OF ST. GEORGE: First Vice-President Bcnedetto Pistrucci's Famous Design for Tramping on an Anti-Christian Edict Eventually It Became the King's Daugl R
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 196'2 1983-1985 VOLUME 22 SEPTEMBER 19 83 PAGE 111 O.N.A. OFFICERS Paat Pmsidents R. R.Rekofski (lQfl2-65) L.T. Smlth (1985-87) W. English (1P87-69) D. Flick (196$ .71) C.B. Laister (1971-73) W. E.P. hamberl(1973-75) E. Jepheon (1975-77) B.R. Watt (1977-1981 THE LEGEND F.C. Jewett (1981-19 President Stella Hodge OF ST. GEORGE: First Vice-President Bcnedetto Pistrucci's famous design for tramping on an anti-Christian edict Eventually it became the King's daugl R. ~ollingshead of St. George and the Dragon has bcen issued by Diocletian. ter's turn to be sent and eaten. and tF Second Vice-President featured on the reverse of several British According to traditional accounts. princess was drawn forth into the fielc coins, including tlrc five-pound. two- George supposedly survived a series of and stripped of all her beautiful clothin K. Wilmot pound. sovereign and half-sovereign. tortures. any one of which would have and bound to a stake ready for the fo Secretary since the latter part of the nineteenth killed a lesser monal. This remarkable fiend that wastoeat her. THOMAS MASTERS century. leal puts his story in doubt in the minds At this stage it is interesting to no Little is known of this celebrated saint of many. that the rest of the tale is exactly th Treasurer and Membership and, as a result. many leiends have Historical details have proven elusive: of Perseus and Andromeda as told I BRUCE H. RASZMANN eriicrgctl .ibout his life as a valiant many myth, wcrc created and George Ovid in his "Mctanrorphascs." ar tlcfendcr of Chrirtcndom. quickly became a lolk hero of immense indwd, many pcoplc insist that the cnti Mailing Address There is reason to believe thal St. influence and gathered to himself all story may havecornelrom that source. Box 33, Waterloo, Ont. N2J 326 George was a lnarlyr who suffered at kinds of stories. including one which Whatever its origins. the story goo Diospolis in Palestine. probably before gave him English parentage [others my on lo wy that George. passing by. sa the time of Constantine. Beyond this he was born a Christian subject of the King'sdaughter weeping and boun there rcrms to hc nothing that can bc Impcrial Ronirl. .rnd inquired what was the trouhlc. St DIRECTORS suh5t~rlti~ltl~t~wit11 rorlfit~l~rlct~. Thc rno,t f.tnious Irgenrl of all. that of tolcl lrinr rrrcl w.1rnrcl hinr to run for k Hr was1lrcl.1rrrl to bc tlrc Protector of the fight with tIic.~lr.ignn $0nr.lgnific.c.ntly lilc*. rinrc. thrrr was no point in ho thr Kirigricicri of Englarrcl t,y Popr I%cnr- portraycil or1 the Royal Mint's coinajir. 111 rhcm bring ralcn. AREA la H. Whitfield tlict XIV. lit* is .~lrc, the 1,.1tcolr r,~i~rt01 is J rcl~tivl~lyI,ttt* vclc, Arcor(Iirrg 111 Gt*urg~,,Ir~lwt~vl~r, %lc~otl lii\ gcr3t11 Aragon.Portugal acrtl the Sli,vcnn. IJmes. 17th rcntury Archbishop ol and. lrom horscb~ck.pinrrctlthe aclvan lb T. Kosztaluk According to one source. George's Ccnoa and a principal source of this ing dragon to the earth with hrs lanc na,tlrcr tauRht Iiinl ~hrChristiarr rrligitin. Irgencl. St. Grt,rgr 01 Calip.rrlmi.r canlr In niorl vrrsion\. thr cir.rgon \va< thc 2 C.B. Laister ancl he became what we might call a to the city vl Siscna in the country of ll0und with llrc ~,rincr's's girdle ar zealot. Hr ivould go into pagan temples. Libya. where a I.rke as bi~as any sea led back lo the city where it \\.as kill1 3 Vacant destroy this idols anti, on occasion. hill stood nearby. A deadly dragon with in view ol the people. BCCJUSCGcor) 4 B. Fletcher pagan priests. poisonous breath lived in the lake, and insisted th.11 his strength came fro George joined the .lrrny, advanced forced the townspeople lo fecd hinr two Christ, first the princess and then tt 5a Wm. Gordon r.rpidly ~ndbccanic .i Tribune of thr sheepevrry clay sothat he\\.ould not kill entire population were baptized Imperial Army. and. it seems, went for a them. The townspeople \\.ere very alraicl Christians. In this case. the dragon nr. 5b Tom Kennedy sojotrrn to Engl.rnll. Wlrcll the Enilxror of thr clragnn. w thev gaw. him thccntirr wrll haw synrholizcd pagan bclici.fro 6 W. .Ham Diorlcti,~n1it.g.111 1rt.r\t~iltingChristidf1\. !lock 01 shriy 111 LPC~hini quirt. H'hr~l ~vlrichllic nlortal 5olrl of the 11rincr Grorgc ~wrurnally.~~,~~~al~~l to hini. b11t ,111 thc shcclr wrrr gone. tlrr clr.1p1-n .~nclall ht-r pcolill. wcmrr-11 l.lu dcli\r~c 7 Walter Ciona to no ,~v.~il..trrtl lrt, w.1, \cx,ri ,trc1-,ti-cl rli~~ii.i~itIcil~>c*o~>Ic* in l>l,~rt-~t>f 1111- \lr~-c~l>. In .I 111.111 fjfGot!. 8 Ed. Keetch 9 Len Fletcher -10 R. Albert Head Judge Elmer Workman Audio-Visual Service Chas. B. Laister No. 3 Highway Tillsonburg, Ont. N4G 3J1 Editor Bruce R. Watt THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is published by the Ontario Numismatic Association. The publication can be obtained with ' 153 Northridge St. , membership in one of the following categories: Regular Membership $7.00 annually. Husband and Wife (one journal) q.00 ~shawa,Ontario, L1G 3P3. annually. Junior (up to 18) $3.00 annually. Club Membership $10.00 Librarian annually. Life Memberships available for $50.00 after 3 years of Thomas Masters regular membership. 823 Van Street, Remittances payable to the Ontario Numismatic Associatlon, P.O. London, Ontario N5Z 1ME Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario. N2J 326. Authorized second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage In cash. NEWS ITEMS AND COMMENTS from the City of Ottawa Coin Club News Jetter. Beware of cast counterfeits of the sydney/Emden medals reported last month. They are distinquishable by the "bubbly" surface of the Mexican coins. The release of Britain's newc1 coin was arranged to coincide with it9 National Coin Wcck. Pcrllaps a similar arrangement could be made with the Koyal Canadian Mint and their annual silver dollar. What say, CNA? The N-D's are back in the news again. This time, Su has an article "The English Penny - a shinP ing example from the Dark ~gcs"in the March 1983 Issue of Australian Coin Review. Footnotes indicate that her history of the penny is featured i.n he Australian Connoisseur and ~ollector", Edition 2, available for $6.50 from A.C.C. 158 Caotlereagh St., Sydiiey, Austalia. Our honorary president, Major Sheldon Carroll, will be the speaker at the July 23rd closing banquet of the 1983 C.N.A. Convention in Moncton. The first World Coin Week was observed from 17-24 April 1983. John Regitko, C.N.A. president, had appointed Mayor L.H. Scoop Lewry of Moose Jaw as Chairman of the event. Scoop's stimulus produced positive response from many countries, including the U.S.A., Mexico, Cyprus, India, South Africa. Ireland, Great Britain and Germany. The COCC manned a two-'case display in the Bayshore shopping plaza concourse and several of its members participated ic the Dembroke show. In future, could the Bank of Canada be persuaded to have an appropriate display in their Currency Museum's temporary gallery, to recognize this occasion? When Britain changed to decimal coinage in 1971 (100 pence 1 pound), it introduced the word"newf' on its pence, to distinguish them from the tradional pcrlcc (12 pence = 1 sllilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound). In 1982, Britain finally rci,,:veci Lr?e hard "rinwl' from its ccinage .,Tccr eleven yP3rs. Ti;? ;iei,iac~il:tr, "PI1 has replaced "d" in the interval. India took seven years to remove "naye" (new) from its paise (1957-64). 7 come 11. Bankers will probably be watching with interest 'the British experiment of having two types of pound currency circulating simultaneously - one metal, the other paper. The popularity acd usefulness of the new pound coin will no doubt determine the life of the paper pound. In Canada, to date, the metal dollar has not been attractive in trade, but as bus fares, etc. continue to rise this. situa- tion could change. While the dollar was silver, it made an attractive 'gift or means of saving, but when it was reduced in size and made of nickel, it faded away from notice. (A recent letter to the editor of the Citizen, Ottawa, even proposed that a one dollar coin be issued to ease the clogging by banknotes, of OC Transpo bus coin boxes.) If it is economically desirable to use coin dollars, then more publicity and immediate availability from bank branches would help. If the last thirty years seems to have passed very quickly for you, then you are in effect admitting that you are slowing down - for time is constant and only you are changing in relation to it. So, away back in 1953, a special gift effort was being made for the coronation of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth 11, by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay - the first ascent of the world's highest peak - Mount Everest. Their success is being commemorated after 30 long years, by the issue of s set of 1000, - 100 - and 10 Eupee coins, in gold, silver and cupro- nickel, at prices of $250, $45 and $5 r-spectively, by the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal.