www.canadiancoinnews.ca An essential resource for the CANADIAN advanced and beginning collector Maritine Pages COIN NEWS TRENDS: coins 20-23 Volume 57 • Number 13 October 1 - 14, 2019 $4.50 Harbour Grace general store tokens ‘well-appreciated by public’ By Jesse Robitaille said long-time numismatist “The St. John’s store – and I Before Newfoundland and Paul Berry, who retired at the found advertisements for it – Labrador became Canada’s 10th beginning of this year after operated under the sign of the province in 1949, the east-coast nearly two decades as chief cu- ‘Golden Fleece,’” said Berry, ref- region was a British dominion, rator of Canada’s National Cur- erencing an ancient Greek myth and before that, a colony. rency Collection. about a winged, golden-wool- Similar to the situation in At the beginning of the 1840s, len ram whose fleece symbol- other pre-Confederation colo- after emigrating from Scotland, izes authority and kingship. nies, Newfoundland’s economy brothers Robert and I.S. Ruther- “Basically, what we’re looking included irregular shipments of ford opened a store in New- at is their symbol – or in modern “official” coinage from Britain, foundland’s capital of St. John’s parlance, their trademark – and France, Spain or the U.S., plus while other brothers George, their signage would have car- its own government-issued dec- Henry and Andrew managed a ried the same symbol at the imal coins after decimalization store in nearby Harbour Grace. time.” Continued on page 32 in the 1860s. There was also an Toronto Coin Expo owner and organizer Jared Stapleton array of counterfeits and com- said the show’s venue, the Toronto Reference Library, is mercial tokens circulating popular with the research-focused collectors who are throughout this era, which drawn to numismatics. leaves behind a well-collected numismatic legacy. The first commercial tokens Toronto Coin Expo set to roll out issued in Newfoundland were those struck by the Rutherford auction, seminars and bourse family, who owned two stores in the north-east corner of the By Jesse Robitaille This fall’s Coin Expo will Avalon Peninsula. feature more than 35 coin and Alongside millions of books, “The Rutherfords were mer- A circa 1840 penny token issued by the Rutherford family banknote dealers on the monographs, films, maps and chants, and they provided a va- for their store in St. John’s, Nfld., sold for $123.38 as Lot bourse plus a pair of numis- other related research material, riety of British manufactured 18062 of a June 26, 2014 sale by Heritage Auctions. matic workshops, but show- the Toronto Coin Expo is set to goods through their stores,” return to the downtown To- goers have also come to ex- ronto Reference Library on Oct. pect camaraderie out of the 4-5. long-running biannual show. Publications Registration Mail No. 09137 Agreement No. 40069699 Mail No. 09137 Agreement Publications Registration “Collectors’ Corner is some- Another ‘R+D’ offering thing a lot of attendees enjoy,” said show owner and orga- nizer Jared Stapleton, of the among latest Mint release show’s social area, “but we ac- Called a “numismatic highlights of the September pand and contract with each tually have collectors that breakthrough” by its cre- catalogue, which was issued tilt of the coin.” come to the show and spend ators, a new coin produced nationwide on Sept. 3. The “Pulsating Maple half a day in the library to do by the Royal Canadian Working with the Univer- Leaf” coin has a weight of research for their numismatic Mint’s research and develop- sity of Ottawa’s Centre for 62.69 grams, a diameter of 50 papers or collections.” ment team is among the Research in Photonics, the millimetres and a mintage of Located at 789 Yonge St., Mint created the 2020-dated 3,000 pieces. the five-floor Toronto Refer- $10 Fine silver coin, “Pulsat- ence Library “is a special ing Maple Leaf,” which is en- ‘REAL SHAPES’ place,” added Stapleton, graved on the reverse with Another 2020-dated coin who’s also the owner of an array of sub-millimetre- released as part of the Sep- Metro Coin and Banknote scale mirrors in the shape tember catalogue is the $50 in Toronto’s west end and of a maple leaf. Its minia- Fine silver piece, “The Com- currently sits on the pric- ture mirrors feature “pre- mon Loon,” from the new ing panel for the Charlton cise dimensions and ori- “Real Shapes” series. Standard Catalogue for entations,” according to For the first time, the iconic Canadian Government the Mint, to “produce a loon designed by late artist Paper Money. design that appears to ex- Continued on page 29 Continued on page 26 1 2012 ‘TWO LOONS’ COLORIZED FREE POSTAGE ON ALL NON-BULLION ORDERS 1711 Corydon Ave., Tel: (204) 489-9112 FROM THIS AD OVER $500 $1 SILVER COIN 1OZ .9999 FINE (SEE TERMS BELOW) In 2012, the Royal Canadian Mint celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Loonie, the Winnipeg, Manitoba, FAX: (204) 489-9118 iconic Canadian one-dollar coin bearing the image of this great Canadian symbol. Canada R3N 0J9 TERMS OF SALE Like its namesake, the Loonie has proven resilient, emblematic, and long-lived. ORDERS WITHIN CANADA ORDERS WITHIN THE USA WCDA RCNA (Life) 1. 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