COIN NEWS TRENDS: Collectibles 18-23 Volume 57 • Number 15 October 29 - November 11, 2019 $4.50 Array of Offerings Slated for October Torex Auction
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www.canadiancoinnews.ca An essential resource for the CANADIAN advanced and beginning collector RCM Pages COIN NEWS TRENDS: Collectibles 18-23 Volume 57 • Number 15 October 29 - November 11, 2019 $4.50 Array of offerings slated for October Torex Auction By Jesse Robitaille The auction’s first lot features ment, and of this grouping, only A pair of First World War a set of medals awarded to Pri- 15 medals for bravery were ever medal sets awarded to soldiers vate John Henry Simms. The set issued,” said Verret, who added with the Royal Newfoundland features a Military Medal; a Me- Simms’ #88 is the fourth-lowest Regiment (RNR) will kick off morial Plaque; and the “Victory number recorded for a Military A counterfeit 1914 Canadian $5 gold coin is a ‘brand new’ this October’s auction at the Trio,” which includes a 1914-15 Medal. Continued on page 15 example available on the market, said Mike Marshall, long-running Torex show in To- Star, a 1914-20 British who believes its manufacturer is the same person making ronto. War Medal and a 1919 fake 1911 silver dollars and 1921 half-dollars with a ‘bad Offered as Lots 1 and 2, the Victory Medal, all with obverse but an awesome legend.’ sets “should be considered a ribbon bar. amongst some the scarcest and “Private Simms was most sought-after Canadian is- part of the first 500 Don’t get burned sues,” according to auctioneer members of the Royal Marc Verret, of The Canadian Newfoundland Regi- Numismatic Company (TCNC), when looking for fakes which will host the more than A set of First World 2,400-lot sale on Oct. 25-30. War medals awarded By Jesse Robitaille “When people are looking at The RNR was the only North to Private John coins, they don’t see what’s he first rule of counterfeit de- American unit to fight in the Henry Simms, of the there – they see what they were tection is, “See what’s there, 1915-16 Gallipoli campaign and Royal Newfoundland T expecting to see – and that’s not what you’re expecting.” was also nearly eliminated at Regiment, includes where they get burned,” said This according to Mike Mar- Beaumont Hamel during the a Military Medal; a Marshall, a resident of Trenton, shall, Canada’s pre-eminent first day of the Battle of the Memorial Plaque; and Ont. counterfeit coin expert, who led Somme in July 1916; however, the ‘Victory Trio.’ It’s “In numismatics, you have to a two-and-a-half-hour seminar the regiment was resurrected expected to bring train yourself to see what’s at the recent National Postage and continued to serve the Al- $20,000-$25,000 as physically there.” Stamp and Coin Show in lied war effort until the armi- the opening lot of the If not, you might disregard Mississauga. An air-traffic con- stice was signed on Nov. 11, Torex Auction this the wrong effigy on a specific troller by day, Marshall also uses 1918. October. his dedicated concentration and year-date – a 1904 or 1907 with problem-solving skills for the George V rather than the correct good of the hobby since 2007. monarch Edward VII, for exam- Publications Registration Mail No. 09137 Agreement No. 40069699 Mail No. 09137 Agreement Publications Registration ple. ‘Shag Harbour Incident’ After passing around a fake 1907 half-dollar – with George V on the obverse – to a handful continues RCM’s UFO series of attendees of his Sept. 7 semi- Following up on the first re- Royal Canadian Mint this Octo- UFO crash off Canada’s east nar, Marshall ultimately had to lease from the “Unexplained ber. coast,” according to the Mint’s point out the obvious: that coin Phenomena” series, a second Again with a face value of latest catalogue, which was is- should depict Edward. one-ounce coin is among the 13 $20 and a mintage of 4,000, this sued nationwide on Oct. 1. “If you see what’s there and new issues launched by the second coin tells the story of Today, the tiny fishing vil- not what you’re expecting, what’s described as lage of Shag Harbour, N.S., is you’ll eliminate 80 per cent “Canada’s best-doc- home to an organization of your problems.” umented UFO known as the Shag Harbour And if you do come crash,” the so-called UFO Incident Society. The across a counterfeit, it’s vital “Shag Harbour Inci- group manages a UFO-themed to the hobby for you to re- dent.” Unlike last museum and an annual festi- port it, Marshall added. year’s UFO-shaped val, with this year’s gathering “If anybody here knows design, this year’s taking place on Oct. 5. someone with a counterfeit, silver glow-in-the- Laurie Wickens, the group’s tell them it’s fake and to get dark coin is a “rect- president, was one of seven rid of it,” he said, adding angular wafer that witnesses who saw a large “there’s only one way to get gives us more verti- colourful flying object fall into rid of it, and that’s destroy it.” cal space to depict a Continued on page 16 Continued on page 24 1 2012 ‘TWO LOONS’ COLORIZED FREE POSTAGE ON ALL NON-BULLION ORDERS 1711 Corydon Ave., Tel: (204) 489-9112 FROM THIS AD OVER $500 $1 SILVER COIN 1OZ .9999 FINE (SEE TERMS BELOW) In 2012, the Royal Canadian Mint celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Loonie, the Winnipeg, Manitoba, FAX: (204) 489-9118 iconic Canadian one-dollar coin bearing the image of this great Canadian symbol. 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