1, t h a t i s small arrows, My theory i s t h a t s u f f i c i e n t s lope was n o t given t h e s i d e s of the l e t t e r s and as a r e s u l t t h e hard n i c k e l chipped o f f corners of t h e d i e around these l e t t e r s . I n t h e 500 pieces I found about 100 coins t h a t have d e f i n i t e l y been re-engraved as the i r r e g u l a r marks are gone and the r i g h t ed.ges of some l e t t e r s have been touched up md it; should be noted t h a t t h e two d o t s and t h e IrMl1 have a l s o been touched up. I f you a re looking a t your coins you may have t o use a g l a s s a t f i r s t but once you f i n d one you w i l l be able t o see them wi th t h e naked eye, I hope all who f i n d some w i l l l e t me know how many so I can give a rough es t imate of how many

e x i s t from t h i s p a r t i c u l a r d i e , before it was discarded. Thanks t o - J. E. Roberts, CNA 4830, P, 0. Box 6011, S t a t i o n "J1I 9

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STRATFORD C O I N C L D Seventh Annual Coin Show n o t i c e j u s t received so here a re the d e t a i l s . It i s t o be held i n t h e Pa r i sh H a l l , Huron St . , on Sunday, Apri l 27th from 1.00 p,m. t o 7.00 p.m. Exh ib i t s received u n t i l 2.00 p.m. There a re .? Categories - Canadian, B r i t i s h Empire and Commonwealth, Foreign Coinage, Paper Money, Medals, Miscellaneous, Junior with the Gordon Steed Trophy and the Grand Award f o r the P res iden t1 s Trophy. Auction l i s t s on reques t from-Auction, S t r a t f o r d Coin Club, Box 262, S t r a t f o r d , Ontario. Specia l auct ion of 1864 Newfoundland Pa t t e rn One Cent Piece, Good Luck, S t r a t fo rd ,

I n Passin;; - Go p l a c i d l y aid t h e noise and has te and remember what

peace t h e r e may be i n s i l e n c e . As f a r a s poss ib le without surrender be on good terms wi th a l l persons, Speak your t r u t h q u i e t l y and c l e a r l y and l i s t e n t o o the r s , even t h e d u l l and ignorant ; they t o o have t h e i r s to ry .

With a l l i t s sham, drudgery a id broken dreams, i t i s s t i l l a b e a u t i f u l worl3. Be ca re fu l , S t r i v e t o be happy.

ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATlON 1 9 6 9 M E D A L S

No. .Description Price

Set A - 1, 2, 3, 4 in plastic

Set B-1, 3, 4 in plastic

Set C - 2, 3, 4 in plastic

St D-3, 4 in plastic

,Set E-3 in plastic

Set F-4 in plastic

10K Solid Gold Numbered 1 -25

IOK Gold Plate

Sterling Silver .

Bronze

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IEkJS FROM THE C O I N CLUBS

BRAIUTFCIRD C O I N CLUB - Guest speaker a t t h e l a s t meetin? was M r . Richard

Shaver of Scotland+ Onto, Who gave an o u t l i n e of Indran l i f e and t h e t o o l s they used f o r t o i l i n g t h e l and , weapons f o r hunting and f i s h i n g and the i tems they used f o r b a r t e r i n g . He had a d i sp lay of 1 6 t h century French axes, crosses and arrowheads.

C I T Y OF OTTANA C O I N CLUB - The h i g h l i g h t was a t a l k by Ed F o r r e s t on h i s

t r i p t o France f o r t h e 58th anniversary of t h e B a t t l e of Vimy Ridge wi th a displz;, of medals, Alexei Makarov .also gave a t a l k on t h e History of Russian Coinage inc luding t h e small coins known as l1louseW coinage, CHAMPLAIN C O I N CLUB

An i n t e r e s t i n g a r t i c l e on tlie d o l l a r was read. A l i f e member sh ip was presented

no i s l a n d 1968 n icke l t o Mrs. Dorothy Horne.

I t was decided t o have a s o c i a l evening f o r t h e A p r i l meeting, HAMILTON C O I N CLUB

Guest speaker a t tlie March meetin2 was Fred Jewett , Pres ident of the Toronto c b i n Club and he gave an i n t e r e s t i n g t a l k on' c o l l e c t i n g and housing paper money. He brought a 9 case d i s p l a y ' w i t h some of h i s v a r i e t y c o l l e c t i o n . HURONIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION

The s l a t e of o f f i c e r s f o r 1969 a r e - Pres ident - Howard Johnston; Vice-President - Steve Wiggins; Secre tary - Richard Ford; Treasurer - Ceci l Sharpe, L i b r a r i a n - Harold Cusden; E d i t o r s - Norm Howcroft and d i l l i a m Gage, Di rec to r s - Sid Woodward. Plain t o p i c was a b r i e f i n g of t h e members of var ious aspects of having such a show as the 0. M. A. Convention. INGZRSCILL C O I N CLUB

The audio-visual s l i d e s ltFrom Wampum t o Decimal Currency P a r t 4 bj; Lloyd To Smith was enjoyed. Howard w h i t f i e l d and Char l i e L a i s t e r of the O.M,A. gave t a l k s , Howard on the advantages of being an

A 0.fiT.A. member and Char l ie on the a ~ ~ d i o - v i s u a l s l i d e s and t h e i r use. ICCTCIENFB C O I N CLUB

Most of t h e meeting was speht with f i n a l ,vrangements f o r t h e coin show even though i t i s not u n t i l October. There was a l s o an i n t e r e s t i n g auction. Next month w i l l f e a t u r e s l i d e s of var ious kinds of coins , NIAGARA FALLS C O I M CLUB

An i n t e r e s t i n g and i n f ormative quiz: on coins ancient and modern was held by t h e pres ident . There was a l s o a good and profit* ' able auction. PORT CREDIT C O I N CLUB

The March meeting fea tured a 17Goodf ellowship i n numismatic^^^ and d e a l t with go i n t o making a successfu l coin club. Also a

t a l k by Ricky Morse various ingred ien t s l i v e l y auction.

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SARNIA NUI4ISMATIC SOCIETY Main event of t h e meetinz was a coloured s l i d e presenta-

t i o n of heraldry on Canada's h e r i t a g e l l ~ h e - ~ a n a d i a n Coat of Armsll, An i n t e r e s t i n g guest was present from t h e Moncton NoI?. Society. Also plans were discussed f o r t h e banquet on May 7 t h and a t ~ k g h - known as the I1Gimrnel Token" was donated t o be on d i s p l a y i n the c i t y h+1 by George Smith whose son was the founder of the Sa rn ia Observer i n 1852.

STRATFORD C O I N CLUB

Ed, S tahley repor ted on the 0,N.A. and Ted Bree donated a p i c t u r e he has done- in copper f o r t h e Coin Show. It was men- t ioned f o r a s many as poss ib le t o watch t h e !!Big A l l 1 show on Tuesdays between 4.00 and 4.30 p.ra a s it f e a t u r e s B i l l Engl i sh on Coins. GIGO TV U.

ST. CATHARIIGCS COIN CLUB Willim Arch gave a n i n t e r e s t i n g t a l k on Indian Wmp-

urn. He i s adopted member of the Mohawk Tribe. The Apri l meeting i s t o be devoted t o juniors w i t h no senior displ,ays, only junior ones t o give them experience i n arranging d i sp lays . A l i v e l y auct ion was l e d by Lloyd Dor sey.

ST. THOMAS NUMIS14ATIC SOCIETY A t a l k on I 1 l i t t l e n icke l s i i by A. O1Neil was the

s p e c i a l f e a t u r e and the members brought t h e i r s i l v e r , n i c k e l and bronze n i c k e l s t o help out the d i sp lay . Also f i n a l plans f o r the Banquet on March 22nd were made,

T K I STLET OdN C O I N CLUB A s p e c i a l half-hour movie i n colour iTOnce Upon A

Circus Talei1 courtsey bf the Lufthansa Ai r l ines was seen and Bob Aaron of the CNVCA gave a t a l k on the mints of h k o p e and showed some s l i d e s of the European mints. TOR ONT 0 C O I N CLUB..

I n keeping with the month Russe l l Martel arranged a program on I1I r i sh CoinsIi and- th is t a l k wks given by Alex Munro. ATLANTIC PROVINCES

Both t h e X.E,I. Numismatic Associat ion m d t h e 13,iLifax Coin Club r e p o r t a very good 1968. The following a r t i c l e on t h e liBluenoseli appe,med i n the H,dif ,ax Club iiJews, "It seems str ,mge t h a t i n so m,my ins tances l o c a l works or" ,mt, wr i t ings md historic^ ,ar t i fac ts a re ignored by c o l l e c t o r s m d even governments, u n t i l i t i s too l z t e , Mcmy times i t i s n o t u n t i l t hese i tems have l e f t t h e l o c a l scene or even the country, t h a t someone szys t h z t i tem should n o t have been &lowed t o l eave here, the government should r e s t o r e it. Nova S c o t i i : i n t e r e s t s , md specif ic , i l ly the Government of Nxpva S c o t i a c e r t a i n l y missed the boat i n acquir ing the b e l l of the or ig in ,d schooner Bluenose, Pr in ted below i s a l e t t e r sen t t o t h e A t l m t i c Advocate, published i n Freder ic ton , New Brunswick by t h e Univers i ty Press.

B e l l of the Bluenose S i r :

Now t h a t Capt4iin W ~ l t e r s i s gone, the publ ic should know the whereabouts of the b e l l of t h e Bluenose.

Some years ago the Executive of the M,mitime Provinces Association Edmonton, t r i e d t o secure a sh ip1 s b e l l f o r the Association. The then very a c t i v e Secre tcvy, J . V . Dodds wrote Captain W,dters i f he could sec- u r e one. Captain Walters had j u s t previously offwred t h e Bluenose t o the Govermnent of Nova S c o t i a 2t a p r i c e , but no ac t ion taken, so Captain E d t e r s shipped the b e l l t o M r . Dodds, ,and it was t o become, and it re- rnztins the property of the M,aritime Provinces Associat ion of Edmonton.

M r . Dodds and t h e thkn Associat ion Pres ident , J. H. Brown, had the b e l l mounted on ,an oaken s t m d . The b e l l , a v d u e d r e l i c , i s always on d i s p l a y a t our Annual Banquet, i n Edmonton,

M.A. McLeod, Pas t Pres ident , M.P. Associat ion, Edmonton, Alberta.

Due t o the necess i ty of an e a r l y B u l l e t i n t h i s month any clubs who d id n o t g e t t h e i r news i n on time w i l l be given e x t r a space next month.

C O I N CLUB MEETING PLACES

\JATGFiLOO C O I N CLUB - meets t h e t h i r d Tuesday of t h e month a t 7.30 p.m. i n the new Waterloo Public Library Building, Albert S t r e e t , Waterloo, O n t o

PRESTON C O I N CLUB - meets every f o u r t h Monday at 8.00 p.m. i n S t , Johns Anglican Church, Queen & argyle S t r e e t s , Preston, Ontar io

ICITCHEIVEFi C O I N CLUB - meets t h e second Sunday of the month a t 2.00 p.m. i n t h e Breidhaupt Centre, Margaret Avenue, f i t c h e n e r , Ontario. ******** ******** I******* ******** ********

mi MEMBERS The following app l i ca t ions have been rece ivedi I f no w r i t t e n objec t ions a re received, t h e i r acceptance w i l l be acknowledged i n the May i s s u e of t h e Ontario Numismatist, 715 Walter E. Wood, Box 478, Aylmer, Ontario 716 John E. Sands, 14 Gregory Drive E a s t , Chatham, Ontario 717 Mrs. Beth Beresford, 1 9 5 Ret-leigh D r . , Apt. 515, Toromto 16, Ont. 718 George Shave, R.R.#3, Wainfleet , Ontario

719 Jack Veffer , 199 Haddington Ave,, Toronto 12 , Ontario 720 Steve Renard, 191 Grace S t r e e t , Toronto, Ontario 721 R e J. Dickinson, 263 Cl in ton S t r e e t , Toronto 4, Ontario. 722 Roy Longo, 78 Drexford, Sc,vborou,-h, Ontario.

C63 Welland D i s t r i c t Coin Club, c/o Jack Jackson, 1178 Roberts S t r e e t , Niagara F a l l s , Ontario.

******** ******** ******** ******** ******** Ti33 MAGDBLEN ISLAND PENNY

This token i s shown i n Bretonf s catalogue as number 520 and i n Charl ton as #17. It i s made of copper 3hn.m i n diameter and q u i t e th ick . Although S i r I s a a c Coff in, t h e owner of t h e I s l a n d by g i f t of t h e B r i t i s h i n 17879 d id order a number of tokens and a coin p ress i n 181.5, t h e r e i s some doubt as t o whether or n o t these were a c t u a l l y s t ruck on the IslLmde There i s no doubt, however, t h a t these were the f i r s t tokens s t ruck and used i n what i s now Canada.

The Obverse shows a s e a l wi th in a c i r c l e , Magdalen I s l a n d Token i n outer c i r c l e a t the t o p wi th 1815 a t t h e bottom. The Reverse ha9 a f i l l e t t of cod wi th in a c i r c l e and Success t o The F i s h e r i e s i n t h e outer c i r c l e wi th One Penny a t the bottom,

S i r I saac w a s prevented from s t r i k i n g a halfpenny when o f f i c i a l l y n o t i f i e d t h a t t h e r i g h t t o coin money belonged t o t h e Crown. Soon a f t e r - wards he l e f t t h e I s l and never t o r e t u r n . I n 1903 a Magdalen I s l and Comp- any bought t h e I s l ands from t h e Coffin h e i r s . The Government of Canada then a s s i s t e d t h e i n h a b i t a n t s t o repurchase t h e i r land from t h e Company, thus giving them con t ro l of t h e i r own a f f a i r s f o r the f i r s t time s ince 1787. The I s l ands (16) have an a r e a of 5.5,000 ac res and the major i ty of the i n h a b i t a n t s a re of Acadian descent , The I s l a n d s a r e p a r t of Quebecls Gaspe County.

S i r I s a a c Coff in, a n a t i v e of Nantucket I s l and , Mass., remained l o y a l t o Great B r i t a i n and served as an Admiral during the w a r of 1812. He founded and endowed t h e Coff in School i n Nantucket i n 1827, which i s s t i l l i n operat ion, There i s a wealth of information about these h i s to r - i c a l tokens i n CNA Jouzlnals of Volumes 3-6; 5-8; and 8-6,

(Thanks t o C i t y of Ottawa Club News)

THE AUSTRALIAN SERVICE MEDAL

This medal i s composed of n i c k e l s i l v e r and 459,539 were produced, The number issued up t o Apr i l 16 , 1953 was 177,290. obverse ~ h o w s the standard crowned e f f i g y of King George V I , as used on the War Medal; t h e r eve r se bears t h e Aus t ra l i an Coat of A r m s , and t h e l e t t e r i n g rlTI-IE AUSTRAL1L;SERVICE MEDALtT 1939-194-5, The suspender i s of t h e f ixed st?? a- i g h t type , the r ibbon i s dark b lue , khaki and l i g h t b lue , wi th interven- ing s t r i p e s of red. The colours r ep resen t t h e t h r e e s e r v i c e s , and t h e Austr aliai Mercantile Marine. The diameter i s 1.42",

The Prime Minister of A u s t r a l i a announced t h e King I s approval f o r t h e i s s u e of t h i s medal on Dec, 1 ,1949~ The q u a l i f i c a t i o n s a re : - fu l l time s e r v i c e of t h r e e years , provided t h a t defence duty w a s performed on n o t l e s s than s i x t y days during t h e p a r t time se rv ice . Any f u l l time s e r v i c e counted double towards t h e qual i fy ing period of t h e t h r e e yea r s i n r e s p e c t t o p a r t time se rv ice ,

Members of the Aus t ra l i an Mercant i le M a i n e rece ive t h e Medal a f t e r a qua l i fy ing period of 18 months a t sea. C i v i l i a n members of t h e R.AoAoF, Reserve who flew over opera t iona l zones, o f f i c i a l p r e s s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , photographers and all who served i n uniform and were at tached t o t h e armed fo rces a l s o qual i fy . C i v i l a i rcrew q u a l i f y a f t e r t h r e e f l i g h t s Over, or landings i n a zone of m i l i t a r y opera t ions , Service whether f u l l or p a r t time terminat ing by death, wounds or any d i s a b i l i t y due t o se rv ice was a qual i f . ' ?a.tion f o r the Medal, The Medal i s worn a f t e r t h e War Medal, and was produced by p r i v a t e con t rac t i n Australia,

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THIS N THAT ..-- I f e e l a word of explanat ion i s necessary here t o those

of 0u.r member clubs a id o the r s who may f i n d t h e i r c lub news absent t h i s month, due t o t r y i n g t o g e t one more b u l l e t i n i l l t he m a i l xnder t h e old postage r a t e s we have brought t h i n g s forward a whole week, so p lease , club e d i t o r s , bear with us...,^, I be l i eve a word i s i n order here t o a l l c lubs t o please advise u s a s e a r l y as poss ib le about your proposed co.in shows, banquets, e t c , , t o f o r e s t a l l any b r i ckba t s which might come ye e d r s way . , , , . . , I understand from Bourse Chairman, Howard R i l l , t h a t t h e r e a re a t i l l a few t a b l e s l e f t f o r our convention iiay 10 and 11, glease contac t Howard H i l l , 1 Hayes Ave,, S t . C a t l ~ a r i n e s f o r f u r t h e r de ta i l s . . . . . .~Guess t h i s i s dl f o r t h i s nontb, f o l k s , must g e t t h i s i n the m a i l , . , . .See you i n MAY, MAY be a t Prudho-me1 s ,

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The hobby of c o l l e c l h g coins dates back to early times. It is v ~ ~ i e d and in te res t ing appealing to a l l groups, young end oldb It is a doorway t c -knowledge, as well as an e:ccellent, way t o s m e money.

ls%6ther your i n t e r e s t leans t o Ancient, Canadian, F o r e i s , Wooclen Coins, l!rrars, Paper Money, Military Medals or what-have-youJ you arc? guaranteed a means to fo rge t your o t h e r problems and enjoy a 210bhjr,

Many books are available a?, yaw l ibrary, or in the O.7J.A. Librwy which can guide yiiu on y w way.

The Ontario Numismatic Associatfon tfrough its many services, tries t o a s s i s t t h e col lector in every way, 'de przblish a nont2lly publication !!The Ont,ario N u m i ~ m a t i s t ~ ~ ; have a library available %or aU membars t o use; supply Display Cases fo r snows; publicixe coin shows; provide an Audio-Visual service f o r cl-~.b meef ings; s t r i k e a corxnemorative medal each year; previd-e a s ter l ing silver SpeL pin, and a spec ia l wall plaque; hold an annuzl Convention, pigs many more services fo r you, t h e collector.

The Ontario Numismatic Association is a non-profit organizati.on which depends on I t s members for support, In t h . b way we can serve t h e collect,or and the hobby better.

B1 you are in teres ted in cnxr fascinating hobby, p lease f i l l in the application form attached, While you are a t Gain Shows or &hibit ions we hops t h a t you like v h a t y o ~ see, and t h a t you tell your f r iends s o t h e may also get a b e t t e r idea of t:le hobby of cb l lec t ing cobs,

Thank YOU,,

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B i l l English, President, Ontario Numismatic Association,

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1 1 IST OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION

FOUNDED 1962

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Volume 8 May 1969 Page 41

FOOD FOR THOUGHT By B i l l English, Pres.

This i s r e a l l y an open l e t t e r t o a31 of our members, al though t h e clubs i n particu1.a.r should t ake note.

The Ontario Numismatic Association, l i k e t h e c7.ubs9 i s a non-profi t organiza- t i o n which i s guided by many i n t e r e s t e d people who give f r e e l y of t h e i r time and, i n many cases, money as we l l , We hope t o g e t t h e enjoyment of helping t o advance our wonderful hobby by making i t b e t t e r f o r a l l concerned, It i s a two-way s t r e e t and we must co-"operate wi th all and by t h e same token co-operation i s ne ce s sary be tween member s and clubs,

We have had a few problems which we have t r i e d t o solve over t h e years . We cannot be d i c t a t o r i a l , we must guide, if we guide wrong, l e t us know what we do wrong and how we can c o r r e c t our e r r o r s , On t h e other hand, we cannot cover a l l aspects of OLU: hobby and be 100% c o r r e c t but i f wc a re 50 - 60 - 70 - 80% c o r r e c t l e t u s know how t h e o the r percentage can be improved, Let us n o t l o s e s i g h t of what we hame ~.ccornplished and thr017-it away on something new and u n t r i e d ,

One problem has been l i s t i n g show d a t e s , A l e t t e r f ~ o m one club reads as fol lows :- "We have s e t Monday, Apr i l 32, 1968, as the d a t e f o r our co in show, we would apprec ia te f . f t h e O.N,Ao could keep t h a t day f r e e of shows, i f p o ~ s i b l e , ~ ~ The

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0, #.,A, can only l i s t t h e d a t e and ask d.1 clubs t o r e spec t t h e club t h a t announces i t s d a t e f i r s t , We w i l l t r y t o a s s i s t i n any way we can b u t we canriot and w i l l n o t t e l l any club they can or canf t hold a show on a s p e c i f i c datee, It i s t o t h e advantage of a l l concerned t o a d j u s t a s c o n f l i c t i n g d a t e s w i l l a f f e c t t h e success of everyone involved,

Another problem i s d i s p l a y ca tegor ies , t h e judging poin t system, judging and d i sp lay ing , Displays have improved

tremendously i n t h e p a s t few yea r s and we have t r i e d t o s tandardize on many things. There a r e so many v a r i a b l e s t h a t t o c o r r e l a t e them so a l l aspects would be cbns i s t an t i s nea r ly impossible. It i s very important t h a t t h e exh ib i to r understand the ca tegor ies and read and understand the poin t system. It i s a l s o very necessary t h a t t h e judges judge by the po in t system s e t down f o r t h e p a r t i c u l a r show they a re involved i n ,

An e x h i b i t symposiwn, chaired by D i s t r i c t No. 2 Di rec to r , Arthur Honour, w i l l be conducted a t t h e delegates meeting on Sunday, May l l t k , a t 10,OO a.m. a t Prudho~mel s o We i n v i t e dl clubs t o send t h e i r dele- ga te armed wi th suggest ions f o r improvements. We w i l l have a meeting of t h e minds between t h e judges, e x h i b i t o r s and t h e non-'exhibitors. A l l c lubs pick a de legate now f o r t h i s very important meeting. A l l 0. N. A. club member. de lega tes a re i n v i t e d t o a f r e e luncheon sponsored by t h e O.M.A. a f t e r t h e meeting, We i n v i t e all member's o r c lubs t o be represented and i f they carnot be a t our annual convention i n person l e t u s hear from you by mail.

Don't f o r g e t t h e d a t e - May 10 and 11, 1969, Prudhommels Garden Centre Hotel, or the address O.N.A., BOX 33? Waterloo, Ontario,Canada.

A word of explanat ion r e the non-ar r iva l of 0. N.A, a x h i b i t cases ' t o two of our clubs r e c e n t l y i s p r in ted below:-

Canadian National Railways 119 Weber St . W . , Kitchener, Ontario. 2 Apri l , 1969,

ICi t chener , 0n.t ar i 0.

Dear Sir:- Regarding our conversat ion concerning two shipments

forwarded on your behalf by Mr. Walter Holst of 4- Maple Court , Waterloo on March 18th91969 t o M r . C. J. Miedema, S t , Thomas, Ontario and M r . R. D. Bennett, Maple Ontario Depot.

Due t o minor e r r o r s i n completion of shipping contra& our d r i v e r placed a hold order on these shipments and shipping con t rac t s were given t o our d ispa tcher who contacted Mr. Holst on March 1 9 t h and secured cor rec t ions t o con t rac t s . The d ispa tcher then placed shipments i n p o s i t i o n f o r forwarding t o des t ina t ion . Unfortunately, hold markings were n o t removed from shipment and same d id n o t go forward bu t remgined i n our premises u n t i l March 24th, when de l ivered t o t h e Walper Hotel,

The reason these d i sp lays d id n o t r each t h e i r d e s t i n a t i o n s on time i s obviously t h e f a u l t of t h i s Company and I hope you w i l l accept my apologies f o r our mishandling of these shipments.

Yours very t r u l y , C AiJAD I AN NAT I ONAL B AILWAYS Signed- J, T o Bowler, TerrninalTraffi:i:

*****:k**** * * * * * * * * > k *********** *************** THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST i s published monthly by t h e Ontario Numismatic Association. The pub l i ca t ion may be obtained wi th membership. one of t h e following ca tegor ies . L i f e memberships-$SO,,regular memberships-$3, year ly , Juniors-$2, yea r ly (up t p 1 8 years of age), Husband and Wife (one Journal ) 45. year ly , ~ l u b - % l 0 . yearly. Specia l 0, N. A. S t e r l i n g S i lve r Lapf. .Pins (screw back or p in back) only $2,50. Remittances (p lus bank exchange i f paid by cheque)payable t o t h e Ontario l ~ m i s m a t i c Association, P. 0. Box 33, water loo, Ontario.

CANADA1 S TEN RAREST COINS By Fred Bowman

The a r t i c l e by John McKay-Clements on t h i s s u b j e c t i n t h e Ontario Numismatist of March 1969 opened up a subjec t which can be very contro- v e r s i a l . We must f i r s t of all d i s t i n g u i s h between the most valuable and t h e r a r e s t Canadian coins. Undoubtedly t h e most valuable i s t h e l 9 l l Canadian d o l l & followed c lose ly by the B r i t i s h Columbia t e n and twenty d o l l a r gold p ieces of 1862,

I n 1926 Judge Reid of Vancouver l i s t e d t h e owners of n ine twenty d o l l a r and seven t e n d o l l a r pieces , I n addi t ion four or f i v e s i l v e r specimens of each a re known.

The r a r e s t coins a re n o t n e c e s s a r i l y the most valuable . While most of them bring s u b s t a n t i a l p r i c e s , when ava i l ab le , they do n o t approach the extremely high p r i c e s asked f o r the r e a l l y valuable pieces. Some of them have permanent homes i n museums and so a re completely out of reach of p r i v a t e c o l l e c t o r s and cannot be classed as valuable because they m e unobtainable,

We have l i s t e d below a number of coins of which only one or two specimens a re known, Doubtless t h e r e a re o the r s which we have ov,erlook- ed. I n our l i s t we have included n o t only coins, tokens, p a t t e r n s and i n one case, the New Brunswick 20 cent Wyon Obit piece which must be c lassed as a medalet, These a re pieces which s e r i o u s c o l l e c t o r s a re cons tant ly looking f o r and so i n our opinion should be included i n a l i s t of r a r e Canadian coins.

O U Y ONE SPECIMEN KNWN Double de l a M e r i q u e , 1670 (Breton 5'03)

The only genuine known specimen i s i n a p r i v a t e co l l ec t ion . Pro Bono Publico, Bouquet Sou penny, 1837 (Breton 672).

The only known specimen i s i n t h e Chateau de Ramezw Col lec t ion . Canadian Ten Dol la r s , 1911, (Bowman Pa t t e rn 42) , The only known

specimen i s i n t h e Royal Mint Museum, London. Canadian Ten Dol lars , 1928, (Bowman Pa t t e rn 43) . The only known

specimen i s i n a p r i v a t e c o l l e c t i o n , Nova S c o t i a ha l f cent , small bus t & roses , 186-, incomplete da te .

(Bowman Pa t t e rn 14). The only known specimen was i n the H..Alex- ander Parsons co l l ec t ion .

Nova S c o t i a one cent , small bus t & r o s e s , 1861. owma man P a t t e r n 8 ) . The only known specimen went from the Weight s a l e i n 1923 t o t h e Brushfield s a l e i n 1945 t o t h e New Netherlands s a l e i n 1960,

New Brunswick one cent , l a r g e b u s t & mayflowers, 1861, (Bowman P a t t e r n 1 5 The only known specimen was of fered i n Spinkr s C i rcu la r i n 1915, 1917 and 1937 and i n the Brushfield s a l e i n 1945,

New Brmswick t e n cents 1871. (Bowman Pa t t e rn 22-10 This piece went from the Montagu s d e i n 1892 t o the Caldecot t s a l e i n 1912.

Newfoundland two d o l l a r s l 1865. (Bowman Pa t t e rn 34) . This piece was of fered i n S p i n k f s C l rcu la r i n l9lO and i s now i n a p r i v a t e co l l ec t ion .

Newfoundland two d o l l a r s , 1870. (Bowman Pa t t e rn 35) . The ovify known specimen i s i n the B r i t i s h museum.

Communion token - St . Andrews Church, Quebec. (Bowman 34) . The only known specimen i s i n a p r i v a t e co l l ec t ion .

Communion token - Tarbet Nova Scot ia . (Bowman 212A). The only known specimen i s i n a p r i v a t e c o l l e c t i o n .

4 ONLY TWO SPECIMENS KNMN

Bouquet sou (Breton 7 l 2 ) , One i n the Chateau de Ramezay c o l l e c t i o n and one i n a p r i v a t e c o l l e c t i o n ,

Canada l 9 l l d o l l a r . One specimen i n t h e B r i t i s h museum and one i n a p r i v a t e c o l l e c t i o n ,

New Brunswick f i v e cents , 1870, (Bowman Pa t t e rn 18) . One from t h e Saward s a l e i n 1910 t o t h e Wickham c o l l e c t i o n and from t h e r e t o Hans M.F,SchUrnan about 1950, One i n t h e ICing Farouk s a l e i n 1955,

New Brunswick 20 cents , 1862 reve r se and G.W,Wyon o b i t on t h e obverse, (Bowman P a t t e r n 23), One specimen i n t h e Brushf ie ld s a l e , 1945 and from t h e r e t o t h e Chateau de Ramezay c o l l e c t i o n , One specimen from t h e New Netherlands Coin Coo s a l e i n 1960 t o t h e Schulman s a l e i n 1963.

Newfoundland two d o l l a r s , 1864. (Bowinan Pa t t e rn 32) . One specimen from t h e Montagu s a l e i n 1892 t o t h e Murdoch s a l e i n 1903, t o t h e C d d e c o t t s a l e i n 1912, One specirion i n the B r i t i s h inusem.

Mule of t h e r eve r ses of Breton 522, Bank of Montreal wi th Bank du Peuple, i n s i l v e r . One specimen from the M~wdock s a l e i n 1903 t o t h e lJJ,FJoCoWilson c o l l e c t i o n s a l e i n 1925, One specimen of fered i n Sp inkTs Ci rcu la r i n 1927 and twice i n 19&,

There a re o the r s of which only t h r e e or four specimens a r e known such as- The Bank of Montreal f r o n t view halfpenny (B527) dated 1845 of

which t h r e e a re known. The b u s t and harp token (B1012) dated 1825 of which probably only

t h r e e a re lmomO The 1916 Canadian Sovereign of which Mr. McKay-Clements knows of

four specimens , Others i n t h e Caaadian P a t t e r n s e r i e s come under t h e category of

only t h r e e or four specimens known. There a re a l s o a number of bread, milk and t r a d e checks of which

Very few have come t o l i g h t . ******** *****:k** ******** **:k***** ******** We have a l e t t e r froin John McKay-Cleinen-ts i n answer t o Ricky Morse of the Apr i l i s s u e and i t w i l l be p r in ted next month due t o l i m i t e d space, Thanks f o r the i n t e r e s t shown i n M r , McKay-Clements a r t i c l e . Keep i t up. ***$**** ******** ******** **:k***** ********

mJ MEPJIDERS - The app l i ca t ions f o r membership which appeared i n t h e Apr i l i s s u e have now been accepted a id t h e following app l i ca t ions have been received. I f no w r i t t e n ob jec t ions a re rece ived , t h e i r acceptance w i l l be acknowledged i n the June i s s u e of the Ontario Nmismatist. 723 - Martin W. Lightenberg, 38 West Avenue South, Apt, 7,

Zamilton 20, o n t a r i o , 724 - L. I(. Coles, 212 Oxford S t r e e t , I n g e r s o l l , Ontario. 725 - Howard H i l l , 1 Hayes S t r e e t , S t . Catharines , Ontario. The following L i fe Members may now be added t o our l i s t : -

LM 9 - L e s l i e M. Allen, Box 104, Wiarton, Ontario. LM 10 - Chas, B, L a i s t e r , No. 3 -Highway, Ti l lsonburg, Ontario, ****>k*** ******** ******** ******:k* ********

7 th idiNUiLL OiiTI& 10 NUMISI.L,.T E IiSSCC LLT I G N C OITVEidT ION -:t-:k 3rd C ~ A T J ' J ~ LJT iiUKISi(5;T E V J J l I E T Y C OLLEC 'I' OHS I S S E L'LT ION C ONVOiT ION w:-

HOST - ST. c;;-rIIiJi.nrG COIN CLUB -:st i,T - PRUDHOTg.ES GiJtDZI'J C ~ T ? l E HOTEL ; Q. E. HIGI-?tJlJ '.Sk j..G4Y 10,11 a T& )JILL Sxx yt)ZT 'Jm

ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOClATION 7th Annual Convention

A wards SLPL

BANQUET 6:00 p.m. - SATURDAY, MAY 10

Guest Speaker Mr. Lecuyer P.J,J.

Chief of Coining & Medals Div is lon of Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa

AWARD OF MERIT Delegates Meeting AUDIO-VISUAL

Bingo Executive and Delegates Luncheon Special Bus Tour

Door Prizes Exmarr SYMPOSIUM BOURSE TABLES

DRAW TICKETS ABF CTB 0 N Educational Programmes -- - . -- - - - - -- - -. - - - - -

PLUS C A N A D I A N NUMISMATIC VARIETY

COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION

SPECIAL N E N T S SPECIAL DISPLAYS SPECIAL AWARDS

MEMBERSHIP MEET1 NG

E 1 ect ion of Officers Authenticating-llmtilying-Appraisal SERVICE!

"MAJB W" Coin llarie t ies ERRORS and OBDlTlES

The Public Is Invited and Everyone Is Welcome Registration $5 00 General Admission FREE

INFORhZATION

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Ontario Numismatic Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Refreshments Available BOX 33, Waterloo, Ontario

PFiOPOSED C O I N SHaJS

To he lp clubs decide upon a coin show daCe t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th another c lub ia i t s a r e a we c e l i s t i n g proposed da tes . Proposed d a t e s w i l l be l i s t e d every t h r e e months and f o r the l a s t t h r e e consecutive months p r i o r t o show d a t e , May 3-4 - City of Ottawa Coin Show a t t h e Talisman Motor Inn, 1376

Carling Ave., Ottawa. Chzirrnan - H.A,Burton; Bourse Chair- man- Paul Su l l ivan , Exh ib i t s Chairman-Don MacRae.

May 7 - Sarn ia Numismatic Annual Banquet w i l l be held a t t h e Chalet Motel. Convenor s-Mr & Mr s o Howard Browning and Mr . & Mrs. C a r l ~!fi l l iamson,

May 10-11-O.N,A. Seventh Annual Convention and Banquet a t Prudhomef s Garden Centre, Vine lmd, hos t club-St. Catharines s o i n club. Chairman & Co-Chairman- Pat Lamber t & Lloyd Dorsey. Bourse Chairman-Howard R i l l , 1 Hayes S t . , S t . Catharines or w r i t e Box 339 Waterloo, Onto The C .N ,V .CoAo w i l l be gues ts of -the 0. N.A. a t t h i s Convention wi th a s p e c i a l category f o r V a r i e t i e s i n t h e e x h i b i t s , f u r t h e r d e t a i l s from Ricky Morse.

June 7 - I n g e r s o l l Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet a t t h e I n g e r s o l l & D i s t r i c t Memorial Centre, Mutual St., I n g e r s o l l , Onto . Guest S eaker- John J, Pittman. Bourse d e a l e r s contac t Alan Macnab, 5 2 9 H a l l S t . , I n g e r s o l l , Ontario,

June 14 - Victoria- Simcoe Numismatic Associat ion Tenth Annual Woodville Banquet i n t h e Woodville Town H a l l , doors open a t 1 2 noon wi th dinner a t 6.30. Guest Speaker-Mr. Fred C. Jewatt, Auction and d i s p l a y s ,

Sept. 13- London Numismatic Society? 18th. Annual Show and Banquet, Carousel Motel, Enquir ies t o Wm. No Clarke, 167 Delaware S t , , London, Ontario.

Sept. 28- Bluewater Annual I n t e r n a t i o n a l Coin S ~ O F T . General Chairman- Norm Sco t t ; Bonrse Chairman - Rudy B r i l l ; Disp lay Chairmen - Don McRelvie and. Fred Hurley,

Oct. 5 - IGtchener Coin Club Annual l a c t i o n and Coin Show. More d e t a i l s l a t e r , Chairman - P a t C o l l i n s , RR2, Petersburg Ontario.

Oct. 25 & 26 - Windsor Coin Club Annual Show, Saturday and Sunday at

Morton-Palmer Hotel. Bourse d e a l e r s contac t C a r l Querbach, P, 0. Box 173, Sandwich Post Office, Windsor 10 , Ontario. Show from 10.00 a.m. t o 6.00 porno Sunday.

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BRAFITFORD lUUMISMATIC SOCIETY - A t t h e Apri l meeting a Fublic Library f i l m i n c o l o w , "The

S t , Lawrence Seawayt1 w a s presented and an o f f i c e r from t h e Brantford Pol ice Department spoke on I1Good Housekeepingn - d e t e c t i n g c o u n t e r f e i t money. Two of the membership won p r i z e s a t t h e Waterloo Coin Society Show, Mrs. Mary Hilborn f i r s t f o r B r i t i s h Columbia f i s h tokens aid two t h i r d s f o r United Nations and Chinese Coins and Tom KostKLuk t h i r d of Centermi al Medallions, CHAMPLkLN C O I N CLUB -

The l a s t meeting fea tu red a very i n t e r e s t i n g s e r i e s of s l i d e s from t h e O.N,A, on Church Medallions. A high l i g h t of t h e meeting was t h e p resen ta t ion of a l i f e rn~rnbership i n the Champlain Coin Club t o

Pageb 47 Mrs. Dorothy Horne who i s member num e r 5 and the only secretary- trea- sure t h e club has ever had. C E m r U C O I N CLUB

The Annual spr ing show was held i n t h e Westbury Hotel on Apri l 5' and 6 m-d the d i sp lay winners were t h e following: Canadian Decilnal - Ro Bagnall , F. Lieshout, R e Gould, Foreign Coins - I, Smith, R. Gould, R, Morse. Paper Money - Po Findlay, R. Morse, R. Morse. Miscellaneous - So Baker, So Baker, R o Morse. Medals - T o Kosaluk, Ro Morse, R o Morse, Junior - So Veffer , D o Evans. Best of Show - Ralph Bagnd.1 f o r Canadian Decimals, HAMILTON C O I N CLUB -

The l a s t meeting fea tu red a t a l k by Fred Jewet t on "Paper Money Col lec t ing i s For Everyone", F ina l plans were made f o r t h e Banquet on Apr i l l g t h , a t t h e Bolo-0-Drome, a r e p o r t of wliich w i l l be i n our next i s s u e , HURONIA TJUMISViATIC ASSOCIATION

Most of t h e l a s t meeting w a s taken up f i n a l i z i n g the plans f o r t h e coin show on Saturday, ~ p r i l 26th i n Barr ie . I t was agreed t o spend $25.00 f o r books f o r the club l i b r a r y . An enjoyable and p r o f i t a b l e auct ion closed t h e meeting. INGERSOLL C O I N CLUB

The l a s t meeting fea tu red a t a l k by Sh i r l ey English of IEtchener on "Why Jo in a Coin ClubI1. This meeting w a s t he occasion of the annual Dutch auct ion wi th proceeds going t o t h e I n g e r s o l l Kiwanis Eas ter Sea l &Fund f o r c r ippled ch i ld ren , One cr ippled ch i ld was p resen t and her hobby i s c o l l e c t i n g s e r v i e t t e s . There was a l s o a good auction.

ICINGSTON C O I N CLUB - For a change t h e l a s t meeting was devoted e n t i r e l y t o dea l ing ,

buying and s e l l i n g and i t gave everyone a clim-ce t o look around, and g e t b e t t e r acquainted. It i s a welcome change sometimes j u s t t o g e t away from the regu la r rou t ine . KITCHEiVER C O I N CLUB

Heritage days a re corning which means t o non6Pennsylv;mia Dutch a f e s t i v a l wi th t h e D i s e l f i n k b i r d , a wild coloured b i r d s o r t of out of t h i s world, wi th events , enterte_fment, excitement and a s p e c i a l token s t ruck f o r t h e event. It i s i n June and i s sponsored by the Waterloo Coin Society , Kitchener Coin Club and the O o N o A o so l e t T ' s have fun. (hly tile toBen is sponsored by the clubs.) ?, 35$ or 3/$1.60, write ON!;.

LONDON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY The l a s t meeting fea tu red Par t 11, Coins of the Roman Republic,

from t h e s e t of s l i d e s bought by t h e club, Mr. E s l e r prepared and taped t h e n a r r a t i o n and two d i s p l a y cases of co ins of t h i s e r a were brought by Howard Whi t f ie ld and Graham Es le r . A good auct ion was held a t the end of the meeting.

NIAGAilA FALLS C O I N CLUB

A t t he l a s t meeting t h e gues t speaker was M r . Vic tor Snel l , Pres ident of t h e C.N.A. and he ta lked on Canadian Paper Money and showed some of h i s co l l ec t ion , A t t h e next meeting a 1963 Engl ish gold sover- e ign which the Club has bought w i l l be auctioned o f f a t so much a t i c k e t . Tlier e w i l l a l so be s l i d e s on "What s My Coin1l0 PLCJ\T i4OJ TO VISIT PRUDHCI.U$EXi TJGZ 10,11, D-mZJG THE BLOSS~JI FSSTIV~J,.

G C I T Y OF OTTAMA C O I N CLUB

A t &he l a s t iileeting the f i n a l arrangeyents were made f o r t h e Coin Show on May 3rd and it was pointed out t h a t a few more e x h i b i t s a re needed. A Club c r e s t was se lec ted by the members and during the auct ion years s e t s of C.N.A, journals r e a l i z e d $25.50 f o r Coin Show door p r i z e s ,

PORT CREDIT C O I N CLUB Plans a re going forward f o r the Strawberry F e s t i v a l t o be held

on June 24, and t h e Apri l meeting i s f e a t u r i n g an audio-visual from the O.N.A, Be sure t o remember the Strawbwrry Fes t iva l .

RICHMOND HILL C O I N CLUB --- The f i f t h annual show was a g r e a t success wi th t h e following

winners i n the var:,ous ca tegor ies - C a n d i a n Decimal .-- Vera r'?i,dlay, Ray Gould, Gladys Bennett Foreign Coins - R i c k j ~ Morse, Vera Fendlay, Ron Bennett Paper Money .- Peter Findle.,;, Ricky Morse, Ricky Morse Metal Medals & Tokens - Lee Ajoub,Ricky Morse, James Bowdery Miscellaneo~,..; -.- Jmes Bowdery, Ricky Morse, Ivan Coles. Jun io r s - Peter Bowdery, Miss R, Symington, Ralph Mestwarp Specia l V i s i t o r s Category - Mrs. Art Baker, Ed Keetch, Ingr id Smith Best of Show - Peter Findley SARNI.r', NUMISMATIC SOCIETY-

A t t h e l a s t meeting the 0, N. A. f i l m "The Canadian Coat of Armstf was shown. A guest was p resen t from the Moncton N.B. Numismatic Society and he i n v i t e d any of the Sa rn ia club t o g i s i t t h e Moncton Club i f they were i n t h a t area, George Smith of B r i g h t ' s Grove donated a token f o r d i s p l a y i n t h e Sarnia C i ty H a l l , known as t h e l1Gimel Token" and i t was o r i g i n a l l y a Presbyter ian Cli5rch Token brought t o Canada by Rev, Gimel t o h i s Church a t Lanark, Ont, His son was founder of t h e Sa rn ia Obsar- ver i n 1852. An auct ion v a s conducted by John Gouldo THISTLETCWN C O I N CLUB

A t t h e l a s t meeting C. N,V. C. A, member Bob Aaron was presented wi th two medals i n a wooden Medal Holder and a 1969 Honorary Membership i n the club. Coloured s l i d e s were a l s o shown, TORONTO C O I N CLUB

A t t h e l a s t meeting M r . Alex Munro gave a t a l k on I r i s h Coins which he i l l u s t r a t e d wi th about 40 s l i d e s from h i s own c o l l e c t i o n , The club moved t o nominated M r . E ldr idge Jones of Washington, D O C . a s a Governor of the A.N,A. M r . Peddie repor ted he had rece ived h i s proof-: l i k e s e t s wi th in s i x weeks of p--acing h i s o r d m and t h a t the q u a l i t y i s about t h e same as l a s t year ,

WATERLOO C O I N SOCIETY A t the Apri l meeting it was decided t o take th ings a l i t t l e easy

and have an educat ional f i l m on Scotland and some t r ad ing among t h e members. This was followed by an auct ion, The winners a t tlie Waterloo Coin Show w i l l be l i s t e d next month,

ST, CATHAEINES C O I N CLUB The April meeting was known as "Junior Meeting" w i t h only junior

d i sp lays and two juniors being e lec ted t o t h e execut ive of t h e club, This i s t h e f i r s t time t h e Jun io r s have been represented on t h e execut ive and i t i s hoped t h i s w i l l t r a i n them i n r m - i n g a club. Plans were a l s o continued f o r the 0, N.A. Conve~ition a t Prudhommer s May 10 and 11. ii l i vwly auct ion f i n i s h e d t h e meeting.

N . d ZEALAND COINAGE

By Leland B. Crosthwait Member of t h e Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand

New Zealand i ssued her f i r s t s i l v e r coins i n 1933. These were t o r ep lace the B r i t i s h coins of t h e same values t h a t had previously been c i r cu la ted . A t t h i s time t h e New Zealand pound was devalued t o be only worth about 4/5 of the pound s t e r l i n g and s ince the coinage w a s all s t e r - l i n g i t i s easy t o see t h a t people could c o l l e c t t h e coinage andl by send- i n g it t o England gain t h e e x t r a t h a t had been l o s t by t h e devaluat ion, So i n the way ~ o v e r m ~ e n t s have of tryang t o s p o i l such e n t e r p r i s e , t h e export of coinage was prohib i ted and New Zealand coinage was then s t ruck t o r ep lace t h e s t e r l i n g coinage which was then withdrawn. No -daub$' t h e government was then n o t adverse t o making t h e p r o f i t b t s e l f by sending t h e withdrawn coins t o 131gland,

A t t h i s time only t h e s i l v e r coins were replaced ( i t was probably thought t h a t i t would n o t be worth while people sending ou t t h e heavy copper coins. A f i v e pound bag of pennies weighs about 22 l b s , and a s i i n i l a r amount of half-pennies about 30 l b s , ) Thus t h e new coins were of value, t h r e e pence, sixpence, s h i l l i n g , two s h i l l i n g and half- c ro~m. Aus t ra l i a , by the way, has had i t s own coinage from 1910 (some sovereigns were minted e a r l i e r ) but has never had a half-crown.

I n 1935 a crown was i s sued and about 1000 complete s e t s were ininted. These were hard t o s e l l , i t being depression t imes and t h e small preinim asked was n o t r e a d i l y given by most people. Those wise people who d id buy made a very good investment a s t h e crown which i s c a l l e d t h e Waitangi crown a f t e r t h e design on the r eve r se s i d e of t h e Maori warr ior and t h e Governor s igning the t r e a t y of Waitangi by which the Maori people agreed t o t h e sovereign%y;of Queen V i c t o r i a over New Zealand, became New Zealand r a r e s t coin, The threepence of t h a t year (1935) i s a l s o f a i r l y r a r e although t h e mintage w a s much g rea te r than t h a t of t h e crown,

I n 1940 the B r i t i s h copper co ins were replaced by a Nmi .Zealand penny and half-penny. There were no f a r t h i n g s c i r c u l a t i n g i n New Zealand. I n 1940 was a l s o i s sued a centennia l half-crown, t h i s year being a cent- -- u r y s ince 1840 when New Zealand was f i r s t colonized.

The coins of 194-6 were ( i n coimon wi th B r i t i s h coins) the l a s t t o conta in any s i l v e r , a f t e r t h i s a l l I1silverl1 coins being s t r u c k i n cupro- n icke l . These coins being of t h e same weight a s t h e o lder ones a re s l i g h t l y th icke r due t o t h e lower d e n s i t y of t h e new a l l o y a s compared t o t h e previously used s i l v e r a l loy .

The next event of numismatic i n t e r e s t was t h e pro jec ted v i s i t of King George V 1 i n 1949, Crowns were ininted t o cornr~iemorate t h i s event but due t o the i l l n e s s of t h e monarch t h e v i s i t was cancel led. However we s t i l l had t h e crown,

The coronqtion of Queen Z l i z a b e t h 11 i n 1953 provided New Zealand ' s next and l a s t crown, There were then only regu la r co ins i s sued u n t i l t h e l a s t of t h e non-decimal coins i n 1965.

There a re not many v a r i e t i e s i n the New Zealauld non-decimal coins a p a r t from die-cracks, e t c , The most important v a r i e t i e s arose from t h e chxtge of the Queen1 s e f f i g y i n 1956-57. This was redesigned wi th a shoulder s t r a p and replaced the older design i n 1965, However a few 1956 I1str aplessI1 pennies were minted. I n the case of t h e sixpence all t h e 1956 mintage h2.d "strapsI1 but, ;for 1957 t h e mint used the old d i e f o r some of t h a t year s coins, Si ini lar ly t h e r e a re some l1 s t r aplessll 1956 threepences. The "str aplessI1 sixpence and threepence were reasonably coinnon but t h e penny i s r a r e .

P a ~ e 50 There were no coins i s sued i n 1966, t h i s being a gap u n t i l t h e new

d e c i m d coins of 1967. With t h e r i s e i n t h e p r i ce of copper a halfpenny was s a i d t o cos t about a penny t o mint, while a penny c o s t about 1$ pencs. Treasury does no t approve of such uneconomic p r a c t i s e s so t h i s helped . push on the in t roduc t ion of t h e new (and smaller , i n t h e case of the , -- copper coins) coinage wl~icli of course was decimal with the new d o l l a r equal t o t e n s h i l l i n g s or h a l f a pound.

The new decimal co ins of 1967 were a d o l l a r ( f o r c o l l e c t o r s ohly) and c i r c u l a t i n g coins of ~ 0 , 2 0 , 1 0 , ~ , 2 and 1 cents . The C.hange-over t o decimal money went f a i r l y smoothly, t h e most exc i t ing t h i n g numismatic- a l l y being a mi-mp by t h e Royal I\lint of B a h a ~ a -I s l m d and New Zealand d ies . Thus a Bahma Islcand obverse was matched wi th a New Zealand . 1

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r e v e r s e i n t h e 2 cent coin, This llmulell was f i r s t discovered when bus d r i v e r s gave out t h e i r change on t h e day of the change-over and i t i s sa id t o be the f i r s t such mistake ever t o be made by t h e Royal Mint, There were probably about 100,000 of these llmulesll minted ( t h e l i f e of one s e t of d i e s I expect) b u t t h e t r easury grabbed back all they could ( f o r melting down) and t h e balance of perhaps 20,000 a r e i n t h e hands of c o l l e c t o r s . The o ther day I found a 2 cent coin on t h e road. Strangely enough it was a Bal~ama mule, bu t very badly scratched. .

There does i10t seen t o be any other v a r i e t i e s repor ted i n t h e decimal coins although I d id n o t i c e t h a t some of t h e d o l l a r s have t h e whole de- s i g n s l i g h t l y l a r g e r than i n o thers . I presume t h a t a s l i g h t l y d i f f e r e n t magnif icat ion r a t i o must have been used i n making some of t h e working d i e s from t h e master d i e .

The s t o r y of t h e coinage of New Zealand although s h o r t compared wi th t h a t of most count r ies i s n o t without i n t e r e d t .

(The above-mentioned a r t i c l e was w r i t t e n by a nwnisinatic f r i e n d of Ye Ed s from Wellington, New Zealand--another i n s t a n c e where

numismatics has spread i t s hand of f r i e n d s h i p across t h e sea.) ******** I******* ******** ******** ********

A TRIBUTE FROM TEE PRESIDENT OF THE C. N.V. C. A.

Word has j u s t reached me t h a t D r , C. A. Herbin passed away on Apri l 1, 1969, a t h i s home i n Ken tg i l l e , lUova Scot ia . On behalf of the execu- t i v e and members of t h e Canadian Ihinismatic Var ie ty Co l l ec to r s Associa- t i o n I wish t o pub l i c ly express our deepest sympathy t o h i s wife and family.

He was born i n Auguet, Cape Breton and attended Arichat High School. Then i n 1919 11e received h i s BA from St. Anne's College, and i n 1925 he graduated i n medicine from Dalhousie University. He p r a c t i s e d i n S t , Pe te r s , Lockeport and AriEhat, Cape Breton before he r e t i r e d t o Ken tv i l l e , Nova Sco t i a , l a s t yecar.

He was considered an a u t h o r i t y on the h i s t o r y of Nova S c o t i a and Cape Breton and one of t h e leading nunismat is t s of our time, He founded t h e Canadian Nwnismatic Var ie ty Co l l ec to r s Associatioli i n March, 1965, and was t h e f i r s t e d i t o r of t h e Ervar Digest , t h e o f f i c i a l montlily pub l i ca t ion of the Associat ion ~ u i t i l he was forced t o r e t i r e due t o f a i l i n g hea l th . He donated t h e Founder ' s Trophy every y e a f o r t h e C. N,V,C. A. Conventions, and wrote numerous numismatic papers on e r r o r s and v m i e t i e s i n Canadian coinage. He held a L i f e Membership i n t h e Associa- t i o n ad we l l a s belonging t o var ious other clubs.

Ricky R. Morse Pres ident - C o NoV.CoA.

I ~ ' 4 I L T O N C O I N CLUB SHCXnT - LATE FLASH - JUST ARRIVED

The Apr i l 1 9 t h Show was very enjoyable. The fol lowing were t h e d i s p l a y l f ~ i n n e r s i n the var ious ca tegor ies :- Canadian - R. Bagnall,Toronto, Fa Lieshout-Toronto, A. Fuller-Kitchener. Paper Money - V. S n e l l , St . Catharines , H. Rapedius, Hamilton, Junior - Diane Kos iba ,F i r s t & Second and Diane Bellows -all St . Ca thwines Foreign - E. Sentes,Burlington;B. Brace,Mncaster ; A. Trebilcock,Burling, Miscellaneous-B. Be;.l&.i~s;St. C ath. ; A. Sentes ,Burl ington; S.Baker ,Downsview Tokens & Medals-A.Bdcer ,Downsview;Mrs, Summerhill, Welland, T. Kostdluck,

B r an t f ord. Grand Award - Ethe l Sentes f o r Foreign Display on e a r l y Chinese money. GUP :: t Speaker - Victor Sne l l , S t , C a t h a r i n e s . ******** ******** ******** ******** ********

LIST OF NEW EXECUTIVE FOR 1969-70 Immediate Pas t Pres ident - William English Pres ident - Don F l i c k F i r s t Vice-President - Chas, B e L a i s t e r Second Vice-President - Walter Griggs Secre tary - Mrs. Pat Lambert Treasurer - Bruce Raszmann D i r e c t o r s - Area 1 - Howard Whi t f ie ld

Area 2 - Arthur Honour Area 3 - Jack D i e t r i c h & Jo Edward Stahley k rea 4 - R. R. Morse A r e a 5 - Kenprophet Area 6 - Vince Doran Area 7 - Charles Mil ler Area 8 - E a r l C , Grandmaison Area 9 - John McKay-Clements Area 10 - E l l i o t t Jephson

-Historian - Walter Griggs P u b l i c i t y - Ricky Morse ( BY ~ L C C G 9 G L T I O N ) LZ.br a r i a n - Hazel Munro Audio-visual - Chas. B. La i s tp r INST;,LLLT ION L:LT THE C O I W N T ION Display Case Service - Walter I lols t Speakers C i r c u i t - Ken Prophet Edi tor - WmEo Pat L m b e r t ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** THIS N THAT - This has been a r e a l busy time f o r Ye Ed - going t o t h e var ious show-examining the var ious exh ib i t s - ( I had t o , I was t r y i n g t o judge) and l ea rn ing much-every show I was a t managed t o assemble a rea l n i c e v a r i e t y of d i sp lays worthy of our great hobby--$he many e x h i b i t o r s who put t h e i r ma te r i a l on d i s p l a y a l l over t h e province a r e t o be ~ 0 ~ E T a t - u l a t e d on t h e i r exzellence--in many ins tances they were so good t h e judges job was tough--this we do no t mind--keep up the good work--one th ing I not iced over shows of l a s t f a l l was t h e n q b e r of junior displays--the clubs a re t o be congratual ted i n promoting t h e juniors--these a re t h e c o l l e c t o r s of to-morrow--the r e c e n t passing of D r . Aa Herbin i s a g r e a t l o s s t o our hobby--he w a s one of t h e t r u l y g r e a t e n t h u s i a s t s , arid d i d nu'ah t o promote t h e f r i e n d l y touch which permeates numismatics-- Donf t f o r g e t Mav 10 and 11 a t Prudhomnle 's--see you a l l then--come and br ing your f r i e n d s t o Ontar io 's "Greatest Show on EarthT'

Ye Ed

T H E OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION I

FOUNDED 1962 WATERLOO, ONTARIO

1969 - 1971 0. N. A. OFFICERS

Post Presidents R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-65) L. T. SMITH (1965-67) W. ENGLISH (1967-69)

President Don nick

First Vice-President Chas. B. Laister


Secretary Mrs. Pat Lambert

Treasurer Bruce H. Raszmann

MAILING ADDRESS Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario

DIRECTORS Area 1 Howard Whitfield Area 2 Arthur Honour Area 3 J. Edward Stahley

Jack C. Dietrich Area 4 Ricky Morse Area 5 Ken Prophet Area 6 VinceDoran Area 7 Charles Miller Area 8 Earl C. Grandmaison Area 9 John McKay-Clem- Area 10 Elliott Jephson

Historian Walter Griggs

Publicity Ricky Morse

Librarian Mrs. Hazel Munro

Audio-VisuaI Service Chas. B. Laister No. 3 Highway Tillsonburg, Ont.

Chairman of Display Cases Walter Holst 4 Maple Court Waterloo, Ont. Phone: 576-7831

Speaker's Circuit Service Ken Prophet CFMTC CFB BORDEN, Borden, Ont.

~ d i i o r W. E. Pat Lambert 57 Emmett Road St. Catharines, Ont.

Volume 8 June 1969 Page 52

GREETImGS AND BEST WISHES T O ALL O,N,A. iXEMBERS,

Our Seventh Annual Convention celebr- a ted l a s t month a t Prudhornmers Garden Centre, Vineland S ta t ion , Ontario, was, i n my es t imat ion a complete success , T h i s happy s t a t e of a f f a i r s was achieved f o r t h e most p a r t by t h e e f f o r t s and enthusiasm of Pat Lambert w i t h a supporting c a s t from t h e St . Catharines Coin Club -- and B i l l English, Pres ident , together wi th h i s 0. N.A. execut ive,

When a t 9 a.m, on t h e opening day pg r f i c a l l y all d i s p l a y space a v a i l a b l e was occupied i t was a f i r s t i n d i c a t i o n t h a t i n t h i s show we were going t o have a l i v e one. The d i s p l a y s were excep t i ona l ly good and occasioned a g r e a t d e a l of i n t e r e s t and s c r u t i n y from a publ ic who came t o see -- and l i k e d what it saw. There a l s o seemed t o be p lenty of a c t i v i t y around t h e bourse t a b l e s and the d e a l e r s a t t h i s O.N.A, show a re t o be complimented on t h e v a r i e t y of numismatic i tems they had t o o f f e r . A good square shooting coin dea le r i s a tremendous con t r ibu t ion t o t h e success of any show; which f a c t i s apt t o be overshadowed by the more p u b l i c i t y provoking events such a s d is - play winning, speech making, e l e c t i o n of o f f i c e r s , e t c . , .

The Ontario Numismatic Associat ion was pleased t o share i t s convention t h i s year wi th t h e Canadian Numismatic Var ie ty Collec- t o r s Associat ion (CNVCA) and t h e enthusiasm and a c t i v i t y of t h i s group added g r e a t l y t o t h e s p i r i t and Itvarietyl1 of t h e sliow.

Nmisnlatiss i s now i n a sound p o s i t i o n i n Canada, I t has weathered t h e storm of wild specula t ion as has, a t one time or another, the Dollar , Pound, Franc, Mak and

the o ther g r e a t cur rencies of the world. Some of these having t h e i r f i n g e r s burnt by t h e

specu la to r s -- haven4t been able t o pick up a coin s ince -- while o the r s have come back t o t h e f o l d , poorer but wiser and thereby r i c h e r than before.

- 53 - Because of t h e c a l i b e r of t h e 1969-71 O.N.A. execut ive and with,

.L'~, 5 ,., .= help, guidance and experience of t h a t executive, I look forward t o con t r ibu t ion I can mske through the O.N.A. t o t h e cause of numis-

a n t i c s i n oax Province.

The O.N,A, w i l l continue and expand where circumstances i n d i c a t e :i_r expansion should t ake place i t s present s e r v i c e s such as Audio- Visual , Display Case Service, 4he Ontario Numismatist, Speakers c:-rcuit, e t c . 'TI..? execut ive w i l l welcome a t t imes any cons t ruc t ive c ~ i t i c i s m of how t\re cond.uct these se rv ices i n p a r t i c u l a r and the O.N.A, i % s e l f i n general , We w i l l a l s o welcome new i d e a s f o r t h e advancement c~r" t h i s wonderful hobby -- vrh~ther they come from t h e 0. N.A. D i rec to r s , O,N,d, Members c r tb,c:,r.e ?..?nzly Others -- who by t h e merest nominal mmal f e e of ~ 1 2 . 1 ~ $ ~ = c ) c ! C O U . ~ ~ themselves become O o N o A o Members, emerg- 3-ng a t once f r o n the t w i l - i g h t ; zone t o a S e t t e r , f u l l e r , r i c h e r l i f e i n I$mismati cs ,

Don Fltck, Pres ident Ontario Numismatic Association.

;. J . J. +-,.***** *******>? ******** I******* ******** SEVENTH AiiNITRT, ONTARI 0 NUMISMATIC CONVENTION

AT PFUDHOMMEr S GARDEN CENTRE HOTEL HOSTD BY THE ST. CATWINES C O I N CLUB

The S t , Catharines Coin Club was h o s t f o r t h e Seventh Annual .:?%z'io Numl smati c Convention held a t Prudhommes Garden Centre Hotel on :<i?j~ 10 snd 11, 1969, We were a l s o very pleased t o welcome t h e Canadian ZlT~:.m:i.smatic Vxriety Co l l ec to r s Association, who held t h e i r annual show ~ i ; ~ i.:cnvention i n conjunct ion w i t h t h e 0, N. A. Convention.

-? . Twenty-eight bourse d e a l e r s wsre i n attendance a t t h e show, James . . I ~ a 3 EZdgevo~d, New Jersey!? and Paul Bergman, Toledo, Ohio, were two rri.~-il.ers from t h e United S t a t e s , Among t h e Canadian d e a l e r s who t r a v e l l e d 'i..i.ll:L faX'thi?st we?? Chuck Martin, Sudbury, Ontario and Lombardo Mint, i' I.. .-. ..- ~-i,.,:,~b:!?m!c%~ Q~ebec ,

MI?, P, Lecuyer, Chief of Coining and Medals Div i s ion of the Royal ''I ~.l:3nr.,tLFan . . Mint was our gu-sst speaker and gave a very i n t e r e s t i n g address, t y l r , Lccuyer s a i d t h a t t h e f i r s t Canadian coins appeared i n 1810 i n t h e c i t y of Mcntreal. Gold f i ~ s t appeared i n New Westminster, B.C., i n 1862, 'L'kzse coins contained mere gold than t h e f a c e value of t h e coin. The .?.cyal MLnt opened i n 1908, I n 1931 t h e Canadian Government took over the mint and renmed i t +s:1- R ~ y s l l Canadian Mint. On Apr i l 1, 1969 t h e ?lint became a Crown Co.r~o~a-t . lon, Mr , E, Brown i s ac t ing Master of t h e Mint a t t h e present t ime,

Mr, and Mrs. Do~lg , Kc-k .:.:T.,:> fzlorn Sarasota , F l o r i d a f o r the Conven- t i o n , We were a l s o kio:?o~.~ed t o haae M r , Les Lodge from BerWey, C a l i f - o rn ia , M r , Lcdge i s t h e e z i t o r of t h e Quarterly Magazine f o r t h e C a l i f o r n i a S t a t e NmS-smatic Associat ion, 2.4.

(next page) . -T****** *:k*****:s I******* ******** ******** 7 ---' OFTTAR10 NUM1SMJ:TIST i s pxblished monthly by t h e Ontario Numismatic .~.ssociation. The wb1icai;ion msy be obtained wi th rnembersliip i n one of the following ca tegor ies , L i f e memberships-$50,~ Regular Menberships - 6;. ...., -l , ye .z ly , Juniors - $2, y e a ~ l y (up t o 18 years of age), Husband and illifc (one journa1)~-$65, y e a l y , Club -$lo, yearly. Specia l O.N.A, S t e r l - ..'~.J?X Li~pe l Pins (screw back o r ' p in back) only $2.50. Il?icLttcznces (p lus bank exchange if paid by cheque) payable t o the I, lltz2.;ri-o Numf smatic Associat ion, P. 0. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario.

There were a t o t a l of 200 d i sp lays wi th 85 people d isp laying 1-7

cases i n t h e competit ive d i s p l a y s wi th the Jun io r s pu t t ing i n 14 of these d isp lays . The Court of on our d i sp lays were put in-by:- Tom Masters, London, Ont.5 Bet ty Lou Bellows, St. Catharines , Ontario; Bank of Canada Numismatic Sec t ion by Iiajor Sheldon Carro l l ; E. Victor Smell, S t , Cathmines j Sherrit t-Gordon Mines, Toronto; Wellings Corp. Limited, Toronto ;and Bank of Montreal, St . Catharines ,

The Display Winners Were: Junior - 1st-Barry McGregor , B e l l e v i l l e , Ont,

2nd-Christine Kosiba, S t , Catharines , Oat. 3rd-Dennis F a i r a l l -T i l l sonbmg, O n t o

Canadim- Decimal Coins - 1st-Douglas Wark, Sa raso ta , F l o r i d a 2nd-Goldie Wark, Sarasota , F lo r ida 3 rd -Bark Lieshout , Toromto, Ont.

Tokens, Medals & Medallions - 1st-Don F l i c k , Oakvil le , Onto 2nd-Mrs. Gwen Sager, B e l l c v i l l e , O n t o S:rd-Stanley Peaver, Bancroft , Ont. -

Canadian Currency - 1st-E. Vic tor Snel l , St . Catharines , Ont 2nd-Stanley Peaver , Bancr of t , Ont, 3rd-Hans Rapedius , Hamilton, Ont .

Topical - 1st -Bet ty Lou Bellows, St . Catlnarines, Ont. 2nd-Bruce Brace, Anc as t e r , O n t o 3rd-Douglas Wark, Sarasota , F lor ida .

World Currency - 1s t -Alber t F u l l e r , Kitchener, Ont. 2nd-Albert F u l l e r , Kitchener, Ont.

World Coins - 1s t -E the l Sentes, Burl ington, Ont, 2nd-Mrs. D o Warlc, Sarasota , F l o r i d a 3rd-E, Vic tor Sne l l , S t . Catharines, Ont .

E r r o r s - 1 s t - Paul C a r l , Rochester, NeYo 2nd- Paul C a r l , Rocheater, N.Y. 3rd- Aulis ICoslonen, Inger s o l l , Ont.

Miscellaneous- 1 s t - Albert Sentes , Burlington, Ont. 2nd- Arthur Leff , London, 3rd- Wes Hm-1, Huntsvi l le , Ont. --

GRAND AWARD W I I ~ T X R - bounl;s Barirr s b a s o t a , .Flor ida. FCR 0.N.L. IS H I C I i L I G - 3 02 'I,G YAAR - AJ,L$ O F - ' ~ R I T - SEE PAGE 61

An est imated 2500 people attended t h e show and 1 7 5 s a t down t o t h e Banquet on Saturday n ight . The lucky draw winners were :-

1 s t - 100 Canadian Dol lars - J. Madill , St . C a t h a r i n e ~ , Ont . 2nd - 1967 Gold Se t - G . Roberts, S t . Catharines , O n t o 3rd - 1967 S i lve r S e t - W. Tureck, Oshawa, Onto 4th-8th - 1969 Proof- l ike S e t s - Mary Jack, S t . Catharines ,

Pa Michalicka, St . Catharines , Ron Winger, Ridgeway, D o Horsely, Vine- l and , Harry Eisenhouser, London, Ontario,

The Of f i ce r s and D i r e c t o r s f o r the 1969-71 were i n s t a l l e d a t t h e General Meeting on Saturday morning. (For l i s t of executive see May9 Nwnismatist.

Reported by Robert Voaden, His to r i an St . Catharines Coin Club

******** *******\? ******** ******** ******** D I D YOU IZiVOW----

The o f f i c i a l l e g a l tender i n New Hampshire was n o t changed from \

pounds and s h i l l i n g s t o d o l l a r s and cents u n t i l 1950.

The following has been received from our Direc tor , John McKay-Clements i n zylswer t o a l e t t e r by Riclzy Morse i n a r ecen t Bu l l e t in : - D e a ~ Ricky Morse: r e Tokens and Coins

I t see!-!ls a l i t t l e p u e r i l e t o spend time arguing about w h ~ t h e r tokens a?e coins unless we concede t h a t by so doing we may s t imula te some i n t - e r e s t i n nwnismatics and perhaps even educate ourselves. I f you w i l l climb down off your high horse f o r a. l i t t l e while, IEl l be glad t o scrarnble up out of t h e Iislough of despondtt i n t o which your open l e t t e r had pl~unged me, i n thJ s w2.y I w i l l a t l e a s t meet you h d f way t o dis-- cuss the mat ter ,

Any content ion tl1z.t a token i s a coin, i s , I admit, rathwr too broad t o be accepte4. by a p u r i s t a t f a c e value, Let u s a t l e a s t agree -that I speciCied ' ' 3 g:'il~l _r,e t r ade tokenI1, but f o r t h e sake of c l a r i t y should have added iTst,~ii-c',r f o r the purpose of serving t h e same func t ion as moneyIT,

My Shorter Oxford Engl ish Dict ionery, among other d e f i n i t i o n s of t h e word C O I N s a y ~ - - - - I ~ , " ~ 4- p5ece of metal of d e f i n i t e weight and value, stamped wi th ar: ol'i"ic~,l.Py authorized device, a piece of moneyH, Turn& ,d i ng t o the word TClJCEN, 1 f i n d among other things--"lo, A stamped piece of metal , issued as a me im of exchange by a p r i v a t e person or company vlio engages T O take Li; back a t i t s nominal value, giving goods or l e g a l currency fo r i t 1598,11 It goes on t o i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e word can be coin- bined wi th the word COIN4.GE and r e f e r s the reader t o TOKEN-MONEY, which 5n t u r n gives vs -.-h,Privcke tokens i ssued by a t r a d e r or company as a f r a c t i o n a l currenci- =c1 temporary medium of exchange between t r ade r and customer 1890, c , S t a t e coinagz of money n o t having %he i n t r i n s i c value f o r which i t i s cur rent , but bearing a f ixed value r e l a t i v e t o gold coin, for which i t i s exchangeable 1889,ll Note t h a t both a coin and a token 1s -.-'la staullpec? p i ~ c e of metali1 and both a re used as money or a medium ctf excliange,

NOW we have the term TOKEN COINAGE t o consider. The word COINAGE i s defined by C , C , Chamberlain as " ( a ) The process of waking coins. (b) .? c c l l e c t i v c term f o r coins. The term, of course does no t inc lude pzimr cur re lcy , o r p r i v a t e l y i ssued tokens,

X a i t a minute, FLicky9 befoSe- >.?:l clirib bakk on -your .nnrse. L e t r s zzke a loolc a t thc word PXVATE i n my d ic t ionery , It says, among other t n f n g ~ , - - - ~ ~ 3 , N o t t o the publ ic , intended only f o r t h e use of p a r t i c u l a r 2nd pr iv i leged persons, I t , te Middle English. Not open t o the publ ic , or n o t publ ic ly done or pnylc?med, d i s t , from a th ing of the same kind t h a t i s l l p ~ ~ b l i c l r 1560, 6 , Of, pe r t a in ing or r e l a t i n g t o , or a f fec t ing a person, or a small. g ~ o ~ p o f pez-sons a p a r t froin the genera l corn-unity, ind iv idua l , perso_rc~l 1-526 , : I

W i t h t h i s b a c k p ; i - ~ ~ n < ~ in? ormation? consider t h e t r a d e tokens issued d.uring the 1 7 t h , 7 8tli and l 9 t I 1 century by various tradesmen and companies i n the ~ r i k sh I s l e s . Surely you w i l l concede t h a t a g r e a t number of these were no t p r i v a t e i n the sense covered by the Oxfordr s d e f i n i t i o n of PRIVATE, r!mn.y were i n wide publ ic use t o f i l l a L e f i n i t e need f o r m e t a l l i c currency,

Y o ~ r numisniztic I-itza:-p and mine probably both conta&n a number of books t h a t we cen r e s s ~ ' i . c h f o r m u n i t i o n wi th which t o shoot each other down, The fi:i-st P n o t i c e on my shelves i s a copy of "The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage11 by W, J,Davies, next t o i t i s a copy of tlBoyiier s T r cide Tokenstt W i l l i ansonIr, then I1Notes on Eighteenth Century Tokenst1 by Pathu Waters, and t h e r e m e o the r s from which numerous quotes can be made t o i l luskra- te my poin t t h a t under my more c l e a r l y def ined d e f i n i t i o n of the kind of token I am w r i t i n g about, t h e words C O I N and TOIEN a re synonymousc

-'/ Page ;;s The t i t l e of R.C.Bel lrs book deal ing wi th t h e B r i t i s h Provinc ia l

TokendCoinage of the 1 8 t h Century, very a p t l y covers t h e sub jec t --I1Com2- merc ia l Coins. 1787-180kOr1 I n tlie preface t o t h i s book Robert Taylor, Keeper of Coins fo r t h e Socie ty of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, expresses the hope t h a t t h e author w i l l a t t e ~ p t a companion volume deal- ing wi th "genuine non-commercial coinsOl1

I should t e l l you, Ricky, t h a t I have had a most i n t e r e s t i n g l e t t e r from Bob Willey i n which he l i s t s h i s views on t h e s u b j e c t of I 1 O u r Ten Rares t Coinsll. He, of course, d i sagrees wi th ne regarding my nonlinations f o r t h i s honour, I f u l l y expected t o be corrected by a number of people b e t t e r qua l i f i ed than I am t o give the f i n a l answer on such a broad and con t rovers i a l sub jec t , t h a t w a s t h e whole poin t of sending my s t o r y t o two Ed i to r s who were both appealing f o r m a t e r i d f o r t h e i r columns-- t h e hope t h a t i t would generate more s t o r i e s . BUT --and here i s t h e poin t i n mentioning Bob's l e t t e r - - h e does no t ob jec t t o me including the t r a d e tokens i n my l i s t because they a re n o t coins , he even inc ludes some of h i s own choice t o supplant mine.

I pointed out i n my a r t i c l e t h a t t o make my l i s t v a l i d i t was nec- e s sa ry t o concede t h a t a genuine t r a d e token i s a coin, I t r i e d t o ant i c i p a t e running i n t o some dogmatic ind iv idua l who would say "1. w i l l never concede t h a t a t r a d e token of any s o r t i s a I f Williamson, Davies, Waters, Dalton and Ramer, B e l l , Taylor and Wil ley a re i n my corner, I f e e l i n good company.

I a n sor ry you see my th inking as a f l r id iculous clai.mIl bz-t I heart- i l y agree wi th you t h a t we should keep a l e v e l head i n numismatics and " c a l l a spade a spade, and a token a tokenn. All I say i s t h a t a genuine t r a d e token s t ruck f o r the purpose of serving the same func t ion as money i s a coin. .When it comes t o c a l l i n g a spade anything e l s e b u t a spade, how do you f e e l about Arthur Braydon Coole c a l l i n g an ancient Chinese I1Spade1l Trade Token a coin? (See pages 2,9 and 29 Coins i n China1 s History,)

NEW MEMBERS The app l i ca t ions f o r membership which appeased i n the May i s s u e

have now been accepted and the following new app l i ca t ions have been received. I f no w r i t t e n ob ject ioi is a re received, t h e i r acceptance w i l l be acknowledged i n t h e Ju ly i s s u e of the Ontario Numismatist,

726 J. Peter E l l i o t t , 500 Univers i ty Ave., S u i t e k 0 4 , ~ o r o n t o 101,Ont

727 f i a n k Lieshout, P.O. BOE 581, S t a t i o n I1K1l, Toronto 315, Onto 728 Clarence A. Birney, 1 5 Parne l l Road, St. Catharines , O n t o 729 D r . D o C . S t e e l e , 59 H i l l c r e s t Ave,, St . Catliarines, O n t , 730 Albert Sente s, 1501 Augustine Drive, B u r l i ~ g ton, Onto 731 Mrs. Albert Sentes, 1501 Augustine Drive, Burl ington, O n t o

The following L i f e Members may now be added t o our l is t : -

LM 11 0. Lombardo, 460 Wellington St . So., Sherbrooke, Quebec. LM 1 2 C.F. Martin, 99 Elm St . West, Sudbury, Onto

******** ********* ******** ******** ******* D I D YOU I<NOW THAT :- More c o u n t e r f e i t money was passed i n Quebec l a s t year than i n the nine other provfnves combined, r e p o r t s James Nesbi t t , s document examiner at t h e RCMP f e d e r a l l abora to ry i n Ottawa. He was giving evidence i n Sweetsburg, Quebec a t a court case involving bogus b i l l s .

O N T A R I O N U M I S J I B T I C A S S O C I A T I O N

Treasurer 's Report

f o r period January 1. 1968 t o December 31. 196&

Pet ty Cash Q Janu2ry 1. 1968 .................. Bank Balence O Jamary 1. 1968 ................

Receipts

........ i-iembcrships ( ~ e g u l a r . Junior and Club) . . 1.Ledals ........................................ Lapel Pins .................................... Display Case Service .......................... i ~ ~ . ~ ? ~ r d s ........................................

........ . . 0 . N ;L Share of I<itchencr Convention Bank Interest. ................................

7 . . C . N . h Medals ............................... Leiudio Visunl .................................. ... Proof Lilce Sets and Plaques - Archives, e t c Sundries .......................................

O . N . A. R b l i c n t i o n "The Ontario Kumisnaiistll ..............................

1.1cdals ........................................ Postagc ....................................... ..... Szfety Deposit and Post Office Box Rental Room Rcntals .................................. Bookbinding and Pr int ing ...................... Honorariuns ................................... ............... Displny and Promotionnl Scrvice .................. . 'Lward of bierit and Zngravin E; Display Case Service Refund ................... C . N . E . ~ c n s c s ............................. . . . .................... . .&... L 111 and C M A Dues ... Proof Like Sets and Plaques - Archives. e t c i l c t c i l Sales Tax .............................. ........................................ h n r d s Typewriter .................................... Donzticn ...................................... Transfer of F~lnds - Contingency Flmd .......... Sundries ......................................

................. Excess Expenses over Receipts

Tc i ty Cash @ December 31. 1968 ................ .............. Bank Balance O December 31. 1968

.... B,znlc Fass Boolc Balance 6 December 31. 196g 1.330.25 Less Outstanding Cheques ...................... 671.35

.... Statement Bsnk Balance @ December 31. 1968 658.90

O N T A R I O N U 1 , T I S I J I A T I C A S S O C I A T I O N

Treasurer,' s Report

f o r period January 1 , 1968 t o December 31 , 1968

COIVTINGENCY liCCOUMT - Bad< Balance O January 1, 1968 ................

Receipts

.......................... Canada Savings Bonds $1,500.00 I n t c r c s t on Bonds ............................. 39.19 Canada Savings Bonds .......................... 2,000.00 I n t c r e s t on Bonds ............................. 20.00

...... Trnnsfer of Funds from General A;ccount.. 1,400;00 Bank In t e r e s t 14.31 $4,973 ..70

Ex~enscs_

Canada Savings Bonds .......................... 2,000.00 ............... Accrued In t e r e s t t o iiay 1, 1968 10.00

.......... ii>.terloo Trust Guaranteed Investment .................. Ccrtific,:tc @ 7% due 1973 2,000.00 4,010.00

................. L ~ c e s s ncccipts over Ecpenses

Bndc Balance as of December 31/68.. ........... LIF% i4i3I;BZRSHIP iiCCOUNT

Bank Bnlance O Janunry 1, 1968 ................ Receipts

L i fe i.Icn113crships. ............................. - I n t e r c s t on Guaranteed Investment Ce r t i f i c a t e . 16.72 Eznk In te res t . . . . . . ........................... .10

Expenses_

................. Excess Receipts over Expenses

.............. Bank S a l ~ n c e Q December 31, 1968

i;SSET SUifl&JiY O DECEi~BER 31, 1968

...... Cz.sh and 3znlc Balance - General Account. Bank 32lancc - Contingency , 'Lccount.. . . . . . . . . . . Gunranteed Investment Ce r t i f i c a t e -

.................... Contingency Account. ....... B m l c Bzlr7.nce - Life idiembership l'Lccount. Guaranteed Investment Cer t i f i ca tes - Life

i.Ienborship iLccount Q 62 due 1970.. ...... Total L'Lssets 1967 .............................

....................... Increase i n Cash iLssets

Thc Bank i'iccounts a r e mnintaincd a t t he i!ntcrloo Trust and Savings Company, IIestmount Branch, Kitchener , Ontal-io.

Pres ident Treasurer @/tu/ce) &<& -... I

Srant ford Pol ice Department spoke on coun te r fe i t money and showed some specimens of Canadian and U.S, b i l l s p2ssed i n Brantford some years ago. Mi l l ions of d o l l a r s annually a re passed i n Canada which a re c o u n t e r f e i t ,

C I T Y OF OTTAWA C O I N CLUB- - The f i r s t Annual Coin Show a t t h e Talisman

Motor Inn was a g r e a t success. Mrs, Norval Parker c u t t h e r ibbon t o open the show, a s s i s t e d by Miss Eva Adams, Direc tor of t h e U.S. Mint and M r . E.F. Browl1,Acting Master of the Royal Canadian Mint. When t h e p r i zes , were awarded tlne E o r v d Parkey Memorial Trophy was won by: W , Paul Su l l ivan of Ottma, F i r s t p r i z e i n medals and tokens went t o - Peter Wissen and Jack Roberts won f i r s t i n the Foreign and Ancient category wi th a complete c o l l e c t i o n of Queen V i c t o r i a Great B r i t a i n Type coins , A t t h e Apr i l meeting the Norval Parker rnedals w i l l be seen. HUROMIA ii'ISMATIC ASSOCIATION ..-

Plans were f i n a l i z e d a t t h e l a s t ; meeting f o r the coin show t o be held Apr i l 26th. An o ld coin box was won by Bob Swan and t h e f i l m "Money i n your Pocket1! w i l l be shown a t our next meeting. INGERS OLL C O I N CLm--

The next meeting w i l l f e a t u r e W i l l i a m Clarke and Grahani Es ler i n a review e n t i t l e d i - i ~ h e Balk of LondonI1. Time was spe:':t making fiii,d mr aigeinents f o r the Show on June 7th. K I T C E E N m C O I N CLUB -

B i l l Engl ish gave a very enl ightening t a l k on d isp laying coins f o r competit ion which was very t i n e l y with all t h e shows coming up. The club i s having severa l d i sp lay cases made so t h e r e w i l l be enougl? f o r the inontli l~. ~ e e t i n g s . A t t h e next meeting t h e r e w i l l be two f i l m s shown,I1Natures Dangerous Creaturesll and "Japanll by W a l t D i ~ i i ~ ; - ~

LONDON I'KJMISMATIC SOCIETY - A~ in:: - C G - -t L 1:3.. • . - . .; .. '.alllj. by Tom Wasters on I1Liber t y

a e l l on U. S. Coinsu o r , l1Philade1phia--\<here t h e Action Wasl1 w a s the h i g h l i g h t of tha meeting. Tlie May meeting w i l l f e a t u r e a t a l k by Wrfi. Clarke on the ilCoinage of E l i zabe th 1 with d i sp lays by the speaker and Hoi:?=d Whitfield. NIAGARA FALLS C O I N CLuI& ---

The l a s t meeting fea tured a t a l k by Harold Danie ls on I1Coins of Romai B r i t a i n t t with a g r e a t d i sp lay . It was decided t o w ~ i t e a l e t - t e r t o thc Acting Master of the I 4 i i i t regarding s i l v e r i n t h e d o l l a r s f o r t h e c ~ ~ e m o r a t i v e s i l v e r d o l l a r i n 1970. A t t h e next rnecting Arthur Honour w i l l speak on A u s t r a l i a ' s changeover t o t h s Decinal S y s t ~ m ~ ~ . ORILLIA CFUMPLAIN C O I N CLUB-

A t t h e l a s t meeting t h e r e was a good attendance. We l ea r rxd soinc i n t e r e s t i n g th ings about coins , f o r inst,mce, one of Canadals ? a r e s t coins i s t h e 1928 $5.00 and the $10.00 gold piece. These coins were designed by t h e noted a r t i s t and scu lp to r I(ruger Gray. There a re only a very few c o l l e c t o r s who have ever seen t h i s coin and a g r e a t many have never h. :_: -. s l eiJ-'?ny .one - The d i e s were s e n t from the Royal Mint i n Eng1,m.d t o the Mint i n Ottawa and then promptly l o s t .

PORT CREDIT C O I N CLUB- -

A t t h e Strawbwrrg Soc ia l we saw a unique and informative s e r i e s of s l i d e s r e f l e c t i n i a t o m of European mints by Ik. Robert Aaron. As t h e s l i d e s were so i n t e r e s t i n g Mr. Aaron has promised

" t o show them again a t the nex t meeting f o r a l l t o enjoy. SARNIA NUNISMATIC SOCIETY-

Each member a t t h e Apr i l ineeting w a s presented with a s e t of 1969 U. So l p (POD. S.) courtsey of member Bob Sargent. A t r i p was made by two of t h e members t o two Grade V l l l Classes when they showed a f i l m and t a lked on coins. The pup i l s were very i n t e r - e s t ed , This i s a worthwhile work we f e e l ,

TCROIWO COITU' CLUj3 -. A t t h e k p r i l meeting the s p e c i a l speaker was Bruce Brace,FoR.NoS, of Hamilton, A s s i s t a n t Edi tor of the Canadian iR~ .~~ i smat ic Journal and S d i t o r of the Hanilton Coin Club Newsletter. His t a l k and s l i d e s on Roman Coins was one of t h e most i n t e r e s t i n g we have heard i n a long t ime ******** ******** ******\\* * * * \ I * * * * ********

PROPOSED C 01 N SHOWS -.---

To he lp clubs decida upon a coin show d a t e t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th another club i n i t s a e a we are l i s t i n g below proposcd da tes . Proposed d a t e s w i l l be l i s t e d every t h r e e months and f o r the l a s t t h r e e consecu- t i v e months p r i o r t o show date . June 7 - Inger s o l l Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet a t t h e I n g e r s o l l

& D i s t r i c t Memorial Centre, Mutual S t . , I n g e r s o l l , @tte Guest speaker- John J. Pittrn,m. Bourse d e a l e r s contac t Alan Macnab , 249 H a l l S t . , Inger s o l l , Ont.

June 14 - Victoria-. Sililcoe N-ii smatic As s o c i a t i o n Tenth Annual Woodville Banquet i n t h e Woodville Town H a l l , doors open at 1 2 noon wi th dinner a t 6.30. Guest Speaker-Mr . Fred Jewett , Toronto Coin Club . AuctLon and d isp lays .

A u ~ , 27-30- Canadi,m Numismatic Associat ion Annual Show m d Banquet i n the Royal York Hotel , hosted by t h e Toronto Coin Club wi th M r . Fred Jewet t as General Chairman. Exce l l en t d i sp lays ,and auct ions , Bourse d e a l e r s welcome.

Sept. 13 - London PTuilisnatic Society 1 8 t h Annual Show and Banquet, Carousel Motel. Enqui r ies -I W i l l i m N. Clarke, 167 Delaware S t , , London, Ontario.

Sept, 28 - B l u e w a t ~ r Annual I n t e r n a t i o n a l Coin Show. General Chairman- Norm Sco t t ; Bourse Cliairnan-Rudy B r i l l ; Display Cl~airrnan- Don McICelvie and Fred Hurley.

Oct, 5 - ICitchener Coin Club Annual Auction and Coin Show. Chairnan- Pat Co l l ins , R.R.#2, ~ e t c ' sburg, Ontxrio.

Oct, 1 8 - E n g s t o n Coin Club Banquet and Show a t t h e Hockey H a l l of Fame from 1 - 0 0 p.n, t o 11.00 p.m. ~ W t h e r information from Fred S t e e l e , Secre tary , 1x. Montreal S t r e e t , Kingston, Ont.

Oct. 19 - Til lsonburg r\Tmnisnatic Society Seventh Annual F a l l Show, Sunday, Oct. l g t h , a t t h e Orange H a l l , Brock S t r e e t , Bast Ti l lsonburg. h r t h e r d e t a i l s Chas. B e L a i s t e r , R . R . # ~ , Ti l lsonburg.

Oct. 25 & 26- Windsor Coin Club Annual Show, Saturday m d Sunday a t the Norton-Palmer Hotel. Bourse dea le r s contac t C a r l Querbach, Po 0. Box 173? Sandwich Post Office, Windsor LO, Ontario. Show from 10.00 a.m. t o 6.00 p.m. Sunday,

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AWARD OF MERIT

Always one of the h i g h l i g h t s of t h e Convelition i s t h e O . N . A e t s Award of Meri t which i s t h e h ighes t honour t h a t the Associat ion can bestow on a member and t h i s year i t went t o E, Victor S n e l l , Pres ident of t h e Canadian Numismatic Association and Li fe Member No, 1 of the S t , Catharines Coin Club and i n your Edi tor s opinion a worthy r e c i p i e n t . It was very approprizlte f o r Vic tor t o rece ive t h e a w a d as t h i s y e a r t s Conventi on was hosted by t h e St . Catharines Coin Club which i n 1961 presented him wi th a L i f e Membership i n r ecogn i t ion of h i s a c t i v i t i e s i n (a) founding the club and (b) h i s ac t ive p a r t i c i p a t i o n and l eader sh ip s ince t h e c l u b t s fowlding i n 1958iThis was one of the few occasions when Ye Ed caught Victor almost speeclfiess. Congtatulat ions, Vic tor ,

Ye Ed.

THIS ' N TEWT - The lucky wiliner of the s i l v e r pig f u l l of cen t s was

Mrs. B. Brown, 162 Merkleg S t r e e t , Ssarborough, Ontxkio,--- She was one of f i v e who guessed 4-00 -- t h e r e was i n f a c t 402 --- Mrs. Brown was t h e winner of the draw of the five---According t o t h e many l e t t e r s received by t h e S t , Catharines Coin Club a l l seemed very pleased wi th t h e r e c e n t show inc luding d e a l e r s , v i s i t o r s and v i s i t i n g d igni ta r ies - - - Gra t i fy ing a f t e r a l l the e f f o r t by t h e O.N.A, and S t , C a t l i a i n e s Coin Club---No r e p o r t rece ived from t h e C N C A which i s why t h e r e i s nothing on t h e winners of d i sp lays , etc,---Maybe we can have something f o r next month---After such an exhausting time which i s n o t y e t over, I ' m going

" t o s i g n of f here wishing everyone a r e a l pleasant sumer---happy vacation---safe d r iv ing on the roads.

Pat has aslced me t o f i l l in a few comments in the space l e f t a t t h e end of t h i s edi t ion,

lie have had a busy two years i n off i c e and many more things have ye t t o be done, The new executive under the d i rec t ion of president Don Fl ick a r e carrying on as though there was no break in leadership. This is a s it should be and my enthusiasm w i l l continue as before, As a team we must sypport tlie executive f o r tlie advancement of the hobby,

It is grat i fying t o read the compliments on our 7th Annual Convention bu t we must remember i t d idn ' t happen by i t s e l f . Ide must thank -the many d i f f e r e n t news media and publications fok t h e i r f i n e coverage. People l i k e Dick Schram who donated t he lovely s e t of luggage and supported our souvenir program through the Woolco Department Stores. I

We must thank the host club and the many people who worked beyond t h e c a l l of duty so tliat other co l lec to rs could enjoy our hobby. I must thank my wife Shir ley f o r her

patience , We must a l so thank Vic Sne l l f o r h i s un t i r ing e f f o r t s , It was my pleasure t o present t he gold Award of E e r i t ?Tedal t o Victor E. Sne l l 11 P.lED&IST OF THE: ONTI1RIO NUI~IIS1SUYI'X) kSSOC W ION FOR 1969".

.: IW f i n a l words as president a r e ltthanlc you11 - f o r your courtesies, your generosit ies i n teaching and sharing knowledge with me, and most of a l l , f o r your fr iendships.

B i l l English.

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Past Presidents R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-65) L. T. SMITH (1965-67) W. ENGLISH (1967-69)

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Volume 8 July 1969 Page 62

A. TRIBUTE TO C9URB.G-E - By Vic tor Gadoury,

The numismatic world j o i n s t h e f r e e world i n a t r i b u t e t o t h e staunch heroiSm t h a t has become t h e bi-word of the Czechoslovakian people, This then, i n my own way i s a t r i b u t e t o t h e s e people,

Some f i f t y years before t h e Russian tanks rumbled through t h e s t r e e t s of Prague, t h e Re- publ ic came i n t o being; b u t t h e Numismatic h i s t o r y of Czechoslovakia a c t u a l l y began on February 16, 1922, This was t h e d a t e of t h e f i r s t coinage of Czechoslovakia t h a t was s t ruck t o u l t ima te ly r ep lace the Austro-Hungarian coinage and currency, The Austro-Hungarian bank no tes remained i n c i r c u l a t i o n u n t i l Novem- ber 20, 1924, bu t were counterstamped t o d i s t - ingu i sh them from t h e i r former o r i g i n ,

The 20 and 0 Ilaleru coins were t h e f i r s t denominations t o d e placed i n t o c i r c u l a t i o n by the Czechoslovakian Government, These coins were made of a copper-nickel a l loy , and n o t u n t i l seven years l a t e r d id a s i l v e r coin appe are

The s i l v e r cormemor a t i v e s , f o r which Czechoslovalcia i s world f a~lous, c lose ly follow the h i s t o r y of t h a t Cent ra l European Republic, The f i r s t of which was re l eased i n t o c i rcula- t i o n i n 1928 and served t o mark t h e t e n t h ann- i v e r s w y of t h e Czechoslo~i.akian independence,

The 10 Korona (700 f i n e s i l v e r ) bears t h e b u s t of T o G , Masaryk, t h e R e p c ~ l i c ' s f i r s t p res iden t , It was Tomas Garrique Masayk along wi th Edward Benes, who gradual ly uni ted the Bzechs and the Slovaks i n r e v o l t , t h a t broughf independence. On June 30, 1918, T.G, Masarykt s s igna tu re on an agreement between t h e Czechs and t h e Slovaks o f f i c i a l l y founded the new

I s t a t e , I r o n i c a l l y , the signing took place i n t h e United S t a t e s (P i t t sburg:~ , Pa. ) .

The minor coins of Czechoslovakia, from conception i n 1922 t o 1939 were t y p i c a l of a s t r i v i n g young country, The copper-ni ckel one Korona s t rong ly symbolizes t h i s f e e l i n g wi th a woman wiping t h e p e r s p i r a t i o n of f her brow, A l l minor coins of thak time have t h e Bohemian

3 l i o n on the obverse. The famous Charles br idge i n Prague ( b u i l t i n t h e 1 4 t h century) i s depicted on the r eve r se of s e v e r a l minor coins ,

The coinage of Czechoslovakia was discont inued on March 15, 1939, when the German t roops marched i n t o Prague, The German occup-- a t i o n a l coinage was divided i n t o two groups. They were: Slovakia, an independent Republic s e t up by H i t l e r , and t h e P ro tec to ra te of Bohemia-Mor avia , which inc ludes t h e remaining a r e a of Czechoslovakia n o t ceded t o Hungary i n t h e Vienna Awad of November 2, 1938,

The coinage of Slovakia consis ted of 1 2 d i f f e r e n t types of coins , including f i v e cornrnelnorative i s sues . The f i r s t coimenior a t i v e was a f i v e Korona ( n i c k e l 2 7 m ) of Father Andrej Iilinka, l eader of tlie peoples pa r ty a i d a l ead ing const i tuei i t of a, separa te Slovakia, Later t h a t same y e w , another commemorative was i ssued on t h e occas- i o n of t h e f i r s t e l e c t i o n of the Pres ident of Slovakia, This was a 20 Korona ) 500 f i n e s i l v e r ) portraying Fathe? Joseph Tiso, a followe- of H i t l e r . Two years l a t e r ( l g k l ) , another 20 ICorona was i ssued t o comernorate St . C y r i l 1 and Methodius, I n 1944, two more comemora.- t i v e s were i ssued , one honouring Pribina, Prince of Slovakia and t h e o the r t o commemorate the 5 th anniversary of t h e Slovak Republic, f ~ c n 1939 t o 19450

The Bohemia-Mor a v i a Protec tor a t e i ssued only four co ins , M.2- were made of Zinc. They were 10, 20 and 50 Haleru 's a s wel l as a one Korona. To t h i s day no p o s i t i v e mintage f i g u r e s zlre known as these coins were all s t ruck by a p r i v a t e firm; it i s hel ieved t h a t t h i s f i rm kept no record of t h e i r occupational coins ,

Although Czechoslovakia was l i b e r a t e d on May 9, 194.5, i t s cub- rency was n o t renewed u n t i l November 1, 1945, and put i n t o c5rcul.a- t i o n on Apri l 25, 1946,

The following yea r s saw severa l 50 and 100 ICorona..! s j-n s i l v e r appear. These commemoratives ranged from contr over s f al t o h i s t o r i c 2 2 i n theme, I n t e r e s t i n g a l s o i s t h e f a c t t h a t a l l t h e s e coins have a. u n i f ~ r m mint age of one m i l l i o n ,

I n 1953? a complete currency reform took place, changing n o t only the value, but a l s o the design of the coins. he b a s i c struc---

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t u r e of 100 Haleru = One Korona remained the same, d.-:..; 1_.1;..5.>2 :nanaged t o g e t caught i n t h e change, This i s the now scarce 5 Korona of M.u;-c--.. Mgo dated 1952. These were presunably melted down, A few as usua l escaped t h e melting pot ,

The Czechs i n t h e i r s h o r t h i s t o r y as a Yation have shown a keen sense of v a u e f o r pu t t ing on t h e i r coinage i t s f e r v e n t h i s t o r y , This we s t rongly f e l t i n 1955 wi th them r e l e a s i n g no l e s s than Tour coins t o commemorate t h e l i b e r a t i o n from t h e Nazi1 s ii 19h5,

The year 1960 showed a d e f i n i t e s ign of Sovie t pressure wi th t h e removal of the Crown on the Bohemian l i o n , which i s on t h e r eve r se of Czech coins, This crown was replaced by a f i v e polnted s t a r , ******** ******** ******** ******** *****::*+ TIlE ONTARIO INUMISI~~ATLST i s published ixonthly by -the Ontario Numismat- i c Association, The. pub l i ca t ion inay be obtained wi th inembership i n q.Ii.2 of t h e following ca tegor ies . L i f e member ships-$50, , R e g m a Menbe?-- ships-$3. year ly ,~uniors-$2 . yea r ly (up t o 1 8 yea r s of age, Husband and Wife (one journal)-$5, year ly , Club-$10, yea r ly , Specia l O,N,A, S t e r l i n g S i lve r Lapel Pins (screw back or p in ba.ck) only $2,50. Eemittance.5: - (p lus bank exchange i f paid by cheque) payable t o the Ontario Numismatic Associat ion, Po 0, Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario,

t y p i c a l of many Sovie t cont ro l led na t ions . The i n s c r i p t i o n was a l s o changed t o read llCeskoslovenska

S o c i a l i s t i k a Republikafl as compared t o Ceskoslovenska Republic. Dm- ing the period of 1960 t o 1967, the Czechoslovakian Goverm.ent re- l eased severa l more commemoratives, t h i s time mostly dwelling on h i s t - o r i c a l poin ts and p e r s o n a l i t i e s . The jub i l ee year of 1918-1968 w a s t o be no exception r e g a r d l e s s of p o l i t i c a l s t rugg les , Czechoslovakia managed t o i s s u e t h r e e commemoratives. These coins unfor tunate ly , only have a mintage of 60,000 each; I say unfor tuna te ly becausw of t h e i r beauty and t h a t so few c o l l e c t o r s w i l l have t h e opportuni ty of owning them. With t h e d i v i s i o n of Czechoslovakia oil January 1, 1969, t h e f u t u r e w i l l no doubt as i n t h e pas t , see many changes i n t h e Czecl~oslovakian coinage. T:'?-s i s only bu t one reason why I chose t o c o l l e c t and w r i t e a book on t h i s country1 s coinage,

(With s p e c i a l thanks t o t h e London Numismatic Society) . *****%** ******** ***$**** ******96*

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W S F R O M TI33 C O I N CLUBS BRANTFOKD NUMISMATIC SOCIETY-

A t t h e l a s t meeting Mr . Chappie Eiobinson who has r ecen t ly re turned from Nigeria was the guest speaker, Many a r t i c l e s of wearing apparel , n a t i v e a r t i f a c t s and coins were shown. The June meeting showed t h e second f i l m from t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Nickel Co. of Canada e n t i t l e d I1Milling and Smeltingf1, and was much enjoyed. BELLEVILLE BAY OF QUIi\JTE NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATI ON- -

The spring Coin Show on A p r i l 1 2 t h was a g r e a t success. There were 33 d i sp lays of Canadian coins , tokens, medals, paper money, e t c . Eight d e a l e r s had a p r o f i t a b l e time and t h e success of the show goes t o Archie S i n c l a i r and h i s Committee. Bes t of Show f o r Jun io r s was won by Barry McGugan, Token category by Archie S i n c l d r , Canadian Decifiials by Gwen Sager, Paper 'Money by Char l i e Mi l l e r , world coins by Andy Anderson, medals by Kicky Morse, Miscellaneous by S h e i l a Baker. Best of Show Trophy w a s won by S h e i l a Baker of oro onto. A successfu l auct ion was conducted by Char l ie Mi l le r . EW'IILTOX C O I N CLUB- --

Arthur Honour repor ted on t h e Spring Show a t which t h e r e were 12 dea le r s . The e x h i b i t s were of a high q u a l i t y and Bes t of Shox Award went t o E t h e l Sentes wi th her Chinese Display, Alan MavNab was the speaker and h i s t o p i c "Fighters For Canadaf1. He reviewed t h e rnedallic h i s t o r y of Canada. HURONIA r\JLbIISMATIC ASSOCIATI ON -

The main f e a t u r e of the l a s t meetin!? was a f i l m l1Money i n your Pocketsff about t h e production and handlrng of money, p r in ted by t h e Bank of Canada. It gave a h i s t o r y of t h e l i f e of p r i n t e d money, from t h e time t h e p l a t e s a re engraved u n t i l it i s re- turned t o the Bank f o r burning as Worn out currency, LOND ON IWMISMATIC SOCIETY

The t o p i Elizal3eth 1" with a d i sp lay

t h e las coins f r

t meeting w a s "Coinage om Pres ident Clarke, Ho

f i e l d and J. Finch. ~ l & t s - a r e going ahead f o r t h e 13anquetSand Coin Show t o b e held jn Septembsr and i t promises t o be w e l l worth attend- ing . Bourse Chairman i s Po E lg ie , Thamesford and Display Chairman i s L,M. Smith, 691 Strat lmeyer St. , London 25, Ont.

- OhlTVILLE C O I N CLUi3

Om 9 t h Annual Show was held May 25th wi th the fo l - lowing winners : ~ a i a c l i & Decimal-Do Becker, J, ~ w l e s , Canadian Tokens- Don F l i ck , Junior-Tony E n e , D a n Sterne; Foreign- John Ewles, J i m Hayes Paper Money-Ken Hart;Miscellaneous- Jack McLem, G r ace Watson; Best of Show.-Ed Schroeder. Jack .McLean won i n the Co~11nemorative Crowns. Judges were Don F l i c k and Glen Reid. The show was very successfu2, C i ty OF OTThJA C.OIN CLUB -

The r e p o r t of the Coin Show showed t h e r e was a s l i g h t l o s s b u t d e a l e r s and e x h i b i t o r s hoped t h e club would make i t an aimual event, A t t h e l a s t meeting the door p r i z e w a s a bronze medal of Morval Parker and was won by Graham Bryson, presented by Susan. Parker, PORT CiEDIT C O I N C L a --

The strawberry Fest iv ,d was huge success. The gues t speaker was Maj or Slieldon Cz2roll, c~xrator , Nunismatic Collec- t i o n , Bank or" Canada, O t t ~ - ~ , . The Junior ,and a d u l t d i sp lays were judged by Alex Munro .. s y

70 members and zues t s a t tended t h e l a s t meeting before the sum:,ler r e c k s s and were-happy t o welcome tlie OoN;A Pas t Pres ident , B i l l Engl ish a id h i s family, and -the O o N o A o President , Don F l i c k and h i s family. A r e p o r t was given on t h e r e c e n t O o N o R o Convention, Don F l i c k sa id a few words of congra tu la t ion t o B i l l Eng- l i s h f o r a job wel l done , Mr s o English gave a very i n t e r e s t i n g t a l k on "Why I Should J o i n A Coin C l u l ~ ~ ~ ,

ST, THOMAS IdUIfISMATIC ASSOCIATION - - Guest speaker was M r . Harry Eisenhauer of London and h i s

t o p i c was Canadian Currency. Las t meeting was Guest Night and an member br inging gues t s got ,an e x t r a t i c k e t on t h e draw f o r a 196 2; d o l l a r . On Ju ly 1 2 t h t h e r e w i l l be a meeting i n t h e forin of a Bx-B-Qo SARIVIA IVUl4ISMATIC SOCIETY -

Ifigl?light was a coloured f i l m on Northern Ontar- i o wi th p a r t s of Sarnia- ice f i s h i n g on Sarn ia Bay shown by B i l l Crisp, The J u l y meeting w i l l enable dl members t o judge disp1,ays wi th t h e o b j e c t t o help members l e a r n how t o i m p r ~ ~ v e t h e i r d isp lays . TOROfiTTO C O I N CLUB-

Las t meeting fea tu red a s t o r y by E.Co Wil ley of Espanola on "MeC :-:-!-i c P o r t r a i t u r e of Victoria1I a d was p a r t i c u l a r l y appropr ia te as i t was held on ' lVic tor ia Dayl1. The club i s a l l taken up wi th prepara t ions f o r the for thconing C , N o A . Convention i n the Royal York on August 28,29,30, 1369. iqATZRLOO C O I N SOCIETY

An 0, N, A. s l i d e e n t i t l e d !!The Large 5,6 pieceu was shown a t t h e June meeting, A warniliL was issued t o watch but f o r t h e c o u n t e r f e i t $10 and $20 b i l l s during tlie swailer, The Heritage Fes t i - v33 wi th the DLstelf ink token w i l l be l ~ e l d tlie end of t h e month. Tlie winners a t t h e Waterloo Coin S h ~ w were:- Juniors-J. Bowen, Do F a i r l l , J, Bowen:lCanadicm Coins-id, Erb,Mrs. Bennet, ii, FcnLler; Tokens-Mrs. I-Elborn, R, Morse, A. F u l l e r 5 Paper Money-V. S n e l l , A, F u l l e r , D . L d i b e r t e ; Topical-Bks, Balcer,Ao Fuller,Mrs. Hi1born;World Coins-R. Bemiett, T.Kostaluk,Mr s. ~ l b o r n ; M i s c e l l ~ e o u s - A , Leff , A. F u l l e r ; Grand -Award- W. drb , Kitchener. The above ar r ived -too l a t e f o r the l a s t B u l l e t i n so r a t h s r than l e a v e i t ou t we have put it i n a l i t t l e l a t e ,

RECOi;DEINDATIOi\TS - TO DISPLAY CH-4I?LiZN -

1. Arrange f o r d isplay area, ( t ab l e s and c loths . Good l i gh t i ng necessar2-) . Arrange f o r Judges - Contact judges before show.

. - 2. 3s h r a n g e f o r d isplay cases - (use necessary applicat loi i forms) Llalter Holst,

4 i kp l e Court, Haterloo, Ontario.

3 . Dete~mine categories - L i s t categories A., El., C . , D. , e t c . iiiake then general Do not be too spec i f i c .

k . Decide open judging point systen. 0. I\r. A, Sheets and display case cards through 1.1. Holst.

5. Order ribbons and t rophies i f required.

6 . Disi;rir,u-l;e l i s t s of ca tegor ies ancl Judging point sys.ten1 before show.

7. Number d i sp lay spaces n ~ v ~ e r i c a l l y - s t a r t a t one point . This enables judges t o l oca t e exhibi ts e a s i l y , (lkke a ~nas t e r l i s t of spaces and be sure exhibi tors 3:- use space(s) a l loca ted) .

L i s t spec ia l r e q ~ i ~ e ~ ~ e n t s , i f any. - SIZE OF CASAS, no. of cases per exhibi t? ou t l e t s ? members only? open t o a l l co l l ec to rs? own !xat,.terial?

3. 3s Julclges ancl exhibi tors r1~1st f o l l o s ~ same ru l e s f o r point systems.

9. Return juclges sheets t o each exhibitor .

k t i e s on Day of Show Set-up - 1, Be sure t ab l e s - cases - l i g h t s , judging sheets - r e g i s t r a t i o n sheets - ribbons and

t r o ~ h i e s a r e a l l ava i l ab le .

2 . Register a l l d isplays and designate case o r space number on a shcet iim13ei~d t o coincide with cases.

3 . Secui-ity sheet i f required t o be signed by owner and. d isplay chaii-nan - LILIS~ be signed by chairman o r clesigilated representa t ive before d isplays can be ye!~ovecl.

4. Cascs should be checked a f t e r they a r e s e t up t o cletemnine i f category i s correct .

5. I f a change i s necessary gxh2bitor should be n o t i i i e d i f possible.

6. New locks w i l l be lceyecl nlilce and t h e display c!iail-?:~an o r designatecl a s s i s t an t shoulcl have t h e key o r keys,

'7. Arrange f o r d isplays t o be noved t o b a n ~ u e t t a b l e before presenta t ion tine.

Display case ins ide neasu-rcnents 28;: inches long, 16$ inchss wide, 1 7/8 deep

4; bLportalIt, points t o rer;~er~lber :

1. Apply ea r ly and coi-rectly f o r cases. 2. Arrange display spaces n m e r i c a l l y s t m t i ~ i g a t one point . 3. Return cases pronptl2-.. ( l i s t any l o s se s o r breakage)

0, N. A. Display Chairman: ti. Holst, 1~ Ihp le Court, Vhterloo? Ontario.

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The winners a t t h e Convention held i n conjunction w i t h t h e Ontario Numismatic Associat ion were as follows- Best Canadian V a r i e t i e s -- Paul Carl '-9est M i s c e l l ~ e o u s Display -- Best Canadian B r o r s - Ricky Morse I \LClfred Erb Best U,S, E r r o r s Paul C a r l Best Mj-nor V'=ie$ies- Ceter E l l i o t t Best Educational Display -,.6 Maxi~ell M s ~ ~ n n o n The judges were Has Zoe l l and E l l - l Xng:Lil;h, Scna of -the d i sp lays we?!? s e n t i n by m a i l so dl vax-iety sol-1ecti.i.s co-cc~d phi?-i;acipa.te, The E l e c t i o n Resu l t s liere- Prssj-dcnt-.Riclry Morse F5.i-st Vice- -President-

- Jack Wallace, Second Vice.-PC-euidcn-t- ib1r.s . ba :?a?t; Sec?z-tary - Peter E l l i o t t , T r e asur tr;l---M913~eIi-I l~1cifi~nor, ******** *.***<:<:*:g >k ,.,.,.* .'< .'. ... .' .,..,...... '. .'. .'. ' . 1 .,....,,., . .I.. .l..vr.-. (. .,..,- ** ******.+a ' L..

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The app l i ca t ions f o r memnbershlp vhich a ~ p e m . z d i n t h e Urune i s s u e have now been accepted and t h e f o i l o x i n g 11e:.i app!-.?.cations have been received. If no w z i t t e n ob j ect5ons 22-e recelve.2, -t.'nelr acceptance w i l l be acknowledged i n the A1a.gus-i; Sssne of tlie Onta?io Numismatist,

- 732 Stanley Fo Peaver, Box 4-12? rlancrof-t, Qntar lo 733 Mrs, Stanley F. Pez:ver, Box 4-12, 3mcl -o f tp Ontario. 734 Richard J. Eicho!.son, 1 2 Llc;-: S t , , St, C ~ t h a r i n e s , Ont, 735 James J. S t raus , 193 C e d a ~ S t , S a p $itcilel?.er, Ontc 736 J o h L. McNamara, 37 Meadowcrest Rd,, r!:oro~to 570? Onto C64 NCWFOLK C O I N C>UB, c/o b2s. E l s i e Pick, Gt3x 309, Slncoe, Gat;.

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?413IT RKPG3.T -- - --.---- A - Though t h e courtesy of M r , E, F. Eromy the Acting Mint Master, we can give you t h e l a ' . e s - t information or, Coin I s s ' ~ ~ - o s ::

Balue -- Dated & K ~ ~ - J : , ~ J -.A-s-..,,-- To Dc-,.r.e -..- 1 , O O 1969 ~ 2 0 , 0 0 0 3,669,000

1968 i36,387 0 50 1969 3,578,?000

1968 . . - . -

325 1969 3 904, ocs 6 c , sib. cc6 1968 32 5; 049 . 10 1969 820,000 2 4-yj,ooo 1968 2,3Q07000 55, j i ~ l 0 l l . 9

0 0 5 1969 7 -- 7 692,000 i-j,)+33,000 1968 2,677i1049

. 0 1 1969 15,810,ocO 53 .. ??."-;., ooo 1968 15;06?.-,04-?

Unc. S e t s 1969. ( P/L ) 1968

uric, $1, 1969 3:;y 269 i 3 k 9 722 ( P/L) 1968 I G ~ + , 48 5

Thanks t o the Ottawa Coin Clu-b S v l l s t i n .

The following i s a l e t t e r received from Ricky Morse, O o N o A a D l r - e c to r of Publ ici ty:-

Apr i l 1 2 t h 9 1969 W i l l i a n Engli shs P.O. Box 4, Waterloo, Ontario,

Dexr B i l l : The f i n a l r e p o r t s and c h a r t s i n r e g m d s t o my

plzysicd examination has j u s t come through yesterday, and my d o c t o r ' s orders a r e l"co drop everyth5ng1I a d do nothing except r e s t and s leep , which I know now I f 11 never be ab le t o do as I have always l e d an a c t i v e , p a r t i c i p a t i a g s t y l e of l i f e ,

However, I w i l l have t o take it a l o t e a s i e r than I have i n the pas t , which means giving up most of t h e work I l o v e more than l i f e i t s e l f , namely numismatics.

Therefore, it i s w i t h s i n c e r e r e g r e t t h a t I must tender my r e s i g n a t i o n from t h e p o s i t i o n s t h a t I now hold i n t h e 0. N.A., t o bccor~e e f f e c t i v e one month from to-day, which w i l l . be on May 12th , 1969.

The reason f o r wai t ing another month i s so t h a t 1 can f i n i s h my work f o r t h e O.N,A. and do everything I can t o make t h e forthcoming combined Conventions t h e success t h a t we all hope i t w i l l be.

The f r i e n d s h i p s I have made during t h e shor t period of time t h a t I have served wi th t h e var ious members of t h e 0. NoA., both on the Executive, and. otherwise, w i l l n o t be fo rgo t t en ,

Yours i n Goodf ellowship, Xgned:-Ricky Morse, Direc tor of Pub l i c i ty .

It i s wi th r e g r e t t h a t we p ~ ~ b l i s h the above l e t t e r of r e s i g n a t i o n r e a l i z i n g the g r e a t l o s s t h e 0. N.A. has suf fered i n l o s i n g Ricky from i t s f o l d , ******** ******** ******** ******** ********

PROPOSED C O I N SHrnS

To he lp clubs decide up011 a coin d a t e t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th another club i l l i t s area we a re l i s t i n g below propwed Bates . Aug. 28 - 30 -Canadian Nmismatic Associat ion Annual Show and

Banquet i n the Roy& York Hotel, hosted by The Tor- ?. onto Coin Club w i t h M r . Fred Jewet t as General

Manager, Exce l l en t d i s p l a y s and auct ion, Bourse d e a l e r s welcome.

Sept. 13 - London Nmismatic Society 1 8 t h P m u a l Show and Banquet, Carousel Motel, Enquir ies t o W i l l i a m N. Clarke, ' 6 7 Delaware S t , , London, Ontario.

Sept. 28 - Bluewater Annual I n t e r n a t i o n a l Coin Show, General Chairinan - Don McKelvie and Fred Hurley.

act, 5 - mtchener Coin Club Annual Auction and Coin Show. Chairman - Pat Co l l ins , R. Ro #29 Petersburg9 O n t o

Oct, 18 - Kingston Coin Club Banquet and Show a t t h e Hockey H a l 1 of Fame from 1.00 p.m. t o 11,-. polno Furtl?er

Lug 14 - Sept 1 - VISIT THE: 0.N.k. COB7 jZfIij3r. AT 'I'm C_iLi\JiiJ)Li,M Ni<i'IONliL i X H i j 3 I T I O M 'i'O8.

- 69 - information from Fred S t e e l e , Secre tary , 1480 Montreal S t r e e t , Kingston, Ontario.

Oct. 19 -Ti l lsonburg Numismatic Society Seventh Annual F a l l Show, a t t h e Orange H a l l , Brock S t r e e t , E a s t Ti l lsonburg. For f u r t h e r information contact Chas. B o L a i s t e r , R,R.#~, Til lsonburg,

Oct. 25- Windsor Coin Club Annual Show, Saturday and Sunday a t & 26 t h e Norton-Palmer Hotel. Bourse d e a l e r s contac t Carl

Querbach, Po 0. Box 173, Sandwich Post Off ice, Windsor 10, Ontario. Show from 10,OG a.m. t o 6.00 p.m. Sunday.

Nov. 1 - Oshawa Coin Club 9 t h Annual Coin-A-Rama. To be held i n t h e Genosha Hotel, Oshawa, Onto from 11.00 a.m. t o 11.00 porn, Bourse t a b l e s a v a i l a b l e from Bourse Chairmcm - Bruce Watt, P. 0. Box 212, Oskawa, Ontario,

Nov. 8 - Hamilton Coin Club F a l l Show 1969 w i l l be held a t t h e Wentworth Arms Hotel on Saturday. Nov. 8, G e n e r d Chair- m a n - Lew Henderson, Bourse - J u d e S p e i j e r , Displays - Ross Wilby, Auction - Hans Rapedius. For i n f orniation write-Hamilton Coin Club F a l l Show Committee, P.O. Box 325, S t a t i o n "B1'09 Hamilton, Ont,

Apr i l 11-Canadian Numismatic Var ie ty Co l l ec to r s Associat ion & 1 2 1970 Convention i n Westbury Hotel, Yonge S t r e e t , Toronto.

Host-Centr al Coin Club. Additional informat ion on t h e show may be obtained by writing:-CNVCA, P.O. Box 91, S t a t i o n "HI, Toronto, Ontcario,

Apr i l 11-Central Coin Club Annual Spring Show, Westbury Hotel on & 1 2 Yonge S t r e e t , Toronto. Additional information on the

show and events may be obtained by w r i t i n g t o The Sec- r e t a r y , Cent ra l Coin Club, 306 J a r v i s S t r e e t , Toronto, Ont.

******** ******** ******** ******** ***** SERMON I N SOAP

DUZ you DRIFT wi th t h e TIDE. VEL now i s t h e time t o CHEER up, i f you want r e a l JOY. THE TRERTD i s t o BREEZE t o church on Sunday; too many people WOODBUEY t h e i r heads i n a pil low, or work t o make t h e i r car SPPiRIG%, f o r g e t t i n g t h e Lord 's day w a s made f o r LESTOIL, When t h e Lord i s put f i r s t a DOVE w i l l never need t o be s e n t wi th an S 0 S fo r you t o put God f i r s t ; maybe we ought t o DIAL you t o remind you of a LIFEBUOY, so why n o t WISK yourse l f out of bed next Sunday, d r e s s up SPIC MID SPAN and DASH l i k e a COMET t o Sunday School m d Church as you s ing PR-USE t o God and hear His word and w i l l g e t a wonderful CLEANSER f o r your sou l and you w i l l f e e l l i k e MR. CLEAN a l l week long,

Thanks t o Sa rn ia Numismatic Society,

LIBRARY SLIDE SETS OF THE AUDIO-VISUAL SELRVICES

A.V. #B1 Romance of World Coins Llogd T. Ek~iLh A.V, #B2 Wampum t o Decimal Coins i n Canada,

Wampum Czzd, Money and Coinage Lloyd T o Smith P a r t 1; Of t h e French Regime

A.V. #B3 llWanpum t o Decimal Coins i n C?nada1' Lloyd To Smith P a r t 2 : The Tokens of Quebec.

A.V. #B& llWampm t o Dec:imLd Coins i n Canada" P a r t 3 : The 3ouquet Sou-s and a Few Llody T. Smith

Uppel Canada Tokens. A.V. #BS Coins o f Roman B r i t a i n Rod. Rekof s k i A.V. #B7 What s My Coin .-. P?.rt 1

For Less Experienced Col l ec to r s Rod. Rekof s k i A.V. #B8 What's My Cc5n - 2 ?art 2

For Advanced Numismatists Rod. Rekof s k i A.V. #Bg Canadim S i l v e r Dol l a r s Wm. Engl ish A, V.#B10 Canadian FI- ac- i iond Currency Wm. Engl ish A.Vo#B1l Canadian Coat of ATms David Ashe.

Wampum t o Decim,d Coins i n Canada P a r t 4: Tokens of Nova Scot ia , Lloyd T. Smith New Brunswick, P.E.I.;Newfoundland

Lundy I s l and and World Famous Order's David Ashe P a r t 1

The Eddystone Lighthouse and David Ashe World Order s - P a r t 2

The Waitangi Crown & Ye Olde David Ashe Famous Cartwheel

Canadian Voyageur Dol lar Mrs. C. Pelkey What's My Coin - P a r t 3 Lloyd To Smith Odd and Curlous Money Lloyd T o Smith lISeafaringl1 Devel-opment of a Ship Alex Lo MWO Canadian Coin Quiz P a r t 1 David Ashe Coins of the Bible

Colle rLing C h u ~ c h Medallions Canadian La rge Cents Canadian Five Cents S i l v e r Large C,madian Five Cent Pieces Numismatic I t e n s Yukor Tr adi.ng Tokens Newf oundl 2nd Coinage

Lloyd D m Smith B O A o , B a D a

Allen Macnab Kitchener Coin Club B.C. Nm. Society B.C. N u n . Society B.Ca Nwn, Socie ty B.C. Nu. Socie ty B.C. Num. Society

A l l Coin Club S e c r e t a r i e s - Please note:- We suggest t h a t you. remove t h i s page from t h e B u l l e t i n and f i l e away f o r f u t u r e ready re fe rence whenever your c lub wishes t o send f o r s l i d e s f o r programs,

EXTRA C OPZS AVA1Lel.U ON RLQUEST . .- rn Chas . B e Lais t cry No. 3 Highway, T i l l s onburg, Ontario .,

THIS ' N TKAT A t a r e c e n t meeting of your Executive, two of ow:

members, t h e Chairman of the Audio-Visual and t h e Chairman of t h e D i s p l w Case Service were bemoaning t h e f a c t t h a t some, and I quote again, some of the clubs a r e abusing our s e r v i c e s and making i t tough on t h e r e s t of our club members - main cause of complaint from f r i e n d Audio-Visual, Char l ie L a i s t e r and Display case f r i e n d , W,zlter Holst , was n o t sending cash wi th your order form (Audio and Displ,ay), t a r d i n e s s i n cases and s l i d e s r e t W n s 9 l o s i n g s l i d e s and i n one case, a whole t ape w a s missing, d i s p l a y cases a r e a l so becoming a c e a l headache, breakages a r e phenominal, mainly by t h e ra i lway f o l k s , I ' m a f ra id , We are, i n c i d e n t l y , t r y i n g t o f i g u r e ou t a far b e t t e r case t o e l imina te t h i s shipping headache--bdt here i s where we ask the co-operation of t h e clubs-- Please order a t l e a s t t h r e e weeks i n advance of r equ i red da te , and r e t u r n a t your e a r l i e s t convenience so some o the r club w i l l n o t be disappointed---enough beefing from Ye Ed---I hope by t h e time you good fo2.k;~ a r e reading tliis--providing you do read i.t, of course--(I d o n ' t know as I never g e t any comments, good, bad or aw%ul), ---The weather has turned ou t a l o t warmer and at l e a s t giving us a wee b i t o f sunshine---Next week Ye Ed i s o f f on a week's vacation---then back and start on your August B u l l e t i n so you know what i s going on i n t h e var ious clubs-- i f any of our members a r e i n t h e v i c i n i t y of S t , Catharjines on Sunday August 24th j o i n t h e S t , Catharines Coin Club i n t h e i r annual p icnic , weld l o v e t o have you---meanahile d o n ' t f o r g e t Canada! s Numismatic Show of t h e year a t Toronto1 s Royal York , August 28,29,30---See you there---- i n conclusion a cool ing thought, as a f r i e n d of n ine says, l7Bona snow shine^^^

. . 196 9 ON TiiR I0 NUMIS!G+T I C I;SSCC >':I' I O N +t C1JiA.D LLbT fiiLT IOTiiLL EXH IT I O N C 0 D- EXH IB

The 1969 coin exh ib i t w i l l be on display in a new hobby building located a t the Dufferin gate entrance. Tilr Vince Doran has consented t o a c t as chairman again t h i s year. This type of exh ib i t exposes the hobby t o the non co l lec t ing public, in greater numbers than any other type of show could possibly do. Me ask our members t o help by providing displays and helping t o man the f l oo r

f o r a while during t h e i r v i s i t t o the Ex. There is s t i l l a month and a half f o r you t o get a d isplay ready. This years Canadian Numismatic iAssociation Convention i s a t t he end of t he Exhibition dates so we invi ted our co l lec to r f re inds t o drop down and s a y he l l o and possibly get some ideas on a s imilar exhibi t z t one of the l o c a l exhibit ions or f a i r s i n t h e i r own area. We w i l l a l so have C.N.E. >Tedals and. O.N.i..i.lcdals avai lable t h e s a l e of which w i l l help defray some of t he nominal expenses involved in the exhibi t .

For information -- Mr. Vince Doran, 606 Pape Iivemue, Toronto, Ontario

DID YOU ImOd 3s:- That Counterf i e t Canadian $20.00 gold pieces are on the market

and t h a t bloclcs of wood have been subst i tu ted in some of t he 1967 Gold presentation s e t s for the gold piece and t he shipping box has been resealed with the spec ia l Royal Canadian M i n t tape,

T H E O N T A R I O N U M I S M A T I S T OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION


1969 - 1971 0. N. A. OFFICERS

Past Presidents R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-65) L. T. SMITH (1965-67) w. ENGLISH (1967-69)

-- ~ o l u m e 8 August 1969 Page 72

The Halifax Steamboat Token

Pac t or !?ic$%es?

4- President

Don Flick First Vice-President

Chas. B. Laister Second Vice-President

Walter Griggs Secretary

M~S. Pat Lambert


MAILING ADDRESS

By A. M. MacDenaldrp FmCoN.ReSo I -

The Halifax Steamboat Company received i t s cha r t e r on Jan, 1, 1817 and t h e f i r s t genera l meeting was held i n t h e Exchange Cof- f e e House on May 20, 1817. There were Twenty- f i v e shareholders who held one share each valued a t 25 pounds. Among t h e shareholders were t h e Provinc ia l Tre3surer , Honourable Michael Wallace, the Chief J u s t i c e , and Charles Cunard, founder of t h e g r e a t steamboat l i n e . The Company took over t h e bus iness and a s s e t s

BOX 33, Waterloo. Ontario

DIRECTORS Area 1 HOW^^ WhitEeld Area 2 Arthur Honour Area 3 J. Edward Stahley

Jack C. Dietrich

of a f e r r y s e r v i c e begun 'in 1753 by Messers Wynne and Manthorne t o r u n a scheduled f e r r y se rv ice between Halifax and Dartmouth.

The minutes of t h i s f i r s t and subsequent meetings were recorded by t h e Secre tary i n g r e a t d e t a i l and wi th p rec i se penmanship.

Area 4 Ricky Morse Minute books, s t i l l i n p e r f e c t condi t ion, ar?e Area s Ken Prophet Area 6 VinceDoran Area 7 Charles Miller Area 8 Earl C. Grandmaison Area 9 J O ~ I I MCK~Y-clement5 Area 10 ~l l io t t Jephson






Speaker's Circuit Service Ken Prophet CFMTC CFB BORDEN,

kep t i n t h e Nova S c o t i a Archives and a r e ' a v a i l a b l e f o r study Upon reques t . A t t h e shareholders meeting of March 17,

1825 t h e r a t e s of fare were s e t as fol lows, b u t no mention w a s made of tokens or t i c k e t s a t t h a t time : Foot passenger (white)--4d Foot passenger (black) --3d Cow o r s t e e r ----------- l s 6 d Four wheel ca r r i age ---- 2 s TWO wheel ca r r i age ---- I s 6d Chest, hox or t runk ----3d Eb~al l pig O r lamb ------ I d Horse, mare or ox ------ 2 s Sheep, goat , c a l f or pig--kd B a r r e l -----------------&d Dog---------------------Zd

A t t h e Company meeting of June 4,1835 t h e suspected dishonesty of some employeee was discussed a t length. The employees were thought t o be pocketing f a r e money and n o t

Borden, Ont. t u rn ing it over t o t h e Company. It i s i n t e r -

Editor e s t i n g t o note t h a t no shareholder suggested

W. E. Pat Lambert 57 Emmett Road S t Catharines. Ont

4-

t he use of tokens or t i c k e t s ,

k ca re fu l reading of t h e minutes up t o t h e f i n a l meeting of t h e Company i n 1890 provides no re fe rence t o t h e purchase or poss ib le use of tokens, I f t h e Company h2.3 ever intended t o use tokens it appears almost c e r t a i n t h a t some d i s c ~ ~ s s i o n a t the meetings would have been recorded i n t h e mini-~tes which covered o ther mat ters i n such d e t a i l .

The f e r r y tokens (Breton @00) sho~i a vesse l which bears no re- semblalce t o t h e typa of s h i p us?& c.2 t h e f e r r y se rv ice , I f these na~~tical- .minded s h a e l ~ o l d e r s v~en t t o -th=! expense of ordering tokens i t seems l i k e l y t b . 9 ~ ~rould specj-fy a vesse l of t h e type used by t h e i r Company, The tokens m2y Bale b w n i l l -2dv i sed ly ordered by some agent hoping t o se3.1 them t o -bl?.e Compm.y before it w a s taken over by t h e Dartmouth Ferry Coim-issiol 1890,

I f , as i t has been repeated b:; Breton, a l z g e s tock of tolrens was found i n a bui ld ing bl?ing dt?mo:llshed i n Dmtmouth it must have been associa ted wi th t h e Dmtmouth Ferry Comiss ion , as t h e Halifax Steamboat Company operated from Halifax acrross t h e harbour, This would i n d i c a t e t h e tokens must have appeared on t h e scene q u i t e l a t e and probably j u s t before or immediately a f t e r t h e Commission took over t h e se rv ice ,

A l l tokens appea t o be i.n -~m.circulated condition. It Is a :'.:we occasion when a f e r r y token j-s found i n t h e Hal i fax =ea and those t h a t do t u r n up are"usual1y t h e property of some old co l l ec to r who probably purchased them from scme oat-of-town dea le r f i f t y or so years ago,

It seems very l i k e l y t h a t B.re.ton 900 may be c a l l e d a Nova S c o t i a token b u t it i s improbab1.e t h a t it w a s ever placed i n comrner- c j . d use by t h e Halifax Steambozt Company, *****:;<** ******** * ::: * * * * * ::: ******** ****:ic

Th.e catalogue, " W a r Nedals and Decorations of Canadatt by Ross W, Irwin, 1969, 1 2 5 pages, p r i c e $4,.,00, i s ava i l ab le from the author, ROWo Irwin, 14 Tmarack Place, Gu-elph, Ontario.

This catalogue of wa ~ e d n l s ~ r l d decora t ions9 earned by Canad- i a n s or won i n Canada, f i l l s a. va.cuum i ~ . an i n c r e a s i n g l y popular a r e a of Canadian numismatics, The c=ltalogue l i s t s 2 1 1 appl icable w a r medals, Zecorations, po la r , coronation, long s e r v i c e and e f f i c - iency medals a s we l l a,s pol3.ce lreclals s p e c i a l awards. There a r e 96 medals and decorati-ons described. i n tha catalogue.

The sec t ion on bra medals r e p r e s e n t s years of r e s e a r c h and br ings together f o r tlza f i r s t time $he s i g n i f i c a n t numerical informa- t i o n on medals i ssued t o each regiment, There i s a l s o a g r e a t dea l of supporting d a t a from many re fe rence works, **$***** ******** **>:****::: ******** ******* THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST i s published. monthly by the Ontario Numis - matic Association. The publicaLion may be obtained wi th membership i n one of the following c a t e g o r l e s , L i f e memberships-$50,~ R e g u l a ~ memberships-$3, yearly,Juniors-$2, yearly(up t o 18 yea r s of age) , Husband and b!ife(one j ou rnd>-$5 , yealy,Club-$10, yea r ly , Specid . 0-.N.A, S t e r l i n S i l v e r Lapel Pins (screw back or i n back) only $2'50, Remittances (p f us bank exchange i f paid by cheque P payable t o t h e Ontario Numismatic Association, P, 0. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario.

An in t rbductory s e c t i o n expla ins the system followed i n Canada f o r t h e grant ing of awards and a l s o contains t e c h n i c a l informatiom n o t repeated i n d e t a i l i n t h e main t e x t . A simple numbering system has been included f o r n u i s m a t i c re ference purposes. This catalogue i s a must f o r every person i n t e r e s t e d i n Canadian medals and decorat ions. It i s s t r i p bound and i s o f f s e t prirjted on heavy bond paper 6 x 9 inches9 has a limp paper cover and 3 photographic p la te s . ******** ******** ******** ******** *******

PROPOSED C O I N SHDdS

To he lp clubs decide upon a coin show d a t e t h a t w i l l n o t conf l i c t wi th another club i n i t s s e a we a re l i s t i n g below proposed d a m of the coin shows we have so f a r received. Aug. 14 t o - The O.N,A, Coin Ekhibft a t t h e Canadian National

Sept, 1 Exhibi t ion loca ted a t the Duff e r i n G&te Entrance. For information r e e x h i b i t s , e tc . , con tac t Vince Doran, 606 Pape Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

Aug. 28-30 - Canadian Numismatic Association Annual Show and Ban- quet i n t h e Royal York Hotel, hosted by the Toronto Coin Club wi th M r . Fred Jewet t a s General Chairman. Exce l l en t d i sg lays and auction. Bourse d e a l e r s wel~ome.

Sept. 13 - London Numismatic Socie ty 1 8 t h Annual Show and Banquet a t t h e Carousel Motel, Enquir ies t o W i l l i a m No Clarke, 167 Delaware S t m , London, Ont.

Sept, 28 - Bluewater Annual I n t e r n a t i o n a l Coin Show. General Chairman-Don McKelvie and Fred Hurley.

Oct, 1 - Annual Banquet of t h e Hal ifax Coin Club i n t h e H a l i - bur ton Room a t King l s College, Halifax. There w i l l be an "Awards Dinnerr1 t o honour some of t h e Club1 s outstanding Members. Anyone i n t h e a r e a be sure $4 at tend.

Oct. 5 - Kitchener Coin Club Annual Auction and Coin Show, Information from Chairman-Pat Co l l ins , R.R.#2, Petersburg, Ontario.

Oct. 18 - Kingston .Coin Club Banquet and show a t t h e Hockey H a l 1 of Fame from 1.00 p.m. t o 11.00 p.m. Further informa- t i o n from Fred S tee le , Secretary, 14-80 Montreal S t r e e t , Kingston, Ontario.

Oct, 19 - Til lsonburg Numismatic Society Seventh Annual F a l l Show a t t h e Orange H a l l , Brock S t r e e t , E a s t Ti l lsonburg For f u r t h e r information contac t Chas. B. L a i s t e r , R.R.# 3, Ti l l sonburg , Ont.

Oct. 25 - Windsor Coin Club Annual Show a t t h e Norton-Palmer 26 Hotel. Bourse d e a l e r s contac t C a r l Querbach, P. O.Box

173, Sandwich Post Office, Windsor 1 0 , Ont. Show from 10.00 a.m. t o 6.00 p.m. Sunday.

Nov. 1 - Oshawa Coin Club Hinth Annual Coin-A-Rma, t o be held i n the Genosha Hotel, Oshawa from 11.00 a,m. t o 11.00 p.m. Bourse t a b l e s ava i l ab le f r q Bourse Chairman- Bruce Watt, P.O. Box 212, Oshawa, Ontario

Nov. 8 - Hamilton Coin Club F a l l Show 1969 a t the Wentworth Arms . Gener a1 Chairman-Lew Hender son,Bourse- Jake Speijer,Displays-Ross Wilby,&ction-Hans Rapedius, For i n f ormation-Hamilton Coin Club F a l l Show Corn-

mi t t ee , P.O. Box 325, S t a t i o n "BI1,, Hamilton, Ontario. Apr i l 11-12- Canadian Numismatic Var ie ty C o l l e c t o r s Association

1970 1970 Convention i n t h e Westbuty Hotel, Yonge S t r e e t , Toronto. Host Club - Centra l Coin Club. Additional information from: CNVCA, P,O. Box 91, S t a t i o n "HI 9

Toronto, Ontario, Apr i l 11-12 - Centra l Coin Club Annual Spring Show, Westbury Hotel

1 9 70 on Yonge S t r e e t , Toronto. Information from: The Sea- r e t a r y , Cen t ra l Coin Club, 306 J a r v i s S t , , Toronto, ******** ******** ******** ******* *******

The following l e t t e r received r e c e n t l y i s p r in ted i n i t s e n t i r e t y , f i r s t l y t o c o r r e c t a misquote from M r . Lecuyerls speech and secnndly t o show (a) how e a s i l y a mistake can be made and (b) how wel l we a re checked by the watchful eyes of our readers .

785 Willowdale Ave,? Willowdale, Ontario.

M r . W. E. Pat Lm-bert , Ed i to r , The Ontario N u m i s m a t i s t , 57 Emmett Rd,, S t . Catharines , Ont, Dear N r O Lambert:

In re fe rence t o a statement made by t h e gues t speaker ,Mr. Po Lecuyer, a t t h e r e c e n t 0. N.A. 7 t h Annual Convention an account of 'tirhich appears on page 53 of t h e June i s s u e of t h e Ontario Nmismatist.

M r . Lecuyer s t a t e d t h a t - and I quote - ' t h e f i r s t Canadian coins appeared i n 1810 i n the c i t y of Montreal9. With a l l due r e s p e c t t o the knowledge of t h e speaker and h i s posi- t i o n of Chief of Coining and Medals Divis ion a t t h e Mint, t h e above statement i s misleading and I am cur ious t o know what co in or coins MT. Lecuyer r e f e r r e d to .

I have always been under t h e impression t h a t t h e h i s t o r y of Canadian coinage dated back t o t h e French Regime, 1670" Perhaps through t h e medium of your e x c e l l e n t monthly publi- c a t i o n o-kher members more knowledgable than I could throw some Light upon the quest ion, I r e f e r you t o an address given by M r , ROWo McLachlan t o t h e Royal Socie ty of Canada i n 1915, i n which he s t & e s - t h e e m l i e s t coinage s t ruck f o r Canada i n P a r i s i n the year 1670 i s known by t h e f i r s t two words of t h e motto, t h e GLORIAN REGNI s e r i e s (Br, 501/2) t h i s d i f f e r s from t h e SIT NOMEIN of t h e r egu la r French coins,

Yours t r u l y , Signed:May Bunnett, O.N.A.

#330 m I n r e p l y t o the above l e t t e r I wish t o advise t h e w r i t e r t h a t , due t o a misquote on t h e p a r t of one of t h e c l u b l s recording s e c r e t a r y T s

Lecuyerl s a c t u a l words were, and I quote d i r e c t , I n 1810- the f i r s t coin produced en t i r e1 L.i .Cmad-++ pecu l i a r and crude piece t h a t appeared i n Montreal; bore a taunt and an insul t t o t h e Governor, S i r James Craig, who was very unpopular. The face of t h e coin boke a rough resemblance t o him and was surrounded by t h e ~ o r d s ~ ~ l l h e Torment of t h e Canadiansn and on t h e r e v e r s e IfDon1t you wish you may ca tch met1. We hope t h i s c l e a r s up Mrs. Bunnetts query. I f no t , we i n v i t e fu.r ther comments.

C O I N CLUB T\TEWS

LONDON NUMISPIATIC SOCIETY - Main news from London has t o do t\Tith -the forthcoming Annual Banquet on Sept. 13 th , ~ ~ q u e t and D r a w t i c k e t s a re now avai lab le , There w i l l be e i g h t d i s p l a y ca tegor ies and a huge auct ion, Get ready over t h e summer.

ST. THOMAS NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION - Last meeting took t h e form of a barbecue wi th an assortment of draws throughout t h e evening. This i s the l a s t meeting f o r the summer. Septem- ber w i l l f e a t u r e a t a l k on the "Liberty Bell1! by Tom Masters, See you i n t h e F d l o

Most c lubs do n o t hold meeting i n Ju ly and August but w i l l come back s t rong i n September. **I***** ******** ******** ******** *******

DATA ABOUT YOUR COINS

The 1871 Prince Edward I s l and (he Cent i s a good example of information shown on a co in t h a t g ives an i n s i g h t t o h i s t o r y as w e l l as a d e s c r i p t i o n of i t s symbols.

The obverse of t h e coin i s from a d i e used f o r t h e Jamaic hal- penny, engraved by Wyon i n 1868. For a change t h e Royal t i t l e i s i n English. The o f f i c i a l d e s c r i p t i o n i s : V i c t o r i a Queen, diademed head t o l e f t w i th in begded c i r c l e , below, the d a t e 1871, between 2 roses . The reve r se design a l s o engraved by Wyon, has the Province 's coat- of-arms, a l a r g e oak t r e e typ i fy ing t h e Mother Country and t h r e e s m a l l oak sapl ings r ep resen t ing t h e count ies of Kings, Queens and Prince, The L a t i n i n s c r i p t i o n PARVA SUB INGENTI t r a n s l a t e d t o Engl i sh means- "The s m a l l beneath t h e grea tO1l

Althou h t h e r e were about It m i l l i o n i n c i r c u l a t i o n i t i s d i f f i - c u l t t o f i n s a r e a l n i c e unc i rcu la ted copy. Establishment of the decimal coinage f o r the I s l a n d was contained i n schedule ''Af1 of the Act t o e s t a b l i s h Decimal Currency i n Apr i l 1871. During t h e same period t h e Act agreed t o a s s i m i l a t e t h e currency of t h e I s l and t o t h a t of t h e Dominion of Canada.

During the same period t h e I s l and had decided t o cons t ruc t as a Public Colonial Norks, a r a i l r o a d l i n e of 3T611 gauge r a i l s connect- ing Alberton wi th Georgetown touching on Summerside and Charlottetown wi th an extension t o Sour i s ,and Tignish,

Some suggest t h a t minting of t h i s coin may have intended t o coinmemorate au thor iza t ion t o cons t ruc t t h e railway. However, the cos t of t h e work created a f i n a n c i a l hardship and t h e I s l a n d joined Canada i n 1873.

The centenary of Prince Edward I s l and w i l l a f ford another opportuni ty t o i s s u e a s p e c i a l commemorative d o l l a r on July 1, 1973. L e t t s hope it i s s i l v e r or an a l loy .

(Thanks t o C i t y of Ottawa Coin Club) ******* ******* ******** ******** ******** Be yourse l f . Especia l ly , do n o t f e i g n a f f e c t i o n , Neither be cynica l about love; f o r i n the f ace of all a r i d i t y and disenchant- ment i t i s perennial as the grass .

THIS ' N THAT - -

Here we a re already August--summer s nea r ly over-- many of our clubs a r e g e t t i n g orgVanized f o r the f a l l meetings-- bu t before dl t h i s t akes place may we remind our members, and r e a d e r s t h a t two very important events take place t h i s m~nth-- F i r s t - Your Associa t ionf s d i s p l a y a t t h e Canadian National Exhibi- t i o n i n t h e new hobby bu i ld ing loca ted a t t h e Duf fe r in Gate Entrance and once again our good f r i e n d , Vince Doran, i s ac t ing as our chairman--- any enqu i r i e s , information, e t ~ , , can be answered by contac t ing Vince Doran, 606 Pape Avenue, Toronto, Ontario-a--Those of our members who a e again pu t t ing i n dis$lays a t t h e C 0N.E. plcasc advise - Vince on how many cases you w i l l r e q u i r e i n t h e next week or so---This w i l l he lp Vince t o p lan h i s d i s p l a y area--- Second, of course, i s Canadat s b ig numismatic event of t h e year , t h e Canadian Numismatic Associat ions convention held this year i n the Royal York Hotel, Front S t r e e t , ( ac ross from Union S ta t ion) i n Toronto, Any enqu i r i e s as t o d i sp lays , e t c , contac t Mr. Fred Jewett , Toronto Coin Club, (C. N o A o Convention Committee) 100 Front S t r e e t West, Toronto, Ontario.--.-May we suggest t h a t you take i n both events and we hope t o see a s many of our f r i e n d s and numismatic e n t h u s i a s t s as a t both events--- ina ally, Ye Ed would l i k e t o ask a l l of h i s p a s t con t r ibu to r s of a r t i c l e s fo r OW B u l l e t i n t o p lease s i t down, count t o 69, then w r i t e an a r t i c l e f o r t h e e d i f i c a t i o n (? ) , i l l umina t ion , e t c . of the r e s t of us who are s t i l l l ea rn ing about numismatics-- I be l i eve t h a t here would be an e x c e l l e n t place t o say how much we owe t o t h e b u l l e t i n s of the var ious clubs, l a r g e and s m a l l , who have cont r ibuted so many excel- l e n t a r t i c l e s f o r t h e b e n e f i t of our readersr-- I conclude wi th hoping t o see as many of our r e a d e r s as poss ib le i n August-- Please, i f I d o n ' t b o w you b u t you know me, come and make yourself known so t h a t I may g e t t o know as many of our r e a d e r s as possible-- I l e a v e you wi th a typographical co r rec t ion from l a s t monthf8 Bullet in--as a f r i e n d of mine would say IfBona S~OWSHOES'~

19 7 0 ONTl ,RIO lJUMISl'.Z;I'I' IC i-SSOC L','I' I O N E I G H T H 1'ilWUi~L C ONVENT ION IS SILTED

FOR BLRRE OMT&IO. T H E HUROMLI, NXPLTIS~.ZI'LTIC i;LSSCCLLTIPJ WILL HOST THE 1970 CONVENTION ON JGrJ 2 , 3, iJ' THE Bn32RB CURLING CLUB.

Ln keeping wlth the O.N.L',. Is communication l i n k with coin clubs t h i s announcement w i l l allow arrangements t o be made so t h a t other shows w i l l no t conf l i c t . Me ask a l l coin clubs t o send in t h e i r proposed coin show dates as soon as a time and place a r e decided upon,and once the dates a r e l i s t e d , t h a t other clubs arrange non conf l i c t ing dates . Please watch proposed coin show dates each month,

Tile appl ica t ions f o r membership which appeared i n the Ju ly i s sue of t h e Ontario I'dumismatist have now been accepted.

' T H E ' O M T A R I O N U M I S M A T I S T OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION

FOUNDED I962 WATERLOO, ONTARIO

1969 - 1971 0. N. A. OFFIGERS

Pnst Presidents

4- President

Don Flick First Vice-President

Chas. B. Laister Second Vice-President

Walter Griggs Secretary

Mrs. Pat Lambert



Many numisinati s t s who have t h i s inexor able mad a DIRECTORS

Area 1 Howard Whitfield Area 2 Arthur Honour

Area 4 Ricky Morse Area 5 Kenprophet Area 6 VinceDoran Area 7 Charles Miller

Area 10 EUiott Jephson One c o l l e c t o r who switched from Canadian coj-ns Historian

Walter Griggs asure from tokens because t h e h i s t o r y behind each PrcbIicity every token i s far more i n t e r e s t i n g t o him, One

Ricky Morse Librarian

Mrs. Hazel Munro Audio-Visual Service

Chas. B. Laister No. 3 Highway Tillsonburg, Ont.

Chairman o f Display Cases Walter Holst 4 Maple Court Waterloo, Ont. Phone: 576-7831

Speaker's Circztit Service Ken Prophet

Borden, Ont.

Editor W. E. Pat Lambert 57 Emmett Road St. Catharine, Ont

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- Page 79 Coats of Arms m r e proclaimed f o r use i n Canada as follows:. Tierced i n Fesse t h e f i r s t and second d i v i s i o n s containing t h e q u a r t e r l y coat f o l l - w i n g nasnely, F i r s t , Gules t h r e e l i o n s passant guarant i n pale , o r , second, a l i o n rampant w i t h i n a double t r e a s u r e f lory-counter-f lory gules, Third, Azure, a harp o r s t r inged argent , Fourth, Azure, t h r e e f l ~ e r s - d e - l i s , and t h a Third d i v i s i o n Argent t h r e e maple l e a v e s conjoined on one stem proper. Upon a Royal helmet mantled argent doubled gu les t h e Crest, t h a t i s t o say, on a wreath of t h e colours a rgent and gules , a l i o n passant guxL;?ant or i m p e r i a l l y crowned proper and holding i n t h e dex te r paw a maple l e a f gules , And f o r Supporters on t h e dexter a l i o n rampant or holding a l ance argent , po in t or f l y i n g therefrom t o t h e dex te r t h e Union Flag, and on t h e sin:' -. ' - -T a unicorn argent armed cr ined and mguled or , gorged wi th a coronet ;: ..: :.Y- ci.s.2 of cros ses-patee and f lue r s -de - l i s a chain a f f ixed t h e r e t o r e f l exed Gf - the l a s t , and holding a l i k e l a n c e f l y i n g . therefrom t o t h e sj.n.isl;er a banner azure charged w i t h 3 f lue r s -de - l i s or; t h e whole ensigned wi th t h e imper ia l Crown proper and below the s h i e l d upon a wreath composed of r o s e s , t h i s t l e s , shamrocks and l i l i e s , a s c r o l l azure inscr ibed w i t h t h e motto - A mari usque ad mare, and our W i l l and Pleasure f u r t h e r i s t h a t t h e Arms or Ensigns Armoral s h a l l be used hence- f o r t h , as far as conveniently may be, on all occasions wherein tho s a i d A r m s or Ensigns &nor&. of t h e Dominion of Canada ought t o be used,' Per- haps you can understand what t h i s proclamation says, If not , look at t h e r e v e r s e of o w 50g coin 1937 t o d a t e which fol lows t o some degree t h e Armoral ksi.;r o f . Canada, A d i s t i n c t f l a g has emerged l a t e l y , perhaps w e can des ign a coat of arms t h a t w i l l be as d i s t i n c t i v e b u t w i l l conta in many of the emblems shown i n t h e above, 1970 Ccmmemorative Doll= -

The design con tes t f o r t h e d o l l a r d i e s t o be used t o commemorate t h e ent rance of the k o v i n c e of Manitoba i n t o t h e Dominion of Canada had over 900 e n t r i e s . The panel of judges t h a t reviewed t h e des igns consis ted of D r , Jean So Boggs, Direc tor of Canadars National Gal lery, Nrs. E r r i c k Willis, widow of Manitoba? s former Lieutenant Governor, MOB. Steinkopf, Chairman of the Manitoba Centennial Corp, J o D. Ferguson, Hon, Pres, C.1; A. . ,R . d o Lawson, Dep. Gov. Bank of Canada, Ra C . Monk, Dept, of Fin- ance and &nes t F, Brown, Acting Master of the Royal Canadian Mint. The Winning design was su.bmi t t e d by artist Raymond Taylor of Sca~borough, who won $3,000, f o r h i s ej7for.t. W i l l i a m R. Wordon, Don M i l l s , who l i v e d i n Manitoba most of h7.s l i f e wec3 awarded $500. f o r honourable mention, as d id John Aa Kopala a i d MaLon Nicol l , of Calgary, Alberta.

The revezse o f Taylor s winnl ag design shows two crocus f lowers and a bud. The f l o r a l emb:i.era of M~~n1toi-1~ i s the p r a i r i e crocus. Around t h e edge i s IiMPmTC3.P! s e p x a t e d by a maple l e a f from t h e d a t e s 111870-1970Hb- Around t h e lower edge a,?o t h e words lTCANADAfl separated by a maple leaf from t h e word 1?DOI.,LA811, MY, Taylor w i l l complete h i s r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s by submitt ing a p l a s t e r model of h i s design t o t h e Royal Canadian Mint from which t h e d i e s a?e 'GO be s t ruck ,

Thanks t o t h e C i t y of O t t a w a Club s MonthJ-y B u l l e t i n ******** **:?***** I******* ******** ******** THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST i s published monthly by t h e Ontario Numismatic Association, The pub l i ca t ion may be obtained w i t h membership i n one of t h e following ca tegor ies , L i f e membership-$50. ,Regular embers ships-$3. yea r ly , Juniors-$2, y e m l y (up t o 18 yea r s of age), Husband and Wife (one j ournall-$5, year ly , ~lub-$lO. yearly. Specia l 0. No A. S t e r l i n g S i l v e r Lapel Pins (screw back o r p i n back) only $2.50. Remittances ( p l u s bank exchange i f p8'l.d by cheque) payable t o t h e Ontario Numismatic Associa- ' '

t i o n , Po 0. Box 33, W a t e r l P , Ontario I

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DISCOVERY I S SATISFACTION, By Ricky Morse

According t o a r e c e n t survey t h e i n t e r e s t i n v a i e t i e s i n Canadian coinage i s r a p i d l y increas ing i n every s e c t i o n of t h e country including t h e Yukon. The d o l l a r coin, has, of course, taken t h e l e a d , b u t collec- t o r s have a l s o expressed i n t e r e s t i n t h e cent through t o t h e d o l l a r coins of both 1968 and 1969. Dealers a r e o f fe r ing t o buy or s e l l "with i s l and" and T!without i s landT1 d o l l a r coins i n t h e i r ads i n nunismatic publ ica t ions and many of these d e a l e r s r e a l l y know l i t t l e , or no tKng , about t h e coin except t h a t it e i t h e r has, or has not , t h e al l - important b i t of t h e l f i s l and l l . Few of t h e s e d e a l e r s belong t o any a s s o c i a t i o n t h a t makes a s tudy of v a r i e t i e s , and a r e mainly i n t e r e s t e d i n one th ing only, . .how t o make a 'If ast buckI1, (ane dea le r s ac tua l words) .

It would pay t h e average c o l l e c t o r t o f i r s t make a alistudyn of all Canadian d o l l a r coins. , .both s i l v e r and n ickel . There a r e a g r e a t many new v a r i e t i e s t o be found, Why pay t h e e x t r a money when a few minutes w i t h a good power-glass may show you a few v a r i e t i e s b ~ y o n d your w i l d e s t dreams? Members of t h e Canadian Numismatic Var ie ty Co l l ec to r s Associa- t i o n have found far more v a r i e t i e s i n t h e d o l l a r co ins than those l i s t e d i n t h e r e g u l a r catalogues. The 1947 d o l l a r i n t h e t h r e e main v a r i e t i e s may be seen wi th t h e naked eye, these a r e t h e 1947 (b lunt 7) , 1947 (poin ted 7) and t h e 1947 maple l e a f , Then t h e r e a r e t h e 1952 s i l v e r d o l l a r s ''with water l ines l1 and '"without water 1inesl1., . a l s o c l e a r l y seen wi th t h e naked eye,

I n 1953 we had t h e "wire edge" and Ifflat bordern s i l v e r d o l l a r s and i n 1950 and 1955' t h e "Ampriorl! type t o look f o r and purchase. 1 s t h e s t o r y goes, i n 1957 t h e s i l v e r d o l l a r had only "one water l i n e n ( i f you were lucky enough t o f 3 nd it) . Then, i n 1965, t h e s i l v e r d o l l a r ITrea l ly went t o towny h n o t one, but f i v e d i f f e r e n t v a r i e t i e s , and t h e d e a l e r s r e a l l y l l l ined l l t h e i r pockets. It was t h i s year of 1965 t h a t almost ruined t h e wonderful hobby of numismatics and coin co l l ec t ing , I n 1967 we heard of t h e "diving gooseT1 and t h e aNdouble-headedlT goose, n o t t o mention sever dl other v a r i e t i e s of l ike-na ture .

1% r e d l y makes one wonder what f lvar ie ty l lwi l l appear next. Person- a l l y , I study and c o l l e c t v a r i e t i e s f o r t h e fun of it, and t r u l y f e e l t u i l l e d when I l!discoverT1 one t h a t i s hard t o f i n d , o r has n o t been repor ted . Hans Zoel l , t h e Canadian "e r ro r and variety1! exper t says t h a t I f to ignore t h e f a c t of ex is tence , i s t o defy r e a l i t y 1 ! , and he i s cor rec t . Yet through the years , e s p e c i a l l y s ince 1965, a g r e a t number of varie-t- i e s have been I!found1l i n our Canadian coinage t h a t have n o t been acknowledged by c e r t a i n so- ca l l ed numismatists,

The joy and knowledge t h a t comes wi th t h e s tudy of e r r o r s =d v a r i e t i e s cannot be purchased from any d e a l e r , and t h e s g t i s f a c t i o n of f ind ing your own v a r i e t i e s on your own coins i s t r u l y another form of happiness i n t h e modern numismatic world of to-day.

(Thanks, Ricky, g e t we l l soon) ******** ******** ******** *****I** ******** THE DEMISE OF THE HAIPENm

The funera l of B r i t a i n ' s half penny occured on J u l y 31st) 1969, jo in ing t h e f a r t h i n g and ha l f - f a r th ing i n the m e t a l l i c graveyard re- served f o r i n f l a t i o n v ic t ims , With p r i c e s r i s i n g so fas t t h e ha l f penny by i t s e l f , won't buy a ly th ing except a postage stamp, and even t h a t i s beginning t o be something of t h e pas t . A s i t ceases t o be l e g a l tender about one b i l l i o n d i s c s w i l l g rzdual ly disappear . K i l l i n g t h e halfpenny makes it e a s i e r f o r B r i t a i n t o in t roduce decimal coinage i n 1971.

L e t t e r From Arthur Honour, Director Area 2

P. 0. Box 325, S t a t i o n B, Hamilton, Ontario

July 31, 1969 M r , Don Fl ick, Pres ident 0. N, A., 1523 Constance Drive, OALCVILL;E, Ontario Dear Don:

It i s wi th most s ince re r e g r e t t h a t I must o f f e r my r e s i g - n a t i o n as an Area Di rec to r of t h e Ontario Nwaiamatic Association, e f f e c t i v e August 31, 1969,

Because of s e v e r a l r e c e n t and unexpected developments n o t r e l a t e d t o n u i s m a t i c s I have, a f t e r some se r ious cons idera t ion , decided t h a t i n order t o make t h e most of c e r t a i n oppor tun i t i e s I must move t o B r i t i s h Columbia a t the end of August.

I s h a l l c e r t a i n l y miss my f r i e n d s i n t h e O.N.A,, bu t I expect t o remain a c t i v e i n Numisnatics and t r u s t t h a t I w i l l n o t l o s e touch e n t i r e l y ,

I w i l l n o t be leaving u n t i l a f t e r t h e C.N.A, convention i n Toronto i n August, so I hope t o have t h e opportuni ty t o say "au revo i r " t o you and o the r s personal ly a t t h a t time.

S incere ly ,

Signed: W. Arthur Honour. (From Ye Ed-All1 t h e b e s t , Arthur, b e s t of l u c k t o a n i c e uy, w i l l miss

you personal ly as we l l a s numismatically. ******** ******** ******** *********

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C O I N COLLECTORS DFDIARB VOICZ AT CANADIAN M I N T BY AARON ROBERT

Many Canadian coin c o l l e c t o r s have been expressing t h e i r disappointment at t h e absmce of numismatic r ep resen ta t ion on t h e new bomd of d i r e c t o r s of the Royal Canadian Mint.

Under r e c e n t l e g i s l a t i o n t h e Mint w a s s e t up as a crown corporat ion repor t ing d i r e c t l y t o the m i n i s t e r of supply and serv ices . A six man board of d i r e c t o r s w a s c rea ted , w i t h t h r e e members t o come from t h e government and t h r e e from t h e publ ic . No provis ion w a s made f o r a numismatic voice t o be h e a d on the board. The t h r e e non-gosernment board members, t o be naned s h o r t l y , w i l l be s p e c i a l i s t s i n metcdlufgy, s ad1 foundry p lan t opera t ions and bus iness f inance ,

The government r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s m e Ernes t F. Brown, ac t ing mint master, A,B. Hockin, deputy min i s t e r of f inance and Robert KcJ-th a s s i s t a n t deputy n i n i s t e r ( f i n a n c e ) supply and serv ices . Chairman of t h e board i s Gordon Hunter.

The general f e e l i n g among coin c o l l e c t o r s i s t h a t a numismatic r e p r e s e n t a t i v e on the board would present c o l l e c t o r views on t h e compos- i t i o n , q u a l i t y and d i s t r i b u t i o n o f -co ins , e s p e c i a l l y thhse i n t h e specimen s e t s s t ruck f o r c o l l e c t o r s . Since n i c k e l rep laced s i l v ~ r i n Canad- i a n coins l a s t year , t h e r e have been many complaints from c o l l e c t o r s regarding d e t e r i o r a t i o n i n t h e q u a l i t y of sgeciinen s e t s . Several prom- i n e n t Canadian numismatists have p r i v a t e l y expressed an i n t e r e s t i n being a consul tan t t o t h e mint board i f they could n o t be a p a r t i c i p a t i n g member. Overtures have been made t o appropriate f e d e r a l o f f i c i a l s b u t t o d a t e no r e p l i e s have been received.

(Thanks t o Ervar Digest)

NEWS AROUND TEDE C O I N CLUBS

CHAMPLAIN C O I N CLUB- The Ori l l ia Club r e c e n t l y had a v i s i t from t h e re-

t a i l s a l e s t a x inspec to r when he inspected t h e i r books. He s t a t e d t h a t everyone must pay t h e s a l e s t a x on coins bought a t an auct ion or s ign a

.. paper and put down t h e i r permit number. The e d i t o r of t h e Orill ia club i s happy t o announce I::-,,; t h e i r son James has re turned from t h e Sick Chi ldren ' s ITospital and i s doing f i n e a f t e r a kidney t r a n s p l a n t . "Gord-Glad t o hear t h e good news about James - The Lamberts1l HAMILTON C L I N CLUE.- -

The l a s t meeting was spent arranging f o r t h e f a l l show t o be held a t t h e Wentworth A r m s , November 8. Bad news came when the President , Arthu? Eonour, announced t h a t a t t h e end of August he w i l l be heading west t o B r i t i s h Columbia t o seek h i s for tune , A l l good wishes go w i t h Arthur who w i l l be sadly missed, HURONIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATI ON-. -

The g r e a t news out of Bar r i e i s t h a t they me going - t o hos t t h e 1970 0,N.A. ConventionMay2 and 3,1970. A s it i s a l s o t h e i r

1 0 t h Anniversary t h i s should be a g r e a t occasion and, while a l l t.he mem- b e r s r e a l i z e t h e work involved they a r e ready t o make i t a success. A l l t h e b e s t , Bar:rie, ICINGSTON COIN c ~ m -

The l a s t meeting was given over t o p lans f o r the F a l l Show t o be held October 18th . It w i l l be a good way t o g e t i n t o work again, Ilope t o see you a l l t h e r e , Ye Ed, Yes, We hope t o be on hand. Five t roph ies w i l l be given for:-Best of Show,Best Canadian Miscellaneous Coins,Best Canadian Coins,Best Foreign Miscellaneous, Best Foreign Coins. There w i l l a l so be a L r a w every hour. LONDON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY-

The progkam a t t h e l a s t meeting was t h e O o N o A m Audio- Visual s l i d e s I1WhatT s My CoinT1 and var ious panels t r i e d t o guess coins from c lues given by Lloyd Smith. The September meeting w i l l f e a t u r e a t a l k by Percy E l g i e on t h e I1Magdalen I s l and Pennyt1 and he w i l l d i sp lay a n i c e specimen of t h i s coin, Plans are all f i n a l i z e d f o r t h e Banquet and Auction on Saturday, Sept, 1 3 t h a t t h e Carousel Motor Hotel. Come one, come a l l and e n j oy yourselves. ST, CATHARINZS C O I N CTJlE3.- -

The Club e n j oyed a p icn ic during August when everyone seemed t o have a good time. This was held i n Burgoyne Woods and t h e pool was we l l patronizedo This just about ends t h e summer fun and we hope a l l a re ready f o r work next meeting i n September. TILLS ONBURG NUMISMATIC SOCIETY-

The l a s t meeting fea tu red s l i d e s on t h e Canadian 5g S i l v e r pieces , This was one of t h e new s l i d e s received r e c e n t l y by t h e O e N o A o from B.C. and was we l l worth seeing, Plans were discussed about t h e Show on October 1 9 t h and t h e bourse t a b l e s are just about gone. WELLAii C O I N CLm-. - ---

Welland has a new meeting place t o s t a r t a c t i v i t i e s f o r t h e F a l l season a t t h e YM-YWCA, 201 Eas t Main S t r e e t . There i s t o be a good auct ion and it i s hoped t h a t t h e new season w i l l be s t a r t e d out wi th e bang,

PROPOSED C O I N SHOWS - ----

To help clubs decide upon a coin show d a t e t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th another club i n i t s a r e a we m e l i s t i n g below p ~ o p o s e d d a t e s t h a t we now have on hand, Sept, 13 - London Numismatic Socie ty 1.8th Annual Coin Exhibi t ion,

Banquet and auct ion at t h e Carousel Motor Hotel, 591 Welling.- t o n Road, London, Fu-rthel- enqu i r i e s t o William N, Clarke, 167 Delaware S t , , London, Come p r e g a ~ e d fcr a good time, Sept , 28 - Bluewater Annu21 International Coic Show, For latecomers t h e

General Ci?.d~rnal 1 3 Ncrm S c o t t and t h e Bourse Cliairman i s Rudy B r i l l ,

Oct, 5 - Ki-tchener Coi.n <l':?i-j P+Lari~zl A.uct i~n aid Coin Show. Chairman is pa.;; col -iins -; = ??.:,I: ,#2, Feteksbwg, O n t a ~ i o .

Oct, 1 8 - Kingston Coin Club im1ru2I Show and B m l q ~ ~ e t a t the Hockey H a l l of Fame commencing a t :.,00 porn, P r i zes b r i l l be given fo3: Best 02 Show, Ses-L Cmadian 14iscellaneous, Best Canadian Coins Best Foreign M i s c e i l a n e ~ u s and Best Foreign Coins. Rourse r e s e r v a t i o n s f ~ o m Fred Steel, 3, 1480 Montreal S t , , I:ingsJ;o:y.,

Oct 19 - Brm-tford Nuriismatic Socie ty 9 t h Annual Banquet, Exhibi-tion. and Bourse, T h e ~ e w i l l be 4 classes:-Canadian Coins, Foreign. Coins (World), Miscells.neous z.nd f o r t h e f i r s t time non-= members w i l l be able t o e x h i b i t , Also. a Bes t of Show Trophy, Speaker-Dr , Jolm S , Wil-kinson and a l s o judge t h e e x h i b i t s o More d e t a i l s next month,

Oct, 19 - Til lsonburg fiTumisrn~tic Society Seventh Annual F a l l Show a% t h e Orange H a l l , Brocl; S t , Eas t Ti l lsonburg, Information r e Bourse, E x h i b i t s , E.tc0 contac t Chas. B. L a i s t e r , R , R o Sf 3, Ti l lsonburg, Ontario.

Oct, 25 - Windsor Coin Club Annual Show a t t h e Norton-Pdrner Hotel. & 26 Bourse deLLers contac t Gal Querbach, P. 0, Box 173? Sandwich

Post Office, Windsor 10 , Ont,Show on Sunday from 10,OO a,m, t o 6.00 porn,

NOV, 8 - Hamilton Coin Club F a l l Sh: - . at t h e Wentworth A r m s Hotel on Saturdav. Gener zl Chxirman-Lev Henderson; Bourse- Jake Spei j e?:; Displays- Ross lllilby; Auction .- Hans Rapedius, For information sr3:ite- Fm_i.l_ton Coin Club F a l l Show Committee, P,O. Box 325, Ssxt ion t tB! to , Hamiltoil, Onts

May 2 & 3- The R ~ o n i a ?\T.xi::i-smxtlc ./l:.ssociation w i l . 1 h o s t t h e 1970 C. N.Ao 19 70 Convention. 2 - t B a r r i e , Motice we l l i n advance so all clubs

can xer ange -!:heir s110~i.i~ a.ccordingly, See a r t i c l e on next page r e t h i s oc;cas.ion.

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The Canadian N~mismatic "l'mie-ty Co l l ec to r s Associat ion has now opened a p r i n t i n g of f i c e i n Toronto and i s busy p r i n t i n g advanced information and f l y e r s about t lzeir Convention being held i n the Westbury Hotel, Yonge S t . , Apr i l 11-12,1970. Host Glub i s Cen t ra l Coin Club, Addition& information e i t h e r from ChWCA, P.O. Box 91, S t a t i o n "H", Toronto, Onto Cent ra l Coin Club, The Secre tary , 306 J a v i s S t , , Toronto, Ont, Ei ther Club w i l l be glad t c supply d e t a i l s as t o Bourse7 Exh ib i t s , Banquet, e t c , i f contacted,

Nov, 1 - One more coin Show t o l i s t - Oshawa Coin Club Ninth Annual Coin- A-Rma t o be held i n t h e Genosha Hotel, Oshawa from 11.00 a,m. t o 11.00 p,m. Bourse t a b l e s ava i l ab le f r o p Bourse Chairman - Bruce Watt, P.O. Box 212, Oshawa, Ontario ******** ******** ******** ******** ********

May 2 and 3 , --. 19 70 The Huronia Numismatic Association w i l l h o s t . t h e 1970 Convent-

i o n of t h e O.1'J,A0 a t Bar r i e , Ontario. This w i l l be a twin evente t h e 1 0 t h anniversary of t h e Huronia Numismatic Association, and t h e 6 t h Annual O.N,A. Convention, Dealers and i n t e r e s t e d persons a r e urged t o g e t i n touch wi th t h e Huronia Numismatic Associat ion f o r f u r t h e r d e t a i l s regarding bourse t a b l e s and set-up.

S i tua ted i n t h e h e a r t of Simcoe County, surrounded by picture- sque l a k e s and parks, B a r r i e i s the h o s p i t a l i t y c i t y of South Cent ra l Ont,wio. V i s i t o r s t o t h e 1970 Convention w i l l f i n d B a r r i e e a s i l y access- i b l e by taking e i t h e r Eighway 11 or Highway 4-00 s t r a i g h t n o r t h from Toronto, Road mileage from the h e a r t of Toronto t o B a r r i e i s 67 miles , The Convention w i l l be held a t t h e Bar r i e Curling Club s i t u a t e d on t h e Essa Road, t h e f i r s t c lover leaf t h a t e n t e r s t h e c i t y going n o r t h . from Toronto, S i tua ted here and i n c lose proximity t o t h e B a r r i e C b l i n g Club a r e two we l l planned motels, t h e Holiday Inn almost ac ross t h e highway from t h e Curling Club and t h e Continental Lnn, t h e next c lover leaf n o r t h on Zighway 90. Several more motels and h o t e l s together w i t h many d in ing p laces w i l l make your v i s i t t o B a r r i e enjoyable and memorable. Remember t h e d a t e , May 2 and 3, 1970, t h e place-Barrie. Come one9 come a l l . ******** ******** ******** ********* ********

NEW ENGLAND MONEY BASISOF VALUE.-AT CANS0 The following i s a copy of a l e t t e r , which shows t h a t New England Money w a s t h e b a s i s of money or exchange used i n Nova S c o t i a i n the 1700's :- "By v i r t u e of an Order rece ived from t h e Honourable Governor Armstrong and i n o b e d i x c e t o h i s coimands we t h e Subscribers have been on board t h e Schooner Mary Madlin wi th in mentioned and according t o t h e b e s t of our knowledge and understanding f i n d s her a s she i s found a t t h i s t i n e , ( a f t e r a s t r i c t and c a r e f u l survey) t o be worth n i n e t y pounds New Eng- land money and no nore. And i t i s f u r t h e r our opinion t h a t t h e Master pf the sa id Schooner s h i l l r e c e i v e f o r the v e s s e l l s run from hence t o t h e I s l e of Sables, a t her a r r i v a l here t h e sum of six pounds New England money i n case she f i n i s h e s t h e voyage wi th i n t h e space of s ix days b u t i f she cannot r e t u r n here i n l e s s than t e n days then t h e s a i d Master i s t o r ece ive t e n pounds New England riloney b u t n o t t o exceed t h a t sum though she should n o t r e t u r n i n f i f t e e n daysot l Given un.der our hands a t Canso t h e 24th Novemr 1725.

Phi Bauarisq W i l l i a m Blyn William E l l e r e y Geerge Green

E1alifa.x Currency - The use of the Xew England money, r a t e s of exhhange, p a r t i c u l a r l y t h a t of Massachusettes, by c o l o n i s t s i n Nova S c o t i a event- u a l l y began t o be c a l l e d Halifax Currency.

The use of H a l i f a x Currency, exchange r a t e s , were f i n a l l y passed by ordinances and l e g i s l a t i v e a c t s i n 1777 and 1795,

(Thanks t o I la l i fax Coin Club) ******** ********* ******** ******** ******** You a re a ch i ld of t h e universe, no l e s s than t h e t r e e s and t h e s t a r s ; you have a r i g h t t o he here. And whether or no t i t i s c l e a r t o you, no I

doubt t h e universe i s unfolding as i t should.

NICKNPNES ----

An excerpt from IiThe Teach 'Yourself Guide t o Numj.smatics!~ By C , C . Chamberlain,

Money being something so near and dear t o t h e human h e a r t , and entering so i n t i m a t e l y i n t o t h e d a i l y a f f a i r s of l i f e , it i s only nab. u r a l t h a t t h e voca3ulary of n ~ m i s m a t i c s should inc lude a number of m- o ~ t h o d o x des ignat ions , nicknames, or s lang terms, some s l i g h t i n g m.d.

rrll sorile semi- hunorou.s. ~ n i s T~TZS the case wi th t h s Ancients, !nore expeci a l l y so w i t h t h e Greek coiz~.s wi.t;h t h e i r b i z a r e devices , Thus we read of the l l t o ~ t ~ i ~ e ~ l l or ' l t ~ : t l e ~ : l of I?.egina, the H c o l t s H of Cor ic th , and the I:archersu of Pers ia , We r e d i n PI!-ntach t h a t thn S p a r t m g e n e ~ a l Agesilaus comglaii::. 1. ht~, was 6r:iven. out of Asia by t e n thous,md of t h e Gilea. Ring f s '1 cvch.~::s!i, rnem..Ln.g, cf cours2, t h a t he was cornpelled t o r e t r e a t by t h e clzS.csnery of b.:lber:/. ZC.! ccr:rup?ion, The d~achmai of kkhen.s, frolil th.3 b i r d o f -! . t l ie~a st;~.mpecl on the r eve r se , were known 3s 1 i ~ ~ l ~ 1 1 9 hencelrrbo t ake an "owl1I t o Athens was the proverbia l equ.j.valen'i. i n Ancient Greece of our phrase Ii to ca r ry coa l s t o Newcastlefl, hrls.to-. phanes j e s t s wi th t h e naqe i n l i is comedy "The Bi rdsv .

I n modern t imes Ilquldii , "T~obIl and t anner m e used iii every6 ay consez s a t i o n alno s t a.s f r equen t ly as l1po~rndH, ~ t t s h i l l i n g " , and I T sixpence1' , The de r iva t ions of such w o ~ d s a re inuch dispu.ted, ,and give endless amG.se.-- men.-ii t o those t h a t d e l i g h t i n $inguFstic r e s e s c h , llBobll was a p ~ 2 ~ ~ e n ~ ~ l - y . a I1bob s t i , "?)ob:l mearlf ng I i smal.l!t a ~ d i l ~ t i d ; ~ ~ suggests a German or ig i i i li s t ~ c k l ~ ~ a piece of _money, "Tanr,erU i s pi-obably named f ~ o m John Tanner, who Trras clllef engyave? t o t h e Mint 1741-.75. The sixpence was formerly 1mcwn as a i i s i ~ ~ o n l i (perhaps from Acts ix , 43); Johil Tamer i n 1738 coumke~fe i ted Si.aonla p a t t e r n coirtage of Cromwell; hence the llsii~~on.il became p ~u l~-? l . ;y kno7:rn. as a t lTannerlt , There i s l i t t l e doubt t h a t "joeyl' -:he B l i t m n i a g r o a t cor s i l v e r four penny pj-ece, was named from J o s e ~ n F3?me, .the Melzbor of Parliament who urged i t s in t roduct ion . i n 1836, f o r use i r 1 pa.yi:~g s h o r t cab-f a res , The nhme j oeyti w a s given i n de r i s io i i tc t h i s coin by the London I1cabbiesI1 ; they took except ion t o t h e coin, a s sr?l,?l-l.. f =es -:.rere paic? by t h i s i n place of t h e Bixpenny piece, A. jimmy otgobl.tni! ?:jeS a gold sovereign, b u t t h e o r i g i n of t h i s word: ,wd

t h a t of our modern 'Iquiill1 i s unlmown, Amongst obsole te nicknames we f i n d "hog1Ii a - ~ ~ o r d appl..led. t o coins of ~;.=ying deno~ninat ior~s , bu-t the phrsrse If to go the whole 1zogli 5s s t i l l cu r ren t , and i s bel ieved t o be a gambling expression. dn??Z?red from t h i s ~~rorci, llRhinoll i s a word occassion- ~ ~ l l y met w i t h i n seventeentl2-.cent~ry l i t e r a t u r e , meaning money or cash, though t h e der j .vat ton 5.5 m.certain; tllus Tcm Brd.~m, i n !!Letters f r o n The De2d t o the L5-~ii_lg'! ; i'~rinrlbox?r,d :Tor :+~;m-k of t h e .rezdy 3-hinoH, "Brass1! i s a cuyrelit co l loq1; l i~ l iea To.:.: money; i n Old English the L a t i n w o ~ d I f aes" V T ~ S rendersd l1brassU, hence i n e a ~ i y l i t e r a t u r e I1br assn became synony- nous wi th l l i~oneyi i , ( P f - e ~ s Plo~man iii, 189, Matt. ~ ~ 9 , ) ; t h e word i n t h i s sense p e r s i s t s I11 our s lang of to-da.;~,

The llba.,.ibeeli, de r iva t ion uncer t a in ; possibly so c a l l e d from t h e LaLrd of Sillebawbee, a Master of -the Mint); F i r s t s t r u c k ir, 1542, value six S c o t t i s h ;.!sI...L':.:'.G:;~ 0' ona English hKLfpenny. It i s ~ ~ s e d i n nodern S c o t t i s h d i a l e c t t o s i g n i f y t h e B r i t i s h haifpenny, The Bawbes was a l s o lrnown as a I1babieH ; hence t h e solnewhat &arming s tatement ma,.c!e i n a r e t u - ~ n of 1693 t o t h e P r e s b y t e ~ y of Lanark t h a t t h e c o l l e c t i o n s of the k i r k includ.ed lltwo bad s h i l l i n g s , a t m i e , sind a b a b i e l l ,

For those ~ t ~ h o f o ~ m d some I n t e r e s t i n t h e excerpt a b o ~ ~ ; , he:.- 2 'L:; a l i s t of a f e w more nicknames, Of course, t h e r e a re many mose, bu t here e e a few; some being l e a l coin clenominations i n one country or a'; one time, but used as s lang i n our country to-day,

How marty of these do you how:- Dibs, shekels , spondulics, b l i n t , b r a s s , t i n , rh ino , jack, dough, l o l l y , sugar, sa l t , dosh, ackers, cof, nopus, boo'dle, soap, o i l and grease. Also f i v e r , tenner pony, monkey, grand, sh iner , chip, bob, cartwheel, b i t ( and m u l t i p l e s j , buck, and expressions l i k e sn ide and r a p f o r c o u n t e r f e i t coins and s l i p , k i t e and f l a s h note f o r forged notes . There a re a l s o expressions f o r money i n genera l , such as p e l f , l u c r e , f i l t h y l u c r e , hard cash, s p o t cash, ready money, t h e b e s t and f o r s m a l l mounts , pocket money or p i n money, I f you have made a packet or found t h e purse of Fortunatus, o r , i f yhu have fea thered your n e s t or l i n e d yom pockets, or , a r e just i n the process of opening t h e long purse, you may be ab le t o add many words t o t h i s l i s t .

(Thanks t o London Numismatic Socie ty B u l l e t i n ) ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** Pollowing i s a l e t t e r received fro^ 0. N. A. member, Gerald Glasser , and i s published herewith f o r t h e genera l i n t e r e s t of a l l c lub edi tors : -

116 Sanford Ave. N., Hamilton, Ont,

J u l y 20, 1969 Dear S i r :

J u s t a few l i n e s of what I hope w i l l be h e l p f u l c r i t i c i s m , The enclosed n o t i c e I c u t from t h e Ontario IVwnismatist-Quote- Sept, 28- Bluewater Annual I n t e r n a t i o n a l Coin Show. Gener al Ohairman- Norm Sco t t , Bourse Chairlaan-Rudy B r i l l , Display Chairman-Don McKelvie and ,Fred Harley-I' Where i s the Bluewater Show? &at i s t h e address of the General Chairman? O r of any one of t h e o ther chairmen f o r t h a t matter . I do be l i eve t h e O.N.A. should screen t h e b u l l e t i n s and reprililand any publi- c i t y chairman who would send i n a n o t i c e such as t h i s .

S incere ly , Signed: Gerald Glasser 0, N, A,#661

Edi tor s Note- We agree p m t i a l l y with M r o Glasser t h a t t h e r e i s n o t

s u f f i c i e n t information as t o addresses of t h e var ious chairmen, I n t h i s p a r t i c u l a r ins t ance t h i s w a s poss ib ly an over- s i g h t which i s completely out of our hands. However, I do n o t f e e l t h a t t h e 0, N m A o i s i n any posdt ion t o reprimand myone f o r l a c k of information. Again I must draw a t t e n t i o n t o the no te a t t h e head of t h e proposed coin shows, We t r u s t t h e var ious clubs w i l l i n f u t u r e send Ye Ed a l l t h e necessary information regarding t h e i r shows. ******** ******** ******** ******** ********

CASSA1'JDRA SAYS I propose, i n t h e ensuing months or u n t i l your e d i t o r throws ne

O L I ~ ol" tKe B u l l e t i n , t o br ing t h e r eaders of the B u l l e t i n , who a re or should be, keen nelxbers of the n m i s m a t i c hobby, i t e n s on con t rovers i a l sub jec t s ,

I be l i eve one of t h e f i r s t i t e n s f o r cons idera t ion should be t h e d i f fe rence between those who a re keen, i n t e r e s t e d , e n t h u s i a s t i c numismatists, or t o use t h e modern id ion , coin c o l l e c t o r s and t h ~ s e who i n my hmble opinion a r e n o t worthy of the name, because %hey have only entered t h e hobby f o r one reason and one reason only, which was, and again I quote, " t o make a f a s t buckt1.

Now I m n o t decrying t h e f a c t t h a t many of us have i n t h e pas t , made ourse lves a d o l l a r or two i n the exchange of co ins , This i s n o t what I mean a t a l l . I am t a l k i n g about t h e people who go t o the. bCuk each and every year and order $400.00 or $500.00 worth of t h e new coins

with t h e i d e a i n mind t h a t some of these coins w i l l e i t h e r double or t r e b l e i n value i n t h e ensuing m t h s . I have i n mind, f o r ins tance , two or t h r e e merabers of my l o c a l club who boas t about t h e f a c t t h a t they 2 .y~ able , through personal friendship^^^, t o procure $100.00 or $200.00 of , i n t h i s ins tance , 1969 dimes or n ick les , wi thout any t roub le and then they t u r n around t o t h e i r f e l low numismatists and have t h e c r a s s impudence t o ask $7.50 t o $10.00 f o r a r o l l of 1969 dimes and $3.50 t o $koOO f o r a r o l l of 1969 n ick les . This , t o me, i s nothing but pure crof i t e e r i n g a t t h e expense of t h e i r fe l low club members, w i t h no i n t e r - ; s t whatsoever i n f u r t h e r i n g t h e hobby. Then t h e r e i s t h e member who comes along and asks t h e c-mrent value of , say, a 1948 s i l v e r d o l l a r i n average condition, and you quote him i n t h e a r e a of $75.00 t o $100.00 more or l e s s , who w i l l then c a l l you t h e next day ac t ing l i k e a r e d s; - :> ty -pa~ t s 6aying t h a t he bought it f o r @10.00. This i s n o t only p l a i n l y dishonest but does tend t o br ing our hobby i n t o d i s repu te .

My f i n a l squawk f o r t h i s sess ion i s , t h a t genera l ly we know l i t t l e about our hobby. Now l c t l s be honest. How many books, pe r iod ica l s , panphlets, e t c . have you read t o broaden your knowledge of nmismat ics . Tliere a re many e x c e l l e n t pe r iod ica l s , a r t i c l e s , e t c . which appear from time t o time i n such d i s t ingu i shed journals as t h e AoNoAo B u l l e t i n , the '

CoN.A, B u l l e t i n and those put ou t by the B r i t i s h Royal Numismatic Societ] =and all of these a re a v a i l a b l e t o any member f o r t h e p r i c e of the postage simply by wr i t ing t o t h e l i b r a r i a n s of these s o c i e t i e s reques t ing t h e book, e t c , you wish t o borrow, BUT , how many of you use these e x c e l l e n t se?vicestz Speaking, n o t too long ago, t o Hazel Munro who i s t h e O o N o A o l i b r ~ ~ i a n , she informed me t h a t i s was ltagesIt s ince she had had a r eques t f o r a book from t h e i r e x c e l l e n t l i b r a r y . Again our own l o c a l club. l i b r a r i a n , who f o r obvious reasons, remains ngpeless , informed me t h a t Ln 196G she loaned out 2 books and t o d a t e in 1969 1 book,

In view of t h e above comments no wonder so many of our members f e e l t h a t t h e coin clubs a re f a l l i n g down i n t h e i r main ob jec t which i s t o educate t h e i r nenbers i n t h e i r hobby. Ask yourse l f how many hours o f s e r i o u s reading you have done about your own p a r t i c u l a r sphere of numl.smatics, For ins t ance , t h e b e a u t i f u l engraving of t h e Coat of k m s on our 50g piece, what do you know about i t ? Do you know what ''Lions Rarapantlr neans? Do you know why the Mint switched from s i l v e r t o pure n i c k e l coinage? Do you know wliy t h e dol l* i n 1968 was so poorly s t ruck. These and raany other ques t ions a r e answered i n t h e var ious books I noted,

F ina l ly , I i n v i t e t h e r eaders of t h i s e x c e l l e n t B u l l e t i n t o w r i t e lize i n care of your e d i t o r on t h e two con t rovers i a l i tems I have mentioned and/or any p e t beef ., e t c . you may have your e d i t o r has promised h i s f u l l co=-oper a t i o n i n pub l i shing l e t t e r s anA my r e p l i e s w i t h i n reason. So p lease m i t e t o me i n care of your e d i t o r by t h e 20th of t h e month s o I have time t o prepare ny answers.

l'CASSMJDRA1l

I n view or" t h e above a r t i c l e by our new cont r ibutor THIS IN THAT w i l l have. t o w a i t u n t i l next month. It i s s u f f i c i e n t t o remind our r eaders to send any l e t t e r s f o r CASSANDRA t o me a t 57 Emmett Road, St. C a t h a - Ines , Ontario,

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T H E O N T A R I O N U M I S M A T I S T OFFICIAL PUBLICATION O F THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION


1969 - 1971 0. N. A. OFFICERS

Past Presidents R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-65) L. T. SMITH (1965-67) W. ENGLISH (1967-69)

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Don Hick

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Treasurer Bruce H. Raszmann occ,ilpl.es ab31;cl; ci3e t h i r d of t h e obverse of t h e

MAILING ADDRESS Box 33. Waterloo. Ontario centimos ~f 17379 t h e f i rs t year of the Nation-

i s t g o - ~ : ~ ~ r 1 ~ ! . s n t ~ In 194.7 a Monarchy was declazed DIRECTORS der t h e r z ~ c r ~ _ " y cT Fksnco, Fint ~ ~ o r k e r s who

r e s t i l l su.!>;~c:rts~..s cf -i;:;a r e p u b l i c and opposed Area 1 Howard Whitfield Area 2 Arthur Honour Area 3 J. Edward Stahley

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t h z %-7:- ' -3.- a- Chairman of Display Cases ,LA?L ;;,,,i-i.i:.g Spe ~IC;.:? w i th t h e kind Walter Holst 4 Maple Court per2?:-ssj.c.i? of i t s z.~:thc?, 0, N. A., Direc tor Waterloo, Ont. J@iul >{ c;;cy-C 1 emc.3.t s, Phone: 576-7831



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MOSTLY ABOUT COINS - During a r e c e n t conversat ion wi th a novice c o l l e c t o r , I was

asked whet I thought t h e chances might be of f ind ing o r securing a 1943 U, S, copper cent. My f r i e n d explained t h a t he had read a newspaper r e p o r t of such a f i n d and was hopeful of some day adding one of these coins t o h i s co l l ec t ion . I f a i l e d t o convince him t h a t a genuine 1943 copper Lincoln simply does no t e x i s t .

Over t h e p a s t few years some 50 or 60 have been repor ted , b u t so fa.r unver i f i ed , except by newspaper s t o r i e s , Such r e p o r t s , a p p ea r ing from time t o time, a re t h e probable reason f o r many co l l ec t - 02s bel iev ing t h a t such a co in e x i s t s . This i s d e s p i t e t h e f a c t t h a t o r ' f i c i a l s of t h e U.S. Mint a t Phi ladel h i a have repea ted ly s t a t e d t h a t no copper cents were s t r u c k i n 1 9 3. The one-cent coins of t h a t y e w were produced i n s t e e l only,

5 Supposing f o r t h e moment, t h a t as some people claim, t h e s e coins

were genuine and were placed i n c i r c u l a t i o n i n 19430 With upwads of 11-mil l ion c o l l e c t o r s i n t h e United S t a t e s , does i t n o t seem strange t h a t they should c i r c u l a t e undiscovered f o r 20 yea r s then a r a s h of I1finds1l a r e repor ted , all w i t h i n the l a s t f i v e years?

A3_ Maynard, o f f i c i a l au then t i ca to r f o r the Co l l ec to r s Of PTun;is- ma,tic Er ro r s Inc. (CONE) has repor ted i n t h a t a s s o c i a t i o n r s b u l l e t i n "THE ERRORGRAM", t h a t he has examined a number of 1943 dated UoS, coppex cents and t r u e t o h i s expecta t ioas , none proved t o be genuins.

The l a t e s t of t h e s e coins s e n t t o M r . Maynard f o r au then t i c+ -i;iolr_ (which t h e owner had v i s i o n s of s e l l i n g f o r $30,000) w a s one the'^ very c lose ly resembled a genuine a r t i c l e . Th i s coin, whiclz l._~;d bzen found i n c i r c u l a t i o n was accompanied by no ta r i zed graphs f.z;om t? wel-1- known m e t a l l u r g i c a l l abora to ry ind ica t ing t h e i r f indiag s of s ~ z c i f i c g r a v i t y and X-ray spectro-analysis and comparisons w i t h a knc7.m 1942 normal bronze cent e t c ,

Maynard s examination and comparisons of t h e graphs ind ica ted t h a t wi th acceptable to le rance , t h e 1942 normal co in and t h e 1943 sp3cimen were approximately i d e n t i c a l i n copper, z i n c and t i n con- ten-L, t h e a l l o y used i n t h e production of copper coins. The coin vas then weighed both aga ins t a normal coin and by i t s e l f f o r to ta l . g r a i n weight. The 1943 specimen proved t o be 10 per c e n t l i g h t e r than a copper-bronze cent weighing s l i g h t l y more than 42 g r a i n s ip- s tead of approximately 47 g ra ins , which it should have weighed, Kc..'-.$ it was subjected t o microscopic examination a t l O O X and upwards, Under t h i s powerful magnif icat ion, poros i ty and o ther c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s were c l e a r l y seen which v e r i f i e d t h e f a c t t h a t t h e co in w a s simply a c a s t coun te r fe i t , bu t of e x c e l l e n t workmanship.

Since t h e spectro- a n a l y s i s ind ica ted comparable a l l o y q u a l i t i e s ., i t may be assumed t h a t t h e c o u n t e r f e i t e r melted down bronze cants o f ' 1942, o r e a r l i e r da te , i n order t o secure t h e c o r r e c t a l l o y f o r h i s ***I**** ******** ******** ******** ******** TEE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST i s published monthly by t h e Ontario Numismatic Association. The pub l i ca t ion may be obtained wi th membership i n G C ~

of t h e following ca tegor ies . L i f e yember ships-$50. ,Regular Memberskll..p- $3. year ly , Juniors-$2., yea r ly (up t o 18 years of age), Husband and )fife (one j ournal)-$5. year ly , Club-$10, yearly, Spec ia l 0. N. A, S t e r l i n g S i lve r Lapel P ins (screw back or p in back) only $2.50, Remittances (p lus bank exchange i f paid by cheque) payable t o the Ontc7:~'io Numismatic Association, Po 0. Box 339 Waterloos Ontario,

Purpose. With t h i s unknown person having gone t o such l e n g t h s t o produce the coin, i t i s a l s o reasonable t o assume t h a t more than one of these itenis were so manufactured. How these coins came t o be i n c i r c u l a t i o n i s anybody1 s guess.

This e x c e l l e n t a r t i c l e was contr ibuted by O.N.A. member Jack Wallace of t h e Kingston Coin Club founder of

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NEWS AROUND THE C O I N CLUBS

BRANTFClRD NUMISMATIC SOCIETY - The f i r s t meetinn of t h e f a l l season

fea tu red t h r e e i t e n s bf i n t e r e s t , t h e Canada packers novie *Canada Produces1I, M r . Church i l l of Londbn spoke on Paper Money and Walter Griggs d s a gave a t a l k . Plans were completed f o r t h e 9 t h Annual. Show, October 1 9 t h when D r . Wilkinson w i l l be gues t speaker. CENTRAL C O I N CLUB -

The most important news from t h i s c lub i s t h a t they w i l l hos t t h e CMTCA ~ o n v e i t i o n next Apri l i n t h e Westbury Hotel. Even now plans a re being made t o make t h i s a g r e a t event , HURONIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIMION -

The f i r s t meeting of the f a l l f ea tu red a draw f o r an old coin box. Members b r o u ~ h t t h e i r old coins and fiJ.l&d t h e box and one lucky person won it wi th t h e winning t i c k e t , Already plans a re going ahead f o r t h e O.N.A, Convention nex t May when it w i l l &so be t h e c l u b ' s 1 0 t h anniversary. INGERSOLL C O I N CLUB-

The f i r s t f a l l meeting fea tu red a t a l k by Harry Eisenhauer on ''The Halifax Banking Company" wi th s l i d e s of t h i s bank and o the r banks of Nova Scot ia , from t h e Paper Money S o c i e t y l s l i b r a r y . The lucky draws were i n keeping wi th t h e theme being a p a i r o r bronze bookends shaped l i k e a l ighthouse wi th t h e name Nova S c o t i a across t h e base. Also W i l l i a m Clarke of London had a d i s p l a y - .

of ma te r i a l from var ious Nova S c o t i a Banks. KINGSTON C O I N CLUB-

The September meeting fea tu red f i n a l prepara t ions f o r t h e Show t o be held October 18th . Also t h e members were urged t o g e t t h e i r d i sp lays ready, and make t h e show a success. RJIAGBRA FALLS C O I N CLUB

The September meeting showed s l i d e s on t h e Coins of Newfoundland and i t was decided t o have an auct ion a t each meeting, There w a s a fair number a t t h e meeting and we hope f o r b e t t e r t h i n g s a s t h e season progresses. C I T Y OF OTTAWA C O I N CLUB

The Pres iden t gave a r e p o r t of h i s v i s i t t o t h e :. a 1. A.N. A. Convention and t h e opening of t h e new U.S. Mint i n Philadele ' phis. The meeting fea tu red a s p i r i t e d auct ion wi th t h e coins bring- ing good p r i c e s and t h e door p r i z e w a s a Norval Parker medal of which t h e club has purchased severa l . Tom Muir was e l e c t e d de lega te t o the C.N.A. Convention i n Toronto and we a re looking forward t o h i s r e p o r t a t t h e next meeting.

1 PORT CREDIT C O I N CLTJB

The f i r s t meeting of the f a l l was given over t o renewing acquaintances and arranging f o r f u t u r e meetings, There was a l s o t h e usual auc t ion and refreshments.

SARIVIA NUMISMATIC SOCIEKY- F i n a l plans were made f o r t h e Bluewater In te r -

n a t i o n a l Coin Show on Sept. 28th, Also t h e Ontario P rov inc ia l Pol ice of P e t r o l i a a re searching f o r $3300,00 worth of George V 1 $50.00 b i l l s r e c e n t l y s to len . Arryone having any information of same please g e t i n touch wi th t h e Pol ice , S t . CATHARINES C O I N CLUIj-- -

The 92 members and gues ts were w e l l en te r t a ined a t the f i r s t f a l l meeting by an exceedingly i n t e r e s t i n g t a l k by Mr, P e t r i e of the Lundyls Lane H i s t o r i c a l Society on t h e h i s t o r y of t h e Niagara Peninsula, Vic tor S n e l l a l s o gave a r e p o r t on t h e C o N o A o

Convention i n Toronto and a l i v e l y auct ion brought t h e meeting t o a c lose TILLSONBURG NUMISMATIC SOCIETY.- -

The meeting was given over t o f i n a l prepar'at- i o n s f o r t h e F a l l Show on October 19th. There i s t o be a banquet and d i s p l a y c l a s s e s t h e same as l a s t year. There i s t o be a good auctioil and we hope it w i l l be t h e success it was l a s t year. TORONTO C O I N CLUB-

The September meeting fea tu red a t a l k by I*. John J, Pitman on h i s plans f o r t h e next t$o yea r s and a l s o h l s h i g h l i g h t s of the A.M. A. Convention i n Phi ladelphia . M r , Pittman, although an American w a s one of t h e e a r l i e s t members of t h e Toronto Coin Club. ******** **:k***** ******** ******** ********

A TOKEN WITH HISTORY I n 1051 an e a r l acted as mediator between IEng Edward ( t h e Confessor) and E a r l Godwin. He w a s known as Leof r i c t h e E a r l of Chester , and a l s o Lord of Coventry. His p r e t t y wife was ca l l ed Lady Godiva. You a l l know the s t o r y about how she rode a horse naked through t h e s t r e e t s of Coventry i n order t o have l o c a l taxes abolished, This event has l e d t o an annual pageant and a h o t e l i s named d t e r her husband ' 'Leofr ic Hote lTf , I n t h e Main Square i n Coventry Lady God- i v a l s s t a t u e i s loca ted , There i s a l s o a g i a n t clock i n the tower of Broadgate House i n Coventry wi th a peeping Ton i n a window and Lady Godiva on a horse inoving on an oval t r a c k cuclroo-clock fashion. During the l a t e 1 8 t h and e a r l y 1 9 t h cen tmy many merchants i n England had manufactured f o r them and c i r c u l a t e d halfpenny and penny tokens as t h e r e was a s c a r c i t y of small denomination coinage. I n Warwick- s h i r e a f i rm b-own as t h e Reynolds Co.Ribbon weavers had s t ruck and used tokens showing Lady Godiva on her f,unous r i d e , They were i ssued i n 1792 t o 1795 and a r e l i s t e d i n Dalton & Harcerrs book ca l l ed "The Provinc ia l Token-Coinage of t h e 1 8 t h Centuryl1, They a r e numbers 231 to-237. The Obverse shows Lady Godiva wearing long h a i r covering t h e p a r t s of her body t h a t should be concealed w i t h t h e words" Pro Bono Publicoffaround t h e upper edge and t h e d a t e along t h e lower edge. The reve r se shows a C a s t l e on the back of an e lephant and "Coventry Halfpennyf1 around t h e upper edge. Another f i r m Thomas Sharp Coo #312-issued a one-penny s i z e token i n 1797. The obverse had Lady Godiva (clothed) sea ted , holding a s h i e l d and a sword wi th f l C i v i t a s Coventriel! around t h e t o p edge and MLCCXCVll across t h e lower edge.

P.age 92 Reverse showed Peeping Tomr s house and d a t e 1797 along t h e lower edge, Can you f i n d another token t h a t w i l l l i n k w i t h an impor ta l t or long fo rgo t t en event i n h i s t o r y ,

(Thanks t o E d i t o r of Ottawa Coin Club ~ u l l e t i n ) ****** ****** ****** ****** I***** ******

PROPOSED C O I N SHOWS --- To he lp clubs decide upon a coin show d a t e t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th another club i n i t s a r e a we a re l i s t i n g below proposed d a t e s t h a t we now have on hand, Oct. 5 -. Icitchener Coin Club S i x t h Annual Show i n t h e Wdper

Hotel from 10,OO a.y, t o 6 "00 p,m, Display Chairman- Mr, John Craig, 105 Lancaster S t , East , Kitchener,There i s a l s o a good zuction, D r a w i s f o r a Centennial Gold S e t a t 5=30 pamu

Oct, 18 - Kingston Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet i n t h e Ilockey H a l l of Fame commencing at 1.00 porn, P r i z e s f o r Best of Show, Best Canadian Miscellaneous, Bes t Canadian Coins, Best Foreign Miscellaneous and Best Foreign Coins, .

Bourse Reservation6 f r o n Fred S t e e l e , 1460 Montreal S t , Oct, 19 - Brantford Numismatic Socie ty 9 t h Annual Banquet., Exiiib-

i t i o n and Bourse, For the f i r s t time non-members w i l l be able t o e x h i b i t , Speaker i s D r . John S. Wilkinson, 0. N,A. and own club cases only can be used f o r exh ib i t s , ,

Oct. 19 - Til lsonburg Numismatic Socie ty Seventh Annual Show and Banquet a t the Orange H a l l , Brock Stree-t;, Eas t Tillson.- burg. Informa-tion r e Bourse, Exh ib i t s , e t c , contac '~ Chas, B. L a i s t e r , R,R,#3, Ti l lsonburg, Ontario.

Oct. 25 & 26' = - Windsor Coin Club Annual Show at t h e Norton-Palme?

Hotel. B o u ~ s e d e a l e r s contac t C a r l Querbach, Po 0, Box 173, Sandwich Post Off ice, Windsor LO, Ont. Sunday hours from 10.00 a.m, t o 6.00 porn,

NOV, 1 - Oshawa Coin Club 9 t h Annual Coin-A-Rama t o be held i n the Genosha Hotel, Oshzwa from 1 1 , O O a.m. t o 11,00 p.m, Bourse t a b l e s ava i l ab le from Bourse Chairman.- Bruce Watt, Po 0 , Box 212, Oshawa, Ontario.

Nave 8 - Hamilton Coin Club F a l l Show a t t h e Wentworth Arms Hotel i n t h e h e a r t of Hamilton, For information r e Bourse, Displays and auct ion w r i t e t o - Hamilton Coin Club F a l l Show Committee, Po 0. Box 325, S t a t i o n I1Bl1, Hamilton.. .--

_1970 Apri l 11 - The Canadian IVuaismatic Var ie ty Co l l ec to r s Associ&ion

Bc 1 2 w i l l hold t h e i r Convention i n the Westbury Hotel, Yonge S t r e e t , T o r o ~ t o , wi th t h e hos-t club being t h e Central Coin Club. Information e i t h e r from CNVCA, Po 0, Box (':L S t a t i o n l lH1l , Toronto OR Cent ra l Coin Club? The Secretary, 306 J a r v i s S t . , ~ o r o n 5 , Ont. E i the r c lub w i l l be glad t o supply d e t a i l s a s t o Exh ib i t s , Banquet, Bourse, e t c ,

May 2 & 3- Huronia Nqisrna t ic Associat ion w i l l hos t t h e 1970 0. T\T.A, Convention a t Barr ie . Notice we l l i n advance so a l l clubs can arrange t h e i r shows accordingly,

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C OINS OF THE ISLE OF MAN- - --,- The h i s t o r y and coinage of tlie I s l e of Man have been t r aced

back f o r many cen tu r i e s , b u t l i t t l e i s Laown of t h e d e t a i l s . Coin- age undoubtedly e x i s t e d on t h e i s l a n d i n t h e 1 6 t h and 1 7 t h cen tu r i e s ,

The f i r s t l e g a l tender coins of t h e i s l a n d were s t r u c k i n 1668 by a l o c a l mercharlt, John M-mrrey, These coins were about t h e s i z e of a f a r t h i n g and bore on the yeverse the a r m s of t h e I s l e ofi M a n ,

The design of t h e I s l a n d f s arms or emblem i s a f i g u r e of t h r e e >z?:inbs joined togethe,? a t f ; h ~ t h i g h and i s dzscr ibed as a l r t r iune ' i The design i s very old and i t s o r i g i n i s no t known, Later a La t in i n s c r i p t i o n was added - rrQuocunque J e c e r i s S t a b i t i l which means lrWhichever way you th_row it? it w i l l s tand,"

A t one time I r i s h colils ci_rcul.ated f r e e l y on thc i s l a n d , along wi th Murrayr s ' ;?ence ancl regal- English coinage, I n 1710, copper goins dated 190g9 which were c a s t r a t h e r than s t ruck , were put i n t o c i r c u l a t i o n by t h e Governor, t h e 1 0 t h E a l of Derby, The s t a n d a d of coin r e s u l t e d i n rnmy f o r g e r i e s and: as a r e s u l t , i n 1733, a l l e x i s t i n g coinage was outlawed and a new s e t or" coins i s sued , Four- t e e n Manx pennies were equiva lent -to one B r i t i s h s h i l l i n g and . t h i r t e e n were equiva lent t o one I r i s h s h i l l i n g . The 1733 penny was about the s.L.2 s i z e as t h e English halfpenny and t h e MEZUUZ halfpenny corresponded t o t h e f a r t h i n g , These coins were w e l l designed, - c l e a r l y s t ruck and proved popular i n I r e l and and o ther count r ies , thereby dra in ing t h e supply i n t h e I s l e of Man,

I n 1758 new coinage was s t ruck i n the penny and halfpenny denominations, when t h e 2nd Duke of Athol becane Governor of t h e I s l and .

The I s l e of Man w a s purchased by the B r i t i s h Governmen-i i n 1765. New coinage was s t ruck i n 1786 and l a t e r i n 1798 and 1813,, On t h e obverse was the head of George 111 and on t h e reve?:se, the I s l and s t r i u n e ,

I n t h e e a r l y yea r s of t h e 1 9 t h cent, ry, a quan t i ty of p r i v a t e l y i s sued coinage a d base f o r e i g n coins c i r c u l a t e d f r e e l y on the Island0 I n 1839, an i s s u e of Queen V i c t o r i a pennies, ha l fpennies and Tarthings were s e n t t o t h e I s l a n d t o c o r r e c t t h i s s i t u a t i o n . A r o y a l proclamation i n 1840 w a s intended t o discol~tilxb.s t h e use of Manx coinage on t h s i s l a n d but r e s i s t a n c e prevented it from being e f f e c t i v e u n t i l 1862, Since t h a t d a t e , Engl i sh coinage has circu- l a t e d on the is land on an o f f i c i a l - b a s i s ,

(Thanks t o t h e Ervar Digest) ****** **&.LJ. 8 rrr~i.JiC ****::* ?+*$:*** ****** ****** D I D YOU KNOW - That, bes ides t h e cornrnon terms of b lanke t no tes and s h i n p l a s t e r s , many o ther names have been appl ied t o notes , e s p e c i a l l y those of ques-tionable banks, Some of these were +--.- Blue Backs, Green Baclcs, Blu Pup, Brindle Pup, Stump T a i l , Red Dog, Wildcat, Red Backs, Red Zorse, Bob T a i l and Rag Tag,

That a forgery i s an i l l e g i t i m a t e coin o r medal; a Counter fe i t i s a co in or medal meant t o deceive t h e publ ic; an I m i t a t i o n i s a coin or medal copied from t h e o r i g i n a l withou-l; f raudulent i n t e n t and t h a t a Reproduction i s a f acs imi le of t h e o r i g i n a l coin f o r the purpose of r e s e a r c h and e x h i b i t ,

KUDOS T O CAS~ATNDRA BY RICKY MORSE

A t ip-o-the-hat t o 41Cassandra11 f o r h i s f i r s t column i n t h e Ontario Numismatist which I f u l l y agree wi th one hundred per cent. As a member of numerous coin clubs and Associat ions i n both Canada and t h e U,S.A. I have met nany of t h e s e so-called llnumismatistsll t h a t prey on all t h e i r f r i e n d s " j u s t t o niake a f a s t buck1! as Cassandra says,

My own personal l i b r a r y of over 300 numismatic textbooks en- ab les me t o study our hobby witlzout borrowing from t h e many club l i b r a r i e s , bu t I do Peel , as Cassandra does, t h a t more members should tgke advantage of t h e l i b r a r y of the club t o which they belong. Pe:rsondly, I f e e l t h a t many a re inclined. t o be s t r i c k e n wi th l a z y - i t i s .

My '!pet beef" i s t h a t t h e r e a re n o t enough llworkerbllin ,my club or Associat ion t o car ry t h e load of the work t h a t has t o be done, wi th t h e r e s u l t t h a t ONE MAN o f t e n has t o do the work of f o u ~ or f i v e , and sometimes more, Sooner or l a t e r , t h i s mzn1s h e a l t h w i l l 11g5:ve- outu or he w i l l become thoroughly disgusted wi th t h e s i t u a t i o n and res ign ,

While r e f r a i n i n g from mentioning t h e name of any s p e c i a l club c r AssocLxLion i n our hobby, I s t rong ly f e e l t h a t a few, and hne i n p a r t i c u l a r , a r e made up of those s t r ange type of people who THINK t h a t they a r e ':so much be t te r1! than t h e i r f e l low man. These people a re cornonly known as SNOBS, and have done more harm t o our hobby than any good they may profess t o have accomplished,

A s I sa id i n u~y Report , (see:Ontario Numiswatist-Feb. 1969, Page 1 6 ) , t h a t t h e Ontario Numismatic Association extended t h e "hand ~f Croodfe l l~wsh ip~~ , ,and t h a t t h i s could be e s p e c i a l l y not iced , (and f e l t ) by o t h e r s g both i n t h e province of Ontario and elsewhere. I n o ther words, the O.N.A, a r e n o t snobbish, and extend a hand of f r iend- s h i p t o all.

May I take t h i s opportuni ty t o wish the O.NeAo t h e very b e s t of luck w i t h t h e i r 1970 Convention i n Bar r i e , Ontario and t e l l Cassandra t o keep up the good work.

(Thanks Ricky, come on and g e t w e l l soon.) ******** ******** ******** ******** ********

CASSANDRA SAYS I see t h a t my f i r s t a r t i c l e draws one l e t t e r of comment and a l s o

some of h i s , t he w r i t e r s, p e t beefs- t h a t of t h e g r e a t l a c k of workers i n so many clubs---how very t r u e t h i s i s , How o f t e n do you f i n d i t i s t h e same? There a r e four t o six members who a r e loaded down w i t h no t only t h e i r o m p a r t i c u l a r jobs b u t a r e doing one or more persons chores who j u s t f a i l e d t o show.----I'm t o l d t h a t t h i s was p a r t i a l l y t h e case a t t h e r e c e n t C,N.A, show---too few workers, too much work and some of t h e important th ings t h a t go t o rcake a show r u n smoothly were l e f t undone--.-so who g e t s t h e b l m e f o r this--% t h e very people who have worked t h e i r heads of f t o t r y t o put on a good show---you j u s t cannot win, Inc iden t ly I f e e l t h a t t h e r e was c e r t a i n l y a g r e a t l a c k of co-ordination i n t h e var ious jobs a t t h e sllow, ,and I ' m t o l d t h a t t h e r e Tias n o t enough he lpers -- l i k e the d i s t r i b u t i o n of e x h i b i t cases---lack of coamunication r e "changing of categoriesI1 ( t h i s is t h e perogat ive of the Host club and g r i p e or n o t - - t h i s i s t h e i r say so)--- l ike the judging of e x h i b i t s , t h i s t c o

5 was the choice of t h e Host club t o choose t h e i r own judges and we should accept t h i s even i f we do disagree. I f e e l t h a t t h e publ ic should and could have given t h e Convention b e t t e r support--- a p i t y ---but on t h e whole, it was a g i g a n t i c t a s k which gave t h e Host club a chance t o show t h e i r d e s i r e t o he lp the C Q N m A o and gain experience. Given a second chance I f e e l sure they w i l l do as one r a t h e r d isgrunt led dea le r s a i d "Think a b i t more of t h e dea ler and n o t so much of the exhibi tor1I , He has a point . The d e a l e r s f o r your show,

The "pet beefT1 t h i s month i s two-fold. F i r s t l y t h e very se r i - ous matter of t h e d ishones t dea le r and secondly t h e s p a t e of "Dealer 3rankruptc ies t t we a r e experiencing. I r e c e n t l y heard about a l e t t e r from a very i r a t e gentleman who l i v e s i n t h e U.S. who p ~ c h g & d some material---running i n the a r e a of approximately $100.00 t o $150,00, only t o f i n d t h e ma te r i a l was coun te r fe i t . After wr i t ing t o t h e dea le r concerned and rece iv ing PJO r e p l y , he has placed the matter i n t h e hands of one of t h e National Associations. I do n o t t h i n k t h e r e i s too much of t h i s going on, bu t even two o r th ree i l ls tances a re t o o many and does a &at d is -serv ice t o our hobby, My considered opinion i s t o buy only from t h e dea le r you know per- sona l ly i s an honest guy. It su re pays.

Now I come t o t h e mat ter of t h e dea le r who goes t tbankruptlt . What a shcm t h i s i s , I do hope our Government O f f i c i a l s w i l l soon wake up t o what i s going on and f i l l i n those Ttloop-holeslt , which enables a dea ler t o cry l tbrankrupt t t a id then t h e next th ing you know, he i s i n bus iness again under another name. YOU, f r i e n d reader know them. So beware, do n o t do any bus iness wi th them or the f i r m they supposedly rep resen t . Remember I t once b i t t e n , twice shyI1. I f you have been b i t t e n and f e e l l i k e l e t t i n g o f f steam--donr t forget-- just put it on paper and send it t o

Cassandra c/o Your Edi tor ******** ****f ***

m MrnERS

The following a p p l i c a t ~ o n s have been received. I f no w r i t t e n ob jec t ions are reca ived , t h e i r acceptance w i l l be acknowledged i n t h e November i s s u e of t h e Ontario Numismatist. 737 Harry Eisenhauer, 501 Chester S t r e e t , London 17, Ontario.

738 Tony Hine, 1545 Venet ia Drive, Oakville, Ontario

739 Wm. Stewart , 1560 Weston Road, Weston 335? Ontarioo 740 Eddie B a l l , 138 First Avenue, Brockvil le , Ontario.

741 Robert Parkin, 29 Cowm Avenue, Toronto 150, Ontario.

742 ErLc Halliday, 1591 Duffer in S t r e e t , Toronto 170, Ontario.

743 John R o C o t t ~ e l l , 4-010 Lawrence Ave. E., Apto 1506, West H i l l 7- 721, Ontario

744 Paul Sandvold, 837 Roselawn Ave., Apt. 204, Toromto 340, ont3

745 Mrs. Audrgy Sue Mercer, 96 Fenelon Drive, Don M i l l s 405, Ont.

746 Jay Gordon Mercer, 96 Fenelon Drive, Don M i l l s 405, Onto 747 Ian Douglas Cameron, 39 Oakley Blvdo, Scarborough 732, Ontario0

NOTES OK ENGLISH MAUrJDY MOWY Since 1822 Maundy coins have been i ssued every year. I11 1831,.

1838 coronation s e t s s t ruck i n gold were made f o r William 1 V and Vic to r i a . These however wers n o t o f f i c i a l l y i ssued ,

I n 1932 King George V revived t h e personal d i s t r i b u t i o n of the Maundy by t h e r e ign ing monarch, Before 1650 t h e Maundy ceremony took place i n Chapel Royal a t Whitehall . Since t h a t time it has taken place i n Westminster Abbey, E l i zabe th I1 has, however, d i s t r i b u t e d her Ma~mdy i n S t , Paul f s Cathedral i n 1953 and i n Southwark Cathedral i n 1955? t o ce lebra te t h e Golden Jubi lee of t h e diocese of Southwark. She has a l s o d i s t r i b u t e d her co ins a t S t , Albans i n 1957, S t , George Is Chapel, Windsor C a s t l e i n 1959, Rochester Cathedra3 i l l 1961, 1963 a t t h e Cathedral Church of S t , Mary, the Virgin, S t , Pe ter and S t . Cedd a t Chelmsford and i n 1965 a t Canterbury,

On PIgmdy Thursday, Apr i l 3rd , 1969, Her Majesty Queen E l i zabe th I1 w i l l d i s t r i b u t e her Maundy Money during t h e t r a d i t i o n a l ceremony t o be held t h i s year a t selby- ~ b b e y , ~ o r k s h i r e , This ceremony i s a l s o i n keeping wi th t h e ce lebra t ion of t h e 9 t h centenary of Selby Abbey,

This year? 86 r e c i p i e n t s , 43 men and b3 women w i l l r ece ive purses containing t h e maundy coins. It has been announced t h a t 1969 w i l l be t h e l a s t year t h a t crowns wSll be d i s t r i b u t e d due t o t h e coming demonetization of t h e crown and half-crown pieces. I n 1970, f i v e s h i l l i n g s i n some other form (but no t a d d i t i o n a l Maundy coins) w i l l be given.

Maundy money w i l l survive after dec imal iza t ion i n 1971. The new maundy coins w i l l have Arnold Machin's ftCommonwealth Head" of Her Majesty on t h e obverse however; r eve r se designs have n o t been se lec ted .

The Royal Almoners Office, Buckingham Palace, has announced t h a t s p e c i a l precaut ions have been taken t h i s year t o ensure t h a t t h e r e c i p i e n t s a re conducted t o t h e Abbey f o r t h e ceremony and l a t e r back home, so t h a t they w i l l n o t be bothered by f l p e r s i s t e n t coin buyersf' . The l i s t of r e c i p i e n t s w i l l n o t be nade known i n advance,

And so, on A p r i l 3 , a. g r e a t , t r a d i t i o n w i l l be c a r r i e d on. Those words spoken n e a r l y two thousand years ago s t i l l l i v e amongst C h r i s t i a n men and i n t h e s ign i f i cance of these si~iall co ins which can be appreciated by t h e c o l l e c t o r s of to-day..

(Thanks t o London Numismatic Society Bu l l e t in ) ******** ******** ******** ****** ******** D I D YOU KNOW -

That i n paper cur rencyia Counter fe i t no te i s one t h a t resembles has been copied from a genuine note . A Spurious note i s a pecu l i a r s t y l e of c o u n t e r f e i t p r in ted or engraved from a n o r i g i n a l p l a t e bu t bearing no resemblance t o a genuine note except f o r t h e names of the bank and t h e s igna tu res of t h e o f f i c e r s . An Altered no te i s one on which t h e name of a r epu tab le bank has been replaced by t h e name of a suspended bank. A Raised no te i s a genuine note on which t h e mount has been r a i s e d t o a higher denomination.

THIS 'I\: THAT Well, here we a re agaiil, f a l l i s w i t h us once more,

the var ious coin clubs a re swinging i n t o a c t i o n ---- l e t l;zs hope t h a t we w i l l have good attendance a t a l l clubs w i t h renewed i n t e r e s t i n t h e hobby---First of a l l , l e t me congra tu la te Paul S u l l i v m who has been e l e ~ t e d Pres ident of t h e City of O t t a w a Coin Club and t o Miss iceall who i s car ry ing out t h e s e c r e t a r i a l d u t i e s f o r t h e coming year---In passing l e t me say how dependent we are f o r s h o r t a r t i c l e s on t h e clubs and how very o f t e n we f i n d t h e s e a t i c l e s i n t h e club b u l l e t i n s s e n t t o us f a i t h f u l l y by t h e s e c r e t a r i e s and e d i t o r s and f o r these we a re t r u l y grateful----Yours. t r u l y f o r i ' ' h e a l t h reasons was unable t o a t tend the C ,N ,A , Convention which I believewas my g r e a t loss---However dl being we l l , i t i s my hope t h a t I w i l l be able t o meet many of our r eaders and f r i e n d s a t t h e var ious coin shows t h i s f a l l and winter , s t a r t i n g with t h e Ilitchener Show on Sunday, October 5th----Here i s a show t h a t we have attended f o r many years and never once have we been able t o say i t w a s a poor show--- always soinething d i f ferent - - - always something i n t e r e s t i n g and always we l l at tended .---Also congr atula- t i o n s t o Me1 Fiske of the Niagara Fal ls-St , Catharines Coin Clubs, e t c , who has been asked t o t ake over t h e vacancy l e f t by t h e r e s i g n a t i o n of Arthur Honour----Mel, we know i s a t r u e numismatist and a hard worker and we f e e l su re t h a t nmismatics genera l ly and our Associat ion i n p a r t i c u l a r w i l l b a n e f i t l a r g e l y from Me1 ' s i n t e r - e s t and hard-working qualities---Good luck , Mel----Our r e a d e r s must excuse me f o r being a l i t t l e long-winded t h i s nonth but: yo.u w i l l remember t h a t our new cont r ibutor , Cassandra, cu t me out e n t i r e l y l a s t monthand speaking of our f r i e n d , Cas sandr a,we 'd l i k e our r eaders t o send i n t h e i r ideas , pe t beefs , e t c . t o Cassandra, so make wi th t h e pen, you f o l k s , and l e t us hear from you---- So long f o r now---will t a l k t o you again nexk month.

Ye Ed,

T H E O N T A R I O N U M I S OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION


I 1969 - 1971

0. N. A. OFFICERS Past Presidents

R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-65) L. T. SMITH (1965-67) Volume 8 November 1969 Page 98 W. ENGLISH (1967-69)

e President

Don Flick YOUR Ml!!ME33.XS.EEP - 1970 First Vice-President

Chas. B. Laister Even as any business i s only as good as Second Vice-President

Walter Griggs i t s f inancial income so an organizgtion such as ours i s only as good as the


contributing membership.

Treasurer O f l a t e gears it has been noted tha t

Bruce H. Raszmann there has been a tendency t o put off MAILING ADDRESS

sending ow: membership fees u n t i l more BOX 33, Waterloo, Ontario or l e s s the l a s t minute. T h i s has r e

sulted i n needless correspondence both DIRECTORS by way of personal l e t t e r s and the

Area 1 Howard Whitfield Bullet in t o remind our members t h a t they ~ r e a 2 Arthur H O ~ O U ~ are i n arrears, and even as a business Area 3 J. Edward Stahley cannot function too long without a

Jack C. Dietrich steady income so our organization can- Area 4 Ricky Morse Area 5 Ken Prophet

not function t o i t s f u l l efficiency Area 6 VinceDoran

without adequate funds t o carry out i t s Area 7 Charles Miller various day t o day a c t i v i t i e s , Area 8 Earl C. Grandmaison It was decided t h i s year t o appeal t o Area 9 J O ~ U MCK~Y-elements OW members t o do one of ~ W O things:- Area 10 ~ll iott Jephson F i r s t ly , t o endeavour t o have t h a t Historian cheque i n the m a i l not l a t e r than the

Walter Griggs 15th of January, 1970, but bet ter s t i l l , Publicity Secondly, how about giving serioue:

Ricky Morse consideration t o investing Fi f ty Dollars Librarian i n a l i f e membership, which has much t o

Mrs. Hazel Munro commend it , i n as f a r as you do not have Audio-visual Service t o worry about fur ther annual dues and

Chas. B. Laister &SO YOU w i l l save mlilley i n the long run, No. 3 Highway Tillsonburg, ont. Finally, I would point out t h a t O U ~

Chairman o f Display Cases hard-working treasueer would r e a l l y Walter HOIS~ appreciate those annual dues coming i n 4 Maple court early, without fur ther so l i c i t a t ion , thus Waterloo, Ont. Phone: 576-7831

making his already burdensome of f ice Speaker's Circzcit Service

much l igh te r . On behalf of your Presid- Ken Prophet en t and Executive we ask your co- CFMTC CFB BORDEN, operation, Borden, Ont. Ye Ed.


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A STANDARD CATALOGUE By B i l l Engl i sh

This subjec t has been bothering me f o r a nu;?ber of namely, a Standa&d Catalogue of Canadian Decimal coins. We do have such a catalogue but i s i t r e a l l y what it says it i s ? What about t h e f u t u r e should t h e p resen t authors decide n o t t o continue t o produce a catalogue?

Let me say t h a t we have been very f o r t u n a t e t o have t h e present Canadian Numismatists guiding t h e des t iny of our hobby wi th t h e i r f i n e works. We a re sta' t ing t c t 11ea-r Pumblings from t h e d e a l e r s i f someone shakes t h e boat i n r e g x d t o t h e i r values of m a t e r i a l avai l - ab le and f o r s a l e , Who i s r i g h t a ~ d who i s wrong? We all know it i s t h e c o l l e c t o r who buys t h e m a t e r i a l although sometimes we wonder i f many of t h e t r a n s a c t i o n s =e n o t between one dea le r and another and another w i t h t h e c o l l e c t o r being squeezed i n along t h e l i n e . T h i s i s sometimes done t o c r e a t e a m a k e t and when enough i n t e r e s t i s gener- a ted you know what happens from the re . I t1 s the c o l l e c t o r s and novice specu la to r s t h a t pay, Like everything e l s e i n these days of r i s i n g p r i c e s eventua l ly t h e va lues w i l l i nc rease and some of t h e people' involved who can wa i t long enough w i l l r e a l i z e t h e i r o r i g i n a l value if they decide t o s e l l t h e i r c o l l e c t i o n s .

To g e t back t o my main poin t of t h i s a r t i c l e on what should and should n o t be included i n the standard catalogue? I say t h a t every Canadian coin, d a t e and type, should be included i n a standard catalogue. This sounds simple but i t i s n o t so. Who has decided what c o n s t i t u t e s a type and an e r r o r . V a r i e t i e s i s a word bandied about loose ly . It should be used as a d e s c r i p t i v e a d j e c t i v e only because t h e r e a r e v a r i e t i e s of types and e r r o r s , For example, a mule coin can be a type coin as i l l u s t r a t e d by t h e 1913 t e n cent p iece wi th t h e two d i f f e r e n t r eve r ses . But a mule can a l s o be a type coin wi th two d i f f e r e n t obverses such as t h e 195'3 one cent pieces . So we have a v a r i e t y of mule type coins.

An e r r o r coin such as t h e l i s t e d 1956 do t t e n cent piece should n o t be i n t h e catalogue, It i s an e r r o r due t o p i t t i n g i n t h e d i e and t h e r e a re many v a r i e t i e s of 1956 dimes wi th d o t s loca ted i n many places. They a re no t l i s t e d , I s t h i s s3andardizing Decimal s e r i e s .

We have read many a t i c l e s on s p e c i f i c d i f f e r e n c e s i n t h e Canadtian Large Cents of V i c t o r i a . We have t o go t o an Error catalogue t o read about t h e d a t e spacing v ~ z i a t i o n s i n the Canadian F i f t y cen t p ieces from 194-0 t o lIq50,

We f i n d l i s t i n g s of wide 0 ' s 2nd narrow O f s, high and low 0' s, no water l i n e s , one watez l i n e , one P I I ~ a h a l f water l i n e s , no islancds and i s l a n d s , pointzd 5 s and b lun t , The main problem i s i n consistanc$. If i t can be l i s t e d f o r one d a t e or denomination i t should be l i s t e d f o r a l l or none,

THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST i s published monthly by t h e Ontario Numismatic Association. The pub l i ca t ion may be obtained w i t h membership i n one of t h e following ca tegor ies . L i f e memberships - $5 '0 .~ Regular mem- be r sh ip - $3, year ly , ~uniors- .$$2. year ly (up t o 18 yea r s of age), Husband and Wife (one j ournal).-$5. year ly , club--$lo, year ly. Specia l O.N.A. S t e r l i n g S i l v e r Lapel Pins (screw back or p i n back) only $!2.50. Remittances (p lus bank exchange i f paid by cheque) payable t o t h e Ontario Numismatic Association, P. 0. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario. I

A case i n poin t i s t h e 195'3 hal: d o l l a r , A mule e x i s t s t h a t i s t raded wi th t h e l a r g e d a t e r eve r se and no shoulder s t r a p obverse. Tlie 1955' cent wi th no shoulder s t r a p obverse and t h e r e g u l a r reverse i s another example of inconsis tency. Neither of these coins a r e l i s t e d i n t h e catalogue,

Some d e a l e r s or c o l l e c t o r s may argue how can we t ake some th ings ou t of a catalogue and add o thers? How can we determine a value f o r something t h a t has n o t heen l i s t e d ? Like everything e l s e t h e values w i l l evolve from supply and dem3nd and a ~ c t i o n records . Removal of l i s t e d coins i s a matt62 d i f f i c u l t t o resolve .

I n my opinion, examples of d i e breaks which a re e r r o r coins, a r e t h e pointed 5? 1965 small cent , 1946 Design and 1949 hoof over Sop' p ieces and t h e 1859//8 narrow 9 l a r g e cr:~.'.':cent, Should these be i n a s tandard catalogi'?? D e f i n i t e l y n o t , b u t they a r e , We could go on w i t h o ther s p e c i f i c l i s t e d or u n l i s t e d recognized coins but t h e main i d e a of t h i s a t i c l e i s t o f i n d ou t what o t h e r s t h i n k about our catalogues.

We musib remembe? t h a t Cana,dian decimal c o l l e c t i n g as i t i s to-day i s l e s s than twenty y e a s o ld and we owe much t o t h e numismatists and scho la r s who have a s s i s t e d i n t h e many problems involved. The Stand- ard catalogue covers much mLre -khan just t h e decimal s e r i e s and here again c r e d i t i s due,

We must t h i n k of t h e f-utur~-,..:..::-~~, poss ib le new catalogues and changes i n t h e present cawC, : . -s , It would be f i t t i n g i f our n a t i o n a l o r pr ovincia3 assoc ia t ions could become involved through a committee t o p r o t e c t t h e f u t u r e of our hobby. The l o c a l c lubs and assoc ia t ions ac t ing f o r l1Mister Collectorll could l e t such a committee know t h e i r opinions of t h e m a t e r i a l they consider t o be l i s t e d , The learned committee could then have some guide l ines coupled wi th t h e i r own experience on the sub jec t t o guide f u t u r e cataloguers .

I f t h i s sub jec t has been bothering you and you t h i n k something should be done about ity l e t your a s soc ia t ion know so something can be done. Do i t nov,

NE'P~S .I\P,OUT\TD THE C O I N CLUBS -----.-.----.------=----..

B R A N T F r n NUMISMAZLC- Sw,4zl??x - - The l a s t meeting was a t r i p l e t r e a t ,

f i r s t t h e Can2da Packers movie I1Caada produce^'^ showing how foods a re prepared f o r t h e tzLble, second., Harry Eisenhower spoke on "Paper Money of Canada" from 1.870 t o 1 . 1 0 ~ ~ and t h i r d , the founding Pres ident Walter Griggs, ou t l ined t h e b e n e f i t s members may a t t a i n i n t h e hobby and research , and t h e members t o sr.9ak on t h e i r own t o p i c s , BAY OF QUINTE NUMItSWA.TIC ----..-,.- ASSOCIATION- --.--

The l a s t meeting fea tu red a t a l k by Ross Irwin on Canadia; and o ther very i n t e r e s t i n g Numismatic i tems, It was decided t o hold t h e a n n u d show on Apri l 1 8 t h next and anyone wishing t o d i s p l a y t o provide t h e i r own cases as i t was a problem t o g e t 0,N.A. cases , It i s hoped t o have a speaker f o r eachmeet ing , CHAMPLAIN C O I N CLTJB--

The chief i t e n a t t h e l a s t meeting of t h e club a t O r i l l i a was f i n d p lans f o r t h e banquet on November 6 t h o a t St . Davidf s Anglican Church. Also a. noninat ing committee w a s chosen and e l e c t i o n s w i l l be held a t t h e December meeting.

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HAMILTON C O I N CLUB- A t t h e l a s t meeting a card was read from Arthur

Honour informing u s of h i s s a f e a r r i v a l i n Vancouver and t h a t he had already made some good mumismatic contac ts . The r e s t of t h e meeting was talcen up wi th prepara t ions f o r our f a l l show on Iiovember 8 th . HURONIA NUMISMATIC ASS O C I A T I O X -

The l a s t meeting showed plans going ahead smoothly f o r t h e 1970 O.N,Ao Convention next May 2 and 3, and it has been confirmed t h a t t h e gues t speaker w i l l be John J. Pittman, Pres ident of the C.N.A. Also the Const i tuion and Rules came up f o r d i scuss ion t o see i f they a r e keeping pace wi th t h e Club ' s progresss . Further thought i s t o be given by the members and any changes t o be brought up a t t h e next meeting, INGERSOLL C O I N CLUB -

The h i g h l i g h t of t h e l a s t meeting was a t a l k on "The Halifax Banking Companyltby Harry Eisenhauer. He showed a number of s l i d e s of the no tes on t h i s bank and other Nova S c o t i a banks. A case of m a t e r i a l from e a r l y Nova S c o t i a Banks was displayed by W i l l i a m Clarke of London. A l i v e l y auct ion v a s conducted by Char l i e La i s t e r .

KIRGSTON C O I N CLUB - Most of t h e l a s t meeting was given over t o d e t a i l s

f o r t h e show being held t h i s month. Some members-reported having attended the N.N.Y.C.C. Show a t Claytonn New York i n J u l y and t h a t it was very en te r t a in ing . A Corn-weiner r o a s t held during t h e summer was enjoyed by all and helped t o made f o r a good summer. LONDON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY-

A r e p o r t of the C. N , ~ s o Convention w a s given by Alex Sweeton vho sa id t h e t h r e e speakers on B r i t i s h Empire C o ~ n s , Paper Currency and Roman Coins was much enjoyed, TJlr. Po E lg ie gave an i n t e r e s t i n g t a l k on "The Magdalen I s l and Pennyvwhich i s n o t t o o w e l l known. There was a d i s p l a y of t h i s token from Mr. E l g i e r s own c o l l e c t i o n , Two f i n e new books,English Coins and Roman Coinage have been added t o t h e l i b r a r y and it i s hoped these books w i l l be used.

C I T Y OF OTTAWA COIPJ CLUB-. The outs tan din^ f e a t u r e of the l a s t meeting

w a s t h e e l e c t i o n of Paul Su l l ivan t o t h e presidency f o r t h e next yea rO The sec re ta ry f o r t h e ensuing year i s Miss R. Keal l so the club i s off t o a good s t a r t f o r another year ,

PORT CREDIT C O I N CLUB- An i n t e r e s t i n g i tem i s t h e Essay Contest For

Jun io r s where, junior members f i f t e e n yea r s and under may w r i t e an essay on coins or co in c o l l e ~ t i n g and these w i l l be judged by Don, Thomas, a d i t o r of Coin, Stamp and Antique News, The winners w i l l r e c e i v e p r i zes . Good i d e a t o g e t more juniors i n t e r e s t e d . . PRESTON C O I N CLUB-

A% t h e l a s t meeting t h e r e were nwnerous opinions brought f o r t h as t o whether t h e name-of the club should be changed s ince t h e meeting p lace i s being changed t o G a l t . It w a s decided t o g ive t h e mat$er some thought and come up wi th a name wi th the name l l G a l t l l i n it. Also the 0. N.A. s l i d e s on I1Canadian Frac t iona l Currencyt1 w a s shown and t h e meeting ended wi th a l i v e l y auct ion which was enjoyed by a l l ,

ST. CATHARINES C O I N CLUB- The l a s t meeting was a more or l e s s " f r e e

and easy1! meeting wi th gues t s present from Welland and Niagara F a l l s . The d i sp lay winners were- Senior-Vic S n e l l and Mrs. Glasser and Juniors - B i l l Aaroe, Lloga Dorsey conducted a l i v e l y auct ion a t which the bidding was l i v e l y as usual , Due t o no banquet being held t h i s year a lunch was served a t t h e c lose of the meeting. SARNIA NUMISMATIC SOCIETY -.

The outstanfiifig event of t h e l a s t meeting was a ta l i : by Harry Eisenhauer of London on C a n a d b ]Paper Money,. The Pas t Ekecutive w i l l be the nominating committee f o r t h e coming year and w i l l b r ing i n t h e i r r e p o r t a t t h e November meeting. TORONTO C O I N CLUB -

The l a s t meeting had t h r e e very d i s t ingu i shed speakers, namely, C.M.A. Pres ident , John J, Pittman, 2nd Vice Pres- ident-F, C , Jewett and Ontario Director-Walter Griggs, Mr, Pittman i s the f i r s t American t o hold t h i s o f f i c e and was a l s o one of t h e e a r l i e s t members of t h e Toronto Coin Club,

WATERLOO C O I N SOCIETY - We of t h e Waterloo Coin Club wish t o welcome

back a f t e r t h e summer all our members. Mrs. Sh i r l ey Engl ish gave a t a l k on "Why Jo in Coin Clubs" which was enjoyed by all, ******** ******** ******** ******** ********

NEW MEMBERS 7

The app l i ca t ions f o r membership which appeared i n the October i s s u e have now been accepted and t h e following new app l i ca t ions have been rece ived , If no w r i t t e n ob jec t ions a r ~ received, t h e i r acceptance w i l l be aclmowledged i n t h e December i s s u e of t h e Ontario Numismatist. 748 Donald Lo Mitchel l , 998 Huron S t r e e t , London 25, Ont. 749 Wm. Boynton, 14 Auburndale Court, Rexdale, Ont.

750 W i l l i a n Jehan, 2 Edna Ave,, ToronQo 165, Ont.

751 Robert Edward Sargent , 1212 Hancock S t . , Por t Huron, Michigan, -., . 752 Robert Flanders , Pa is ley , O n t o 753 Robert Aaron, 237 Douglas Ave., Toronto 3209 Onto @54 W i l l i a m D o Feeney, 81 York S t . , Icitchener, Ont, ~ 6 4 - Penbroke Centennial Coin Club, c/o C. G. Beach, 259 P a t r i c i a sto ******** ******** * * * * Pemb~o&@**Q~$** ******** HUMOROUS SIDE

London Tax o f f i c i a l s thought they had B i l l Hughes dead t o r i g h t s when they charged h i m w i t h bookmaking and f a i l i n g - t o pay t axes on the proceeds, The 50 y e w o ld shipyard worker admitted hav- i n g saved $16,800 on h i s $56.00 a week s a l a r y , but s a i d he had done i t t h i s way:

Never a t e candy, never smoked.; never drank, never went out wi th women, shaved wi th h i s b r o t h e r ' s r azor blades, charged h i s grand- mother 1 2 per cent i n t e r e s t on money she borrowed, worked a n igh t s h i f t and borrowed h i s f a t h e r ' s shoes while t h e l a t t e r s l e p t t o save shoe l e a t h e r , went 13 yea r s wi thoutb i iy ing a new s u i t , never bought a sing1.e flower, l i n i t e d h i s l i f e - l o n g movie-going t o one p i c t u r e g a t e e v ~ r y t h i n g on t h e t a b l e even i f he d i d n ' t want i t , p a t c h e d everything inc luding h i s underwear,. never took a t r i p f o r more than 56ger.

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PROPOSED C O I N SHCXFTS To he lp clubs decide upon a coin show d a t e t h a t w i l l n o t c ,onf l i c t wi th another club i n i t s a r e a we a re l i s t i n g below proposed d a t e s t h a t we now have on hand. Nov, 1 - Oshawa Coin Club 9 t h Annual Coin-A-Rama t o be held i n

the Genosha Hotel, Oshawa from 11.00 a.m. t o 11.00 porn, Bourse t a b l e s ava i l ab le from Bourse Chairaan - Bruce Watt, P.O. Box 232, Oshawa, Ontario.

Nov, 6 - O r i l l L a Champlain Coin Club w i l l hold t h e i r t h i r d annual banquet i n St. David's Anglican Church from 6.30 on, There w i l l be a hot turkey dinner , draws, shLwe-the-wealth d r a w and two f i l m s , Come and enjoy yourse l f .

Nov. 8 - Hamilton Coin Club F a l l Show a t t h e Wentwo2th Arms Hotel i n the h e a r t of Hamilton. For information r e Bourse, Displays and Auction w r i t e t o - Hamilton Coin Club F a l l

1970 Show Committee, P.0, Boz 325, S t a t i o n llB1l., Hamilton, Feb, 28 - Canadian Paper Money Society convention i n the Dominion Mar. 1 Roorc a t t h e Toronto-Dominion Centre i n ' Toronto. There

w i l l be 25 bourse t a b l e s avai lab le . Note extens ion from one t o two days due t o increased i n t e r e s t , Applica- t i o n forms and information by wr i t ing t o 'The Secre tary , c/o Po 0, Box 7, Pos ta l S t a t i o n ItSI1., Toronto,

Mar. 28 - St. Thomas Numismatic Association 1970. Banquet and Show i n Grace United Church H a l l on Saturday, Mmch 28th. D e t a i l s as t o bourse, e t c . i n next B d l e t i n , If t h e Bourse d e a l e r s want t o book we l l &ead w r i t e t o P.O. Box 187, S t . Thomas, M r . A, W. ~ ' ~ e i l l , Secretary.

Apr. 11 - Canadian PTwnismatic Var ie ty Co l l ec to r s Associat ion w i l l @. 1 2 hold t h e i r Convention i n t h e Westbury H ~ t e l , Yonge St.,

Toronto, wi th t h e hos t club being t h e Cent ra l Coin Club. Information e i t h e r from CNVCA, P..O.. Box g l , _ - S t a t i o n "PI,

Toronto OR Centra l Coin Club, The Secre tary , 306 J a r v i s St., Toronto, E i the r Club w i l l be glad t o supply de- t a i l s as t o Exh ib i t s , Banquet, Bourse, Etc.

Apr, 18 - Bay of Quintee Numismatic Associat ion w i l l hold t h e i r Annual Coin Show a t t h e Q u i n t e Hotel, B e l l e v i l l e , corner Bridge & Pinnacle S ts . Exh ib i to r s t o supply t h e i r own cases. Room f o r 8 bourse d e a l e r s w i l l be ava i l ab le , More d e t a i l s a l i t t f e l a t e r .

May 2 8c - Huronia Numismatic Association w i l l h o s t t h e 1970 3 O.N.A. Convention i n Barr ie . Guest speaker w i l l be

M r . John J o Pittman, Pres ident of t h e C,N.A. Notice wel l i n adv'mce so all c lubs can arrange t h e i r shows accordingly.

******** ******** I******* ******* ******** TENDERS WANTED

We a r e reques t ing t enders f o r our auct ion a t t h e OoNoA. 9 th Annual Convention t o be held a t Barr ie , O n t a r i o ~ on May 2nd and 3rd, 1970. Please send your auct ion tenders d i r e c t t o Pres ident Don F l i ck , 3263 Lakeshore 3lvd. West, Toronto 14, Ontario. Please a l s o remember " the e a r l y b i r d catches the heap b ig wormt1 - (The 0. N. A. Auction) .

WARD OF MERIT Please start th inkinn about vour !IO.N.A. Award of Merit1! (1970) nomination. This is-a pr ize" h ighly thought of i n numismatic' c i r c l e s , Any person whom you f e e l has done much t o improve our hobby, worked hard t o promote i t s q u a l i t i e s and spread t h e word as t o t h e m e r i t s of belonging t o a club which s p e c i a l i z e s i n making our hobby a hea l thy and worthwhile p a s t time. This i s t h e person who should re- ceive your ind iv idua l cons idera t ion , then take t o your c lub f o r t h e i r support. Let! s make it tough on the 0. N,A. Executive t h i s year and give them some r e a l oppos i t ion t o choose t h e i r Award of Mer i t Winner,

CASSANDRA SAYS

Since our l a s t i s s u e I have had (2) l e t t e r s from (2) very d i s t ing- uished f o l k - Past P res iden t O.N.A. B i l l English- who writes a s h o r t note i n which h e p a r t i a l l y agrees wi th my comments r e t h e conniving member who !!bleeds1! h i s f e l low members by s e l l i n g hard t o g e t new cur ren t coins, e t c , bu t then, i n tu rn , blames t h e buyer f o r g e t t i n g i n on t h e act ion. Here i s B i l l l s le t te r - - - "Dear Cassandra -

I agree t h a t your example of t h e c o l l e c t o r c lub member who buys a q u a n t i t y of hard t o f i n d cur ren t co ins a t f a c e and then s e l l s them t o o ther members at a handsome p r o f i t i s hard t o swallow. To buv bv t h e r o l l means t h a t t h e o ther c lub members want t o g e t a ~ i e c k o? t h e ac t ion , a re they n o t j u s t as g u i l t y . as the lucky f i r s t c o l l e c t o r . I f you d iv ide t h e number of co ins i n a r o l l i n t o t h e value t h a t I 1 M r . p rof i teer1! i s asking i t then becomes q u i t e reasonable f o r any club member t o buy one or two coins, L e t ' s f a c e i t , i f many o the r c o l l e c t o r s were n o t greedy M r . P r o f i t e e r would n o t exist1I. Another l e t t e r from M r . John McICay-Clements a l s o g ives t h i s would- be columnist q u i t e a l e s s o n i n t h e h i s t o r y of our l ady l'Cassandralf. The a r t i c l e i s so good and does po in t some good natured pokes at you know who t h a t I s h a l l p r i n t it i n i t s e n t i r e t y n o t u n t i l t h e December i s s u e due t o l a c k of space. 1'11 say t h i s , though, t o put you a t ease, Mc, McK-C, Cassandka i s no lady and I can assure you Ricky Morse doesnT t know who "he1! is-,and I 1 m g iv ing no h i n t s t o my i d e n t i t y , even i f t h e w r i t e r - o f our above-mentioned l e t t e r does t h i n k he knows. Recent ly I read an a r t i c l e i n Coin World I bel ieve , where an enter- p r i s i n g f i r m was o f fe r ing a course on llNumismaticsll f o r a nomind- -

sum of I t h i n k $10.00, and i t s t ruck me t h a t perhaps here i s a f i e l d where one of t h e numismatic a s soc ia t ibns - C.N.A., AwNmAo, , e t O.N.A., e t ~ . , could perhaps give guide l ines t o such a course, Per- haps through t h e medium of one o r even a l l t h r e e of t h e i r monthly pub l i ca t ions we could g e t s p e c i a l i s t s i n t h e var ious a spec t s of our hobby t o w r i t e an a r t i c l e , covering some f a c e t of t h e hobby wi th which he o r she spec ia l i zed , For ins t ance , t o mention a few - Fred Bowman on Ear ly Tokens - J i m Charl ton on grading and i d e n t i - f i c a t i o n of coins - E. V, S n e l l on paper money - John J, Pittman on Ear ly Canadian Decimal Coinage, Alan MacNab on t h e Ear ly History of Medals and M i l i t a r y Media -- Major Sheldon C a r r o l l on t h e Bank of Canada Museum and h i s v a s t knowledge of our e a r l y coinage. Why, as you can see, we have a g r e a t number of reaJ.. dedicated men who

would, I f e e l sure , devote a few hours of t h e i r time t o wr i t ing an a r t i c l e on t h e i r p a r t i c u l a r sphere, Could, perhaps, I suggest t h a t some of our exper t s spend a few hours f o r the b e n e f i t of our hobby . by wr i t ing an a r t i c l e f o r genera l educat ion of u s lowly bu t w i l l i n g t o l e a r n numismatists? John J. Pitman, i n your so busy schedule, could you s tar t wi th an a r t i c l e of say 1,000 t o 1, '$0 words on t h e sub jec t "Early Canadi,m Decimal Coinage1l0 John J, as he i s affect- i o n a t e l y ca l l ed , has devoted hours of h i s time t o the hobby which i s why I f e e l he would indeed start t h i s o f f . Send it t o whom you wish - C , N . L , OoN,A. , o r A o N 0 A s 9 bu t please, John, do it,

Yes, I ' v e a beef f o r t h i s month - why i n san h i l l are the Royd. Canadian Mint sgaking t h e c o l l e c t o r s $2.00 next year f o r I f t h i s n i c k e l d o l l a r H . Bet t h e r e w i l l be many who w i l l t h i n k as I do, $2.00 f o r a n i c k e l $1-00 i s ridiculous--Come on, Mr, ~rown,( M r , Benson, raise your needed t a x d o l l a r s somewhere e l s e ,

Cassandra. ******** ******** ******** T,HE PETITION CR0d.N - 1663

I n 1662, t h e M i l l and Screw process of minting coins was re- introduced i n t o England. This new method of coin product ion necess i t a t ed a new des ign f o r t h e coinage,

Thomas Simon was t h e engraver a t t h e Royal Mifit and was, re& spons ib le f o r t h e f i n e d i e s used f o r t h e haclmered coinage of Charles 11 and, it was a s s ~ e d , would des ign the new mi l l ed coinage*

However, Jan R o e t t i e r , of Antwerp, whose f a t h e r had a s s i s t e d Chmles 11 during h i s e x i l e , w a s brought over t o England t o work w i t h Simon, under t h e d i r e c t patronage of t h e King, From t h e out- s e t , Simon and R o e t t i e r were unable t o work together and t h e -t;wo r i v a l s competed f o r t h e des ign of the new coins, R o e t t i e r s de- s i g n s were se lec ted , i t would seen more f'rom p e r s o n d favouri t ism than from t h e i r a r t i s t i c meri t .

I n 1663, Simon designed and s t ruck h i s f m o u s P e t i t i o n Crown as a p a t t e r n a~ld SO, as a f in ,d appeal t o the King. Around t h e edge of t h e magnif icbnt ly engraved coin i n two l i n e s and minute l e t t e r i n g i s the pe t i t ion: - I1Thomas Simon most humbly prays your majesty t o compare t h i s h i s t r y a l l piece wi th t h e Dutch and if more t r u l y drawn and embossls more g race fu l ly o r d e r l d and more accura te ly engr aven t o r e l i e v e h i r n 1 I ,

About twenty of these coins were s t ruck a id t o no a v a i l , t h e des ign of the major p ieces was R o e t t i e r l s , while t o Simon w a s l e f t t h e production of t h e minor coins , (g roa t s , threepenny- p ieces , ha l f -groa ts and pennies) .

To-day, only i 5 specimens of the P e t i t i o n Crown a r e known, six pf which a re i n museums.

(Thanks t o W i l l i a m N. Clarke, London Numismatic Society.)

Have you not iced t h a t very few coin c o l l e c t o r s smoke c i g a r e t t e s ? Severa l c o l l e c t o r s have commented on t h i s ahd have suggested t h a t it may be because c o l l e c t o r s p r e f e r t o save t h e i r money t o buy more coins. If we consider t h a t t h e average smoker spends c lose t o $100, a year on c i g a r e t t e s , we can r e a d i l y see t h a t a b e a u t i f u l c o l l e c t i o n could be b u i l t up i n a few y e a r s i f a31 this money went fo r coins. So how about i t ?

THIS I N THAT Had a note from Arthur Honour, Pres ident of t h e

Ha l i l ton Coin Club who r e c e n t l y moved t o B r i t i s h C o l m b i a f o r bhs iness reasons cmd he t e l l s u s he has s e t t l e d i n and already i s becoming acquainted n m i s n a t i c a l l y wi th t h e var ious clubs around Vancouver---.Arthur w i l l be w r i t i n g an a r t i c l e s h o r t l y f o r our B u l l e t i n on llComrnernorative CoinageI1--Good luck , Pz thm i n your new venture---Our g e n i d s e c r e t a r y suggests I remind our members t h a t November 30th w i l l be t h e f i n a l d a t e t o order your O.N.A./St. Catharines medals----I an given t o understand t h a t t h e r e a r e q u i t e a few members who have n o t ordered yet--donl t be caught s h o r t -- gvt t h a t order i n t o Bruce Raszrnann, P.O. Box 33, Waterloo, i n the next week or two and avoid g e t t i n g a '!sorry, none l e f t n note f r q Bruce --- Had a l a s t minute no te from fe l low Direc tor , Charles Mi l l e r , giving me d e t a i l s of t h e Bay of Quinte Numismatic Associa- t i o n ' s l a t e s t meeting --well at tended (32), p lans f o r t h e for th- corning spsing show were discussed and a re progressing we l l -- so keep t h a t n o s t i n p o r t a n t d a t e free---April 18 th , Saturday, 1970--- A f in,i l memo t o a l l club s e c r e t a i e s , w i l l you i f 2.t a31 poss ib le , send me your club no tes by Dec, l o t h , f o r due t o Christmas m a i l onslaught we must be sure t o have our b~LLletin i n t h e hands of t h e Post Off ice by the 1 5 t h of Decenber--Thank you f o r your kind co- operation--hope you hunting e n t h u s i a s t s got your count --- A l l being we l l , I hope t o say a personal h e l l o t o Nelson Bol t z i n Halifrax a t Christmas as I hope t o be t h e r e t o spend t h e hol idays wi th ny son and h i s fmily---See y ~ u i n December

T OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION

FOUNDED 1962 WATERLOO. ONTARIO

1969 - 1971 0. N. A. OFFICERS

IU Past Presidents R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-65) L. T. SMITH (1965-67) W. ENGLISH (1967-69)

President Don Flick







Jack C. Dietrich Area 4 Ricky Morse Area 5 Ken Prophet Area 6 VinceDoran Area 7 Charles MiUer Area 8 Earl C. Grandmaison Area 9 John McKay-Clement8 Area 10 Elliott Jephson





Chairman o f Display Cases Walter Holst 4 Maple Court Waterloo, Ont. Phone: 576-7831


Editor W. E. Pat Lambert

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Volme 8 Deceuber 1969 Page 107

J U N I OR C OLLECT ORS ON TELEVISION

By B i l l Eng l i sh

CKCO Televis ion, Channel 13, Ki tchener, Ontario, i n co-operation wi th "Big All1 i s i n v i t i n g p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n a coin panel and an e x h i b i t con tes t ,

I n conjunt ion wi th t h e Big All s child+- r e n t s program, a con tes t , t o g e t junior c o l l e c t o r s a c t i v e l y p s x t i c i p a t i n g i n exhibi t - i n g , has been planned, The p lan i s t o 'gi_. t as raany coin clubs and/or o the r groups t o sponsor jun io r coin e x h i b i t s a t l o c a l meetings? These e x h i b i t s a re t o be judged by t h e Ontario N m i s n a t i c Association judging po in t sys ten and one junior winner w i l l t h e n appear gn t h e Big Al Televis ion progran wi th h i s winning e x h i b i t , B i l l Engl ish w i l l d i s c u s s t h e d is - j?lay t o o ther junior and poss ib ly n o t junior c o l l e c t o r s ,

Each d i sp lay appearing on t h e show w i l l be judged by the 0. N.A, po in t system and t h e winning d i sp lay w i l l than w i n a s p e c i a l trophy donated by CKCO-TTT, I1,;,P_articipants on t h e show w i l l r ece ive recogn i t ion from Big AL and t h e Ontario Nmisna-Lic Association, E x h i b i t r u l e s a e necessary f o r both s e t t i n g up t h e d i s p l a y s and judglng, These nay be obtained from "Big Al Coin Exhibi tsTT CKCO Televis ion, Kitchener , Ont=io,

Secondly, a coin p,anel, raade up of junior co ln c o l l e c t o r s , i n the vie:,~ing a r e a of CKCO, w i l l be conposed cf young a c t i v e nmisnatists, who belong t o coin clubs i n Southwestern Ontario, The moderator of t h e coin panel w i l l be B i l l Engl i sh who t d k s about co ins each week on t h e Big A3. show,

The thought behind both of these program i s t o p 5 a c t i v e p a r t i c i p a t i o n , where t h e junior c o l l e c t o r s may be recognized, It w i l l , we hope, a l s o encourage o ther juniors and possibly many a d u l t s t o explore t h e hobby of c o l l e c t i n g nuni s n a t i c p t e r i d l .

Although we c a l l i t coin co l l ec t ing , coins are only a s n a l l segment of the hobby, Paper

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P x ? 108 noney, tokens, medals, n u o i w d i c l i t e r a t u r e , wooden noney, n i l i t a r y

b'..:-,: 1 we a few of o t h e ~ c o l l e c t i n g avenues open t o t h e co l l ec to r . We ask a l l c lubs t o plan junior exh ib i t nee t ings and s e l e c t

winning d isp lays , so t h a t both -the junior c o l l e c t o r and the club t o which he belongs m y 5 .:; recognit ion. A t r o p w and p r i z e s a re p a r t of t h e reward SG d o n f t delay, plan ncw t o p a r t i c i p a t e . ******** ******** *.+*****.* I******* *******

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By E!'.cky Morse -_.-.- -J

I th ink a l l cf 11.s~ a t one -Line 0;: x~o t i ze r , have co l l ec ted s t m p s -. .I- 7 fo r a period of time.. .!- o i s ;;:rcungz::. dxys7 C O ~ O T S and p i c t u r e s depic ted on the s t ags o f t h e TTL~;:?.~ : x i4 a f a.scination t h a t beckoned t o many of us , and s.2il:l- Coes a d e g ~ e e ,

Both coins and s t ~ n p s h ~ i c + Ireen. ?:e:fercred t o a s t h e King of Hobbies, ,and both have .Lhej.r mer i t s !..n many ~ ~ a y s , Personal ly, I c o l l e c t botll, bu t t r i i ly Ceei t h a t coin c o l l e c t i n g i s the b e s t f o r a c o n g l o ~ e r a t i o n of reasolls,

Stamps arre too e a s i l y damaged, and once a s t a l p i s to rn , or a corner missing, no c o l l z c t o r warts it, A coin, i n a nanner of speaking , goes on fo rever , zmless, of cc:z?z-se, i t i s :, ~!.ted i n a f i r e or n u t i l a t e d excessivel-2. .

Nobody ever throws atray a coj-il? bu t m i l l i o n s of stamps a re thrown i n t h e garbage cans each week, k c e a starap. l-s used, (cancel led; , .it cannot be used again, b ~ ~ t a coin t r z v e l s mw-y n l i l l ions of miles during i t s l f l i f e t i n e l t ,

Both stamps and coins have t h e i r s t o r i e s ; .md t h e h i s t o r y as t o why they came i n t o S e i i g , who designed them, and e i t h e r p r in ted or rointed then, and both a re I n t e r e s t 3 . n ~ fzcm this poillt , bu t t h e a c t u a l h i s t o r y of coins goes f u r t h e r back i n tLme t h x l t h e h i s t o r y of s t m p s ,

Many coin clubs have encowaged s tanp c o l l e c t o r s t o a t tend t h e i r nee t ings , and, i n sone cases , h a m even n a e d t h e club t h e :'so and sol1 stamp and coin club., It i s t rue t h a t sone coin c o l l e c t o r s cannot abide . s t ,amp collsc.:-a ,;,; ,: :m..(?. v i c.:sL-ver. sa, bu t both hobbies should blend together a s they m e bo.Lh 2~n.tea.~st:',12.g m d educational,

I have -noticed t b a t :nore yom-g g i r l s c o l l e c t stamps r a t h e r than coins , and t h i s f a c t has :i!_wa:~s ~r:~,zsLed 12er Perhaps it i s because stcamps a re l i g h t e r t o cz::r.y, and n.ct so cimbe.rsome i f the c o l l e c t i o n i s a l a r g e bne,

The C,madiaii Nu~ismat;-c V z r i e t ; ~ Col lec tors Associat ion sponsors P ro jec t Je r ry , which i s a ~ l a a t o g iae stcamps, and stLmp books, e t c , t o c r ippled ch i ld ren who a re n o t inter::ested i n coin co l l ec t ing . The l a d y i n charge of t h i s p r o j e c t i s Mrs, L i l i a n Zant, 647 Murdock Avenue,

~ r n ONTARIO IS MATT ST IS PmI,IsIJm MONTHLY BY TI-IE O - ~ A R I O NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION. The publ-ication nay be cb-tained wi th member s h i p i n one of t h e followi.n[: ca tegor ies . L i fe nenberships-$50. ,Regular nenberships $3. year ly , jur,lor;s-$2, yea r ly (up -Lo 1 8 y e a s of age),Husband and -Wife (one journal)-$5, y e a ~ l g , Club-$10. year ly , s p e c i a l 0. N. .;;. S t e ~ l - ing S i l v e r Lapel Pins (screw back 0;. p in back) only $2,50, Remittances ( ~ 1 ' ~ s bani: exchange i f p ~ ! " :' by chsqu.. payable t o the Ontario N w a i s ~ a t i c Association, Po 0. Box 33, Waterloo, Oiltario,

Paae 109 Noranda, Quebec. I f you have any s t a m p s i n t h e house t h a t a re n o t doing any good, please send then t o Mrs, Zant and she w i l l see t o it t h a t soae ch i ld i s made happy,

Mrs. Z,wt i s a l s o one of t h e d i r e c t o r s of P ro jec t Brenda, which i s a pl,m t o give w i n s and nunisnat ic ma te r i a l t o inv'alid ch i ldren ~ l n d she w i l l welcome donat ions f o r t h i s wWthy cause a lso . We, who have our good hea l th , and f i rm bodies, should he lp those f C a l e s s fo r tuna te t o f i n d happiness v i a t h e hobbies we enjoy. Helping i s Happiness. * * * * y K * * * ******** ******** ******** *******

F.C.N,R. So Jus t what do these initi,?J_s st,md f o r a d how do they r e l a t e t o nmisrnat ics? Toothe u n i n i t i a t e d i t st,mds f o r GLFellow of the Canadian IVmisnatic Research Societyll. What i s t h a t , you nay we l l ask? I t i s an organiza t ion f o r ~ e d i n August 1963 by a group of dedicated n m i s m a t i s t s who were and s t i l l a re very concerned wi th t h e t rend bein2 followed i n nun i sna t i c s , They f e e l t h a t f a r too nuch enphasis i s being placed on specula t ing i n decimal coins a t t h e expense of study of our h i s t o r i c medals, tokens and the l i k e , They f e e l t h a t concentrated study i n dl f i e l d s of nmisrna t ics w i l l counterac t t h i s avarice incurs ion i n t o the f i e l d of nuni smatics. It i s composed of a group of r-len who enjoy t h e hobby and want t o see i t tlzrive. They a re t r y i n g t o re-nourish t h e hobby by doing resea rch and naking the r e s u l t s of t h e i r r e sea rch ava i l ab le t o o thers . Member.. s h i p i s by i n v i t a t i o n only and i s based upon what a person has con- t r i b u t e d t o Canadi,m nmisi:latics through r cse,vch. This r e s t r i c t i o n on awarding fe l lowships , they f e e l , w i l l r e s u l t i n nore aacura te in- fo rna t ion t h a t can be r e l i e d upon beins disseminated t o all t r u e nwnlsmatists i n a conprchensive readable fo rn , This a t t i t u d e has paid o f f and many f i n e exanples of r e l i a b l e per iodic ,ds have been produced s ince 1963 t h a t have been es tab l i shed as au then t i c sources of informa- t ion . It i s a never ending job as ncw d i scover ie s have been made as a r e s u l t of t h i s q e t i c u l o u s rese,arch.Ifanyona w i l l read ,my of the following published bookle ts perhaps they w i l l r e a l i z e how many of our f e l low c o l l e c t o r s a re pu t t ing untold hours of work i n order t o help . YOU Lmd I0 Bownan - Cornunion Tokens, 196 5; Ontario Trade Tokens j Cro&h,m - Canadi,m Cent V c v i e t i e s ; Gingr as - T r ,ansportation Tokens of B r i t i s h Colulbia; Tannahi l l - Saskatchewan Trade Tokens; Stewart - Manitoba Trade Tokens, There a r e o t h e r s b u t they m e serving you with these.

(Thanks t o C i ty of Ottawa Coin Club B u l l e t i n )

D I D YOU KNOW- -. That t h e V i c t o r i a Nmisna-tic Socbetv i ssued a B r i t i s h

Colunbia Centennial Medal as a comenor a t i o n of i t s 100 th anniversary, It showed( the Pakl ianent Buildings on t h e obverse and S i r Janes Douglas f i r s t Governor of B.C. on t h e reverse . A r e a l l y n i c e i t e n t o have i n a h i s t o r i c , d c o l l e c t i o n i f you can f i n d one.

That a 1948 5Og Canadian h a l f was only worth $6.50 i n XF condit ion and a 1947 b lun t Canadian $1,00 was only worth $7.00 i n an auct ion held i n London, Ontario on February 22, 1958.

Coin Col lec t ion , i t i s repor ted , has become Canada's most p o p u l a and one of i t s n o s t p r o f i t a b l e hobbies,----- wi th both old ctnd new coins.

The following i s a l e t t e r from John McICay-Clenents of Haileybury ,, . which speaks f o r i t s e l f ,

+'inTHO I S CASSANDRA"?

Dear Pat: Only you cmd Ricky Morse know who t h i s modern Cassandra

is . Why doesn ' t he or she g e t out from behind t h e nom de plume and use the same name t h a t he or she uses on a cheque. I f n sure your - r eaders would have More r e s p e c t f o r the views t h a t m e being expressed i f they knew the i d e n t i t y of your anonymous w r i t e r , How t h e dickens d id Cassandra g e t i n t o t h e f i e l d of numismatics anyway? The l a s t I heard of lier, she had been n e a t l y polished o f f 3y Clytcmnestra. Cassandra w a s q u i t e a p;irl, Hcr pop was P r i ~ ~ u s , t h e king of Troy during t h e Trojan w a r s and had two wives. I never d i d hear what happened t o t h e f i r s t (her n q e was Arisba), t h e second, Hecuba, w a s C a s s a r d r a f s mom. She had q u i t e a spectaculcar end, the Greeks made her a s lave. Her son was murdered and when h i s mother found h i s body on the seashore she had her revenge by pu t t ing out h i s murderer s eyes a ~ d k i l l i n g his two chi ldren . She w a s f i n a l l y turned i n t o a dog and jumped i n t o t h e s e a at Cy~osserna which mems "Dog's Torabff. Homer says Prismus had f i f t y ch i ldren , n ine teen of these were Hecubar s When I t h i n k about it, I have a fee l i i ig t h a t Cassandra i s no lady a t a l l , she never had a very good r e p u t a t i o n i l l t h e old days (remember how she welshed on her d e a l wi th Apollo t h a t i f he would confer on her t h e g i f t of prophecy she would comply wi th h i s i d e a s of fun -- she broke t h a t promise), He squared th ings up by a decree t h a t no one should he l i eve her prophecies, She go t her j u s t reward i n t h e end, when Troy was captured she f l e d t o t h e d i v i n i t y Athens f o r sarc- tuary , However Ajax grabbed her ,and i n t h e fincal d i v i s i o n of t h e booty she becane tha property of Ag,memon who took her t o Mycenae where C l y t e m e s t r a put paid t o her account, Perhaps Cassandra might nake sone claim t o knowledge about t h e ancient Greek coins (with a l l t h a t f a r i l y background) b u t i s n ' t she a l i t t l e b i t ou t of her depth meddling wi th our modern club-member-dealer s , coin- club-managenent- p rob lem, dishonest-f ast-buck-boys a d the f ast-returning-bankrupt- de,der . Something Ricky Morse sa id i n h i s l e t t e r t o Cassandra g ives u s a c lue t o the poss ib le sex of our modern mystery gal, Trus t R i ~ k y t o f t n d out , He nay g e t a l i t t l e confused about when a token i s a co in b u t h e r d never be confused about what he saw j u s t below t h e hen of Cassandra's mini s k i r t -- they raust have been knobby, f o r d i d he n o t say he t ipped h i s h a t Iffor h i s f i r s t c o l ~ ~ ~ . (If i t should be, Pat, t h a t your e d i t o r i , d scoop r e d l y i s a l ady , then I tender ny n o s t s ince re apologies t o her f o r saying she may no t be a lady. I ~ z u s t b lme Ricky f o r leading me a s t r a y ) . Whether Casszndra be male or female, I ' n sure the rexders of t h e Journal a l l wish l1herIt wel l , I f o r one promise t o ignore Apollof s decree about be l i ev ing flherll prophecies, i f l l s h e l l ever w&es any.

Sincere ly yours, John McKw-Clenents..

CASSANDRA SAYS As you w i l l have read Friend McKay-Clements g ives you a very

good run-down on the person whose nane I ' v e taken as a pseudonym--- I f e e l he ' s doing a l i t t l e Tishing somehow-- but i n f a i r n e s s t o our f a i r sex meabers I s h a l l s e t t h e i r minds a t r e s t - - I an1 n o t of t h e i r gender !, ! !---Although I ' m n o s t sympathetic and welcome any l e t t e r s you wish t o w r i t e wi th any po in t s of i n t e r e s t f o r our r eaders , - - I ' ve had t h r e e l e t t e r s t h i s pas$ c ~ u p l e of weeks but t h e i r contents a re of such a con t rovers i a l n a t u r e t h a t I have had t o withhold them from publication---After a l l t h i s i s f o r the i n t e r e s t of our hobby md our readers---not a platform f o r any one person t o name-call or r a n unpopular t h e o r i e s down our t h r o a t s .

A few col21nents t o i f I may be so bold ---My knowledge of Greek coinage i s indeed s m a l l -- indeed one might even say my p r a c t i c a l knowledge of coin collec-Ling as a whole i s n o t too g rea t -- b u t I an learning-- i n some ways the hard way--and 1 a~ t r y i n g t o keep an open mind on inany of the nore complex problems which f a c e our hobby. May I then ask some p e r t i n e n t ques t ions t o t h e more knowledgeable of our readers-- f o r ins t ance , Why i s t h e r e such a b ig range i n p r i c e between grades of our coins--viz.- an E.F. 1935 ' S i l v e r Dol lar runs about $15,00, y e t a1 unci rcula ted one i s supposedly worth $35.00 about double -- a 1948 S i l v e r Dol lar E.F. s e l l s a t $200.00 y e t $325.00 i s asked f o r one i n unci rcula ted condition--The d i f f e r e n c e i n condi t ion seems t o be so s l i g h t t h a t , t o t h e u n i n i t i a t e d it appears too small -- and speaking of d i f f e rence i n grading -- Surely some of our brainy members of our hobby should s i t down and work out some form of "Grading Guide For t h e Amateur" ( f o r want of a b e t t e r t i t l e ) -- something t o he lp us t o know i f we a re r e a l l y buying a 'Jery Fine or Very Good(?) coin.-- I n all honesty, I must say t h a t 95% of our d e a l e r s t r y t o be honest wi th t h e i r grading but even among then- se lves the re i s a b ig d i f f e r e n c e between say, Very Fine and Extremely Fine -- depends upon whether you a re b ~ ~ y i n g or s e l l i n g ! ! 3 u t serious- l y , I know here would be a worthwhile p r o j e c t - a r e a l b i g one -- but , Oh Boy, so he lp fu l t o the average co l l ec to r .

You w i l l note I have kept ny c o l m t h i s month f r e e from beefs -- I have done so purposely -- I f e e l I should a l s o t r y t o pass on help- f u l h i n t s and even the odd bouquet, urhen i t i s deserved. F ina l ly , t o those of you who have taken t i n e out t o drop a few l i n e s *to t h i s Ifbudding columnistr1 a b ig 'Thank You1. I hope I can con t r ibu te something t o the hobby which has given ne so nany, many hours of r e a l pleasure.

I wish you a l l a Ilealthy, Happy and t r u l y menorable Christmas.

11 C 11

******** ******** ******** ******** ******* D I D YOU KNOW

Pennies were once i n such demand t h a t s ~ e c u l 5 t o x s offorcd Midwestern merchants i n t h e United S t a t e s 100 ~ e n n i e s f o r $1,0T'.

No ha l fpennies were minted i n Ehgland l a s t year f o r t h e f i r s t time s ince 1860, The Royal Mint' s annual r e p o r t says it i s f a i r - l y c e r t a i n t h e coin i s nearing i t s end. Far th ings , worth a quar t e r of a penny, were taken out of c i r c u l a t i o n i n 1960.

When a design on a United S t a t e s coin i s changed, it i s done a t t h e d i r e c t i o n of the Direc tor of the Mint.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A NUMIWiATIC NEbJ -YEA3 DON n I C K PREXIDEPJT

And t o insure f o r b e t t e r th ings ahead, I hereby make a New Year 's Resolut ion - "That t h e O,T\T,A. w i l l i n 1970 do everything wi th in i t s power t o iinprove our Display Case Service t o the coin clubs of Ont arioI1. There has been some c r i t i c i s m of t h i s se rv ice from some of t h e clubs i n t h e p a s t and while t h e 0, N,A. a u s t take a l a r g e share of the blame, t h e r e have a l s o been two o the r c u l p r i t s - "The c a s e of the Careless

- Coin Clubf1 and "The Case of t h e D e l i c a t e Display Case C r atesI1, To r e c t i f y t h e c r a t e s i t u a t i o n t h e O.N.A. has j u s t spent seve ra l hundred d o l l a r s on new, s t ronger and simpler t o opera te c r a t e s t h a t i f used wi th care by t h e clubs and handled wi th care by t r a n s p o r t a t i o n companies, should l a s t f o r many years t o cone, I n ordctr t o funct ion f o r a l a r g e r number of coin cluk~s, t h e 0. N. A, has now reduced the number of d i sp lay cases t h a t can be ordered a t any one time by any one club from 70 t o 50 cases. To e l imina te sone of t h e confusion caused i n t h e p a s t by word of nouth or telephone ordering, cases now w i l l only be re l eased by the Display Case Chairnan upon h i s r e c e i p t i n s u f f i c i e n t t i n e of ,an O.N.A. Display Case Order For111 wi th d e p o s i t enclosed, Th i s order w i l l always be f i l l e d on a f i r s t come f i r s t served b a s i s and never f o r f a v o u r i t i s n or any o ther reason. Order Forms may be received by wr i t ing t h e chairman. I know t h a t t h e above measurek taken by t h i s organiza t ion w i l l i r h prove our serv ice t o t h e clubs. I f ,dl the clubs i n t h e i r t u r n w i l l co-operate by ordering c o r r e c t l y and i n l o t s of time and w i l l take proper care of the cases and c r a t e s i n s to r ing and re-packing, the re can1 t he lp b u t be a genera l o v e r a l l improvement i n t h e O.N.A. Display Case Service t o ALL t h e coin c lubs i n our co in lov ing province.

NEWS AROUND THE, C O I N CLUBS BRAiVTFORD NUMISMATIC SOCIETY

Ninth Annual Bmauet and Exhibi t ion was decidedly b e t t e r than l a s t year. The speaker, D r . John Wilkinson, spoke on what t o c o l l e c t and how t o arrange d i sp lays f o r show. He s a i d coun te r fe i t ing has followed the coin c o l l e c t o r f o r many genera- t i o n s and t o l d how one such, Herrn Becker, of t h e 1 8 t h century, paid off h i s d.ebts with c o u n t e r f e i t coinage. Congratulat ions weEe extended t o our founding p res iden t , Walter Griggs, on h i s e l e c t i o n t o t h e D i r e c t o r a t e of the Canadian Mmisnat ic Association.

CENTRAL C O I N CLUB - It was decided t o i s s u e a monthly b u l l e t i n t o keep

a l l members and f r i e n d s i n touch wi th what i s going on i n the club and a l s o t h e developments on t h e spr ing show wi th t h e C.N.V.C.A, i n April . J u s t a r ec inder t h a t we meet every Monday Night and we welcone f r i e n d s and guesCs.

GALT AW AREA C O I N CLUB- We were formerly t h e Preston Coin Club and t h e

p r i z e f o r t h e b e s t rime suggested was won by VOTE Grayiknd was a 1969 mint s e t presented by Wince Neviden. I t i s hoped t h a t t h e present execut ive w i l l r ena in i n o f f i c e f o r another year t o g e t the new-named club on i t s f e e t and used t o i t s new surroundings.

LONDON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY

The t o p i c of the l a s t meeting was a pre- l iminary showing of s l i d e s of London tokens being photographed by the club from the tokens of seve ra l members. At tent ion was drawn t o a new 17?ok i n t h e l i b r a r y , l lEngl ish Coins, Charles 1 t o Edward 111 by Anlstell. Slicics from the 0. No A. I1Seaf aring-The Development of the Shipn w i l l be shown a t the next aee t ing . This s l i d e was produced by Alex Munro.

HURONIA PKIMISMATIC ASSOClATIOI'J The t r e a t of the neet ing w a s a s l i d e s e t ,

Canadian S i l v e r Dol l a r s , by Willim English. The Comlenorative S i l v e r Dollard and the 1948 C,madian Doll= was a triumph i n coloured photo~raphy. The 'IOld Coin Boxll, i n which nembers drop a coin as they come I n a d then socle lucky ne~lber wins i n t h e draw, was a g r e a t a t t ~ act ion. KINGSTON C O I N CLUB

The Annuzil B,unquet and Show i s over and due t o the hard work of a l l menbers was a success. To paraphrase what the l a t e Pres ident Kennedy s a i d - i t ' s n o t what your c lu5 can do f o r - y b u but what you can do f o r the club t h a t cou;c~ts. Thanks t o ,dl who helped nake our day such a f i n e one. KITCHENER C O I N CLUB

The November nee t ing fea tu red a demonstration by the Kitchener Pol ice D e p a t n e n t t s B i l l vogel and h i s a s soc ia tes on how t o secure you h o ~ e , p r o t e c t your v d u a b l e s a ~ d prevent robber ies , They w i l l show how the bad guys do it and how the good guys ca tch them. The o ther news i s the g r e a t success of the annual show held i n October. Thanks t o one and a l l f o r making it the success i t was. PORT CREDIT C O I N CLUB

The November neet ing fea tured t h e f i l m "The Money Minters1' and plans a re i n progress f o r the annual Chr i s tnas Party. The juniors a re wr i t ing essays on coins which must be i n by the l a s t a e e t i n g i n fiTovenber, The r e s u l t s w i l l be i n t e r e s t i n g .

ST. TROMAS NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION The s p e c i a l f e a t u r e of the Novenber meeting i s t h e

e l e c t i o n of the o f f i c e r s f o r next y e a . This i s a very important meet- i n g as the success of our cluS f o r next year hangs on t h e r e s u l t s . The draw t h i s nonth w i l l be f o r a 1968 proof- l ike s e t .

THISTLETCXidbT C O I N CLUB Xe announce our new n e e t i n s place t o our f r i e n d s ,

The Albion C ~ i - ~ u n i t y Centre, Corner of Icipling Avenue and Albion Road, We hope. our club w i l l ~ @ p o s c d i n i t s new quar ters .

TORONTO C O I N CLUB The l a s t nee tin^ fea tured t h r e e very interest in^

young people, n m e l y , Miss 3 e v e r l e y - ~ h i t e who brought wi th her the Duke of Edinburgh Award presented t o her by Prince P h i l i p and two s tudents , Jack Ganz Doug Sussnan, f r o n Fores t H i l l Junior High School, who gathered sone valuable i n f o r n a t i o n on c o l l e c t i n g through conversat ions with the nenber s.

WELLAZJD C O I N CLUB - J u s t a no te t o say we hope t o have a r e a l s t rong

execut ive f o r the coning year. They w i l l be announced nex t month. NOTE - Any clubs no t mentioned i n t h i s b u l l e t i n i s due t o t h e e a r l y - deadl ine because of t h e Chr is tnas n a i l rusl-. Get you nex t month!!

PROPOSED C O I N SHGJS

To he lp clubs decide upon a coin show da te t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th another club i n i t s a r e a we a re l i s t i n g below proposed d a t e s t h a t we now have on hand,

1970 Jan. 29- Torex held a t t h e Royal York Hotel i n Toronto.

31 Feb. 28 - Canadian Paper Money Society Convention i n t h e Dominion Mar, 1 Roor~ a t t h e Toronto-Dox~inion Centre i n Torol~to. There w i l l

be 25 bourse t a b l e s a v a i l a l ~ l e . Note extens ion f r o n one t o two d ~ y s due t o increased i n t e r e s t . Applicat ion f o r m and i n f o r n a t i o n by wr i t ing t o The Secretary, c/o Po 0. Box 7, P o s t d S t a t i o n llS1l, Toronto,

M a T d 14 - Richnond H i l l Coin Club Spring Show. Information r e B o ~ v s e t a b l e s , e t c . , to:- Ricky Morse, P0OoBox 91, S t a t i o n "F!, Toronto, Ont.

M a . 28 St . Thorias N m i s n a t i c Association 1970 Banquet and Show i n Grace United Bhtrch H a l l , Det,ails as t o bourse, e t c . w r i t e

A. W, O'Neill, Secretary, P.O. Box 187, St . Thonas, Ont.

Apr * & Cmadi an N m i s n a t i c Var ie ty Co l l ec to r s Associat i6n w i l l hold l2 t h e i r Convention i n t h e Westbury Hotel, Yonge St., Toronto,

wi th t h e h o s t c lub being t h e Cent ra l Coin Club, In fo rna t ion e i t h e r from CNVCA, Po 0. Box 91, S t a t i o n 118t, Toronto, OR Centra l Coin Club, The Secre tary , 306 J a r v i s St. , Toronto, E i the r Club w i l l be glad t o supply d e t a i l s a s to. Exh ib i t s , Banquet, Bourse, Etc,

Apr. 18 - Bay of Q u i n t e N u ~ i s n a t i c Association w i l l hold t h e i r Annual Coin Show a t t h e Quinte Hotel , B e l l e v i l l e , corner Bridge & Pinnacle S t s , Exh ib i to r s t o supply t h e i r own cases , Roon for 8 bourse d e a l e r s w i l l be avai lab le . More d e t a i l s l a t e r .

May 2-3 - Huronia Nmlisaatic Association w i l l hos t t h e 1970 O.N.A, Convention i n B a r r i e , Guest speaker w i l l , be Myo John J. Pittman, Pres ident of the C.N.A. Notice , w e l l i n advance so clubs crzn a r r m g e t h e i r shows accirdingayi

Oct, 1 7 - S t , Catharines Coin Club - b u d Banquet and Coin Show. Further d e t a i l s l a t e r ,

NEW MWAERS The app l i ca t ions f o r nenber s h i p which appeared' i n t h e Novernber i s s u e of t h e Ontario Numismatic Associat ion. B u l l e t i n , The N m i s a a t i s t , have now been accepted as f u l l nembers of t h e Association. New members w i l l be l i s t e d next nonth.

TETJDERS WANTED

We a r e reques t ing t enders f o r our auct ion a t t h e O.N.A. 9 t h Annual Convention t o be held at Bar r i e , Ontario, May 2nd and 3rd, 1970, Please send your auct ion tenders d i r e c t t o Pres ident Don F l i c k , 3263 Lakeshore Blvd. West, Toronto 14, Ontario. Please a l s o rcnebba~ *the e a r l y b i r d catches t h e heap b ig wornH - The 0,N.A. Auction!!

MOSTLY ABOUT COINS - KIND PE3PIISSION OF JACK WALLACE

The 25-cent f r a c t i o n a l no tes ( sh inp las te r s ) were Canada's f i r s t paper money, The f i r s t llDOI.IINION OF CANADAI1 notes were i ssued on Ju ly 1, 1870, but were preceded by t h e 25g b i l l s f o u r months e a r l i e r . They were f i r s t introduced as a t e r~pora ry measure t o r ep lace t h e mass of s e m i - o f f i c i d and p r i v a t e l y s t ruck I1tokensl1 and UoSo coins t h a t were c i r c u l a t i n g i n Canada during t h a t period.

The subsequent i s s u e s of l 9 O O and 1923 were probably due t o popular demand as they were a convenient means of r e m i t t i n g saall mounts by na i l , as we l l a s being v,dued as souvenirs by many people and were a l s o u s e f u l as g i f t s t o ch i ldren ,

It i s e s t i n a t e d t h a t approxinately $1 n i l l i o n worth of these notes have never been redeemed and a re to-day i n c o l l e c t i o n s , or kep t as souvenirs, Many readers nay poss ib ly have one or two tucked away which br ing back nenor ies of t h e i r childhood,

The ner.lory of r ece iv ing lay f i r s t l l sh in -p las t e ru i s r a t h e r a pain- f u l one, a s i t was given t o i2e as an inducement t o g e t i n t o a d e n t i s t r s cha i r and have an aching t o o t h pul led.

Many v a r i e t i e s a r e t o be found i n paper money as w e l l as i n coins. There a re t h r e e v a r i e t i e s of the 1870 i s s u e of f r a c t i o n d . notes , all signed by W. Dickinson and T o D. Haringtons One has t h e s e r i a l l e t t e r I'B1l, one wi th the l e t t e r "All under the f i g u r e 0 i n t h e d a t e and one without a s e r i a l l e t t e r .

Three v,arieties e x i s t i n t h e s igna tu res of the 1900 s e r i e s . One i s signed by J, C , Sctunders; one signed by J o W, Courtney and one by T o C o Bovil le . I n addi t ion , t h e r e a re t h r e e o ther v a r i e t i e s i n the l lBovil le l l notes , One wi th t h e f ace p l a t e n w b e r a t t h e upper r i g h t and none on the back; one wi th a f a c e p l a t e on t h e upper l e f t and a b lack p l a t e number on t h e lower r i g h t ,and, one without a p l a t e number.

There a re about 40 v a r i e t i e s t o be found i n t h e 1923 i s s u e s and a l l have e i t h e r of t h e fol lowing s e r i a l l e t t e r s : I1Al1 7 I1Bl1 1 I1Cl1 9 7 llE1ljIH,llJt' P S ~ ttI?f '"Ln or lr:ln. Ten of these i s s u e s a re signed by G o W. Hynd- nm and J. C , Saunders wi th e i t h e r of the above l e t t e r s i n red preced- ing the s e r i a l nmlber, 10 bear t h e same s igna tu res b u t wi th s e r i j l l e t t e r s i n black, another t e n i s s u e s m e signed by So Po McCavour and J. C. Saunders, wi th s t i l l another 10 signed by C . E, C x ~ p b e l l ,and W. C , Clark, a l s o wi th s e r i j l l e t t e r s i n black.

Values of t h e 1800 i s s u e s a re f r o n t h r e e t o four d o l l a r s with t h e e x c ~ ? t i o n of t h e sc~arce B r i t a n n i a wi th t h e l e t t e r I1A1l under t h e d&e which i s valued a t $15, The l 9 O O a id 1923 values range f ron one t o t h r e e d o l l a r s . These p r i c e s a re of fered by d e a l e r s f o r no tes i n very good (VG) condition, wi th higher p r i c e s f o r those i n very f i n e (VF) t o unci rcula ted .

Please start thinking about your 0.N.A. !!Award of Merit" (1970) nomination. This i s a p r i z e highly thought of i n nunismatic c i r c l e s , Any person whoa you f e e l has done nuch t o improve our hobby, worked h a d t o pronote i t s q u j l i t i e s and spread t h e word as t o the n e r i t s of belonging t o a club which s p e c i a l i z e s i n lak king our hobby a heal thy and worthwhile p a s t t i n e , This i s t h e person who should r e c e i v e y o w in- d i v i d u a l consider a t ion , then t ake t o your club f o r t h e i r support. Let ' s make i t tough on t h e O.N.A. Executive t h i s ye= and g ive them some r e a l opposi t ion t o choose t h e i r Awmd of Merit Candidate,

THIS 'N THAT Oh, Boy, t h i s has been a rea l busy bee time for Ye Ed--

I no sooner get one Bulletin i n the na i l when I have to begin another i n order that we can print and m a i l before Decel~ber loth, the P o s t Office deadline for assured delivery --- by the way, may I say here how much I appreciate the many contributions fron our readers-- T h i s year has seen quite a variety of topics covered, and to conclhde our year there i s an excellent a r t i c l e by B i l l English on Junior Menbers on TV -- a brief note t o Fred Steele of tlie King- ston Coin Club who comiserates with Ye Ed on his recent inabi l i ty t o attend their show due to i l lness , but please, Fred, I'm not a "shen, I f n a *he1! --sorry t o have nissed your show -- better luck next time -- Visited the show a t Hamilton l a s t week and saw many old friends -- I f e l t the show deserved better support, for everything was well organized - exhibits were fine, and although low i n nmber were high i n quality -- congrats to the winners -- I note nany clubs me making thei r banquet and show arrangements much • ,-

ear l i e r t h i s year - sone as much as a year ahead -- T h i s i s an excellent idea for i t gives the executives of other clubs a bet ter choice of dates by knowing the show-dates of the i r local opposition-- so may I request the in-coning executives of 1970 - make t h i s a nust - se t your show date and/or banquet dates well i n advance -- we w i l l publish (Decenber and January issues) a l l club dates so YOU can se t your date without clashinga- This i s all for now, wishing evcrryone a Merry Christmas and a New Year f i l l e d with the good things of l i f e -- I end with a short quote sent t o me by one of our Directors-- I think i t i s very apt t o close the old year of 1969 and commence 1970 --

CHRISWAS 1969 NEW YEAR 1970 May the road r i s e t o meet you9

May the wind be always a t your back, M a y the sun shine w m upon your face, The rains f a l l sof t upon your f ields,

And, u n t i l we meet again, M a y God hold you i n the palm of his hand.

ONTARIO NIDIISMATIC ASSOCIATION Fage 117

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