d THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST 4 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 1961 WATERLOO, ONTARIO I 1971 - 1973 0. N. A. OFFICERS I Pust Presidents Volwne 11 January 1972 Page 1 R. R. REKOPSKI (1962-65) L. T. S- (1965-67) W. ENGLISH (1967-69) A MESSAGE FRaM YOUR 0. No A, PRESIDENT D. FLICK (1969-71) i With the end of one year and the beginning Y resident of another, this time I would like to wish CHAS.B. LAISTER you one and all a Very Happy and Prospe~ovr.~1972 First Vice-President with a ver;T special wish for a successfuL year W. E. PATLAMBEET numismati tally. Second Vice-President We in the Executive of the OoN,A, are loob KEN PROPHET ing forward to a very good and exciting year Secretary with our 10th Annual Show and Convention coming TEDTURANSKI up on April 22nd, and 33rd, hosted by the Tr&asumand Membership Niagara Falls Coin Club at the Sheraton Brock BRUCEH. RASZMANN Hotel, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Mailing Address Last year the 0,N.A. had a very good annu&. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario convention hosted by the Nickle Belt Coin Club DIRECTORS Area 1 Howard Whitfield in Sudbury, Ontario. This was one of our most Area 2 Mel Fiske successful shows, and many thanks are due to the Area 3 J. Edward Stahley Nickle Belt Club members and their committee for Area 4 Jack Craig Area 5 Wrn. R. Gage a job well done. Area 6 Jack C. Dietrich Area 7 Charles Miller The 0. N.A. has a good hard working executiv Area 8 Paul L. Sullivan Area 9 John McKay-Clernents gratis, who are quite willing to give your club Area 10 Elliott Jephson what assistance they can on your mudl show or Historian your monthly meetings if youwould get in touch WALTERGRIGGS with your sea director and let him know your Publicity troubles and wishes, BOB VOADEN Ontario Paper Co., We haw in the O.R.A, library 29 sets of Thorold, Ont. Audio-Visual numismatic slides with recorded Librarian tapes and type written transcripts that are help BILL ENGLISH fbl, educational and entertaining, which are Box 4, Waterloo, Ont. available to any O.N.A, member club to borrow '4udio-Vis~dService for a fee of $1.00 per set to pay for postage CHAS. B. LAISTER MM No. 3 Highway and insurance. We also have one 16 colour l'illsonburg, Ont. sound, !'The Ultimate Achievementt: by the Franklin Chairman of Display CUSPS Mint for a fee of $2.00. These slides are avail- WALTERHOLST able for any O.N.A; member, through your area 4 Maple Court director, for showing at School, Church meetings Waterloo, Ont. and other clubs for the same fee, Phone: 576-7831 Speaker's Circuit Service I would like to get around to one of your KEN PROPHET meetings of every O.N.A, member club to say CFMTC CFB BORDEN, and chat, but distance and time will not Borden, Ont. permit me to do this. Editor W. E. PAT LAMBERT Nmismati caUy yours, 5 7 Emmett Road St. Catharines, Ont. , Chas, B, Laister President 0. N.A, Page 2 THE BREAD TOKENS OF ONTARIO - continued from the December issue 1 Loaf/Iliff e (Crown)
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Good for/l/loaf of bread A- Sc8-29 E. ~enaud/32S/~larence/0ttawa/~oulanger Bon pour/.&/pain W-R-20 Bon pour/&/pain LR-20 Bon pour/vpain B-R- 20 Bon pour/l/pain c-R-~&= Bon pour/l/pain ~-&24 Aug . Roy/Good f or/*/loaf (Blank) A- 0122 Aug Roy/Good for/l/loaf (Blank) A-0-27 B. Slinn/*/loaf I 54-9 Bank St. & New Edinbor oT/Confectionery A-&25 Ot Connor St. & New Edinboro l/Confectionerg. B-0-26 Victoria./Bakery A-=S125 549 BanSr St, & New Edinborol/Confectionery ~~~-25 OfConnor St. & New Edinborot/Confectionery LR-2 5 (Information re Ontario Numismatist will be on bottom of Page 5) D , T; . ElcC cl! ,/F~~cc~.'Caj.i:e cC ond/Conf e cti~rlery/BwenSound.; Ont . A-I(-126 Good Po:!~/cn\~mal-Z/l-o~~?of b7eerZ '- . . # .. -.. . -. . ~~-25 pu3 JG?~ pm-7- J , I .2~.$$.p;1/13 &er y.r'Pzr$:is il , ;., ..:i...-. .:-,$oofJ-. fnr/ono/los:?;/6?/h~&2,j.' ... Good. f or/ome;':~caT"//of/br;-eBC j'.is . :"'.F235 .-Y"* Y S fiL1Q.J..--I.- . . --- ....: ...... ,'. J ,: ?3yint/B a]ll;e;v,/Pr;i-:cy b 6ri'G.i~;4 ,-h, . y-...... --,:scad. . fo~/+Ti.~czf of,.. .:. ..b:re ...: ..... ad .. .A .. , .! ; a.:.- ... ;A; !:;,v::-E, (jZT3 ...) ----...--,. =--=.A- A-R- 2 5 A-R-30 P~TERGCI.:~..- --,--=A '8, Ecsh 3- Sons/l"i.r:~i~-r~~Mz-iie/B~ e ad/B aker y G,30& ~3~p/~..,;'~~1:i;2~.~''~Q 22 . , T. ,, L,usii?JDa~ce~/F3i;,~t:bci~0,~0~1t. Good fc:r/'l,i'io a:!?/!~f 57.15 ad., A-S ~4-29 P3TR- OLI: - - A J, F~~EI~~(II?.cIIso) . . -. Good f o?/l_/l caf ( Znsuse) ~-~-28 P3T2. CL 32; .. . r7f ------. , F'Lc3tehey ~f.,/Tr.%-.:c~:ea,,Cnt. Good fs?,~c:~:~e/?-o~/5read A-SC~-28 ----PIC T OPT , . E, Iierri,,~lgi:z~~.d C~,/Ccnf~ci;ipn.e:ry/md/5roceries/_Pit. Good f'c.:r.~i/?~o~c:: bred . . . . G.oc+j fc.~,/~!;/';o?.f 3re26 Do 14. ~,~J~LcIc:oII.~Ts~'I~s/C:~S~FO~~.Arcthin ~~~d T-..,.~u.~,/ljloaf. of bread :-;. ,.. . -T,3 (conti-nued nexk month List& below xe tho p'oposei3 cc2.n cl1;:2 ;x-m?~dshow da-tes &?c? bmcluets, CSeck, please, to ,c.se -.f my fii? iihe~efi::.-?,es wa.il ," ecr;nfi9ct, with yolnr ~1'1?k pro2-eseC da-tfi-. 9 March 13. .., Aor-l;h ::3.?:k Ci;i:-, Clilb 3307;; ;:a;: ?lourso i:~,j\:=rth, Yosk Comaunity -. - j-jgll, 92,39 Z{or!ge S-trze';? W%:i.J_c;:~~&.e?Gfit~zio from 12,00 noon to 7,0 .$I: 7,1:~.. T~f.~r;aa-?i~.n sL2-y &e obt a.5.ned frm P, O. Bor, 294, \lJilLo~$Jc:.~~..e7cZlt2~:.L?" *5 W2,+,erl03 CC)!.~ C?,i.;.i~ .~rin,~.8,1~S;.l~i~i at th~E~i:ida~ IET~ NO 8 FI~~WZY e~ 26 - ; I>e-tzi?.sye bowti-2. G+:@+ to 'd~.+-;erloc?C~in SccieDy, . . :>; ++-*--, 2 PC0, Dox .' .-,.u G;ii:4rL*c?o~ kd;??:-~,, -. . Apri.1 8 - !;Ji;odstc?ck Ccia Clu-17 /4i::2il22. -2:i.x~~a12 i3aq2;et i.:a CT,d St, Pa?. jsjc ptztc.i:7!.;, next; " I::>Y~ t:!-l, Apro 22- ... O.N.A, 13til Ai:;~lclaJ_ i20_r_.;rar-:;?!:>l.-i.In the Sherz,to:?.-...C,-CCFIotcl --. - 7 23 h.ssted l~yt12.:; !;lag;::i>a ?Tdi-:!-s CsLn C:I_'iiSI !i-::~i~i.rJ-e.c;re 'boirrsz, etc, t.o Chairrnc^x:~.,T~1.23. &'iskc. 7795 I;ea~je~dnnsRod r\7ia;cLTZ Fdls, F.award fill, 1. Ba.yes S'l;?:eotl St. Cat,ha~i-n_esand Ior,-.2 at.comoda.= tions t,o Mr i, iccnrge S~::ith, 5138 bdl.llmottl. S-treet;, Tilagar;;., Falls, Aug , 2-5 -- Tl1.e ,i oin%CC,P!',.A., -. rJ, P,;"\I, S, ~,3-13- be i~eld;j:t the Ihliday Inn, T~ront~(:izic Scl;uz:?e, Detdls re So-use, ctc, in rext; issue, $cicb***+** ::::::>+$:**#c :Kq: + + 4;-r *r*.-I. -I-a:I **:***:?c:!<+ .L 5- -...;-$:***** . ----. FOINTS OF --I WTFB.RST---- . . .--By Mel- Fi s&e Area 2 . . -A duk-at, a coin gener~-ll-~~cf gold .md of vaying value, form . iy -in us? in many Europeza coi~2t~ies,was first st~i.urkIjy irioger 11 of Sicily as We of Apula, 3nd bore m inscription "Sit tibi Christe, Datus, quem tu regis, 9ste tiu.cal_;ust~,(Lorti, Thou ~~~ilest.this duchy9 -Lo T~E)1-72 it dedicated), Zence i.t is said, 'i;h~ nzae Decaf,, Between 1289 A,D, md 1284 a,D, Ve~.icealso s-krric'r, a gold co5n lmo~mfirst as the Uxcat,, after- ~ra~d's. zs -the Zecchinz~cr Sec;!Limil? the 3u.cat becoming merely a rrzom3y cl. term of i?ccow.t. The l'luc~:t ves k.i=io r;rr:reccy in Holland, Austriag the NetherLads, Spain 8n.d Dema.:-k,.-. go13 coin t.erned a Duc.s.t tras cu~-rent in H~rover"d~j.iid the ze5igfq..s -c: C:-eoP&2 :i_ ' ad111- A pattern gof d cain 79" .&so s-t;:ruck by -I;he 5. - ::-.::-: .., II ;: '- _:. , 1x1 -iuo7 for a p~pcsedc':.?cimal coinage (84 yczs ahead o? ti-ne?, Gi: !;:hi3 ;?&~~c~se7;~~s .the :'Li:scrlp-ticc "O-i?.e Ducat': witnir~2a ~iah~dri~2ath z30ve ;;C:IE II-;m.daed.Pe:?ceTf x~dbele-if, the date between two sndl roses, . . ---ELECTRTJ!l! - \,:,.-IT IS IT? This is a q-a~s-t3.cnthzt: is of-tm ~..~!zed, Referrring back to the ms'c~ria3-f2rs-l used in c,>Lr,?pe, -';he pi?I_~.ci-p?lme'k2.s i?.which coins ' are st~ucka:.e elec-trw, ,goid, silve~,, co2,pcr bro:lz;a, Electr~m is a liatmd. r~lxt-~~reof gold 2nd sl'laek ~~!hic91%as .u.sed.. Tor the emliest G~eek.coins stru-ck in Asia m-no2 !i.T,yrl:iav?mC" .:I ' C'ro~sus.~eplaced it by pure gold. Th3 mixtu~eof sZlver z?c?p:X. ~v?~iqdf~o~n 59jSCi gold mi! silver to a,s little as 10% gold ad FG$ silve~,. . . . , ,. .. . . ' (Facts obtal.~..odfrcjm B.cy.clopsdj.a BriSwic..~)L. ' . ******** **4:***>g* *x: :g * ::: -;: -::. $: *+***$*$< ?$.$*****:k ------IFT PASSIPITG A ~ed1y11lse lilafi SZ~S-i~.o"ihin.g at; the right time,: I .. . To look forward to a p3ezsv~eis also a pleasure, Pr evestion i i bet-$&?- thai3' >;no~s:l-ngr~ho did it, . ,. ivlost collecto%s h?.vr at. a:]?.time or ano-kher cane acro-ss vario-1s , crown. size coins c-mLocsly... staved. with C1iin.e~~~h~.ractors.. These starips or iChops-?wGTel untli,c;v.i+,~TE~C:C?~~% 'cLi-lcs, imp~essedL?,pon ,213. cro?lTn size.,.: pieces wl~icli.:passedWbrqougll -c;?..;?. hmds I?? tlie nati??a rnerchzats an2 bankk~s: of' FIc;lr.~g Icong and -Ll~e;.So~lth Chicn?., port::, These so ca:!;ea Chop l.fi?~ks,f:~o~.. Dollars, i The practics pf. C,choppri.r~g?coins becme so ,prorralefit that tks Royal Mint: Loridon, repbr,'(;sd In YL8'7;5': ..._.. fl,;, &.the possi$2li'~+,y05 e,xclu:ding dl Fu.~clea dollas f~am-cis- .' . . culati.on (in Hong K~ng)1. would..-ren2rk that ii is 'a'i .??esent tho gractece 1:' . . . of the nati~eChinese ckxchan-ks to c:,;.?: eve~ydoll~i~ ibpo:ited -.+ as -it comes into their hands, and that; ordinDily the .cur-r:e_rcy Lif hang.,Kong 'con&.. slsts chiefly of !.~hopped:coins, It is clear, 'tb.erefore, thz!;' as no' I. p~ocl-aim$ion5s sucd 3.n Hcng ~c2gTr cot-id directly corn3el thc nati~rener-Chants to ab~ndo:?'the pract5-ce of ma.r&Lng.. the dollas wi%h thelr zchopt. , .or sign: . , the effect of excluding. chofi366.s coins from legal- ...ci~culation sn Fang. -i. : : ICong would be to interfere sc:~iouslywith the trade- of thrt colony.with Chinese ports; This rexark apfl-fss 021:~to the southern ports, as LQ. Sha~ghai..and ,,thr~ughoutthe y.~:~-l;hof Ch-7-na tl~aold MexLsan dol.L,z;? clean: , ' -: is.:the onl-y c'oin acc~ptcil'~9. . . ._)...... : . . -.. ... I The a~~thor.has ' j.n FT 2'-c6~~3~tign the f oliowing ti~pi_eces,..~Mexico 1857~ 8 Reales w-Lth 3 -i,.;d-of 15 o:r 1C chop mxrks 02.the obve5se 2nd 'the . :- 3~11~ :, reverse; and Stjai-ts Sst,tlenej.l"Ls, z.90~1- with b,f~ril&ks3 . . It, wodd be jnt.eresti_ns to 53-3 h9.r may d.ifferc-?t types of ?choppedf coins one co~nld.acid -50 h3 s coihec'iion, :... Thanks to T~Jf~S.liau No C:I,B$;e. .' Lc~fiCoill$u;xLs~aS,i c Society, . , ,.-... . .I.. .-la.*...... I. ,;< ,;: $: <: 9<-1- .L . . :%******* *:k*<:**$c* ,. .E- .,- ,;: .: 7. .;. .. ,.+*$- .,- $*>k*l*** .... . >r.i3T yjtr ... .I . TJFp- fz .. I I\Y .! ' ...I. I._ . . ------.- - -, 1.1 . .) - . . . 1' . . . :. c;. ~ppllcations'p'u-blishd h..!;ho Daoe~ii,or iqce of' the Dnt;ria iimi snatist have now been a.c,cepted, '~T.ke'foli.lc~.Cngz;:p?~:ic;ati~n,.; l?.me- been,received, 32.2 . ' If... no written ob2.e~-tions rocL?j.ved ti?p:C~ accep%:5jj~cewill be ackrimledgc :. 1.-_ t&Be February i.ssue of thc C'z.-i;~li~.XuztisZ ?.+.ls:'i;:, -. . , _ I ', ..:: /... '829 - .F,S-i;ew?~-rt',Tayl.orFz-C,?;nad33e~ Imp.?ri;.;l 'Bank-of-.C!cr?ne~sa.H.3s.d '.' ... . _.. ...- .... .- . .OffTc;a, -25 K5ng St,, 7%-st, Tbronto. Ts,01~*;;~ioC. -...... - ...... , . . ...... --..---n~jr~ . Q-O::$~D . TIC c oi-~' CL~ S. . . - ... BAY OF QUINTE COIN CLJZ . . 4-t t,:"12. i2;j.C nee.i;L;7-~''&o 911.ci;iol'' ~rasi-held witn the 1 junior members in nlnd , 2l;e nal:wlXi. w2s &ma-t3d'by ,,.->henienber s' aiid the bidding was very spir:ll.ted sao?.lg the junli.oxs, Also club .pr~sideqt,&chic Sinclzzi~,gave a reading on .l;lio ~uxill-s2em 012 the reverse of 'ouk Canadian two dollar bill, Page7 BRANTFORD IKMISMATIC SOCIETY At the last meeting two films from the Public Library entitled !!People of Japani1 and "The ~h-me1Islands1! were shown and enjoyed by all, The Christnas ParJcy was also a great success and w: I a.time of getting together and horse trading and was followed by an auct~on. -CENTRAL C 01 N CLTB At the last meeting the club enjoyed a White Elephant Sale when many interesting articl~s-werebrought up for sale. bIr, Robert Amon gave a very interesting and educational talk with slides on the various mints of Europe, The club is pl-eased to announce that Mr. Frank Lieshout has been made a Director of the 0. N. A, in area 6. ----.-.CHAMPLAIN COIN CLUD ORILLIA The last neetinn was the banquet dinner 'and was a great success. Mr. Bill Ga,ge supplied a-film which was very musing ar,d there was a. very good turn-out;, COIN IX3EGULARITY ASSOCIAIION OF CAl\TADA (CIAC) It was announced that a new addition to The Kayak raagazine is a calm written by co-editor, Joanne Regitko, entitled I1Who1sIdho in KayaJsI1 anci this will feature one of the nenbers each month and thus will show what personalities belong to the organization. CIAC has been going now for a year and the raembers are looking forward to an even better second year. HAMILTON COIN CLUB At the last nee tin^ the speaker was Dr. I.. David Brown who spoke about "The Adventures of a-~hillin~".He read an essay with this title from the Nov, 11, 1710, issue of an English 'Broadsheetr called !'The Tatler1I and this proved very interesting, A Christmas Party was enjoyed by all, 1 HURONIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION At the last neeting the filn 1tBarrie-130rden-Parade11 was shown and featured the higlzlights of the 1967 Centennial celebrations in Barrie. A lively auction was conducted to close the iaeeting by Ken Prophet and the ladies served a light lunch. INGEBSOLL COIN Cm The highlight of the last neeting was a very interesting talk by Jmes Finch on IfRussian Coins, Tmperial and SovietI1 and his talk was illustrated by two cases of RassZ,m coins, Uso a report was given on the Windsor Coin Show by Charlie La3 s-be?, KITCHElTEB COIN CLUB The last neeting featured a White Elephant sale and a real scrkptious Christnas Pzrty, and also three films were shown. The White Elephants consisted of books, kniclr knacks, games,' old jewellery, in fact just anything you no longer needed about the house. The Party was lots of fun, LONDON NUMISIJlATIC - SOCIETY A report was given by President Srzith on a coin show he attended in Toledo, Ohio, and reported the Best of Show was won by a one case, one coin display whq-sh was a very rare 1894s dine. The nembers were reninded that club dues zenow payable and the neabers are asked to co-operate. A tribute was glvcn to Lloyd T. Smith for his exeellent work as editor of the Bulletin and for tlze many articles he personally contributed to nake the L.N.S. -Bu.lletin so interes-king, One of the nenbers cornentad on a display of Christmas medallj-ons he h2d received from the Franklin Mint, CITY OF OTTAWA COIN CLUB The Capital City Coin Club' and the Ottawa Coin Club have now analgamated and Ke known" as the City of Ottawa Coin Club. An interesting door prize at the last weeting was a set of Hong Kong coins brought back by one of the members, R, M. Allen. A lively quizz and auction closed the neeting, PETERT30ROUGH JUNIOR COIN CLUB - A very informative talk on "Coin Displays and Judging" by No~manWells highlighted the last meeting. Also a wish for a very Merry Christmas and the best in nmisnaticss for the coming year of 1972 was extended to all members. RICHMOND HILL COIN CLUB At the last neeting the guest speaker gave a very interesting talk on !!How to Make Money without Working1! relating to the way crininals defraud the unsuspecting public9 and although this was not about coins it proved very interesting. THISTL'ETadN COXN CLrn At the last neetine: the 0. N. A. slide presentation on Newfdundland coins along with slides on the countryside -md fishing ports courtesy of Etobicoke Cmera Club, were shown, These were nuch en- joyed by dl. -TILLSONBURG NUMISMATIC SOCIETY The 'executive for the next two years are as folloPs: President - Edith Melchior, Vice--Pres. - Frank ~bdon, Secretary - Lorence Wiwchairyk,-Treasurer - Velrna Reynaer t and Directors - G, ReynaerB, -&ed Cole? Chas. Laister,Bill Baxter, Bill '~odgson. The Christnas Party featured the final neeting of the year. , TORONTO COIN CLUB At the last meeting the latest slides of the C.N.A. librar'y on the Medals of' the GovernoE,.Generals of Canada were shown. The executive for the coning year is:- l.Pr&s,-~arveyFarrow, List vice-Pres.9 Charlf 7. Daraby, 2nd Vice-Pres./Mrs., Louise Graham, Tres. ,t-Fred Jewett. The club i's leaking forward to aT1goodyeqd If I FATERLOOCOIN SOCI~~ The feature of the last neeting were three enjoyable filns, I1A Day at the Calgary ZocP, -Moving Day Cartoon1! and Three Christ- mas featurestl.~As;lthiswas.the last-aeeting of the ,year a Party was. forth- coning and wasrsnj oyeg ,by -- all. ' WELLAND CQIN CLUB . ,I I , - , The fallowing are the 'officers for 1972 :-Pres. - a Claude Trudel Vice-Ereso-DenTs Laverdiere, Sec.-.Carl01 Somerville, Tress.-Peter ~at@befland Cqrresponding Beeretary - Andre Guillenette. At this neeting special slides showing .a pictorial hcstory of Welland County were nuch enj oyed. ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** THF, ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is published nonthly by the Ontario Nunismatic I Association. The publication nay be obtained with nenbership in one of the following categories :-Life ~enberships-$50.~ Regular ~enb~ships-$3. yearly, ~uniors-$2. yearly (up to 18 years of age), Husband and Wife (one journa~.)-85. yearly, Club -$lo. yearly. Bpecial O.N.A. Sterling Silver Lapel Pins'(Screw back or pin back) only $2. Remittances payable to the Ontario Nmisnatic Association, P. 0. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario. C OINS STRUCIC JECANADA FOn F OREIG1\T C OUNTRIES e. Gy Paul Sullivan F,R,N,S,, OoNo~.,Director of Area 8 I When I started to work on ny gisplzy for our 1970 coin show I pickk a topic that I thought would be interosting not only to nyself'But also interesting to anyone 1ooI1ing at it, Cne field that I knew very little about and I thought that I sho~lckno~i nore about was 'What coins were struck in Canada for other With,.help frorrz the CONoA, library, various coin publications and llzy good friend Major Sheldon Carroll- I set out on the information trail. The infornation listed below represez?ts zbbcut 11 nontlis of rese$ch, unf or ttn- ately no one publication listed ail the inforraation that I required. The reference books 1 used are listed below: Modern Latin hexican Coins by Robert; Hzrris A Guide of English Coins by I(, E, Brsaset-t The Guide Book & Catalogue of British Goaxonwealth Coins by ~enick, Linear and Jar~es. - - Current Coins of the Tdorld by R, S. Yeo~an. . - -.- - News Releases fron the Sherri-kt Mint The Royd Mint and -the Royal Canadian IlIint Reports, The work' I have put into this has given ne r~uchpleasure over the last year and I would recomend that any nenber who wishes to add to his knowledge to try this type of research, It will give you hours of const- , ant challenging work that I arr sure you will enjoy to the fullest. -. , - GREAT ERITRIW SCIVmIGNS . In 1908 a branch of the Royal Mint waa opened in Ottawa, This year saw the first' of the so-called llCanad.im SovereignsI1. The Sovereign beiv , a sterl'lng, not a decinal denonina-tion? frequently brings up the questia, J , whether these struck in Ottawa with the I1Ct1 nint nark can be considered .Is as Canadian coins. For this reason, I have included then in this display. ~overein~swere struck with the portrait of King Edward V11 in the years 1908,1909 and 1910. The portrait of Edward was by George W. De Szulles, Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint, London, England, Sovereigns were struck with the portrait of King G6orge V in the years . . ... ,. Lqll, 1913, 19lb, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919. The portrait of George was _:._ .", ._, . . . by Sir Ber tr ar? Mackemal, The St. George and the dragon on both Edward. and George sovereigns is the famous Pistrucci design'; The nint nark "C1I is found on the reverse side of the coin, on the - ground under the dragon, centred above the date, The total mintage of the Edward llC1l sovereign was 44 921. The total nintage qf the George l1C1I sovereigns was5b2,9130 The gsld content of -the sove~eignis ,2354 Troy ounces. Thanks to City of Ottawa Coin Clu3, Editor A10 Driega. ******** ******** *:k***:k** ******** ******** AUCTION TENDERS WANTED - 1972 0, M. A. C OT\NENTION .-.+ There have been one or two tentz-I;j.v?s enquiries with reference to our 'forthconing convention auction, but to.-date nothing concrete has been placed before your executive, i3e it .noted Chat an auction is usually one of the highlights of any Show, evr:i.no?s so with a two-day convention. I -' We eo'llld urge, therefore, arty who =e interested to pxease subr~ityou: offer within the next two or three weelre to P~e~sidentChas. Laister5 *Noo 3 Highway, Tillsonburg, * Page I0 LATE, LATE COIN SHOW DATE$ RECEIVED TOREX AND CENTRAL COIN CLUB SHW - Feb, 26/72 at the Westbury Hotel, Toronto, Ontario. No further details available. ST. CATHARINES COIN CLUB annual show =d banquet Saturday? Oct. 21/72. Further details later. SPECIAL NOTE With reference to the special note on Page- - 110 of the December DulletLn, we would respectfully point out that upon receipt of Your 1972 dues, which are due Jan, 1st. in each and every year, all bulletins back to and including January will be nailed to our nenbers, so that there will be no bre& in your collection, THIS IN THAT On Page One of this, your first bulletin for 1972, our President gave us a brief outline of our activities for 1971, In part he said - and I quote "The 0. N.8. has a good hard working executive who are quite willing to give your club what assistance they canI1, etc0 I have repeated this for a very good reason -.- are willing to do all can to assure your club success in your shows - we ask only that each club co-operate by giving us firstly, the fullest details of your show - dakes - place - your chairnan and his/her address, etc., and secondly, to insure that soneone fron your club represents you at the up-coning Convention at Niagaa Falls - we want delegates to cone and raake your clubs wants g@ wishes, problems criticisns known, which your club feels are inportant to the betteraent of your club and you-T hobby, please, this year, let us see a far greater "Cl-ub Participation" at the Convention on April 22 - 23 at Niagara Falls ----- Another problecl arises now and then is the dearth of speakers at our club r~eetings-- recently I attended at two club meet- ings where a good speaker would have assured a nuch larger turn-out than vas experienced -- In fact, I believe, soraeone who can talk on their hobby, particularly their part of it, will always draw interest, at least spneone should be enthusiastic enough to speak about it -- the 0. N. A. has raany tiues tried to organize a flSpeakers Cir~uft~~but to date, Ken Prophet tells ne his efforts have net with little cr no success -- gosh, I would think that those nenbers who are so keenly interested in their coin coll- ections, (and there nmbers are growing every year) would be only too willing to stand up ,and tell others the enjoynent'they receive fron coll- ecting -- it's not so difficult -- I know, for although I XI no orator I an often cdled upon to speak for a few ninutes, without notice in nany instan.ces, I can always find something of interest to say about our hobby, and, I hope9 of interest to ray audience -- Will you, then, my long- suffering readers, join with ne in sharing not only your great hobby but also the great enthusiasa which nade you a coin collector in the first place, by getting up onl'YOUR TWO BIG FLAT FEET AND TELLING ALL ADOUT IT"? This is all for now, I would appreciate your co~mentson the abovd. See you in Feb. Ye Ed I I I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 1911 WATERLOO, ONTARIO A 1971 - 1973 0. N. A. OFFICERS Past Presidents I PLATED C 013JS 139 Michael R,Cva":ry, - ." F,R.,!\J,S,, Ancient coins, unlike their ncsdo::~ President counterpart, were required to contain a CRAS. B. LAISTER quantity and quality of metal- egj;r.d. (m a;t First Vice-President least extremely close) to thet.~p~~chasf ng W. E. PATLAMBERT value, In such a situa%Loa ~0i.n.sWFS EOTC closely examined to asswe t12s oormer %hey Second Vice-Presidmt were in fact of correct. wef ght, The quality KEN PROPHET of the metal seems to hme been t&sn for Secretary granted, though cities suc;Ii as A-bhens a~2.d TED TURANSIU. Corinth became f anous for the .pa~a.l.i.tysf' Tre'asurer and Membership the silver in their coins. Dwing tho pule BRUCEH. RASZMANN of Rome; first as a republic and then as 2~ ilfailing Address empire; gold and silver coins >:ere ciose1.y Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario tied to their bullion and. facs vr&Luesf. .. Ecze DIRECTORS again quality of metai was tr~stec?,trough Area 1 Howard Whitfield Area 2 Mel Fiske later on in the middle empire the silvsr Area 3 J. Edward Stahley coinage became sp debased as to be ~,~szbly Area 4 Jack Craig Area 5 Wm. R. Gage evident, Area 6 Jack C. Dietrich The practice of issuing 2lated .zolns Area 7 Charles Miller 2.. Area 8 Paul L. Sullivan was hit upon by Greek forgers, though 2.I; is Area 9 John McKay-Clements a contraversial questicjrl s.s tcr what ~2xtent Area 10 Elliott Jephson this was ernplpyed by off 5- ci 22, gov'esn~eilt Historian WALTERGRIGGS mints. Plated coins were prodz~ced1.1xi.-t;a-l;5.ng a large nmber of Gzleek crivic 2nd pegdl Publicity BOB VOADEN coinages - their dates r'sr~~ingf~orz the 5th Ontario Paper Co., century to the lst'cen-bdry 3,C, It; 2s diff'i- Thorold, Ont. cult to know for sme ju.st who produced sach Librarian coins and how long after the cxigj.na1 (which BILL ENGLISH they copied) had been issa.ed, TJsu~Jlythe Box 4, Waterloo, Ont. I coins are so obviously 'unde? we;ighb (':aLE- .4udio-Vis2cal Service usual occurence for Gmek coins) that wo CHAS. B. LAISTER are forced to assme that %hey wcuLd IZ~TPO No. 3 Highway Tillsonburg, Ont. only been accepted in bulk when 5.fidiTri.d.ual orQ..y Chairman of Display Cases coins could not be. checke6, The people WALTERHOLST who could have passed out col.ns in b~illcw3th- 4 Maple Court out drawing attention to thenselves wem Waterloo, Ont. wealthy merchants, money chargers mil. 3f Sic- Phone: 576-7831 ids connected with gover-went f3.nxnce or Speaker's Circuit Service administration. It is entirely passf ble REN PROPHET that plated coins were issued by a72 -tha.~e I CFMTC CFB BORDEN, Borden, Ont. groups, Editor Plated coins were produced T)g' a nrnbe~ W. E. PATLAMBERT of methods and metals, Prfincf pally s2lve~ 57 Emmett Road St. f@&f~08&Direc8tor Area 6 - Bank I$eshout mp2L issues were the-*favourite followed by z few gold and a dubious bronze or two. In the Ea~e.--~asilver-pletee, coins a shell of silver usually covered a core of copFZ7- though leac?, zinc: and tin alloys are knolm, Gold was limited, by its weight rec$.:L?e~ent;s, i;c lead-, 1r,T7nile copper was plated on bronze or brass, the e:c;s.c.i; ne-thods of mamf actme are lost though they are cl-ose -i;o ou;7 nciiern Sh~BPielClplating, Solders and fluxs were used in the e.Izse cf soli.6 si.l-~:~=rlc3atiilg s and also in silver powders that were '~l.serlwhe;-r nt::!lt~.d01: -i;he COLE. How both sides and the edges were covered e:rer..tj ~~ii:!n~-at1-exving any naks is a mystery. In nost cases thg plated ccin ,s c:cnpletely Lndi ~ting~ishablefrm a pme silver one except for ths occasional y2ccli of corr~sionfrom the base rzetal core, This would EG-~; kra;va bcsn present when the coin was fir st issued, The edges rlzy sc!:~et;i.!x: :; skv.:: signs' of ovs~lapplng, but this has to be c.zci?efxL7_l-yse=cb-.d for, In thc cast of Ronan Re- public serrated coins (coins with rlo-Lshed ed-go:, si.?xiliar to OUT r?.ill- ing though much deeper and more ir?eg;.isr) ths k09pe~' shows though as the silver did not cover the nicks of tke i~~Ie_vlta-t;ic~s~Ozce 2.gzi.n we nust assume that these coins were m~d.c-2o be issue2 In bullr., u-nless the shiny copper edges could be ni~takenfor sil~:er, In the case of Rcman coins which wer.2 contracted o~tfor their production; it nay bz possible that ~I~~C,.~LI~!~~.OL~~Scont-ractors were responsible for sone plzteg. coins, The plating of silver coins began with Rome s first republican issues and continued unabated through to the middle empire when the silver standaTds were so low that plated coins lost their I1raison d Fetre", Sorze later nedal.1-ions were plated with gold or silver but this was official decorstion, not private cpunterfeiting. Plated coins seen to have instigatai! a nuraber. of other nmisraatic techniques; i.e. the chisel cuts fomd oil nuae:?ous Greek coins, md the Bankers counterstmps on Ronan r epublicnn ?.rl& imper. atorin coins. These should not be confused with spbol. cr letter coanterstc!1?1ps app- lied to denote a new issulng author:it~rcr re-eval.~za!;isn of a piece or series. Plated coins are fascinating as anciznt works of art. They arce of varying values fron poor to good., si_!ne+,imessu~passin.g the pieces they COPY D They are u-sudly lower priced though this depends on condition as they are nore susceptable to corrosion thzn pu.re cotns. eon the historical point of view they are of supreme bnport,mce 8s aquestj-on- able exmple of official mint at?.en2ts .to zlter the ecoliomg, This is certainly the case in the 5th cent.~x:y B,C, Mhens, when, after a number of humiliating defezts, the B.'c:ienia-r,s were fo~ced to issue plated tetradracbai s =ld drachmars, THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is p~blishedaorlt,blj by the Ontxrio Nuuismatic Association. The publication may be c?bta:I.;le2 with nembership in one of the following categories:- LEfe 14cmbe?sl.~i-~s... $50.~Regul-ar Member- ships - $3, yearly, J~~aLors- $2, y2,~:':iy (up -i:o 10 yeas of age), Husband and Wife (one joEcal) -. $5; yezly, C3.ub .- $1-0, yearly, Special. 0. N. A. Sterling Sil.ve~Lapcl Pins (Screw Seck or pin back) only $2.50, Remittance is payable to the Ontaio l\T.~xdsnatlcAssaciation, P.O. Box 33? Waterloo, Ontario, Page 13 This is the only sure case of offf~cid-lyiss~~ed plated coins and scholars are divided on the extan-k of p;overrmcnt authority (or the use of government institutions) .J.n the prod~ctionof plated coins. None the less? they are an Ynteresti;lf: ~nd'necessa??y part in any collection of ancient coins. (Thmks to of Ottawa Coin Club Bulletin) ******** ***(Esfc**** >'6**%*4-%* ******** I******* PRESS RE-LXJSE zcM_TWJ C,N,f, President Norman W; Wfllims of the C ?~lsdiazTT~iirFsnatic Association is pleased -t;o recognize the co-cperntion $5: the Master of the Royal. G&uian Mint, Gordon Hunter, and hi 5 s-t;a~:fia ~dcingavailable to clients of the Mint infornat.Lon on C~;.?r~?~a'snatioil,~I organization of doin ~~llectors.This has been do~eby 1ra.y of an info~nationcard en- closed in the ~int!s annual nailing ~sl2.i-chdetails -;;he1972 nuralsraati c program. Discussions on this were comr~l~cddwing the l~ssociation!s 1971 Convention held in Vancouver last l\;vg:-~st between YE. Hunter and MT, W. K. Robertson for the Mint, and Pk, Frederick Cr Jewett, the Assoc- iation's First Vice President, As z resu:lt, the bc~efitsof A-ssocia- tionls membmship have been placed before some 153:000 nanes, From early returns, it would appear that many of the recipients welcome the opportunity of applying for membership, The Canadian Numismatic Association s voice in nmlsnatics is being hereby strengthened, to the benefit Bf all collectcrs everywhere. I******* ******** ****+<:y** ******** ******** EDWARD VII Ar\sy> HIS F&i'lYHITu'GS City of Ottawa Club Bulletin "The farthing is a truly great little coin, It is an old friend of many nurrismatists, from schoolboy to wealthy investorg and the reign of Edward V11 gives us a fine short series of these coins," so says Robert Kurding. Edward Vll, of the House of Saxe--Cob-xrg, came to the throne on January 22, 1993, as the eldest sur-riving son of Queen Victoria, At the tine he was 59 years old. HLs reign lasted only until 1.910, when he died at the age of 68, Although he acceded early in 1901, the first coins bearing the portrait of Edward V11 were not issued until 1902, The entire issue of f =thing$ (1902 to 1910) was specially darkelred by the Mint before being put into circulation. The Royal Mint was unz.ble to say what particular process was used for this dai-kening. FIoweve~ it is known that the nain reagent was sodim thiosulphate, comonly known as photo- grapher's hypo, The reason for this darkening PTOCeSS was that newly minted farthings were often mistaken for gold half-sovereigns, but the darkened farthings could be distingu-i shad at a glance. DID YOU ICNW The notorious llpigil- - 011 tha l911 ;?upee of India nav be seen just below the left shoulder of the King, ~ookin~through a magnify- ing glass, one could be in no doubt; a3c;v.t Its identity, but Indian peasants didnl t carry nagnifying gl~..:-;:;esabo~at szrlth them, and to the naked eye the mind is rather nor,des:ripl;, Lith~~~ghit could look like a boar. Page 14 THE BWAD TOKENS OF ONTAFCCO - continued frorn the January issue - PORT HOPE Try/John Currant s/Hone Made/Bxead/Port Hope, Ontb Good for/l/loaf/of/bread A. Eugh/Baker/Port Hope, Ont. Good for/l/loaf of bread John Wells/Baker/Mi 11 St./Port Hope, ht. Good for/l/loaf/of/bread PREST ON J. Proudf oot/Hone Made/Bread/Preston, Ont. Good for/one/sndl/loaf of bread A. Roos/Hone Made/Bread/Preston, Ont. Good f or/l/loaf of bread RAT PORTAGE Peoples Bakery/Rat Portage Good for/l/loaf RICHMOND ,.HILL D. Hill & Co,/Richmond/EEll/Bakery Good for/l/sudl loaf R OCKL AND C . R aynond/~oulanger/Rockland , Ont . Bon pour/un petit/pain Bon pour/un gros/pain. RocW and ~akery/*/loaf (Pritchard & Andrews-Ottawa) (Blank) RocW and Bakery/l/loaf (Blank) (Blank) Pritchard & Andrews-Ottawa T. Viau (2 varieties, 1 thin, 1 thick) R ODNEY Lusty ~r0s. /Baker shodney Good for/one/loaf/bread SARNIA Fine ~onfections/Foulds/Sarnia/Ice Cream, Etc. Good for/one/loaf/or merchandise Good for/one/loaf/or merchandise (C/S IfLl1 for Lucas Fine Confections/Foulds/Sarnia/Ice Crem, Etc. (C/S I1L1l for Lucas) Good for/one/loaf/or nerchandise D.W. H, Lucas/Sarnia/Fine/Confections/Ice Crem Etc. Good f or/one/loaf/or merchandise A. P. McAlpine/Baker/George st ,/Sarnia. Good for/l/loaf of bread J,E. McMann/Baker & Grocer/Cor ,/Albert &/ Devine Sts,/SarnigOnt, Good for/l/loaf of bread Page 15 SA.TlT..T STi31.iF.AEI3 ----_L_ S, Dini & ~o,.t'3aker/Soo, Ont, Good ?o~../:!_,~%orifof bread T,E, Di~..r?-~t'i~:/GooZ1for/2lb, Loaf/of Bread. (Incuse) (DL,?::;K) Good fc:2,/2 Ib,/L,oa' of Bread/T,S, Durham (Incuse) ( Blac.: j SE A.F C? :I! H - --:------Cric!~!1~os./B3kers/Seaf o?thl ht. G c. ".-.,-, .-: ?o:~/'l/loar" of bread 0s -"a"..------SING G.W. ~ea/'BaIzer/&/Confectioner Good. fo~./l/loaf r,f b2ead Gold, ~c2.-/Bake?/Confecti.oner Good 'for/one/loaf of brei?.d Chas, F, Misene~/Ba!~er/Sincoe, Good For/l/loaf of bread .------A".--P OiTT E-LI?MPTON J,A, ~~!~~3~s/i3a~5:er/Sou..l;hmpton/Ont~ f CYI/~,/~O&/of' bread Gzcd So:i/l./'loa2 o:C bread SPHI ------. TJGPIETJD.- i,W. Eigh,iDaker/'&,/Conl^ectioner/Sprlngf ield, Onto Gocd Tcr/l/loaf of bread ST -.-. P!ir$;3,R -.-, vJm, Ei~yn~lds/&S~ii/S+,a.yner/Ont. Good fo~/l/lo& of bread ---.-----STIRLXTSG C-esrgc :~,~ig~~:r~'3a,ker/Stirling,Ont . Good f o~/$-iloaf of bread Go&. ::;c?y/l/'loaf bread (Spelling error llLagrowll?)- George ~a~i-ovr./~aE~a/~tirling,Ont. Goo2 ?or/-;-/loaf of bread Gooc'! i"or/i.,/loaf of bread ST. C 4.!?IJ.;?.Jp.&_ East 3nd,'B&ery/Gq. Buchanan Good for/*/loaf of byead A-SC~-~% The Xast Znd/Dakery/Duchanant s/Geneva Sto/St. Catharines, Ont . Sood for/l/loaf of bread A-Scb-28 Good fc:r/l/lo~~fof bread 13-Sc4-28 T, Fi%sgerdd./Beksr/St, Catharines. G~odfc~/$,/'lo~f of bread Good for/l./loz.f of bread W,J, Foley/I3?.ker,/'St Catharines. C-o~dfo>:/!_/loaf of bread Go33 fo?/-k/l.ozf of Srezd Page IhC A, Meyer/St. C,xLherines,- Ont, (Note: Y!??OT in Spelling St. Cathgrines) Good f or/*/'~-oaf cf bread Good Por'one/loxf of bread 1 lo& Pmc.>- bres,d/A. Meyer 1 loaf fsncg b~ead/A. Meyer Shelly Crosr/13a~cers/St, Catharines Gcod. f'or,/.$,/'iozf of bread Shelly Br o s ,/I3 titiEzersjSt, Catharines ;G93d for/it/loaf of bread Shelly Sros,/Baker s/St, C atharines Good f'or/'one hdf/loaf bread Shelly Sros,F'Bakers/S-1;, Catharines? ;G.ooci f orll/loaf of bread Wrightfs/BaI~~~y/StnCatliarines Good f~r/.&-~~'lo af of br e ad Gocd forpl-/loaf of bread Gcod Porjliloaf of bread --ST, ISID03E DE F.ESCOTT A, Villzneuve/St, Isidore/Ont, Good ~or/3lbs,/de pain ST. MARXz J, Go ~onsta,ble/Ba~cer~'S~t~Marys, Ont, Go9d for/3-/loaf of bread J. ~ar/Ea!rer/-?L,,M=ys, kt. Good fo~/.;?-,/loa.fof bread Gocd fc~%/LjloaPof bsead Harry ~ruer?/Be.ker!'&/Gonf e ctioner/St. Marys, Ont. Good for/l/loaf of bread ST TH0M.B.B --.-A- --.-A- . - J.T. Palr~er/7ll/lalbo.L; St,/St, Thomas Good fo~/~ne/loaf/bread Stephsns 71-!Balcery/St Thonas , Good f or/one/snall loaf J. T. S.tepl?el?s,~ake~:!$-t~Thomas. Good for/l/loaf of bread Good for/S/loaves of bread Jmes ~app/Balcer/St, Thomas, Ont, Good -Fo?,il.P-osf/oT,'bread ------STRAT hY OY Stra-ilzoy,'Ci.ty Bakery/F. Jo Brown Good fc?/l,/loaf of bread W,IVI, Saiti7,/3~"3cer/&!Confectioner/Stratoy, Ont, Good for/l/loaf of bread R. C . :?J:ilheLr~1/13~J Feb* 25-26- Torex '72 joint convexti cn ?;i_trhCentral Cola CPlb at the 27 Wes.tbwy Hotel, $75 Ycnge St~eot,Toronto 5, On;. Enquir- ies to YI ,, Fr Liesl-,oy.it.. ?,On Bc?x 8b1, S-tation I1Kl1s Tol:cnl;o 315? Onti, Con.:> $.d r:iset offj-cials r?f trhe Royal Ca~acliarl!tint and thn C!,,..=I.F.<:~ I'zL;.~Ofz"j.ce, Mz& 25 dc- Wate~looCoin Club a~11ua."-S1.2.o~ at the E?olidi-1~Lnn, No. 8 26 RLgl17;ra:r~ Kitchener, 7-~~-tc~.l-s rpe 1s'cv.l-se, etz, to Waterloo Coin Society? P,O. Do;; 4-i, Watel-100. @.~.taLo, April 8 - Woodstoc!: Coin C17nb AYXX-I~. .Show arrd Banquet in Old St, PafiL Parish Hall, Details Z?::er, 22 &- 0. B,A, 10th PnnugL C~cliT~~tj-onA:; tho Sher aton-B?osl:lr Hotel 23 hostsd by the Niag?za, P;?Ll.s Coil2 Club, Enquiries re bourse, etc, to Ch~~i:i~~~?n,:.'i:?l,Piske, 7795 Besverdms Rr~ad. Tqiagara Falls. Cn.t..; ;%.~,~ar3.fi-~1,3. Hayes St,, St ,, ~ai;hb:fnes and acr,o&-i::7.~~tionsto Mrs, Phsge Snith, 5138 'dillrtott Stree-I;;, K'.iag,zr.z Falls, Ont,: &go 2-5 - J~j.1i.b C.PT,b,-C,P.M,S, 7,:1;-11_b.? h21d 2:; the Holiday Inn, Toron.to Civic Squ-me, 9et.ails later, Oct, 21 - Si;. Catharines Coiri C1~bIPI:~r;iaal Show and Banquet, D3-tpJ 1s late~. Page 18 RULES Recently a Bulletin arrived fron one of our nenber clubs which contained quite a long article on the above-mentioned subject, Many of the points brought up were well taken, but the aain issue to ne appears to be not so much the judging systen as the applying of the rules of the systea, So in answer to our friendly editors, Jerri and Brian, may I take just a few nonents and answer the criticism brought up by your good selves. You refer, firstly, to the judge who gave no points for con- dition when judging a brilliant uncirculated set of large cents, and secondly, with reference to the judging of neatne138 you quote that one judge gave it the full nark of 10 points while the other judge gave it a total of 3 points. But these instances are the result of bad judg- ing and in no way casts reflections upon the O.N.A. systerar I would venture to say that, and I q~ote,"thefar superior- judging systen to which you refer in the U,S.A.tfwouZd f&e no better at the hands of these swe judges. My point is that the best judging systen in the world will fall down if your judges DO NOT follow the judging rules, Speaking with Bill English on this very sabject quite recently, both of us agreed that nany of our judges refuse to follow the judging r~lesas laid down and, speaking as a judge of some years standing, and having acted as a head judge on sone occasions, I feel I can speak with sone knowledge on this subject, and I can assure you judges who don't judge by the rules prevalent at that show I do not ask to judge. I can lend a synpathetic ear to exhibitors who have worked hard to put on a first class exhibit only to lose first prize or best of show through bad judging. I offer the suggestion that perhaps we would be better to insist that our judges abide by O.N.A, or whatever rules are in effect, If they do not, then I feel the head judge should set their judging point; to one side and re- judge the exhibits hinself. This would at least ensure a fair shake to the exhib%tor, I trust you will accept these coments in the spirit in which they are given. for after all we are interested in the sane end re-- sults and that is to inprove the judging, and by so doing to irnprove the exhibitors chances of winning, Ye Ed ******** ******** ******** *Q***Q** *$****a bll3bJ ?%EMBERS Applications published in the Janua~yissue of the Ontario Nwnisraatist have now been accepted. The following applications have been received, If no written objections are received, their acceptance will be acknow- ledged in the March Ppsue of the Ontaio Nmismatist, Ted Banning, R. R. #1, Grafton, Ontario, Paul Pasmore, 25 Barton St,, St. Catharines, Ont. Norrnan W, Willims, P, 0. Box 310, New Westminster, BoCe Henry Walthert, 168 Lawlor Ave., Toronto 3-3, Onto Charles K. Brust, 15963 Warwick, Detroit, Mich. ,48223, u.S0Ae ms. Charles (Betty G.) Brust, 15963 Warwick, ~etroit,~ich,482: Erian R, Snith, 37 Merrian Road, Scarboro, Ont, George H. Salovama, South River, Ont. Thomas Roach, 33 Sanford Ave, So, Hanilton, Onts Gerard Thibault, 1985 Doul Laurie?, Quebec 6, Queo Pw.59 --0. !To A, AETION---- - COIJVENTIOX 1-972 We =e pleased to report that one of the nost inportant itens at our convention, tha cuction, has been given to MT. Ro W, (Bob) Shillingwort1 T.T~?O tc! I F.R.N,S., is known -Lhe najority of our readers, Fo? the beiiefi-i; of those who =e not so t~ellaq~~ainted with Bob, nay we say -that 1305) is the leading 1j.gh'; for au.ctions held a-i; the Central Coin Club ad !?.as for sf,me yews aclv :?ell! a booth at the C.N,E. show in the &ts and Crafts U.illcl::.ng, Gob tells ne that he w?ll be zci:.-.p-I;S.irg desirable naterial fron OoNoA. nerabers zzitll Match 5- 1972, If yo:.;: have my itens for Bob, please send -i;hen to hiri dlreG.t, ii~.em.:, of S:~?--te536, 19 Richuond Street West, Tor onto, Oilt~r Fo . Po'iir Exs clxtive x- e cccmends that any nenber who has nice natsriai seed it t~ 13971 before -tl.:.e zbovec..nentioned date, *I*****<::k*:k*$::*:;. ****::::::<* **>y***** ******** ??Iv\TS__A~,C,\~.Sr,sr,sr,~rJ~~C_(/~?~C LB-S 1C S ' --DR ANTF 0P.D--*-=-.--.-. FTml SN.RI! -..- ..oc -.--.- IETT~-"^~ -. The highl:.:.ght of the last neeting was the 0, N,A. A!:llio--Bisu~L sLidos 0-1 the Wsf tagi Crown or Mev Zealand. This was extrenely interesting rLnd all felt the nect2ng >!as ~eallyworthwhile -----CEhrrR-A3; C 01 N CL-Q The highlight of the last meeting was the auction co::ducted by Bci5 Shill-ingwo~th, These au-stions have taken on a new lea: on life since Bo3 took over, The door prizes we?e won by Leslie Brown, Jeffrey Home 2.nd Fra~3.kLieshout, N1AGJR.A.----.--.--- FALLS C 0P.N CLUB President, Nel Fiske., annovulced at the last neeting that thz guest speake~fo$ -idle convehtion 3-n April would be Mr. 3ob Willey, co-l~utho2of the book, Coins of Canada, At, the end of the afte;?noon tileTe was a large auction conduc-Led by pat LaraSert, RLC mlOIm KCEL C; 0ItUr:g ------= The follow in^u is the new slate of officers for the ne;;-5 two years;-. Pr-3s. ,- Ivan Colas, Vice-Pres,-Mike gal lag he^^ Tres ,-JOG Scda, Eec,--Gob Po?:ter ? Editor-. Orv-ille Donnellg, All the best th these WO?~ 1971 - 1973 0. N. A. OFFICERS I Past Presidents R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-65) L. T. SMITH (1965-67) Volwne 11 March 1972 Page 2l W. ENGLISI~(1967-69) I 1). FLICK (1969-71) THE CROOKSTON DOLLAR President By Ruth McQuaae CHAS. B. LAISTER The story of the llCrookston Dollart1 is First vice-Preside-t the story of how fantasy or fiction overcame W. E. PAT LAMBERT fact, It is also the story of Nary Queen of Second Vice-President Scots or Mary Stuart of Scotland. KEN PROPISET There have been so many books written Secretary about her, and so many poems and sonnets and TEDTURANSXI plays, that it is difficult to know the true Trdasurer and Membership facts. We do know that she was born in 1Sh2, BRUCEH. RASZMANN the daughter of James V lvld May of Guise and Mailing AdrEress at the age of six, she was betrothed to tke Box 33, Waierloo, Ontario Dauphin Francis. She went to fiance, where DIRECTORS she lived in the court of Queen Catherine de Area Howard Whitfield Area Mel Flsl~e Medici, where debauchery and murder were a Area J. Edward Stahley cause for daily excitement. At the age of 15 Area Jack... Craia Area Wm. R. Gage she married FYancis, but he died two years Area Jack C. Dietrich Later and she returned to Scotland. Area Charles Miller Area Paul L. Sullivan May was liked by her people as she was a lohn Area - -. .. . .McKav-Clements . .- Elliott ~eih;on woman of beauty and an accomplished wit, As a Area Catholic she was in collision with John Knox and his reformers. John Knox hated her and much Publicity of her wickedness that we believe in to-day BOB VOADEN comes from $he* ajJr.h.%&mof John &OX. She was Ontario Paper Co., brilliant and she had courage, but she lived Thorold, Ont. in a time where there was so much strife and Librarialz bitterness and with only scoundrels to addse BILL ENGLISH her, she had no chance. It is difficult to Box 4, Waterloo, Ont. know whether to like or hate her as she could .4udio-Visual Service be a kind and faithful friend or a deadly, CRILS. B. LAISTER No. 3 Highway dangerous enemy, Tillso~~burg,Ont. We know that she married Lord Danley, who Chairman of Dis9Lay Cases WALTER Ho~sr was weak-minded and thoroughly disreputable, 4 Maple Court but he was the father of James V1 of Scotkand Waterloo, Ont. and Jarnes 1 of England. She later married Phone: 576-7831 Bothwell and he domineered her, Speaker's Circuit Service KEN PROPISET Mary lived for only 45 years but there CFMTC CFB BORDEN, were a number of coins minted in her reign. Bordcn, Ont. The 7th coinage produced a coin called Editor W. E. PAT L(AMUERT the Mary Ryall. The order in council statest 5 7 Emmelt Road 'It is statute and ordainit be ou~Soveranis St. Catharines, Oi~t -Pge 2"2 Quene and Kingis Majisties, with avyse of the Lordis of their Maj- isties privie Cpunsall* That thair be cunziet ane penny of silver callet the Mary Ryall the fynes of eleven deaiers fyne, and of weicht ane unce Troie weicht with twa granes of remeid dswell of weichk as fynes; havand on the ane syde .ane palme-tree crownit' ane schell- padoke+ crepand up the shank of the smyn, an axe11 about the tree mytten therein! DAT GLORIA VIRES the date of the ywi2 thaiz! under with this circwnscr$ption begynning at ane tkiirsill, EXVRGAT DEVS! ET DISSIPEIVTVR: INIMIGI EIVSa and on the uther syde our saidis swveranis armis eoverit with ane dose crown arm thirsill on i3.k side, with this circumscription begynning at ane croce directlie above the crown, MARIA ET HENRICVS DEI GRATIA RZG1N.A ElT EEX SCOTORVE. the said penny to haif couri for ,xxx sh money of th5-s realme, the twa pair,t for xx sh and the third pairt for X sh all of this smyn fynss and pTen't and of weicht equivalent; to witt the two :*a?-rt of neicht x'vi deniers and the third pairt of viii denier S, l Many years later and after many stories hart been wril;ten about May a story appe'wed that a tree on the grounds f~fCrookston cistle was historicjlly connected with the courtship of Lord Darnley and Mary Research has proved that Darnley neirexA.sent neaT Crookston castle 6e- fore or after his wedding. The tree on the grow~dsof this aging castle was a yew tree not a palno The stories continued and about 209 ysars dtcr this coin was minted someone started calling the pan tree on the cob a yew, and findly the coin somehow acquired the name liCrookston Dollafl. We know the stories of Mapy have been embroidered to suit many writers, and perhaps it is possible the tzee 03 the coin could be mistaken fox a pew, but it seems incred5.bl.e tinat they could go so far as to change the name from the May 3yel.l to th2 Crookston Dollapi Bowever isn't it a f a.cinating story? +tortoise (Thanks to City of Ottawa club Blillet-in) ******** ********* *****H** ******** ******** REGRETS Ittis with regret we lean kkiatpur (O.N. A.) Secretary Ted Turonski, has resigned due to the pressure of work plus the ad&ed L1.11- ness of hLs wife. We will miss Ted and wl.sh him well and a soeedv- " recovery to MPS+ Turonskil This means we now' have a vacancy on our axecutive l.n the sncre.l;bxyfs posdtion. We are, therefore, issuing invitations to our readers who may be interested to please write to President Cha~lesLaister, No. 3 Highway, Tillsonburg, who will be pleased to he= from you. Duties will start at our forthcoming convention in N.ia,gara Falls, Apr. 22-23* ******** ******** *9$*96+$*.9* **X***** ******** THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST i S pulfished monthLily by the 0ntaTj.o Numismatic Association. The publication may be obtained with nem13ership in one of the following cat~goxies:- Life Memberships $1 $50, Regular Membership $3, yearly, J~mio~s- $2, yesly (up to 18 yeavs of age), Ifusband and Wife I $S,,yearly (one jumnal), Club -. $10. yearly. Special O.N.A, Sterling Silver Xapel PLns (Screw back or pin back) only 82-50, Remittance is payable to the Ontario Nw~ismatioAssociationg P.0, Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario Page 23 THE BKERI) TOKENS OF' ONTARIO - continued from the February issue -.-~--.TAlU W. ~ollins/Gene.~d/and/Fmcy/Grocery/Tara, Ont. ~ood/for/.-&/loaf of bread A-0-25 Goof/f or/l/loa$ of bread A- Ov-30x22 ".--~----TJLVIST OCK MoBr F s/Eakery Good for/l/loaf of bread --T HFE--... I? rnD -- Thed.?or,d../B~kery/G.A. Elliott Good f ov/l/loaf A-RE- 32x19 Thos. P?ott~rson/13aker/Thedfor4 Good for/l/loaf of bread ..---.--.--..-T I-1CRIYD.hLE Jas9 I-?a?dJ.ng/Baker/&/Gener a.l,/Mer chant/Thorndde Ont. Good for/l/loaf of bread A-Sc8-28 .- TSLUKRY..--.-.. .Bil.bury Dal Note: This completes the Tokens of Ontario. We trust this list as carried during the preceding months will be of value to those collectors interested in Tokens. J"e 26 THE CANADIAN FIVE CENT PIECE - 1942 and THE BRITISH TIlREEPENCE By W. N. Clarke The collectors of Canadian cpins are all aware of the fact that the 1942 nickel coin (which had replaced the silver five cent in 1942) was struck on a round planchet, whereas the 1942 Tombac was strucB on a twelve- sided planchet. A paragraph included in the 73rd Annual Report of the Royal Mint, England - 1942 pge. 124 gives the following infornation:- Canada - fi~henickel five cent piece? which itself had superseded a silver coin in 1922, was replaced in May 1942 by Tombac (88% copper and 12% zinc) to save the badly needed nickel., .. the twelve sided outline devised by the London Mint Sor the threepence of the Imperial coinage in 1937 was adopted for the coin in the new metal. Modifica- tions W43Te made in the production process which resulted in more rounded angles and a slightly diff @Tentedging---" It may here be noted that until 194.2 dies for the Canadian coinage were still being made at the Royal Mini, London. The first dies made in Canada were for the 1943 coinage. No reason was given for the change in shape of the five cent piece and the style remained unchanged until 1962. The reason generally accepted by Canadian collector S for a twelve- sided coin is that it made it consideral~lyeasier to distinguish the tombac five cent piece from the bronze one cent coin. In the case of the Imperial thxeepence however, the sharp angles in the collars of the dies continued to be a source of weakness. During the war years, when steel for new dies became scarcel the quality of the d1 coins declined as the collars weakened and developed cracks. In 1942- 43, the corners of the collars were slightly rounded to increase their life; not, however, to the extent of the roundness of the Canadian pieces. As stated in the Mint report, modifications were made to the dies and it would appear that no great inconvenience was encountered by the Canadian Mint in striking the twelve-sided coins. There nay be a direct relation to the fewer numbers of Canadian pieces being struck and also the fact tHat the planchets for the five cent pieces ,we thinner than hhose of the threepence, (although it is not known how many working dies were used). As a conparisom, in 1960 the Royal Mint issued some 84,744.,000 threepence coins and the Canadian Mint issued 37$158,433 five cent piecesc (Thanks "c London Kunismatic Society Dulletin) ******** ******** ******** ******X* ****X*** CONVENTION '72 We believe that our readers will be interested in knowing the progress made by your convention cor~mitteefor 1972. Briefly, then, here is what has transpired - The Convention will be held in the Sheraton- Brock Hotel within a stone's throw of Niagara Falls itself, in the spacious comfortable hotel offering its guests all the amenities wished for, Dourae Chairman, Howgt-d Nill, tells me that nearly 38 tables have been sold and these include dealers from mmy parts of Canada and the United States, which in itself should offer coin collectors one of the greatest valetie6 of material available. Among your bourse dealers will be top dealers :in gold paper money, antique coinsg coins of the world, and of course ow own Eanadim decimals and those of our neighbor south of the Border. In other words, praktically every facet of our hobby will be represented. On the entertaoment Page 27 side there wj.11 be a comprehensive tour of the Niagara Falls arwa including the falls itself, both Canadianand American, the Botanical Gardens and a drive along the Niagara Parkway viewing some of the level- iest old homes in this pat of the world. Chairman, Me1 Piske, has worked hard to make this convention a memorable one for all who attend, ably assisted by his executive committee. PTothing has been overlooked, in fact there may even be a few pleasant surprises at this convention. We hope, therefore, that as many as possible of our members and non-r .--h.? members alike will be attending this convention on April 22 7 23. See you the. Yours for a successful convention Ye Ed* ******** ****X*** ******X* ******X* ******X* PROPOSED COIN SHWS Listed below are the proposed coin club aual show dates and banquets. Check, please, to see if any of these dates will conflict with your club s propos6d 'dhte* March 11 - North York Coin Club annual show in the North York Community Hall, 5090 Yonge Street, Willowdale, Ontario from 12 noon to 10.00 p.m, Everyone welcome. March 18 - Richmond Hill Coin Club 8th Annual Show in the Town and Country Square Mall, Yonge & Steeles Streets, Toronot, Ont. Mar, 25 &- Waterloo Coin Club annual Show at the Holiday Inn, No. 8 26 Highway, Kitchener. Details re bourse, etc. to Wa%~Eoo Coin Society, P.0. aox 4.1, Waterloo, Ontario. Apr, 8 - Thistletown Coin Club annual show and bourse in the Ubion I-Idl, east end rotunda, 11,00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. Details re bourse, etc. to Norm Balsten, 37 Neaies Crescent, Downs- view, Ontario, April 8 - Woodstock Coin Club Annual Show in Old St. Paulf S Parish Hdl, Drhndas St., with banquet at 6.30 p.m. Information re bourse-P.0. Box 631, Woodstock and re display - Dert Carterl P.0. Box 159, Innerkip, Ontario. April 16 - Kent Coin Club 4-th Annual Show at the ISoliday Inn, Highway 2 and Keil Road, Chatham, Ont, 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p,m. Details re bourse, etc. to Jack Sands, 14 Gregory Dr. East, Chatham. Apr, 22-23-0, N,A. 10th Annual Convention at Sheraton 3rock Hotel, Niagara Falls. Details re bourse, etc. to Chairman-Me1 Fiske, 7795 Deaverdms Road, Niagara Palls, or Howard Hill, 1 Ifayes St., St. Catharines. Accomnodations - Mrs. Marge Smith, 5138 Willmot St., Niagara Palls, Ont. May l3 - St. Thomas Annual Coin Show and Banquet in Grace United Church Auditorium. Details re bourse, etc. to St. Thomas Nmismatic Association, P.O. Box 187, St. Thomas, Ont. May 13 - O~illiaChati1pla.i.n Coin Club Annual Show in the Orange Hall, Mississaga St., West, a)rillia. Details re bouYse, etc. to Harry Eooth, 270 Nottawasaga St., 0rilli.a. . -. Rug. 2-5 - Joint C,N.A.-C.P.M.S. Convention at the ~o~ida~I.nn, Civic Square, Toronto, Ont. Details re bourse to Jack Veffler, P. 0. Uox 7, Station ll.S1l.,Toronto. General Chairman - Victor E. Snell, P.O. Uox 2186, Station "D"i, St. Catharines Pane 28 0 l - Kitchener Coin Cluls annual Show at the I-Ioliday Inn, Fairway Road, Kitchener. For details re bourse, etc. contact Ted Turonski, 111 Lancaster St.E., Kitchener, Ont. Oct. 21 - St. Cathaines Anuual Show and Banquet in Westminster United Chbch Wall, Queenston St., Details later. Oct, 23 - Sarnia DZuewater In-ternational Coin Show a't The Village, 751 a. ChTistina St., Smnia, Details re bourse to Norm. Scott,.l3ox 89 Corunna; Exchibits-Robert S,wgent, 1212 Hancock St., bort i-IUronS Mich. and General to Car1 Williarzson, 931 Greondale St., Sarnia, Oct, 29 - Tillsonburg N~lnisczaticSociety Annual Coin and htiqim Show in the Orange Hall, Urock St., Tillsonburg, Details re bouxse to Chas. B. Laistex, No. 3. Iiighway, Tillsonburg, General Chairman - George Reynaert, 41 Paxk Ave., Delhi., ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** NEMS AROUlVD THE COIN C- BRRATJTFCmD NUMISMATIC SOCIETY At the last meetinn the members enloved a double treat in Ghe form of the O.N,A. ~udio-visual slides on %!h\ Waitangi Crown of New Ze,dand and Tom & Denis Icostaluk slide program on Poland. -At -At the last mewting The Alfred Roach Membr%d for the person contributing most to .the club's welfare during 1971 was won by the President. The deleg3tes to the O,N, A, and C.N.A. Conventions this year w&ll be Lindsay and Mildred McLennan. HURONIA JJQK_ISMATIC ASSOCIATION - At the last meetin[< the members en.ioyed two films, one an old Laurel and Ila~dyfilm and th; other on how a- ' rpaxtian views the earthling, the Automobile. Also a short talk was glven by Ivan Coles on the forthconing Richrlond Hi11 Coin Show. INGWSOLL COIN CLUD At the last meeting the moml>ers enjoyed two excell- ent s~eakers- the Innersoll Police Chief, &t McCmt, on nrotecting coins-and Martin i rooks on Coin 1nslxrance: The executive fbr 1972 iz - Pres.- Jax~esFinch, Treasurer - Aulis Kosloneng Sec.-CaTole MciLrthurS Editor - Darbara McNab. JJIAGARA FALLS COIN CL- At the last meeting there was a saecial auiz on Women on Coinage and the C.N.A. slides Zn the Canadian- silver *~ive Cent Piece series was shown and explained by Pat Larnbert. Plms for ,the Convention at -the Sheraton-Brock are progressing. ORILLIA C HAMF'JL_AiN COIN CLUD v- At the last neeting the club enjoyed a fine group of pictures shown by Elwood McLaughlin on "Close Ups of Wild F1owersl1, The Orillia and Oro Horticultural Society and the Cmera Club were invited to enjoy the pictures also. STRATFORD COIN CLUE -----p- At the last meeting the Club decided to hold. their Coin Show on Oct. 22? 1972. The slide series ilNurlisnatic Itemst1 was also enjoyed by the members. Page 29 ST, CATlEUFiINES COIN CLUB At the last neeting the members and guests were treated to an interesting talk by Victor Snell on ltPreparing a Dis~la~I~.This was very inforlnative and was followed bv" a lively auc'tiok conducted by ~l;~dDorsey. WATERLOO COIN SOCIETY The last meeting featured a very interesting film entitled llFraser Canyontt which deals with the development and making of a pass through that territory. The 1972 executive is as follows- Pres.-Ed. Stahley, Vice-Pros.-Papl Sandhm, Sec.-R. McAlpine, Treas.-Druce Druce Raszmann, Editor - Heinz Herzog. WOODSTEK COIN CLUE At the last meeting Mr. Uext Cater had a display of electrical insulators and gave an interesting talk on them. Plans are being finalized for the annu'al show on April 8th. ******** X******* ******** ******X* ***A**** "=S. 13. LAISTER TROPKYI1 DONATED TO THE ONATIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOR ANNUAL COMPETITION OF 0. N. R, MEMCER CLUBS. This TROPIK is up for the first .time at the 0. N. A. 10th Annual. Convention hosted by the Niagara Palls Coin Club, on April 22-23,1972 a.t the SHERATON-IIROCX HOTEL, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The Trophy will be qwmded for the best display from any O.N.A. member club in Ontario that is in good standing with the O.N.A. at the time of the 0,N.A. yearly convention. The display can be pult: in as a club project or by a member of an Ontaria club but only in the name of the club to which the nember belongs. Only one display will be allowed fron each clubg the space or area allowed that of one, two or three 0,N-A. cases the category that of any the club wishes to put in. N.1 displays in %his competition will be competitive and none will be allo- wed to compete in any of the 0,N.A. regular categories, The club that has the best display will get the Trophy to take to their club until the next O,N,A, yearly Convention. At that tine the trophy must be returned to be put up for Clul~competition again. Dwr- ing the time the winning club has the trophy it is to be put up for their club liieliibers display conpetition who are in good standing in the Club. Point records are to be kept as - 10 points for first, 7 for second and 5 for all the rest who displayed that month. Thero should be a display chairman appointed and he will judge the displays, keep a record of the points won and post the results so the club members will know who is leading in points each month. No display should be shown more than once. The winner of each month's display has the privilege OS taking the large Trophy home till the next meeting. When it is time for the next 0,N.A. Convention, the club chairman will tally up each member's points and the member with the highest points will receive at the O,N,A. Convention Banquet fron the O.N,A. President an inscribed Trophy to keep. This will continue until the lmge Trophy is with- drawn from club competition. From the President of the O,N,A. Chas. I), Laister. Page 70 NEW MEMBERS Applications published in the February issue of the Ontario Numisma- tist f~avc'now been accepted, The following applications have been received., Tfno wrjlt.&en objections are received, their acceptance will be acknowledged in the ApPtl issue of the Ontario Numismatist. $40 S. L* ~iske; Skrlarh: ~o-teij... ..'Elle,sherton, .... , . Ontardo. - .. . $41 i Harold W; Cole j 3061 ~&rfiountDV 8, Gm D?uno, .. Cdifornia 94064 ' Ua S;&, . . THIS M TIGT.. Just recently I had oo~casionto xenew my aUtomobile insura,rice which 1 find covers me fo? ;ill perils, thlrd party$ etsir etci, and whLle cogii;ating on the 60vePage f: enjoy I was won efing about insUTanbe on other things, the Pirst of which was insurance ko covwr my coin collection, etc. and 1 wonder if perhaps your Executive should look into costs, coverage and all relevant deta1.l.s of Some form of organization coverage for. our members at a s~bst~mtidlyre-. dqced fee. , I believe our NationalA~sociationhas something along these lines and maybe we, too, could provide this service to. our inem-. bePShipi ft is worth considering and I invite our readers com&htS., r. Some time ago, through these columnsg we invited neribers to send. in horninations for the Award of Merit.YoQ.wilX:heboth surprised and I hope pleased to learn that we received to date something like L3 nominations for this coveted award, Ye Ed would like to say a "Big Thank Youu to those of our readers who so thoughtfully sat do@n and sent in a nominee of their choice ....This coming weekend we aelook- ing forward to meeting many of you at Torex. I do hope that the high standard of exhibiting will again prevail this yea?, thus making the job of the judges an arduous one ....We hear from one of our new$ sources that Dob Shillingworth is busy lining up some beautiful nater- ial for the forthcoming Convention. May we suggest that you guys and dolls save your nickels, dimes and quarters to buy that precious plece for your collection.. .. I guess this is about CL1 till April6 Iill say "Uoria Showshoes" and here are some interesting facts on the population explosion in Canada, thanks to John Barachino of Brantford Numismatic Society. (Thanks John) ; Would you believe that the popCi.ation of Canada is 20 000 j 000 People over the age of 65 -6 0.00,000 Belance to do work 14,000,000 People 13 $Bars:af -ageland under -.10,000,000 Balance left to do work b,000,000 People 6n the armed forces 2,000,000 BalLmce left to do the work 2,000,000 People sick in hospital. 900,000 Balance left to do the work 1,100,000 Bums and others who will not work 1.000,OOO Balance left to do the work 100,000 People in jail 99,998 BALANCE LEFT TO DO TEIE WORK. 2 YOU AND ME.. ..and it's about tine you pulled up your socks. We are tired of running this outfit on our OWN!!! How about lending a Hand? ??? Good, eh? Ye Ed %> /-- OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 1962 WATERLOO, ONTARlO I A I 1971 - 1973 0. N. A. OFFICERS Past Presidmts - I I R. R. REICOFS~(1962-65) Volume 11 April 1972 Page 33. L. T. SWITE(1965-67) W. (1967-69) ENGLISH OUR 10th ATWJAL CONVENTION D. FLICK(1969-71) are, tenth of President Here we the part a century CHAS. B. LAISTER behind us, all set for another convention in the Convention City of Niagara Fallst scene First Vice-President W.E. PAT LAMBERT of one of the many wonders of the world, md, Secosd Vice-Presa'dmt as is so often emphasized - The Honeymoon KEN PROPBET CapftdL of the World - a place for Sun and Secretary &so a place for serious business. TEDTURANSKI 5 think we should give serious thought Z'rdasww and Mem bws& to where we are headed. We have changed BRUCE H, KASZMA~ considerably since the fowlding convention M~ilingAddres~ at Waterloo in 1962 -- noticeably in our Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario efforts to promote the hobby by means of DIRECTORS sepvice to our members (who, incidentally, Area 1 Howard Whitfield now number over 300) by way of the Audio- - -?I Area 2 Mol Fiske . Area 3 J. Edward Stahley Visual, the Display Case service to member Area 4 Jack Craig the the Judging Area 5 Wm. R. Gage clubs, Spe &ex s CLr cuit, ser- Area 6 Jack C. Dietrich Yilce to club shows, the O.N.A, Library, the Frank Lleshout to nothing of our ser~ces Area 7 Charles Miller Bulletin - say Area 8 Paul L. Sullivan used in settling disputes, etc, Area 9 John McKay-Ctement~ Area 10 Elliott Jephsm This is good. But is this enough? Historiafi Could we not be looking further ahead and, as WALTERGRIGGS the younger gem~ationsay "Get With It1', Publicity By this I mew to open our minds, do more to Bon VOADEN juniors Ontario Paper Co., bring our into the clubs -- give Thorold, Ont. them more of a challenge by asking them what Librariaa they want in the clubs -- do the things that 13n~Eh.cr,~s+r will Interest them, lLke providing mental Box 4, Waterloo, Ont. lines of tlHow can we Audio-VisuaE Smice Coin Collecting?" or C~ras.R. LMSTER say it it necess- KO.3 Highway - 5s Tillsonburg, Ont. Chairnanlz of Display Cases us call thjs, not WALTERHOLST but the "Challenging 4 Maple Court \Vaterloo, Ont. .l1 Come to Ni ag a~ a Falls and add Phone: 576-7831 to the above, Spea kds Circuit Service KEN PROPHET CFMTC CFB BOBDEN. n Rorclen, Ont. Editor W.E. PATLAMBERT 51 Emmett Road St. Catharines, Ont. Page 32 I S(]ME NOTES ON Tm COINAGE OF EflITISK ~~IA I ~illiaN, Clmlce, London Numismatic Society. 1 he coinage of India .can best be didldea into four main categoy- I ies :- The Native Coinage, 'Coinage of the East India Co., Imperial I - I Coinage and the Coinage of the Republic of India. To thf 4 list may be added the coinages of the Dutch, French and Portugese settlements I in Indla, Tkis paper deals with the coinage of The East India Gompw and the Imperial Coinage to 1901. The first established trading company received its charter in 1600 from Elizabeth 1 Inder the title !'The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies* This Company traded throughout the whole East Indies but by 1624 was forced out of the islands by the Dutch trading companies and establi- shed itself on mainland India. During the Civil War period (1649 - 1660), in England, the protection offered by the Charter was lost and notice was given by the East India Company that they would withdraw from Indian trade, This resulted in a new charter being g~antedby Cromwell in 1657, wklch guaranteed the rights of the company under the original charter of 1600. A further blow to the Me~char"; of London carne in 1698, when William 111 granted a duplicate trade monopoly to the "English Compwy Trading to the East LndS_es". The resulting rivalry could, of course, have only one reasonable solution and in 1702, a provisional agreement was reached followed by union of the two companies in 1709, The United East India Company followed a course of complete cont~olover Indian affairs, From the Bdtle of Plassey 1757, and Buxor 1763) the Company controlled all - finances and revenues as well as judic~dpowers over the Bengal Behar and Orissa districts, the most populous and richest in ~ndla. By this time, the Company also had its own army and na and wielded tremendous power until the Indian Mutiny of 137. In 13 58, when peace was restored, the East India Company ceased to exist and all its powers were surrendered to the Crown, The country remained a Crown colony until lf'77 when Victoria was procldmed Ehpress of India. The first coinage of this period was struck in 1600-01 a set of four coins valued at 1 dollar, 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 dollars. hese 'tPo~tcullisMoneyti named for the design on the reverse were to be struck from silver to the value of' ,€6000 per voyage by the Campany and were also to compete with the Spanish Dollar as a trade piece, How- ever, the coins were not well received and the Company was able to avoid its obligation to coin flzrthe~issues of these pieces, The next attempt to coin money for trade was made in 1671 for the Bombay district. This and succeeding issues were we11 received and the Company contimed to strike coins for use in India. ******** ******** ******** *****SF** ******** TEE ONTIIhRIO NUmISMATIST IS PUBLISHED MONTmY BY THE ONTARLO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIA'IIION, The publication may be obtained with membership in one of the foLlowing categories :- Life Member ships - $53, Regma Member- ship - 83. yearly, Juniors - $2. yearly, (up to 18 years of age), Husband and Wife - $5, yearly, (one journal), Club - $10. yearly. ,--. Special 0. N. A. Sterling Silver Lapel Pins (Screw back or pin back) only $2,50, Remittances are payable to the Ontmia Numismatic Association9 P.0, Box 33, WatePloo, Ontario, Page 33 I ~mingthe late 1700 1 s, the great coinel Matthew Boat0% along James Watt, harnessed steam power to their coining Presses at with us mint in fli~loperation Boaton was able to /---- Birmingham. complete an prder for 100 tons of copper coins for the West India I Company, Bengal district. I Further issues of the Company for the Bombw Presidency 1794-1833 9 Bengal P~esidencyl.791-1853 and the Madras Presidency from 1758-1835 further illustrat6s the powers held by the East India Company. The first actual coinage for all India was issued in 1835. This handsome issue has the bare head of Ung William IV on the obverse, while the reverse legend includes the words East India Company - date and value. This issue stands out as an interesting exmple of the conibination of public administration and private enterprise. All coins A of this reign and issue are dated 1835~ although they were struck until 1840. The next issue, perhaps better described as a double issue is that of Queen Victoria dated 1840/41. The first of these two coinages was the work of the native on- graver Kasinath Dass. This type is known as the continuous legend type as the legend l'Victorla Queen" continues across the top of the coin on the obverse. It was not until 1849 that dies were received from &gland pre- pared by William Wyon, chief engraver at the Royal Mint with the type two or divided legend coins -- all dated 1840. This issue also includes some major varieties of irnportance: On the type 1 issues of the Madras Writ, the letter UStappears '--. on the truncation. This is the InLtial of the mint roaster Major J,T, Smith who was master dwing the complete ooinage of this series, 18~/&1to 1850/51, all dated 1840/41. (Note - the silver ru ees, half rupees and quarter rupee pieces were first issued in 18L and the quarter rupee or two mapiece was added to the series in 18413. The 1835 coinage of William IV struck at the Calcukta Mint has the initials R,S, and F, on the Truncation, These are the initLals of Robert Saunders, mint master from 1826 to 1836 and Captain, later Lt. Col. William Nairn Forbes R.E., master from 1836 to 1855. The type two 1840 issue has the initials W,W, on the truncation, the initials of William Wyon of the Royal Mint, However, the coins struck at the Madras Mint have the initids W.W. and IS' and W.W. and '33' for Major J. T. Smith and his successor Major J. H. Bell, No new issues were struck until 1862, by which time the 1840 dated coins had Tun into several millions of pieces. FoZZowing the closure of the East India Company in 1858 and under the Gothic revival in coin design in England, it was decided to strike a complctel. new issue for India, Patterns for the new coinage were struck in 1% 1 and with little change, the regular issue was struck dated 1862, Tlhc legend On this issue reads simply Victoria Queen. In 1862, the three former East India Co. Mnts at Bombays Calcutta and Madras were still in operation and were put into sewice to strike the new coins. The complete issue consists of: Gold, L Mohur, 10 rupees and 5 rupees; Silver, one, hdf and quates rupees and two anna; T-, Copper, half and quarter mas, half pice and onemWt;welf-t;hmas, The Madras Mint was closed in 1867 afte~striking more than 25 million pteces. Although this number is quite impressive, it does not compme with the total number af 1E62 coins struck at Bombay and Pxe 24 CdLcutta, being about 408 and 270 million rupees respectively. This - issue was struck with the 1862 date until 1874, when the date was changed. In 1y77, the title Empress of India was bestowed upon Victoria, mainly at the insistence of the colourfvl statesman Benj amin Disr aeli, a service for which, as well as other political feats such as the Suez Cand purchase he was created Earl of Boaconsfield. This issue is identical ?o the 1862-74 issue except that the obvorse legend now reads Victoria Emp~ess. This design was the last of the reign zsnd was issued until the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, On collecting Indian coins. 1. I believe 5% would be advisable to collect by type only* 2. Indian coins are not generally scarce, particularly in the poorer conditions . 3. It would be advisable to obtain the best specimens possible. I have Found that the coins of India include some of the nost beautifully de sianed- and executed coins available to-day . 4. Even though there were very large quantities of coins made, it is difficult to obtain specimens, particularly in the minor copper issues, in very fine to uncirculated condition. As most of the series was struck in India, very few specimens were put aside by officials or government personnel, nearly all were re- leased for circulation. YE ED'S NOTE - Om thanks again to Mr. William Clarke for a very inte~estingarticle. MY, Clarke contributes regularly to these pages and we are very grateful to him for these excellent articles, T hanlcs, Bill, ******** ******** ******** ******** ******+* of Interesting information- The earliest incidents of exchange barter took place between tribes rather than individuals, Sea Tortoise Shells, among the most valuable of ancient Chinese monies, were available only in Cochin, China and Annan. Bands tribesnen of the Congo carry the shells they use for cmrency in a circula f"pursew made from reods, HAMILTON COIN CLUB The last meeting- featured a slide show of Austral- ian coins eon the C,X,A. library. Also J.A, Peddie, F.R.N,S, gave an interesting talk and display on Scottish Bank Notes. Also me O.N.A, President, Chas, B, Laister, spoke briefly on the present and future activities of the Association, HlJRONIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCZA~ION At the last meting Bill Cage gave an interesting Glimpse at Cape B~eton, History is where you find it and no place is more steeped in history than the Island of Cape 'Breton, P. It is an old is1,md dating back many years when life centered around. the Fort at Louisbwg, It was to this island that a young man sajled to from Jersey in the Ch,mel Islands. John Robin arrived on Cape Breton and settled at kicha-t; in 1764 and them established his fishing and genera merchandise firm, Two years Inter Usbrather, Charles Pwe 35 arrived at Arichat. The patent to their land is dated 1787. Soon the fIrn proy~eredand they began to branch out, first to Cheticaop and thcn to Gaspe. The firm still stands today mute testimony to the hard work and planning of these brothers whose foresight in thei land helped to shape the future of the Island. In passing, this firm handled money from every point of the compass whether it be Spanish doubloons, English copper and silver or West Indian dollars. LONDON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY At the last meeting the speaker was Tom ' Masters who gave a. talk on Philadelphia and the Liberty Bell on U.S. coins ~5tha display and slides. Brochures from the Wellings Mint were also displayed: NIAGARA FALLS COIN CLUB At the last meeting the slides on the Cana- dim five cent silver series nera shown by-pat Lambert, and were enjoyed by dl. A lively auction concluded the meting. ORILLJA CEIAMPLAIN COIN CLUB At the last meeting plans went forward for the b:',g Coin, Stamp and Antique show coming up and it was stated that some tables were already sold. Mr. Elwood MccJlaughlin showed slides entltled ltClose Ups of Wild FlowersT~which were much enjoyed. STRATFOFUI COIN CLUB The executive for the next two years are as follows:-Pres. - Ken Wimot, Vice-Pres.-John Partridgo, Sec.-Ted Thorup, - Tress.-Jim Ellison,Editors-Gerri and Bryan Njlscon. All the best to these-people in thh future of the club. SARKCA COIN CLUB Thc special guest at the Last meetLng was AZ, Berniston .Prom Chathm. The program committee for 1972 are:- && Robertson, Jim Anderson and Gert~udeScott. hrangenents are being made for %he Banquet on May 3rd. +ST. CATHARINE$ COIN CLUB The last meeting was held on Sunday March 20th with 67 members and 7 guests present. Due to the unfor~unate cancellation of a visit by Don Thomas it was necessmy to re-arrange the program which was ably filled by an interesting talk on "Campdgn MedzlJ-~~~by Victor Pottep who is an enthusiastic club me~ber, Victor SnelZ gave a brief outline of the forthcoMng C.N.A. Show in August and Pat Lambert gave final details on the O,N,A, Convention Zn Niagsa Falls. A lively auction by Lloyd Dorsey and Goupany closed the mceting, THISTLETOWN COIN CLUB Are ei~htyears this year and me celebrating this happy event, ~nterestifigt-dks were given at the last meeting by Stan Ella on '~Counterfei'cingf~and Howmd DeGeer cme UP with some intriguing facts concerning his family tree and the connection with medals issued in comernor ation of the f9rst landed pllgrims to North herica, -, ******** ******** ******** ******SF* *****IF**. 'ID mQ! ~n many instaoes the names of coins were originally the names of weights, or were derived directly from the names of weights, . such as the talent, crigindly a Babylonian weight, Pwe 36 I PROPOSED COIN SHmS, Listed below are the proposed coin club annual show dates and banquets. I Please check to see if any of these daCes will conflict with you club k propposed dates. April 8 - Thistletown Coin Club mud. show and bourse in the fibion Hall, east end rotunda, 11.00 a.m. to 8.00 P.m. Details re bourse, etc., to Norm Bolsten, 37 Neanes Crescent, Downsview, Ontario, April 8 - Woodstock Cpin Club klrlud Show In Old St. Pa's Paish Hall, Dundas St., with banquet at 6.30 p.m. Information Te bourse - P.0, Box 631 Woodstock and re display - Bert Cmter,P.O. Box 159, lnnerkip, Ontario. April 16 -Kent Club 4th Annual Show at tho Holiday Inn, mghw~2 and Keil Road, Chatham, kt. 10.00 &m. to 6.00 Details re bourse, etc. to Jack Sands, 14 Gregory Dr.East, Chathan. Apr. 22- O.N.A. 10th Annu,fl Convention at Sheraton Brock Hotel, 23 Niaeara Falls. Details re bourse, etc. to Chairman - Me1 Fiske, 7795 Beaverdams Rd., Niagara Falls, or Howard X11, 1 Hves St., St,. Catharines. Acconnodations - Mrs. Marg@ Smith, 5138 Willmot St., Niagara Fdls, Ont. ~ay3 Sania Nunismatic Society hmal Banquet in Paterson Menor- - id Hall, Russell St., Sania. No further detzdls available. May 13 - St. Thomas Annual Coin Show md Banquet in Grace United Church Auditorium, Details re bourse, etc, to St. Thomas Ntmisnatic Association, P.O. Box 187, St. Thomas, Ontario. Ma 13 - OriZlia Champlain Coin Club Annual Show In the Orange Hall, Mississaga St. West, Orillia, Details re bourse, otc, to Hamy Booth? 270 Nottawascrga St., OriZZia. May 27 - Peterborough Numismatic Society Annual Coin Show at the Orange Halt 184 Bxack St., Peterborough, htario. Details rc bourse and displays to lh. Paul Johnson, 375 Rogers St,, Peterborough, Ontario. June b - Welland Coin Club Coin Show from 1.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m, Details next bulletin. June 12 -Stratford Coin Club Dinner Meetjng with Guest speaker, Details later, Aug, 5-6- Joint C,N,A.-C,P.M.S. Convention at tho Holiday Inn, Civic Square, Toronto, OntarLo, Details re bourse to Jack Veffler, P. 0. Box 7, Station "Sit., Toronto, General Chairmar - Victor Snell, P,O. Box 2186, Station "Dlt., St, Catharlnes. Oct. 1 - Kitchcner Coin Club Arulujl. Show at the Holiday Inn Fairway Road ICitchener. Details re bourse, etc., to Ted !Curonski, 111 Lancaster St. 2,ICitchener, Ontario. Oct, 21 - St, Catharines Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet Sn West- minster United Church Parish Hall9 Queenston St,, St, Catharines. Details later. Oct, 21 -Sank Bluewater IntcrnationdL Coin Show at The VillLage, 7% No Christine St., Sarnia. Detjlls re bourse to Norm.. Scott, Box 89, Corunna, Exhibits - Robert Sargent, 1212 Bancock St,, Port Hwon, Mich, and General Chairman Lo Car3 Williamson, 931. Greendale St. Sarnia, Ont. Page 37 Oct. 22 - Stratford Coin Club Annual Show and Auction with eight (7 bourse dealers land a 100 lot auction, Detafls re the above to Stratford Coin Club, P. 0. Box 262, Stratford, ht. Oct. 29 - Tillsonburg Nunisnatic Society Annual Coin and htigue Show in the Or age Hall, Brock Street, Tills~nQWg,Ont= Details re bourse to Chas, B. Laist~r,No* 3 aghwa~, Tillsonburg, Gsner d Chairman - George Re~naert, 41 Park Avenue, Delhi. JULY 15-16- City of Ottawa Coin Club bth Annud Show in the Chateau Laurier Hotel. Detdls re bourse, displ~s,etc, to P. 0. Box 6094, Station "J", Ottawa K2A IT2. ******** ******** **sgc***** ******** ******** TIi@ CANADIAN FIVE CENT PIECE - 1943 By Lloyd T, Smith. The "VV Victory reverse design on the reverse of tho 1343 five cent piece was int~oducedwith, the aim of mr'chering the wa effort, They were made of To~.~bac(88% copper, 12% zinc) md were twelve. sided as were the 1942 tor;lbac five cent coins, The obverse is the sme as thc 1942 issue, except that rim denticles were added. The torch V on the reverse synbolizc sac* riflce and victory, Instead of ri~den'ticles like the obverse, a dot-dash pattern forms the inner rim, The dot-dash pattern forms the Lnternatiorral Code message, "WE WIN WmN WE WaRK WILLINGLY,tQtarting below tho llN1l in CENTS, The designer was the Royal Canadian Mlnt s -, chief engraver, Thomas Shingles (TS at .tight of tth torch), who cut the master matrix entirely by hand -- a feat few present-day engrav- ers can ~ccomplish, This issue nay be considered a tribute Lo Samuel B, Morse, the inventor of the Morsc Code and tho talegraph system (18433. The tombac five cent of 1943 was issued just 100 yeas nftcr Mr. Sm~el B, Morss was granted a patent on his invention. The message an the coins is in the Sntcrnationd or Continentd Code though and not the Morse Code. This is dsp the first die made entirely at the Roy& Canadian Mint In Ottawa. It is interesting that the 12-sided position differs from the English 12-sided threepence coins by a 15 degree turn. The tonbac alloy was replaced with chroniunaplated steel in 1944-45 because the copper and zinc were needod for the wm effort. (Thmks to the London Nmismatic Society Wletin) LATE COIN NEWS -NCsRTH YORlC COIN CLUB The last neoting fcatured the twclf th amiveraary of the club and was higaighted by a display by Michael Ziglcx on banhnotes of the People s Republic of China and Fred Jewett s talk on the Fenian Raid period in Canadian history accompanieZl by Q, display of sevefal British "Fenian Raidlf service medals, and Mr, R. Strong gave ,? a very informative talk on the early Fkench regime and its effoc* on Canadian nutrjsmatics. It was also announced that the bourse and show held recently was a great success, m 1964, 72-25 per cent of coins produced In Canada were cents. Page 38 Will You Invite?..,.,. ,- As a nation we have always been noted for our hospitdity-- and I see no reason to note any change in one of the nicer of ow trzdi- tional tr,dts -- which brings ne to the point of these musings -- Each year it appears to get nore and more difficult to find one of our clubs who is prepared to give us a old-fashioned "InviteTtfor next ye,* ! s Convention -- We ask executives and members to mull over these thoughts and see if you feel you are prepared to host the O.N.A, Convention in 1973 -- Then sit down md surprise us 7 lqe me w,aiting to be s~p~iscda-All wo can p~omiseis that you will have . lots of work, details galore, etc. -- But in the final analysis -- The personal satisfaction of seeing a successful show and even naking a few dollars into tho bargdn -- Letts hem from you, huh? ? ******** ****+*** ******** ******** ******** rn MEMBERS Applications published in the March issuc of' the Ontario Nunismatist have now been accepted, Applications for membership will be publf shed in the May issue of the Bullc tin, ******** ********** ******EL** f ******* ****** THIS 'N THAT As our 10th Convention draws nearer I was kind of cogit- ating on how many of the club delegates dl1 turn up to the ~elegates' Meeting -- a very irL1portant pat of ,my convention -- paticuZarly when there me so many itcrns which we should be discussing; for inst- -ance - Why me so nmy club members apathetic when it cones to club activities and work to be done? One of the hwdest things is to get work~rswho will do 'things for their club and tho hobby -- This Ls only of the pressing problems which should be discussed at our gencrcd meeting -- we should bc getting to the itty gritty on the big question of a Judging Systen which is acceptable to d1 clubs and dl exMbitors -- here ,?re 3QJJf2problens which require careful consldera- tion by om delegates and the rnernbcrship of the O.N.A. -- we trust that this ycm will see lots of dclcgntes with plenty of hints that dll. stirnuLatc this ycarls meeting and lead to a better Association who will be noted for bojng a pregressive one, willing to liston to those who cane to give thc benefit of their experience for the better- ment of their hobby --Finally, I want to express the sincere thanks of the execut2ve of tha 0, N, A. to sorneonc who has worked hwd, and contributed mch in a personal and a business capacity to publicizing this ycmrs convention, I mean th~grand effort of Don Thomas, the publisher of Coin, Stmp md Antique News, who has, to say the least, done a terrific job in pronoting this Conv~ntion-- The hundreds of rcaders of his excelLcnt paper will have no doubt as to where, when and whzt is going to hsppen on April 22nd-23 at Niagara Falls; Don, I trust you will accept thses thoughts as our token of gratitude for a swell job of promotion at its highest level -- Looking forwad to seeing many of you folks at the Convention, so long for now, - 30 - Ye Ed. I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 1961 WATERLOO, ONTARIO 1971 - 197'3 n Volume XI. May 1972 Page 41 0. N. A. OFFICERS Past Presidents R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-65) BRITISH CAMPAIGNS AND MEDALS L. T. SMITH (1965-67) , ( Hints for Beginners, Part 2) W. ENGLISH (1967-69) By V. G. Potter D. FLICK (1969-71) In a previous article I described President how to start a collection of medals, and CHAS. B. LAISTER what pitfalls to avoid. First Vice-President W. E. PAT LAMBERT In order to fully enjoy a medal Second Vice-President collection, it is necessary to have as I~NPROPHET nuch information as possibl~on the part- Secretary icular series of nedals or canpaigns in TEDTURANSKI which you are interested. Treasurer and Membership BRUCEH. RASZMANN This brings forward the question of Mailing Address books; these are indispensible to any Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario serious collector, whether of coins , stanps or modals. Unfortunately many DIRECTORS collectors with hundreds of dollars worth Area 1 Howard Whitfield Area 2 Mel Fiske of material have hardly any worthwhile I Area 3 J. Edward Stahley books on their hobby. Area 4 Jack Craig Area 5 Wrn. R. Gage For a collector of British medals, I Area 6 Jaclt C. Dietrich Frank Lieshout would recommend the following excellent ' Area 7 Charles Miller books: "British Battles and Medals" by Area 8 Paul L. Sullivan Area 9 John McKay-Clements Major L.L. Go~don, "RibSons and Medalstt by Area 10 Elliott Jephson Dorling and Guille and "The Standard Historian Catalogue of British Orders, Decor ations WALTERGRIGGS and Medalst1 by E. C. Joslin. For collec- Publicity BOB VOADEN tors of nedals to Canadians, I would highly Ontario Paper Co., recornend ''War Medals and Decorations of Thorold, Ont. Canada1 by Ross id. Irwin. Librarian B~LENGLISH Major Gordonts book is the standard Box 4, Waterloo, Ont. work for canpaign medals as it lists d.1 Audio-Visual Service reginents which were entitled to any part- CI-IAS. B. LAISTER icular nedal or bar, plus type of official No. 3 Highway Tillsonburg, Ont. naming, and a resume of the cmpaign. Is Chivalry, Clzmirman of Display Cases Dorling books also g&ve Orders of WALTERHOLST Decorations, Long Service Medals and For- 4 Maple Court eign awards, For the collector of medals of Waterloo, Ont. a particular series, such as the Military Phone: 576-7831 General Service Medal 1733 - 1814 a medal Speaker's Circuit Service roll is invaluable. This is a list contain- KEN PROPHET CFMTC CFB BORDEN, ing the name of every person awarded the Borden, Ont. medal and which bars he received. !€he list Editor is made up by regiment, so that to check a Mr. E. PATLAMBERT medal, all that is required is to look up 5 7 Emmett Road the regiment and check in the alphabetically St. Catharines, Ont. arranged list for the name and ini.tials. Page .42 Sone regiments have rolls containing nmes of the nenbers who re- ceived raedals for any of the caupaigns the regiment served in, This is of great value to the person who collects to one regiment only, For those who are interested in the details of the cmpaigns and battles, there is now available a reprint of !'War Medals of the British Ar~y16 50 - 183111 by T. Carter W. H. Long, Also of value are regimental histories, mylists, orders and dispatches. Once one has decided to collect nedals, it is inportant to have a reliable source of supply; as there cefar fewer dealers In nedals than there are for stmps and coins, I have added a list of dealers that I have dealt with and can recornend, (See Later on). Another sor;r ce of supply is a medal club, as members of ten have itens for trade or sale. In addition the beginner will receive much help and advice on the hobby from raore experienced collectors, Some col3ectors are only interested in single nedals, whilst others prefer groups, The advantages and disadvantages of the above are as follows: a single nedal is ideal if the collection is the type where one example of each nedal or bm is required and where the extra ~edalsin a group are redundant. Few collectors like to break up a group as this spoils the nan's record of service. To the collector who likes to study the person who won the awards the group is nore interesting. Typical groups, in my collection, which have interesting stories are, 5 to Captain E. Atkin, O.B.E., ROAD These are office oftthe Order of the British Ehpire, Queens South Africa with 6 bars CSgt.). British War & Victory raedals (Capt,) & Long Service & Good Conduct (C.S.M.) . E, Atkin joined the Royal Artillery at. 14 years of age, Pronoted by Lord Kitchener from Corporal to Sergeant for bravery in 1901, promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in-1915 and captain in 1917 ad awarded the 0.B.E. in 1913 for his services in World War 1. Another group is of 5 to Colonel A.H.S. Goff, C.M,G., R,A. This consists of the Queens South Africa Medal with 3 bars, (Major), the 1914 Star and Bar (Lt. Col.), British War Medal & Victory nedal (Col.) and Queen Victoria's Jubilee nedal of 1897 apt,) . Col. Goff served with the llContenptible Little Array1! of 1914 and was under fire in the early battles of World War 1, He was the owner of StanderwichCourt and was entitled to bear the Coat of Arras of "Goff of Hale Parkt HantslT. T>.sse arns were taken from the f anily in 1660 and not restor- ed until 1820. Col. Goff was a direct descendent of Maj . Gen, Willian Goffe who served under Cromwell and was one of the trial judges of King Charles 1 and who signed his death warrant and it was for this reason that the Coat of Arns was forfeit. THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is published nonthly by the Ontario Nunismatic Bssociation. The publication nay be obtained with nenbership in one of the following categories :- Life Menber ship - $9., Regular Meraber- ship - $3. yearly Juniors - $2, early (up to 18 years of age), bsband and Wife {one journal) - $5. yearly, Club - $10. yearly. Special O.N.A. Sterling Silver Lapel Pins (Screw back or pin back) only $2.50, Reraittance is payable to tho ?.ta~io Nunismatic Association, P, 0. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario, Page 43 Groups of nedals are often cheaper than the equivalent nedals singly. This is because the nore cowmon medals are thrown in by the dealer as they would not sell so readily by themselves. Therefore, when buying a group for a couple of interesting lredals it is neces- sary to take comon medals which one nay already have, Whenever I purchase a nedd I always clean (not polish) it with soapy water or silver dip, and put a clean rabbon on it. A dirty or tarnished nedd with an old ribbon looks unsightly and very few old soldiers would be seen dead vith their medals in such condition, When medals are mounted in groups it is important to place -then in the correct sequence, Generally this is Orders, Decorations, Medals for Bravo:-7, Campaign medals in date order, come~orative nedals (such as coronations), long service nedals and foreign awards. Most dealers in nedals can supply new ribbons at about .log per inch; 5 inches being needed for each nedal. Dealers in nedals "are:-' A. Hi Baldwin and sons Itdo, 11 Adelphi Terrace, London S.W,I., England, J. B, Hayward, 17 Piccadilly Arcade, London, S.W.I., Eragland, . Canada Coin Exchange (Re Drmond, Medal ~ept.)Room 101, 1121 St. Catherine St. West, Montreal 110, P,Q, Musket & Dubloon (Ed, Denby), 1206 Yonge St., Toronto, Ont. Dealers in Military Medals:- Les, Johnson, (New books), 9 Ull Place, Stoney Creek, Ont. Frances Edwards (Old & New Books), 83 Manglebone High St. , London W IM~AL, England. There are many raore dealers who hold good stocks of nedals and books, and I apologize for not mentioning raore of then. However, to the beginner I would repeat ny suggestion that you check with other col- lectors before spending large anpunts with any particular dealer) as there are one or two shady characters in this, as in any other field of collectin. NEWS AROUND THE COIN CLUBS. BRANTFORD li'ISMATIC SOCIETY - At the last nee tin^ the 0. NoA,. Audio- Visual slides on "Warnpuns to Decinalsft was enjpiod- py.d.1. One of the itens of interest brought up at the meeting was a set of 12 coloured postcards received by the editor depicting the rare Russian coins of the Hernitage Collection, printed in the Soviet Union. Also the latest discovery on Canadian Coins are the 1965 issue. The four digits have been found I'Bluntfl and are very scarce. CENTRAZ, COIN CLUB 92 rne~ibersa%-'-ended the last meeting. The outstand- ing event of the nleeting was the presentation by Frank Rose to the club 3f a silver Torex nedal and a cheque for $200.00 and thanked the club for helping to nake Torex such a success. Then Frank Licshout presented Mr. Rose with a life membership in the club. CHAMPLAIN COIN CLUB At the last neetina it was announced that the Editor is a menber of the Sick childrenTs Hospital Chapter of the Canadian Kidney Foundation and that the Chapter is bying to buy an artificial kidney which costs $3,589.00, Doninion Stores are going to I purchase the kidney if enough cash register tapes can be brought in. This is the w_>ythe club ne~berscan help by saving their sales slips, So let's see them, HAMTLT ON C 01 N CLUB Ak the last meeting Bruce Brace gave an illustra- ted talk on how to exhibit using his own handiwork as an excmple, Also Hms Ra,).=dius showed some interesting 1935 $25.00 notes and Bill Lave11 patterns for Confsderation medals, Prizes were won by Eugene Culp with Canadian Explorers Medallions and Lindsay McLenncm with Asterick Notes. It was announced that the C,anadian Association of Token Collectors was inaugurated in Kitchener. with John Shaw as Pres- ident. HlJRONIA ,NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION At the last meeting the idea of a nini- show was introduced and exhibits were judged as in a large show with ribbons going to the winners. Discussions were held on the annual show to be held in Septenber and plans for this were started, INGERSOLL COIN CLUB At tho last neeting attended by 35 members and guests Alan Macnab gave a very interesting talk on NPaper Money of the Ingersoll Banks and the Bank of CanadaIt. His talk was mcorapanc ied by a display of sone paper noney, The annual Du%ch auction for the Easter Seal Fund was held and realized $45.00 for the Fund, KITCHErn COIPJ CLUB_ The last raeeting was called the "Albert Fuller Day". Albert is a charter ne~iberof the club and does much to promote nmismatics with the displays he shows around the country and so a presentation was r-lade to hin in appreciation for his work. NORTH SIORK COIN CLUB At the last neeting Michael Zigler displayed a collection of bank notes of the Peoples1 Republic of China and Mr. Fked Jewett spoke on the Fenian Raid period in Canadian history and showed several British "Fenian Rc2idtt service medals. Mr. Strong gave a very informative talk on the early French Regine and its effect on Canadian Nurnisnatics. It was also announced that the recent show and bourse was a great success. CITY OF OTTAWA COIN CLUB At the last neetinrr a visitor, Mr. Boles. fron the Canadian Tine & Leisure Consultants, sGoke on thetpeople whoJbring their problcns to then to be solved and how they try to help then to spend their leisure wisely. Two itens were discussed and then left for a further necting& Whcthcr a person should be made a life nernber after 18 years in the club and whether there should be star-ps at the annual show. These things will be decided later, PETERBOROUGH NUMISMATIC SOCIETY At the last nceting there was a slide presentation fron the 0. No A. on the IfCanadian Voyageur Dollarff whlch was ~uchenjoyed. Plans for the annual show May 27th were finalized and we are looking forward to a good event. There were three new nen- bers added to our club and now we have a wenbership of 40. PORT CREDIT COIN CLUB The last neeting featured a talk by Mr, Stanley Clute on the "How and Why of collecting Ancient CoinsIt. - Also plans ?or the annual strawberry festival on May 23rd were discussed. ST. CATKARINES COIN CLUB The last neeting was proclained "Special Junior Achievenent Dayff rand was led by a Junior, Miss Dianne Kosiba who introduced the guest speaker, also a junior, Jan Nielson, Jan told how he first becar-le interested in coins with the help of a few of the senior ner~bers, The speaker was thanked by another Junior, David Voaden, after which the neeting was again turned over to the senior nenbers. ST. THOMAS NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION The special feature of the last neeting was a talk by Howard dhitfield on stanp cbllecting, The ncet- ing also featured a lively coin auction and this showed how both hobbies can be corrbined. TILLSOrnURG NUMISMATIC SOCIETY At the last neeting the game, "What s My CoinIf was played. There was a panel of 4 and they tried - to guess what coin another menber had in three questions eah. After the panel either guess the identity of the coin or have to be told the owner gives a short talk on it, its history, etc. The word went out that we need an auctioneer for our show Oct. 29th. WATERLOO COIN SOCIETY At the last neetina a talk was given bs Dr. Robert McAlpine on coins and currency f?on the and- own ~hder,the Kangaroo, the XodaBeazl and the Boomerang, none other than Australia. His talk was illustrated by a dis~lavof coins he brought back fron his******* trig. This talk******** was veGy intoreitin*******$ and ~as*$~$$yi$by all,******** TOREX '72 Torex and the Central Coin Club Convention was a great success with aver 4,000 people attending and it was hailed as one of the nost successful shows in r.lany years. The winners were as follows :- Best of Show - R. Marcetti, UoS0A., First - Jin Hayes, Georgetown, Second - Wdter RllLm, Oakville, Third - W, Kow'iLsky Toronto, First Hon. Mention - R. Irwin, Second - Paul Johnson, ~hird- Ton Waller, Fourth - P. Melligm, Fifth - H. Rapcdius. The winners in the Juor class were: First - T. Banning, Second - Christine Kosiba, Third - Diane Kosiba and Fourth - Gary Miller. The judges for the show were Head Judge - Bill English, Dr. Wilkinson, Pat Lmbert, Don Flick, and Bill McDonald. Congratulations on a good show. All the best for next year. ******** ******** ******** ******** ******* NORTH PORK COIN SHCrd The 1972 North York Coin Club Show and Bourse was a definite success. The dealers in attendance seened very satisfied and two inquiries about bourse trbl . for 1973 have already been received, The Club s White dlephant Table was very capably r~an~agedby Mrs. Louise Grahau and Mrs. Lucille Colson with r~uchhelp fron Mr. Gordon Vanson, Disa plays ranged fron Canadian Coins and railway tokens to Japanese and Ronain coins. Good luck on next year, North York. I an sure that no quarrel Would last very long If one side were dead right And the other dead wrong. Pa~e4-6 PROPOSED COIN SHmS Listed below aethe proposed coin club annual show ddes and bmquets, Please check to see if any of these dates will conflict with your club s proposed dates. May 13 - St. Tho~asAnnual Coin Show and Banquet in Grace United Church Auditorim. Det,ails re bourse, etc., to St. Thonas Nunisnatic Association, Po0. BOX 187, St.Thonas9 Onto May 13 - Orillia Chmplain Coin Club Annual Show in the Orage Hall, Mississaga St, West, Orillia. Details re bourse, etc., to Hary Booth, 270 Nottawasaga St., Orillia. Mw 27 - Peterborough Nuniswatic Society Annual Coin Show at the Orange Hall, 184 Brock St., Peterboroughs Ontario. De- tails re bourse ad displays to Mr. Pard. Johnson, 375 Rogers St., Peterborough, Ontario. June 4 - Welland Coin Club Show fron 1.00 p.m. to 6.00 pan. at the Princess ECizabeth School, Scholfield Street, four blocks east of Atlas Steel Pl,mt, Main St., turn right. Enquir- ies as to bourse ($10.00), exhibits, etc., to Howard Eill, 1 Hayes Strect, St. Cathaines, Ont. June 12 - Stratford Coin Club Dinner Meeting. No further details, Aug. 5-6- Joint C. 1V. A.-2. P.M. So Convention at the Holiday Inn, Civic Square, Toronto, Ontario, Details re bourse to Jack Veffler, P. 0. Box 7, Station Itsn., Toronto. General Chairnan - Victor Snell, P, 0. Box 21g6, Station "BM,, St. Catharines, Ontario. July 15-16-City of Ottawa Coin Club 4th Annual Show in the Chateau Laurier Hotel, Details re bourse, displays, etc., to "J1I P.O. Box 6094, Station O 9 Ottawa K2A ITa. Sep, 17 - London Nunisnatic Society Coin Show at the Carousel Motor Hotel, Wellington Road South near Highww 401, London. Infornation re bourse, displays, etc:, to Lloyd T. Smith, 123 Arundle Street, London 41, Ontarlo. Sep. 23 - Huronia Nur~iswaticAssociation hual Show and Banquet. Details re bourse, etc,, in next bulletin. Oct, 1 - Sarnia Blucwater International Coin Show at the Vill~ge, 751 N. Christine St., Swnia. Details re bourse to Norn. Scott, Box 89, Corunna, Exhibits - Robert Sargent, 1212 Hanoock St., Port Iluron, Michig,m, and General Chairnan - Carl Williw~son,931 Greendale St., Sarnia, Ont. Oct, 1 - Kitchener Coin Club Annud Show and Banquet at the Holiday Im, Fdrway Road, Kitchencr. Details re bourse, etc., to Ted Turonski, 111 L,mcaster St. East, Utchener, Ont, Oct. 21 - St. Catharines Coin Club Annurd Show and Banquet in West- lninster United Church Parish Hall, Queenston St., St. Catharines. Details later. Oct. 22 - Stratford Coin Club AnnuLil Show and Auction with eight bourse dealers and a 100 lot auction. Details re the above to Stratford Coin Club, P.O. Box 262, Stratford, Ont, Oct, 29 - Tillsonburg Nw~isuaticSociet3 Annual Coin and Antique Show in the Orange Hall, Brock St, Details re bourse to Ckas B, Laister, NO. 3 Hi hway, Tillsonburg. General Chairnai - George Reynaert, kl Park Avenue, Delhi, Ont. Page 47 C ONVENTI ON 72 At 8,30 last Sunday night a very tired but hzppy ChdLrr~an,and Co- chasirnm of your convention cornittee sat down over, I think, a well deserved and thoroughly earned drink to one of the nost successful conventions in the history of the O.N,A, If we sound a little rambl- ing please bear with us because we &ill have not gotten over the culnination of four nonths hard work....To l~entionbut a few of. the highlights, no convention in our recollection, has ever seated 40 bourse de,iler s, many of whora when questioned about I1How was busines~~~ replied, "Good, Fine, Very Good,ctc.~but nowhere did we he,m any de THIS tN THAT Well another convention has cone and gone which has been fully cmered elsewhere --- However, I would like to draw your attention to one inport,ant iten of all conventions, the date --- A rathor unfortunate state of ,aff ,airs has happened with the forthcon- ing show at Kitchener md Sarnia --- It would appear that Ye Ed nixed up the dates of these two shows as being one on the 1st of October and one on the 21st of October, and, although I have sezrchcd ny old March notes, it would appc~ulI have destroyed the notification fron Norn Scott ---I hereby apologize to YOU, Norn, ,and of course you will note the error has becn rectified in this current issue and I do hope you will overlook an honest nistake. --- Carrying this point of dates one step f'urther, I would suggest those clubs which habitually clash yc,m in md yew out wight find it adv,mtageous to contact the club they clash with md request their forthconing show date for the curr- ent yea --This is just a suggestion to perhaps elininate incidences of this kind and while we do our best to be as accurate as possiblie this scrvice is at rzost only a guide to forthcoping showsand not a setting down of dates --- I note, passing that thcre has not been any sort of response to ny short article ahpearing on page 38 of the April i3ullctin9 no club has cone up with an old-fashioned Itlet s get together in 73" ---For those of you who feel that you are not ready yet've say, 'HOW do you know until you try1 ,md after ,dl if the Niagara Fdls Coin Club with 2 ts$d ner~bershipof 23, half of which actively helped with the convention, c,m do it, so can you, you will have to work like hades, but we do p~-miseyou a great feeling of satisfaction when the show has becn a success through your efforts --- Another point occurs to rae in passing, perhaps we should consider the idea of only holding conventions every second yeLul, in other words, only holding a convention in election yc,m -- We invite our readers to comcnt on this as a guide for future discussion with our execut- ive --- All for now --- See you fhlks in June ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION TREASURER IS REPORT FOR PERIOD JANUARY 1. 1971 TO DECEMBER 31. 1971 GENERAL ACCOUNT PETTY CASH @ JANUARY 1. 1971 BANK BALANCE @ JANUARY 1. 1971 RECEIPTS MEIYIBERSHIPS (REGULAR. JUNIOR & CLUB) .... $1. 163. 00 IGDALS ...... 932.74 LAPELPINS ...... 24.75 DISPLAY CASE RENTAL ...... 206.50 O.N.A. SHARE OF NET PROFIT (N.B.C.C.) ... 582.36 BANK & BOND INTEREST ...... 59.34 C.N.E. NET PROFIT ...... 391.87 AUDIOVISUAL ...... 24.35 ON A/c OF O.N.A. .H.N.A. CONVENTION LOSS . 38.00 SUNDRIES ...... 5.25 $3.428.16 EXPENSES 0 .N .A . PUBLICATION "THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST" $ 475.45 PEDALS ...... 813.50 POSTAGE ...... 102.31 SAFETY DEPOSIT & POST OFFICE BOX RENTAL . . 40.00 1970 & 1971 AWARDS OF MERIT & ENGRAVING . . 72.95 BOOKBINDING & PRINTING ...... 101.43 HONORAR IUMS ...... 350.00 DISPLAY & PROMOTIONAL SERVICE ...... 69.79 DONATION (AUDIO VISUAL SLIDE SET) ..... 25.00 DISPLAY CASE RENTAL REFUND ...... 159.50 TRAVELLING EXPENSES ...... 230.00 ENGRAVING ...... 15.63 PROOF LIKE SETS & PLAQUES .ARCHIVES. ETC . . 137.50 RETAIL SALES TAX ...... 38.61 A.N.A.. C.N.A.. KAYAK & COIN WORLD ..... 32.47 TYPEWRITER ...... 45.00 STATIONERY & OFF ICE SUPPLIES ...... 12.94 O.N.A. CONVENTION BUTTONS ...... 24.90 TELEPHONE .....a*...... 31.48 DELEGATE A.N.A. CONVENTION ...... 20 • 00 ROOM RENTALS ...... 25.00 SUNDRIES ...... 9.87 $2.833.33 EXCESS RECEIPTS OVER EXPENSES ...... $ 594.83 PETTY CASH @ DECEMBER 31. 1971 ...... $ 19.56 CANADA SAVING BOND BALANCE @ DECEMBER 31. 1971 1.000.00 BANK BALANCE @ DECEMBER 31. 1971 ...... 1.294.19 2.313.75 BANK RECOIK ILIAT ION BANK ?ASS BOOK BALANCE @ DECEMBER 31. 1971 . $1,327.49 LESS OUTSTANDING CHEQUES ...... 33.30 STATEMENT BANK BALANCE @ DECEMBER 31. 1971 $1,294.19 ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION TREASURER ' S REPORT FOR PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1971 TO DECEMBER 31, 1971 CONTIXGEXCY ACCOUNT BANI< BALANCE @ JANUARY 1, 1971 ...... a RECEIPTS INTEREST ON GLJARAWEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATE $ 140.00 INTEREST ON CAbL4DA SAVINGS BONDS ...... 153.75 BANK INTEREST ...... 5.84 $ 299.59 EXPENSES CANADA SAVINGS BONDS ...... 300.00 $ 300.00 EXCESS EXPENSES OVER RECEIPTS ...... $ - -41 1 BANK BALANCE @ DECEMBER 31, 1971 ...... $ 30.19 LIFE MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT BANI< BALANCE @ JANUARY 1, 1971 ...... $ 106.36 RECEIPTS LIFE MEMBERSHIPS ...... $ 50.00 INTEREST ON GUARAEJTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES 66.11 BANK INTEREST ...... 4.24 $ 120.35 EXPENSES MEIviBERSHIP DUES j1.97 1) ...... 45.00 CANADA TRUST - GUAPANTEED INVESTMENT CERT. 100.00 $ 145.00 EXCESS EXPENSES OVER RECEIPTS ...... BANK BALANCE @ DECEIJIDER 31, 1971 ...... --- ASSET SUMMARY @ DECEIGER 31, 1971 CASH, BOND & BANK BALANCE - GENERAL ACCOUNT $2,313.75 BANK BALANCE .CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT ..... 30.19 GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERF IF ICATE & CANADA . SAVING BONDS . CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT ... 4,300eO0 BANK BALANCE . LIFE ME'HBERSHIP ACCOUNT ... 81.71 GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES - LIFE MEMBERSHIP ACCOUh'II ...... 850.00 $7,575.65 TOTAL ASSETS 1970 ...... 6,605.88 INCREASE IN CASH ASSETS ...... $ 969.77 THE BANK ACCOUNTS ARE MAINTAINED AT THE CANADA TRUST WESTMOUNT ERAP7Cl-I , KITCHENeR , ONTARIO. . . L7, 1)' 0 ... &--P--,i/, 1-7, -1 PRESIDENT &/7- iJ fi+z-L)- OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION 1971 - 1973 0. N. A* OFFICERS Post Prm'bts R. R. REKOPSKI(1962-65) CONVENTION ADDIXISS BY GmST SPEAKER L. T. SMITE (1965-67) R. WILLEY W. ENGLISH(1967-69) D. FLICK(1969-71) On le~trrdngthat the Convention this year was to be held in Niagma FaUs, I Preddeni CRAS.B. Lmm~ remembered an anecdote dating from the sec- ond World War wMch would seem to prove First Vice-Pre* W. E. PATLAMREUZ George ~ernard$hawv s dictum that England and America two countries by Second Vice-Preddent were separated KENPROP~T the same language, A Canadian sdlor on due Secretary In England came to know an English family in TEDT~ANSXCI London, whom he would sit when on leqve, Trdamrer and Mews bwslt+ They were always correcting his pronunciation DRU~H. RASZMANN of such names as Worcester, GZoucester, WW- Mailhg Address wick and St, John Chelmondeley, all the let;- 130s 33, Watcrloa, Ontario ters og which he kept trying to p3?onounce, DIRECTORS It cme to be a bit enibmassing as time went On* Area t Howard Whitficld - AIM 2 McI Fiske Arca 3 J. Edward Stahley One day, howaver he got his sweet re- Arca 4 Jack Craig venge. A member of the family began to talk Area 5 Wm. R. Gage Arm 6 Jack C. Dictrrch one evenlng of his dsit to Canada before the Frank Lieshout war, and mentioned having seen Niagara Falls, Area 7 Charles Miller Area 8 Paul L. Sullivan Qujck as a flash the seaman asked, Where did : Area 9 John McKay-Clemsnts you say you went in Canada?'wtNiagara FaUsbt, Area 10 Elliott Jephson the host, u"I:~'tquite place the Historia% replied U'ALTERGRXGGS name," replied the sailor. vHow do you spell Pziblica'ty it?'! I3.s host sgelled it out for Mm, Ron VOADBN the sailor replied, "in Canada we pmnomcs Ontario Papcr Co., it Niffles!" Thorold, Ont, Lihariaa Twenty-seven years after the w@ the BILL EXGLISR Ontario Numismatic Association is holding Rox 4, Wnterlm, Ont. its annual convention here in "Niffle~.~The Audio-YkmL Service Association aZso has SnvLted me, for the CKAS. R. LAISTER third time to address its annual convention. No. 3 I-Iighway I I am the Tillsonburg, Ont, believe that only individual to been times to be guest spea- Chairman of Display Cascs have asked three '(T'ALTER lI~f,~~ ker, and for this reason I feel Mghly hon- 4 Maple Court oured, On this occasion 1 should 1Lke to say IVaterlm, Ont. something about the past, wesent and Suture Phone: 576-783 f of Canadian numismatics, Spea kd.7 Ci~mdSewice HEN FROPHET Epic Nicol' s and Peter WhalleyZs ttUrrJin- CFNTC CFB BORDEN, hibited History of Canadart begins with a A. Borden, Ont. cartoon show5ng a cave man and wornan express- Editm ing their who and 1V. E. PATUMB~ detyover boy, sits mopes ST Emmett Road a11 day asking, Who are we? Where d9d we Ft Catharines, Ont. come from? Where are we going?" Thus do the Page 52 authors depict Canada's identity crisis to use a current Ame~ican psychological phrase, of the emly 1960 t s. As numismatists we have ~n- dergane a sort of identity crisis as well. Themarket crashof 1965 brought on this situation, and though matters in the hobby are not as serious now as then, it still would be wise to take our bemings and tMnk about the course we ham followed and decide whether to continus it or plot a new cowse for the future. Who are we? What are we? Canadian nuzllismatists have been termed keen students, avid collectors, greedy speculatorsg mere accmliLators5 astute buyers! clever bargainers, and imaginative collectors. At one time I heard ~t sajd that we wete the Laughing-stock of the numismatic world. The activities of a few of the greedy speculators and mere accumtiLat;ors of a few years ago hung this label on us, dre we any of these things, or all these things? Among Canadzan numismatists we d.1 can find exmiples of these types. Theye was a time when I felt it necessary to agree that there might be some basis to the allegation that we were the laughing-stock of the numismatic world, Hotrever, f do not feel that way now. Canadian numismatics is coming of age , and Canadian numismatists *are now expanding their interests, We are sZowly taking our place mong the nwnismatists of other countxies, and are malting substantial contxibutions to the growth of numismatic howledge, Where did we come nom? What is our history? We cme from dl ,- wdks of life and dl segments of Canada. Our hobby is enjoyed by everyone from ages six to ninety-six, We have a three-lmdred-year history, Louis XLV of France was himself' a numismatist and, Canada being under his persondl direction in those days, his collection in- eluded coins struck for use in Canada, After the British conquest a ,- few English collecto~lswere interested in Canadian numismatics but it then was only a pwt of the numismatics of the British colonial empire, As the Canadian colonies grew, people began to take notice of the variety of coins in use, especially the cop er, and by 1850 a system* tic semch for coins in Canada began. In 18 62 the Humismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal was founded, and the Golden Age began. This period lastedqti1 1914, and was the age of Breton and Leroux, Sandham, Courteau, McLachlan, Dr. Kingsf ord Judge Lees, and others! of whom were keen collectors and students of the Canadian Colonel coinages. Some, such as Breton, studied the vmious trade tokens is* . ued after 1870, while others, like Leroux, studied medals of all. kinds, Daring this period the emphasis was on these items, decimal coins being looked on, unfortunately, as spending money. Another reason for the neglect of decimal coins was econonic, Few people could afford to put away very many Queen Victoria decimal coins in the days when fifty cents was wages for a whole day. Fifty- cent pieces therefore were almost never saved, which is why the early years command such high prices to-day in my condition bettep than very fine, Quarters were sometimes saved, being given as gifts -t;o childpen THE ONTARIO IWISMATIST is published monthly by the Ontario Nmismatic Association, The publication nay be obtained with membership in one 09 the followlng categories.- Life Membership - $50,~ Regular Membashlp - $3, yemly9 Juniors - $2. ycaly (up to 18 yeas of age), bsband and P Wife (one journal) - $5. yearly, Club - $10. yearly. Special. 0, N.A. Sterling Silver Lapel Rns (Screw back or pin back) only $2.50. Remittance is payable to the Ontario Numismatic Associa- tion, P.O. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario, by doting parents or relatives* Dimes were not often saved, for a dime was a SO many things could be bought for ten cents /-' in Chose days that the coin had a phenomenal velocity of circulation, Five-cent pieces and cents sere saved at that time, and were the only deci~alcobs that were achally collected in any quantity. But a1 good things in this world eventudly come to an end, and in 1914 the numismatic activity, gold coinage and all, was killed off, along with many other amenities of civilised livingl by the outbreak of the fir st World Max * The wm was followed by di s~llusionmentas the promise of 1038 rapidly proved false) and in the economic turmoil of the roaring twenties and the dirty thrrties there was not time nor money to resume the study of nmismatics. A few individuals continued as long as they were able, but afte~Cow"teau3s last monograph in 1934 the flame burned very low indeed. During this period numerous coins were produced tokens used, and medals struck, but hardly anybody really cared enough to gather back- ground data and record the number of items produced. The age of apa- thy had set in. Important things qent wruleco~ded. The Ldentity of the engraver of the reverses ofmost of the Canadian coinage from 1902 to 1936 was unknown until recently, It simply was not to be . found in the literatwe anywhere. Present-day researchers are faced to-day nith a dreadful problem, for information concerning medals, for example, of this period is extremely hard to find, and it may in many cases be irretreivably lost. In 1939 the second World War broke out in consequence af the be- haviour of a gang of bloodthirsty hoodlums, and it took six years to - restore some semblance of civili,sGd. behaviom to the world. The wm seemad to shake us out of the apathy into which we had smk after 1918 md a numismatic renascence began. Pc~~le'beganto take an interest in coens, this time turning their attedtiori to decinals. Peaplc be- gan to col2ec-t; aZ1 denominations date by date. It was, the happy time when one could get everything but the extreme rmitTes.d'rgm circula* tian in Peasonable condition if one had the patience., , Patience in. those dws was rewardad by finding such it~msas an-:exctrsnaly fine broad-lebd 1913 dime in circulation. Alas, @acke'and tears, idle terns,.. for the days :that are no nzore f . . In 1950 the ciadim NimismaEic, As,sociation was .founded; a conseq- uence 0s' the Large number of collectors from 'all pmts of Canada who joined:,thcold Ottawa Coin Club. The ~ssocintibngrew quickly, and local cSuljs 'sprang up f~omcoast to coast. Dealers began to appear in Canada..about this time, and in 1952 J. E. Charlton published the first of his annual catalogues. IXs catalogue is now in its twenk5eth edi- tion. - was of inndiuable assistance to collectors, and it was not very Ibhg before +important~ariet5.e~ werc discovered.. Some were at last beginning to stmy their coins, and their work is the f.omdation of present-d+ research. 1 The number' of conventions and shows began to increase, and with it the number of dede3.s and clubs., In Ontario it soon becaiHa. appwent that a provincial o~ganizationwas necessary, if odLy to ca-or6ihata the activities of the clubs in the province. The 0,N.A. was foimded in 19621, and its ,full range of servi~esand .activities was developed, 'md put into /-+ operation-. hef~rethe year was over .L . . II pricgs began to rise rapidly: in 1962, and an element of .speculation : crept into the scene. -A teletype ser.dce began, and trading 2~1coins by theroll..adbq.. andin'~ets,by$ho'~hundre8sorevenby. J> thousandsbeorno 1 - ...... '.:>. . I Page 54 brisk. Every convention had a teletype clacking awW, with P~QP~@ sitting big-eyed in front of it as tho quotations rattled on. Some : began to feel priced out of things and turned elsewhere. Some col- r7 qectors turned to foreign coins, others to Canadian colonials, medals, or paper money. Others brought on the era of dots and spots, splash- es, and dashes, daubs ant blobs, and other trivia. The numerous ex- amples of hasty minting to moot an increased demand for coins for general circulation were now eagerly sought, Z.5this tine people wanted the standard catalogue to include all these accidentd flaws, and made so much noise that by 1964 they aost drowned out the roll- and-bag speculators, It soon was lcmned that these itcms deserve a. catalogue of their own, and about 1963 tho first of the listings by Hans ZoelZ was published, Then in 1965 tho mint found itself obliged to discontinue the sale of proof-like sets on January 2. A storm of r~age and frustra- tion swbpt the country, and the government was obliged', to find a place for th~new machinery possessed by the mint hut not then ready for use. This occurred in April, the mint accepted orders again, with intent to flood thc market. Thc balloon burs-t;, with an enormous bwg, It was as if the teletype axploded in everyone's face. The collapse of this artificially-inflated market did not affect too much the prices of e,arly materid in fine condition. It alwws was sc~qceand had a f Grly stcady market* But the current materid, such as recent proof--like sets, lost nearly all its premium abwe face value or mint price, with ~esultsdisastrous to the ho~dorsr The teletype service disappeared, since the m,wket was no longer able to generg.? the revenus to pay the rental SOT th~equipment; Cob clubs went through difficult times, A few clubs, rivan dth quwreZs over who, should be at the helm, and some which had steered a course that was crassly commercial, foundered completely, thoir members either losing intcrcst in coins altogether or joining othcr, more soundly based clubs, "What now?" we asked, stepping gingerly over tho prostrate forms of bankrupt dcdcrs and speculators, tho mecks of derelict clubs, and the shattered remains of teletype screens, Where are we going? For a few yems we didn't redly Bnow, We simply sat around in bewilderment as p~iccscontinued to decline and bm$d-n- hutors oagorly awaited the next bankruptcy sale. Then, in different parts of the Q~.~':':,TY collectors struck out on a new course, Instead of mcrely accunulatLng coins they began to study them and take a look at other fields of Canadian Nmismatics. They found plenty of nateriiL to work with, Rupe Killick, who rather saltily reviewed "The Coins of Canada1' recently, would say of these collectors that they realized thLt they would never find fish by 4tt- ing on thc dock and expecting them to jump into their laps; that the only ww to get; fish was to rig oneself in oilskins, put to sea, and get to MOT^. This is good ~dvice,md those who took it found that it paid off handsomely, What did they find? Some, we know, studied decinals fn depth, and found die vaieti~sand other varieties that have been under our noses and before OUT unseeing eyes for years. We all know about the changes in the head of Quoen Victoria on ow coins from 1870 to 1901, but, seriously now, how many of us knew, before Dr. Haxby began to wrLtc about this mattor, that tho head on a 1900 quarter, for example, was not the same as that of an 1870 quarter? Some people interested in the accidental flaws on our recent coinage aenow sixdying the technica3, & aspects of coining and learning how these freaks, tint errors, or what- ever slsc they nay be called, am produced, This is flmdamental know- .-. ledge, and is beneficial to dl. numis~~atistswhatever they collect, Some have turned to the Colonid coinages and have found that the early writers by no means solved everything. In fact they made a few mistakes which are accepted to-day as Gospel l~uth. It is in- teresting to discover that in the so-called Golden Age, one numismab Tst often disagreed with his fellows on many subjects, This man was R. W, McLachTm, and recent work is showing that most of tho tine McLachlan, whose work is dmost forgotten, was right, But fop yeas colJectors went no further than collecting according to beton md Lcroux. This approach to Colonials reminds me of an unfurnished ship, Sandham laid the keel, and Lcroux and Breton bu5lt the hull, Court- ean designed a superstructure, and McLachlan, Leess Wood, and. a few others cont~ibutod,but for E .;le reason the ship was launched wfthout these contributions. No wonder interest in Colonials died out! Eut f~eshwork is going on now, and n new ship is bcing built, There is plenty of work to do here. Much has yet to be done to establish accurate dcgress of rarity, Ea~lier miters established rarity tables for individ-;a series, but is a Rarity L Bust .& Harp as conmon as a Rmity I New B~unswickhdfpcnny of 1843? Wc need to establish a common standard of r,xrity for d1 Colonkal coins, The old frauds, perpet~atedin Breton s cl~qrs, ?re reappearing to-day to deceive tho novLce. Thes~wed to bo exposed, phc-togr aphically as wall as in print, Certain nystcrious pieces ou ht to bc studied and identified onco and for rall, What is Br~ton96 8 , fop cxrtr.iplo, adwhat is Breton - 999? Has anybodyevcr soen aItTrade&NavigationH penny dated1812? This last has appcacd in old auction catdoguos years ago, but in ow - day nobody has ever seen a spccinen. If it does exist, where did all the specimens go? These me only a fcw of thc jobs to be done, Anothcr field entered by some collectoks is that of trade and transportation tokens, those pieces redeemable in goods or in sorvicss of sornc sort. Most of these were issued within thc last hundred years md me interesting souvenirs of the history of the devclopfilcnt of ow country since Confcde~*ation,, Thesc are being studied as ncvcr before, , and books arc a~3ilabLcon the issues of British Columbias Saskatchewzn, Elar.<:boba and Ontario, Wcrk is going on in the study of the t~adetokens of Qucbec and tho Atlantic Frovinccs, sonctines with a bit of hunuw. One issum of trade tokens in Bethune, Sask,, fired a shotgun loaded with lock salt at a groug of prankstors on Hallowe Ion Night, 1912, He scored and so~ewere so badly filled tdth sdt that they needed nsdi- cal attention. Tho people of Bethune boycotted his store after this, and hc h~dto sell out thc following spring, and aftexward left tha country, Ballowe ! cn was a nLght of serious business back in those days ! Paper money collectors, or rag=-pickers, as they sometimes are called in derision, mc vcxy active not1 ,and making plenty of noise, But the activity is gcnorally very good, ad the approach to the su'3ject is sound, Much nore import,mt than thc pricing of Canadian paper monoy out of the reach of many individuals is the activity of so many collectors in discovertng the hjstoricd. ,md ccononLc background of their notes the better to appreciate the rnrities they have dLscovered. Tkis work will A be remenbered lung afte~the nsterick-cyed numbers players are gone from the scene. A lot of infornation has been rescucd from utter oblivion by these collecto;.~. Paper noney had been neglected for so many years that such valuable information was tn danger of being irretrievably lost. Considerable information concerning Canadian banks of the past has been uneathed, and many old bank notes have been documented in tho -l literature for thc fir st time. Papcr money has a goodly nmber of keen students, and can use many xnorc, Medals form an enormous field, This field has been called by some students a bottomless pit, Cmadn is a young country; he^ nuts- natf c hi story goes back only three hundred years or so. Yet in that time hundreds of medals relating to Canada have been produced. At long last, a few collectors xre turning their attention to this field, and they have a long, hard task &6ad of them. Apmt from wa~nedahs and decorations ably written up by R, W, Irwin, thcrc is very little lit- erature on Eanadian nedals. Research is going on into acadcmic netlals, Govcmor-Gcnor als ' and Lieutenant-Governor s! Medals, and the clas sic Mstorical r~cdals,which will soon appca in print, I ar~told, There is an enornous number of Cmadim mdals, which, having been issued during the famous period of neglect dtcr 1914, wcrc never published in nmisnati c liter aturc. Many important det&ls were never recorded. As an example, the beautiful medal issued in 1914 to comenoratc the centenary of the Battle of Lmdy s Lmc was published, and all the historical facts of thc medal are well known, but it is not known by whon it was designed, cngravod, and struck. This is only one of thc nany ex~~~plcs,Rascrulch into medals will a-lply re- wad the studcnt, for thcrc is much that has to be ferreted out of hiding. Last but not Icast, thsrc is that galmy of pma-numismatic material lumped together under that new-fanglcd American word, lfenonu- -< ciaH'. This is an intcrcsting word. It is plurd; what is its singu- lar? This will depend on whether it is considered as Latin or Greek in origin. Latin, Groak or just plain bericm, it covers such thjngs as wooden nickels, shell cards, mirror cards, spinner s, advertising counters, encased postage stm-ps, and the slugs used in former tincs in juk~boxes and slot nachines. Comunion tokens *a considered by some to be in this classification as well, All these things arc being studied now, and as rccently as ten yems ago rdl except Comunion tokens were considered beneath the attention of the sorious collector. The se pieces are interesting souvenirs of past md contcrapor,vy social history, and r.l,my have yet to be recorded, Work is going on in this field, and we have already seen new literature on Proshyteri,~Cor.lnunion tokens and Canadfan wooden noney. The work In dl these fields in Canadian numisnatics shows that . there ,we colloctors who havo altored course since the market crash. They me on thc right course, and in the future there will bc nore and nore collectors doing research as well as just collecting. If they continue this way, the future of Canadian nuraistratics will be bright. 1% will be bright for everyone, for the available literatwe will in- crease, there will. be coins, clubs, and dealers? for the research will bring coins to light, discover nore about coins we already know, and develop a firm. market in which a dealer cm make a good living. Pri.ces will rise, inevita,bly, as denand increases, k!kt will be less likcly to n be inflated artificially in such a nunisnntic clinate. If we ,ill study our coins at least assist in rc-,oarch, the future of Canadian nmisnatics will always be bright;, Page !?;I PROPOSED COIN SHOWS -> Listcd below are the proposed coin club annual show d&es and banquets. Ploase chock to sec if any of these dates will conflict with your club s proposed dates, June 12 - Stratford coin Club anir~uddin?leT neeting in St* Pail's Anglican Church, 9 Douro St., Stratford. Guest speaker is John 3. Pitnm, 'md further details nay be obtained from K. W, r;Jill;zot, P, 0, Box 76, Sebringville, Ontaio. July 15-36- Ciw of Ottawa Coin Club 4th Annual Show in the chateau Lwier iIotcl. Dctails re bourse, etc. to P.O. Box 6094, Station tTJ1l9 Ottawa K2A ITaS Ont, Aug. 2-6 - Joint C.N.A,-C,P.M,S, Convention at the Holid,73t Inn, Civic Squme, Toronto, Ont. Details re bourse to Jack Veffler, P. 0. Box 7, Station "SU., Toronto. General Chairam - 8. Victor Snjnell, P.0. Box 2186, Station "Bum, St, Catharines, Ont,ulio, 3 1 - London Nmisnatic Society Coin Show at the Carousel Motor Ei,Lington Road South ncm Ifighway 401, London. Infornation re bourse, displ,vs, etc;, to Lloyd T. Smith, 123 Arund~l Street, London 41, Ontarlo. Sept, 23 - Nur~niaNwnismatic AssociatLon Annual Show and BL~quctm Details later. act. 1 - Smnia Blucwater International Coin Show at thc 'Jillagc, 751 N. Christine St., Sarnia. Details re boutrsc to Norn. Scott, Bo;; 89, Corunna. Zxhibits - Robt, Smgent, 1212 H,mcock St., Port Huron, MichLgan and Gencril Chdrnm - Carl Willimson, 931 Greend,de St., Sania, kt. Oct. 1 - Kitchenor Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet at thc Holiday Inn Farway Road, Kitchcner, Details re bourse, etc., to !Ced Turonski, 111 Lancnster St. gast, Kitchencr, Ont. Oct. 21 - St, Cathq~LnesCoin Club Annual Show md Banquet in Wast- ninstor United Church Parish FIdL, Quoenston St., St, Catharine%. For dctcbils mite tho President, R. foadcn, 63 Highland Ave., St. CathLvines, Ont. Oct, 22 - Stratford Coin Club Annual Show and auction with cight bourse dealers ,and a 100 lot ~,uction, Details rc the above to Stratford Coin Club, ?.Om Box 262, St~~tford,ht, Oct, 29 - Tillsonburg Numisnatic Socioty hnud Coin And Antique Show in the Orage H,dl, Brock St. DetaLls ro bourse to Chas, B. Laistor, Mo. 3 Highway Tillsonburg. Genera Chairman - George Reynaert, 41 hxk Avenue, Delhi, Ont. NOV~ 4 - Oshma and Dist~ictCoin Club 12th AnnuriL Coin-A-Rma to be held at the Elid-Town M'd1 in Oshawa. DetaLls re bourse, exhibTts, etc, to Henry Bmke, P.0, Box 212, Oshawa, Ontario ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** In an Auction did you know that ,m Unremsonable or Nuisance Bid is a ,- bid so low that no ~easanableperson would accept it; sonetiraes even below the face or bullion v,due of the coin or lot, auctioncrs do not accept such bids. . . Page 58 DISPLAY IKLNNEBS AT THE: lOTH ANNUAL CONVENTION -1% ODTARIO NUIMISMATIC ASSOCIATION CAIUADIAN DECIMAL FalEIGM I. R, Marcetti - Mpmt Clenens, Mich, I. JLm. Nielson - St. Catharinss 2, S, Snlgiera - Willowdale, Ont. 2, J, Ashley - 0gden~burg~M.Y. 3. Ton Waller - London, Ont, 3.. P, Sullivan - Ottawa, Ont. PAPER CURRENCY TOPICAL 1. W. Allen - Oakville, Ont. E.V. Sne11 - St, Cathariacs, Ont 2. S. F, Peavcr- Bmcroft, Ont. 2.&t, Leff- London, Ont, 3. Fred Barley - St. Catharines,Ont . 3.m~.R- McQude - Ottma,bt. TOrnNS JrnOR I, No fixst place winner Ch,vles Mtller Trophy - 2. Aibert Fuller- ICi tchener ,Ont- R . CLaldwell,- ~kterborough 3. Albert hller- Kitchcner, Ont, 1. R, Reed - Niagma Falls, N,Y. 2, Ann & John Ashley - mdLs Ogdensburg, NoY, 1, Albert Fullor- -7. Stcven PC~VGE- Bmcroft, 2. S. P. Pemr - Bmcroft, 3, Art Loff - London, Ont, CHARLES LAISTmTROPHY Best Club Display - St, Catharims Coin Club 1, Phil Ror.~eril- Rncinc. Wi s, 2. Ton Wdler - ond don; Ont. DOUGLAS WAFK MEMQIRXAL TROPEY NEW MEMBERS Applications published in the May issue of the Ontario Nunisnatfst have now been accepted. The following applicqtions have been re- coivcd. If no mitten objection me received, their acceptance will be acknowledged in the July issue of the Ontmio Nmiswatist. 84.9 - Mr. Jay Sieg,d Thornhill, Ontario 850 - Mr. Albert Blinm Willowdale, Ontario 8% - Mr. Jeffexy Hose Scmborough, Ontario 852 - Mr. Ken B. Forbes, F.R.N.S. - Toronto, Ontario 853 - Robert Stewart London, Ontario 854 - Victor G, Potter St, Catharines, Ontmio 855 - Richard A, Ford Stmcr, Ontario 856 - Howmd C, Tocue Oshawa, Ontario 857 - Stanley H. Clute Willowdjlc, Ontario C7l - Petcxboxough Nurlisnztic AssociatFon c/; PaU Johnson, 375 Rogers St., Peterborough, &to 4*tf **** ******** ******** ******** ******** FOR YOUR INFORMATION - Since mblishin~our last Bulletin it has-. now- been confirned th2t the ~o~h~anadikMint will be striking a special I com~cmorativosilver (50-50) dollm along the lines as struck last year, This should be on the w~yto collectors, I understand, by the end of Jay, Price to be @,OQ in simlated leather case. I ". Page 59 Duo to the length of the nain fcaturc in this nonthrs Bulletin we havo had to leave out news fron the following coin club:- Brmtford, Chanplain, Central, Ottawa, Hdnilton, Fbroni a, Inger SOU,Ki tchener , Wiagma Falls, Port Credit, Richmond ELL, St. Catharines, St, Thor~as, Thistletown, North York and Waterloo - so please bear with us mcl be sure you will be in the news ncxk July-August Bulletin -- as I 2tn pinch-hitting in most instances fop Ye Ed, who has been pretty sick, so if you have my squacks - send then to htn! 1 ! THIS 'N TEAT 'N THAT -CC What can I say when I don't know what is in my husband" heail? Here goes --- I shLjll try --- from -typist to author in one jmp -- mlp, Bob WiZley -- I need your help --- MI I can think about is that next month Pat will be back to do his own TUs In That -- 1 want to thmk, on Pat's bewf - the over 50 kind folk who wtshad him well -- I know hc has r~covcredquicker for you very kind thoughts -- Pat says ho has had no IJO~Cnews about next yam s show -- ho trusts soneons sonewherc sonohow is giving this some serious thoughts -- in conclusion 1 hope LOSS of you arc reading this in the quiet of your gmdcn wherz it is nice and w,vm and that you are tlaking your plans for this yea's vacation --- See you all next month, Sinccrcly, TORONTO THE CA NADlA N NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION CANADIAN PAPER MONEY SOCIETY JOINT CONVENTION at the HOLIDAY INN of CIVIC SQUARE August 2nd- 5th 1972 (free parking for registered guests) BOURSE - AUCTIONS - DISPL.4YS - AWARDS - FJURS EDUCATIONAL FORUM - GUEST ACTIVITIES LADIESr HARBOUR TOUR and LUNCH at ONTARIO PLACE BUS TOUR to NIAGAXA FALLS and LUNCH in REVOLVING ZESTAURANT BANQUET SPEAKER - MARGO RUSSELL REGISTER IN ADVANCZ TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A FREE TRIP FOR 2 TO A.N.6, CONVENTION, NEW ORUANS, AUGUST 1972. PRE-REGISTRATION - Mrs.L.Graham, P.O.3ox 192, 5170 Yonge St. Willowdale, Ontario, E,V. SNEEL W. R. McDONALP General Chairman Co-Chaf man P,O. Box 2186 P. 0, Box 704 Station "8" Station nBn St, Catharines, Dnt. ?fl?ilLowdale, Ont . Jack VEFFER Frank ROSE Alex i;RfNRO P.O. Box J 137 Yonge Street 3$ Holmcrest Trail Station nSm Toronto West Hill 784 - Toronto Ontario Ontario BOURSE CHAIRMAN AUCTZOMSER EXHIBIT CHAIRMAN THE TARIO NUMISMATIST OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 186, WATERLOO. ONTARIO I 1971 - 1973 ' ...... Volune..- 11 July- August 1972 . Page..61. Q. N;;A. OPFIC&S ...... ?. past.p,cefj,jents ...... '* ...... ,.-- ...UNSAFE PLASTIC C ONIlljU NERS R. R. REKOPSKI (1962-65) .. L. T. SMITH (1965-67) , W. ENGLISII (1967-69) This could ~erharssbe..described as a . ,. D:'FLICK (1969-71) ....report 'indicating lack of progress.-- ....qa tp.,.,. a lot of info~r~iationbut nothing too clear- ..... President %.. CHAS. B. LAISTER cut or definite yet. ,, First Vice-President Perhaps it would.be timely to fmnish..m W. E. PATLAMBERT . . outline of the valuable information on the Second Vice-Preside*$ subject and what lad up to the announcement KEN PROPHET in the last 3. ssue of the Canadian Paper' noney Secretary Journal, page No. 113, that some containers TEDTURANSEI are unsafe for paper money. Trdasurer and Membershi$ BRUCEH. RASEMANN This subject has been raised on different Mailing Address occasions in the past. In the Rag Picker, Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario the officia1 publication of the Paper Money DIRECTORS Collectors of Michigan, Volme lV, Issue No.3. Area 1 Howard Whitfield of July, 1969, Mr. John H. Bragg wrote that Area 2 Mel Fiske he had notes ruined after being .stored in Area 3 J. Edward Stahley Area 4 Jack Craig plastic pages. He described .the problem as Area 5 Wm. R. Gage an oily film on the surface of the plastic,* Area 6 Jack C. Dietrich Frank Lieshoul Apparently he was inserting notes directlyg Area 7 Charles Miller without plas.tic containers of their own, into ' Area 8 Paul L. Sullivan Area 9 John McKay-Clements the pages of tlzroe ring binders. Area 10 Elliott Jephson Historian In the next issue of the Rag Pickers at WALTERGRIGGS page No. 147, Mr. Frank G. Burke reporte8 Publicity similar damage, This was followed up, by a BOB VOADEN further confifirmation of the Presence of an... Ontario Paper Co., oily substance on these plastic pages the Thorold, Ont. ltsofttt plastic, by the way by ~ati Librarian itu us BILL ENGLISEI (Volume V, No. 1, Jan. 1976) who had an alter- Box 4, Waterloo, Ont. native suggestion on what cm be used. He Audio-Visz~al Service suggested acctate sheets used to house postage CFIAS. B. LAISTER stamp first-day covers. Mr. Titus included in No. 3 Highway Ns article sone excellont criteria on what Tillsonhurg, Ont. constitutes the 'idojL paper money album that Chairmalz of Display Cases WALTERHOLST is well worth reading. 4 Maple Court One of the reports that,.caused concern Waterloo, Ont. a brief reference in the W.in.ter 1971 issue Phone: 576-7831 was Sfieaker's Circuit Service of the Easy-Proof Journal, Volwe 28, No. L, KEN PROPHET which reads as follows: CFMTC CFB BORDEN, Borden, Ont. BETTER PRIIIOTECTL ON FOR MUSET.Jb~-'COLLE~ION Editor The valuable collection of stamps housed W. E. PATL,AMBERT 57 Emmett Road in London's Nabional Postjl Museum is to St. Catharines, Ont. be better pro tectod fron long-tern doteri- oration. Laboratom-tests by tho British Page 62 Post Office have shown that The use of polyethelene terephthdate a type of transparent film, is the most suitable method of pro- tecting stamps from physiccal dmage without itself being Zlngerous to tho collection, At present polyvinyl. chloride is used for this pwrpose, and although there is no cvidenca of its actually causing dalmage it may with age produce hydrochloric acid. Another danger is that substances which are added to soften certain plastics mm exude and affect dyes, (The ,announcement in the above paragraph is merely a w&ning that paper money stored in certain containers may be suffering damage). Barbara R. Mueller, the able Editor of the Easy-Prloof Journd has since rxia:nnL,?.37:y advised that this information was taken from British Post Office press releases adding g.m. concern about the pro- perties of the various products used to house paper money, paxticular- ly vinyl plastics, Sho kindly suggested some additional sources of information which are bcing followed up, The $vi~encewas thus building up and came to a head when the re- $ult of same research by Harry M, Eisenha::.er of Oromocto, N.B., one of our Executive Directors, was made known, Because of his concern about &is fine eollect3.on, Hmry made a number of enquiries and is now m&- ing some tests, hirnse3.f. He took the matter up with the Dow Chenical CO, of &>pnia, Gnt., furnishing then with all known plastic containers including the vinyl and cellophane types, The response he got was that Eill of them could be hctzlmtul. He then sent one of the fho-glare~t kinds, (frosted) obtCdrr.ablo in the United States (perhaps only from Wm, Donlon?), and this was cloa~edby Dow as suitable to use. It is not clenrfron Ilarry9s correspondence what tests Dow performed and ex- acLly what they found wrong with each, This is being followed up also. It was at tk~Lspoint that the warning was sounded becauso it seemed possible that; mxky collectors WeTO likely using one or more of thesa holders cnd thereby running the risk, depending on how dange~ous they are, of d'maging or ruining good md valuable notes. Since then, a nunbar of enquiries have been nade, the chief of which has been to the Nationd. Research Council of Canada. Four diff- erent ho1de:rs were furnished and the initial report indicates ttvisuiil surface cont~inates~were present on three of the four, It has not yetbeen determined what d'mage these cont,minates night do, The lastic holdor given a cle,m bill of health was the same one cleared g Dow Chenical. N.C.R; has also furnished technical reports firm t4ofiern Rasti~sEncyclopedia 1970-1971f1 covering ce~ulosicfilm and sheet 'and polyester film which I1are recornmended plastic film for your type of npplicat.tlonfl, These roports axe highly technical and need further c1,vificntion to'detertxine their relevmce to this problem. ****W*** ********X ******** X******* ******** THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is published rilonthly by the Ontario N~~Iimatic Association. The publication m,ay be obtdned with membership Sn one of the following categoric -.>-.LifeMembership - $50,, Regular M~ob0or'M.p- Q3. yearly, Juniors +-. $2, yearly (up to 18 years of age), Nusbnnd and Wife (one jouPn,il) - $65, yea~ly,Club - $10, yearly, Special O,N,A. Sterling Silver Ligel Pins (Screw back or pin back) only $2.50, Renittancc is payawle to the Ontario ~smaticAssociation, P,O, BOX 33, Watt;sr100, Onta~io, -1 -1 Pape 63 Furth.er enqujries aebeing m,de ,and attempts will be continued to cl'arify some of the :1 lforrnation alre'ady obtained. A further re- port, hopefully the finKi one, will be continued in the next issue of the Bulletino ******** W******* ******** ******** ****X** -WS AROUND THE COIN CLUBS BRANTFORD NUMISMAT1:C L$$~_I&T~ The last meetinrr featured sorile slides of Brantford tokens and postal histor? items and on display were some docunents pre-1850, Those were presented by oW Editor, John Bor~hj.'.~., This was the last meating until fall. CHAMPLUN ORILLIA COIN CLUE? 7 The O.N.A. slides on tlnedjls of Israeln was enjoyed by all. at the last meotin~. At the big show On MW 13th there GeTe r~zak~fine thl.ngs for sale, such as, a set of five ahd f;en dollm urlcircul.ated goid pfiecos, stamps from wound the world, paper money from Canada, antiques and imports frocl India and other countries. The whole show was a grezit success, -v-w.--.CEJ!DRAL COIN C1d.-. UB Them .wF:~c? 86 members and nuests present at the last meatLng, Jin Rxres gavo a sho?-t td1c on displaying and startLng at the next mootlng them wi::.l aga3.n be a junior and senior display cow- peti,t:l-on ak which i>oi.nts will hc given ,and a trophy awmded at the end. Tho wirmer r:iust h.:, at least 65 points to win, LONDON NUMISMATIC, SEIETY--- There wereb3 r:i;abers and guests at the last nee.ting. The president of' tho 1ngessol.l Club, Jim Finch, gave LW interestin:: 'balk w.i..th c0'1oi~:~od. slides on itBritish Orders of Chiv,il~'~.~ ~ " - It wa:: noted .t;'ln.ct a nc~:r??e:!: of the club, Roy Stewart, won Best of Show at .the 'sjol.la-r:t'l.C:oin Show. An interesting ,article "Who Do You Exhibit For"? was read by President Smith from Coin World. HUR ON? 11 NUMIS?4A.:'LZ A.SS CC IATI ON The President, Bill Gage, gave a report on the 0,N.A. Convontl.on at NI\rl.agma Frills ancl Richcard Ford, who was the delegate to tho Convoiltion also added sorne coments, An interest- ing talk was given on Shlnplasters, their Origin and Purpose by Bill Gage, --~-----...--..-"-INGEIEOLL C OLN CLUB The highfight of the last meeting was the Junior speaker ' S conpetl.t;j.on, The topic was ,VCoinsn ,and the trophy was won by Miss C1rl.s MortLner, a gr ! I 7*--=.:"".---.""NIAGARA. F.&LG COIN CLUB~.." , , Tk;e last meting took a little different mgle with an auc.t.ion i.n buio pa2.rrts7 0n.e at the beginning of ,the meeting and l. one at the end., The I'~osiderit, Mel Fiske, reported on the succass of the recent O.N.A. Cozlvcnt.i.on. md it was understood that an over-all profit was ~adile, Thorn 'will. be no more meetings until the fall. -H YOI% COIN CLULl At thc last meeting Hnrvey Farrow gave a talk on the Housin~: tux.l St0ri.n~of Coins. There was ,also an exhibit of wa ration books md -the new signatures on the five doll,zr bills was noted. There will 1:e no ~osonctetings now until fdl. Page 64 PETER13 OR OUGH NUMISMATIC SCCIETY The spocial Show on May 27 was a great succcss with 12 doders and about 40 displays. The winners were:- Canadian - Howard Toar , Foreign - Ray Plew, Paper Money - Fred Bar- ley, Miscellaneous - Goorge Moore-Gough, Modals - Norm We1l.a Junior - Ted B,uml,ng, Best of Show - Norm Wells. Best hior - Chris bobbin, ,ad Paul Johnson was rewardcd for his work by being presented with the Peterborough Awad of Merit, PoRr CREDIT COIN CLUB The ,umuciL strawberry social was a great success. The Junior Conpetition was won by :- First - Bill I-Iotson md Im Symons, Second - Bruco Petch, Third - Ron ~dly,Fourth - David Schramm,The auction was enjoyed by d1 'and the bidding was very lively. RICHMOND =-L& COIN Cm At the last mceting a very interesting filn on "Thc Rise ,ad Fall of the Great Lakes" was shown and endoued by all. Talk on the new signatures on the two and five dollar bills was enjoyed by all. This will be the last meeting until Soptoriber, ST. CATHJ@IlGSCOIN CLUB - A very interesting '&dk was ~ivcixbyBill Lavello on how he first becar; interested-in coins &d brouiht back part of his col.:lection -from Europe. 3:m.n .Nielson thanked the specaker. There wero 5'4 nen13ers md guestYs prescnt, A I1Point Systenflhns been developed to indicate the interest of nembers and to keep account of who gets the nos% po:i.nts, A lively auction was conducted by Lloyd : Dorsey assisted by soDe meubers of the clul~. ST. TKOM.AS ~~~~"._~Pl~r.cP,~~_C_c~~TI ON The feature of the last meeting was the filrl "Stni;o Hodals of Israelt1 bv Arthur Leff. The winners at the anmnjl celn show ware :- Junior -. ~'bbertsteward, Medals - Art Leff, Foreign .- San Sinitl?, Paper Money - A. 01Nie17 Canadian 4 Jin Hayes9 U,S. A, Money - IIwga~dWhitfield, Miscellaneous - Art Leff, Grand Award - Jin was. ------.-.---a------*.-.TORONTO CQIN CLUD The slides "The C,mcadi,an Silver Dollars1' bu Bill kglish was the .Cea.ture of the meeting. Louise Grahm had h& Award of Merit Medal r~coivedxt; the 0. N. A, Convention on disp1,ay and a visitor displ.aysd c;n 8 pj.ece coin proof set dated 1970 of British coin- age, Plms ware nade for the October 28th show before closing . WELLANn NnQD."lTx~~rr~cQ~N&U.B, Tho first Coin Show for the club proved to be a great succcss, P:rizes were as follows :- Canadian Currency - Fred B,lrley, Foreign. Mon.ey & Medals - JLm Nielson, Best of Show - Roy Stowart of London. Al.:l seemed to enjoy thenselves and the children wero nada happy with the distribution fo sets of Antique Cms cmd sets of footbd.1 stars. ******** *******L# S******* ******** ***X**** DID YOU KKs[ The Caesars ruled the largest empire ever known for over 200 years, l-J~1i.w~ 2-Augustus, 3-Ti'berius, kCjliguia, 5 - Claudius, 6 - Nero, 7 - Gd-ba, 8 - Otho, 9 - Vitellus, 10 - Vesasim, l1 - Titus ,and 12 - Doniti,m, in that order, Collectors wclrned that replicas exist and nay foo:i if not knowing the originals. Bewmei! Pape 65 IN MEMORX On June 12th the nmismatic world was shocked to receive the sad news of the death of Byron Swayze. Byron was one of the most enthusiastic collectors who had travelled to most of the world Is Capitals attending shows and furthering his knowledgo of our hobby. He passed on this knowledge to clubs d.1 Over Canada ,and fortunate indeed was tho club who had hin as a speaker. He holpod forn nmy of the clubs throughout OntaYio. He was the first President of the London N~isuatic Society served as Director for Nationd. and Inter- nationcd Associations, giving his tine freely and trav- elling many rniles to help sone club who needed a boost. We extend our sympathy to Byronf s fg.~:lily, and to Byron we say !Thank Yov., it was a pleasure knowing you". -----THE ROYAL MAUNDY MOmY THE CEREMONY "A new comandrnent I give unto youIt will be the first words spoken at the Royal Maundy ceremony to be held this year on Maundy Thwsday , Apri.1 3rd. As the season of Lent closes and Good Friday app:.:oaches, the British as well as other christian peoples me reninded of the hwibleness and exmple set by Christ when he washed the feet of the disciples at the Last Supper. The custon is followed today by the Queen ,and her Lord Eigh Alcioner, leading the cerenonyy.,distributing alms to the poor 'and ob- serving a beautiful =id historic,$l church service. The word ttMaurldyn cones frocl the Latin llMandatuntl, neaning corn ncmd or order as give11 in John all, Verse 34. The Cerenony dates from the 5.t;h century and gradually bec'me nore and nore eleborate un- til it included gifts of food and clothing as well as money. St. Oswald, Archbishop of York obser::.ed the Maundy by feeding twelve poor men every day fror.1 972 until hi S death during a Maundy Ceror.iony in 992. Aelfrio, Archbishop of Canterbury Don 996 to 1005 instructed his priests to observe the Maundy custom once a week. The Noqnan kings of England observed a forn of Maundy, as did the Plantagenets, EdwGwd 1.1, 13-'-1327 was the first English king to wash the feet of the poor. In the period fron about 1370 to 1485 the custon was olx3erved on very few occasions. Henry V11 revived the ceremony in 1486 ,and it was held midst great ponp ,and splc:idor, especially during the reign of Henry V111, During the reign of Elizabeth 1, a red purse containing 20 shill- ings was gi'ven in place. of clothing, a green purse conhining 2 pomifls 5 shillings was given in place of cloth and a wZlite purse containing the number of pence as the queen's age was given -- this being the actu'il Maundy Money. Theso purses =and. values are still the same to-day, The ceremony of El.:izabeth l held in 1572 records that the feet of a nunibor of poor peop3.e were Sirst washed by the Laundress, then by the Sub-&noner) next by the Lord High Almoner and finally (after a cmefM inspect~on),by the Queen herself. Willim 111 gave the task Page 66 co~~pletelyto his Lord Alnoner and in 1754, during the reign of George 11, the cerenony as such was discontinued. The present day Maundy Cerenony contstins ,all the tradition and pageantry of the ages. The ceremony starts with the Procession of the Royal Alnonry which inc:Ludes such persons as the verger, tho Clerk of the Cheque and Adjut,ant, the &or-lan, the W,ulclsnan, The Clergy Smg- ealt of the Vestry of H.M. Chapel Royal, the Queen1S ~odyguara, the Sub-Scrist and the Sub-Alnoner. A hp.m is sung during the proces- sional. The Procenter opens the cerenony with the words "A new Com:land- nent I give unto you, that ye love one mother as I have loved you, that ye also love one another,tf from John all, verse 34. A prayer is followed by the Lordf S Prayer, then the audience rises tmd sings the Gloria Patria and Psaln 91. After ,mother prayer and a hymn, thu first distribution takes place. Green purses me distributed to the wonen in lieu of clothing and contain one pound fifteen shillings; ,and white purses are distributed to the nen and contain two pounds five shillings. Two nor0 hynns arc sung by the audiuncc during thiS distribution. Following thu reading of the scrip- tures? the second distribution takes place. Thia tin0 the red pursos cont,uning one pound as past of the naundy and thirty shillings as ,m allowance for other provisions fornerly given are distributed. Fina- ' lly, the white purses containing as rlany pence as the Queen's age are given. This ar1oun.t is rmde up of the denoninations of 1, 2, 3 4. pence silver pieces and represent the bal,ance of the Maundy. The cereclony closes with the singing of m ,anthen, a pr~ayerfor the Queen, a general prayer of .thLwksgiving, a hynn, a benediction and the NationciL Anthen. THE COINAGE The First actual Maundy Coins were struck during the reign of Charles 11, lust after -the Restoration in 1660. These coins were undated. ~he'firstdated coins were struck in 1670 and were of L+, 3, 2 ,and l penny denonlnations, The first undated coins have the value in Rorxm nuner,al.s behind the King's head on the obverse. The dated issue is designed so that the v,due is shown in thc linking of the CC sffon the reverse, Pour 'st1being four pence, three "Cf su tkree ponce, etc. The Jmes l1 Maundy coins have the v,ilue in i,Qgo Ronan nw.1erd.s on the reverse. Since that tine, however, the value has =always been shown in Arabic nm.1era.l~. Until the reign of George Ill., 1760-1820, the Maundy penny was the only officical Maundy coin. Since that time, the set of four de- no~iinationsare considered as the Maundy coinage. ThisMaundy coina::o of Victoria and Edw,md V11 are nore comon than others because it was the practice of the Mint to issue nore sets them necessary, These sets Were sold through the banks. In 1909 Edward V11 put restrictions on the arno~mt of Maundy coins that were to be struck, The sets not used during the cerenony 'we usu,dly presented to cerorncny of ficids or visiting foreign goverm~en'trepresentatives, The Maundy coins are the last official coins of ,the monarch. They se925/1000 fine silver ,and are legal tender. (The above article is taken Fron the London Nunisnatic Society' s Bulletin, thanks to Mr. W. H. Clarke and Mr. Lloyd T. Eklith) -* Pa,ge 67 --vPROPOSED COIN SHmS Listed below me the proposed coin club annud show dates ivnd banquats. Please check to see if 'any of these dates will conflict with your clul, S proposed dates. Aug. 2-5 - Joint C.N.A.-C.P.M.S. Convontion at the Ifoliday Inns Down- town Toronto. Details re bourse to Zack Vefflor, P.0, Box 7, Station l1S1I tor on:.^. Goner,il Chalnl~~an- Victor Snell, P. 0, Box 2166, Station llBfl., St. Catharlne~~Ont, Sept. 17 - London Nm~isoaticSociety Coin Club show at the Carousel Motor Hotel, Wellington Road South near Bighway b3. London. Infornation re bourse, displws, etc., to hoyd T. Snith, 123 Arundel Stroot, London 41, Ont. Sopt. 23 - Ikceonia Nunisnatic Associxtion Annual Show md Banquet at the Continental Inn, I-Iighvay' 90 an6 400, Bmrie, OnC. Datdls re Bou~so,B,mquet, Disp1,ays ,and Auction contact Secretary, P.O. Box 243, Barrie, Ont. Oct. 3. - Sarnia Bluewa'ter International Coin Show at the Villwe, 751 N. Christine St,, Saxnia. Details re bourso to NOTXI. Scott, Box 89, Corunna. Exhibits - Robt. Saxgent, 1212 Hmcock St., Port ~iuron,Michigan 'wd Ganoral Chairnan - Car1 Willic~~.~son,931 Greend,zZc St., Smia, Ont. Oct. 1 - Kitchener Coin Club Annual Show ,and Banquet at the Holiday Inn, Pctirway Road, Kitchenor. Details re bourse, etc. to Ted Turonski, 111 Lancaster St. East, Kitchcnor, hi. Oct. 23. - St. Catharines Coin Club 13th Annual BLanquet md Coin Exhibit in Wcstr.~inster United Church P,?rish Hall, 282 Quecnston S't?eot, S't. CathLzrines. Details re bourse, ctc. to thc President, R. 'Voaddon, 63 I-Iighland Ave., St. Cath- arines, Ont, Oct. 22 - Stratfora Coin Club Annual Show and Auction with eight bourse dealers ,and a 100 lot auction. Dotcdls re bourse etc. -to Stratford Coin Club, P.O. Box 262, Stratford, on&, Oct. 29 - Tillsonburg Nwlisnatic Society Annual Coin. and Antique Show in tho Qrangc IfLQ1, Brock St., Tillsonburg, Details re bourso to Chas, B, Laister, No, 3 Highway, Tillsonburg. General Chairnan - George Roynaext, 41 Park Ave., Delhir Nov. 4 - Oshawa and District Coin Club 12th Annu'al Coin-A-Rsm to be held at the Mid-.Town Mdl in Oshawa. Details re bourse, exhibits, etc. to Henry Burke, P.0, Box 212, Oshawa, Ont,vio, *****a** *******,K ******:>* ******** ******X DID YOU KNCM Tha't Mr. Jams nichsdson, Ministox of Suppl?? md Ser- vices 'announced that tile site of the now nint purchased ?or $l076,000 fron the City of Winnf >g, will not only house tho Mint, bu& a rolling nil1 and other light fabricating operations, plus a high riso office building. The su'burb,ul location was picked because Ottawa wCmts to develop a highly visiblo nint that will be a stopping-off point for tourists from across Canada md -the Unitod Statos. Pa~e68 WHAT EVERY YOUNG WISMATIST SHOULD KNOW By R.C. Willey, F.R,N,S,, F.C,N.R.S. HCW TO BEGIN bung people become interested 3.11 coins in many w'ays. Sono ,we given a hmdw of foreign coins by an older brother, ~cleor other relative who was overseas in the Second World War or the ICorem Wm. A gift of such coins as those often creates an interest in C,an~dian coins as well, If the boy is interested in geography or history, he soon le,zms the value of coins in teaching history and geography, as well as such subjects as art and econonics. A few boys get interested in coins as a result of seeing an adult's collection. Usually they have never thought of coins except, as current noney, and thc sight of speci~~ensof the noney of other cozmtries ,and other periods in history xeveds an interest which night not; otherwise have a chanco to develop. Such boys go back agaln and ~dnto visit the owner of the collection and learn the funda~entals of nunisnati CS. Then there are the rnre individuals, such as ~~ysclfwho cannot renenber a time when they did not have an interest in coilecting coins. As very little children they kept a cent or a five-cent piece becauso of the design or colour, and began to keep a few coins as a collection of chil&enl S Ifpretty things1'. These young col.lector S never Loso in- terest in coins at ,any tine during their childhood ,and adolescence, 'and they quickly discover how useful coins can be in assisting their studios of history and geograpt:y in school. For such young collect- ors, the privilege of seeing an artultfs collection is 'an intollectujL treat, and they soon become full-fledged nunisnatists. How does a person acquire coins? The usual way is to try and find fro~lcirculation evcry cent, in as good condition as possible, ninted since 1937. Then a collector turns to nickels, dines, yu'vters, and fifty-cent pieces since 1937, and the silver dollcars. Current coins in their origin,il mint state can lbe procured fron the Roy'il C,m- adin Mint in sets each yeLe as they aro issued. While gathering coins dated since 1937? one snaps up froa circulation any coin dated before 1937 in good condition. Soonor or lator, a youth has nearly everything he c'm get frorn circulation. What then? Onc course, and a very wise one is to look for specinens of the sale coins in isettor condition than hose he 'already has. This is called L~~provingor upgrading 'the collection. This is inport,an.F, since a coin is nore valuable if its condition is good th'm if it is worn, Then cones a tine when the collection is in the best condition its owncc c,m afford. kt this point? trading duplicates with other collectors enables the owner to obta~nn'any pieces he could not get fron circulation, As soon as one cannot get what he needs by swapping with others, it is necessary to go to a coin dealer. (With special thanks to the Editor of the C.N.A. Journd., David Ashe) h******* ********* ********* ********* ******* DID YOU KNCM That 'there is a now signature on the Five-Dollar bill, it is signed G. B, Rouey, and as this will. be the last of the old Five- Doll= bills we suggest you put one or two away, thoy could be valuable. Page 69, CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBIT1 ON & 0. N. A. MEMBERS EXHLW Although it is only July, now is the tine to be planning your exhi'bit for the C.N.E. this year, and athough I nust pass this year, due to he,dth reasons, I nost anxious that everyone interested be given the chance to get this in order, because, don't forget, time passes so quickly --For those who have given so freely of their tine in yews past, let cnc say ItThank Youtf. Perhaps this yew you would do one more thing for the Association -- Would you try to get canother exhibitor to enter this yea? We have never had too many that we cannot make room for one nore -- Will you please try? This yew the 4LExfl is on fro~iAug. 16th to Sept. Ikth, but ex- hibitors are asked to place their exhibits on display on the Sundw prior to opening (the 13th of August), Albert Fuller has again off- ered to man the table this year, with help from his friend as in past years -- If you have LW queries write to -S' &Sort Fuller, 88 Mater St~eetNorth, Kitchener. O.N.A, cases wiLl be suppl-led as in the past -- We hope this year will see another successful one.-- Insurance will be covered by the C,N.E. so menbers do not have this expense to contend with -.- Also the O.N,A. will be selling C,N,E. medals -- Dontt forget yours, to keep your collection conplele, -- Finally, clubs are invited to send us detnils of your club noetings - W- W- - When and What r& - 'also the nme and address of the Clubf s Secrat,ary, W '- TmS 'N THAT Its seoms a coon's ago since I scrilsblcd off a Ben lincs to our many readers -- Here we me in September and as the fellas of yesteryear used to say YBoy, I wonder where my smex wages has ganel! While I Bnow where my suninor uages went - eats - taxes - etc. - I sure do not know where tjne timr: has gone -- I't only appears a couple of weeks ago since the O.N,A, Convention at Niagwa P,iLls -- Thon WO were talking of going to Stratford in June, when Ye Ed took sick -- First thing you know it was August ,and the C.N.A.-C.,P.M.S. Convention was upon us in Toronto --- Boy, Yo Ed and Mrs. ECI had themselves a field day -- meeting folks we hadnf.t seen for many a day and I need hardly add feeling the better for it! -- Next ca;ie the opening of the !IEx1! with the usual hurry ,ancl bustle of getting the O.N,A. exhibits set up, with Central Coin Club digging in to help get us shipshape for the coming influx of vi.sitors -- I rnay add a note of pride here to dl those who took tine off their weekIrkend to come to the Exhilsitfon to sot up their .very special displays -- It's the first tine since ItVe been gwing down to T.O. that I ever remember exhibits being turned down -- we had too many --. a good healthy sign althot too bad for thoso who had to cut down on tho number of cases they originally had intended to disp1.y-- Let's hope we will not run into this problenl next year --- So now here we go again --f&1 is with us -- The clubs will be got'1;ing their progrms ready--. donst forget to give dkiend Charlfe Lakstor: plenty of time to get your slides away to you -- &so let us see soriie more of the clubs taking aclvantage of our Speakers Circuit -- YOU have a fine choice of 20-30 good knowl.cdgedble speakers and many of them in your own area, so tC&o advantage of them -- Write to Ken hophet -- He'll be only too delighted to get you n speakor for your October or Novecber meeting-- So on and on we go, let us hope to better things -- In conclusion may 1 say a big thank you to the many kind friends who sent articles as they promised and as you will see that I have used some, of them .to make this (I hope) a pretty interesting bulletin with something for everyone -- Meanwhile, it's back to school for the youngsters ,and back to the typewriter for "Ye Ed'' TARIO NUMISMATIST OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUND80 39.. WATERLOO. ONTARIO P P -- 1911 - 1973 Volm~ll October 1972 0. N. A. OFFICERS I Past Presidents THE COIN INVESTMENT HOAX R. R. REKO~SKI(1962-65) By Greg Smith L. T. SMITH (1965-67) W. ENGLISH (1967-69) In the United States thore are well D. FLIW (1969-71) over ten million people who are interested President in coin collecting, Each and every month, CHAS. B. LAISTER some eight thousand people join the ranks First Vice-President to further increase thc number involved. W. E. PATLAMBERT To-day; it is safe to say that fifteen per Second Vice-President cent of the total population collects coins KEN PROPHET in one way or mother. Secretary MRS. PATLAMBERT Although most of thaso people spend Treasurer and Membership very little on the coins they keep, whether BRUCEH. RASZMANN they hide them for a rainy day? or proudly Mailing Address display them where all can see, these coins, Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario regardless of their value, are contrhlled DIRECTORS by the syndicate. The scarcity, or rarity, Area 1 liowurd Whitfield Area 2 Me1 Fiske of a coin does not in itself make that Area 3 J. Edward Stahley coin worth more than any other. The value Area 4 Jack Craig Area 5 Wm. R. Gage of a coin is d~tcrm5nadby khe demand for Ares 6 Jack C. Dietrich it, and this is the area over which the Area 6 Frank Lieshout Area 7 Ray G. Pleau syndicate or Closed Corporation, had; com- Area 8 Paul L. Sullivan plote conirol. The syndicate can actudlly Area 9 John McKay-Clements Area 9 Gerald Albert fluctuate the value of a coin to suit their Area 10 Elliott Je~hson needs and demands. By maintaining a hold Historian on certain 'keyt coins, they cm sea to it WALTERGRIGGS that the buying public only roceives enough Publicity of them to retain a high value. BOBVOADEN Ontario Paper Co., To undert.ako such an endeavour the Thorold, Ont. Closed Corporation needs money, but it would Librarian be silly to use their own funds when so BILL ENGLISH Box 4, Waterloo, Ont, many people are offering their pay cheques Audio-Visual Service to invest in an interesting hobby, Once a CHAS. B. LAISTER private investor has made a profit in sell- No. 3 Highway ing coins, he will be back begging for more, Tillsonburg, Ont. trying to invest as much ad he can afford, Chairnzan of Display Cases WALTERHOLST If this same person then decides to sell, 19 Maple Court he has very little alternative but to unload Waterloo, Ont. them on his coin dealer. Thore is no other Phone: 516-7831 market that can deal with him in quantity : Speakn's Circuit Service lots, Here we find the rigged buy-and-sell KEN PROPITET prices. There is a twenty per cent differ- CFMSS CFB Borden, Borden, Ont. ence between tho two colums, but, 8,s was Editor previously mentioned, he cannot break down W.E. PATJ,AMBERT a quantity-lot purchase and sell it pioce- 57 Em~nettRoad meal, as he has neither the buyers or oguip. St. C8tharine.i. Ont. ment for such an operation. His investment Pa~e.81 has probably paid off but he cannot realize on the full profit. In the meantime, his money has been working for the syndicate. They have not only received the twenty per cent off the top of the buy-and-sell difference, but, and this is a big help to them, the coins have been kept out of circulation. In this respect? every coin collector is helping to increase the prices for the corns he will eventu,?lly wa?t to buy ! As long as these coins were not returned to circulation, the price has been maintained and the market is secure. For this reason, the future of coin collecting is in doubt. If people do not begin to redizo the fact that the syndicate does indeed control the market, they will at least feel the pinch* Is there any way to beat the syn- dicate? Not redly, but there are a few don'ts. Don't look for heavy rises in old coins. They have been around for a long time their rarity and value have been sufficf ently established so that theSr prices, while modestly increasing, will never take huge jumps. Don't buy coins unless you check them personally, or, better yet, have them checked. Many rolls are sold with some Hcullsllin the middle. Rolls graded as brilliant uncirculated are often sold to the amateur after having been 'doctoredf. These coins, perhaps only in vory fine condition, have been dipped md rinsed in a caustic solution or tarnish remover to give them a like-new appearance. Don't buy bargains. OutsiGa of a few real hardship cases, there are no bargains. Suspect the bargain because it is vory easy to dtar coins. New techniques of counterfeiting and altering have kept up with modern devel-opments. Filed off mint marks, soldered on dates, homemade double-struck coins, and other fakes are gaining in currency. Findly, know your dealer. If you suspect his prices are too high or his grading poor, change deders, . The syndicate is over- running coin collec.ting, and for this reason, it is difficult to de- termine who is involved. ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** Ye Ed's note: Our sincere thanks to Junior Member, Grog Smith, for his interesting observations on some of the problems of coin collect- ing and good advice to dl collectors. Greg is a member of the London Numismatic Society and our thanks 'to them for printing his atiole also. ******** ****h*** ******** ******** **W***** UNSAFE PLASTIC ONTAINERS (continued from the July-August Bulletin) Perhaps this further report under this heading should be entitled SAFE PLASTIC CONTUNERS because I can now report with some confidence that the results of my enquiries are at last positive. l It seems reasonably cloar that safe plastic containars are those being made from the following two films (I'filmt1 is the trade term to ******** ******** ***h**** ******** ******** THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is published monthly by the Ontario Numismatic Association. The publication may be obtained with membership in one of the following categories:-life Membership-$SO,, Regular Membership-@. yearly,Juniors-$2. yearly(up to 18 years of age), Husband and Wife (one Journal)-$5. yearly, Club - $10. yearly, Special 0- N.A. Sterling Silver Lapel Pins (Screw back or pin back)-$2,50. Remittance payable to the Ontario Numismatic Association, P.O. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario. ~~208% describe sheets of material) 1, Cellulose Acetate 2, Polyester The cu1pri.t appears ,to be polyvinyl film, the soft or flexibie plastic or vinyl sometimes referred to as thermoplastic, Another simll.ar film is polypropylene (protein, etc.). 1'11 say more about those later. Cellu~oseAcetate films are mamf actured by Eastmm Kodak under the trade name KODACEL and marketed in Canada by Plastic and Paper Sdes Limited, 140 Sunrise Avenue, Toronto 375$ Ontario. They are also manufactuxed by the Cclanese Corporation under the trade name FORTICEL (and perhaps other trade names). Another name for polyoster film is Polyethylene terephthalate .the mzterial referred ,to in the British Post Office press releaso mentioned on page 16 of Volume 8 Number 1 of the Paper Money Journal. Polyester film is manufactured, under a number of trade names such as: CELMAR (Celanese) MYLAJ3 (Dupont) (The Canadian subsidiary is Dupont of Canada Limited 789 Don Mills Roacl, Suito 1103! Don Mills, Ontario) Eastman Dht?micd. 1n.tc.x-hexican Limited report that Eastman. Kodak do not ~t this ,time produce a polyoster film. RatbaT they manufacture polyester plastic pellets and sell them to plastic processors, 11-1 ordor to have full details on the chmacteristics of both these ,types of film the following technical description based on the reports referred to on page 21 of Volume 8, Number 1 of the Paper Money Journal is now included. CELLWLOSIC =M Film ancl shocting produced from the four commercid types of callulosies - cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose triacetste and cellulose propionate - me characterized by crystal clarity, wrinkle, grease and warter nesis'tance; dimensS.onzil stability, and high gas permeabili'ty, They are good electrical insulators, show 3.ow static build-up and have medium water-vapor transmission charact- eristics. Acetate and butyrato fi1.m and sheet can be produced by extrusion or solvent casting, tri acetate is generally solvent cast, and propion.. ate is ussujLly processed by extrusion, Solvont cast film general1 has bettto ga e uniformity md greater clarity than extruded f~lrn. ~ifmor sheot pro8uced by dry extrusion is most oiten used for post-f orming operations where original brilliance is not required although shoeting may be press polished if desired, Ccllulosies can be printed by a variety of methods -- Letterpress, off set, gravure, flexogr aphic or silk screen, CELLULOSE ACETATE Acetate film plays an bportan't part in tho packaging of paper pro. ducts, soft goods ,and novelties, and forms the windows of folding and set-up boxes. Probably the largest markets for acetate sheeting are blisters, skin packing and transparent rigid containers, Acetate is oasily forrned does not become brittlc or deteriorate with norm,d aging, has no objecr tionable odor and is a'vailable in a wide r,wge of transp,aent, trans- lucent or OP~UQ~01026. Pigo 83 , Non-packaging applications fop cellulose acetate range from uses as magneticsound-recording- tape base, instrument dial crystals, pros- sure-sensitive tape, electrical insulation, book covers, gold-stamping foils ,and metal.lized ribbons to (in heaviergages) machine guards, welders' shieldss, safety lensoi,, glazing materials and eyeglass frameso CELLULOSE TRIACETATE- Triacotate film is readily cut, punched, creased, folded or pres- sure formed, although it is not recommended for vacuum forming, With this one exception, it is handled thc samc as acetate. Its ability to take continual flexing accounts for its popularity in albums, prico books, tr~ansp~zrentfolders and formed index tabs for files. Triacetatc is less moisture susceptible than diacetato sheet, therefore is more dimensionaLly stable. The unusual resistance ex- hibited by triacetate to grease, oils and many solvonts permits print- ing without distortion, even on stock as thin as 1 mil, 'md use of triacetato sheets for shims ,and gaskets, Triacetate shows outstanding resistance to distortion under heat. This quality7 together with a dielectric strength up to 3700 v/mil, depending upon thickness? makes triacetate foil and film ideal for coil forms, core and layer znsula- tion and for nonconducting sepwa'tors between blec't;rLcal components. Triacetate film is also used as a base for magnetic recording tapes in thicknesses of 0.001 to 0.00142 inch, Stock 0.005-in-thick tria- cetate has long been the standcvd in motion picture sound;*txack re- cording. CELLULOSE PROPI ONATE A tough materica exhibiting impact strength over a wide range of temperatures, cellulose propionate has good dimensional stabilityl excellc-nt transpLvency, good grease resistance and freedom from dxs- colour ation 'and embri ttlemcnt upon aging. Formulations meeting FDA requirements 'are available. Cellulose propionate is free of object- ionable odors. This material can. be thermoformed easily and finds wide usage in bliser packages ,ancl formed containers requiring high impact s.trength. It is an ideal material for metallizing. It is also used in safety goggles, mo-tor covers, shipping trays, signs and displays. CELLULOSE ACETATE BUTYRATE Cellulose acetate butyrate is used in skin, blister and contour packaging applications. Additional uses include decorative plaques machine guards, toys and outdoor signs. Available in continuous ro3ls, butyrate shoe:, lends itself readily to vacuum matcallizing. The outdoor-sign field is an especi,dly important outlet for butyrate sheet. Specidly formulated sheet offers all-around weather durability, high impact strength, colour stability, and ultra violet resistanco. Skylights pleasure-boat tops, curtain wcalls and smtill weather shelters are aidition& applications, (to be concluded next month) ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** DID YOU KNCN SEEN PLASTER is a term applied to Continental Cwrency, U.S. fractional currency ,and sometimes to low denominations of American obsolete paper money, when referring to currency of little or no value. 2x2- 84 NEWS AROUND Tm COIN CLUBS CI-IAMPLAIN ORILLIA COIN CLUB The club announces their mual b,mquot on Nov, 2nd. with dinner and slidesa A worthwhile saying coines~fron~ the editor, Gordon Ilorne, '!The best slart on success is the Try-Anglet1, CITY OF GTTKvJA COIN CLUB At the last meetinrz Tom Muir gave ,m interost- ing report on the C.N.A.-C.P.M.S. Convention in ~oronFo. Tho club announced that .the editor, Mr. David Ashe, has resipped and that Mr. Bank Hose is taking over the job on a six month tr~al,with Mr. Stm. Clute as assist,ant, Good luck, Frank. HURONIA 1KJMISMATIC ASSOCIATION Specid visitors to the last meeting were Mr. & Mrs. Robcxt Hunter and son from West Palm Beach, F'lorida. ~nother-guest, Gcorge Burhside, collocts wine, beer and li4~0~labels. Several mem'bers of the club p,aticipatod in the C.N.EI Exhibit spons- ored by the 0,N.A. and Bill. Gage, Ed. Dears and ICen Prophet helped to make the exhibit interesting. INGERSOLL COIN CLUB From the Zditors, Babzct-a 'and &,an MacNab, comes a little chat about what they did and didnot accomplish daring the two summer months. They attended the C .N.A.-C. P.M. S. Convention in TOT- onto and were very interested in the displays. At the side of the Inn was China Town and at night the lights made it just like a fCai.ry pLd- ace. One bourse table was run by MT. &: Mrs. Bob Simmons from Bris- bane, Au~tr~dia, LONJION NUMISMATIC SOCIETY The last meeting was attended by 35 members and guests and two bourse de,ders. The club welcomed back G. Esler from a year' S absence in England. At the annu,al show there were no categories in the displays except for Juniors and each displqy was based on a theme. The guest speaker, Mr. Chris Broolror, proprietor of Sovereign Stamp & Coin Shop, London's newest coin store, spoke on 20th Century English Coinage, The annual coin show was a great success and the new judging system seemed to be very fair. NORTI-I YORIC COIN Cm The summer meeting took the form of a garden party at the homo of Ken and May Bunnett and the youngest numismatist pres- ent was tho eleven-month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Fox. The buffet dinner was followed by a lively auction. PORT CREDIT COIN CLUE At the last meeting the O.N,A, slides Odd and Curious Money and Yukon Trading Tokens wesc shown. The talk of hol.ding a coin sh0.w next March was discussed and will be taken up at length at fuEu.turc ma0t3,ngs. -ST, CATI~ARINES COIN CLUB The first fall meeting was well attended and highlighted a report on thc C.N.A. Convention by Vic Snell and delegate, Pat :Gambect. J'an Niolson also gave a thwnbnail sketch of a Juniort S impressions of a C.N.A. Convetion, There were faur bourse dealers pre- sent. Plans were finalized for the annual convention on Oct. 21st. A lively suction closed the meeting, the auctioneer being Lloyd Dorsey. THISTLETOWN COIN CLUB At the last mcctinc! the bourso tables were free to any bona fide coin dealer who is a member of the club, Also any member could bring an item from his collection which seoms to him to be unusual. These items wore hung on a clothes line and were dis- cussccl by the mcmlsers. TORONTO COIN CLUB At the last meetin.g Inspector Bob Hathor, retired :From the Metro Toronto Police Force gave m excellent talk on the security of a coin collection in the-house. The President also .> gave a repor't on the C.N.A. Convention which hs enjoyed very much. WATERLOO COIN SOCIETY At the last meeting the guest speaker was Stanby Clu.te of Toronto and lie talked on Ancient Coins. He also had slides to show different coins an& monarchs whose heads appeared on the coins during their reign, An interesting question ,and answer period foll- owed his talk. ******** ***V**** ******** *******V ******** PR.DPOSP) COIN Listed below are the proposed coin club annual show datee and banquets. Pleaso check to sec if any of these dates will conflict with your club 'S proposed date. Oct. 21 - St. Catharines Coin Clul, 13th Annu,d Banquet md Coin Ex- hibi-tion in Westminster United Church Hall, 182 Qucenston St., St. Cathtwines. Details rc bourse, etc. to the Presid- ent, R, Voaden, 63 Highland Avo, Guest speaker will be W. K. Robertson, Chief of Numismatic Division? Royal Can- adian Mint, Ottawa, Oct. 22 - Stratford Coin Club Annual Show and Auction with eight bourse dealers and a 100 lot auction. Details re bourse, etc. to Stratford C0.i.n Club, P.0, Box 262? Stratf0rd~0n.t. Oct. 28 - Toronto Coin Cluls Show to celebrate its 36th anniversary, at the Royal York Hotel from 10.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. En,- quirics re bourse and displriys to Toronto Coin Club, 100 Front St, Idcst, Toronto 116, Ont. Also a symposium for Junior and adult collectors is being sponsored by the C.N.A. Educational Committoe. Oct, 29 - Tillsonburg Numismatic Socioty AnnuLa Coin and Ant5qu.e Show in .the Orange Hdl, Brock St., Tillsonburg. Details re bourse to Chas. B. Laister, No, 3 Highway, Tillsonburg. Gen- eral Chairnian - Gcorge Reynaert, 41 Park Avo,, Delta, Ont. Nov. - Champlt.in Coin Club annual banquet at St. David's Anglican Church, James St,, Orillia with a hot -turkey dinner and draw prizes during th~evening, Nov, LI- - Oshawa I W IUT EVERY YOUNG l\rllMISMATI STSHOULD KNW By R. C, Willcy F.H.N.S., F,C.R.N.A Article 3 -HCW TO PROTECT COINS Collectors over the years have developed many ways of storing their coins, Tha traditional mothod is to keep them in a wooden cab- inet. The cabinet is usually made of m,ahognny or roso~iood, and con- . tains several shallow felt-lined drawers or trays. A collector can show several coins at once by removing the trays. Cabinets, unfort- unately, are expensi.ve and not much used because of this, even though a cabinet is the best wgy to keep coins. Modern collectors use albums, envelopos and boxes, or plastic holders. The most common ,albums in use are the bl-uo Whitman folders, available for Caiadian, &neric,m, and English coins, Thore is a slot for every date in a given series, which makes it easy to sec at a glance a whole collection of ccnts, for exmple, Only one side of the coins can be seen, and so ,an extra space :is provided to show the obverse. The D,msco coin albums, also manufactured in the U.S. are larger and more expensive, and of heavier construction, They arc available for Canadian, American, AustrjLian and New Ze,aland coins. Thore is also a line of albums, similar to the Whitman line, made in Canada, for Canadian coins. There ae other &bums of heavier construction made so that boo-th sides of the coin can be seon, The most widely used are the Whit.man lrBooksholftralbums for Canadian American and Englislz coins. These are more expensive than the fol&ers, and give cxcellcnt protection. Another lino of ,albums sometimes seon is the "Library of Coinsn series. Both it and the Whitm,an series will resemble books when closed. Paper and plastic envelopes ,?re the simplest means of kecplng coins for which no albums are a~~ailable,Envclopcs are two inches square, made of white or manila paper or clear plastic, Cardboard and plastic boxes, about ten inches long, are available to hold a number of coins in their envelopes, As to which way he wants to keep coins each reader will have to make up his own mind. Economic Factors wili decido in the end for most collectors. The small Whitman folders and paper envelopes and boxos are the cheapest methods. Next come ttdo-it-yourselfTt coin hold- ers and the ltbookshelfu albums, FIoavy plastic is expensive, but only as expensive as the collcct- ox wmts to make it. A few favourite sets in ruby red plastic holders ae qu-ite attractive and riot unduly hard on the purse, On the other hLuld, few people can afford to house each and every piece of a large collection in thi S m~anner, (Article 4 coming next month) ******** ******** *******C ******** ******** FLASH - LATE COIN CLUB__ CENTRAL COIN CLIIB The last meeting was opened by Prank Lieshout and the up-coming election of executive for next year was the main topic for discussion. It was reported that the club roceived many new members for being at the C.N,E. in conjunction with the O.N.A. The door prize was a1967 proof set without the gold. i Pa~e 89 . . ! NEW MEMBERS ! ! i The following applications have been received. If no written olsjeh. i tions are received, their acceptance will be acknowledged in the Nov?, ember issue of the Ontario Numismatist. ! 860 - K, T. Nayler, Box 532, Downsview, Ontario. i 861 - Dr. T. A. H. McCulloch, l lbialcheren Loop, Box 695, CF'B Borden, Ontcvio 862 - Joseph Viera, P.O. Box 5, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, ! ! 02871 U, S , A, 863 - David Zimmerman~ 28 Summerhill Ave., Toronto 7, Ont. l i 864 - Fred Deoks, S. Hami1,ton St,, Niagara Falls, Ont. I 86 5 Loui S L, Hannah, 13b Olin Ave., Gir ad, Pa., U. $,A, ! 866 - Ilorbort Spearpoint, 68 Strathcona Ave., Toronto 6, Ont. l ******** ******** ********X *******X ******** $SS IN THAT, is going to be rather rambling this month -- I've not gotton ovor Team Canada winning their series in Moscow -- They sure deserved it for not only did they have to beat a rea2ly first class team, they had to contend with some pretty awful officiating by the rcferoes - - - Ifowever, in the end 'WE WINt which is the slogan of the day and I am sure all our readers will forgive my all Canadian plug? I feel we should shout it from the hilltops! ! ! // Now to other things, Ye ed and Mrs. Ed were guests of the Ihzronia Numismatic Society re- cently at thoir annual show --- Here 1 must commiserate with their banquet committee for the poor public response to their hard work in promoting thoir show, it was most disappointing to say the least -- However, there were compensatinps, the exhibits were good and while not as many as other ycars the qu=dity was excellent which rosulted in making the judges really earn their keop -- Eut lot in2 add here a note of congratulations to the many exhibitors throughout our fair province of Ontario -- 1 believe that as a'l; Huronia we can put on displays that we second to none, the gu,dity of exhibits is rising which is a healthy sign -- I am sure that no judge minds having to re-judge four or five exhibits again because to him this means they must be of a high quality and therefore a challenge to him -- In conclusion, then, may I say to you I1MR. EXHIBITOR,lfa big ltCONGRATULATIONStlon your eff- orts, please keop it up and try to spread the good word among your fellow collectors, telling them how much FVN and personal satisfaction it can be, I EFNW for I see the winners1 faces beanling all over the place when they are presented with their trophies !'SO --- ImEP IT UP --- IT'S FUN & IT 'S GOOD FOR YOU -- YOUR CLUB & YOUR HOBBY" --- SO long for now until November --- i3ona Snowshoes Ye Ed - 30 -- . . THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FDUNDLD 180. WATERLOO. ONTARIO 1971 - 1973 0. N. A. OFFICERS I Volume 11 November 1972 Pme 90 Past Presidents THE GLITTER OF GOLD R. R. REKOPSKI(1962-65) L. T. SMITH (1965-67) By Peter Degraaf F.R.N.S. W. ENGLISH (1967-69) The rise in the unofficial price of gold D. FLICK (1969-71) from $35.00 an ounce to the present price President of about $66.00 an ounce, has increased the CHAS. B. LAISTER value of every gold coin struck prior to first Vice-President 1968, when the latest ttgold rush" started. W. E. PATI.AMBERT Second Vice-President In retrospect it was oal;y nat-wal, KEN PROPHET gold should have wedin value for Secretary the purchasing power of a paper doliar has MRS. PAT LAMBERT since 1934 (when gold was pegged at $35*00 Treasurer and Membership BRUCEH. RASZMANN an owe), from $1400 to about .35.~!. In Mailing Address ether words, it now costs approximately Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario $3.00 to buy items that cost $1.00 in 1934. DIRECTORS As long as gold was available at $35.00 an Area 1 Howard Whitfield ounce, it beme lwrs zad more of a bargain Area 2 Mei Fiske tha -Area 3 J. Edward Stahlev pars wont by, and as inflation kept Area 4 Jack ~raia eating away at the value of the dollm. Arev 5 Wm. R. Gage Area 6 Jack C. Dietrich Prior to 1968, few people were inter- Area 6 Frank Lierhout Area 7 Ray G. Pleau ested in gold, because it seemed that the Area 8 Paul L. Sullivan U.S. Government had enough to supply all Arev 9 John McKay-Clements Area 9 Gerald Albert buyers. During 1968 it became apparent to Area 10 Elliott Jephson students,.of practical economics, that the Historian U.S. stdckpile of $12 billion in gold could WALTERGRIGGS never last against the 50 billion which had Publicity been issued agalnst the stockpile in Fort BOB VOADEN Ontario Paper Co., Knox, .. .and the "gold rushft began. Thorold, Ont. If you had money on deposit at a bank, Librarian and you found out one evening that the bank BILL ENGLISIX Box 4, Waterloo, Ont. only had 25 percent of its assets left to Audio,-Visnal Service roturn to its customers, having "used uptr CHAS. B. LAISTER the remaining 75 porcent, whore would you No. 3 Highway be first thing the next morning? Tillsonburg, Ont. Chairman of Disfilay Cases During the hectic days that followed, WALTW HOLST about $2 billion worth of gold left the 19 Maple Court U,S, stockpile, and to protect the remain. Waterloo, Ont. ing $10 billion worth, a trtwo-tiertt system Phone: 576-7831 (two prices, one official and ono unoffic- Speaker's Circuit Service KEN PROPHET ial) was created, President Richard Nixon, CFMSS CPB Borden, in August 1971, closed the gold window com- Borden, Ont. letely when he declared that no longer could Editor foreign government banks turn in thoir dol- W. E. PATLAMBERT Lars for gold. Private citizons had lost 57 Emmett Road their rights to redemption earlier; U.S. St. Catharines, Ont. citizens in 1933.- and foreigners in 1968.. - Actually we should not think of gold as Pa rze 91 appreciating but rather of paper money currency as depreciating, and gold along with silver and other precious metals are adjusting to the new, lower paper-money value. People who think gold will come down in price (aside from normal fluctuations), must also believe that the price of houses, cars, food and wages will decrease, A simple andogy will prove my point. Imagine if you will an antique auction attended by 50 people all of whom are interested in at least one i tem among the many items for sale, We will assume that at the end of the auction the auctioneer will have sold every item and his sales will have to3alled $50,000. Just before the auction begins, however, an eccentric millionaire enters and hands out a $1 000 bill to each of the 50 bidders. Though many of the biddms . .. wih use only a part of their windf all in the auction, the average .,,.,. ,, ''.' price of' the items sold at the auction will INCREASE and the total sales will be in oxcess of $$,000. The same principle is at work in the econ@mics of all Western countries to-dayr Governments in order to poy their various programs, increase the total money in circulatlan (not always dollar bills), usually treasury money and this t+watering downff of the money supply causes all other commobities to rise in value, in direct proportion to the percentage of the bncrease. These commodities, especially precious metals, react to the dim- inishing value of paper money in the same way as the items in the hypothetical auction, though not necessarily at the same time, due to the complexi'ty of our economic system. Wherever there are losers, there are usually also winners, and the winners in our hobby are the collectors of gold coins. Due to tne fact that U.S, citizens are not allowed to own bulk gold, the practice of collecting, or hoarding gold coins is becoming more and more popu- lar in Nonth America. Low mintage gold coins in top condition are becoming increasingly scarce -- witness the rise in value of the Can- adian fives, tens and sovereigns. Tho serious collector of gold coins probably does not om any bulk gold (especially if ha happens to be a U.S. citizen). In his collection of gold coins however, he has the benefits of ,. . both the intrinsic gold value and the collectors value. An increase in demand for either commodity will see the balue of his collection increase. The collector of gold coins has advantages over the hoarder in that a diversified collection is made up of many dates, some scarce while the hoader usually has many duplicates. A collection generdly shows a greater rate of appreciation, on the other hand a hoard usua- lly has mo*e actual gold content per coin. A gold collection need not l necessarily be an expensive hobby, a type set of sovereigns is a good l example, Collections of this tbpe are easy to display at coin shows, I and many different themes can be used to set the display apart from others, **X***** ******** ******** ******** ******** THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is published monthly by the Ontario Numismatic Association. The publication moy be obtained with membership in one of the following categories- Life Member ships-$50. ,Regula Member ship-$3, ywarly, Juniors-$2, yearly (up to 18 years of age) ,&sband and Wife (ono journal)-$5. yearly, Club - @O. yearly. Special 0. N.A. Sterling Silver Lapel Pins (Screw back or pin back)-$2.50 Remittance payable to the Ontario Numismatic Association, P.O. Box 33, 1~ Waterlloo, Ontario, Pwe 92 Two excellent catalogues on gold coins are avdlable through most dealexs:The Friedburg Cataloghe (3rd edition) covers gold coins of the world; while Harrisf lrGold Coins of the Americasn (First Edition), covers North and South American gold coins by dates. In addition, the Charlton catalogue lists the Canadian and Newfoundland gold issues, while the U.S. Redbook lists the U.S. gold, There are at least two in-depth books on the market which are recommended reading for anyone interested in gold coins: "How to In- vest in Gold CoinsI1, by Hoppe (Arlington House, New Rochelle, N:Y. ) and llGold Coins for Economic Survival1I by Turner, (Turner Publications, Nashville, Tenn.) Either of these books will show the amount of actual gold in &lof the popular gold coins, as well as many other fascinat- ing aspects of the hobby. In closing I would like to pass along an experience related to me in 1963 at the Pl.orida United Mumismatlsts Convention in Miami by a Cuban doctor, who fled Cuba the day before Castro marched from the hills and into Havana. This doctor took his gold coin collection fxom the bank and escaped with little else, on one of the last conlmercial flights to leave Cuba. Two days after he arrived in Miami, Castro1s men seized every deposit box and confiscated the contents, for the state, The gold coin collection provided the only method of salvaging some of the doctor's assets. Paper pesos were soon replaced with new notes by the revolutionary government and would therefore not have served the same purpose. ******** ******** ******** *m****** *X****** C.N.E. 1972 0.N, A, REPORT ON THE 1972 SFIm BY AL!BERT FULLER .Went to Toronto from Kitchener on Sunday, August 13th, 1972, and had lots of help to set up the show, Would like to thank all those who helped. There were l7 exhibitors with 47 exhibits which included :- medallions, paper money, foreign coins, Canadian decimals in sets and singles, also frames of C.N,E. medallions except 1972 which we did not receive in time to sell, also 2 frames of buttons. These buttons be- long to the class of Hobby and Antiques and date back from 1800 and were prize winners. Buttons have never been shown at the C.N.E. be- $ore and drew a lot of attention. The crowds were large and many questions Wore asked. The first four days were highlighted by The Scottish World Fest- ival. with a large number of Pipe Bands. The largest band was from Edinburgh, Scotland. England, Canada and other parts of the world were also represented. It took 16 buses to take the players to their motels and hotels for four nights. The largest crowd was on Saturday night and this was a good time for selling medallions which went all over Scotland and England. The first medallion sold was to Kitchener and the second went to Scotland near Momt Tinto. Also met the President of Bermuda Coin Club who was very much taken with our show and he took 'back as a souvenir a Fi~stDay Set of 1971 Stamps and Medallions. Two of Oktoberfest 1969 medallions were sold to two Catholic Sisters who were flying back to Rome Sunday, so our medallions travel many miles. Also sold a medallion to a Gov- ernment man in the North West Territories. It is interesting $0 be at the Show and meet people from all over the world and answer questions on coins. As cDairman of the show and on behalf of all the exhibitors &93 I would like to thank the 0.N-A. Executive for the new shield which was given this year. Regarding sales of medallions as we did not get the 1972 Exhibition i~edallion,it kept our sales quite a bit lower, although in all, sales were very good. On Monday, September bth, there was a very good turn out to help take out the exhibits and once again I would like to thank all who helped make the show a sucess. NfNS AROUND THE COIN CLUBS CElVTRAL COIN CLUE- At the last meeting the President welcomed 87 mem- bers and guests. As the club now has 49 Junior members it was de- cided to amend the constitution to include two instead of one Junior on the executive. Pine work, Central, glad to see so many Juniors out. GALT ANC AREA COIN CLUB- At the last meeting the President welcomed 20 members and guests. A motion was put t&ough to change the nanle of the club to 'rCAMBRDGE COIN CLWIT on Jan. lst, 1973 to coincide with the name change of the city of Galt, Preston and Hespler to Cambridge. A lively auction closed the meeting, ITURONIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION --p - The 12th annual show was a great success with a fine crowd and excellent displays. At the last meet- ing the new constitution was distributed to the members and the even- ing closed with a lively auction conducted by Ken. Prophet. -LOI'QON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY - The last meeting had a film from the C,N.A. cnti'tled "C.N.A. Medalsll. A short review of the C.N.A. Bulle- tins was given by Lloyd Smith and the same of tho O.N.A. Bulletins by Mackie Smith, The meeting closed with the usual auction. -NORTH YORK COIN CLUB - The last meeting featured a set of 36 slides from the C,N,A. libral'y on the development of ancient Roman coinage from the earliest Republican times to the coinage reforms of the Emperor Diocletian. Stan Clute supplied the commentary and had a case of Roman Imperial coins on display. Guest Basil Latham displayed a l970 British proof-like set of coins. --PORT CREDIT COIN CLUB - At the last meeting Charltonts ttStandard Cata- logue of Canadian Coins, Tokens and Paper Moneyn was discussed and re- cornmended to the mombers. An interesting section is the recording of popul-ar coin prices 20 years ago and a compLarison with to.-.day's prices. --ST? GATEIARINES COIN CLUB - The guest speaker at the annual banquet was W. K, Robertson, Chief of Numismatic Division Royal Canadian Mint. He was thanked by Pat Lambert who presented him with a token of the club's appreciation of his talk. Pat Lambert was also presented with a life membership in the club as an appreciation of his services. Bill English acted as Head Judge and Lloyd Dorsey conducted a lively auction to round out an really onj oyablc evening. -SARNIA NUMISMATIC SKIETY - Just a word to say that the Coin Show at the Village Inn was a huge success. At the next meeting the officers for 1973 will be selected. -Page 94 IN MEMORIAM_ P 1.t was with deep regret your editor learned this week of the passing of Jack Wdlaco, of Kings.ton, Ontario, a very well known coin collect- or md 11md worker on behalf of the hobby. Jack was a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian 1Vumismatic Variety Association and during this period he came up with the now well known tl~ojcck Brenda" which I ,m sure has benefited many youngsters throughout the Province. He will be sadly missed, not only by his family, but by many in the hobby who knew and liked Jack for his sincere wish to be of service to others, especial3.y the youngeters, I know I shall miss seeing him on my visits to Kingston, In conclusion, I extend the sympathy of our Presiden't,the Executive and our members to Mrs. Wall- ace, whLch I hope .to give personally in the very near future. Ye Ed. X******* ******** ******** ******** ******** m MEMBERS Applications published in the October issue of the Ontario Numismatist have now boen accepted. The following applications have been received. If no written objections are received, their acceptance will be ack- nowledged in the December issue of the Ontario Numismatist. 867 - Sheldon David Zuker, 3b Cedarcroft Rd.' Toronto 451, Ont. 868 - Arthur Voj.gt, R. R. # 1, Stoney Creek, Ont. C72 - Brocliville Coin Club, P.O. Box 854, Brockville, Onta K6VSWl LM18 - C. R. (Ted) Turanski, 111 L'ancaster St. i3., Kitchener, Ont, ***h**** ******** ****X*** ******** ***W**** -START TI-TTNKING Your O.N.A, Executive are asking for you to decide on your new exocu- tive for 1.973-75* Please refer to Page 10 of this Bulletin and forw- ard your se1ec.tion.s as soon as possible. U1 present officers of the Executive with the exception of Mr. Icon Prophet for First Vice-Pros- ident are willing to stand for re-election. Please send your norninat..:.;:. ions to Mr. William Xnglish, P. 0. Box 4, Waterloo, Ontario. ******** ******** *******>k *******X *h****** HAVE YOU EVKR HEW of the MILLERS9 MERCIUNTS AND FARMERS BAMC OF CAN- ADA WEST? Probably not. When the bank applied for a chmter, the government took a dim view of this mixture of commercid interests and refused to grant charter until cert,ain changes were made. The proposed nanle for the bank was thcn altered to the MILLERS ASSOCIATION OF CAN- ADA WEST. No, that didn' t seem to satisfy them either. When the bank finally received its charter to opcrate2 in 1845, it was officially called the BANK OF TORONTOand yes, it d~dissue b,mknotes, afterwards. (ref,: One Hundred Yess of Banking in Canada, a I-Iistory of the Toronto- Dominion Bank? 1958, Copp Clark Publishong CO,) (Thanks to North York Coin Club) -PITTER PATTEB Don't be a cloud Just because you can't be a star. (Thanks Champlaln Cob Club) WHAT EVERYaUNG NUMISMATIST SHOULD KNOW By R. C. Willey F.R.N.S., P.C.R,N,S. Article 4 TO CLEAN OR NOT TO CLEAN TH_A_TISTHE QUESTION If you ever want to start a king-sized row at a coin club meet- ings just try talking about whether or not to cle,m coins, and voice your opinions on the best way to do so. Generally speaking, Itwhen in doubt, don't" is the best plan to follow, I have seen many coins which have been utterly spoiled by improper cleaning. Sandpaper, emery cloth, steel wool, SOS, and other abrasives must never be used to clean coins. YoW motherls silver- we?, brassware and similm articles look wonderful after being poli- shed with Silvo or Brasso or some other recommended polishing compound but these rnaterids were never intended for use on coins. Toothpaste is good only for cleaning your teeth. Stron, acids, alkalis and clean- ing solutions are 'also very hard on coins. %L1 these chernicds I have mentioned will remove dirt from coins ,and will remove tarnish, but the coins do not - definitely not - look like new. Their appearance does not in any way resemble the original lustre of the mint coins. Thc original lustre, or mint bloom, of a coin is a beautiful stlr- f ace finish imparted to the coin during striking* In somc cases it causes the field of the coin to be like a mirror, This lustre is de- licate adis soon lost in circulation. Once the lustre is gone it is, like your chj-ldhood, gone forever. No process of cleaning can ever bring it back. Cloanirig of circulated coins serves to remove un- sightly dirt and restore original colour where this is desirable. What, then, can onc do to clean coins? The simplest thing, which works nearly all the time, is boiling water. Immersing the coins in boiling water will remove all waxy or greasy dirt as well as the ibrd- inary kind of dirt that gets under our fingernails once in a while. After boiling for a few minutes, the water is discsded and the coins rinsed in cold water to cool. them so they can be safely handled. Stubborn surface dirt can often be removed with soap ad water. Pure soap is meant here, not detergent. The simplesf way is to lather somc toilet soap in warm or hot wa-ter ,and lot the coins soak in the . solution. The dirt will be loosened so that i-t can be removed with a toothpickl The coins are then binsed with water to remove the soap. Tarnish is Lanother matter. T,wnish is a darkening of tho colour of the coin as a result of exposure to air over a period of time, or the result of circulation. The metal is oxidized or combined with sulphur from atmospheric polution suck as smoke, exhaust fumes from cars, or the grease off peoplet S fingers in circulation. Cohs also tarnish through being kept in l-eather or plastic purses or in pockets of raincoats. Thcre is no quicker way to tarnish a silver coin than to keep it in the pocket of a rubber raincoat, Treatment of tarnish depends on the metal of the coin, Lett s take a look at thc peculiarities of some of the metals in coins, Gold does not tarnish in ordinary circumstances and so it seldom has to be clesned. Even immersion in sea water has no effect on gold. The gold coins brought up from the wreck of "Le Chameautt off Louisburg are as fresh now as when they were minted, despite their 'being under- water for more than two hundred years! Silver coins can be safely cleaned with the old housewivest bak- ing soda method. It .takes the black tarnish off the tines of forks -Page 96 used for eating eggs, and works on silver coins just as well, if done properly, The coins WC placed in an aluminum saucepan (the pan must be duminum) and covered with a strong solution of baking soda in water. The pan is then placed on the stove to warm 'the solu'tion no hotter than the bald can bear. Aluminum reacts with the tarnish? and the sulphur is converted into a gas which comes out of the solut~on. The coins axe left bright and clean. Rinsing in cold wa'ter completes the job. The use of Quick Dip, available in most supermarkets, is effoct- ive. It can be used full strength on silver coins* The coin may be dipped' into .the solution, or the solution may be applied to tho coin with a cotton swab. The solution cluickly removes the tarnish. The coin i S then rinsed in cold wa'ter --never hot-- and then dipped in soapy water and rinsed a second time in cold w~ter. Again? use toilet soap, not detergent6 The soap is necessary to neutralize the last traces of Quick Dip, which is ,m acid, After final rinsing in cold water the coins acgently patted dry. Rinsing after treatment with Quick Dip must always be with cold water. I cannot stress too strongly the importance of using cold water, Hot water will cause a reaction that will give the coin a hard, white appoar'ulce that is most objectionable and cannot be removed6 Copper coins present a different problem. The man who finds a satisfactory way of cleaning copper will never have to work ~&n.It is possible to restore the red colour to a brown cent, but the resulting redness is not the same as the original colour, It is gener,dly bottor not to try and remove the tarnish on copper coins. This is best done only by an expert with years of experience. Green spots of corrosion, however, can be removed. The green ma'teri,d ks known as verdigris, and can ba removed by immersing the coin in a strong solution of sodium sesquicarboiiate until -the solution turns bluish. Sodium sesquicarbonate can be bought in a drug store. If not avail.able, it can be made by dissolving four parts of washing soda xid one pmt of bdsing soda in water and boiling the solution for about an hour. When the solution cools, crystals of .the sesquicarbonate form, These can be filtered off and dissolved in fresh water. Nickel coins seldom need cleaning beyond the removal of suyface dirt. Zinc coins are better loft alone. Zinc is an active inet,zl, and only experiencsd people can clean it well. (article 5 next month) ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** -DONATIONS TO FOUNDATION NOW EXCEED $6,000. At the annual meeting of the Bo,vd of Governors of the J. Douglas Perguson Education and Rese,acl~Foundation, Mr. Willim 13, McDonald, chairman, reported on the affairs of the foundation and reviewed the development over the preceding year, E. Victor Snell was appointed Secretary/Treasurer , Mr. Snell has for many years been associated with numismatic orgmizations and brings great experience to this work. Mr. McDonalC! reported that financial support has come from many and varied sources, mdE now the donations total over $6,000. We of tho O,N.A, are very pleased to congratulate Mr. Snell on his appointment to the office and wish him all the bes-t in this new effort. -Page 97 -PROPOSED COIN SHWS Listed below are the proposed coin club annual show dates and banquets, Please check to see if any of these dates will conflict with your club' S proposed date* Nov. 18 - Richmond Hi11 Coin. Clu3' S Pre-Christmas Bonanza, 10.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. at the Towne & Country Square, Yonge St. & U23 Steeles Ave., Willowdaln, Ont. Bourse dealers and raffle. Feb, 3-4 - Central Coin Club 2-d8y show. Full details from Frank Lieshout, P.O. Box 841, Station llIC", Toron.to 315, Ont. Mar. 23-24- The Torex Show. EWl details next issue. Mar. 10 - North York Coin Club A~~nualShow, Bourse Book arid White Elephant sale. North York Con?.munity ~dilf 5090 Yonge Ste7 Willowdale, Ont. 10.00 a.n.2 - 10.00 p.m. information - P.O. Box 29b9 Willowddle, Ont. Apr. 14-15 -Ontario Numismatic Association Annual Convention at the Waterloo Motor Inn, Waterloo, 0ntmi.o. Information from Wilf Erb, P.O. Box 41, Waterloo, Ont. More details later. ******** ******#C* ******** ******** **h***** GOING TO ENGLAND NEXT I!l?,AR? HERE'S AI-IELPFUL KTNT FROM THE CITY OF -OTTAWA COIN CLUE). MILLED COINAGE Last summer I spent a morning in the guarded TOOm of the British Museum looking at the English milled coinage. I think it is an ex- cellent place to see some coins - it's not too big and it1S quiet. I was able to pick up the pieces and turn them over ,and dream about the places they may have been, and think a1,out the way they had been made. Museums that display coins have them well covered and it is impossible to pick them up, but the coins in the British Museum are in small trays which are not covered, I have been there before and hope to go again, however an appoin.tment is necessary if you wis$ to pay a visit. The Zlizabeth 1 gold hammered and rnillcd coins are of two stand- ards known as stand,zrd and crown gold. The milled gold coins from 1561-1572 consisted of sovereign, crown and Q crown, They were gold and were the same weights as the hammered nlonoy. The silver was of two kinds, those struck by the old process of the hammer and those strucls by the mill and screw, and known as milled money - composed of 1/6d, groat, 3s, $ groat, penny, th??ee f althings, The new process by means of the mill and screw as distinglhished from the simple one of striking with tho hammer, was introduced in l561 into England from France by Eloyo Mestrello. It met with. little favour fron authorities of the mint, and few coins were struck by this process after 1572. It was not generally adopted until the reign of Charles 51. The milled coins of this reign are easily distinguished from the ham- mered ones in being neater and sharper work, and in having no inner circla on either side. The Elizabeth 1 shilling is particularly fine work and is so even- ly struck that it may have been executed by the mill. It is tho only issue with a garnished shield, and may therefore, have been intended as a pattern. (Thank you, Unknown Author) Page 98 LATE ARRIVAL - COIN CLW ,ANNUAL SHGW WOODSTOCK COIN CLUB - will hold their annual sl~owat old St. Paul's Parish Hdl on Dundas St,, Woodstock on April 28? 1973. Dcbails re bourse, displays, etco to Thc Secretay, Woodstock Coin Cluls, P,O. Box 631, WOODSTCCX, Oh-t;ario. ******** ******** ******** *X******* ******* BRANTPORD COIN CLUB - The last meeting was llWalter Griggkp Night" as he filled in for the film that didnot arrive and gave a resume of the C,N.A, activities and also a paper on Newfoundland Paper Money, The new address for any clubs writing to Brantford is - Brantford, Onto? N?T-. SSl. I.IAMILTON COIN CLUB - The last meeting was attended bv 17 members and guests, The club has a good Juniorurnember ship and how' has 2 nice tllophios for a conipetition for Junior S going from November to June/73, The clu.11 is still looking for an Editor so they can keep putting out the club news. ******** ******** ******** ******** ****** -THIS 'N THAT - First we must apologize to our readers for the lateness of your Bulletin, but Ye Ed. and Mrs. Ed, moved recently to the up- town area and consequently we have boen a pretty busy pair-- for the benefit of our CLUB SECRETARIES please send all future Bulletins for me to _P. 0, EOX ?11, ST, CATIQBINES, ONTARIO -- I thank you in advance for your co-operation -- We attended some shows this fall - not as many as we wished, but we were xt SSt. Catharines, a good show but not as well attended by the public as other years -- this was duo to the rain and inclement weathor -- We also took in Oshawa. 2nd District Coin Club show at the Downtown Mall -- a s'tr'ange place to hold a show -- very different but sure got the crowds in from surrounding stores -- the exhibits, thol not great in quantity, were excellent in quality -- a real tough judging job -- we enjoyed the hospitality of the Fleaus, who made us feel right a't home! ! -- I hope our readers will be think- ing about the important Election of Officers Mar, 10 - North York Ckin Club Annual Show, Bourse, Book and White Elephant Sale in the North York Comrnuniby Hall, 5090 Yonge Street, Willowdale, Ontario from 10,OO a.m. to 10.00 p.m. For information write to P.O. Box 294-, Wil10wdd.e~ Ontario. Apr. 14-15 - Ontario Numismatic Association Annual Conventzion at the Waterloo Motor Inn, Waterloo, Ontario, Infollmation re bourse, dis- plays, etc. to Wilf Erb, P.0, Box 41, Waterloo, Ontario. ******** ******** ********** ******W* -**** MILLION DOLLAR FACTS - Marge P'arnum (A.N.A. Bulletin July 2971) One million silver dollars stacked would reach 8 800 feet into the sky. Compare this to the Space Needle (600 ft.), the Eiffel Tower (934 ft), and the Empire State Building (1 250 ft.). Even by mackine it takes one man 18 days to count one miliion dollars. Amillion doilaxs would stack nicely in your living room where the baby grand piano stands. Total 180 cubic feet, weight 30 tons. Edge to edge, one million dollars would extend twent~~threemilt?$f.x:.x:** ***)C* 1F3C *X *++K+** **K**# K.i(.+XX-t.X O,N,A, President's Greetings At this time I would like to wish everyone a very special Merry Christmas and to one and all a Happy and PsoserousNew Year, IIope Lo see you all at the 0.1T.A.Convention April 14-15-1973. Yours very truly, Paxe 104 WHAT EVERY YOUNG NUMISMATIST SIlOULD IUVOW By R. C. Willey F.R.N,S., F.C.R,N.S, Article 5 CONDITION AND GRADING OF COINS One of the most important things a collector must learn is how to judge the condition of coins. The better the condition of a coin, the better it looks and the more i.t is worth, Over the years collectors have come to recognize certain 'terms for describing the condition of coins. In to-dayzy's catalogues and price lists we find the terms FDC, Unc., AU,EFSV1\F, VG, and G, The first two terms have the same meaning, 'that is, fresh off the dies. The term FDC, or fleur de coin, is used more often in Ekwope. The term Unc, or uncirculated, is most often used in Canada. If you take the word uncirculated literally, it means not having been put into circulation. iunong coin collectors it refers to a coin which has no sign of wear at all, and has full mint lustre. Mint lustre was described in an earlier column, on cleaning coins. Uncirculated coins often show slight scra-tches from being handled in large quantities by the mint and by the banks. $hese are unavoid-. able, As a result, uncirculated coins with few or none of these !'bag scratchest', as they are called, are often described as select, gem or choice uncirculated specimens, In the case of copper or toned silver coins, the color is generally stated. For example, a red uncirculated 1927 cent is one which will still have its original redness, An 1881 cent described as Izy'chocolate Uncfzy' is one in uncirculated condition, but which has acquired a chocolate brown colour over the years, A steel blue 1887 quarter would be one in uncirculated condition, but tarnished evenly to producea steely blue tone. Such toning often enhances the value of a coin. The term AU means almost, or about, uncirculated. It refers to a coin .with only the slightest wear on the high spots of the design. All other details are sharp and clear. Most of the mint lustre remains. In earlier times such coins were described as uncirculated with cab- inet fric.tion. Believe it or not, the sliding of coins on the felt in the bottom of a cabinet drawer whenever the drawer is opened, can, in time, cause wear because of the rubbing actj-on! The term EF means extremely fine, Such a coin shows some wear on the high spots, but the worn places are still clear. Everything else is sharp and clear. There is often some mint lustre still remaining. A coin is very fine (VF') when definitely worn but clear, The high spots are worn but not so as to blur the detail. Most other de- tails are sharp. In a few cases mint lustre S-tilllingers in sheltered places such as between the letters of the legends. A fine (F) coin is worn all over, but nothing is worn off except for a few very high spo-ts in positions exposed to wear during circula- tion. Everything else i.s clear but not necessarily sharp. The term VG means very good, and refers to coins on which the high- est parts of the design are worn away and the rest of the coin is still. clear. The details on the rest of the coin are no longer sharp. This is usually the lowest cdndition acceptable to collectors. The term good (G) is a borderline case, As a ruLe, only scarce Paae 1.05 and rare coins are acceptable to collectors in this condition. Such coins are considerably worn, and do n.ot show -the finer details of the design. At this stage of preservation the legends and the date show considerable wear, In England the much better term mediocre is used to describe coiiis in this condition, Occasiondlly coins in fair and poor condition are seen. On a fair coin you can read the date and legends and identify the types. It is often quite impossible to distinguish minor varieties because so little detail is visible. Poor cpins are so badly worn as ,to be of no value at all to a collector unless they we of extreme rarity, Only a partial ou-tline of the .type is visible, and the legends may be worn off, The determination of the condition of coins is called grading, It has been for years a matter of opinion, since no two pairs of eyes see the same thing on the same coin. With the rise in popularity of nu?nismatics in the past 20 years, it has become necessary to develop standards of grading for the American and Canadian coinages, which are most widely collected. At :first the standard catalogues included a section on grading, but within the last three years books have been published on grading alone i For Canadian coi.ns, three books are available, The first is the Standard Grading Guide to Canadian Decimal Coins by Charlton and Willey. The ternlsarq defined as they apply to every Canadian coin. Enlarged drawings show the poin-ts of wear of each coin. The secoiid is Hans Zoell s Simplified Grading Guide. Its ill* ustrations are good, showing the points and progression of wear in red. The third is The Guide for the Grading of Canadian Coins by Paul and Parker. It is a somewhat sl.mplified trsatment, using drawings which show the points and progression of wear in grey. All -these works are available from coin dealers. 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