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www.canadiancoinnews.ca Canadian Coin News An essential resource for the advanced CANADIAN and beginning collector Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/canadiancoinnews COIN NEWS Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher Volume 52 • Number 09 August 12 - 25, 2014 $3.50 World Cup memories live on in coins By Bret Evans As the world settles down from World Cup fever, coin collectors will have plenty of souvenirs to remember the 2014 games. FIFA – the sanc- A 1911 $1,000 in Specimen will be part of the RCNA auction this year. tioning body for the event – recognizing the success of com- memorative coins for events such as the More learning, more money Olympic Games, created its own official numismatic program back in 2004. at upcoming RCNA convention In recent years, the com- The World Cup’s colourful pany MDM (Münzhandels- mascot, Fuleco, is By Bret Evans most prestigious in Canada. cide with the convention. As gesellschaft Deutsche featured on a $10 coin he Royal Canadian Nu- However, seasoned collectors in recent years, the conven- Münze) has been responsible from Cook Islands. mismatic Association is know there is much more to tion will also play host to a for the development, promo- returningT to the Toronto area, the event than just the one daylong educational sympo- tion and roll-out of the offi- The coins offered by MDM Aug. 12-16, when the organi- room. sium, being held Aug, 13, cial international commemo- include gold and silver com- zation holds its 60th annual Over the course of the five starting at 9 a.m., with com- rative coin program for the memorative coins from 40 convention. days, various organizations ments by moderator Henry World Cup. different countries. One of the highlights is the plan meetings, including the Nienhuis. Understandably, many of bourse, which with more than Newfoundland Enthusiasts, Focused on a theme of the coins come from Germany, 50 tables, is the largest and Canadian Association of To- Hands Across the Border, the winner of the 2014 Cup. How- ken Collectors, Canadian Tire many talks focus on paper ever most of the coins were Corporation Coupon Collec- money and banking, a created and struck before the tors, Canadian Paper Money tribute to the 50th anni- Publications Registration Mail No. 09137 Publications Registration Mail No. 40069699 No. Agreement competition started. Society, Canadian Errors and versary of the Canadian One numismatic item, Varieties Numismatic Associ- Paper Money Society. created much later, pays ation, RCNA, Ferguson Foun- Speakers include Continued on page 26 dation, Canadian Numismatic Wendell Wolka, on Research Society, Canadian “Parallels in Canadian Poland also used colour Association of Wooden and United States Bank- for its coin which showed Money Collectors, Society of ing”; Walter Ostromecki, the flags of all 32 competing Bearded Numismatists, and “Connecting Hobbyists To- nations arranged around an others. day Through Coins and Cur- image of a fan and a ball. A full list of events in on Continued on page 23 pages 18-21 of this issue. There are also receptions, plus tours of Niagara, Black Creek Pioneer Village, and the Royal Ontario and Gardiner museums. Educational events include the annual daylong coin grad- ing and preservation work- shop, which will be held on the first day of the conven- tion. 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