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1985-1987 O.N.A. OFFICERS
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Baude roll. saved by a few timely "miracles," they World War I was the first war in arrived at an oasis surrounding a shrine ropaganda." which modern propaganda, with its to Ammon; here Alexander was We say the word with a invidious connotation, was consciously informed by the priests that he was the P sneering tone. We dismiss implemented state policy, exploited as a son of the god. Shortly afterward, the the subject preemptorily; we easily rec- potent and effective rneans of influenc- news was announced by the Oracle of ognize an attempt to persuade us to ing public opinion. Though propaganda Apollo in Asia Minor; Arrianos wrote believe something our better judgement offices often masqueraded under such that at this time Alexander took to causes us to reject. But in reality, propa- innocuous names as The Ministry of wearing the two ram horns characteris- ganda has many purposes, and not all Education or The State Information tic of his "father." They were worn are either abominable or readily recog- Service, the war prompted a rise of attached to a fillet around his head, so nimble. national propaganda machines as well they appeared to be growing from just The word "propaganda" originally as unofficial political and economic above his ears. This is not really conclu- meant an act of spreading the faith; it groups formed to influence public sive evidence, but since Alexander faced applied specifically to the College of views. strong opposition at home, isn't it con- Propaganda founded by Pope Urban It would be misleading to say that ceivable that he would resort to this VIII (1613-1644) to prepare priests for World War I was the first time propa- subterfuge to solidify his position? foreign assignments. It carried none of ganda was used with the deliberate Many Roman coins bear inscriptions its implications of deceit and deception, intention of deception. That might be or allegorical scenes meant to impress and did not until this century. impossible to trace, but for our purpose by commemorating an event or exalting Propaganda serves many purposes: it a good starting point is the fourth cen- a personage. The Roman general Mark informs and misinforms, brings good tury B.C. Antony (83-30 B.C.), while command- news, words of warning, words of hope ing forces in the western Mediterranean and encouragement, persuasion, as a member of the second Triumvirate, threats, and a variety of other intents. here a re c o i n s o f A 1 e x - struck a series of denarii bearing a pic- Propaganda, as we define the word, aander the Great (356-323 B.C.) ture of a galley. The galley suggested combines all these elements and then which bear a portrait con- that ultimate power rested upon sea disseminates them by the printing sidered by some to be Hercules but power, a subtle stroking of the naval press, radio and television - and by thought by others to be Alexander him- forces. His name is also featured pro- perhaps the oldest method of all. That self. The coin shows a young man with a minently on the coin, a reminder to will be the subject of this study. ram's horn curling against his head. those who served under him that Almost from the time mankind began Could this mean that Alexander was Antony saw to it that they were paid. using the specific bits of metal of estab- casting himself as the son of Ammon, The reverse carries a legionary designa- lished weight and value we call coins, the ram-headed Egyptian god known as tion (Leg 1, 11, 111, and so forth) and a these artifacts have been used to recog- Zeus to the Greeks? The evidence is representation of the legion's standards. nize the accomplishments of the state or found in an account by Arrianos, a sec- This recognized the land forces as well, ruler, to venerate or invoke the favor and-century writer who researched the for the standards were objects of great of the dieties and often, especially in records of Ptolomy and Aristobulus, two pride to the army, inspiring a deep feel- . world coin news ing of esprit de corps. In A.D. 9, when crime by making it plain that the inten- Joyful Pride We Contemplate This the Germanic hordes under Arminius tion to commit it was deliberately Latest Deed of Our Navy" was the way annihilated three legions commanded formed and the crime itself planned the Kolnishe Volkszeitung expreased by Publius Quintillius Varus, the loss of before the ship sailed." (The italics it.They said the victory was greeted the legionary standards was mourned have been added to highlight a point with shouts of delight in every quarter almost as much as the destruction of the to be examined later.) of the German Empire; school children legions themselves, and great shame was The ship sailed, and despite the were granted a holiday. This reaction is cast upon the name of Varus that "threats" the passenger list was filled to be expected in a nation at war, where, extended even to distant kin. with non-combatants - men, women like Pearl Harbor in 1941, a heinous and children, many of them American. atrocity to one side is regarded as a At 2:30 p.m., off the coast of Ireland, a noble vidory by the other. torpedo struck between the third and But there was a strange twist to the et us jump almost 2,000 fourth funnels, a second and third tor- Lusitania case that cast the entire mat- years in our examination pedo may have followed, and the great ter in a different hue. The prominent L of propaganda. It has been ship went down. German medalist Karl Goetz produced noted that theword was not alwaye so The British press presented the trag- a medal to commemorate the event. The odious. The distaste and distrust it gen- edy in the most emotional phrases they British Intelligence Service learned erates may have had ita origin in the could summon: about it before their German counter- days just prior to America's entry into "It is impossible to draw a pen pic- part, and when they revealed it in the the first World War. The outbreak of ture of the heart-rending scenes that press, the Kolnishe Volkszeitung indig- hostilities in August 1914 was followed followed. Men, women, and children nantly denied that German artiste by intense propaganda competition caught like rats in a trap were vainly would create so gruesome a souvenir. between the Allies and the Central fighting for their lives ... Still the The German Presa Bureau had to admit Powers - and one brilliant British-con- Hunnish pirates had performed their later that such a medal had been pri- ceived coup that we must consider. task, proving to the civilized world vately executed; Goetz had made 44 Friday, May 7, 1915, the Cunard liner that the whole gamut of barbarism copies that he distributed to friends. He Lusitania was torpedoed off the Irish had not been exhausted in the inter- had intended it to be a satirical com- coast by a German submarine, the U-20, est of German Kultur. The Belgian ment on the German government's con- and sunk 18 minutes later with a loas of atrocities ... all these dwarfed to tention that the Lusitania carried con- 1,201 lives. The vessel had not been insignificance in the face of the fou- traband. The British obtained one of requisitioned for government war ser- lest act of wilful murder ever com- the medals and featured this descrip- vice, but kept its regular place in the mitted on the high seas. The crime tion in the newspapers: Cunard Line sailings. The ship left will forever remain a blot on the his- "On the obverse, under the legend 'No Liverpool in April 1915, arrived in New tory of a civilized(?) nation..." Contraband' (Keine Bannware) York safely, and departed on its final there is a representation of the Lusi- voyage May 1. In advance of the sail- The verdict of the coroner's jury at tania sinking. The designer hacon- ing, warnings (threats, to the English the inquest, held at Kinsale. Ireland. veniently omitted to put in the press) were published in American was: "This appalling crime wd contrary women and children which the world newspapers predicting that the vessel to international law. and we therefore knew she did carry. On the reverse would be sunk. During the inquiry that charge the ~erman'~m~erorand the under the legend Business Above All followed the sinking, these warnings Government of Germany with the crime (Ceschaft Uber Alles), the figure of were brushed aside by Lord Mersey: of willful and wholesale murder." "So far from affording any excuse, the In the German press the sinking threats only serve to aggravate the received different treatment. "With (PROPAGANDA, Next Page) German counterparts by the spelling of PROPAGANDA the month; British medals read "May" The British version was identical in (From Page 154 ) and the German medals read "Mai." every respect with the German original, The resulting international revulsion but with a few minor alterations. There against Germany caused it to make a would be news of a couple of "glorious Death is shown at the booking office hasty and clumsy attempt to regain lost victories," victories that the troops giving out the tickets to passengers prestige. They struck a medal similiar in receiving the bogus Skorpion had first- iuho refuse to attend to the warning every respect except for the date, which hand knowledge of as being disasters. against submarines given by a Ger- was corrected to May 7, 1915, but this This soon put Skorpion West out of marl. This picture seeks apparently proved futile, and the attempt was business. to propound the theory that if a mur- quickly abandoned. The numismatic During World War 11, the British derer warns his victim of his inten- gain from this misfortune and subse- refrained from falsifying German cur- tion the guilt of the crime will rest quent propaganda coup is that there are rency. They were well aware that the with the victim, not the murderer." not one, but three Lusitania medals: the enemy had the capability of reproduc- original (Mai 5, 1915), the British copy ing English paper money, a capability The medal worked to the serious dis- (May 5, 1915), and the German follow- amply demonstrated after the war, advantage of Germany in several ways: up, dated Mai 7,1915. when it was discovered that the Nazis Goetz designed the medal privately and had produced $600 million worth of the British learned of it first and pub- bank notes that were so perfect that the licized it; Germany indignantly denied British withdrew the entire series from it, then had to make a humiliating back- circulation. However, against the Japa- down when it belatedly learned the hroughout history the nese they did not exercise similiar medal did exist; Goetz had meant it to British have frequent- restraint. They forged notes of the be satirical, but the British persuaded aly shown an aptitude for "puppet" banks that were operating in world opinion to accept it as a tri- clever deception. An amusing example the Japanese-occupied areas, producing umphant, gloating commemorative that happened during World War I1 is deliberately sloppy and crude copies so piece, picturing Germany exulting over worth telling, though it has no real as to undermine confidence in the gen- the deaths of 1,201 people. But the numismatic relevance. The German uine currency. worst indictment of all was that the date army published an information bulletin, To further develop the native popula- on the original medal seemed to prove known as "Skorpion West," that had tion's distrust of the invasion money Lord Mersey's words ("and the crime been delivered by truck. However, an air distributed by the Japanese, the British itself planned before the ship sailed"): drop was found to be more efficient, so copied the occupation $10 bill used by The date of the sinking was May 7, but this was used. British Intelligence Japan in Malaya. The copy was the date given on the medal is May 5! quickly took advantage of the change, obviously for obvious propaganda pur- The British copies bear the same date putting out a "London edition" to be poses, for the British added a diagonal and can be distinguished from their dropped from a captured German plane. strip across the front of the note stating, the German people: "Japan and Japanese money will soon This is enoughtto put each of them "This is a souvenir of Hitler's 1000 dippear." The reverae carries the mes- up at a deluxe palace on the Cote de year reich. Hitler promised a thou- sage that Japanese'money is no longer hur. This ambunt is double the bud- sand years but it only seemed that recognized in Malaya, and that British get of all'of France - for 40 million long. It has lasted 10 years and soon currency is the only legal tender. The French. One German costs the Trea- that will end. The Nazi tyranny was country was still under Japanese occu- bury as much a& 80 French." maintained only through sup- pation, but these notes at least let the pression of your freedom. Throw off people know that they had not been for- The message continues, telling them the Lour chains; we will protect the peo- gotten and that the hour of liberation economy of the country is undermined ple and punish the guilty. " wan at hand. by a false and forced exchange rate In 1941, following the collapse of between the mark and the franc, and . Because information on these matters France, the British began dropping pointing out that their industries are is always sketchy and unreliable, it can- humorous reproductions of 50-franc being dismantled and relocated in Ger- not be positively stated that this is an notes. The original note shows Jacque many. American leaflet. R.G. Auklqd, in hie Coeur, a 16th-century French financier, Considering the British reluctance to booklet, "Air Dropped Propaganda Cw- checking his,accounta with a treasure counterfeit German currency, this effort rency"; states that an analysis of the chest on his desk. The British version was handled mostly by the American wording suggests it might have been showa an empty treasure chest and the "psywar" team,although the Americans intended to mislead the German people startled Coeur totaling the breathtak- also avoided actual counterfeiting. into thinking it to have been Ruasian. ing coeta of the German occupation - Instead, they produced rather imprecise The phrase "throw off your chains" is a 400 million francs a day. The note is copies of German bank notes, including cliche from the socialist past and "the signed by "The Traitor, Laval", the pre- the 50-reichpfennig note from the Aux- people will be protected" seems to lack mier of Vichy France, and by "The Spy, illiary Payment Series of the German an American ring. Aukland goes on to Abetz", the German ambaaaador. The armed forces. The genuine notea had say, though, that a highly placed official reverse pointa out to the French that blank reverses, but the American iseue in the Psychological Warfare Depart- they are supporting an incredibly bore four different propaganda mes- ment was of the opinion (again no poei- expensive occupation army with these sages. One stah(in doggerel verse that tive statement) that the work was that words: loses rhyme and meter in translation): of the Americans. "This is a facsimile of the new 500- I am Hitler's toilet paper The Axis Powers did not accept this franc note. It illustrates the story of No one accepts me passively; they were well equipped to the systematic pillage of France that Also no one can buy reply in kind. The next installment of is deliberate and planned. The cost Anything with me this article will examine their replies, of the occupation is 400,000,000 along with Germany between the wan francs per day or 400 francs for each The 1929 10 reichmark, still in we in and the subsequent development of the of the 1,000,000 German soldiers. Germany at the time, was reproduced Nazi state. 157 ARCHERY AND NUMISKATICS Archery, the shooting of arrows bv a bow, is undoubtedlp one of the oldest of arts stffl being practiced today. Typical weaw'ns 'of hunting peoples throunhout the world, born and arrows were valuable alike' in food quest, in survival defence and in aggressive war. Stone arrowheads *om the later palaeolithic culture of western Europe c~n-firmthe age of. this .actfvity. Other widesaread histolrl cal evidence shows their evolution and impact on mny societies and cultures around the world. The following general notes atteat to this: - The ancient Chinese pictorial origin of the current script character for ."midale!' CHUNGj was an arrow in the centre of a tarpet, which is still evident t~ the present. The sound even resembles the impact of an amw. This character is sometimes used as an abbreviation for "Chinan - the mlddle country. (centre of the world) .* - In Korea, archerlg. evolved from .use ,in,war,,, to .be a,_classical,sports activtty of the: wealthy, Each ' estate. had-.its own archem 'ra'nge. -' The effectiveness of the short~powerfulcomposite bow of the Mongols is evjdent in nunemus and extensive -conquests by Jenehiz Khan's horsemen. . . - In Japan, firearms replaced bows and arrows at the start of the ~okupawa shogunate (early 17th centq), as it also did elsewhere in the Orient. Archem then became an activity to develop concentration and control. - English archers were renowned for their effectiveness In rmch battle.victories as Crecy (13&6), Agincourt (~15)and Poitiers (1356) using stout lonnbows made of yew. Yeomen (yew men) formed me, royal -bodekd'of .archers..in' formir times. - Former British royalt;v took an active part In arche-. It is recorded of Kinn Henry VIII that "His Grace shotte as stmnge and as greate a lendhe as anie of his g~ard!~,and that he repeatedly shot in the centre of the white, thouph the mrks were erected at the extraordinary distance of twelve-score pards apart! -There are several English family names that are related to archery, viz: Archer, Arrowsmith, Bowman, Bownocker, Boyer, Butts, Fletcher, Strin~er,Yeoman, etc. At least three of these are familiar to our local nudsmatic fraternity. - In Greek and Roman mythology, some gods and goddesses are usually portrayed with bows, ,viz: Artcmis (~iana)the huntress and moon-pddess, Apallo, the- .--. . herdsman, and Eros (~upld)t3e -god of love. The lependam Heracles (Hercules) the pdwerful, is usually depicted with his weapons - a bow, auiver and a club. - The mounted archers of Parthia were noted for their rearpuard actdon - from which the expression "parting (Ptuthiw) shot?, for final re~mt-ee,is derived. - Archery devices appear fn the heraldric coats -uiarnis ,-shields and seals-07' several countries, some of which are: Ryndine of Imperial Russia, Drimmnd of Scotland, Walsh of Ireland, Wolfe of England, OIHanly of the U.S.A. - Heraldric customs rggarding archem items are that bows may be strinned of another colour but must be orientated, i.e., the blazon (descriptjon) must state whether they are to be pale-wiae (vertical), fess-wise (horizontal), or bend-wise (diagonal). Arrows, unless otherwise stated are alwaps pale-wise with heads in base (pointed downwards). A sheaf -6f.arrows in the commonest form are one in pale debruised (overlaid) by tm in saltire (crossed). - Cne of the nipporters of the shield of the province of Nova Scotia is a native indian holding a dingle arrow. - A sheaf of arrowa are clutched in the ea~le'sclaw on the seal of the U.S.A. and on the 1680 arms of the New Hampshire. The national archerp associatlan of the U.S. is the oldest organization of arnateur sport with continuous existence since its founding in 1879. - The ninth southern zodiacal constellation,:wlth the ado1 ./ is Sapittarius, the Archer - a centaur shooting an arrow. Sagitta is the Latin word for arm from which the related words, sagittal, sagittate, aagittilinmal are derlved. -Them is also'.a @ah% called sagittaFii; (4th, thS..~jja~ih nam., ..arzo*&d; .:I .: ' 1. -. ,...... vhidh'.ha"slkatesz.o~.-that - shap2, ' ' . - . - :. -. -. , . . ... , -.-- . ..' . - '. 0.". - A broad arrowhead was used to mark ~ritish,convicts1 clotkinp. It was also used by the British Board of Ordinace to mark stores, and by the Canadian gove-ent to mark its property' - surrounded by a capital C (@ ). - There is an archer fish from Java and Sumatra (Indonesia) which has the powe? of shooting a drop of water at insects on plants near the water's ed~eso as to knock them down into the water where the? can be eaten. - Arrowroot is a nutritious starch made from the fleshy tubers of the Yaranta plant, which derived its name from its abilitp to sbsorb the poison from arrow wounds. - The skill with bows and arrows by our Canadian natjve peoples have larpelv been neglected, and our last coureur-de-boi s, Paul- Provencher, has hun~up his bow in retirement. U.S. Indian flint arrowheads can still be purchased at -the museum site of the Eattle of Gettysburq in Fennsylvania. - The Old Norse..word for arrow was 'arm,but this has now evolved to mean dizzy or confused. Or was *st used as a' currencv unit by Sweden in the 16th centurp. Today the Scandinavian countries use the word, %reWuhich means "earMfor the hundredth part of their mcrownw. . - - The first book on archery written in English in 15L5 was called "Toxo~hilus~~. -The title is of Greek origin (rifov bow, r&$ckqSarcher) from which such words as Toxarch (captain of the archers), ~oxicuh(poison for arrows), Toxoloff~ (the study of the bow3 hence, archery), Toxon (a sponee s~ic~leshz~ed like a cupidls bow) and Toxophilite (a devotee of archeqv) are dertved. - Today, archery has become a sport skill or art, with complex bows, sl~htsand . scientific effort to improve the eff iciencp of eauipment ex~ressedbp the energy formula of the bow, 5.e., rW = 1/2(m + K)V~which shows that half of the stored energy is wasted after the arrow leaves it. The foregoing score of notes gave toxological connections with some of the arts, sciences and humanities of various cultures, but made only one brief reference to numismatics (Scandinavian currency). Actually there is a wealth of exa~lesof archers and/or their equipment portraped on coins down throuqh the apes, from ancient Grecian, Roman, Parthian, Bactrian, Seljuk 8 Konpol pSri ods, right UD to the present day. A representative selection of 'such coins; -mainlv modern; --are - identified and illustrated herewith. They-are- as follows: . . -No. Countm, etc. Metal Denomination Date Spmbol Persia A g Siglos c BC L75 King Xerxes with bow and spear Ram (~huzistan) Ae Drachm c 200 AD Archer with bow, drawinp arrow Colombia Al? Real 1828 Crossed bow & arrows with fasces Gr. Brit. (Yorks) Ae Penny token 1812 2 sets of L arrows crossed Guernsey CuNi 25 Pence 1972 Cupid with bow (~ganniversav) Isle of Man Cdi. Croun 19m Olwic archerp sportsman Jamaica CuNiZn Penny 1969 Shield suuporter with bow Mexico (Oaxaca) Ae 8 Reales 1813 Eaw with arrow Mexico (~alisco) Ae Octavo 1857 Baw & auiver of arrows with flae Monaco APBF 2 Francs 1926 Hercules with bow Neths (~o~andia)Ag Stuiver 1739 Sheaf of 7 arrows (UD) Netherlands . Ag" 10 Gulden 1973 Sheaf of arrows in lion's paw Spain CuNi 25 Centimos 1937 Sheafof 5 arrows (UD) Spai_n CuNi 50 Centimos 19h9( 51) I' " 'I 'I (down) Spain AK 100 Pesetas 1966(66) " " (obUque) Sweden A e 1/2 Dr 1720 2 crossed arrows on shield (*) Sweden Ae 1/2 Skilling 1FK)2 2 crossed arrows * Originally these were the ams of Dalarna, the vht location. Some references which were consulted: Analyais of Chinese Characters, by Wilder & Ingram . The PAstory of Korea, by Sohn, Kim & Hong Things Japanese, by Mock Joya Heraldric Design, by Hubert Allcock Heraldry, by Julian Franklyn Canada: Symbols of Sovereignty, by Conrad Swan Encyclopaedia Britannica Oxford English Dictionary (compact ~dition) Provencher - Last of the Coureurs de Bois An Outline of Ancient Greek Coins, by Zander H. Klawans Roman Imperial Coins, by Zander H. Klawans Coins, by ki%inJessop Price (Ed) Standard Catalog of World Coins, by Pause, YAshler & Bruce The Ancient & Classical World, 600 BC - AD 650, by Michael Ydtchener. Bank Fesco 1985 04 08 * be last coin reference frcm Chhrle:. 72-5 before his essays PO back on the bookshelf . .. in his essay on "Papers Thirty-five "ears APO" he s~eabsof an editor, "the redoubted John FenwtckH, ~ho,hithout a suinea in bls nacket, bad purchased the rights and titles of a defunct newspaDer, the Alblon. Re tl-en spent several weeks ping about borrowinp seven-shliline vieces, and lesser coin, to meet the dailp demands of the Stamp Office, which ~resurrrablvdS strlhuted the paper t~ its hundred-or-so subscribers. East collectors are familiar with the British old puinea - ~articularlvthe l1spadeIt type (1787-99) of King Ceorqe 111, which was much 3rri tated as ear?.in~ tokens, as advertisjng pieces and as outripht counterfeits. Powever the seven shilling ccin referred to is not so familiar. It is the contemporary 117 mld guinea (Cb3) k?lich explains the 21 shilling definition of the ~uinea,in contrast to the later 20 shilling sovereim old pound). * The origins of rang calendar systems are shrouded in national mvths. %e sueb tells of a bear and a tleer livinp in a cave -&to pravec to Yesven thst thev might become human. Hearine the praver, Heaven ordered the two beasts to conflnc themselves in the cave for a hundred days, with onlv mumrt and prlic as food. The inipetuous tiger rzn out of the cave rrAd1-a~ in thc confinement oerjod, but tbe patient bear faithfully staged in the cave for the anpointed ~erSod,takine nourishment only as instructed. Accordindv, the bear became a beautiful rjrl and married E7i::AW-U3S, the son of Heaven. 9crn of the bear-t~rned-rfrl and the Xeavenll Son, wau TXN-GUT;, who founded KO-CHOS~?~(ancient !'.ore:-) in the vezr 2332 EC. This then became year 1 of the Korean calendar. (Yezr 0 = 7?Y1 !?'! The initial coinage of Socth Korea bears-the date L293, which, when rims V~arC bacomes 1959. (The myth is from the book, The Historg of Korea, bg Sohn Fow-rev, Kim Chol-Choon & Honq Yi-Sup, which was praduced bp the Korean National romi ssj on for UNESCC in 1970). What AD date would Korean year LS1P re~resent? ;; Britannia Metal is the name for an alloy of Tin and Antinany ~Mchvaz much used for the striking of medzls during the late 19th and early 22th eenturfes. Thc proportions fcr the best were Sn 90% Sb lo?, but a cormon tf~cwas 5n QL~Sk fd Cu 1%. It permitted exceptionally hich relief, excellent detajl, and had an attractive silverish sheen when new. Unfort.urlatelv it was soft, so dentee +?sjlv;, and if subjected to handling, became a dull leadden ererish colour. Tke fin.of F.K. Ellis & Company of Toronto, enmayea and struck many fine items of medtliic art, some of which are illuetrated in Dr. Joseph ~e?o&'s catalomc. * hother inter~stingellcy is "Rickel-Silver", sornetinles czlled Gemn Silver, which conthins no silver! Tt comprises a range of alloys of copper, nickel and zinc, whose coqxsition varies from 7-30? nickel. The all07 most kiaely used is Ni l@$Cu 6sZn 2e. These alloys resist ccrrosion better thkn does brass, but tarnish Obv . Fe-: . slowly through the action of sulphur in the air. Examples of Gerrran Silvir coins'ark' the 10 Reller coins Austria 13 Seller of Austria during 1915-1916. T32 is.shbwn at ripht. 1916 * Margo Russell, editor of Coin World since 1062, retjred on Fetruarv 7Pi,h. SPe: started her journelistic careei in 1975, on the Sidney Cajlp News, and cam tc Coin korld kith nc nmnisnatic ex~erlence! Throuph study and hard work s!.e achieved many of the toy: nwr3 smatic honours and awirris. Th? s shcuid be enccurar- ing to no\ices in the field. It Ss a fine exani~leof what can be done! * Did you hear about the chap who put a lead slue in 6 scale an6 stole a wei~k? Frank Fesco 1$F5 OL 02 City of Ottawa Coin Club * There was an inforrrztive article in the Fekrual-p issue of the Numi sr~tfst about "Ealineae Shadow Elonepn bg E. B. briinp k LA. Pavlish. It descr5bed the 1h.2 inch 309 grarr. unifonr. copper bars whose value was deterrrjned by the len~th of the shadow they cast during morning and evenine mrketplace transactjo~s. These were not to be confused with "invisible money", the Yac stone rines loct at sea during rafting from the neiehbourinp Palau Islands. The article kzs complete with sketches, charts, 26 footnotes and a biblio~ra~kyof 13 references. This delightful satire #as evident from the name of these bars - "!J'mtabkid'nf'! * For those who consider that one vote does not have much influence, ccns5der this: In 177L9 to make the separation of the colonies more e~phatic,jt bas ~rorosedin the American Continental Con~essthat the official laneua~eof the new DO^! tical entity be chanped frorr. English to German. 27 voted for, and 27 voted against. Frederick Xuhlenberg broke the tie by cast in^ a ne~atjvevote. The rezson for his dissenting vote ms that he thou~htthe antiauated Germar scrist muld mesent unsunnountable difficulties tc a thoroueh master in^ of the lanma~e. (~i~le~ls- Believe it or not, "Book of chanpen) * Do you collect coins, medals or tokens which were produced prfmarllp to serve your collectortc instinct, or do you ccnrider that itexs which are produced to facilitate trade & comerce, or to recognize service, to honour valour, to reward achievement, or to serve a useful purpose in socjetv are more -.mrthy of your attention and ndsmatic study? * The U.S. Treasurer, Katherine Ortega, announced that their Olympic coin promar had reached its goal of raislng $65 million in Olympic contributions nearlp two months ahead of schedule. This represents total sales of L. 5 million cojns. Production of U.S. Olppic coins ceased on Decenber ?1, l"L, and the dies were destroyed. That is auite a contrast to the "male birthn in Fontreal in 1976. * The British firm, Seaby, has chanped Its location to E Cavendfsh Smare, London hrlE: OAJ, and has also chanped the format context its Bulletin. It reports that the new portrait of H.M. the Queen, by Raphael Maklouf, has a~pearedon Britain's 50-pence coins, and will appear on the 20-pence coins shortly. * The autonory of the Azores, Itin compliance wlth their own peoera~hical,eeonoric and social characteristics, and Kith the traditjonal autonorist aspirations of their peoplelt is being commemorated by the issue of two.silver coins - 3% and lo@$escudos, 925 fine, 2P. 5 e( 3k m,, 11 Er 16.9 mars, dated IQPO. Inforr:etjcn my be obtained from: Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda EF, c/o Numi smatZ c ncrt, Rue D, Franclsca Manuel de Kela 5,6=, 1092 Lisboa Codex, Fortueal. * The Eritish Royal Kint is producing a new series of cojns for Guernsey, in denominations of 1,2,5,10,20 8 50p and a & -E2. These h5ll mark the LOth anniversary of liberation from German occupation durine World War TI, In lcL5. The book, WIslands in Canger", by Alan Wood f Mary Seaton Wood (?our Scuare 1, gives a vivid account of the .occupation of the Channel Islands.. + The recent military takeover in the Sudan brinps to mind the nickna~c,~~Bird Dollart! used there in former times in reference to the Yaria Theresa ti:aler, . because of the eagle depicted on the reverse. The British eold sovereim =s called a "Cavalry Pound" because of fistrucci's mounted St. Ceoree on the reverse. * The Canadian Cents Club reported in its ~ov/~ecPL issue of Partv Ljne, that it had chosen C.O.C.C. member, Hoh-ard Harris, as "Cent-er of the Yonth". It included a pood photoeraph of Homrd and h4s wife. rone-ratulations, Foward. Frank Fesco 19e5 Oh O€! It was with repet that LT learned of the death, on 20 Yarch, of Peter Courchesne, who has lone been active on thc local nmisr,atic scene. Hi 8 latest contribution was a researche? article on the mtan bakerp tcbe~?s sf the 3ompierre fzrrilp (reported Zn Kk? Pi,-5E). The C.C.r.C. exaressed its sympathy with a suitable blue hhhite floral wreath. Three of our club members attended the funeral and offered condolencec to his fardl~. * ------* Hiat, Light and Sound used to be grouped in school physics studies. Thts IS stmilar to the grouping of fieat, Lieht and Xoi sture as the hostile elerents that chn adverselv affect collectables, Fncludine coins. Pow do you handle this problem &ich can be as destructive as acid rain? * The Welsh variant of the Sritish l-pound coin is beine introduced this month in Britain. It depicts a leek - the national emblelr. of Wales - and the foundation of what I judge to be one of the finest cream soups. + Our former president and motivatine force, Z3ernie 'dalker, has been elected as the 1985 pkesi'dent of the Calpary Numismatic Society. - The Societv meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the hl.R. Castet rentral Library, 616 Yehod Trail S, Calgary. Congratulations, Bernie. * Jerry Remick is of the opinion that there will be fewer issues of mmici~al Trade dollars this year (1985) than last. Is this fad now on the wane? Cttawa still proposes to continuc with the issue of a new trade dollar. ?a7 ?es!ardins, who actively works at Tourism, sucports this vent~re. It amears that th~ Nation's Capital has a healthy visitor influx to make these souvenirs attractive. J * Kajor Sheldon S. Carroll was guest speaker at the T. I.C.F. ('Toronto International Coin air) banquet on Saturday, );arch 28. "The Pan Fron L;_sbonWwas his theme. It is the dramatic account.of Artur Alves Reis, who, by darinelv illeeal reans, ended up controlling the wealth of Portupal, and who upset the ecc~nomand al~ost bankrupted it. b book by Thomas Gifford relates the unbelievable tale. * The onlv privately held specimen of the 1911 Candian pattern s5lver dollar has been purchased by Empire Numismatics Ltd., of Montreal. Yichael Ro~ozinsh, the owner, will be displaving it durlne the Fay 3-5 MOW Coin h st am^ Show in Montreal. (5500 Fare St). 3 Ocober 12-19 is National Coin k'eek in Great Britain. ' An orpanizinn cormnittee is already well under way with its plans. The stated aim of the N.7.W. Is to make the public mre ahare of coin collectinq as a worthwhile hobbp. The cormittee combines all the nunisrratic forces - dealers, societies, rmiseum, ?'lnt and News media - and in addition calls on the entire nmismatic fraternitv, via the Press, for new ideas to put these aims across. 'Contact point is: Wheel Rouse, 5 Station Road, Liphook, Hants GUY0 7GW, U. K. ). Is there a lessen here, sonewhere? * New Books: The hpe;Maker: The Art of James Berry, bv J.R.Tye (10~~).A bioma~hv of a noted designer of stamps and coins from 'down under1. $19.95 N.7. from: )?odern Coins Ltd. , ?. O. Box 50-193, Porirna, hrellington, New Zealand. Currencies of the Anelo-Nonnan Isles, by A.L.T. l4cCamnon. French current? an? the double system, transition 1700-lR30, token cojnsee, and orivate issues of the Channel Islands. Spink e( Son, (19~~),E 25 (1 $ 2 m?.j * In a recent cartoon the Wizard of Id asked what would help find a tstlc In a crowded restaurant. The mitre d'hotel repljed: IfPerhacs a bit of preen with a picture of a president on it". \$'hat did the trick? . . . a $3 bill k-l t); Ceraid Ford on it! (Anachronistic but effective! ) Frank Fesco 19e5 04 C9 1 * The poet, Po. Ch'ii-1. (772-Pb6), mote the follow in^ about thc phiiosor.her Iat-T73 : "Those who spe&k how nothing; Those who know are silent. ' This has been extracted fros the These words, as I am told, book: "One Hundred Seventy Were spoken by Lao-Tzii. Chinese Foe~s"trznslattd ha the If we are to believe that Lao-TzG noted Zr'ti sh sinolopj st, Artkur Was himelf one who hew, Ka1e-y. Tn his intro?uctlcn, be How is it that he wrote a book states: "1 have aired at ljteral Of five thousand words? trans1ati on, not ~are~hrase." If this conundrum bv the founder of the Taoist faith'ls correct, then there must be a mass of knowledge, wisdom and information amone the club nembers that hes never been ex~ressed. I will imore the inference of m imorance! I should remind members that the club's bulletin is intended to be bp the mernbers and for the meabers, and not the rr.onopo1-y of anyone. Articles cr even paran-a~ksk+ic!- art considered to be of interest to the members are. alwavs we1corr.e. Curtlp pm: must be uncovering titbits in pcur investieation of pour collections wt.5ch -03 dght like to share kith others. An0n;pajt-y can be minta!ned if pou so esh, It probably wbuld be a refreshing change from the oriental flavour of mp wrltines. *- Tom HcFerran has provided me with the followinp extracts from Ransard: Frtd~vFfarch 1, 1V5. Y! f'retz (Parliamentary Secretary to Indian AffzS rc Einister ~ronbie):"Canada should have a readily marketable and accept?blc dollar coinag2. Inco Lirited ... has develo~eda mld-on-nickel mzterial called nl~olc. The proposed coin would be multisided, sljphtl-y lareer than a 2';-cc-nt piece, and would weigh less than half the weipht of our existine silver dollar, which is not realiy silver. The nigold dollar coin would have a three-niicron tFici< date of gold on a nickel base, which would result in a beautiful olden prcduct possesjn~ great durability. " HOW many readers recall my sugpestion in K&C fib-21 that a little ecld be added to the dollar alloy, to add a little of the magic of that metal to the aura of the coin, similar to the Jamnese KANZI TSUFO mun coin with a BUY on the reverse? I am not in favour of gold-plated or'eurface-bonded paidt because it should be evident that what man has put on, man can take off. Acid baths or abrauionr would soor remove the gold and mutilate the coins to an unacceptable denec. Monday March l€?,1985. Mrs Killens (saint-~3chel-~hunts~c):l'Coes the: Govem~ent btend to have issued dollar coins, and if so, will ~rov4sjons be rr:ade . . . fcr the visuaily handi capped? " tk "aadley (Parliamentary Secretary to Hr ~ndre):"Canada now jssues about . 2,330,000 dollar coins annually. The Fiscellaneous Estimates Corrti~ittee iu revieking the matter ... The Royal Canadian Kint is rerormendine a revised coin design that tzkes into consideration the needs of the v5suallv hxnaicaup~d." a Les Clayton, ueing a metal detector C-Scope Promet I1 di scovered an old hl~hwav- man's lost hoard in a garden at Gads bill ne2r.St.rood in Kent. under the root5 01' a very old oak tree. Strood is an area which has a historv or' hl~nh~awre?:, wFlose main victims were the sailors on their hay to London, after be'ne be!h off frc~their ships in Chatham doclry&rd. Cates of the hosrd ranped from ~id-lbCC: tc late-1700. The hiph-pn had apparentlv hidden his loot un ir! a tree so tkt he did not have to dismount and was aluzps readp for a fast ~etal*av. For soce: unl~ownreason he did not recover this lot. The centre of the tree had rotted akay causing the Eoner to fall down amone the roots. InTomisti nn on the d~t.ectcr car, be obtained frcm Gept CK2, Kotton Road, Ashford, Kent, "3 2LY, U. F. Frank Fesco 1985 OL 69 >ers et&ten,er,t frcr, the %.k of Comuniqu4 de la ?3ancue du Canzda Canada, Yzi~ck.15, 19C5. le 15 mars l?!?:. The 13ank of Ca..ad& announced today Lz Sanque du Canada inforfie le public que s change in the printine process les biilets de cjna dollar5 seront dor6r.- for five dollar bailnctez identicel avant imprh$s selon le proc6d6 utiljs; to the cklanee mde last year for depui s 1'an dernier dans la ~roductiondes oLe dollar and two dcllar nctes in billets de un et de dew dollars, et ce order to reduce printing costs. afin de rCdujre les coCt~dlimpression des The face cf the ffv~dcllar notes billets. Ltirr,~~resslondu recto des billets ~?llccntinue to bc printed using de cina dcllars continue de fsire aptiel au tht intadlo steel engraved process proc6dG fond6 sur la qavure en taille-douce cc-kinec with 1; thopapl-,y but the sur acier ainsi autA la lithc~ranh5e;toute- back of these nctes +rill now be fois, 1'imzression du verso est maintenant ~rlntecusinp only lithographic faites exclutivernent sujvant les ~roc6dgs end letter~ressprocessec. lithomaphiaues ct tppomaphiques. ". ~nis. change does not affect the Cette modification du mode d'imnression ne appearznce or texture of the five chanpc de faqon aopr6c5able ni llas~ectni dcllar nctes in any appreciable la texture du billet de cinq dollars. Wti?. Five doilar banknotes printed in Les billets de clnq dollars hnrjn6s selon :tiis ninner will becin to be ce proced6 seront nris en circulation 3 issued in April. comter d 'avril. The prjnting or publishins of a L1article L15 du Code crimlnel du Canade likeness of current banknotes is jnterdit llimcression et la publication dc prchibited by Section L15 of the tout ce qui prQsente des resserrblancez avec Crirrdnzl Code of Canada. les billets de banauc avant cours 16pal. Cements: There does not seem tc have been anv adverse reaction to the chances mde to the 1- and 2-dollar bi116,so the Benk is on safe ground. The hnh used o~positesides of a page to make this announcement. I personall? prefer thc side by side version above. Column widths can be adjusted to sllov for the 26-25? gregter length of French. It also encourapes plancin~at the oppcsite version to learn new turns of expression in the other lanpuape, and thereby encccragec bilingualism in a palatable manner. Unfortunatelv mv French is inadeomte for a full bilinpal versio.: of these ~ews'hCorrments. I hzve enough trouble wlth mv English without doutling it! " The elexent of surprise is impcrtant for the success of a dlltarp operation. Yet, the plans of mny major operation5 have been known to the oppcsin~forces, and still surprise is achieved. The herleans knew about the imaendin~attack on Pearl Barbour, as well as the Comunfst threat in China. The Allies code- knowledge via Ultra revealed Geman plans. and their howledne of Ja~anesecodes alerted then to eastern plans. The Germans also knew of the ablied plans to return to the continent by Operation Overlord! The leakage of +\e (herlord plans was pernetrated bp an enerv a~ent,eoden~ceci ' Clcero, in th& British %,Sassy in Ankara, Turkey. This storp has been puklisbed by his Gemn cbntact, L.C. Moyzisch, in the book, "v2eration Cic-ntl h'i~pate, London, 1950). Ironically, the apent Elpesa Bazna (~5cerc). was paid mainly 'in German counterfeited british banknctes. If it was ls~alto possess then todav, would they not make an intriping dis~lnvfor a tanknote collector? The story of the oricin and uitlmte disposal of these notes is eauall~?jnterestinp. Ir! 1969, &ma, they an uqer~loyed6~ pear old ex-nl~htvratckrnan in ?!ur?ich,has preszin~for a ensi ion, fron! the %nn C,ovem..ent, without much suceesc,. 1 havc nct heud of him since. Frank Fescc. 19P5 Gi, OQ J, ::y puzzies 2nd protier,s arc catch in^ up hi.th me. ? brou~htEn ex~rrieof th~ ~u-,:lr or, E5-15 to the lazt, club meeting. The only solut5or1 offered there k7.5 to rr~tatethe iarce coin :EOC, bat that is not it. Perc is s c-ate1 answer: This is Pass the Gently the start small pull on position. coin up the tm Fcllow under cords the guides the ~roinp. f roz middle . throueh cketch to loop. the centre. sicetch. Brine the ___ICI tW'0 100~s throu~h. Fass thc Pass the sr.11 coin middle small through coin theze t;~o tack down locpz . throu~h (Kay be the the dcne one centre middle at 2 thc) hoi e. locp. These problems seem to be taking up too much space. What say? * I have been offered a camputer promamn;erla answer to the problem about half the area of & circular field (85-11) but it ms not su~~ortedby ripurous proof. The answer, hhich appears to be en approxjmation, is that the roDe is 70% lon~erthzn tht radius of the field. By peornetrlc inspection thls flmre eppears to be too liirge. Is there anvone h?lose skill kith definite internation is fresh enoueb to check this ou:, or must I PO back several decades to refresh m-J own? + Ehce thls iz a puzzle pee, here is another one to chev on: \;hat is the ietst number of weights that can be used to weigh coins in un3tr fres one ta forty gram: on a two-pan balance tpe scale? Khat are their wcivhts: * Nomn Bro.,.~~leehas produced a cob displap that is being'shown at Carlcton Univcrsitg during the fcrtnight of 1 - 1L Yay. This h~sintended tc coinzjde ~ritk,Coin Week Tanada, but it was the nearest per5od that he couid pet the fkcilities there. Komn also identified the coin prize th&t he recetved, as a 2 den25 copper coin of Vittorio Amedeo 111 of Eardinla in his last pear, 17%. This is an unillustrated C50 in Krause d Kishler's cat~lope,'kith onlv the abbreviation VIC.AI?.E.G.Fi.SM- to go by. Good show! Eorman is hot on the trail of some nex numismatic information that he will be publishing soon. * Paul Berry dld not mention it,'but the slides that he used to illustrate hls excellent infoA-mative talk on the coinaee of the hte Roman Em~irewcre frox his olzn carefully b~ltcollection. Paul has df seriminatine taste, and has prddtntlp assembled an outstanding representation of the period, which demonstrated all the points cf interest mentioned. Gftcn exarnsles from this period af decliqe arz of crude a~alitpand careless workmanship, and are overlooked by collectors. , Paul not only hew his field intimately, but bras ~bieto demonstrate wtlat patient search bzs able to uncovcr. Well done! 5 Ziggy cartoon caption - examini?g a banicnote: if~e?.TheiS1ve rsplaced '13 Cad l!c Trust1 hith 'Use ~%1y as Zirected'." TO: ALL MEMBERS OF THE ONA The Canadian Numismatic Association is currently in the process of electing a President for a 2-year term starting in July. The next two years should prove very interesting, with the Executive having to deal with a number of major issues rearing their heads overthe horizon. The leader of the CNA must be someone who is sufficiently aware of the direction the CNA has charted, must be someone who can diplomatically obtain the respect of the hobby as a whole, of the CNA and all CNA members and all its member-clubs. What the CNA needs is a concilitor, a non-controversial leader who commands the respect of all collectors and dealers alike, who will see the CNA through the immediate period and reach new highs in membership and programmes. It is my sincere belief that the person fitting the requirements of someone able to successfully lead as large and important a group as the CNA is Stan Clute, a member of the ONA and a former resident of Ontario, who has consented to stand for this position. Stan is a former Editor of the ONA, a recipient of the prestigious CNA Guy Potter Award for literary excellence, a Past-President of CAW, and has served in many other volunteer positions both within the hobby and in other worthwhile causes. All CNA members should not take lightly the responsibility vested in them in making the right choice. I urge all ONA members who are members of the CNA to cast their vote for Stan Clute! 46 Stan Clute is no longer a memker of the ~ntarioNumismatic Association. His merbership was not renewed in the passed 2 years. Editor. JCJL JL J New York firm low bidder A New York firm was the low bidder on nickel for the U.S. Mint. Philipp Bros. Inc. will provide 1,325,000 pounds of n~kelfor prices ranging from $2.479 a pound to $2.538 a pound, according to Michael Rrown, Assistant to the Director of the U. S. Mint. The shipments will be made to the Olin Corp., Reuters, Ill., from May 13 to May 27. Bids were opened April 22. JULY AUCTION & SHOW OFFER CHANCE TO VISIT CANADIAN CAPITAL An unusual opportunity to visit Ottawa, Canada's National Capital and home of the National Currency Museum, is offered by the timing of Nadin-Davis Numismatics' "Auction 18" and the July edition of the Ottawa Coin and Stamp Dealers ' Association ' s "Nepean Show". Saturday, July 13th, Nadin-Davis will conduct an auction of . approximately 750 lots covering the entire numismatic spectrum. On the following day is the Nepean Coin and Stamp show on the outskirts of Ottawa. The Hotel Roxborough, location of the Nadin-Davis auction, is situated in the heart .of downtown Ottawa only three blocks from . Parliament, and is offering weekend rates to collectors and dealers planning to attend both events. The Nadin-Davis auction commences with viewing at 11:OO a.m: the sale session kicks off at 2 p.m. with a nice consignment of original, lustrous large cents. Canadian coins follow in abundance, including key date cents and five cent silvers, several nice lo$ pieces including an 1887 in Fine plus condition, and 25$ pieces which include an 1880 Wide 0 in VF condition but with a scuff mark, an unevenly toned 1937 Proof and a run of Prooflike quarters from 1956. Silver dollars offered cover most dates except 1948, including a nice EF 1947 Maple Leaf variety and several examples of the commoner dates in higher grades. There is a brief offering of Canadian gold five and ten dollars, including two very low grade pieces: a 1913 $5 in VG, and a 1914 $10 in Fine ! Provincial coinage is also represented, including several rarities: Newfoundland 1872H 1~ Specimen, 1$ 1880 "Oval OH, described by the cataloger as "very under-rated in Canadian trends", and 5$ 1873H, low-grade. The rare New Brunswick coinage is represented in three specimens: a 1/2 cent of 1861, AU with lustre, and one each of the 5$ and 10$ pieces. Canadian exonumia is well-represented. Several rare trade dollars are offered including several silver strikings with very low mintages, followed by over 100 lots of Breton tokens in better grades. Included is the rare Br-903 "RS" token in choice AU and a Br-717 Lesslie 2d, a very scarce and popular token which should be affordable in 'its about VG condition. Breton enthusiasts will also have an unusual opportunity to acquire three original printing blocks for illustrations from the Breton volume ! Gold coins of the world offered include several sovereigns of Britain and Imperial mints, a Hamburg 10 marks 1907J, an engraved guinea given to a police sergeant in 1863, and miscellaneous proof gold. A highlight of the auction will undoubtedly be the sale of a large collection of Canadian and U. S. Numismatic Association medals, mainly in groups. This is followed by an exonumismatic miscellany including astronautical medals in one lot, an excellent collection of 58 pieces relating to the Canadian Confederation, and a good group of Hudson's Bay tokens. Militaria is next, with a group of 23 cap badges and several medals and decorations from Britain, Canada, Germany and Italy. Paper money follows with a selection of Canadian items, mainly 1937-issue with various signatures. Foreign coins are another strong area of the auction, with a choice set'of Danish Commemorative Two-Kroner pieces stealing the limelight for completeness and condition, which German States, early British hammered coins and milled British in high grades all complement the offering. Among rarities are two counterstamped pieces of the 1813 issue of St Lucia, a Sumanep counterstamp on a Maria Theresa Thaler, and several low mintage Maltese pieces. Numismatic literature forms an important part of the sale, with seventy-six works offered from "the library of a gentleman". These cover Ancient numismatics (37 lots), British numismatics, world numismatics and military history. lncluded is the 8-volume set of Forrer's "Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, BC 500-AD 1900, several volumes of the Sylloge of British Isles coins, and a good assortment of other syecialised worits and auction catalogs. The catalogue concludes with a "mail bid only" section of large and heavy lots, including. Canadian and world groups, ancient coinage and exonumia. Catalogues for the July sale are available at $2.00 from Nadin-Davis Auctions, PO Box 95 Stn A, Ottawa Ont KIN 8V1. A 1985 subscription to all their publications including the Fall Toronto International Coin Fair Auction may be purchased for $6.00. Dealers interested in tables at the July Nepean Coin Show may contact Allan Davies at (613) 820-3435. Wishing youg a perfect ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED - 1962 eOX 33. WATERLOO. ONTARIO. CANADA N2J 326 0. N. A. ---SUPER CASH DRAW PRIZES 1st Prize Dave Rigney 89 Sylvan Ave. Scarboro , Ontario Seller A. Bliman Toronto, Ontario 2nd Prize Ed. Stahley 64 North Drive K itchener, Ontario Seller Bruce H. Raszmann Waterloo, Ontario Consolation . V. Monk 1969 Canadian P.L. Set 3 Woodland Tillsonburg, Ontario Andrea K. Wait 1971 Canadian P.L. Set 1153 Northridge Oshawa, Ontario Alex Orlik 1972 Canadian P.L. Set R. R. #5 Niagara-on-the-Lake Sylvia Trottier 1974 Canadian P.L. Set 12 Rue Lapalmc Embrun, Ontario !T. L. Roy Hollingshead 1975 Canadian P.L. Set 258 London Rd. \V. Guelph , Ontario Lori Stephens 1976 Canadian P.L. Set R.R. #4 Scotland St. Thunder Bay, Ontario D. Dunn 1977 Canadian P.L. Set 610 Cowan Cr. Pickerlng, Ontario Bud Deering 1979 Canadian P.L. Set 88 Bond Cres. Box 2099 Oak Ridges, Ontario Our congratulations go to all the winners and we only wish it would be po~sibleto award the cash prize to all. Thomas Masters Draw Chairman ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED - 196P BOX 33. WATERLOO, ONTARIO. CANADA N2J SZB -1985 O.N.A. /STRATFORD COIN CONVENTION SUPER CASH DRAW RECORD OF TICKET SALES BY CLUBS CLUB --BOOKS SOLD Brantford Cambridge Canadian e Collectors C.A, W.M.C. Champlain Hamilton Huronia Ingersoll Lakeshore Lake Superior Markham McKay Clement Mississauga Nickel Belt North York 0 .N.A. Oshawa Ottawa Peterborough Richmond Hill Sarnia Scarborough Simcoe St. Catharine6 St. Thomas Stratford Thistletown Tillsonburg Timmons Toronto Waterloo Welland Windsor Woodstock ' Don Thomas Hem. Fund A Total Books Sold 414 ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED - 1962 BOX 33. WATERLOO. ONTARIO, CANADA N2J 326 NOTICE -C% ilUCTIC.lJ T3iJDER The Ontario Wu:?isi!~atric Association are calling fcr Tenders fo- their ISu~isinaticAuction at the 24th A~inualC~nvention at tile Roliday Inn, Rrant ford, on f=pril l?, 22, 13C6. mi:: Auction to take place on Snti~rday, April. 13, fro:)! hnuru 1:J3 p.ln. - 5:CO p.m. if necessary. Those interested in ccncii~cting this Auction s11oul.d rc;,ly in writing, s ta ting numbar of lots, terms, and corli-~ission, to the undarsigned be fore Septa~r~ber14, 1985. Thoaas Masters Secretary, O.N.A. 823 Van Street Londcn, Ont2ri.o N5Z 1M8 MEMBERSHIP The applications which appeared in the March 1985 issue of the GNTARIO NUMISMATIST have been accepted. The following applications have been recieved. If no objections are received, acceptance will appear in the Septerber, 1985 issue of the ONTARIO NUMISMATIST. 1250 OWEN HOWELL, 307-195 Natchez Rd., Kitchener, N2B 1W2. 1251 RICHARD SIMPSON, 62 Windemere Rd., Winona, Ontario, LOR 2L0 1252 EARLE HUBBS, 11-245 Graf f Ave., Strat.ford, Ontario, N5A 5L9 1253 MICHAEL CAHILL., 156 Wellington St., Bowanville, Ontario L1C 1W1. Have you used your 0.N. A. Library lately? IF NOT, CONTACT..... TOM MASTERS 823 VAN STREET, LONDON, ONTARIO, N5Z 1M6 FOR UP TO DATE LIBRARY LIST. 173 SINGAPORE --- By Fred Borgmann No. 86-19 GREAT BRITAIN UNLISTED VARIETY: 2 pence 1859 Y-B12 100 lira 1984 Y-234, copper-nickel-zinc, (maundy issue). Obverse the second letter in 29.6mm, 11 grams, reeded edge. Britanniar is an "En over and "R". All of the NEW TYPES: 10 dollars 1985 KM-44, Each coin features a portrait of Ataturk "A"s in the legend are doubled and all the nickel, 40.7mm, 28 grams, edge: reeded. Sin- facing left on the obverse and has the denom- "R"s show signs of deterioration. gapore Mint, mintage unc only. Theme: year ination within a wreath on the reverse. Esti- (Courtesy Alan J. Criswell, Crugers, N.Y. and of the ox. Estimated value $10. Obverse: coat mated value $10. Fredric R. Wachter, Annandale, VA) of arms, date and word singapore in four lan- (Courtesy Coin Invest Trust, Vaduz, Liech- guages. Reverse: ox and two Chinese charac- tenstein) NIGER ters in center. Denomination below. VARIATIONS: 10 francs 1968 KM-3, silver, 500 dollars 1985 KM-45, gold .916 fine 37.4mm, 19.96 grams, edge: reeded. Original alloyed with pure silver, 28.5mm. 16.96 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES strike: well struck with sharp details and a grams, edge: reeded. Singapore Mint, mint- raised rim all around. age limit 4,000 proof. Theme: year of the ox. 10 franca 1968 KM-3, silver, 37.3mm. 24.54 Issue price $483. Obverse and reverse similar grams, edge: reeded. Later restrike: flatter to KM-44. strike with frosted dull details and a (Courtesy Singapore Mint, 230-A Executive machined down rim. Guild Circle, Redwood City, CA 94065) (Courtesy Collector's Den, Hatboro, PA) SWITZERLAND PANAMA NEW DATES: 1984 mint sets contain the following types, one rappen Y-54, five rappen Y-23b, ten rappen Y-24, twenty rappen Y-25, half franc Y-30c, one franc Y-31c, two franca Y-32c, five francs Y-36a. Estimated value $10. NEW TYPES: 20 balboas 1985 Y-97, gold (Courtesy Coin Invest Trust, Vaduz Liech- ,500 fine, 14.5mm, 2.14 grams, edge: reeded. tenstein) Franklin Mint, mintage limit: 5000 proof. Theme: Harpy eagle. Issue price $60. TURKEY NEW TYPE: 5 dirhams 1981 1401 Y-9, cop- Obverse: coat of arms. Reverse: eagle in NEW DATE: 5 lira 1983 Y-217. per-nickel, fifteen sided, 31.7mm, 14.35 (Courtesy George Azuma, Cairo, Egypt) grams, edge plain. British Royal Mint. Theme 1500th anniversary of the Hegira. NEW TYPES: 1984 mint sets contain the Estimated value $4. Obverse perched falcon. following new types. Reverse legend. (Courtesy George Azuma, Cairo, Egypt) YEMAN ARAB REPUBLIC 1 lira 1984 Y-231, aluminum, 17.lmm, 1.1 gram, plain edge. 5 lira 1984 Y-227, aluminum, 21.2mm, 1.7 grams, reeded edge. 10 lira 1984 Y-228, aluminum, 25mm, 2.4 grams, reeded edge. 500 balboas 1985 Y-98, gold .500 fine, NEW TYPE: 25 riyals 1981 (1983) Y-46, sil- 45mm, 37.18 grams, edge: scalloped, plain. ver .925 fine, 38.6mm, 28.28 grams, edge Franklin Mint, mintage limit: 500 proofs. reeded. British Royal Mint, mintage limits: Theme: national eagle. Issue price $850. 10,200 unc and 10,200 proof. Theme Interna- Obverse coat of arms. Reverse eagle with rib- 20 lira 1984 Y-232, copper-nickel-zinc. tional Year of Disabled Persons. Obverse bon. 23.8mm, 7 grams, plain edge. heraldic eagle with flags and ribbon. Reverse (Courtesy Franklin Mint. Franklin Center, 50 lira 1984 Y-233, copper-nickel-zinc, portrait of the blind poet Abdullah Baradoni. Penn. 19091) 26.8mm, 9 gr .me, reeded edge. (Courtesy Collector's Den, Hatboro, PA) june 18,1985 Country U.S. s Country U.S. $ Guernsey (Pound) 1.273 Spanish West Africa use# Gu~nea(Syli) GNS .040113 Spanish Peseta Guinea-Biu (Psao) GWP .OM788 Sri Lankn (Rupee) LKR Guyana (Dollar) GYD 2427 Sudan (Pound) SDP Haiti (Gourde) HTC .20 Surinam (Gulden) . SRC Honduras (Lempira) HNL .50 Swaziland (Lilangeni) SZL Hong Kong (Dollar) HKD ,1286 Sweden (Krona) SEK Hungary (Focint) HUF .019713 Switzerland (Franc) CHF leeland (New Krona) ISK .024177 Syria (Pound) SY P 'India (Rupee) INR .OW2 Taiwan (Dollar) TWD Currency Indonesia (Rupiah) IDR .000895 . Tanzoja (Shilling) TZS Iran (Rid) IRR ,010728 Thailand (Baht) THB The foreign exchange fixed rates Iraq (Dinar) IOD 3.2249 Togo (Franc) XOF below apply to trade with banks in the Ireland Rep. (Punt) IEP 1.0256 Tonga (Pa'anga) TOP country of origin. Courtesy of Texas Ireland, N. (Pound) 1.273 . Trinjdad & Tobago 1.273 Exchange Inc., Houston, Texas Isle of Man (Pound) (Dollar) .-- Israel (Shekel) ILS .ooo93 as'O"Y of une 6,1985. Tunisia (Dinar) TND Italy (Lira) ITL .COO512 Turkey (Lira) TRL XOF .002146 Country us.s Ivory Cat(Franc) Uganda (Shillidg) UGS Jamaica (Dollar) JMD .I818 U.S.S.R. (Ruble) SUR Afghanistan (Afghani) AF.4 .019769 Japan (Yen) JPY. .@I3928 Albania (Lek) ALL .I244 United Arab Emirates Jersey (Pound) 1.273 [Dirham) AED Algeria (Dinar) DZD .I947 Jordan (Dinar) JOD 2.50 UYP Angola (Kwanza) AOK .033425 Uruguay (New Peso) Kenya (Shilling) KES .062328 Vanuaty (Vatu) vuv Argentina (Peso-A) ARP .001427 Korea-North (Won) KPW 1.0638 Venezuela (Bolivar) VEB Australia (Dollar) ALD .6622 Korea-South (Won) KRW .00115 .046404 Fl~ating Austria (Schilling) ATS Kuwait (Dinar) KWD 3.31 Official Bahamas (Dollar) BSD 1.00 Laos (Kip) LAK .028571 Vietnam (Dong) VND Bahrain Is. (Dinar; BHD 2.6425 Lebanon (Pound) LBP .065789 Western Samoa Bangladeah (Taka).. BDT .032 Lesotho (Maloti) LSM .5015 (Tala) WST Barbados (Dollar) BBD 505 Liberia (Dollar) LRD 1.00 Yemen Arab Rep. Belgium (Franc) Bm .OX247 Libya (Dinar) LYD' 3.3772 (Rid) YER Belize (Dollar) BZD .505 L,iechteoatein uses Swiaa Franc ye& P.D.R. Benin (Franc) XOF .002146 Luxembourg (Franc) LUF .016247 (~i*) YDD 2.9155 Bermuda (Dollar) BMD 1.0043 Mauu, (Pataca) MOP .1238 Yugblavia (Dinar). YUD .003736 Bhutan (Ngultrum) BTN .OW2 *say Rep. Zaire (Zaire) ZRZ .024644 Bolivia (Peso-B) N? .000013 (Franc) MGF -001536 Zambia (Kwacha) ZMK .4187 Botswana (Pula) BWP .MI9 Malawi (Kwacha) MWK .5655 Zimbabwe (Dollar) - ZWD 5365 Brazil (Cruzeiro) BRC .000181 Mahynia (Dollar) MYR .4063 Brunei Darussalam Maldive La (Rutiyaa) MVR .I429 (Dollar) ' BND 427 Mali (Franc) MLF .!I02146 Bullion Bulgaria (Lev) BCL .947 Malta (Lira) MTL 2.d Burkina Faso (Franc) XOP .002146 btinique uses French Franc C$otitiona courtesy of Manfra Tor- Burma (Kyat) . BUK .I17 Mauritania (Ougiya) MRO .0i489 de and Brookes, New York, N.Y., and Burundi (Franc) BIB .I338161 Mauritius (Rupee) MUR .063~1 A-Mark Precious Metals Inc., Beverly Cambodia (Riel) N/A Mexico (Peso) MXP Hib, Calif. Cameroon (Franc) XAF .002146 Floating .OM182 Canada (Dollar) CAD .73 Monam uses French Franc Cape Verde (Escudo) CVE .0112M Mongolia (Tughrik) MNT Gold: London, oz ...... $320.00 Cayman Ls. (Dollar) KYD 1.23 Morocco (Dirham) MAD Palladium: N.Y. oz...... 98.00 Central African Rep. Mozambique Platinum: N.Y. oz...... 276.00 (Franc) XAF .002146 (Metid) MZM Silver: N.Y. mkt. oz ...... 6.26 Chad (Franc) XAF .002146 Nepal (Rupee) NPR Chile (Peso) CLP .oCK%O Nether19 (Gulden) NLG BUY SELL % China. P.R. (R. Yuan) CNY .3W Netherland Antilles Austria, 100 Corona $309.10 $315.10 .46 Colombia (Peso) COP .007263 (Gulden) ANG 20 Corona 60.80 ' 65.50 4.42 Comoros (Franc), KMF ,002146 New Caledonia 10 Corona 32.40 37.80 20.50 Congo (Franc) XAF .Gal46 4 Ducat 141.60 . 155.00 9.42 (Franc) XPF 1 Ducat 34.80 40.30 13.78 Costa Rica (Colon) CRC .020305 New Zealand (D~IL) NZD Cuba (Peso) CUP 1.074 Canada, Maple Leaf 328.50 333.50 4.22 Nicaragm (Cordoba) ' NIC 114 ML 84.90 .88.40 10.50 Cyprus (Pound) CYP 1.6194 Niger (Franc) XOF 1/10- , - - -ML - - 34.10 36.80 15.00 Czech (Koruna) CSK .I439 Nigeria (Naira) NGN China, Panda Denmark (Krone) DKK .091233 Norway (Krone) NOK 1/2 Panda Djibouti (Franc) DJF .OW456 Oman (Rial) OMR 1/4 Panda Dom. Rep. (Peso) WP .3106, Pakistan (Rupee) PKR 1/10 Panda East Caribbean Ter. Panama (Balboa) PAB .if20 Panda (DoUar) XCD .3729 Papua-New Guinea En land. Sov. Old Ecuador (Sucre) ECS &v. QE II (Kina) PGK 1/2 Sdv. Old Floating .I338791 Paraguay (Guarani) 'PYG 112 S. BE 11 Official ,01489 Peru (Sol) PES ~r&e, 26 Francs Egypt (Pound) EGP .753 Philipplnea (Pw) PHP Isle of Man, Angel El Salvador (Colon) SVC .20 Poland (Zloty) PLZ 1/10 Angel Equatorial Guinea Portugal (Escudo) PTE Noble (plati~wl (Franc) XAF .002146 Mexico, 50 Peaoa Qatar (Riyal) QAR 20 Pesoa Ethiopia-(Birr) ETB .IS1 Reunion uses French Franc Faeroe Islands uses Danish Krone Romania (Leu) ROL Fdkland Is. (Pound) FKP 1.273 Rwanda (Franc) RWP Fiji lsbnda (Dollar) FJD .8425 StHelena (Pound) Finland (Markka) FIM .I572 SL Pierre & Miquelon uaen Fre nch Frar France (Franc) FRF .I073 StThomaa & Prince 1/2 oz. French Polynesia (Franc) XPF .005901 (,Dobra) STD 1/4 Oz. Gabon (Franc) XAF .002146 South Africk, KR Saudi Arabia (Riyal) SAR 1/2 Krugerrand Gambia (Dalaaii) GMD 2512 Scotland (Pound) Germany. W. (Mark) DEM .3273 1/4 Krugerrand Senegal (Franc) XOF 1/10 Krugerrand Germany. E. (Mark) DDM .3n3 SeyJlelles (Rupee) SCR Swim. 20 Francs Ghana (New Cedi) GHC .018868 Sierra Leone (Leone) SLL nlted States MS-60 Gibraltar (Pound) GIP 1.273 Singapbre (Dollar) SCD " 20 Dollars Liberty Great Britain (Pound) ,GBP 1.273 Solomon Is. (Dollar) SBD 20 Dollars S.G. Greece (Drachma) CRD .007391 Somalia (Somali) . Guadelwpe usea French Franc NOTE: A - Approximate Percentage of "SELL" South Africa (Rand) l above actual bullion value. GuaLernala (Quetzal). GTQ .a2243 Spain (Peaeta) ESP ,005736 world coin news By Anne L. Adams USA TODAY NEW YORK - Believers in the ultimate security of gold are having their faith tested again - this time by politics. The South African Krurrer- rand, traditionally the m'ost popular gold bullion coin, is un- der siege as antiapartheid sen- timent snowballs in the USA. Goldbugs already have been stung as bullion prices dropped under the pressure.of low infla- tion and strong dollar. They also are losing an are- na as the American Stock Ex- change, citing losses, phases out its Gold Coin Exchange. And now congressional pro- posals for economic sanctions against the South African re- gime that practices racial sepa- ration are stirring panic among the 5 million USA owners of 20 million Krugerrands. On June 5, the House of Rep resentatives passed a bill ban- anomeofgald ning Krugerrand imports and the Senate has a similar pro- By Karren Loeb, USA TODAY posal pending. Dealers report Krugerrand rands outsold Maple Leafs by holders are trading their coins about 30%. Now, Cornish said, for Canadian Maple Leaf coins. demand for Canadian coins is They're paying up to $5 to deal- triple that for Krugerrands. ers to make the swap. Bullion coins usually cost Both. coins contain 1 ounce 5% to 6% more than the com- of gold. But Krugerrands had modity price of gold. But the been more popular, in part be- Krugerrand is only 4% above cause their higher copper con- bullion. tent makes them more dura- Meanwhile, gold has crum- ble. They sold for $1 to $2 pled since last June, from $377 above the Maple Leaf. per ounce to $315.60 Monday But Monday, Krugerrands on the Commodity Exchange cost $329, $5 less than Maple Inc. Leafs, said Jesse Cornish of In- The near-term outlook for vestment Rarities in Mime- gold is weak, said Ronald apolis. He said Maple Leafs Schorr of Bear, Steams & Co. overtook Krugerrands "in the His reasons: last few weeks as publicity sur- Inflation at 3% for 1985. rounding the situation in South Continued strong dollar. Africa grew." 5 Depressed prices for all In December 1984, Kruger- commodities.