TARIO NUMISMATIST OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION
WATERLOO. ONTARIO 1973-1975 Volwne 13 January 1974 Page 1 0. N. A OFFICES P Past Presidents R.R.REKOFSK1 ( 1962 - 1965 ) AN(YSHER YEAR .. , .&5!&.. ..Whai;? L.T. SMITH ( 1965 - 1967 \ Wm.ENGLISH i 1967 - 1969 j This could be the yew of CHALLENGE --I- D. FLICK ( 1969 - 1971 ) It seems to me that we have been coasting C.B.LAISTER ( 1971 - 1973) the last few years, which, to say the least, President is negative action*, ,r I would like to see W.E.Pat LAMBERT 1974 the year of membership participation* First Vice-President Any @ssociation regardless, is only as Wm .R. GAGE good as the mem gees make it* By this 1 Second Vice-President mean that I would like to see more of our Me1 H. FISKE members tun an active part in runnlng Secretary on. Mrs. Pat LAMBERT this AssoaiatK Treasurer & Membership Back in 1962 Mien the 0,N.A" was fme4 Bruce 1-1. RASZMANN by a group of dedicated numismatists, the Mailing Address aims and objects of the Association were the Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario promotion of our hobby. It is my considered DIRECTORS opinion that, perhaps over the years, we AREA 1 Howard Whitfield have lost sight of the high principles which Elliot Jephson our founder members had in mind, Perhaps 2 Ken W. Wilmot %ow is the time for all good men (and wohen) 3 Victor G. Potter to come to the aid ofH the Association by 4 vacant taking a more positive approach to promoting 5 John Craig our hobby. By this I mean, that if you 6 Richard A. Ford foe1 that we are failing the hobby in any 7 W. A. Gordon particula facet, then sit down, take pen to 8 Ray Pleau paper and tell us so. 9 Clifford Shipman By the same token, when was the last 10 Gerald Albert time that m contributed to the spreding Historian of numismatic knowledge? I am certain that WALTER GRIGGS many of our members could contribute vEilua- Publicity ble information which would be of great BOB VOAn EN benefit particularly to our younger members Ontario Paper Co., Thorold, Ontario. as well as to all members of our Association, Librarian So I would greatly appreciate as many of our Wm. R. GAGE members who have the promotion of our hobby RR# 1, Shanty Bay, Ont. at hewt lending a hand by contributing arG Medal Committee Lcles, no matter how small, always bearing BILL ENGLISH in mind "THE HOBBY'S THE IMPORTANT THINGN. Box 4, Waterloo, Ont. You could share your collecting experiences Audio-Visual Service & with your fellow members. Ey this I do not Display Case Sexvice mean you have to write a thesist but just a CHAS. B. LAISTER plainly worded article on some angle of our # 3 Highway ,Tillsonburg Ont. hobby. May I drop a hint here .... perhaps Speakers Circuit Sevice you have become an expert on ...ancient coin- KEN PROPHET age. ,. .medallic art,. ..early North American Box 22 6, Barrie ,Ontario Editor W,E.PAT LAMBERT B9x 311 ,St .Catharines, Ont. Pane 2 ~ecimalCoinage (cents and half-cents) ., ..World Paper Currency (~odern and Nineteenth Bentury) ,, , ,Varl.eties, etc., etc. Please remeber that our Association will only progress if its members take an active part and interest in its ultimate aims which, of course, is the promotion of our hobby, I trust that I have given you, our readers, plenty of food for thought. Many of your fellow members of the Association and yourself have been members since 1962 and I feel certain that you would not have continued your membership if you did not feel that we had somh thing to offer, O.K. --- we have something to offer but in return we expect something from YOU, MB AND MRS. MEMi3ER. Yours, with every good wish that you could wish for yourselves W. E, Pat Lambert Fxesident. *****h** ******h* ******** A******* ******* m3FlXDGE AATD ITS MEDALS By May Bunnett, North York Coin Club. On March 16 1973, the Queen opened the new London Bridge in the presence of the iord Mayor and other dignitaries of the City of London. The Corporation of the City commissioned a medal to be struck commemorating this event, one of a series mpch neglected in the past by collectors of commemorative medals, Such medals are only issued occasionally; the first being in 1831 to commemorate the then new London Bridge, after *hat thirty were struck between 1832 and 1902. The majority are the work of the Wyon family of engravers, therefore the designs are the best examples of the engravers art. The first bridge over the Thames at London was sdd to have been built by the Saxons in 994 A,D, probably of rough hewn planks placed upan piles with movable platforms to a3low the Saxon ships to pass through. In 1008 the bridge was described as being so wide that two carts could pass each other. On Nov. 16, 1091) a storm occured which swept away the bridge; William Hufus rebuilt it with money obtained from taxes imposed upon the people. In the reign of Stephan London, Bridge was destroyed by fire but soon repaired, it was once again rebuilt of elm in 1163. The first stone bridge was started in 1173; work proceeded slowly and it took thirty-three years to complete. This bridge was scarcely finished when it was almost destroyed by fire on July 10, 1212, At that time the bridge was covered with wooden buildings, it was re- corded by early writers that about 3?000 persons perished. In the following year King John ordered that the halfpence taken from foreign merchants using the river should go towards the repairs. Another appeal for contributions was put forth in 1280, Everyone crossing4%he w&er of ThamesY patd a farthing, a horseman one penny and every pack carried on a horse one half penny, In 1281 a severe frost carried away five arches of the bridge and in 1289 the structure was so decayed that men were afraid to pass over it. This no doubt gave rise to the well known ditty "London Bridge is Falling Down", About 1305 was the first instance of the barbarous practice of putting traitors heads on spikes of the towers and draw bridge, Paae 3 During the next 400 years many bridges on this spot were destroy- ed by fire and other catastrophies, repaired or built up again. Shops existed on the bridge from an early date; in the 17th and 18th centuries London Bridge was a favourite locality Tor booksellers, In 17% the new Westminster Bridge was completed, the contrast pre- sented by the new bridge brought to the attention of the Corporation the inconvenience of their own bridge. By 1821 steps were taken to- wards the erection of a new London Bkidge, the first pile was driven :, by the Surrey side on Mach 15, 182b, several antiquities were found upon excavating the foundations? few of which found their way to the Guildhd.1 Museum. However a silver statuette of Hippocrates has been preserved and may be seen &here. The opening ceremony was pwxformed by Wil1iam 1V and Queen Adelaide, August 3. 1831, causing the Corporation of the City of Lon- don to issue the flrst two rnedjis of a service commemorating import- ant events in the City, LARGE Mi3DAL Obv. Head of King to right, Legend: WILLIAM THE FOURTEI Rev. A view of the bridge: its five arches spanning the Thames, Legend: LONDON BRIDGE. In exergue, COMMENCED 15, JUNE 1825 OPENED 1, AUGUST 1831 Engraved by UENJANIN WYON 2.03in. AR. 2 A5.700 Nmis. Lond.#l. SMALL Mm-! Obv. Arms, Crest and Motto of the City of London. Rev. Bridge-House Estates Mark within an oak wreath. Legend i11 field below: LONDON BRIDGE COMMENCED 15, JUm 1825 OPENED 1, AUGUST 1831 Engraved by Benj amin Wyon, 1.06in, 1960 struck in W .M. Nums. Lond. #2. The eventual fate of this Bridge is well known to everyone. It was taken down piece by piece and tc.unspprted to the United States to be rebuilt as a tourist attraction in Arizona, where on October 10 1971 the Lord Mayor of London and the Governor of Arizona officially opened London Bridge at; Havasu City, Arizona. As previously mentioned, the new London Bridge over the Thmes was opened by tha Queen on March 1.6, 1973. The Corporation of the City of London on that occasion issued a medal which will become an integral part of their official series commemorating important events in the City. Obv, View of the bridge: Legend: LONDON BXIDGE OPENED BY H,M. QaEN ELIZABETH IN TKE PRESENCE OF THE RT. HON. $HE LORD MAYOR, THE LORD MAIS. 169 MARCH 1973. Rev. Rrms of the Corporation of the City of London. Legend around, Designed by D. P. Payne F.H.N.S. and H.K. King C.B.E. Dies cutby Maurico Rose? struck by Toye, Kenning & Spencer. 2,250 struck in silver gxlt, Oxidized Bronze - unlimited. REFERNECE: Welch, Charles NUMISMATA LONDINENSIA London 1894 Hockii1g, W .S. ROYAL MINT MUSEUM CATALOGUE! V01.11,1910 Seaby 'S COIN & MEDAL BULLETIN April 1973 F&&@ k The following is a letter received by Ye Ed since our last publica- tion:; Ye Ed, 0.N-A. Visited a closet in my home to-day and down dropped a large box with srnaller ones following. Opened one box and found O.N.A, medals various years from 1963 Bronze, 1966 Silver, 1966 Bronze, 1968 Silver, 1968 Bronze, 1969 Gold-plated, 1969 Silver S 1969 Bronze, 1971 Gold-plated, 1971 Bronze, 1971 Silver ,1971 Nickel Silver, 1972 Silver, 1972 Bronze2 1972 Gold-plated and 1973. Were so very heamy could hardly lift them, Gold-, lated lots, silver 1973 far too Inany and 1973 Bronze, the Mint mus E have opened both doors, I feel. that a lot of collectors who didnot purchase last year's 0,N.A. medals have just forgot and 1974 will be here very shortly, Hopeful all O.N.A, medal collectors will help relieve me of my problem by sending me a blmk cheque or a cheque with jusl: a signature on it, 1973 Flaterloo 0. N. A. medals, Gold-filled Qb15.00 B~onze $3.50, Silver $5. 50, plus 7% Sales Tax. A small donation of 21g! for postage would be helpful. Can handle only (50) fifty letters per day. Send for yours now before the rush. &so have a few C.N.E. 1972 and 1973 Bronze O 663.00 and Silver O $12.00, plus Sales Tax. Registered extra. Once again a donation of 25@ postage would be helpful. This offer open to all members and non-members alike, Just send your cheque, Thank you, Me1 Fj. ske, 7795 Beaverdams Road, Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada L2H 1R6 ****P**:% *****,'6,v* ******** ******** ****** I\TEW MEMBERS Applications published in the Septembar issue of the Ontario Phis- matist have now been accepted. The following applications have been received, if no written objections are received, their acceptance will be acknowledged in the February issue of the Ontario Numismatist, 903 Erie Miller, Box 252, Station. I1Rl1, Toronto, Ont. M& 329 goLt. Carnett Bugg, P.O. Box 201, Agrincourt? ht. 905 Vic Pope, R, R. /# 2, Goderich, Ont. 906 Louis L. Tucker, R. R. #2, Stevensvi.lle, Ont. 907 Guy Lestrade, P.O. Box 1144,~tationflB1l,P,Q., H3B 319 908 Mrs. Margot Lestrade, Box 114.4, Station "B#, Montreal,P,Q. S909 Tom Prychitka, 32 Schubert Dr.,West Hill, Ont. M1E lv 91.0 George ..X. Rutherford, P.O. Box 430, Kirkland Lake, Ont. 9x1 R. L, Montcalm, 439 First Ave., Sault Ste, Marie, Ont. P6C 4~9 C75 CANADIAg SOCIETY OF MILITARY MEDALS & INSIGNIA c/o Don Barnett, 3002 Palmer Drive, #/4, Burlington, htario, 912 S. C. Fockler, l11 Inverlochy Blvd.,Ap.t. 302, Thornhill, Ont. Page 5 -A NOTE FROM "YE ED'I In 1967 I took over the Editorship of this Bulletin with a view of keeping it in print for you, our members. Speaking recentl-y to the Editor of a local Chamber of Commerce publication he was decrying .the lack of (1) Feed-back from articles printed and (2) Lack of comnunication between Executive and Members, and finally (3) The not- iceable dearth of articles for their Bulbetin, which leads me to write these lines to you, our menibers, first1.y to acquaint you with some facts & generally known, and secondly, to ask for your co- operation. Let me deal with the preparation of the Bulletin --- All club news items, f or,thcoming sl~ows, change of Executive, et^, are collated and prepared, ediilad, etc. ? a time-consuming process. Preparation of articles, etc. is another important feature of our Bulletin -- the stencils &re typed by Mrs. Ye Ed - here again is 10 - 12 hours of - - continuous typing - and again these have to be edited - then off to the printers in Tillsonburg through the kind efforts of Past President Charles Laister, who takes the stencils .to our printers and. takes time out to see they are printed 0,IC. Then, once printed, Charles is responsible for envelopes having c0rrec.t addresses, etc, and mailing them to you, our members. The addresses are prepared by Past President Lloyd Smith, through his efforts we have continuous up-to-date addres- ses, up-.to-date thzough the w&chful eye of Bruce Raszmmn, our mem- bership Chairman, who also takes time to notify Lloyd of any changes from month to month. In all six people actively pull together to produce your Bulletin. I felt it was about time that four of them were recognized for their efforts of many years standing, A big thank you to CHARLES LAISTER, LLOM SMITH, BRUCE RASZMANN and MRS. 31E ED. Finally, I ask for more letters to the Editor on how wo may im- prove our Bulletin --m a few lines does he1.p --then at least I am aware I have some readers out there!! And once again, I BEG REQUEST, or WHAT HAVE YOU, for K:TZCL@, from Young and Old - WILL Yob? PLEASE. To you lisho have read this to the bitter end - I thank you for your kind attention -- I need your help --. Will you lend a hand?
**m***** *****:::*It ******W Ye ES3**,X**Q* ******* -- -- SIAMES'E PORCELAJNZ TO- By Ted Banning, of C.SI,N, During the late 18th century and early 19th century gambling became a recognized institution in Siam (modern Thailandj . In a gambling lHon.gl, the gambler squatted on an oblong mat, with the cash- ier or croupier kneeling at one end, Since a coin often had to be thrown a consider able distance to the cro:lpier, the bullet- shaped coins (Salung and Fuang) Were likely to roll off of the mat. A more con- venient form of 'cpinl was needed for gambling purposes, so the owners of gambling establishments issued these special counters, Originally intended for use in the gambling houses9 or 'I-Iongs1, it was not long before the t0ken.s went into general circulation. While all authors seem to agree on -thi.s point, there has been some diff- erence of opinion concerning the extent of their circulatj.on. Abbe Similien Chevillard claimed that the coun.terS were used for currency purposes only within the district of the gaibling firms .that issued them, and that even within that district they were not always accepted. Haas, however, states that: Page 6 "These counters being issued under authority granted in the gambling license or concession, they rapidly became a medium of exchange, and were found to fill a long felt want of small money so well, that the circulation went much beyond its legal sphere1!. There were many, many different varieties iss~~edduring the time that the porcelain tokens wera common, and since they were also acce- pted for general circultition, counterfeits also made their appemance." As a large number of imitations went into circulation, the gm'bling Hongs were forced to call in and exchange their o3.d counters and subatituke new ones of v&ious colours and shapes. Tl13.s no Ao~bt, accounts for the large number of types found in the series, Another c0ntT0l on imitations was the application of coloured sealing wax .to the reverse of the counters, and impression or Itchpp markH being made on the wax while it was still warm. This process would make counter- feiting more difficult. Some of the later tokens even have a small 1 . hollow receptacle on the reverse to contain the wax., The shapes of the tokens show great originality. While most are simply round, many are shaped like stars, cash, ovals7 lozenges, gourds, scrolls, leaves, door-tablets, butterflies, bats and fish. Pentagonal, hexagonal., heptagonal and octagonal issues also abound, Since almost all of the Hongs were run by Chinese, and since most of the customers were also Chinese? naturally most of the inscriptions on the counters were wri-tten in Chxnese Characters. Usually the name of the Hong is found on a token, either in full, or 'abbreariatedl to a single chmacter. Other tokens have inottos, poeticd. verse? or felicitous remarks (lthappinessfl, llgoocl 1uckl1, etc.) in their inscrip- tions. Solne tokens have I1gold", llsilverlt, or ltcurrencyll added to their inscriptions, to make -thein more aceoptable for general circula- tion. Lastly, the value of the token is generally found on it: 1 S& , ung in Chinese or Siamese; 1 FUang in Chinese or Siamese; l Song Pei, 1 Pd and l Att in Chinese; also 1/16 Song Pei in Chinese or Sianiese,, According to Haas, 8 Fuang equals 16 Son Pei eq.u~~Is32 Pai equals 64 Att. It has been mentioned previously that the issuers of those tokens had problems with counterfeiting, but it must not be assumed that they were a1.ways the victims. On the contrmy, the owners of the gambling houses usually gained by the issue of tokens, especially if they were later demonetized. Naturally, if the banker lost in gambling, he paid with the tokens but Lf he won, he was paid with real money, so he always benefitei. The most profitable aspect of the toliens, however, was their withdrawl from circulation, and this was the basis of 'the gambling operations, By law, if a token issuer wished to withdraw his tokens froin circula-tion, he had to announce the withdraw1 14.8 hours in advance. Therefores in order to satisfy both the law and his income, the issuer would send a crier out on a barge on the river, to announcep at about midnight, that the tokens must be cashed in within 48 hours, Of course, few people found out about the news, since at that how just about all were asleep. Then when the final day of withdrawl came no one would accept the tokens in question; it was too lateq the cash- box was closed. What could anyo~cdo? They could only proflt from the experience, and try to avoid being "taken1 agdn* The arontrol of the tokens became more and more difficult as tine went on and i't finally became necessary for the g0vernmen.t to prohibit Page 7- completely the circulation of -the coun-ters. According to Haas, this actioih was taken in 1871, but according to Schlegel? an order was issued by the government in August, 1875, to prohibl-t .the further issue of prcel,?iii llcolrisu after December of that year, Weil says in his book tha't porcelain coins were current until. 1876 bu-t tha't action was taken concerning .them by King Chula Longlrorn in 1b73. There is no doubt, however, -that the circulatio~lof Sian~eseporcelain tokens continued long after their prohibition. (Good work, Ted) *;P****** **%!<***** ******** ***9,**** ******* -N3WS MOUND THE C0:Cil CLUBS CAMBBIDGE COIN CLlTB --- Twenty-five members and ~uestsattended this last meeting which was the thirteenth year anniversa~ymeeting. It was noted -that the cl.ub has had three names in this time, first, Preston Coin Club, then Galt and Area Coin Club and n.ow Cambridge Coin Club. Officers for 19711. ,we- : President - Hank Vanderr~~ass,Vice-President - Tom Mc,Ueney, Secretary - Ed. Beckett, Treasurer - Agnes Whetham Auctioneer - Vince Neviclan and assistan.t - Clare Glennie, A feature of the meeting was a very interesting display by Norm Gray of coins frorn Afl?ica, Ireland, Grea't Britain, Asia, India and arabic. kfixrnnr, corrr CLUB There were 120 members aid guests at the last meeting of the club. The President. Frank Lieshout, was in the cllair and first of all asked Mr. Ray 131.eau to say a few worAs on the cornmenorative medal the city of Oshzwa are putting out. Thn Al Bliman introduced the guest speaker, Mr. J, Veffer, who gave a very interesting talk on Carladian B,mk Notes. Mr, Veffer is past president of the Canadian Paper Money Society. He also gave away some free samples of notes. -CHAMPLAIN C OIN- The new executive for 1974 is as follows:- President - Bill Gage, Vice-President - or don Horne, Sec.-Treas.- Dorotl~yHorne, Auctioneer - Harry Booth, News Editor - Jim Jefferies, Direc.tors - Lyle Bagley, Frank Jones and Mrs. Sally Terg.mza, Auditors- 13a.ry Booth and Frank Jones. ----CITY OF OTTAWA COIN CLUn The last meetinrr fea-tured 't7 meml2ers and guests presen.t. The President, Len ~letcher, welcomed all member s arld guests. This being Junior night, among those present was Mr. John Brunskill with eiglit boys i.n uniform from t1:le Barhaven 129 Wolf Cub Pack of Ottawa. Jack Rober-ts gave a talk especially for the Juniors on how to house coins, and ;adEvised then on the use of a check book. An auction for the Juniors followed and Brim Topping presented each Junior with a 19lt3 Tomac Sp'. HAMILTON COIN CLUB At the 1.as.t meeting, in the absence of the President, Len Henderson chaired the meeting. There were sixteen members and six guests present. Mrs. McLennan g&e a brief bu-t concise report on how well the convention committee were doing with regards to the C. N. A. Convention to be held in Hamilton in 1974, The Program Director, Ken Lord, presented slides on "Trade Tokens of the Yukont1. Due to the wrong type of -tape recorder there was no sound, but even without sound the slides were interesting. -Pane 8 ItTOROiVIA NIDIISMATIC ASSGCIATIQX, At the last rneeting -the members thor- oughly enjoyed tha sl.ldes Loaned by the C.N.A. Lilsr,wian on "Silver Crow~~sof Znglandtt, This is a. new set of sl.ifles and they prove very interestiag, Mr, "DustytJ Miller was appointed Chairman of the nomin- ating committee =id will report on the executive next month. LONDON NU\TIISMATIC SOCIETY: The last meeting,being election night, saw 5@ meralsers and guests present, The follbwing is the slate of officers for 7~974.:--, , President - L. l'. Snrith, Secretaw - L, N. Smith, Treasurer- J, G. Esler, Directors - C. Broolre6, F', H. hitf field) 9, M,'~weeton, Ted Leitch, N. Link, Auctioneer - W, N, ~larke,Editor - Lloyd T. Smith.
I MISSISSAUGPjN CLUB The last meeting featured the C.N.A. slide presen'tatlon I1English Hammered Gold - Edward 111 to Charles llttand l was enjoyed b-v all. This was followed by the Donation Auction and .the door" priz and the draw for ~andora~sBox, after which refreshnents were enjoyed by all, Please see bottom of page re meeting place. NIAGARA FRLLS COIN GLIB At the last meeting there were 25 members and guests present. They enjoyed the 0,N.A. slides on "Odd &d Curious Moneyu shown by Don Smith. Nomina.tions were cdlled for a l974 Execu- tive and it was unmimously carried that the 1973 executive continue for 397"t. The president thanked the members for their vote of con- fidence and pYomised the execut:i.ve would function to the best of their ability, SARNIA NUMISMATIC SOCIETY: Thirty- six members and guests attended the last moeLing and the President, F'red Webb, invi-Led them to obtain the Pranklin Mint Kits ancl books which are of great significance to Numismatists and the curious dike. The "Most Valued Member Awardft went to Maie Williamson for her effort for the club. There were magazines on display entitled "How to Say Merry Christmas to Numismat- icstt and "Christnlas on Coins", besides coins, tokens and medds which could be bought for Christmas gifts. ST, CAT&M?I'KBS COIN CLE Fifty-f our members and guests attended the last meeting. The club purchased a book of draw ticlrets in connection with the O.N,A. Convention at Niagara Falls and then drew 10 iianies of members, each one receihd a ticket. Guests wnre present frorn Brant- ford and Toronto, namely , Dr , Wilkinson, Past-President of C.I.J,A. ; and Mr. & Mrs. Alox l4umoe9 Al~xbeing 0. N. A. Director to C.N.A. , and also Paul Johnson, Vice-President of C,Y.N. Alex Munroe installed the following o:rficers for 1974;- President - V' c Potter , Vice-President - Stan Aaroe, Secretary - Pat Lanlbert (i'ictingf , Treasure?? - F'red Barley, Librarian - Mrs, Rit~hie,I-Iistorian - Mrs. C. Shepard, Menbership - Mrs. Bernlce Burns. Retlrlng President, Lamence Shepard, was present- ed with a Lucite pen holder with coins commemorating his yem of office. STRA31FCmD COIN CLUB At the last meeting 22 members and gyests enjoyed a talk by Lloyd Smith on foreign coins with a display on the many ways a person may collect 'them, size? shape, country, themes such as ani m- als, ships, statesmen., ete. Th~stype of collecting is becoming more Page 9 popular' and in many cases lcss expensive than series or type col]-ect- ing, 'The fol.lowing is thc new executive for 197G President - ICen Wilmot, Vice-PresJ.dent - ISen ICoch, Secret,nry - Prank Smith? Treasurer- Jinl Ellison, Jr. liepresentative - Steve Matheson. THISTLETOWIt COIN CLUB The Chris'tmas meeting and party was held at the Etobicoke Pub-lic, 'Librmy and .the entertaininen't tbok %he form of Bingo with a delicious lunch afterwards. The mominating commit-teeis headed by past president, Norm Belsten, and the results wi.l.1 'be published next rnhnth. G0LDEl.V k~HCUPIFTI2 COIN CLUB NEWS OF THE TIMMINS COIN CLVB The slate of officers for 1974 is as follows:- President - Don Smith, Vice-President - Don Docherty, Directors - Gerard LeBlond7 and Frank Kan.kin, Ex-Officio - John Lansdel.1. Art Bulnphries gave an interesting talk on Decimal Coinage of the Maritime Provinces and he had an excellent display to go along with the talk. "41~0Don Docherty spoke on some Canadian Bank Notes. TORONTO ENCLUB The last meeting featured a set of slides from the C.N.A. library entitled ItCoins of the Bi11l.e~~and proved most interest- -
WATERLOO--W- CUIN SOCIZTY At the last meeting all members were presented with a trade dollar from "The Town of Oxbowft, Saskatchewan, which was issued to commemorate the 60th Anniversary in 1964. These are counter- m~kqdIfCOTY4, which s'tands for flCwins of .the Yearu. Also the J~~nior members roeeived free coin holders th~tcan be hung up on the wall. E=Tf%R RE MISSISS,%UG.4 CLUB lT3OM PREVIOUS PAGE The new meeting place for the club is at the Auditor- ium Pairview Public School, Mississauga, 3590 Joan Drive+ near Burn- hamehorpe Road and Highway. 10. This was fornlerly Port Credit Coin Club. A11 the best in your knew place and &new name. *****g** **V***** *******>F ,K******>): **M** I'ROPOSED COIN SIiOWS Listed be1.0~are the proposed coin club sliows with dates and banquets. Please check to see .if any of the dates conflict with your club date. March 9 - North Slorir Coin Club -4nriual. Show, Bourse, Book and White Elephant Sale in North York Community Hall, 5090 Yonge $t., Willowdal-e, Ont. from 10.00 a.m. to 10.00 p,m. Information from P.O. Box 2yLt., Willowdale, Ontario. Mar. 30-31-0,N.A. Convention at the Sheraton-Brock Hotel WLagara Falls. Details from i'ioward FEl.1, l iiayes St,, St. ~atKarines, The I-Iotel are taking reserv~tionsfor rooms, April 20 -Woodstock Coin Club :kinucil Show and Baiquet in the Old St, Paul' S Parish Iiall. Information re bourse etc? to iiood- stocli Coin ~lub,P. O, BOX 631, ~oodstoc~i,Qntarlo Sept, 21 -Toronto Coin Cluls Annual Snow to be hold in the Territories and DOCORooms, Royal 'York I-Io.tol, Front Street, Toronto. Auction conducted 'by R. bJ. Shillingwortli, Suite 506, 19 Rich- mond St. West, Toronto. Further details when available. Page J'l OLYMIC COINS - FIRST ISSUE - 1973 ----&.AU--By W J? Lamber-t This appears to be the hottest item since the news of the 1967 Gold Set ! ! But whereas you could order these sets for a whole year and know you could get .them - however - how many of the sets of 2 - $65.00 coil~smd 2 - $10.00 coins were you able -to buy at face value from your Bmk? I received two se-ts each - one of each series - total value $30.00. These are ~ncircu1.xted and are of excellent design, not packaged in any way, You can also order Proof-like Coins :&oin the Mint in a special case at $50,00 per set, plus $2.50 for iiandlLnp; and registration - $52,50 -. If you yant these - Order -Past - once all orders have been struck for each series I hear, via 'the grape-vine, the dies are to be destroyed. Then there is -the prestige case of Proof Coins I said IJroof Coins for $70.00 per case for each ------m - m - - of the six series of four coins each - 28 coins total. I strongly advise our readers to order as early as possible. You will recall thxt these are being distributed on a world-wide basis. Do not be disappointed, The first series are of geographic design on the re- verse, with a map of the World and a view of the Montreal Skyline, and the map of Nort11 America and the Skyline of the City of Kingston, Ontario, the location of some of the water sports and. on the obverse of a11 four coins the portrai:t of Her filajesty, Queen Zlizabeth 11. I understand, are of 92.?$ fine silver, 7.5% copper alloy, ::;le$$5.00 coin will have r fine silver content of. 0.723 troy ounces. The $10.00 coin will contain 3.,LbLk Troy ounces. Siz~of the $5.00 coin is 38 mm and the $10.00 coin to be L~.5mm* Total coins in the series is 14 - $5.00 coins and 111.- $~O.OO coins, 28 coins in all for a total value of. $210.00, Next issue is to be released in the spring arid will depict the Olpic symbols. Good luck in locating the first issue of this series. It will be nice to have and a good investment. ******** ******** ******$A#< ******** ***Q:<**** THIS 'N TlU It is now sixteen months since Ye Ed moved to the down- town area of St. Ctitharines, Since that time I have noted in various Bulletii?~my change of address to P,O, i3ox 3119 St. Catharines, how- ever? out of 21 ~lubswho sent in bulletins, nine of .them are still sendsng to the old address; secretaries-bulle.tin editors please note and amend your records accordj-ngly, also will you please delete from your mailing list the OoN.Ao address, Box 33, Waterloo. The resul-ts of these continued errors in address has been long delays in your club news reaching file and in most aases I do not get it until the following month, so if you have no club news this month this is most probably -tne veasoi?a---- Award of M.gri.-t nominations--SO far to date no nomi:iations have been received for this highest honour we c,m pay to tlie recipient--l do not know whether l-t is apathy on the part of club executi-ves or what it is, but I do wish .that clubs 'and O.N,A. members dike would please give this important item their eanest considera- tion and do it with tlie utmost dispatch, namely upon. receipt of this bulletin--all nominations Lo El.lio.tt Jephson, P.0, Box 31.1, St. Ca'th- arines ---DUES---DUES---DUES---Thiswill be your last Bulletin if you have not paid your dues --We would rbespectfull.yremind you to ge.t that cheque in the mail to 3ruce Raszmann., P,O. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario TO-DAY ---One final word to clubs, as soon as you:. show d.ate has been set send all details to me for inclusion in the Bulletin Ye Ed .. I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED WATERLOO, ONTARIO
1973 - 1975 0. N.A. OFFlCERS
R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-1965) -SELLING COINS L. T. SMITH (1965-1967) Wm. ENGLISH (1 967-1969) (Further to author Ken Wilmot's article D. FLICK (1969-1971) C. B. LAISTER (1971 - 1973) President By Ken Wilmot - Stratford Club W. E. PAT LAMBERT One of the last things the beginning First Vice-President coin collector should think about is the Wm. R. GAGE profit to be made in coim collecting. The c Second Vice-President collector will a3-w~~profit in terms of MEL H. FISICE pleasures to be found in the hobby, but Secretary to assume that he will always make money MRS. PAT LAMBERT if and when he sells some or oll of his Treasurer & Membership coins is, at best, wishful thinking. BRUCE H. RASZMANN When a combination cf circumstances Mailing Address is favourable, theret S money to' be made in BOX 33, Waterloo, Ontario ooiiis. But this assumes among other things that the coiiis were held sufficiently Long DIRECTORS to appreciate in value, that they: are the Area 1' Howard Whitfield Eliiot Jephson kinds of coins for which there is, a ready Area 2 Ken W. Wilmot market and that the net proceeds of the Area 3 Victor G. Potter Area 4 vacant sale ~$11exceed the initid CO& of every- Area 5 John Crai~ thing so1.d plus a reasonable rate of inter- Area 6 Richard A. Ford Area 7 Tony Gordon est on the owner's investment, Area 8 Ray Pleau Area 9 Clifford Shipman. A coninon ml.stake is to confuse retail. Area 10 Gerald Albert prices with dealers1 bcying prices. If Hisioriik the dealer doesn't make a profit, he isntt WALTER GRIGGS going to remain in the coin business. On fast moving coins, those in popular demand, he might be able to operate on a smaler margin, but in most instances he cannot afford to pay more than from 75 to 80% of Librarialz his own retail prices for coins hn purch- Wm. R. GAGE RR #I, Shanty Bay, Ontario ases from collectors, This gives him a Medal Committee mark-up of from one-.fourth to one-third MEL FISKE which is coi?siderab.l.y less than in similar 7795 Beaverdams Road businesses requiring the maintenance of a Niagara Falls, Ontario substantial inventory to meet a wide var- Audio-V$SIA~~Service & iety of CUS~O~~TS'..needso Display Case Service CHAS. B. LAISTER Sales made directly by one collector #3 Highway, Tlllsonburg, Ontario to another normally bring somewhat higher Speaker Circuit Service prices than me paLd by dealers. Ilowever, KEN PROPHET Box 226, Barrie, Ontario
W. E. PAT LAMBERT Box 311, St. Catharines, Ont. Paoe 12 one buyer, From the standpoint of net proceeds (the actual amount of cash you get for your coins)? 'there doesn't appear to be any significa~t difference between sellxng at a dealer-conducted auction or $?,,1Png directly to the dealer. ******** ******** ***X**** *C******* ****** BIBLICAL MONEY By Lloyd T, Smith London Numismatic Society, When seeking the earliest Biblical quotations of money, we first find several mentions of gold and silver as a inedlum of value rather than as coins, The first reference to gold is found in the first book of Moses, which, 'according to modern synchronology, would be about 4,000 years before the time of Christ, or almost 6,000 years agpi We read in Genesis, Chapter 11: 10,11,12, "And a river went out of Eden, and the land of Ilaviliah, where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good," Such gold as was used at that time was found, just as gold was found in the Yukon, When we read In Genesis, Chapter 1V:22: !'And Zillah she bare Tubal-Cain, an S.nstructor cf every artificer in brass and iron,It we assume that Tubal-Cain, a descendant of Gain, was prob- ably the first goldsmith, Silver is first mentioned in the time of Abr & Genesis X111: 2: ".$braham was very rich in cattle, in silver and goldnl! Genesis also includes the earliest mention of the word 'money', Chapter XV11: 12,13,23: ttWe that is born in the house or3 bo~lghtwith money," The ancient Hebrews expressed measures of value by shekels which were weighed, not counted. The meani.ng of shekel in Ilebrew is ?to vreighl, and we find Old Testament references to shelrels in three diff- erent metals, gold, silver and brass, In. the story of Rebekah at the well., Genesis XXZV:22,30, we read2 "The man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight in gold,I1 This is also the first mention of earrings and brace- lets in the Bible, Parts of the shekel are also referred to in the following pass- ages: The sum of the people's offering: Exodus XXXVll1:26 -- A bekab. for every man, that is half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary-- The obligation of the covenant: Nehemiah X:32 -- Also made ordinances for us to charge ourselves yealy with a third part of a shekel for the service of' the house of our God; The servant to Saul as a gift for the prophet Samuel: 1 S'&iuel 1X:8 - hnd the servant answered S~ulagain, and said, ,ltBehold, I have here at hand the fourth pat of a shekel of ******** ******** ******** ****C*** **C***** THE ONTAnIO IV-JMISMATIST is published monthly by the Ontario Numismatic Association. The publication can be obtained with membershLp in one of the following categories:- Life Member ship - $50, , Regular Membership - $4. annually, Juniors (up to 18 yeas of age) $3, annually, Husband and Wife (one journal) - $6, annually, Club -. $10. mudly. Special O. N.A. Silver Lapel Pins $2950, Remittances made payable to The Ontario Numismatic Association, c/o Mr. Bruce Raszmann, P.0. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario, Paxe 1.3 7 silver (the rebah); that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way; A ransom of sou1.s: Exodus XXX: 13 -- This they shall give everyone that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekel after lche shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs) .4n half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord, Though specific coins are not named in connection with the pay- ment of Judas for the betrayal of Jesus, it is 'thought that silver coins of a certain standard were intended in these Biblical. references: Matthew XXV1: 15 -- And said unto them, what will ye give me, and 3: will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver, Matthew XXV11: 3-9 --Tt.r!.: Judas which had betrayed him when he saw tthat he was condemned repented himself, and brought ag$n the thirty pieces of silver, "c the chief priests and elders, Silver coins of that period would include the shekel of Tyre, tetra- drachm of PPsilippus Philadelphus (92-83 B.C.) and the Ptolemaic type of bat:' ~,.:lrachm (285 B.C. - 30 R.D,), When the Hebrews returned to JerusiLem in 534 B.C., they brought with them vast <:aantities of Persian coins. These included gold dwics (or drams) and si.l.ver sigloi. 1' 1.s also thought 'that they were acquainted with the f m-ous silver tetr adr aclms of Athens known through- out the civl.lized wor:ld a? novrlstto Drams are mentioned In 1Vehemiah Vll:7O -- And scme of the chiefs of the fathers gave unto the work:, The Tirshati:.: to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hluzdrcd and thirty priestst garments. Ezra 11:69 -- They gave after their ability unto the treasure of tlie work threescore and one thous-znd drams of gold and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priestss' gaments. The drams are the first cobs actually mentioned in the Bible, Lftsr .&exander the Great defeated the Persians in 331 B.C. his tetradrachms of sl.lver and stc&ers o;'T gold became familiar coins to the people of the Ko7.y Land. In Tyre and in Sidon the shekel unit of weight bccarl~e a standard for coinage and the Jews became f a~iliwwith the shelrels of Tyre and the shekels and double shekels of Sidon, The smallest Creek coln of that period was the bronze lepton (the widow's mi.te) s%?~llin use for modern Greek coinage. The most famous reference tci this coin is fo1m.d in Mark XL1:41 -- and there came a certain pcor widcw md she threw in. 'two mites, which make a farthing ... nlther small. coins :i.ncluded the chalcus, a piece of brass money struck by the Syrrians;~':.chalcfiil equal to two chjlcoi- the Roman qudr~ns and the tzssaion, These passages mention .the mite or farthing: When Christ preached against hypocrisy and covetousness -- Luke a1: 59 -- 3: tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence? till thou has paid the very last mite, Speaking to the apostlns, Chr~stsaid: Matthew X;29 -- .Qe not two sp~arrows sold .for a fathing? Again, when Christ reproves the Pharisees9 he asks: Luke nl:6 -,- Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? The value of a day's labour is found in the parable of the Labour- ers in the Viney~~d:Matthew XX:2,9,10,13 -- And when he had %geed with the labourers for a penny a day9 he sent them into his vineyard, &d when they can~sth:.": were hired about the eleventh hour, they Peceived every man, a penny. But he a~sweredone of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree .with me for a penny? Of all Biblical references to coins, the tribute penny or denarius of Tiberius is probably the best known, The coin which Jesus held in -Page 14 his hand while the Pharissss attempted to catch him in His words when they asked "1s it lawful to pay tribute -to Caesar or not?" The story is told ia the New Testament according .to St. Mark ~11:lb-16: Knowing their hypocrisy said unto them, why tempt ye Me? Bring me a penny that I may see it, They brought one and he asked them whose image and inscription it was. They said Caesar's. Jesus told them IfRender unto Caesa the things that are Caesasls and unto God the things that are Godfs." Though there is no mention of gold coins as such in the New Test- ment, a few may have been familiar to the Jews of that period. These include the staters of .!!exander, staters of the Seleuc&d kings (Syrian) and the aureus of the Roman Zmpire with bust of Augustus, and later Tiberius, Claudius and Nero. References to sil.ver coins were also probably of Syrian, Greek or Roman origin, This is a mere synopsis of Biblical Money, but the interested reader is directed to the various book sources listed below. Biblio~raphy: Moneys of the Bible by R. S. IleommLn. Coins o:C Bible Days by Ploronce Aiken Banks. Roman C0ir.s ,and Their Values by David R. Sear, Groelr. Coins by C, M. Kraay and Mm I-Iirmer. Coins: Ancient, Medieval & Modern by R. A. G. Carson. *******:g *.:2**::**>:< *******?:S *$**$<>X*** ******** C O~WJVENTTON v74 Mech 30-31 is just cmound the corner which means that time is getting short, lilith this point in mind there are two or three items to which I woulcl draw your attention. Firstl;?, in spite of maimy requests in these pages, since November of last year, noni.!'.:~ationsfor the O.N.A. Aviard of Merit are ccflLn& in very, very slo~.:?yg Havenr-t you yourself, or your locd club, someone in mind wl-:cx ::W L3i.nln; may qudify for this award? If so, please send your nomination by return on receipt of this Bulletin to tfAward of Meritff Chairman, Mr. Elliot Jephson, c/o P.0, Box 311, St. Catharines, Ontario? . 28 6T7, ?emelser, this will be your last chance because nomlnat~onsclose February 28th. Secondly, I m requesting members and all directors, past presidents to sub;ii!.b :iLi;ems for %lie m.nud. General Meeting Agenda and the Delegates Meeting agenda. I am sure 'there must be some points that you would like to see discussed at either or both of these meetings. May I have your suggestl;ions, etc., by the 28th of February. Finally there appears to be a little confusion as to -the first prize of our ~.x.A,d;-aw this year, I would clavify what is meant by a IISET of Commemorative Silver Dollarsm, to wit, Commemorative Silver Dollars issued in the foll.owiiig years:.- 1.935, 1939, 1949, 1958, 1964, 1967, 1'371, and 1972, a total of eight coins suitab2gcased welt,?. ?.nrroxinatel;y at least One I-Iu~dredDoll-ars, Surely, a nice prize to win, You can only win if you buy TICIWIIS so don't forget, buy your tickets and help to sell es rimy books as you can in ord-er that we may defray Convention expenses, which, as nlany of you will be aware, will be considerable. We hope to see our members there for another successful show. Let Is make it a holidi:y, or even a second honeymoon in the honeymoon capita of Canada, the mdn. thing, plea.se come, Pres. Pat, Page l5 NEWS AROUND TI@ COIN CLUBS BRLiTPOIID IKJMISMATIC SOCIETY At the last meeting Waiter Griags,-- , the founding President presented the slate ofofficers for l974 as foll- owss- President - &ord Durnf ord, Vice.-President - George Wagner, Secretary - John Bmchino, Treasurer - 0. W. Sutor, Programme - Peter Ferracioli, Publicity - Pred Iiuiser, Membership - Gene Ruz10? Director at Largc? ..- &thw Bruner ,The club has mo.ved to new quarters in the lower hd.1 of the Senior Citizens Centre tit 25 Charlotte Street. CENTRAL C OIlL_C&,~ At the last meeting a total of 100 members and guests W@Te we1.comed by the President, Prank Lieshout, after which John Dewijze p:?esented a series of slides on LWZSMATIC TERMS, immediately after which John was presented with a trophy for his displays durimg 1973, Tony Cordon displayed a layout of Coins and Paper Money of the Barbados. A successful auction was conducted by Bob Shillingworth. ;. CITY OF OTTAWA COIN CLLB- The meeting brought; out 19 members and guests to the Tudor Boom of the Chateau Laurier Hotel. The main items of the meetirxg we::e p'repa~ationsfor the show :' iy 11th and 12th and planning for the 1976 C.N.:L. Conven.tion. The Stratford Coin Club plan a visit to Ottawa an^ it was suggested they be invited for the May Shiiw. ----.~------INGERSOLL COIN CLUE The last meeting sm 15 members and guests present. Officftrs fora 7,,::7Lt a!:s:-. President - .Uan Macnab, Vice-President - George Gray? :"re?,surer - Aulis Koslonen, Secretary - Mrs. 8. Edmonds, Director ,.. i::>~.lla~-. L J. Kacnab, ->lee Edmonds, F'r ank filessenger . h lovely Buffet wsls prepari?d by Jim b~ncli,wife hnn and daughter, Lorna and a good tine 1~~3shad by al:L, RICf~~OIVDII:[:LI., COIN CLUB - -.--,..--..--W. The last meeting was election night with the followj.ng offj..cers befing elected :- President - Norman Belsten? Vice- President - Riciiy Morse, Secretary -. Brenda Grey, Treasurer - June Clark, Dlrectcr s ,.- Jessir: Johnson, John Fotheringham, Danny Donnelly Editor - S-tLnCl'ute, ST , CAT.E.AR1:fiES C OIlJ CLUB --W -----p The last rneetin~:saw 58 members and guests proscri-to Pr'esiden5 Vic Potter announced'-that Uob Voaden had ccepted the position of Secretary, Execu-tive members of C.Y.N., Paul Johnson, Ted Banning and Les Br. were in attendance. The date of the a.7111ual coin show nlld banquet was announced as Oc.tober 19th in Westminster UixLted 211~~1rchBall. Pat Lambert gave an interesting and informative talk on he Olympic Ooins, The meeting closed with a lively auction conducted by Ll.o? 3 Dor sey. STRATFORD C OZIF CLUB The annual show was held on Nov, 18 at the Scout 1-Id.L. Several hoz~;.se dealers. were present and these was a good turn-out of people. Dis~la.y!: were not plentiful but were of high quality, Direct- ors of Disi ... #lIElliot Jephson and Howad Whitfield, were present. The judges .wsre A, Baxtsr of St, Thomas and IIoward Idhitfield of London. The clul~is already making preparations of the 1.975 O.X0A. Convention which shou1.d b3 a great success if work has anything to do with it. - At the last meeting the O.N.A. slide series en- titled l1SiLver ~011~s~~was enjc::ed by &l. 9 general discussion took place on how to improve the club and increase the membership. There were also some displays of silver dollars to tie in with the film.
****l*** *$****M *******S% ***'X**** ******* PROPOSED COIN SHOWS Listed below are the proposed coin club shows with dates and :banquets. Please check to see if any of these dates conflict with your club date. Mach 9 .. North York Coin Club Annual Show. Bourse, Book and White Elephant Sale in North York Community Hall, 5090 Xonge St., WilZowdale, Ontario from 10.00 a.m. to 10.00 p,m.. On- formation from P.O. Box 294, %illowdale, Ontario. MW, 30.-31-0. TJ, A, Convention tit the Sheraton-Brock Hotel, Niagara F,&lls, Details from Moward Mill, 1 Hayes St., St . Catliar- ines. The Hotel are taking reservations fox rooms, April 20 - Woodstock Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet in the old SS;, Paz:lls Pmish Hall, Information re bourse, etc., ,to Wpod- stcck Co5.n Cl'ub, P,O, Box 6319 Woodstock, Ontario. Apr. 26-27-Wa.i;erlo~ Coin &ciety annual show ?an the Fairvinw Shopping M22.l 0:; Fairwag- Roady South Kitchener. Further details in nex!: tiulleti-nu May 11 - 12,"Cit.y of Ot'iava Coin Club annual show, Saturday and Sunday. More d.n,tails l;.;ter. June 2 .- We'l.lmiil Col:? Club .bual Show Princess Elizabeth Public Schcc~l,Linco1.n and Scholfield Avenue, Welland, Ont, from :L0,00 a.m, to ?.0,00 p.rn, Further detatls later, Sept, 21-Toronto Coin Cjl-nb hual Show to be held in the Territories and B.C, Rooms, Roydl York Motelg Front Street, Toronto. -4uction conduc i;ed by E.!-?,R. W, Sh~lLingnorth,Suite 506, L9 Ri.ch&und St, West, Further details when available. Oct. 19.- St, Cat?larines Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet in Westmin*:, ster United Church Eall Queenston Street, St, C atharines, 0r.tmi.0, fiztl.ler details later, =v******* *:):**y:l:*,k ******>X># ****X*l:c** ****c*** S2 ]!KC C ONVEEN'$jN- ';'Oli!2X SHOW '7b being held Friday, Saturday and Sun- day, March 22,23,2Li-/74 at the EIoliday Inn, Civic Square, Toronto Ont. Details re ;?ou~~so,etc. t:, John Dewi jze c/o Central Coin Club, b.0. Boc 8b19 Staticrl "ICflS Toronto, Ont. M&% 242 ******h\* **##!+*>p#>:< 4**9*84* *X***$** $F******* CLY, N,TS Vi9L,DIING A LUKCHEON at the 0. N. A. Convention in March at the Sheratac-Brock EIo.tcl and invite Junior and Senior colleckors to attend. C.Y,N, 's first year was so successful that we decided we need- ed sometliiiig to commemorate it, so wooden nickels will be on sale at the O.N,A, Convention,, These will be collectors items as they will be a Yki"rstn and we hope, valuable as time goes on, An Executive meeting was held tit the St, Cathavines Coin Club monthly meeting and the new Executive for 19'74. will be announced in the next issue, Dime Kosiba, Secretary Page 17 WBLICITY RELEASE RE 0, N. A. CONVEiqTION Chairman Me1 Fiske has announ- ced that Jmes Haxbv. Assistant Curator of the Numis~naticSection of the Bank of ~anada,"&illspeak on Counterfeiting, past and present at the Convciition on March 30th, He will also give an interesting slide presenttition in connection with his 'topic. Chairman Fiske also reports that two hours on Sunday afternoon, March 31st, will be given to Canadian Young Numismatists. This group of young numismatists will have the?~rown luncheon at 1100 P,m. in the Rainbow Dining-Boom, Following this they will have theii. own programme from 2 - h., holding a business session, election of officers, followed by a guest speaker. The name of the speaker will be releasod as soon as he has confirmed this speaking engagement. People attending the Convention are reminded that 'they should make rook reservxtioiis directly to the Shuxation Brock ~otbl,Niagaxa Falls, Ontario. R, N, Voaden, Publicity Director
*****W* *******9:: **X;***** ***W*** ***W*** -THE C. - J. MCRIIF: TOKENS OF STA.YNECJ3, O~AIIIO By R. A, Ford, 0.N.B. 1/85? The C. J, McRact store was located in the town of Stayner. Stayner is a small town in the southern Georgian Bey area located on Highwsy 26, 24 miles north-west of Bmrie9 Ontarios The first building on lot 5, north Main Street, was a double store built by Mr. wig gin.^ and rented to Basil Eaton of Collingwood who ran a general store on the oast side. On the west side was the ~lquor store of Nichael Ii,arkin, who, with his family, lived in the apartment above. In 1884 Charles J, McRae came to Stayner from Beaverton and bought the busl.ness from Er, Paton. The building and the contents were burned in 1895, In the mewtime the McRae business was carried on across the street, In 1897 he bough& the Salvation &my barracks, a one-story frame buj.lding, built in 3.886, standing just south of Main Street, on the east side of the 'tracks. This was drawn up Main Street by horses, under the supervision of Stephen Rose, An extension was adaed, also a false front and the building was bricked. This was made into a double store with groceries in one and in the other, dry goods ancl boots and shoos. In 1930 the roof was raised to make a two-story build- ing with an apartment above where the McRae f amily lived, In 1911, after the Federal Election of that year, Charles J. McRae was appointed postmaster. With the Liberal defeat the post office was moved by torch-light parade from the Blackbum Block to the west side of the McRae Block, On his return from overseas, Charles E. McRae Jr. took over the business from his f atiier. Charles J. McRae continued as postmaster In 192~1-a now front with plate glass windows was installed. In 3.925 the stoclr. was sold to bxtk-. Begg of Thorold, Ontario and the building rented to him, Charles J. McRae died in l931 and the post office was moved to the Bank of Montreal building on the Main Street next to the Banls of Toronto. The store left vaccant after the removal of the post office was rented to Miss I-Iolen OtMally, who ran a ladies wear shop. Page 18 In 1939 the building was sold to Mr. N. A, Oelm who remodeled it for the 5p! to $1.00 store. The store is still in operation to-day on the sane location. I-t is owned and operated by MT* Willimson. The McRne tokens consist of l$, p' 102, Sop' and $1.00 val- ues. The obverse of all. the McRae tokens have the following inscrip- tion - "C.J.McRae/Dry Goods/Clo~thing/Groce~ies/~Iatsand Shoes/Stayner Ont,lf As naar as can be determined these tokens were used some time between 1888 and 1.903, Where they were struck is not clear. Al.]. McRae tokens were struck in duminum.. The l.# value measures 18 mm in dia, , the 25g measures25 mm 1x1 dia. , the 50,d measures 30 mm in dia, , and the $1.00 value measures 34 mm in dia. U1 McRae tokens ee round in shape. The writer would like to thank Miss Cathlene McRae, the last surviving child of the late C,J. McRae for her help in researching the history of the McRae Store. ******:g* ******W* ******** *******:v ******* TEE STORY OF RHODESIA By Ruth McQuade, City of Ottawa. Coin Club The ,k&s were the first to come -to this country seeking slatrsres and gold. They were followed by the Portuguese, but they did not gain any concessions from tile Afric,ans. 4round 18301 the Matabele, led by their chief, crossed from what is now kno~mas the Transvaal into the area which was to become Rhod- esia~ In l862 David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa, laying the foundation of the Nyasaland Protectorate. Tn 1889 the British South Africa Co. applied for a charter to trade in the country. The country's mineral rights were given to the British South Africa Co. - a trading company headed by Cecil Rhodes. In 1890 the British ~overnmentallowed the occupation of Mashona- land, and later Matabeleland was occupied. When the Matabele people moved into this area, they settled in the S.W. and they dominated the Mashona tribes in the N.E. These two areas together became known as Southern Rhoder sia, In 1891 Nyasaland became a British Protectorxte, .Qso in 1891 the coinage of .the Cape of Good Bope becarne the standard coinage of Mashonaland, and this was later extended to cover the wliole of what became known as Sou-thern Rhodesia. During the Boer war commun.ications with Rhodesia were so bad that a shor.tage of coins resulted, !They were forced to issue cards with postage stamps as provj.sion&l currency. The British South Africa CO, ruled what we know as Southern llhod- esia until 1923, when it became a British Crown colony, The British South Africa Co. surrendered the sovereign rights. No~thernRhodesia became a British Pro.tectorate in l92'-1-, In 1910 and 1911 British coins were proclaimed for use in Southern Rhodesia. In 1923 South Africa issued its own coinage which became legal tender in Southern Rhodesia. In 1931 Wall St, crashed and Brit- &Ln was forced off the gold standard, bmt South Africa fought to remain on, and the South !?frican pound was at a premium of 20% over British sterling, -~I?a=--= It foll.owed that British silver md Union silver were legal tender in the Union, so the Britlsh and the Rhodesians transported their sil- ver coins -to the Union of South .?.fricao As a result, Rhodesia became . so short of coins that it was thought postage stmps might be used ag ain . Southern Rhodesia decided to issue its OW!~~currency. In 1932 the Coinage Act of Southern Rhodesia authorized the minting of Southern Rhodesia gold, silver, bronze and cupro-nickel coins. The current coins of Britain and the Un.i.on o:f Sou'th .Mrica were still to be legal. te~ider. No gold. coiizs were ever minted, Strar~gelyenough, at this sanle time the Union of South Africa was forced off the gold standard. In 1933 a new act was passed excluding S.,R, coinage. British coins remained legal tender until 1939. Southern Rhodesia coins were issued from 1932 - 1954, In 1953 Southern Iihodesia joined with Northern Rhodesia and PJy asalznd .to form the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasalmd, so it was necessary -to issue a new set of coins, These were made be-tween 1955 and 1964. In December 3.963 this Pedera-tion was dissolved, and eacli of the three Federation territories renamed Rhodesia, Mjlawiand Zambia issued its own currency. Z~mbiaand Malawi became independe~itrepublicsg but Rhodesia was refused independence, but declared its own independence in 1965, and procl.aimed itself an independent republic no longer in the British Commonwealth in 1970. Rhodesia issued its first coinage in 1965. *******.X ******** ******** ****>g*** ***X**** WHY LET THE COIN COLLECTORS IWE 1-Uib THE FUN AND EXI'ENSE By P. C. Jewett 1"z'om Paper Money News. In 1967, in connectior~with Canada's Centennial celebrations, the Bank of Cmada issued the $1, deno~ninationnote in a re-designed ltCentemil.allt.theme and put only the centennial dates on some 89000,000 notes. (I have had a higher figure quoted). Most of these are and will continue to be outstar~diL,iiguntil everyone's keepsake collection is liquidated. .!d, of course, several million of the regularly numbered 'Centennialfr notes have as ye-t to be presented for redemption. For 1976, 3.e-t7s have tine Olympic Games as the occasion for a TB- peat performance, say for the $1, $2 and $5. denomj-nations, with matching--. numI3ers the game. The first 10,000 numbers of each dencmina- tion could be made a.vailab1e in ~natchedsets to all corners, pne set =order at say $25. uaohp ,.The next 1+90,000 numbers of each denomina- tion to be available in minimum uantities of 5 sets of matched notes at $615. per set. Nw~ibers above ?00,000 for each denomina'ti.on will be available for geiieral circulation, or from the Bank of Canada at face value plus a service charge of $12. per shipment. The Bank of Canada would pay the Olyillpic Commi.tt;ee the premium collected on the ma-tched se-ts in excess of $2. per set, keeping the $2. per set for expenses, and, .JF of course, has the float - a thing dear to bankers everywhere. While matched set number l should go to the Balk of Canada's Numismatic Collection, serial number 2 might be sold at the Canadian Numismtitic Association's 1976 Convention in Ottawa, and number 3 at the American Nwisrnatic Convention which is being liold in New Yorlr. To provide the gambling element, which stimulates lntcrest these days, remaining numbers from set 4 up might be assigned by lot, from ., Page 20 the orders received by a specified date. What do you .think of the idea? Thanks to F'red Jewett North York Coin Club *******,k *3k****** ******** **:l< >g :: * * * ******g< REPLICh..: ? REPLZC&X- .-----mREPLICAS ? Attending a recent coin auction I was rather surprised to see on dis- play a n~~mberof REPL1C.A Spmish pieces of eigl~t. I made a point of I purchasing one fors the sum of $1.00 in order to satisfy myself as ,to the autlienticity of these replicas. I will. agree, that the wora ! llReplicaff is in f ac.t bo1.dl.y prin'ted on the neck of the king. This is fine. FIo-wever, I feel sure thct there are unscrupulous people who with the aid o:T jeweller's tool-s could relriove this leaving no trace whatso- l ever ad then offer it to an urlsuspecting collector as the red .t;liing, Let me :il.lustrate my point by tel.ling a little experience of rny own. Ab0u.t nine or ten years ago I purchased about 3X pieces of Roman/Greek coins datj.ng from 4-th cen-tury 3.C, to 2nd century $,D. These I proudly placed on di sp1.w at various coin shows, e.t the C.No~CoExhibi-Lion, etc. Sbput two years ago I decided to dispose of my early coinage and go in for something which did not require the great amount of time necessary to ta1.k intell..igently on this vast subject. You can imzlgine my surprise when showing these pieces -to a well-informed collector of ancient Roman and Greek coinage that of the 31 pieces I had origin- ally bought; .nj.ne of them. were restrikes or replj-cas, It was fw too late to do anytbi-ng about this matter now after all this tine, however, I am inclined to agree with one or our well-known dealers in 0iitarj.0, Gerry Glasser of I:Ia~nilton, that something should and must be clone to protect the col.lec.tors and dealers diLse, which is .the rfiaiil purpose for this short item. If any of our rezders have run into this problem persailally would you please write to me c/o Box, 311, St. CaZhzines in ord.er that we may for~ulatesome pl.an of action to stop the distribution of these phony coins, thus eliinina.ting one more headache which be sets dealer and collector dike, y. E. Pat Lm~be~t Ye Pres. ****3*** ******** ******>k96 ****$*h* **>::*::c*>>* THIS 'N THAT Received a short note attached to the cl.ubts monthly Bulletin from its Editor thanir1n.g me for a most in-teresting tiullktin (my htit size has now jumped to 9 11/8 ? ! ! ) My purpose for s.tarting This IN That in this way is to try to convey how pleasait1.y surprised I was with those few lines of congratulations,. ,. . Recently I printed an article by one of our regular contributors,. Ross W, Irwin, entitled "How ,Ibout an .bgument on What is Rumismatics", In a note attached to this article Ross anticipated many letters refuting or agreeing wlth his ideas, To date (J-an, 26th) not one letter has been received by myself. I wonder why. Is it s'pathy? Non-interest? or what? Surely some of our readers must feel strongly about our hobby, sufficiently so, that they could take pen to paper and tell me so. We try to keep this Bulletin interesting. In. order to keep it this way it is necessary that we get feed-'back from our readers. May we hear from you? This is all for now. See you in March a"iiagara Fdls. Sincerely, Ye Ed. T OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED (80P WATERLOO, ONTARIO
Volume 13 Mach 1p711- Page 21 1973 - 1975 0. N.A. OFFICERS Past Presidents R. R. REI
BY The Wax - Be a Big Bro-ther - Pick a member of our associati.on at random &nd give him a--call. You'll feel good then;, when you see him at the Convention in Niagara Falls. -Page 25 COiIO l74 NEWS
****;:c The Charlie Lais-ter Trophy will again be up for presentation at this year1s O,N,A, Snow and Convention March 30-31 at the Brock Hotel, Niagara Palls, Ontxrio. The competition is open to all O.N,A. member clubs in good standing, as a cl.ub project or as a member re- presenting a club, but only one entry from a club,It is presented with the idea that winning club will present it monthly at their meetings for the best monthly display at their regular mon-thly neetings. A chairman should be appointed from the mernbership, poi.n'ts and score should be kept, then the member with the highest points will receive at the next O.N,A. Conven~tion a -trophy for his or her efforts. So come on, Clubs, let1S have good compe-tition this year. W*** Anotlier item of interest at the forthcoming Convention will be a meeting of the Canadian Association of Tokens Collectors on Surlday morning, Mach 31s-l;. The meetin.g will be to elect officers and carry out general business. For information contace Wes Hawat his bourse table. %%ItTo Win .- You Must Buytt - Do you want to win a beautiful se-t of Canaeian Decimal Commemorative Silver Dollars? Well, just buy one or more -tickets on the O.N.A, Convention Draw and you could win just that. Dont t forget to win you must buy - so buy yours now at your local club or at the Convention - Ticke-t Sales - Car1 Coleman. *****:a CYN luncheon on the Sunday also at the Convention. C,N,Y. have just come through a successful first year and also .there will be wooden nickels on sale commemorating the first year of the Juniors. ******** ****h**>b ***?Ki:*:F* ***>F**>;<*: ****X*>:: NEWS AROUND Tl-B COIN CLUBS BRANTFORD KUMISMATIC SOCIETY - The club has moved to the Senior Citizen Centre, 25 Cha:: otte Street. The last meeting featured a lively auc-tion and interesting display S,
--"--.-"---Ld--L-CHAMPLAIN COIGN CIUB ORTILIA - News cpncerning the firs-t series of the Olympic coins is that the series is almost sold out. It was reported that there is a growing interest in paper money, especially the "shin- plastertt, tlie 1870 issue with the letter ltAl1 under the date and the correct signatures is the valuable one. The 197b Cmadim. dollar commelnorates the 100th Ann.iversay of the City of Winnipeg and depicts the historic corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street. Interesting items from the club Bulletin, CITY OF OTTAWA COIN CLUB - p- v ...
The club is lookinrc over a new meeting alace.~~ , the Canadian War Museum, This would be rent-free and i-t is hoped it will prove satisfactory. At -the last meeting the plans were mostly completed for the mnual show May l1 and 1.2 in the banquet room of .the Chateau Laurier. By -the next report the meeting place sl~ouldbe con- firmed,
HAMILTON COIN CLUB , The last meetLng had 20 members and 5 guests are- ent, The fol.lowing officers were elected for 1974.:- ~residont- Torn Roach, Vice-President .- Alan 1511, Secretary - Trevor Camp and Treas- urer -Ibn Lord, The club are on the liunt for some display cases that seem to have disappeared, Good Luck in locating them! Page 26
IIURONIA NUMISPIfYTICP ASSOCIATION - At the last meeting the members and guests enjoyed a slide film series on Newfoundland Coinage from the O.N.A. slides. This was followed by a lively auction and a fraw for the Old Coin Box, INGERSOLLCOIN CL@ - In an effort to attract new members and more in- terest the President, Alan Macnab, suggested putting a display of coins in the Public Library, This will be done in the near future, The highlight of the evening was a talk by James Finch. I-Iis subject was "The White Rajahs of Sara.wakIt which recalled the history of the Country and of the Rajahs who governed the territory. 13e also had various coins?journals, catalogues and bulletins to be viewed after his talk which was exceedingly interesting, LONDON EJUMISMATIC SOCIZTY- The last meeting had an attendance of 41 members and guests, The speaker was the in-coming President, Lloyd T. Smith and his topic was "Coin Collecting has Many Fieldsqtillustr-- ated by colour slides and a di.splay. Ile discussed the following areas of collecting :-Crowns of the World, Grea-t Persons, Gold Coins, Coats of Arms, Objects, Scenes? Flowers, etc. The attention of the audience showed how interesting h~stalk was. NIAGARA PALLS COIN CLUB - A.t the last meeting the guest speaker was George Oblinsky and his talk was !!Tips on Canadian Coin Collectingq1. It proved very interesting to all. Two reports were given on the progress of the forthcoming O,N,B, Convention and I-Ioward I-Iill reported 36 Bourse tables now sold, A lively auction concluded the meeting. NORTI-I YTOIiIC COIN CLUB - The last mee'tin.~was a C,N,A. Nircht. The guests.. - were Dr,and Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs, ~ouiseGraham, Fred jewett an.; Mrs* Graham introduced the prominent husband-and-wife team of Mr. Dc Mrs. Alex Munro, who .were the guest speakers, Congratulations were ex- tended -to 6aul Johnson on his appointment as the Canadian Numismatic Associations Club Liason Officer , His d~tieswlll include sending meeting report forms -to C.N,A, member clubs and organizing the Club Delegatesf Breakfast for the Convention. R11 -the best, Paul i ZICHMOND IiILL COIN CLUB -
The last meetfiizii featured a ~resentxtion~ ~ bv Ricky Morse, who led a dlscussi.on about corn clubs and bther numisn~at?~ organizations. There ms member discussion on ideas for the club1s show, getting guest speakers and ways of increasing interest in the club. An invitation was extended to bo.urse dealers to pa?"cici.pate in the meeting8 free of charge, The clubqs slogan for 1974 is PARTICIPATION, -ST, CATFIIIRINES COIN CLUB - At the last meeting there were 82 members and guests present. Membership Chairman Hilda Shepard reported that 74 members have renewed their membership. President Vic Potter gave a very interesting and informative talk on English Silver Pelinies. Ile said silver pennies were struck in 765 .8.D, and that large hordes of them are found in the Scandinavian countries. Page 2?_ SARNIA NUMISMATIC SOCIETY -The last meeting featured slides and tape on IIOdd and Curious Moneyt1, The Club is very proud of possessing some Wampum which was donated to it by the late Mr. Wdter l-lolrfles of Lon- don, When the club first received this Wmpum it was taken to the Indian Reserve and an old chief there had never seen Wampurn except in a display in Detroit years ago, Interesting, eh? STHATPORD COIN "GQJL-. At the last meeting a membership draw was held in which the 7k paid up members only can-par-ticipate. Rfter this the O.N.A, slide presentation on TtNumismaticTermsT1 was shown. The meet- ing cl-osed with a lively auc-tj.on, TKTSTLZTOWN- COIN CLUB - The following is the list of officers for 1974- President - R. Morse, Vice-President - Tony Gordon, Treasurer - S. Ward, Secretary - L, ICitching, Libz%;han - P. OTNeill, Editor - N. Bels.ten. The Juniors are coming out well and there is a Junior, A, Blair, as a direc,tor, TORONTO COIN CLUg -. An interesting item of -the last meeting was Ray Pleau showing hcw he has assembled 6 frames to show the 50th anniver- sary of the City of Oshawa -this year, and how long it -takes him and where he gets some of the materia.1 he puts into his displays which he shows at the different coin shows, An entertaining floor auction concluded the meeting, ******** *C****** ***#**X;* *4$+96>X*h:< ******* -PROPOSED COIN SHOWS Listed below are the proposed coin club shows with dates and banquets. Please check -to see if any of these dates conflict with your club date. Mar. 9 - North York Ccin Club An~ualShow, Bourse, Book and Whi.te Elephant sale in North York Community Hall, 5'090 Yonge St,, Willowdale from 10,OO a,m, to 10, p.m, Information from P, 0. Box 294., Willowdale, Ontario. Mar. 22-2'1- Torex and Central Coin Club Annual Spring Show at the Holiday Inn, Civic Centre, 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto. Mar. 30-31- O.N,A, 12-th Annual Convention at the Sheraton-Brock Hotelg Niagaza Palls, Ont, Details re bourse, displays, etc. to EIoward Hill, l .Hayes St,, St,Catl?arines. The Hotel is taking reservations for rooms. April 20 - Due to unforseen circumstances -the Woodstock Coin. Club .!!~ual Show has been cancelled for this year. PLEASE NOTE April 21 - Kent Coin Club, Chatham, Ont., 6th hnual Coin Show, at the EIoI-iday Inn, Kei.1 Drive, Chatham. Bourse Chairman is Lucien K, Wagenear, 27 Peters St. , Chatham, N7M SB2# Apr. 26-27 -Waterloo Coin Society Annual Show in the Fairview Shopping Mal:L on Fairway Road, South ICitchener. Kitchenerl please send us more details for next Bulletin, Ye Ed. May 11 - Peterborough Numismatic Socie-tyls Annual. Coin Show in the Or~ngeIiall, 18Lt Brock Street, Peterborough, Ontario. May 11 .- Cl:ty of 0-ttawa Coin Club Annual Coin and Stamp Show in the Chateau Laiarier Hotel, For information please contact L. B. Pletcher, l833 Elmridge Dr., 0-l;tawa KIJ 6RD. Page 28 June 2 - Welland Coin Club Rnnual Show in Princess Elizabeth Public School, Lincoln and Scholfield Ave. , Welland from 10.00 a.m to 10.00 p.m, Re l3o.drse tal~les:?l.ease contact Denis Laverdiere, 3.7 Ross St,, Welland, Ont. Sept, 21 - Toronto Coin Club Annual Show in the Territories and B.C, Rooms, Royal York 1-Iotel, Front St., Toronto, Auction conducted by R. Shillingworth, Suite 506, 19 Richmond St. West, Toronto. Oct. 6 - Bluewater International Coin Show sponsored by Sarnia Coin Club at the Village Inn, N. Christina St,, Sarnia. Re Bourse contac-t Car1 Williamson, 931 Greendale Ave. or General Chairman - Sandy Paj-ne, 1714. Car1 St., Sarnia. Display Chairman - Roy Richards, 723 Alexandra Ave., Point Edward. R11 Numismatic Sonieties please note. Oct. 19 - St, Catharines Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet in West- minster United Church Hall., Queenston St. , St. Catharines. firther details later. ******** :K:k****>';Q ******** ***$G**** ***a:<*** O,N,A. SPiWCERSt CIRCUIT I am certain every Program Chairman of every club must, at some time or other, be puzzled as to what he can present to his/-/her members to keep interest at top pitch. Do you want a sure-fire draw for your Club? I suggest you contact Ken Prophet, P.O. Box 226, Barrie, Ont. and request a guest speaker for one of your future meetings - prefer- ably at least 46 weelcs in advance .to permit speakers to fit you in their schedules. All speakers are prepared to travel, usually 100 - 150 miles (less on week nights), all they usually ask us is to be appreciated. Most clubs try to help by donating gas money. This is not an obligation however. So when you are making up your April, May or June programs, think of -the O,N.A, Speaker Circuit and write to Ken Prophet for information. From Your President s Desk.
*******::c **>:c * g'$ * #C ****&*** ******,:<* *>X**** P:EOPLJI iZRE INGENIOUS DEVILS Thanks to Ruth McQuade, City of Ottawa Coin Club I remember, as a girl, visiting a farm, ,and at the kitchen sink there was a pump, an.d outside was a much larger pwnp. These pumps from time -to time require washers, and over a l~undredyears ago the big 'ILeslieft token made a perfect washer. Actually this token was never very popular on account of its size. Later during World War 11, copper was controlled and Canadian Manufacturers needed copper washers. It was a simple thing to go to the balk and get a bag of cents to supply their needs, We all know the way money has been used in making jewellery. There are endless varieties of bracelets, necklets, ear-rings brooches and love tokens. While some of these are very nice, we as coEn coll- ectors would think twice before we had a hole made in a nice coin, or had a coin mounted to make a brooch. The Grandfather of one of my playmates, used to carry a silver dollar around in his vest pocket, Occasionally he would take it out and press a spring and it would open to reveal her picture. I remember Page 29 , reading about a mari photographing solno coins, Eh saw a hair which seemed to be coming out of a coin and on examination, he discovered it could be opened, $0 i would surmise .that there are a few' of these tucked away as keepsakes, Yave you ever sear1 a small silver 56 piece made into a salt spoon? The 5$ piece is molded to forin the cup and a handle added. On examin- ationyou can clearly see Victoriag if you -turn it over you see the date. Major S. S, Carroll, curator of the Numismatic Co1l.ection at the Bank of Canada put two old habi.tan.1; Lokens in my hand one day. They appemed to have deep nicks around .the edges. I couldnft guess what they had been used for, The edge og,one had? been carved like this wandthe other like this L.f'1-~>~~JTheyhad a small hole in the ceiz.tre. Would you believe it - they were cookie cutters! I once read abou-t a boat that was dismantled in England and I ex&-. pect it ha; pened here too, Each nai.1 in the boat had been lzamrnered in .through a g-d which acted as a washer, Several hundred of these coins were found, A 'very unusual .thing happened in M,an$.-toba. At a place called Little Grand Rapids there used to be a Hudsonf s Bay Trading post, About' the time that the 1'Iudson Bay tokens went ou-t of circulation, some chap discovered a quan.tj.ty of tokens at .this post, He was about to shingle his house, -and he hammered each shingle nail through one of these tok- ens, They were aluminum 25p' tokens. hfter all his work the house butned down and now there are only a few examples of this type of tok- en to be found, and they have holes in -them, They are rare engugh to be wor-th about $500,00 each, The above was copied from the C.Y.N. ttMessengerlt. If any of our readers know of other ways in. which our money has been used ( or mis- used), we might improve -this story with additional information. I wou1.d like .to thank Major Sheldon Carroll who told me some of thess stories,
*******$ ****:S.,,.P.g. .W.P ycS 96 **>X ::c ::: :k ::: ***::::g*:>* *;k*,:C:lrChkb --TK€S 'N TI.I&T / First, I would like to thank those individual members and coin clu'lss who took the time and trouble to send in nominations for the Award of Merit .--,,. Convention time is drawing close and to date of writing these lines! I have received no suggesti.ons, etc., on what you, our club members, wls1-1 to discuss at our annual General. Meeting. 9 can therefore, only assume that you are planning -to attend armed with your various suggestions, beef S, squaclis, etc,, personally at the mee-Ling. I shall therefore be sure to attend with my armour girded ---- SILVER DOLLAR FUTURES, wi,th all this activity of fervent selling of silver dollars, halves, quarters and dimes, one does not ha.ve .to be WISBMAN, to project that -those of us who are astute enough to hang on to our silver dol.1a.r sets, type sets, commemorat.ive sets, etc., are bound to be in, an, enviable position in the next few years, In retrospec.t, I recommended to a number of my local clients about five years ago that they should purchase and hold all the gold pieces they could possibly purchase; to-day those people are very happy, They are holding a comm- odity wh~chhas increased 300% --.-- It could be that the same thing could happen with our sil'ver coins. This could be one instance where it is too expensive to jump on -the bandwagon rather than to ride on the surrey with the fri.ngo on top .---.hy comments -- See you at the Con.vention in March --- Ye Ed 0,N.B. LIBIIARY YL1UE SET5 OF THE AUDIO-VISUAL SERVICE $3.00 Fee each ss2 of slides with application
A.V. $331 Romance of WorL Caine Lloyd T, Smitb &,V. $B2 Wampum tn Deoimal. Coins in Candda, Wtnmpum Carscl Koney aud Coinage ' Lloyd Th smith Past L; Of the French Regime A.V. jjB3 wWamgum To Decimal C0li.n~in Canadan Lloyd T. Bmith Par% 2; The Tokens of Quebec A.V. $B4 "Wampum to Decimal Coins in Canadaw Part 3; The Bouquet Bous and a Few ~loydT. Smlrh Upper Canada Tokens A.V..,$B~ Coina of .Roman Britain Rod* Hekof ski A.V. fB7 ihatqa Uy Coin - Part 1 JFor Lssa Expsrienoed Colleators Rod. Hekoteki A.V. #B7 What's Ny Coin - Part 8 For Advanced NumlsmaCiata Rod. Rekofski A.V. #B9 Candlan Silver D~Llara War. En~liah A.V,#BlO Canadian Fractional Curr~ncy Wm. Bn81Iah A.V.#Bll Canadian Coat ok Arms Davi8 Ashe A.V.#B~Z ,Weampurn to Dea:Lmel Coins in Canada Part 4; Takeus of Nova Saohia ~loydT. Smith New Bruna~iak,P.P,X,, MewRountilana A.V.#B13 Lundy Island and WorLB Famous Order's David Rehe . Part l A.V.#BlB The. Eddystone Lighthouse and David Ashe World Order's - Part B A.V.#BlB Tho Waitangi Crown & Ye Old* Davia Ashe Famous Ca~twheLl A.V.#BlG Canadian Vogageur Dollar Nra. 0. Pelkey A.V.#B17 What's My Goin - Part 3 Lloyd T. Bmith A.V.dbB3.8 Odd and Curions Money Lloyd T. Snith : A.V.#BL@ w9eafaringq*Develepment of a Ship Aler L. Munro A.V.#DEO Canadian Co4,n yuia Parf L David Aake . . A.V.#B21 Coins of the BibLe. Lloyd D. Smith B.A. ,BID* A.V.#BP2 Collecting Church Medellitins Allen laenab' A.B,#B89 Canadian Large Cents Kitehener Coin Club A.V.#BBB ~anadiadFive -Cents SiLver B.O. Num. Soaiely A.V.#B25 Large Canadian .Pive Cent pieces B.C. Nu. Society A.B.#BZB Rumiamatic Itema B.C. Nume Society A.V.#B27 Yukon Trading Tokens WIG. Mum. Society" A.V.#B28 Newfounfland Coinage B.C. Num. Booieby A.V.#'B239 State hfodols ol Israel Art. Left A.V.#B30 Bank of Newfoundland Paper C.P.M.EI.&O.H.A A.V.#B31 Coinage of tko Martime Provinoss O.N.A
A.V.M101 The Ultimate Achiersmrnt ' Prenklin Mint 16 W Color Sound 88.00 Fee
Dhas. B. Laiater, No. 3 Bighway, Tilleonburg, Ontario. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION WATERLOO, ONTARIO
1973 - 1975 Volume 13 April 1974 Page 31 O.N.A. OFFICERS "TAKING STOCICtt Past Presidents R. R. REKOFSKi (1 962-1965) ."The tumult and the shouting dies L. T. SMITH (1965-1967) The Captains and the IUngs depar&,lt Wm. ENGLiSH (1 967-1969) D. FLICI< (1969-1971) so said the poet many years ago. This ex- C. E. LAiSTER (1 971 - 1973) pressed adequately the end of ttConvention President I7ktt, now in the past. While all appeared W. E. PAT LAMBERT to be very happy about how well everyone First Vice-President faired, including most of our genial Bourse Wm. R. GAGE Dealers, your Executive have much cause to Second Vice-President take a good look at ourselve3. What did MEL H. FlSKE we, the 0 .NOB., accomplish? Secretary From the response of the Exhibitors, we MRS. PAT LAMBERT did very poorly. I wonder why? Do we want Treasurer & Mentbe~shi# a change of format in our display proceed- BRUCE H. RASZMANN ures, our judging, etc? ? We spent much Mailing Address valuable time discussing the system of judg- Box 33, Waterloo, Ontano ing at the Delegates Meeting, asking "Is it time for a change.It We have passed Ehe ball DIRECTORS to you our members and Club members, for Area 1' Howard Whitfieid some guidance in this matter. Any letters Eliiot Jephson Area 2 Ken W. Wilmot we receive and suggestions on judging, etc., Area 3 Victor G. Potter will be published here for d.1 to digest and Area 4 vacant Area 5 John Craig and help us come to a decision on what is Area 6 Richard A. Ford Area 7 Tony Gordon best to do in the line of exhibits. Area 8 Ray Pleau Area 9 Ciiffard Shipman Also our finances are far from healthy. Area 10 Gerald Albert We are spending more than we axe taking in, Historian which in any society or organization is not WALTER GRIGGS good. At the suggestion of one of our Ex- Publicity ecutive we have formed a ItW~sand Means" BOB VOADEN committee to try to solve our immediate Ontario Paper Co. problems, This was adopted and after a brief Thorold, Ontario half hour, we have come up with some excell- Librarian ent ideas7to raise money for our immediate Wm. R. GAGE RR #l, Shanty Bay, Ontario needs, ($2,000, is our target), and also to Medal Committee raise our membership up over the 300 members, MEL FlSKE More of this later. 7795 Beaverdams Road Niagara Fails, Ontario HOWEVER, we can not do this alone, We expect our members and club inembers to help Audio-Visual Service & DisjAay Case Service us by ItACTIVE P@TICIPATXONtt, Only in this CHAS. B. MISTER way can we avoid running into further diffi- ' #3 Highway, culties. Can I count on you to help. We Tiilsonburg, Ontario Didnot raise dues pur~osel~.We felt we Speaker Circuit Service could do better in other ways. If you have KEN PROPHET Box 226, Barrie, Ontario any helpful ideas, please do write to our "Ways and Means Committee", c/o Rick Ford, Editor Page 77 P,O, Box 717, Stayner, Ontario, LOM 160. He will be happy to hear from you. Please do try to help. Numismatically Your S,
W, E. P. Lambert, President, ******** ***C**** ****X*** RANDOM THOUGHTS ON SILVER COINAGE Thanks to J. Graham Esler, L,N,S, The current melting of coinage for its silver content has intro- duced to the present generation of collectors and numismatists an econbmic fact of life which has surfaced periodically since coinage began! namely, the intrinsic value of a coin versus its nominal. value. Regtpdler~sof our per sonal feeling S (there are some of our number who feel that this meEting is immoral and wrongo there axe some who see nothing the matter in the situation, and still others who simply do not care one way or the other) the purchase and subsequent melting of silvep does exist and we, as collectors or numismatists must come to terms with it. When we consider thiS problem, the gue stion of future availability usually comes to mind first. As I mentioned in a previous article, the mintage figures have become virtuall meaningless in view of the wholesale melting which has taken It will be years before any value based on the survival factor is established. I-Iowever, there is also another factor in the situation; one which is chiefly ignored, but one with which a collector must come to grips immediately, not in the distant future. The present generation of collectors has become accustomed to paying a premium even for a current coin. Usually this premium covers a dealer1s time, expenses and profits, so that P~F~~WQSof 50% is not conddered unreasonable (1. e. a price of 75 cents for a Soy! piece), However, in the past, the pyerniwn has been based on the FACE value of the coin, In other words, the numismatic value has been traditionally a premium percentage of the face value of the coin. Now, with dealers offeriiag to purchase United States silver at a premium of 110$,surely the numismatic value of a piece will have to be bas d upon a percentage of the BULLION value, rather than the face Va1Ue.' If not, under present circumstances, the bullion value of a piece may be greater than both its face value and supposed numismatic value combined. For example, most walking Liberty 9alT dollms from 19b3 to 1946 are listed at $1.00 in VF, however, silver dealers are advertising to ******%6* ******** ******** ******** ******** THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is published monthly by the Ontario Xumismatic Association. The publication can be obtained with membership in one of the following categories:- Life Membership - $SO., Regular Member- ship - $4, annually, Juniors (up to 18 years of age) - $3. annually, Husband and Wife (one journal) - $6. annually, Club - $10. annually. Special O.N,A. Silver Lapel Pins - $2.5'0, Remittances made payable to The Ontario Numismatic Association, c/o Mr. Bruce Raszmann, P.O. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario. Page 33 pay $1.05 for the bullion contained. Likewise, the listed numismatic value of 1960-63 Franklin I-IdLf Dollars from the Denver Mint i $1.00 in E,Again, the prices which dealers are offering is $1,05. 3' These examples are taken from so-called common date series and late date Canadian silver also falls in the same category. This is the type of material which is being affected, Scarcer coins with established numi sma'tic values which are greater than either the face value or the bullion value are not being affected, Prom the exampies above we can see that the cataloguers have not yet begun to compute the numismatic value of silver coins on the basis of their bullion value rather than their face value, I believe that the average collector is going to be shocked when this is done. No one can expect any dealer to sell a coin at numismat;ic value which Is lower than the price he would receive as bullion, At the current price of approximately $3,20 an ounce for silver, the bullion value of silver coins is as follows: Canadian Pre - 1966 10,d (.a00 silver) 19.2, cents 50g (,800 silvey) 95.9 cents. 25,d (.a00 silver) 47,9 cents $1.00 (,g00 silver) $1.92 This represents a bullion value of 92% above face value. U, S. A, SILVER lop' (,g00 silver) 23,l cents 50# (.900 silver) $1.15 25p' ($900 silver) 57.7 cents $1.00 (.g00 silver) 962.48 This represents a bullion value of 130% above face value. Another point to remember is that pre-1.920 Canadian silver and Newfoundland si.lver up ,to 1943 is .925 fine. Even the 1967 and 1968 .500 fine silver coins which are not currently" beinrr sourrht have interesting Pullion values: 10,d (*500) silver 11,9 cents 25g (. 500 silver) 29.9 cents This represents a bullion value of 19% above face value. As the price of silver goes higher, so does the corresponding bullion value, For example, at $3.30 an ounce the bullion $ of the coins would be as follows: Canadian ( ,800 silver) 98% Canadian (. 500 silver) 24% U.S, (,g00 silver) 138% &;%in, it is my contention that the increase in the bullion value must bring an increase in the price a collector will pay for material of thi S nature.
-1 0 Facets of Numismatic Research. London Numismatic Society Bulletin, February, 1973 pages l11-15. 2, Coin World, January 2, 1974, page 77. 3# Yeoman, R, S, A Guidebook of United States Coins, 27th edition, 1974 pages 1.41 - 142. ******** ******** >h******* ******** ******** A SCOTNAN DOU3LES HIS MONEY Glasgow factory clerk Robert Lamont found an easy way to double his money- he dropped it on the floor, The only trouble is it has worked only once, with a sixpenny piece, When he picked up the coin he was amazed to discover it had split in two. Now half of his sixpence has 'iheads" amd a blank face and "tailsfl and a blank.It was caused by a freak bubble in the molten alloy and is very rare in the manufactuie of coins. From Canada Coin News, June 13,1964 Page 14 NEWS AROUND TI-IE COIN CLUBS CHAMPLAIN COIN CLUB At the last meeting the club had an old coin box in which all members dropped.~ - a coin. There was also a lively auction which was much enjoyed. Displays consisted of coins, buttons, paper money, etc, Refreshments finished off the meeting. CITY OF OTTAWA COIN CLUB The Club now has a new meeting place, the Wax- Museum and it seems a very pleasant place, At the last meeting there were 21 members and 8 guests present, Most of the time is now spent preparing for the May Show which we hope will be a great success. I[IAMILTON COIN CLUB . There were21 members and 2 guests at the last meeting. Mr. Trevor Camp, the guest speaker, gave a talk on the sym- bols on Chinese money with ilLustra.tions. The club is very busy with all the arrangements for the C.N.A. Convention in August. Things seem to be going along fine with the promise of LW excellent converition. LONDON I'RJMISMATIC SOCIETY - At the last meeting there were 3.3 members .', and guests including two bourse dealers* he-feature of the evening was the O.N.A, Audio-Visual. "Odd and Curious Moneytt narrated by Percy Elgie with photography by Lloyd T. Smith. h active discussion period covering items such as the significance of varieties and mint errors? the importance of "prices realized liststt to uneuccessful bidders in mall auctions and .the mem'bers were informed that ANA National Coin Week theme would be I1ITistory in your I.Iandsfl. MTSSISSUAGA COIN CLUB - Those presenht the last meetinghemd a very informative talk and interesting slide show by RaLph Bagnall on the "Ustory of Silver Dollarsu. Among other things he told that the Teston of 1460 is considered the first silver dollara It i.s 32 millimeters wide ,and was issued in Italy, The talk was greatly enjoyed by all. NIAGARA FALLS COIN CLUB p- - The sweaker at the last meeting was George Oblinsky and he spoke on the prksent trends in Canadian silver coiGs. Me1 Fiske reported on the progress of the pl-ans for the forthcoming m O.N.A, Convention with everything seeming to be in order, George Oblinslry is going on a talk show on CJRN with Peter Kostyk. The att- endance ak the meeting was much inproved over previous meeting. The meeting concluded with a lively auction conducted by Pat Lambert. ST. CATIiARINES COIN CLUB - There were 66 member:; and guests at the last meeting of the St, Catharines Coin Club, 'The guest speaker was George Oblinsky and he spoke on Coin Collec.tj.ng, fIe said one of the most important things is to k:now what you are going to collect and acquire a knowl.edge of the coins you are going to col3.ect. Gerry Glasser, .the C.N,A, Bourse Chairman reported dealers coming from as far away as Australia. The 1973 variety ,25$ was discussed and there is a possib- ility that a third variety medium bust could have been minted. The door prize was won by ICim Eo~eman. A lively auction concluded the meeting conducted by Lloyd Dorsey assisted by George Oblinsky and Andre VilZemure, Pane 15 SARNI A NUMISMATIC SOCIXTY At the last meeting there was quite a lot of numismatic material on show as well as a very interesting auction, Plans are going ahead for a banquet this year under the Co-Chairman- ship of Rose McGee and Gertrude Scott, It looks as if there will be a good time at Sarnia. TIIISTLETOWN COIN CLUB - At the last meeting the members were treated to a very informative talk by Stan Clute on Roman Coins of Yesteryear. Stan also had samples of the coins there to be viewed after the meet- ing, The Junior Director film Blair, told about the club formed by the juniors and the functions of the club. He said seniors migl?t join as honorary members and receive their bulletin. These Juniors seem to be going places. A lively auction closed the meeting. TORONTO COIN CLUB - The s~eakerat the last meeting was Bob Shllllnn- north and he told different experiences he had come across in the E,s. and in England at coin shows and everyone took part in it, The club axe planning to put on a drive to get some new members and ways of accomplishing thi S were discussed. 'JAT'ZRLOO COIN SOCIETY - The club is busy preparing for its show on April 26 and 27 which is being held at the Fairview Shopping Mall in ICitchener. It is hoped this will be well attended. ******** ******:p* ******>:c i:* ****::c*** ******X* PROPOSED COIN SHOWS Listed below are the proposed coin club shows with dates md banquets, Please check to see if any of these dates conflict with your club date. A,pril 20 - Due to unforseen circumstances the Woodstock Coin Club Annual Show has been cancelled for this year. BEASE NOTE l 21 - Kent Coin Club, Chatham, Ont., 6th Annual Coin Show at the Holiday Inn, Keil Drive Chatham. Bourse Chairman is Lucien K. Wagenear, 27 beter's St., Chatham, Ont. Apr, 26-27- Waterl.00 Coin Society Annual Show in the Fairview Shopping Mall on Fairway Road, South Kitchener. May 11 - Peterborough Nunlismatic Society's Annual Coin Show in the Orange Hall, 184 Brock St., Petorbopough, Ont, May 11 - City of Ottawa Coin Club Annual. Coin and. Stamp Show in the Chateau. Laurier Hotel. For details contact L. B, Fletcher, 1833 Elmridge Dr., Ottawa KlJ 6R6. June 2 - Welland Coin Club .bnual Show in Princess Elizabeth Public School, Lincoln and Schoolfield Ave., Welland from 10.00 a.m to lO.@O p.m. For Bourse, etc. contact Denis Laverdiere, 17 Ross St., WelEand, Ontario. Sept. 21- Toronto Coin Club Annual Show in the Territories and B.C, Rooms Royal York Hotel, Front St. Toromto, Auction con- ducte% by R. Shillingworth, Suite $66, 19 Richmond Street West, Toreonto, Ontario Oct. 6 - Bluewater International Coin Show sponsored by Sarnia Coin Club at the Village Inn, N. Christian St., Sarnia. For bourse contact Car1 Viilliamson, 931 Greendale Ave., or Page 16 General Chairman - Sandy Paine, 171)t Uarl St., Sarnia. Display Case - Roy Hichards, 723 Alexandra Ave., Pt. Edward. Oct. 19 - St, CatharinesCoin Club ilnnual Show and Banquet in Westmin- ster Uni.t,ed Church, Queenston St,, St. Catharines, Ont. Chairman - Pat. Lambert, More details later, ******** ***>K***>!< >k*ht****<* ***X**** ******** NEW MKM'BERS W- Applications published in the March i ssue of the Ontario Numismatist have now been accepted. The following applications have been received, if no written objections aye received, tl3ei.r acceptance will be ack- nowledged in the Mgiy ..3. ssue of the Ontario Numismatist, 916 Floyd E, Roadhouse, 21 Mary Street, Guelph? Ontario 917 Zolman EnckrLn, 1349 LaSalle Blvd., SudSury, Ontario. 918 'btoine Tessier, 2739 Martin St., Blezzard Valley, 0n"cio. 919 R. C, Bragagnolo, 132 Westmount Dlvd., Timmins, Ontario 920 Bob Lawkyniw, 3.90 Montgomery Street, Timiins, Ontario, 921 William Payne, Staff Residence, Wes'tminster TT0 spital, London. J922 Kevin Reis, Milverton, Ontario. 923 Ernest A. Bimm, 124 Maple Ave., Fembroke, Ontario IC8A 119 J924 John Jones, 7 Taysham Crescent, Rexdale, Ontario 925 ICenneth G, Ihch, Lk0 Birmingham Street, Stratford, Ont, 926 Robert Porter, Lt6 Bankfield Drive, Rexdale, Ontario 927 Wed R, Semkowich, 1155 Princess Street, Icingston, Ont. 928 Henry J, Burke, 181 abert Street, Oshawa, Ontario, C76 Windsor Coin Club, c/o Mrs. Dorothy Bechard, l614 George Ave., Windsor, Ontasio ******S* X******* ******** *******,:: ***** LOOKING BACK By Ruth McQuade, City of Ottawa Coin Club One of the good things about 1973 was that we had a circulating comnemora-tive coin, and wasn't it pleasant to see and use this 25p' piece. Our Canadian commemorative coins are lovely but they are rarely seen. 1973 saw the issue of a silver dollar for the R,C.M,P. and a nickel dollar for t'-.e P.E,I, cen-:ennial, I doubt if many hands have held those two coins, One of the bad tnings was the rapid clisappearance of the silver coins - it was inevitable that they should go. Do you think we shall ever come to <$ay, "1 haven't any nickel in my purse," 1973 was the year when we really became awme of' the Olympics. We were all interested in the proposed coin designs and we wanted to know what would be issued. We have now seen the first four of the twenty-eight to be issued, From the few interested people I know? the designs have not been, very enthusiastically received, but with twenty- four more to go, we should get something to please everyone, Al. Driega has started a series describing these modern Olympic coins, wh-icl-i is currently appearing in the Ottawa Bulletin, During the year we had a lively meeting on grading and another on tokens. Slides were shown at several meetings which were excellent. Our Junior Night brought out 28 Juniors. ~ Paae 37 l Two of our members exhibited at %he O,N,A. Convention, Jack Roberts won three firsts at the C.N.A, Cenven.tion and a first at the B,N.A. Convention. We were pleased that Michael Curry won the C.N.A. Literary prize. Tom Muir was our C.N.A. delegate and reported on the Convention in Saslratoon, and Jack Roberts gave his report on the A,N. A. Convention in Boston. Dr. Pace1s artl.cleI1.. ,in Peril on the Seal1 was enjoyed by all, as .well as Mr. G, Potter's I1Bytown Scripr1. The Order of Canada? the Canadian Bravery decorations and the Order or Military Merit were all discussed in our bulletin. Other articles included stories about Rullett Money, Cartwheels? R.C.M.P, Long Service medal, Origin of the Olympics, Story of Rhodes~anmoney, Coins of Edward V111, Silver Wedding Coins, etc, ,etc. Our proposed hosting of the 1.976 C.N.A. Convention will give us food for thought. The idea has been favourably received and our members have much .to offcl-. My feeling is .that 1973 has been a pretty good year to the C.O.C.C. We dld not losi: ground, but took a strong step forwad, Note - This was published to show a live club can do over the period -of a year, How about some of the rest of you sending us a resume of what your club accomplished over the period of a year, it could encourage other clubs, Ye Ed,
******** *******::: *******::c ***X***::: *;l;**** -DISPLAY WINNERS AT THE CONVENTIOJ The following are the successful winners at Niagara Falls at %he O.N.A. Convention March 30 - 31, 1974:- Junior - First - Gmy Miller, Toronto Canadian Coins -. First - Tony Gordon, Toronto -. Secon6 .- Jack Roberts, Ottawa - Third - Paul Johnson, Toronto Tokens, Medals - First -- Jack Roberts, Ottawa - Second- Victor Potter? St. Catharines - Third - Norm Wells, Peterborough Topical - First - Victor Snell, St. Catharines - Second- Audrey Tomkins, Nlagma Falls World Coins - Tony Gordon, Toronto - Sack Roberts, Ottawa - Wm. N. Clarke, London Candai an Paper Money First - F'red Barley, St. Catharines Second - Richard Ford, St8,yner Third - Tony Gordon, Toronto Miscellaneous - W, G, Payne, London , First Second .- Fred Barley, St. Ca'tharines Third - Norm Wells, Peterborough Clubs, Chase Laister Trophy - First - St. Catll~rinesCoin Club - Second- Oshawa Coin Club - Third - Ingersol Coin Club Best of Show - Doug. Wark Trophy - W. G. Payne, London ._P%.-
- T . .\ (-< LCN!CF~H.NA'PIOITAT.> COIN ENTI;IITSIASTg -..-W----. Ye Ed !.a:: '1>c!cn r.6-vj.sed that the above-mentioned association aehold- ing their ?u:,l:.ua::, counte~f'eit seminar, In view of 2 7~cen.tar*ticl.e appearing in our Bulletin this would ss::m to b:2; mos-t timely:, So for those of our Western Col.leagues I gi've h-'r~withiho detai.3.s of -this seminar in the hope that not only Vancouver coin enthus:Lasts will par.ticipate but any other interested people will. attend this seminar. :I-Ierc are -the ?!..tails: Bate .-. U,,S, Memorial weekend of May 2!5',26, aqd 2'7, The 1Ir1:;t:ruc-to:.s a?e as fc1lows:- Two of the world' S leading export:: i.ri counterf::j.-l; detection (l)Virgil Hancock of Bellxire, Texas, 3.~2 (2) Col, nobert Iiris of Merritt Island, Florida. I Laboratory f ac:i.li.'c.l.2 S, j.nc1.udj.n.g a Nikon stereo- Zoom scope for each stilil~~ltwi:i.l. -ze availa.b:Le c!:::tsey of the University of B.C. The course feat~,.resilvi'ia-:Vj. mnl presentations to explaiii how both genuine and ccur.:erfeft coj-ns are nlade, and how to recognize 'the te1.l-tale ":?l.ngcrpri..n-ksuo:' i?, counterfeit, Advanced techr~iqueswe to be discussc;d. jriefly, i.nc!.udi.n;i: diffrac-Lion and scanning elect- ron rnicro:;scj?c:: ~hi.cb?!ill 'h m~deavailable to such services as the A,N.b,C,, 2,
I-. . .. ., Ln;.:Iqo L..:::.~~.J.:;c :>D?:.:: ??pc.?;;unity for every student to prac.tice t,he Lechi::'.~::ic :; ~I:I;~-.; -1.c -.;i:;hir: his range, including specific gravity
adfij.c.:a:.cr,p:Lc cr;l-;. . q-t-j. . 1~ r ELmL'sanlples of counterfeits and genuine coins wi ?.l; k,c ;:l. ii,'r.i! fo::. study,
T!~?.:; .r':-,?.. . :.'.3,? .:hi:; co;nrse is $S0.00 for the three days; we :;u.ggi?c;C, -';:ri.-i: -$'is 'hs ser,i; In at -t?ne latest by April 30th as tho c,:,.Ur ?-. j,, L> :V!, i. 1.;.' .p *.i?~.l.c?r?y. We wish you and the course every -c-Gp - CL> .a-..,,. C, (I:;ri:;::.(. :; 7:s::ni.s ?!l??le,Pro si.dentg Vice, P.0 .Box 35b8b0 Station ,.y. .,... >F>.+. >m ....,..,b .. .,...... ; i?;.. . ?,c, Tr6M 11.~8~Canada ***h*t~:i**< iylfJ ;< ?j ,i':I;(" -,..".~...,--..--".>-,--,.~. - h:,:j-t:l:i.. i:!:.?ve?l:icn has come and gone, in many respects I: :?.i.r:xl;i b<~i.:i..e..;-;i;!?aI; t5:i.s in all but one respect was the most success- . i tile ulT.o ?.::r:?cic.?. I: xfer .to was the matter of exhibits, which itt-1 :;L . .L<> you.? cxhi.bi. .t chairman and executive, mo s.t di sap;-i:~j.::~:Er!~.. .:.? hoti; cu;. A. G.M, -and our Delegates Meeting thi S se?ious sj.t:!.a.~,.ia:,.rv;!,- i.i:::uss,+! i;horoughly, and many Ideas and opin- i.~~,ivr2?o r:xp::*i.,::;:?:~ ;IS I;? tile rea;Jn for the drastic drop in nurnber of display S, r,ai>tl.culxly those of our Ju.nior member S. WIlAT IS TJ33 MATTEFI.,, P.r!:! (:'!I!? oxkiihj.l;c?.-s tirod of just winning trophies? Is it your vsLs!.~ tii;.i; .-.l'?ol.lci c:l:?;lge the whole format of exhibiting? These and many ot.u,er qv,e,s-S:i.onsDI:MAiTD an answer and the answer MUST COME FROM YOU, P4X1;,EXliZSTU'31:, JUK\;T.Cn Aiu'll SENIOR,. , I do not feel that tine executive and comzii%t,cc-?of OUT cc;.rver:-i;.i.orrs should work long hour S and promote internst .n ;:xh:.?)l.ti:..~.~..:!.ciss ,,;c? sce enthusiastic response. In the opiuiio:~of ~ny::;?l.:r' ;l?G msi)- rnernbors of this Association 'to whom I have spoker. the ix.kib:i'icl.r is a rsst important member of any convention. b1il:L you p?.ca~:~;~:..l. us ;,~k?.k f S wrong? 7 3 , . . I have left, unfortuni.% ately" Li.,~,lo$1-aci! l'(>:? a17r C,Y,X'\T,members, However, I wou1.d be re- . ,.. miss i.i, OJ ~;:>i.<.:itcf' !ny,;(:::.f and oUr executive, if I did not congrat- u1.s.t~:Pre s.i<3.?iltT?d, B?rr!r~.!.ng and hi. s new executive on their election, We wj.511 ~.J.J21.1. -iho best for ario.ther suc1Eessfw.1 yec- ss, So long for th.i.s 2:. il iLc, fi:.;.'cber TJoots ( 1 TiS the rainy season) , Yours for a Happy-, Ea.:;i..?'~ Ye Ed ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION TREASURER'S REPORT FOR PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1973 TO DECEMBER 31, 1973 CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT
RANK BALANCE O JANUARY 1, 1973.....e...oe..e.. RECEIPTS INTEREST ON GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATE.#~~O.OO INTEREST ON CANADA SAVING BONDS...... 182.75 BANK INTEREST...... 24.42 $347.17 EXPENSES EXCESS RECEIPTS OVER EXPENSES...... BANK BALANCE @ DECEMBER 31, 1973....e..o....r.
LIFE Ii,IEii,lBERSHIPACCOUNT
BANK BALANCE @ JANUARY l, 1973...... RECEIPTS LIFE MEMBERSHIPS...... $100.00 INTEREST ON GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES 73.12 BANK INTEREST...... 12.79 $185.91 EXPENSES MEMBERSHIP DUES (1973)...... 76.00 EXCESS RECEIPTS OVER EXPENSES...... BANK BALANCE @ DECEMBER 31, 1973...... ,....
ASSET SUNUIZY C4 DECEMBER 31. 1973 CASH, BOND & BANK BALANCE - GENERAL ACCOUNT...... 9b1696.36 BANK BALANCE - CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT...... 698.78 GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATE & CANADA SAVING BONDS - CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT...... 4300.00 BANK BALANCE - LIFE MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT...... 266.19 GUARANTEED INVESTIVIENT CERTIFICATE - LIFE MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT.....a-....-...-...... *.e...* 900.00 $7861.33 TOTAL ASSETS 1972....,...... ,...... $7351.83 INCREASE IN CASH ASSETS...... m
THE BANK ACCOUNTS ARE MAINTAINED AT THE l CANADA TRUST WESTMOUNT BRANCH, KITCHENER, ONTARIO i dJ 1973 - 1975 0. N. A. OFFICERS Past Presidents DISPLAYING MD JUDGING R. R. REKOFSKI (1 962-1965] With appreciation to Lloyd T. Wth L. T. SMITH (1965-1967) Wm. ENGLISH (1 967-1969) London Numi smatic Society D. FLICIC (1969.1971) First let's talk of relatives. I do C. B. LAISTER (1971 - 1973) not mean that we will talk about your re- President latives or my relatives, even though we W. E. PAT LAMBERT 'might all enjoy some of the tales we could First vice-President tell more than our assigned topic. I Wm. R. GAGE would consider myself a relativist* I Second Vice-president accept the phi10 sophi cif.doctrine &hat a1 MEL H. FISI , the originality and neatness. I should mention -though, that too much added material other than coins may tend to place the coins in a sec- ondary position and could result in. fewer paints from some judges. I have had collectors tell me that they haven't the time 'to lay out several cases of coins one at a time, and then, I see them place the coins in the cases in prepared holders in about five minutes and then stand around wondering why .they have nothing tn do, or maybe in- terferring with someone else who is taking hi s time setting up a nice display. These same individuals are often the ones who complain the most about judging systems and about the so-called experts taking all the awards. After all, judges can easily determine the amount of effort expended in preparing a display. Setting up a coin display ' should be a labour of love, where each coin can be held separately and the his.tory, or even some of the private stories associated with cer- tain pieces may be brought to mind and enjoyed again. I once watched the late Mr. Walter I-Iomes, an eminent authority on paper money laying out a court of honour display, and every once in awhile he would stop to examine a specimen. I am quite sure that his thoughts were about related memories, ******* -"REVIEW OF G Q YA,---..----. N. GETJERAL MEETINGS IBLD IN MAHCI3 - (in part) m -~hreeinteresting gue sk speake:? S were Mr so Florence Schook, secretary of the Michigan State T;umismatic Society, who spoke on Junior coin coll.ecting, and she was fol.lowed by Mr. Tom ICLunzinger of Michigan on "Exhibiting Coins1', anc' fiiially Mr, George Oblinsky conveyed his thou- ghts on I1Coin GraCingIi, All three gave the audience a fascinating account of thsir s~bject, Mr S. Schook kindly gave every Junior a numismatic gift and assisted with our raffle at 7+~fli.~h.the club made $6.75 and John Sones won the hook 'ICoins of the Vhrld", Tho C.Y,N, llhward of Meritf' plaque was wor, by ICditur, Terri Roachs for her outstanding services to C,Y,N,, dur9ng the past year, --.-.--.-pFROM YE ED -. Congratulations, Juniors, on the progress you have made shce jrour beginning. You have done exceptionally well, and the O.N.A. i:ad C,N.A, are looking forward to much help from your members in the scar future a.s you graduat2 .to the adult associations. You will put.. iww ideas Lnto numi smat:i. c S,, Pa~eW NEWS MOUND THJ3 COIN CLUE& BRANTFORD NUMISMATIC SOCIETY - The last meeting saw a large attendance of members and guests. Of the 5 guests presen'i 4 became members, The highlight of the meeting was a talk by Walter Griggs on the Life, Love and Official Coinage of Edward Vlll, the display of coins was through the courtsey of George Brunsden. COLLINGWOOD & DISTRICT NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION -? The reason for the question mark is that Collingwood is a new club and is Just struggling for a name and is open to suggestions. We are glad to welcome a new club into the family and wish you all the luck. Af; April 15th there are 25 members and plans are being made to have bourse dealers, auctions, etc. at the meetings. CITY OF OTTAWA COIN CLUB - The last meetina saw 24 members and 4 nuests assembled in the Wax Museum on Sussex Drive. Even at this early date Mr. J. Roberts has been appointed chairman for the 1976 C,N. A, Conven- tion and it should be a success when pJannfng is starting this early. HAMILTON COIN CLUB The last meeting had an excellent attendance of 33 members and 7 guests. They were entertained with slides and commen- taxy on !'The Newfoundland CoinageH which was much enjoyed. Final de- tails are being looked after for the C.N.A. Convention in gust. J24GERSOLL COIN CLUB - At the last meeting Alex &dmonds spoke on the Printing Trades describing the various kinds of type used while he was active in business. Jean Ednionds showed slides of Northern Ontario in fall colour and the Canadian Numismatic Park at Sudbury, The mem- bers were reminded of the Dutch Auction for the next meeting in aid of the crippl.@d children, a very worthwhile cause. I-COIN I-COIN - The ItMessage From the Ppesidentl! In ?he club &latil%is. well! worth repeating, Here it isr- It was indeed ratifying k see the increased interest in the a*tl+ities of our club. %ere was a total of $6 members and guests at pur last meeting arid we hope that this will continue in the future, We have decided to hold meet- ings in April May and June at which time it will ,be determined as to wh$theP we wii~hold meetings in the summer. It has been. sup;gested we hold. a;.pfcrilc and we have a tentative invitation to come to one etf our membe~8homes, 4s Reei we q~ unab$@ $0 h~lda show' this year 9s this requ$be$ act$ve $arh$s$patiqn by $p? 'k&fim\t@?p a$ ?he executive level so we &$pm thangs ~ill'bebet$&? 'rieq~v$$;'' W$ 'pe still alive ; . .. ,~ v. pd hope to qonqinue so. : ; . . ., . , ...! .,, ., : . . ,. ..l,. #IAGARA FALLS CQSN CLUB ,T ' . . . . . , .., . !:I . . . .. / ,.: . ' Everyone was happy when the 12th annual. O.N.A. Convention was a thing of the-past, happy-because everything went off so well, because there were more people than last year, because the auctioneer did better than he had hoped, because the banquet and speaker were so good. The speaker, Dr. James Ha~by,was speechless when he won the 0.N.A. Award of Merit, NZ in all, $t was a huge success and we are Zoo~naforward to dust as much of a access in 8tratSo~dnext Sear. W? prop89.. . ,c ~. sifver . .. as a of Them &I@ medal$ available.. . souveaLr the s;qgs$ntXQ~,' " , i l Page 4-8 NORTH ~ORICCOIN CLUB - At the last meeting four of our members gave brief talks on how they got started collecting coins; These members - were Louise Grahm, Roger Fox, Paul Johnson and Stan Clute. John DeWyze gave a report on Torex and the. g&ub welcomed back Ken Bunnett after an absence due to a heart attach. .: SARNIA NUMISMATIC SOCIET'JiTW I,,.: The club executive announced at the last meeting the tickets for the 11th annud banquet are all sold out. Thero is to be a raffle of a set of Olympic Coins and it promises to be a good time for allp $ORONTO COIN CLUB - The last meeting was well attended in spite of the fact that Frank Rose auction fpr ToPex was on at the same time. A report on the O,N.A, Convention held .'at Niagara Falls was given by i Harvey Farrow and 'the lucky coin attendance draw was won by John Jones a member of the C.Y,N. Executive; ******4<* *******'l: ******** ******** ******$< CLUB DELEGATE REPORT - 0.N.A. CONVENTION - 1974 By C.N. Sharpe, I-Iuronia Numismatic Society Delegate As your club delegate to the 12th Annual O.N.A. Convention, I would like to make the following report: The weather both days was very wet but from reports circulating, 60th the Executive and dealers felt the crowds and Bourse Sales were reasonable. The one disappointing note was the poor turn-out of dis- plays. I feel quite sure we had as many displays at our Fdl Mall Show, There were approximately 4.5 Bourse dealers present. In addi- tion a successful Auction was conduc-ted by R. W. Shillingworth at 1.00 p.m, Saturday. Quality items for sale was high with very good prices resulting. The bus tour featured a visit to the Panasonic Tower, marine Aquarium, Wax Museum, plus additional interesting and hlstori- cal sites, The tour w3,n approximately 2 hours. l On Saturday evening the banquet was held. The guest speaker was Dr. J. A. Haxby, Deputy Curator, Numismatic Coil-ection Bank of Cm i adab Itis lecture, assisted by slides was on Canadian Baper Money i Counterfei~sof the past and present. He also had a display of a num- ~ ber of Counterfeit and genuine bills in denominations of $5.00 - $10, - i $20. - $5'0. and $100.00. His lecture was very interesting and I am sure that when he finished, he had given the audience lots of reasons to be very careful when handling our everyday paper money. He did point out tkough that counterfeiters are having a much more difficult time in making our latest multicolor issue of bills. On Sunday 1 attended the Delegates Meeting and found it most interesting. The meeting was chaired by our Club Member, W. Gage, Briefly some of the items dealt with are as follows: It was suggested that O,N.A,+. dispense with the supply of O.N.A. Show Cases to member clubs, After some discussion, this motion was de- feated. Dwindling O.N.A. memberships and finances were dealt with at length. One suggestion that met with complete agreement was that Clubs offer as a draw prize periodically for 1 year's membership in the 0.N.A. Display Case Lay-out at this Convention was also discussed, Majority of Delegates favoured the displays being alloted a spot in ..: display area in the order of Teceipt and not displayed by type, i.e. l Pa~e 42 all Decimal together - all paper together, etc. In closing, it was pointed out that 1975 Convention is sla.ted for Stratford with a couple of other locations looking into the possibility of hosting the 1976 Conven.tion. Ye Ed - an. excellent report, covers everything essentially that took place. ******** *****X** *******h *****C** ******** Can any mem'bers help our B.C. friend - if so, please write direct and mention seeling the following letter in our Bulletin, l G.1579 W. NoelI-Iolt, Avenue, Comox, B.C. V9N LW8 Dear Sirs: I am engaged in compiling a Book on Milk Tokens of Canada, I hope .to cover all ten provinces and to include all known dairy token issues in every material but paper. I would lik,e to ask your organization for some help in this matter if I may? I have no knowledge af any 'token listing for the Province of Ontario and would like .to know if there was one ever pro- duced wh'lch included milk -tokens. I, am in possc?ssion of Fred Bowman's ftICrade Tokens of Ontarioff but as you kn.ow he does not list dairy tokens In this particular work. I will require dairy tokens for photography and also c&- alogueing. I am very desirous of adding to my own personal collection as well, In the latter requirement I would be willing to buy outright or trade my duplicates with any interested individuals. If I may make a further request of your organization? If any of your membership has any informa-tion as to the types of dairy tokens issued the mintage of any tokens or the dates .tinat these tokens were used, would he or she please forward this information to .the above address. Such iiiforniation is extremely hard to come by unless you happen to be right on top of the particular dairy in question and, I am not at liberty to travel extensively, it is impossible for me to obtain it. If it is not too much trouble could you see that this letter gets out .to your membership at large? Any help which I may re- ceive from your organization will be met with the utmost appreciation, Thanlr you Bigned: G,W, Yolt, CON,$. , O.N.A., B,N.A, ******** ******X* *S****** ******* OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 1962 WATERLOO, ONTARIO 1973 - 1975 Volume 13 June 1974 Page 53 I - 0. N. A. OFFICERS Past Presidents POIiTRAITS OM CANADIAN COINS R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-1 965) L. T. SMITH (1965-1967) OF HEB MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH JJ,- Wrn. ENGLISH (1 967-1 969) By Ruth McQuade: D. FLICK (1969-1 971 C. B. MISTER (1971 - 1973) On February 6, 1952, Her Majesty President Queen Elizabeth 11 succeeded her father, W. E. PAT LAMBERT Her first coinage was issued in 1953. In First Vice-President Canada it was the first time in history Wrn. R. GAGE that coins were struck from master dies Second Vice-president made at the Royal Canadian Mint, and it MEL H. FlSKE was the first time a woman was responsible for the design of a Canadian coin, This Secretary woman was Mrs. Mary Gillick. Mrs, Gillick MRS. PAT MMBERT was born in Nottingham in 1881. She had Treasurer & Membership always sppcialized in medds and bronze BRUCE H. RASZMANN memorials and this was the first time she Mailing Address had designed a coin, This design was sel- Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario ected by the Queen herself from drawings submitted by 17 artists, It is a graceful DIRECTORS : portrait showing the head and shoulders, Area 1' Howard Whitfield Elliot Jephson A light wreath of laurel binds her hair Area 2 Ken W. Wilmot that softly waved, The ribbon which Area 3 Victor G. Potter is Area 4 vacant ties the wreath flutters gentky behind, Area 5 John Craig can Area 6 Richard A. Ford Mrs. Gillickt s initials MG be seen at Area 7 Tony Gordon the base of the portrait, Area 8 Ray Pleau Area 9 Clifford Shipman There is no coin in this series which Area 10 Gerald Albert is the work on both sides of a single Historian artist, WALTER GRIGGS Here in Canada the first coins did not Publicity BOB VOADEN strike well - the folds of her gown were Ontario Paper Co. not asable, Later in the year, Thomas Thorold, Ontario Shingles, the Chief Engraver or" the Royal Librarian Cabadian Mint, re-engraved thi s portrait, Wrn. R. GAGE so that the fold in her gown now showed. RR #1, Shanty Bay,' Ontario This fold is erroneously called a ''shoulder dFedal Committee straptt. MEL FISKE 7795 Beaverdams Road Niagara Falls, Ontario In 1964 on the Commemorative silver dollar, Myron Cook altered the original Gillick de- Ado-Trisual Service & Display Case Shce sign and modified Shingles alteration. The CHAS. B. MISTER gown and fold of her dress are even more #3 Highway, distinct, Tillsonburg, Ontario Speaker Circzcit Service In 1965 a new portrait was introduced, KEN PROPHET This was engraved by Arnold Machin, Mr, Box 226, Sarrie, Ontario Machin was born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1911, Editor W. E. PAT LAMBERT Box 31 1, St. Catharines, Ont. Pa~e 52 and had held several posts in connection with art teaching and sculp- ture. This portrait shows a more mature Queen and she is seen wearing a diamond tiara of festoons, scrolls and collet-spikes, which was given to Her Majesty as a wedding present from Queen Mary. The .Queen approved this portrait in 1964 and it appeared on the Canadian coins in 1965, but it did not appear on the British coins until 1968 when it was used on the decimal coins. The coin was first struck on a flat field but this shortened the life of the die, so a more concave coin was struck. Coin collectors know there are other varieties in these 1965 coins, but the portrait remains the same, In 1968-1969 the dollar was made from nickel and reduced in size, with the result that the portrcit was reduced. In 1971 Pa-trick Brindley, chief engraver of the Royal Canadian Mint, modified the original Machin design on the British Columbia silver dollar, which was a centennial issue, The niokB1 commemorative dollar has the same obverse as the 1968 dollar, In 1972 another silver dollar was issued with the Brindley mbdi- fications, In 1973 on the three commemorative coins issued i.e. R.C.M,P. silver dollar, R.C.M.P, 25g. and the P.E.I. nickel dollar, we find the portrait reduced in size. It is a much sharper portrait and the hair is more visable, as it formerly had a worn appearance, This was the work of Patrick Brindley. This yeax a nickel and a silver dollar will be issued to corn- . memorate the 100th anniversary of Winnipeg (as well as many Olympic coins). The portraits on these dollms will be the same as the portrait on the 1973 commemorative coins, While these two portraits by Mrs. Mary Gillick OBE and Arnold Machin OBE, RA have been re-emgraved several times, the changes have been few, in details only, which do not affect the original portraits very much. A MODERN COIN ---- A MODERN HISTORY TKE KEMNEDY HALF DOLLAR By Tom Mater s London Nurni smati c Society '!Where were you?" Listening to your radio or watching a f avourita television show, or going about your every day tasks? Earl3 in the afternoon on November 22nd, 19637 a flash interrupted all programs -F+i,!fThe president of the United States has been shot in :$:% ***+**** f ****:%:> * * *< g: ::: >;: * :;< * ... -1-1- ,.. C *96 <: ;$ **:s*:\::** THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is published monthly by the Ontario Numismatic Association. The publication can be obtained with membership in one of the following categories:, Life Member ship - $50.~ Regular Member- ship - $4. amnually, Juniors (up to 18 years of age) - $3. annually, Husband and Wife .(one journal) - $6. annually, Club - $10.. annually. ' Special O.NA. Silver Lapel Pins - $2.50. Remittance made payable to The Ontario Numismatic Association. c-o Mr. Bruce Raszmann, P.O. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario. I3Esd2L Dallas, Texas, I repeat - John F, Kennedy, the President of the United States, has been shot, Keep listening for further details on hi s condition, It \ With these few words the North American continent and the world was made aware. The shock of it all began to set in from coast to coast and around the world, Later that afternoon, after many news bulletins, the world w2s to be saddened with the report, "The Presid- ent is dead." The shock had now set in round the world, Many people were asking the question tfWhy?ll To-day, more than 10 years later, many of the why's have not been answered and may well never be answered. The sound of the horses hoofs and the rumble of thecaissons had hmdly stilled when the wheels were put in motion to honour John F, Kennedy on the coinage of the United States. Should it be on the cent? Lincoln had adorned the cent since 1909, and many people thought a new design was necessary; or on the Jefferson nickel, the Roosevelt dime, or the Washington quarter dollar? All of these coins could have the design changed without an act of Congress, having all run the prescr- ibed 25 years, But to remove one from either the cent, nickel, dime or quarter would be removing the portrait of a former President, so, it was decided that the Franklin half dollar would be the coin used. Benj amin Franklin, who was one of the United Statesf most honour- ed citizens, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, stateeraman, etc,, was a very popular choice for the half dollar in 1948, But it was thought that the half dollar would have a greater impac.t on the people, and that the changing of the Franklin design by an act of Congress would also serve to honour a young president who had still so much to do and so much to give to the people of the United States and to the people of the world, The Franklin half was discontinued and in 1964, the Kennedy half rolled through the coin press like no other half doll= in the hist- ory of the United States coinage, In 9 years of issue, the quantity minted has exceeded the total combined production for the previous 170 years of half dollars, Millions were minted, but very few served as a medium of exchange. People from every wdk of life put some away, so that they could tell their grandchildren about the coir, and the man it depicted, or be able to present to them an honoured coin. Many hoarded great numbers with the hope of becoming rich over night, but with the great number minted this seems very uhlikely, Only this last couple of years has one been able to pick up in change one of the Kennedy halves, and many have disappeared into the melting pot for the silver content it held. This year! s theme for fiTA National Coin Week is ltHistory in Your hand^^^, Every coin that we pick up has a history if we research it, My point is that the Kennedy half is a very young series that has dl- ready had a most interesting history. Thus far it has been minted in three metal varieties:- .9OO fine silver in 1964; .400 clad silver from 196.5 through 1970; and cupro-nickel clad copper commencing in 1971. It has also the mint marks on both the reverse (1964) and the obverse (from 1968). It was also designed by two engravers, The ob- verse was designed by Gilroy Roberts, whose initials appear on the base I of the bust. The reverse was designed by Frank Gasparro:, and his initials appear beneath the e?.glel s left leg. Also another interesting fact is that in 1970 the only Kennedy halves were those of the Denver mint and those just for the collect- ors who ordered sets, The Kennedy half is still a very young series, but in the eyes of this writer a coin that is much desired because of its beauty, liistory, still easy to complete, reasonably inexpensive, and in my opinion, barring unforeseen events, a long life. John Fa Kennedy had a great deal to offer to the world at the time of his death. May the Kennedy half dollar offer to the collect- ors of numismatics everywhere its full potential for years to come. -4pplications published in the April issue of the Ontario Numismatist have now been accepted. The following applications have been receiv- ed, if no written objections are received, their acceptance will be aclgowledged in the July-August issue of the Ontario Numismatist, 929 - Gordon M, Culbert, R. R. # 3, Stayner, Ont. LOM 1SO 930 - Felix DeLongchamp, 165 Tanguay -rive., Sudbur~9 Ont- 931 - Jan F, Szkolka, 789 Howey Drive, ,%dbury, Ont. J932 - Wayne aggins, 47 Lakehurst Drive, St, Catharines, Onto L2N kc3 933 - Mrs, Noreen Howcroft, 107 Victoria Sto, Barrie, Ont. DID YOU The groat (fourpence) was first issued in England in 1279, during the reign of ICing Edward 1, as part of a new style coin- age which also included the introduction of specially minted half- pennies and farthings. It was discontinued shortly afterwards but during the coinage reform of 135'1, under Ed~ardIll, the groat was re- introduced and a halfgroat was issued for the first time. Also during this reform, the weight of the gold and silver coins was reduced and the value of the metals was adjusted at a rakio of twelve to one. ILLOS VIS CAI)%RE, the reverse legend on the Vexator Canadiensis tokens translates literally as I1Donrt You Want To-Catch Them1! and it is generally regarded that this refers to the people who issued the tokens, The obverse legend, 'VEXATOR CANADIENSIS, means "The Tormentor Of Canadatt and, no doubt, refers to the subject of the very crude obverse bust, probably the IEng of England, Edward V11 and George V are depicted on the Canadian coins in the robes usually worn on state occasions (for example, the opening of Parliament). The crown is the Imperial State Crown, while they wear the chain of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. The discovery of gold in British Columbia resulted in the administration, under Governor Douglas, setting up a mint at New Westminster to strike $10. and $20. gold pieces, in the year 1862, The plan ended very rapidly, however, as it didnrt have Imperial app- roval. Very few of these coins are struck. ( The above was contributed by North York Coin Club.) Page 55 LETTIBS TO THE EDITOR - The following letters have been received in mswer to our comments on the recent Convention held at Niagara Falls. Our readers are invited to make use of this new colm, which I hope to make a permanent feature, provided you, our readers, write to me on your pet beefs, criticism (constructive or adverse) and/or whatever. 331 Dovedale Dr., Whitby, Ont. L1N 128 10 May, 1974 The Editor, The Ontario Numi smati st, Box 311, St. Catharines, Ontario. Dear Sir: Your April issue was delayed by the mail upset but here are a few belated thoughts on the poor showing of Exhibitors in general, not just at the OmNeAa Convention, which was affected by the weather. While I have only been on the Show trail a mere eighteen months, I nave noticed one or two things that I feel could be improved, Firstly, in the area of displays, it is my feeling that any display that takes a first should be withdrawn from future competition in that class, This would allow a IlT~pical~~category display to be used again under a broader typing, but would eliminate the same display from tak- ing several firsts with only the most minor changes being made to it while in the ltTopicalltgrouping. My other and possibly greater concern is with judging. Many people share my view that the judging is inconsistent, both between shows and between judges at the same show. An example of this is a case where a display that placed 3rd out of at least 5 entries received the highest overall points from one judge and the lowest from another. I'm not saying which I feel was right. The only recommendation I can suggest is possibly a training scheme for new judges having them work with an accredited OaNoAa judge for a year and much tighter control by the chief judge wlio would require re-exmination of any display that showed too large a point spread between individual judges. Possibly too, display points could be awarded by the judges in consultation to reach a unanimous verdict. Obviously, these are not all the answers but I trust my com- ments will spark some discussion on the subject, In closing, may I suggest more prize winning an- competitive displays for education of us all. Yours faithfully, Do J, Cole ONA #914 Editor s Note - Further letters are on hand which will be used at a later date. Any comments on the above? NRE MWmS CONTINUED The below mentioned new members have been received from our Sudbury Area Dirbctor, Gerry &Ubert. Good work, Gerry ! J934 Brian Enchin, 15'5 Kingsmount Blvd., Sudbury, Ont. 935 Paul Julien, 1151 Keewatin Crt., Sudbury, Onto P3A 4~3 I 936 Rene C. Decosse, 337 Pine St., Sudbury, Onto P3C 1x9 937 Richard Mroczynski, 173 Pine St. Box 693, Garson, Ont. POM 1VO PROPOSED COIN SHOWS Listed below are the proposed coin club shows with dates and banquets, Please check to see if any of them conflict with your club1s show date. Sept. 7 - Huronia Numismatic Association 14th annual show in the Bayfield Mall, Eayfield St. North, Barrie, Ontario. In- formation re bourse, etc., to P.O. Box 243, Barrie, Ontario L~M4~2.. Sept. 21 - Toronto Coin Club Annual Show in the Territories and BoC, Rooms, Royal York Hotel, Front St., Toronto, Auction conducted by Ro Shillingworth, Suite 506, 19 Richmond St., West, Toronto, Ontario. Oct. 6 - Bluewater International Coin Show sponsored by Sarnia Coin Club at the Village Inn, N. Christina St., Sarnia, For bourse contact ~illiarnson,931 re en hale Ave., or General Chairman - Sandy Pdne, 1714 Carl St., ~arnia, Display Case - Roy Richards, 723 Alexandra A-~e., P~int Edward. Oct. 19 - St. Cat'narines Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet in West- minster United Church Hall, Queenston St., St, Catharines, Chairman - Pat Lambert, P.O. Eox 311, St. Catharines and Bourse Chairman - Re Voaden, FEghland Ave., St. Catharines. Oct, 28 - Stratford Coin Club Annual Show. L. Details ,4611 follow later. OLYMPIC COIN PROGRAM NEWS Two months after the offical launching of the 1976 Canadian Olympic Coin Program, the Minister responsible for the project, Post- master General Andre Ouellet, was able to announce that few of the Canadian Allotment of the nine million coins minted for the first series, were still available. "As far as the first series is concerned, we are in a near sold- out ~ituation,~~said Mr. Ouellet. "Just filling the orders we have on hand will -bake about two months.11 Acceptance of the Olympic Coin Program, coupled with the high de- mand by Canadians for the coins, have resulted in 2 decision to in- crease the original 40% allotment for Canada to 50%. In this respect, the Prcgraml s Managing Director, Mr. ,4~1stin P, Page, stated that every effort would be made to meet the Canadian demand while respecting comrni tment s to other countries and markets, At the end of January, banks across Canada were notified that supplies of two of the four Olympic coins in the first series, were ex- hausted, and that all future orders for packaged coins be accepted subject to availability only. Originally, it had been estimated that approximately 60% of the coins would be sold in foreign markets. In Japan, where the Program was lzunched last December, sales are running well ahead of the pro- jected 10% market share allotted the Pacific region. In Europe, the United States and Mexico, where coins will be offered for sale in March and May respectively, initial response at the distributor level has been very encouraging, Page 57 The 1976 Canadian Olympic Coin Program is off to a good start. And there are already ample evidences -- present trends included -- that the Program will meet its objectives of selling some 60 million Olympic commemorative coins in Canada and internationally, between now and the summer of 1976, At face-value alone, the 60 million coins are expected to total $450 million. Additional mark-up and special packaging will bring gross revenues up to above $500 million. With production, marketing and all other costs estimated at about 50%, anticipated profit should be in the region of $250 million which will foot most of the $310 million bill to be incurred by the Games, Revenues from Olympic stam- ps, lottery tickets and related activities will balance the outstand- ing $60 million. The Government of Canada is creating a preced-ent with the Olympic Coin Program which opens a new vista on the vital aspect of financing future Olympic Games. If Canada is successful, it may become financ- ially feasible for a host of the worldr s smaller nations to also stage the Olympics on their own soil, NEWS AROUND THE COIN CLUBS CAMBRIDGE COIN CLUB The last meeting saw 39 members and guests in attendance.The feature of the meeting was- the showing of-the O,N,A. slides entitled "Large Canadian Cents1' and was enjoyed by all present. The meeting closed with a lively auction conducted by Vince Neviden md assisted by Clare Glennie and Mark Wellsman, after which coffee and pastries were served, CITY OF OTTAWA COIN CLUB The last meeting was attended by 29 members and eight guests. The final plans were made for the upcoming show and everything seemed to be in okder, Mr. Jack Roberts gave a short talk on the amount of research that can be done, especially on lot@ tokens. Iie had just discovered 8 different types of bakery tokens. He also has 6 papers on different suDjects which he will send to any- one who sends a stamped, self- addressed envelope. COLLINGWOOD AND DISTRICT NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION ' The first regulak meeting of the club was held April 23? 1974 with 30 members and guests present. The Constitution was finalzz- ed and it was decided that the first formal election of officers should be held in June. This term would be short just from July-Dec- ember so as to get elections on a yearly basis, ltCongrats to our newest club - Our best wishes We hope to hear more from you as time goes on Ye Ed, H.4MILTON COIN CLUB The last meeting had an attendance of 21 members and guests, The Program Chairman, Eugene Culpi gave an excellent talk on "Milk Tokens11 , and Patti Brace, a junior member, spoke on [Istone Money and It s EEst~ry~~.This talk was well put together and was very I interesting, Plans are almost finalized for the C.N.A, Convention b~inghosted by the Hamilton Club in All the juniors attend- ing won a Torex Convention Coin which was enthusiastically received. Page 58 LOISDON NUPIISl!IATIC SOCIETY Forty-three members and guests were welcomed , to the last meeting by President Maclde Smith. A most interesting talk on I1Notes on the Coinage of Edward lT1was given by William N, Clarke who displayed some of the coins from his extensive British collection. It was announced that a junior member won the Best of Show at a recent Halifax show and Tom Waller .did the same at the Waterloo Show NIAGARA F-XLbS COIN CLUB - At the last meeting it was decided to have a banquet in June, with Howard !Ell working out the details. Me1 Fiske urged members to buy O.N.A. medals as souvenirs of the Convention. The meeting concluded with a lively auction conducted by Pat Lambert assisted by Peter Kostyk and George Oblinsb. NORTH HORIC COIN CLUJ- The club had invited the members of the Thistle- town Coin Club and Richmond Hill Club to share this meeting and many of them did. .!so Mr. Bruce Petch, Secretary of the Mississauga Club was there. The Presidents of the two visiting clubs gave a brief out- line of their club work and the North York delegate to the OsNoA. Convention gave an execellent report. After this Jack Veffer gave a short talk on Paper Money and accompanied his talk with slides. RICHMOND I-LL COIN CLUB - The last meeting was fortunate to have as guest speaker, Mr, Bill Morris who spoke on the theme "Royal Coins of the British Empire and- Commonwealth for the Last 100 years. The talk was made even more interesting with the caloured slides used, The club1s delegate to the O.N.A., Stan Clute, reported on the activities at Niagara r'alls and John Fotheringhm was congratulated on becoming the new Treasurer of the Canadian Young Numismatists. ST. CATHARIbTZS COIN CLUB- Sixty member S and guests attend. d the last meeting of the club. Membership chairman, Mrs. Lorne Shepard, re- ported that the club now had 90 senior and 8 junior paid-up members. Mrs. L. M. Ritchie, a member of the club since 1961 and an active member of the executive since 1962 was presented with a Life Member- sh.ip, as abelated Mother ' s Day gift. Fred Barley will be the clubrs delegate to the C0N.A. Convention. STRATFOEID COIN CLUB - The club announces that it will host the 1975 OoNoAo Convention on April 26 and 27? 1974- at the Victoria Inn, Strat- ford. For nore information write to Box 262, Stratford, The last meeting featured a dinner meeting with the O.P.P, giving a talk on Counterfeit bills which proved very interesting, -THISTLETOWN COIN CLUB - The main fea-ture of the meeting was the report of delegate Paul Johnson on the 0.N.A. Convention, This was followed by a talk on the former Port Credit Coin Club now called the Mississ- auga Coin Club which meets the second sunday of the month, TORONTO COIIJ CLUB - The executive announced the apgointments of Dr. Marvin as 1 st, Vice-Pre sident and Herman Gordon as 2nd. vice-president, filling vacancies that have occured in the execztive for the balance P~ge 59 of the year. The slides on the Coinage of Edward Vlll were shown and enjoyed by all, It is surprising the number of countries that issued i them during his short reign, WATETtLOO COIN SOCIETY - The last meeting featured a slide series en- titled HCanadals Five Cent Silver" which was from the C.N.A, library and was enjoyed by all. fUso two members gave a short talk on "Why They Collect Coinsll, namely Agnes Whetham and Mark ICoenig. A.N.A. OFFmS $5,000 REWPJRD FOR SHERWOOD KILLERS Colorado Springs, Colo. -- The Board of Governors of the American Numismatic Association has posted a $5,000 reward for information that would lead to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of AeNmAo member Earle D. Sherwood, John Jay Pittman, chairman of the RONoA. Security, Thefts and Robberies Committee, noted this action by the board at its recent meeting in Colorado Springs, Mr. Sherwood, formerly of LYurley, New York, and a 39-yem member of the Association, was brutally murdered during a robbery involving his personal collection at his home in Florida. He moved to the Bea- con Square retiree area of Tampa-Saint Petersburg three years ago from New York State where he had spent most of his life and was prominent in collective activities. His wife was in California at the time of the crime. Sherwbod was alone when the thieves entered his home late in the evening, The beaten body of the 80-year-old collector was not lfound until the following afternoon, Pasco County sheriff's detectives stated that the only item miss- ing from the Sherwood home was a safe, weighing several hundred pounds. This was found the next day in a wooded area approximately 10 miles from the home. The killerfs car was found nearby, too damaged to drive further. A close friend noted that Sherwood had sold all but $800.00 or $900.00 worth of his collection. There is no information available as to the nature of the remaining collection that was stolen. The $5,000, reward offered by the A,N.A, is in .addition to a $1,000. reward by the Pasco County Sheriffrs Department. Anyone hav- ing information that might help in solving this crime should contact the sheriff s office by calling (813) 842-9768, -NOTE : The A.N.A. has offered a $5,000. reward for any information pertaining to the above-mentioned. Should any of our readers know of any information that will help to clear up this crime they should noti- fy the above-mentioned sheriff. In passing, I feel sure that all of us of the OoNeAe extend our sympathy to the family of the late Earle Do Sherwood. A TIME TO TIIIAK - Do you, our members and executive, realize that in six months time you will be asked to nominate your executive for 1975- ' 1977. My reason for interjecting this thought at this time is to give you all plenty of time to mull over in your minds those people wllom you feel you want to guide this Association for the next two years., .. O.K.?...... Ye Pres, Page 60 THIS 'N THAT On Page One of our May Bulletin we published an article on Displaying and Judging by Lloyd To Smith of the London Nwni smatic I Society, We Iiad expected. at least 2 or 3 letters of comments on this topic - up to date (June 3rd) we have not received one letter. Now I know tliat there are many of my collecting and exhibiting friends who must have some ideas on improving bath the Judging the Judg- ing System. In order to be fair, I am asking the a~~thorof the last month's mticle to please do us an thumbnail outline of the LONOS. Judging System with all relevant details, such as the No-Category System, Standardisation of Judging--(one of the biggest beefs of lnavly exhibitors) - cover as thoroughly as possible in, say, two pages -- At least let us, the @.N.A., be objective about this all-important part of our conventions -- then, perhaps, Ican persuade your (o~N~A.) executive aid our members to try this system. I am prepared to try it, but I am only one voice with only one vote, without the necessary majority of our executive and member ship I can do little to change the situation. ONE THING IS FO3 S-UBE-TTB POOR SHOWING OF EaBITS, at the last O.N.d, Convention and subsequent coin club shows clearly shows tliat it is TIME FOR A CHANGE. Question: Do you want to change your judging system, to standardize your judging field? or carry on with the present half-hearted judging systems of former years? I would further add that those who attended the recent O.N,A. Delegates Meeting will recall that this very question came up for discussion, wi th negative results; your executive had hoped for some direction from its delegates, but received only a directive to continue as be- fore. The question of judges also was discussed and it was suggested that we liold a judges instruction forum, however, no definite date was I set for this forum, Here, may I interject a suggestion that maybe we could hold a judging symposium at Torex, naturally suject to the approval of the Torex executive committee =d sufficient numbers who are interested in judging will indicate their willingness to attend. This would be gn ideal time and place to talk, pulling no punches, frankness being the order of the day, To quote Lloyd T. Smith. 'incon- sistant judging, confusion of categories and lack of any standardization in the judging field are undoubtedly part of the reason for some of the loss in membership in both the O.N.A. and C.N.B. and, for the re- fusal of many advanced collectors to take an active part in the com- petitive display fieldf,.,.. There you have it ..,d. What are YOU going to do about it?. .. . What CAN WE do about it?. .. . You tell me and 1'11 tell them so they can tell you what they are going to do about it (if. you' re confused, join the judging confision) . Have a ,good suer, and please note:- your July Bulletin will be the fully ammended Constitution and By-Laws of the O.N.A:, but in order to keep in touch we shall be publishing a tlMinitfBulletln in August. - 30 -- Ye Ed 0 OFFICIAL FUBLlCATlON OF THE ONTARIO NYMlSMATlC ASSOClATION FOUNDED 196a WATERLOO, ONTARIO I Volume 13 JuEy-August 1974 Page 61 Past Presidents R. R. REKOFSKI (1 962- 1965) Takes first page this month as most of ow L. T. SMITH (1965-1967) July- August Bulletin i s taken over by the Wm. ENGLISH (1 967-1 969) re-printing of our Constitution and By-Laws, D. FLICK (1969-1 971) We have purposely left the last 12 pages so C. B. LAISTER (1 977 - 1973) you can, if you wish, remove the first couple President of pages and: keep the Constitution separate. W. E. PAT LNY%~ER'T The few changes made, duly passed ad author- First Vice-Preside~t ized by those attending the last two Annual, Wm. R. GAGE General Meetings, are Article 7, section 1 Sccoad Vice-President which gives reference to Appointments to MEL H. FISKE 0.N.A. Executfves, etcmt and secondly an Secretary amendment to our By-Laws by re-mrmging MRS. PAT LAMBERT the vmious directors areas., ,..You wLl1 note Treasurer & Membershi$ I have included our 'Letters to the Editor1 BRUCE H. RASZMANN page wLth a letter from Ross Irwin, one of hfniting Address this Bulletinzs most constant contributors Box 33, Wai.erloo, Ontario fTom Guelph, Ontario; in this letter he gives all of us much food for thought, particularly DIRECTORS * his Tina paragraph relatLve to the merits of Area 1' Howard Whitfield current judging sy~tems,,..~Let me interject Elliot Jephson Area 2 Ken W. Wilmot here how the St, Catharines Coin Club will Area 3 Victor G. Potter t~yam experiment, through the good offices Area 4 vacant Area 5 John Craig of the London Numismatic Society, in parti- Area 6 Richard A. Ford cular, Lloyd To Smith, we shall be ushg ,their Area 7 Tony Gordon Area 8 Ray Pleau present judging system at the Annual Show on Area 9 Clifford Shipman October 19th which as our friend Ross points 10 Gerald Albert Area out niil be a 'NO Eategoryt judging system.. .. Historiarn Another innovation at the St. Ca-thwines Show WALTER GRIGGS will be the elimination of trophies with the PirbEciEy I exception of Best of Show, Senior md Junior, BOB VOADEN ; This year they are going to use goodR old- Ontario Paper Co. Thorold, Ontario fashioned dollars, In other words ~lrst, J,i,ibrurion prize will be Ten Dollars, Second hrize will Wm. R. GAGE be Five Dollnrs and Third Prize Three Doll- RR #1, Shanty Bay,' Ontario ; ars,.,..It is hoped that this will spark a renewed interest- in exhibiting and "wer. - ; MEL FISKE , trust, we shall see a significant increase 7795 Beaverdams Road Niagara Fails, Ontario in displays so, if you, our readers, wish to get in on the goodies, then NO\,/ IS TI33 TIME AM&-Visual Service & TO the St. Displlay Case S&uice SIIOId YOUR N'UMlSP.lhTIC INTERXST, CHAS. B. LAISTER Cathaines Coin Club challenge dl exhibitors #3 Highway, to try to take the cash away from St, Cath- Tillsonburg, Ontario aines,,,.0ur renders will have noted,Frank /"-' Speakw Circuit Service Rose's generous offer to supply any bone fide KEN PROPHET Box 226, Barrie, Ontario club member with one set of the first Olympic Coin issue at $33-00 per set, we suggest you Editor W. E. PAT LAMBERT Box 31 1, St. Catharines, Ont. Page 62 send your order enclosed with this Bulletin to The Secretary, Pe0- n Box 311, Sto Cathaines, Ontario, L2R 6~7. This offer is limited, one set per coXlecto~,we suggest you send your order imediately upon receipt of "cls Bulletin. The deadline is August 3lst., .. . For now, Look forwwd to seeing you at the forthcoming fall shows.. .. . Mr , 3 TJlrs, Ye Ed wish everyone a healthy, happy and warn smer **** Sce you folks again in September , Ye Ed. *******:: *****$f* *>y:k::::bK*<< *:k***::::k$ * :g:k :> :> 1:: :::::c --Pi3OPOSED COIN SXOVJS Listed below are the proposed coin club shovrs with dace~and banquets. Please check to see if any of them conflict with your club s show date, Aug,ll - C,N.E, Exhibits - We invite dl our readers and members of coin clubs in Gntario to bring XLong exhibits for this yeart s C,N,E. Show, &k enquiries re exhibits, spat?, Btc., to Mr, Tony Gordon, P,O. Box 177? weston, Onto, M9N 1x0, Exhibit date from 2,00 p,m, onwards, August 11th. Sept, 7 - Buronia Numismatic Association 14th annual show in the Bayfield Mall, Bayfield St. K,, Bmrie, Ont. Auction and bourse information to P.O. Box 243, Barrio, Ont. LM 4~2. Sep, 21 - Toronto Coin, Club Annual Show in, the Territories and B,C. RoomsS Royal York Hotel, Front St., Toronto, Auction conducted by R. Shillingworth, Suite 506, 19 Richmoncl St., West, Toronto, Ontario. n Oct, 6 - Bluewater Inter~zationalCoin Show Sponsored by Sarnia Coin Club at the Village Inn, N, Christina St,, Sarnia. For bourse contact Cgrl WillLamson, 933- Greendale Ave,, or General Chairman - Sandy Paine, 1714 Carl St., Sarnia, and Display - Roy Richards, 723 Alexandra A~oo,Point Ed~+fa~d, ktw10-13-Torcxf74/~or th Yor k Coin Club at Toronto International Centre of Commerce, 6900 Air ort Road, Mississauga, Ont. Full details from - Torex '7c, 347 Bay St., Suite 1000$ Toron-to, Onto MSH ZR7 Oct, 19 - St, Catharines Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet to be held in Westminster Church Hall, Queenston St,, St. Cathmines. Enquiries to Chairman - Pat. Lambert, P*Oa Box 311! St. Catharines. For bourse details - Bob Voaden, 63 fi-ghlmd Avenue, St. Catharines. Guest Speaker, Lloyd T. Smith. Oct. 27 - Tillsonburg Rumismatic Society Annual Show and Banquet to be held at the Orange IJall, Brock St. E., Tillsonburg, Bourse Chairman - Lorence Wiuchairghs B.R.# 1, LaSaletta, Ont. Show Chairman - Bill Dodgson, 35 Joseph St., TiLlsonburf Oct. 28 - Stratford Coin Club Annual Show. For full details re bourse,gw displays, etc., contact Iten Milmot, P. O.Box 76, Sebringville, Ontario, NOK 1x0. Nov, 7 - Canadian Young Numismatists 2nd. ,bud Convention to be held at the Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel, 123 Queen St. idest, Toronto. For display details wTite Chairman - J. Fothsr- ingham, 127 Elgin St., Thornhill. sour se Chairman - Jon Jones, 7 Pay sham Cres., RexdUe. Admission - 25# for non- members, The Four Seasons Ilotel is across the street from Ci ty Hall, (.r Vd " Letter to the Editor from Ross Id, Irwin, Guelph, Ontario, Dear Editor: P I xeceivcd the June issue of O,N.A, j-n June so things are well, I: take up my "co fingers and write you knowing f,JZ we:Ll from past experience that no one will bother to ague my points so 1 can %hen be sure I am rig5.t all the time, It s a pleasat thought, To give you. a bit of copy to fill some space here are a few thoughts on the 0.N.B. show and others in general, Why noat start on dealers, everyone else does, 't a show the committee should select or invite dealers on the basis of a variety of stock, that is, probably several who spcicialj.ze i.n decimal but who still have a wide range of high q.uality to the cheaper coins a beginner may wish to obtain. to-day decimal coinage is not enough. There must also be dealers with good stocks of paper, foreign, tokens, medals and other miscollania. TJnr,. fortunately most shows just accept 'c'rlose who are willing to show up - the more the merrier$$$$$$, In summary dealers should be invited based on a wide range of material foi. the public you are asking to come- however, there is merit in having space for local people with a varied stock. Show goers get tired of looking at thc sane dealers and same stock. The selection of dealers based on good material is J.n the 11mds of the local committee and contributes to good shows? You wnsted page 60 on judging. Judging has always been a problem, whether in baseball, hockey oi. coins, A system of rules wonft change it and will probzblg make tho sccuring of experienced. and how- ledgecable peog1.o wlc;; more difficult, If the exhibit chairman and head judge tooli: a few minu.t~sfo discuss the job to be done, instead of the usual system of ha~dinga piece of paper to a hastily recruited person who is expected to fil.1. i.t in fast so he also has a chance to see the show ad visi:t 9, few dealers, success would be mcae uniform, Judging is not the problem -to be solved- +.-q- it,.- is-- xetti.oodI-, ..-_--I material to ,iud+ggL Which icads me to displ-ays. First, a display requires initiative to develcp. When a good one is wo~kesout at, considerable expense of tine md money w indiu.:.Cual wan-ts to get as much mileage as possible so takes i.t to several show? - he is proud of it, and doesnf t change it since thc ma-l-erii!. I s displayed the ~es-tw2y0 One thing for sure - the cost cf taking the dj-splay ffron sbou; to show far exceeas the value of any trophy won. One does not show for profit. Few shows lrce an invitational category. I:T they diii they could obtain a wide range of numismatic materid at the cost of s few medels or some other trinket. Kiagpri? Fs.l.lls was a 3.n~ci t:: i-rc-k to 2:. splay meant stay- ing in the city overnight to recover your exhibit the next Gay. In many cases -this was expensive and inconvenient and the chief cause of the few exhiblts the~e- Our antiquated system of ca-begories no longer provides the scope for good displs~ys. It should have beg11 discarded in 1968 when the serious collecting of serial decimal coinage crashed to a halt. I suggest a system of no categories. -4 topic or theme would be chosen by an individual and a display built aound it. The Show committee could select a Best of Show and then ;yard 10 morc prLecs in no opi.i? of merit. Bach exhibit would be judg~don its o~mrnerj.t with ~espectto the theme and the entire show, Signed --,- Ross, Comments?? Lettsgc-t sjme ideas going! Ye EL, n -Article 1 - ?Jme b Sectioi?. 1 The name of -the association shall be "The Ontario hrumisnatic Association,ll herein~fterref erred to as the "Association.If Section 2 (a) The o.r"ficia1 crest of t!le Associxtion shall be describzd as follo>~s:inheraldic kerrrLs: Fess point - Shield. Shicld description: On the Dexter, Xddle, Sinister, and Honour Point' the Cmss of Saint George. Gross heraldic coloured red (vertical lines), Fess Point, Nombrill Faint, and Eddie Base, the TrilLLum Flower, (~rovinceof Or,t3.sio flower) . Shield sum.oun.ted by the I3dr~a1-d crown. Wreath: Rree-qua~,erwrea.th in field, dominating the Dexter, IdEddle, and Sinister i3asc. Inscription reads : ONTARIO DXJI,II34ATIC IISSOCI~TZO~~.Date : The date appears in the open field in the Fess Dexter and Fess Sinister split by shield. (b) IL copy of the crest as approved shall be included in the by-laws of the ,\ssoci%tion. (c) The mot,to of: the Association shall be: ''Vires Acquirit Emdof7and sha.11 be t&er. to mean fffls it grows it gathers strength, T' Article 2 - Objects ,'-'. ,'-'. Section 1_ The oSjecLs of %he Irssociatfon stla11 be: (a) to advance the study of numismatics along educational, historical, scientific and esthetic lines in al.1 its vwious branches. (b) to encourage popular interest in tlie study of nm.imtics and especially to bring those interested in numismc2tics into closer relationship Sg the interchance of ideas 8nd discussions of mutual interest. (c} to 2akher ancl dissminats a.ccu.rate information bearing upon numismatic sul~jects. (d) to encourage co-operation between all persons and organizations interested in the prozuction, circulation and use, collection, presc-rvation, classificxtian, exhibition, and sale of coins, tokens, medals, adpaper money. (e) to acquire, own, hold, a1.d dispse of such pmperty f~ri.ts own use as may be necessary to achieve properly the obSects herein set ?orth. (f) to perforrn such other acts as may be necessayy kt oczrr~rinto effect tha said objec-ts, prcvided thdt such acts do not alter in any lqay the position or" the A'~ssocistionas a non-prof it organization. ;'~~Sicle3 - 14enbzbers - Eligibi1if.y and Privileges Section 1 Tie membership of the association shall consist; of honorary rnenbers, regxlar n members, fmdly members, junior, corp~r?~tenezbers, life nembers, and affiliate merrihers . 7-> , 5 *---Section 2 Honorary members shall. be those persons who, for outstanding services to the associztj.on or the science of numismatics, or of distinguished reputation or learning have been nomiilated in writing by at least three rnemSers of the associatian, recommended by the executive cormittee and approved by a majority vote at a general mcet,ing on the recommenclztion of the executive. -Section 3 Ard~ pc~socof good reputation, Id years of age or over, shall be eligible to apply for regular rne3bership. ,iny club, society, association, corporation, museum, archives, public libraw or institution of learning, interested in numismatics and whose officers are of good repr~tation, shall be eligible to apply for ccrporate mmbership. Section 5 imy honorary or regular member of the association who has been a member in good standing for three years or longer shall be eligible to apply for Life Pfernbership. The membership number given to a life member shall be preceded by the letters "UI." l~ien~bershipsare not transferable from one person or organization to another. Section 7 ilonorary, reg~11:~r2nd lifa msmI3crs shall be enti'tlcd to all the privileges of the Lssociation, including the right to vote, hold office, ancl receive the official p~blic.z'tionsof the a.ssoclation, except, such services as outlined in the by-laws, and 'Kha't honorary rncnbers shall not ke eligiSle to hold office unless they Irere regular or 1iIe members at the .time that honormy me~nberskipv!2s conferred upon them. -Sectioa 8 Cor.porate r??er:ljers shall 'cc @ntitl,edto all the privileges of the associ~~tion, e:cccpt that each such organization sh?ll have only one vote, shall not be eligible to hold of.Cjce, shall not be eligible for life membership ar.d shall receive only one copy of the assosi.ationts official publicatj-on. Section 9 Ih man'oer of the executive, elected or appointed, nor a corpora.tion, partnership or proprietorship with which he ts asstrciated mag be penlitbed to enter into a financial contract with the , .sso cietion. :IrticZe 4 - 1.Imbers - ;~pplication, l'~dTi5~i0rI.and hes --Scciion 1 iipplications to becolne Xegular, Pxiily, Junior, Life or iffiliated i-ientbers shall. be made in writing on an official spplicatlon form. Sxch applications sl~aZL, in the case of Regulzr, Pmily, Life or Affiliated iIembers, bear the name and address of the applicant, afi2 in the case of +,he Junior lGember the age at last birthday. Section 2 r'ipplications to become Corporate Members shall be made in writing ori an official application fom, signed b;7 two of the applicant 2 secutirrs officers. J1 i=pplications for all memberships, accompanied by one gearTsmembership dues, shall be sent .to tha Secretary, who shail cause notice of tl?e applicakiion to be pu.blisi?er! in the nex"c issue of the Official W~licationof tho .Lssociation. IS no 7,:ritten oh Jaction to such application is rcccirred by the Secretary by the end 04* the next succeeding month following publicatior?, the applicant shall be adinitted to ~rie~t-~ershipon that data and notice to this cff sct shall be publishad in the next succcedins issue of thc Official Fublicati~n. Sec-tion 5 If written an? timely objection to such acknission is received hy the Secretary, he shall refer the matter to the President, who shdll tliereupon inform the applicant of the nature of the ob.jection and request an ans1;er theyeto not later than one month after the sending of such notice. i'hsn this has been received, the Presiden-L ahall fow:ai-d all the s.vailahle information to the Fxecutive for consideration and nctfon. The Exccu-tive my either accept or reject such application and in either event the Presiclent shall notify the Secretary oS the decision. If: the Executive accepts the a~plication,the applicant shall. be ad~it*tedand no"cjc tt hzeof shall he 2ubllshed in the Official Publication. If the application be rejected, the zpplicant shall be so infomcd by the Secre.tav and the advance dues shall be retu~nedto the applicant. Section 6 1-Ionorary l~lexnbers shall be rclieved from the payment of any membership duc s . ---Sectian T :dl. dues for ijIei*~~bersshall bc such as rnag kc shown fro~~the to tkns in i;hc 33'- Jj~mof the ;lsmciatj.on. AppZications for LiTe liEnSership, j..? found to bc in orcies, shall be accei~ted fortl~withby t;he Secretary cantinotice to such membership sl~allbe publishcc ir! the next; succcedin~- issue of the Ofticiel Publication. The eucs for Lifc l.icm3ers s!lall be pyable in a lump som at the time of application as a Lif o I~Iember. .;ftar paymen-L of saM sur~t, Life Iiembers shall not be required .to pay azy r7rdditional mcmbcrshtp dues during l;h3ir lifethe, -. k~ticle5 - ?:lcrfibem - rLeai~nn.t.Lon, Suspension and -2si3i S2ciior; 1 ~L~UE~clues shall be pa;~able in advr::ncc on danlm-qy 1st of each year. 1'my meclber ??ha Tails i;o pay his clues bei'cre I,kr.ch 1st. of ,zny year. shall be liable to lose his merLi1~e?shipsin r;fnich case his naae shall be dropped fram -Lhe nenborshij3 ro?_ls and. renorred Srorn the xiling lis-Ll Iiny mzml~crxho has Sost his inembership for non-p;p.enS of d-ues or :qha I-13,s res.i.:jned, na.:y' :3e reinsta:;ed upon na;~qerL of arrears due at the ?;ke of the loss of' mericershj..p or resigrta-tion, provided no chz-rges are pendin@ a2i;ains.i; n A,--? and $11 such case, onl1.y if the chkr~csare wi-thdu.z:r.;ln or dismissed. --Section 3 In I ':ihenever ~~iritter!char2l.s are brought against any rnexher for conduct prejudicial to the welfare of the iiasoci:i~Lion, silch charges shall be signed by the person malring thm. identity of the person making such charges shall not be nadc knowc, except to the Zxecuti-r~. Such charges, with psl-tdcul.zrs thereof, shr-ll be filed with %he President, who shall thereupon furnish the accuscd member !\ilith a writken copy thereof. The ~tccusedma?b:'ue_r shnll be afforded a, reasonable oplportunity to enter a writtoendefense to such charges, The matter sha.11 then be referred to the ExecutLve, which shall stud2 the case. The executive.- my ciimiss such charges, o~ it may censure, suspend o- expel the accused ~~ember.It m2y cause the result of .i-t;e action to be published in the official publication. Until the final decision of the %ecutive, tlnc accusec! rne?~barshzll continue in good s.tarding. Section 4 Llmbcrs in arreers for any cause .for Inore than one caSendsr year, provided that the arrears are riot 2 result of expulsion fron thu i~-lssociation,shall be reinstated on payment of the current year's dues, but illill be assigncd a new nembership nwnber. Section 5 hg' portion of the membership dues, ovurpid by the member at the time of his ttsuspcnsion,'I "expn1sion'"or I1res5.gnation by roquest, 7' ulzall be rofundcd to that person. Section 6 in thc event of a Life i-ienberslzip Sej.ng tcminated, other than b:i dcath, dues shall hc refunded on the Sasis of the essmption that khc Life expectancy of the t!as "ti-! of admission as P nr?mber ycars nfhr the date a Life ?.iembcr. The corlcluct of "chc members shall be guidecl by the Code 9.J Ethics which shall be i~cludedIn 'tha Gy-laws of the Lissociation. -Section 1 The elected officern of the :issociatj.on shall be: the Resident, thc Fi~stV5cc- prcsidcnt, the Second Vice-presiclen'l;, the Secretaqy, thc Trc~surerand Rcgionzl Directors, and there shall be at lmst one director from each area, The areas fierved by tl:c Directorus shall bc jncluded rin the By-laws of thc i~~sociation. Section 2 The tern of office in an elected President shall be limited to one elected two- year 't em, in addition to any yr riocl, thnt hc may have served as President ~CC~'J.SE01: death, resign~t~ionor otl~erinability of the regularly elected Fresident. Section 3 The duties of the elected officers shall be to conduct the affairs of the Association in accordance with %he provj.sions of the ConstTtution and of any By-1ar;:s enacted thereun~er. Thp duties shall be more specifically detailed in the By-lavs of the !issocbt8ion. Section 4. n> - T~Fgoverni~ body of the lZssociation shall be the elected and appointed officers a!~d shall be known as the Zxecutive. Page 8 rJ Sectioiz 3 The dutiesof the electedofficers shall include, but arenot limited to, Lhe follo~e~ing: (a) To appoint officers, biennially or at such other times as the offices rimy be vacant, to fill the following offices: Editor, Librarian, Advertising Manager, Kistorim, and such oificss as the executive may deem advisable, fssistaqts to these off5.cers may be appointed at the descre tion of the executive. Xb) To appoint temporarg officers to fill any elective office, ex- cept president, at any time that the encumbent shall become incapacit- ated or otherwise unable to discharge the duties of that office. ,Section 6 Duties of the executive shall include, but are not limited to the following: (a) To decide on the time md place for holding the General Meeting a (bj To prescribe the form of official membership applications and official ballots: (c) TO rule on the admission of applicants against whom objections have been raised; (d) To rule on the disposition of fornidl charges brought against a member of the Association; (e) To fix advertising rates for space in the official publication and set rules and regulations in connection therewith; (f) To fix the compensation paid to any officers to whom such n compensa.t;ion is said: (g) To prescribe which elected and appointed officers shall be bonded and to fix the amounts thereof; (h) To remove from office any elected or appointed officer who does not or cannot meet the requirements of the office; (i(p To carry on and direct the affairs of the Association generally. ARTICLE 7 - Officers - Election- Section 1 Any Life Member or Regular Member who has been in good standing for two years or longer shall be eligible -to hold office in the Assoc- iation. In the event that no eligible member is nominated to any position the executvie shall have the authority to appoint any member in good standing by a majority vote of the executive, Section 2 No member shall be eligible Tor office of President until he has served a full two year term as an elected officer, Section 'j Elections shall be held every two years and shall take place prior to the -Annual Genera Meeting, Section 4 In an election year, the president shall make a call for nominations of elected officers six months prior to the opening of the Annual Gener- -% -% al Meeting, in the official publication and at the same time shall appoint election committee, consisting of a chairman and two members. ---Section 5 n All norriinztions shall be made in v!ritin~, signed by trro memke~sin good. standing ~r?dsent to the Chaim~nof the Elec3ion Committee. Xach ncmin~tionshall be accornpaxied by 2 !~rlttenacce~~~ance from the nominee or a declzration signed by the nominators stating that "she rlomfnee hs.3 expre ssecl uillingness ko serve if el.ecLed. -Section 6 AIorri~nxtions shall close four months prior .to the opening of the lb1~ua1&nerd TJeeting. Section 7 ----4 The Chairman of .the Zlection Covmittee shtlll cause tlne names of the non.inees to bs pu3lished three months prior to the opening of the !!!ual General. iketing in the Official Wblication. Section 8 ?the Sccretaq shall cause the naxes of all nominees to be printed on tho official ballo't s and shall mail one ~l"fj.cj.al ballot to each member in good atanding 60 days prior to the opening of the Annual General 1-keting, together with an envelope marked ':Officiai Raliot 11 and an envelope sddre ssed to the Chaimmn of the Election Conunittee. PIie unopened ei~vclopes, containing the mtrked bal.l.ots, shn3.1 be taken by the Chciman 03: I;l;e Jfieci;ion Conmittee to the rk~nualConvention w31e1.e they shall bs opened on Llze firs't day of the Conven"c.on, by the Chaimzan in the presence of at least one other nernber of i;he Comit*l;ee and the ballots counted, In "chc event of a tie, the - natlier sha1.l be repo~teclto the 'resident, who 5ii~l.lazll for a vote :Croilz the f'loor . of .the .4nnual ?enern1 1-ieetins $0 brealc the tie, The results of' the election shall be enrlounced by the Chairman of' the FLection Comi.ttee at the fj-rst session of the An~ual IGcnsral Meeting. The ballots shall be held by the Chairman of the l!Lectioii Colmittee for zL least one year and then may be destroyed on the direction of the President. Section 10 hy office for which no nominatiolls have been ~ecuivedmy be filled b-7 a vote of the elected officers. All elected officers shall assme their duties n.t the last session or" tho -;lnnual General 14Iee.ting and shall. hold oSSice for. t~~oyears thzk kkne and until Lheir successors have been duly elected and installed. Escll ol"l"tcer, at the expj.ra.tion of his term of office shall within 30 days deliver ta his successor all books, papers, money or other property of the Association in his possession. Be shall not be rslieved from his bond or obligation until this requirement has been fulfilled. Section 13 Tl"o ~nembershall hold or"ftce, elected or appointed unless he is a resident of Ont~rio. Section li+ me tern of office of ar! elected president shall be limited to one elected two- yzz Le,m. Page 10 Section 15. P~o mmLSer shall stand for election for more than one office. Article 8 - cleet-ings The, ul.i;jmate au+vhori.ty in Associa.tion ma?,ters shall be a pruperiy convened General 51eeting. This ?!illuauelxy be the A~nualGeneral I.lee'clng held at t,he the of the amud Convention. in cases of extreme importance a Lpecial General Idieeting majr be called by ,the Presidelzt. Potice of such meeting shall be published in Chs Official Fubl-ication of the Association art least one month prior 'to such meeting. Section 2 In the period betwsen Cener21 Meetings, the executive shall have full power to act for. the Associatj.on in accordance with the terms of the Constitution. Section 3 A quorurn at any General 'eeting shall. be ct least five members of the Exccu%ive an6 five other regular or life members, all present in person. Section lb The executive shall meet p~iorto all General hIeetings and at such other times called or by tho President. 2cci;ion 5 A quorum at any Executive meeting shall be five members of the fiecutivs prescni - in pelnson. -Article 9 - Conventions Section 1 f ].heI kssocie,tion mag meet in convention once every year, at such the and place as may be decided upn b;; the hecutj-vs. The time and place thereof shall be announced by .the President in at Least three issues of the Official Publication prior to said Con~c~?i;ian. Applications for the privil-ege of sponsoring a conventfan may be ~nacieby any Corpor2'Le 1.lmber or group of Eegul.~rI~iembcrs. Such application shall be sent to the Presidei~tat Least one yeay in advance and shodd clearly state what facilities are available in Lhat locality, the number of persons available .to work out and !~andlethe detzi1.s of We convention, and tlio assurance that propcr financial backing can be provided to run such a convention. k tentative ps0gsm.e should accompany the apnlic~tionar?d preference should be ziven to the applicant that incorporates in the convention programme the useful exchange of numisrn?. tic iafornat ion through lectures or discussion groups. Section 3 In the event that no applications are received for the privilege of sponsoring a convention in any particular yenr, or' if the circu~siJ~ir?ccsshoul-d +:arrant it, the held under the sponsorship of a conqittee appointed by the Presidcni n conven'tion n2y be for Gnat purpose. --Section 14- Tle privilege of smnsoring 2 convention illb be assigned by the Zxecukive. Re sponsoring organiz~iionshall assume a11 responsibility for the successful operation of the cor,ven"con subject to guid.ance fron the 0. N. A. Convention Comi.tice. Any fi-amcia1 arrangements shal.1 be st the discretion of the Executive and the sponsors. --Section 5 The selection of an auctioneer to conduct an auction a+, an Annual Convention shall be the prerogative of the Lxecutive. -Article 10 -~~-ilmilme_n_ndmdmen-t,sto the Constitution Section 1 The Constitution may be altered or amended by a two-thirds majo'rity vote of the m5mbers present at any General liieeting . Proposed changes shall be submitted to the Ekecutive in writing at lesst one hurd~edand twenty days before such meeting and shall be circulated to a11 members at least thirty days before the date of sach meeting. Page 12 zy-u'I,I,Ts ,-\ 1. Financial Liability No officer, corrnittee or rnemtjer of the ;Issociation shall incur any expense in the game of the Associatir~nexcept with the autho~izationor approval of the Executive. 2. Association Crest Reproductions oP the lissociationls crest shall be used for no purpose other than officia.1 st,ationery and official publications of the AssociaLicn, except wFth the a~~thorixationor approval of .the Fxecutivc. A copy of the official crest shall be attached hereto and identified as By-law 2, Association Crest.. 3. Official hblication The official periodical publication shall be tt'fhe Ontario lJumisri1~~List~~which shall be published monthly, in so far as it is possible to do so. 1% shall be the Association ' s official mans of communication t~irLhits members. 4 Duties of Officers (a) The President The Tsssident shall have general supervision over 211 the a,Sfairs of the Association. His e-uties shall include, but not be ljmited to, th~folloi\!ing: (i) To preside at a11 Gegeral Iketings of the Associa.tion. (ii) To ca,ll meetings of the Fxecutive and preside thereat. (iii) To appoint whatever co,.rrn-ittees that may be necessary and to rmmvz thm at will; and to be a m~nberex officio ox" any committee so appointed. (i~)To countersign 31.1 proper warrants dra~vnon the Treasurer, He rnay clelegate the First Vice-presiderlt to perfom all or a designated portion of this function. (v) To require any officer to su9rni.t a statement and such ot,her j-nterh reports as he may deem necessazy. (vi) To appoint a,t the Annual kneral iheting 'cl~reeauditors to audit the financial books or the Associati.an. Cb) ---First Vice-presi&enL The duties of the First Vice-president shall be: (i) To assist the ?.resider?%, upon his request, in the discharge of his duties; (iij To act in the place of the President, in case of his absence or disability; (iii)To succeed to t5e office of President for the remainder of his tern, in the event that office becomes vacant. (c) Second Vj-ce-president The duties of the Second Vie e-president shall be : (1) To assist the Presiden-L, upon his req~est,in the discharge of his duties. (d) Secretary The duties of the Secretaqr shall be: (i) To act as Secretary at General lIeetings and to the Executive, and to keep a true record of all proceedings of the associ&tion. Page 13 (ii) To preserve all documents purtaining to his office and such o (c;) 1,irnbershi~S2crctarv The duties of the I-IemSershin Secretaqr shall be: (i) To receive all a:ppl_i.cations fclr mernisership and, if properly prepared and accompanied b;r the required advance clues, p~~blishnotice of such applications in the official publication; (ii) Ponjard ob jectj-ons to applications to the President (iii)Publish information a.s to oncw rnsrflberis achitied, as well as changes in address, suspensions, expulsions, resignations and deaths; (iv) 1.hlze monthly revisions of the membership rolls and the inailing kist3 of the Of ftcial Fublication. (f) Tre-c surer The duties of the Treasurer shall be: (1) To have charge of all aonays of the Associsbion collcct~dfrom. a.ny source. (ii) To pay out such moneys authorized by the Executive or by the President;. (iii) To inve~tand reinvest .t,he funds of the Associ-ation in accordance with the instructions of the fiecutive . (iv) To pwpre financial statements of the Association coverirg: the fiscal year ar.d to sub!nj.t same 31; .the hn7.1al (;Er.erzl idle eting . (v) To publish a financial report in the Official Publication 01 the jissocia-tion uithin thre~months afLcr the ~mualGeneral I.ic~ti~gor as otherwise directed by the Executive. (vi) Upon termil?ation of office, to hand orrsr 31o books and records of %he Associ.at,ion in f1j.s custody, rin good orcter, to thc ?resic?~nt. (.g) mitor The duties of the %itor shall be: (i) To be respo~siblefor the 2ublishing or" ihc Cificial Publication of the ilssociation, under the direction of the President. (it) To obtain suitable mterisl on numisn~aticsubjects and 'so edit such articles, rcports and noticas :2s may be s~ibmit~ted. (k) Advert isin:: Ik~ap:er The duties of the ?LdvertZsing iknager shall be: (i) To nolicit, receive and edit advertising for the Official hblication of the Associztion under the direction of the President and to k~eprecowJs thereof. (ii) To transfer xoneys received to the Treascrar monthly. Page 14 (1) Librarian - The duties of' the Librarian shall be: P. (i) To keep in safe custody and in good order all library books and publications which the Association has or: may acquire. (ii)To compile m-d keep an accurate catdlogue of all material corning into his charge,wi'ch the price thereoL if acquired by purchase or the name of the donor if acquired by gift. (iii)To afford access to such material acd loan the sane to mem- bers in good standing, undo^ rules and regulations approved by the executive, (iv)To prepase a report of all matters pertaining to his office at the end of the Assocf ation1s ye= and submit the sane at the hn?xal Generd Meeting, ( J) KCSTORIAN - Dutfes of the EistorLan shall be: (i> To collect and preserve data of historical interest con- cerning tl-te association, (ii) To act as curator of the corns, tokens, medds and other numismatic items belonging to the Association, 5, Membership Dues - T!he membership dues shall. be regular members - $4.00; Junior Members (up to 18 years of age) - $63.; Eusband and Mfe - $6.; due January 1st of each year, (b) The membership dues for corporate members shall be $10. due January 1st of each yew. (c) The membership dues for life membership shall be $50. payable in a lump swn. at t:xe time of application for life membership. The monies acc~u5-ngfrom life memberships shall be Invested in trustee secu-rities and the lnt~restderived theyefrom shall be paid into the general funds of the Association, (d) When a Life Member becomes deceased, his equity in the Life Membership fund may be transfemed to the AssocFationrs genepal f~mdat the discretion of the executive, 6. Associ~tionZ_e-ax_ (a) The Association year for the purposes of' conventions, elections and annual reports (except that of the Treasurer) shall be from the timc of one annual convention until the time or' the next annua 1 convention, 7. Fiscd Yeay (a) The fiscal year of the Association shall be from January 1st - Decercber 32st, 8. -----He ,-.d Off1 ce (a) The head oflice of the Association shall be situated in such location ax designated by the executive. I 9, Directorate Areas Area 1A -- Howard Whitfield - London - 1B - Elliot Jephson - London. Counties of Essex, Kent, Elgin, Lambton, Middlaseex. 1 Club #S - London, 87 - Sarnia, #la - windsor, -#25 - St. Thomas, #65 - Chatham, Area No. 2 - Kenneth W. Wilmot - Sebringville 1 Countles of Eu~on,Perth, OySord. Club #20 - Stratford, #31 - Woodstock, #58 - Tillsonburg, #59 - Irgeysoll, I Page 15 --hez &lo, 3 =.- Y5.ctor Go ~ottey-St. Cstthmines Counties of Ealdimand, Welland, 8iagaz"a. Club $413 - St. Catharines, $448 - Niagms Palls, #68 - Welland. Area No. lk Uacant --.-___3 - Counties of Norfolk, BY ant, Wentworth, Mississa~ad Club #8 -. Simcoe, 115 - lirantford, #60 - Oakville, H62 - mii it on, 4470 - Port Credita --.- Area NO,& - John Craig - ititchener Countj.cs of Water1oo Welling ton, Halton, Club $1 - Wa.t~.rlcro, $4 - Gat-Cambridge, 1/24 - Kitchener, #89k - Limehouse School& --*Area No 6 - Richwd ,-. Ford - Staynsr, Counties of Bruce, Greys Dufferin, Simcoe? Muskoka. Club 1/17 - Ibooiia9 Barria, 626 - Chmplamg Orilla, Collingwood. Area bTor 7 - W, A, (~ony)Gordon - VJeston. Counties of Peel, York, Club #27 - Toronto Central, :+29 - Thistleto~m,#66 - Richmond ?Ell, #9 - Toronto, ----,bea 110. 8 .- Ray Pleau - Oshawa, Counties of Ontario, Victorial Haliburton, Peterborough, Durham, North~~.mberLmd,Eastlngs, Club !/35 - Oshawa, #7l - Peterborough, 7/30 - Bay of Quinte, Belle- v21lcr. -xre-7. Noa 2 - Clifford Shippan - Ottawa, Cou~-~.I;ies of Renfrew? ~ennox,Addingtong and all cauntie s east of ttlepe, Club #l9 - City of Ottawa, $64 - Pembroke, #72 - Brockville, //40 #- Iingston. -----9~e8. No 10 - Gerald Albert - Sudbury, Counties of P~.rrySound, Sudbury and all north of Lake Nipissing. Club r:'55 - Nickel aelt - Sudbury, #69 - Timmins, #k2 - Tcmiskamlng md all- clubs in Northern Area. As a ~zmberof the Oatario Xmism~ticAssociation a member: Agrees to support an3 be governed by the By-Laws of the Association 2i-i-d such rules, policies and regulations as maybe Ln fo~cefrom time to time; Agrees to conduct himself so as to brihg no reproach or discredit to the Associa.tion, or impah the prestige of member- ship kherej.n; Ag~eesto base aZ1 of his dealings on the highest plane of just!-ce, f airncss admordity; .4gaees to neither buy nor sell numismatic items of which ths owner ship is questionable; Agrees to confo~mto the accepted standads of dignified advertising; Agrees to take immediate steps to correct any error he may make in any. t~ansaction; Page 16 Bg!: 11. Where the term E is used in the Constitution or By-Laws it may refey to '&'or "heT, OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION COIINDFL)~ - .. . - .- 1411*. .. . WATERLOO, ONTARIO I 1973 - 1975 0. N. A. OFFICERS Past Presidents I Letter to the Editor R. R. REKOFSI ***%C**** ***C**** **,**>K*** X****>$** ***S:<**** COIN INVUSTMENTFI (a review by L. TI Smith, London Numismatic Society) Inflation, Everybody talks about it, but nobody seems to do much about it, Financially, we seem to be walking a treadmill, going faster ad faster, without getting anywhere, We read that the cost of living has risen about 60 per cent since 1961, but many workers have not re- ceived a matching increase in wages. Those with strong unions repres- entatives or more considerate employees have fared some better, with a few increases actually exceeding the rising costs. The problem is not what an election and the incoming government will do about inflation, but what we intend to do about our own re- sources in the face of rising inflation and a possible depression. Do not discowit the possiblity of a depression or at least, a major re- cession within the next few years. There wore depressions in 1866, 1893, 1900, 1907, 1914, 1921 and 1929, not to mention several recess- ions since 1929. Each depression or recession was preceded by a highly inflationary period and generally, a devaluation of the dollar against international currencie S. Investment in common stocks has not served as a good hedge against infla'tion, as many will remember from the disaster that followed the 1929 ltcrashllr The returns from mutual inves.tment funds have, in most instances, been less than interest on bank savin.gs, Recently, the Canadian government raised the interest rate on Canada Savings Bonds to 9 per cent. What does this mean to the holder of these bonds? $100, invested for a period of ben years at 9 per cent compounded annually will provide a return o:f $236,75. A consumers price *C****:kb:c **::*>K*** $**sk4:*$* **:,Y*>X*:$X **:; NOTE ISSUEf3 OF SOl4E EARLYv-- CANADIAN BANKS By W* IE. McDonald, IJas't President Canadian Paper Money Sccj.e.ty, This erticle should perhaps be subtitled ItIs a Bank Broken Only When it Xs Beyond 9cdempti~.3?:!, because in addition .to summarizing briefly the story of a number uf in-teresting emly Canadian bdsand certain zLspec-tsof -their note i.ssuin.g acti.vi:ties, I hope to set the record straight c:.~ono or two related matters, These have -"i. do wit11 the terminology used by paper money people when, describing that great .body of Canadian bank notes and other paier money popul.?~:L;. called "olizolotetf carr;ency, 02 is it 12nonret.eernab1e1' or "non-,nego.t:ia.bl.e", 6;. aTpe the no-teS from !'Ifailodt1 banks, trdefunc.ttt banks, t'bank~up-tllor ltwoun.d-upytbanks or perhaps the most common term of d.:.L, :6rom yib~op;,;3n.:1banks, Such termj.nology no4; only relates .to bank notes, but spills over into the papper mcsey issued by merchants, even by some publi.c author- i'ties, There will, ko.:aver, only be enough spacn to mention these 'briefly in pa.ssing. These words, whm used to describe this quite broad and interest- ing group of bank notes are genepal and vaguel Moreover, they fail to describe or eviln hln-i: at the many and various aspects of these notes, They, 7.n fact tmd to mi.srepresen.t -the h:i.stcr:.c-.l backgrou:;d of many of the early Qssue:s of .vr:i?.tis p::~h?.>s tl.le most important category of Canadian paper money. TO develop this t'hesis4 I shall. divide these bank notes into three ma'in groups, The divisj-on ltself will serve to show how superficial. the approach to describing them has been in the past, and this includes most of the cxbalogues that have taken the trouble to include paper money . GROUP 3. -. Notes issued by banks which fa.i.led and paid nothing on thek l?.abilitLes and o.ther paper money which r,.-v:i.?-. ?as 'been ~edeemab3.e., GROUP ]..l-" Nst:-s :'~ssu.ed by banks which failed, or which voluntm- i:J-y womd up their affairs and paid part or 611 of their li.abL1i.t:i.es. ..E,xe_.-W68 EROUP 111. - Notes which are no longer current, but for which provision for redemption was made and continues to exist, The third category at first glance seems to be backtracking a bit as these notes may be also categorized as redeemable, and, therefore, n.ot within the scope of the general. definition of tobsoletet. They are included however, to illustrate the difference betwenn this group and tile notes of the present chartered banks which are still redeernabLe includfing those of the banks they amalgamated with? or took over. A more detailed look at the various categories will illis'trate this point. Group l can be divided into 3 categories: R - The Banks which failed aid paid nothing on their liabilities, B - The spurious notes of the ttfraudulenttl or ltshellltbanks C - The n.otes issued by banks which never opera-Led though in- corporated or chartered. , THE COLONIAL BANK OF' C.RN&DA, TORONTO, Ul'm CANADA - . , . . ($10,00, April 4, 1859) The first example - in the first subgroup (A), is The Colonial Bank of Canada which was located in Toronto, Upper Canada. Although it was chartered in July 1856 operations did not commence until 1859. Little is recorded about its early activities, but failure of the Inter- national Bank is said to have caused a ruin on the Colonial which it could not withstand. Conditions wo:.:e poor to 1857 which ma have had an effect. Circulation outstanding when it went under was f75?300 and other iial~ilitieswere $99,878. Apparan'tly, U.S. citizens were the big losers and this, together with the large number of almost uncirculated notes which survived, suggest that there may have been some fraudulent note pushing either before or after its failure. In any event, none of this balikt S notes were redeemed, TIB AGRICULTUF(AL BRRTIC OF UPPEB CANADAn TORONTO ($20.00, Nov, 1, 1834) Another example of subgroup (A) is the Agricultural. Bank of Upper Canada, This Bank, 1.ocated in Toronto, operated from May 1834 to November 1837. It was actual-ly a join-t stock company organized by George Truscot-t who had been a captain in the Royal Navy, .and John Green as Truscott, Green and Company. It is interesting to note that this was the first bank in Canada to pay interesbn saving deposits. The Depression of 1837-39 and pressure from the other banks contributed to its failure and one of the partners left the country. At the time of the banlrruptcy, deposits outstanding were ;~18~000and notes in cir- culatio~20,OOO. While there were assets of s7,OOO, these were mainly in commercial paper and thought to be worthless. There is no record of any payment being made on the no-tes, in any event. TEE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF CANALA, TORONTO ($10.00, June 1, 1859) ES-tdbl-ishedin l858 in Cayuga with a capital of ~~100,000this Bank later moved to Toronto. Little information is readily available on its operations but it is known that 'by September 30, 1859 i.t had a note circulation outstanding of over $$119,000. It failed on October 27? 1859 and its charter was repealed in 1863. It paid nothing to the note- holders or on any of the other liabilities. MACDONALD MID COMPANY, VICTORIA, VANCOUVERt S ISLAND (arm. no-t visible) ) Pounded in 1859 by Alexander D. Macdonald in Victoria, the Bank, Pa.p 69 ....."r-..L-.-r..., .. r -. though quite sinal.l, prospered, By 1863 it had shipped $l$million in gold dust from i'ts Baliersville br~nch, Whether or no-t the Bank Note Act and the Banlring Act of 1864. which eventually would sound the death knell for the bank had anything to do with it will probably never be kn.own, but during Macdonaldf s absence in the Caribou, the bank was robbed on September 23, 1864. The loss was about $30,000 and it was so staggerhg that the bank never opened its doors again, Macdondd left the city never to return. Etis possessions, sold by the Bankrupt Court, were insufficient to pay the no.te circulation, The robbers were never apprehended, nor was my of the stolen property ever recovered. Turning to tt:e second subgroup of Group 1, "The spUTi0Us notes of the tlfraudulentflor ushellflbanksIf, there are some interesting examples of Banks coming within this group, -TFB IE1BDILRMA.N BANK, ELGIN, PROVINCE OF CANADA The Zirnnlerman Bank was foun.ded by Samuel Zimmerman, a wealthy and responsib1.e r ailwa colntr actor who e s'tabli shed his bank under .the Free Banking Act of 185t . It was located in Elgi.n, Canada West, which later became Clifton, and is now Miagara Palls, Thz Zimmerman Bank was well and profitab:iy run until the founder1s death in the Bami:Lton Railway Bridge disas'te~. The executors of .the estate :redeemed .the outstanding notes in circ~t~lxt~ion.,,Certain of the property which comprised the re- sidue of the assets 5.nclluding the printing plates and the unissued notes apparently fgurid -1;hei.r W,?:. into the hcands of unscrupulous promoters. In 1858 the r.une was changed -to the Bank of Clifton and a large quantity of notes werc issn-:l fraudul.en'tly, mainly in the UnJ.'ced Sta.tes. Event- ually the scherncl wc: foilnd out and this activity ceased. It was this acti'vity willch pu.i;s this Bank into the category in question. - Bank of Z.i.mmerman - Bank of Clifton The si.m:ilarT:y of the two notes illustrated is obvious, although they were done 'by dlffcent bank note companies, The charter of the bank wzs revoke3 5.n 1863 but not until much damage h2.d been done. Needl.ess to say? none of the Banls of Cliftonls notes were redeemed which is why they are mre p:Lei.~.,.i;ifulthan issued. and signed notes of the Zimmerman Bank which are quite rare, Unissued Zimerman notes, parti- cularly in the lower denorninations are fairly common, TIB BANK O'F 0%Tf$dATR14RNTnEAL9 LOWER C.ANADADA4 ($1,00, May 15, 1837) 'The appamrrt establishmen-t of a Bank by this name was nothing 'but a fraudul.ent scheme ta print notes in New York for release into the commercial ma!re:; of Mcnt?zal and Ottawa, The confusion. in the simil- a~ityof the nano with the Bank of Montreal. was probal3ly intentionale It has been recorded thak police in Buffalo, New York, found the promoters in possession of signed no-tes totalling $20 !O,OOO; unsign.ed notes for $200,000 and $700 each. They apparently could not prosecute because o:C lack of ev:i.dcnce of actual. fraud. In October of 1837 the Erie County Gi8and Ju.ry at Buffalo issued, a waning of this and similar banks1 fraudulent no-Le issuing activity, An even more s-!:nlking exmple ,L This i.s another of the li-ttle- knmn episodes in c-:rl.y Banaclian commercLal history? evidenced inainly by the few notes tk3.t lnavc-, survived to tell -the tale. It is commonly thought that this was a scheme to pass worthless notes in the State of .P ?.D -22- Vermont, which borders on CJuebec, ther, Lower Canada, Practically noth- ing has been recorded about j:t in Canadian historical. references, sug- gesting that it may have been organized in Vermont, We now turn to the third category of the first group - "The Notes issued by Bmks which never Operated KLthough They Were Incorporated or CharteredH, TKE EXCHANGI3 B-AIC OF TORONTO, TORO'fJTO, _LC&ilBCANADA I965.00, May l, 1855) R. :I. Brett and Company were exchange dealers operating in Toronto who used the subtktle !!The Exchange Bank". In 4855 .the firm applied for a 'bank charter 'under -the Free Banking Act, to be called The Ex- change Bank of Toronto but the charter was refised. The notes now extant were printed in anticipation of .the charter being granted ,and some were released. They are never found signed, dated or otherwise completed and .there is no evidence of an fraudulent activity in theis use. --v------W- /J There are numerous examples of banks which fall. into each of theso categories - indeed, in the various categories under a41 three groups. In an article of this scope it is possible .to mention only one or two as typifying the group as a whole. Likewise, a large number of banlr notes could be selected to illustrate their note-issuing activities which in most cases was profuse. The difficulty is fn selecting a very Pew examples that are the most descriptive. TFE CMJAI>-A-QIVI$ING COIIIPANY, MONTREAL* LOWER CCIIIIADA (* she, 179, Inclucling the notes of the Canada Bank in this category is probably defying conventional. thinking as this is said by many to have been Canada's first Bank, The proclmation dated March 31, l792? declaring the intentioi>.-to forin the bank has survived. Moreover, the promoters were merchants and private bankers of substance, but the attempt seems to have petered out and apwt from the proclamation and a few surviving note specimens,, almost all incompl-ete, of a proposed issue, nothing has been found to show that it actually operated. Recent historians have repeated eaxlier statements that j:bs operations consisted oftaking sav- ing S deposi~ts,but none of these statements have been substantiated so far, This comes to the end of the three subgroups whithln the first category - lllSotes Issum4 by Banks which Fail.ed and Paid Nothing on Their Lial~ilitiesand Otller Paper Money Which Never Has Been Redeemable". The ~fnon,-redeemablethread 1s >&:at holds these groups together, (This artl.cle will be continued in the October Bul.1etin. Ue sure to look for it.) CONGRATULATIONS - To FI, D, Rllen (0 .N,ii. +P7881 who has .just been named President of the Check Collectors ~ound~ablei m A.N.A; affiliated group interested in al.1 forms of fiscal paper. O.N.R. members inter- ested in further p=-Liculars on C,C,R, To are invited to contac't; its secretary, Mr. Larry Adam, 969 Park Circle. Boon.e, Iowa, 50036. E) *lnr! 1 l AA-,-,2 WATERLOO COIN SOGI.E"P% -: As thj-S is tine holiday season the last meeting was an impromptu one consis.ting of trading, buying, selling, etc. An interesting bi't of information brought was (1) the number of medals and doliar S issued commemorating some event, as the ICi tchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Dollar, the Guelph O,A.C, Dollar, etc., (2) in Weatherford, Oklahoma, 'they are issuing a paper penny because of the shortage of cents and (3) an interesting article in the Header l s Digest on "The Month the Ma?Lr Went MadI1. Makes very Lnveresting reading. YE ED - The coin clubs will be back in full force next month, bwt so many do not meet during the summer, hence the lack of club news. ******:g* **:>****::: *****+*;> ****:*** 1973 - 1975 0. kd. A. OFFICERS Past Presidelzts LETTER3 TO THE EDITOR ' R. R. REKOFSKE (1 962-1 965) Another answer to Ross Irwini s letter in the L. T. SMITH (1 965-1 967) ~~l~-~u~ustBulletin from John McKay-Clements. Wrn. ENGLISH (1 967-1 969) D. FLICK 11969-1971) Au ust 27, 1974 C. B, LAISTER (7971 - 1973) F.0. Box 970, Presidawt . Ha5leybury, Ont. W. E. PAT WBERT Dew Editor: I: read with kk, Boss Fi~st' Vice-President interest Wm. R. GAGE Irwin's letter in the July-August Issue of Sscortd Vice-President the Ontario Numismatist and find a great deal MEL H. FlSKE in it with which I: agree+ Secretary Without adding to, or subtracting fmm, MRS. PAT LAMBERT his arguments 1 would like to tell you of Treasurer Ps Membership my own personal reaction to one or two BRUCE H. RASZMANN situations which I think should receive Mailing Address attention in connection with coin shows, Box 33, Waterloo, Ontarlo As an. exhibitor I have often found it n frustrating to find that my exhibit has been Dl RECTORS judged by people who have little or no Area I" Howard Whitfield had Elliot Jephson knowledge of the subject of the exhibit. 3: Area 2 Ken W. Wilmot Area 3 Victor G. Potter have found it disconcsrting to find an Area 4 vacant exhibit on which 1 have spent a great deal. Area 5 John Craig Area 6 Richard A. Ford of time and attention, Mxed up with other Area 7 Tony Gordon exh3bitso whLch nef ther add to or dotract Area 8 Ray Pleau Arca 9 Clifford Shipman from my own, My point being, that from the Area 10 Gerald Albert public's point of view, there is llttle Hi.$orin.pl conttnuity in the presentation to them of WALTER GRIGGS the exhibits, PubEicity My experience as a judge has included BOB VOADEN many frustrating when Ontario Paper Co, occasions there has Thorold, Ontario been no effort to set up +theexhibtts in an Librarian orderly manner and the judges have to roam Wm. R. GAGE all over the exh.5-bet floor to find the class RR #1, Shanty Bay, Ontario they are judging. This has made ft a3mos-b Medal Committee impossible to make comparisons between ex- MEL FlSKE hibits when the judging is close. 7795 Beaverdams Road Niagara Falls, Ontario Often the lack of explicit fnstructiais Audh-Visual Service & or ground rules to the exhibitor redts in Display Case S&v.ice the inclusion in exhibits of unrelated mat- CHAS. B. LAISTER %3 Highway, erial and the judges are often wondering , Tillsonburg, Ontario whether such exhibits should be 'di squalif ied ,---' Speaker Cfrtus't Service . or what penalty should be imposed, ' KEN PROPHET Box 226, Barrie, Ontario f think a first class show should havd Editor the judges orgardzed long before the event. W. E, PAT LAMBERT Box 31 1, St. Catharines, Ont. Page 76- It should organize the entries in sufficient time to permit the exhlbft chairman to allocate position numbers on the exhibit floor. It should provide adequate time to pe~mitexhibitors to set up their cases with- out people roming around with the consequent risk of loss of material, In my opinion all exhibitors should ~eceivea ribbon 'or certifi- cate of merit regadless of whether they place first, second or third, and finally I think that any exhibitor that has won a best of show should be disqualified from further entry in its class for one calend- ar year but should be invited to exhibit in a Court of Honour to which other known outstanding exhibitors could also be Invited, Judging should be caxried out as early as possible so that the public know which exhibits have found favour with the judges -- pwr- haps one other cornment is relevant, in the interests of the exhibitor, the judges and the public, 1Lghting should be one of the prime consid- erations of those who have the major responsibility of any good coin show, the exhibition floor. With Best Wishes, Yours very truly, Signed : John McICayaSr--Clements, FoRoMo Say NmLeGm Thanks, John, A good letter. Someone else, now? Ye Ed * * * \k $33:t 3:t :k ****c$t3:<* **Cf%f >!%kL ***X<~C**% ODD AND CURIOUS MONEX By Lloyd T, Smith, London Numismatic Society - YAP STONE MONEY - The stone or wheel money of Yap is made of 'bragonitet from Cum, A 12" wheel is vLLued at about d$75.00, The larger discs often measure 12 feet across, representing a'&ants entire fortune. These may weigh up to nearly 5 tons. They are not from local quarries, but collze from the Pehw Islands, over 200 miles to the south. The Yap name for these pieces is FEI, COWRIE SHELLS - Are one of the most romantic pieces of money in history, It was the earliest form of common currency to circulate throughout the entire trade world from China and the Pacific to India, Africa and America. It had all the features required of money - it was portable, durable? divisible, necognizablo and could not be counterfeited. The cowrie 1s a small, yellowish-white, and glossy seashell about -$ in, in length, popular as a charm, an ornament and as currency in pre- historic times, and still in use as currency in certain parts of the East and of the African Coast. In India, until recent times, more than two hundred would be required to equal the value of one cent. THE: ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is published monthly by the Ontario Numismatic Association, The publication can be obtained with membership in one of the following categories :- Life Member ship - $50,~ Regulw Member shLp - $4. ann~ally,Juniors (up to 18 years of age) - $3. a-udllyj Husband -, andwife (one journal) - $6. annually, Club - $10. annually. Special. 0,M.A. Silver Lapel Pins - $2,%. Remittance made payable to The Gatario Numismatic Association, c/o Mr. Bruce Raszmann, P.O. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario. Pa~e 77 NOTE ISSUES OF SOMB EmLP CmmIm B&i By W, 9, McDonald ( continued from the September Bulletin) Tho second group is perhaps oven more interesting than the first: ItNotes Issued by Banks Which Boiled or Which Volunarily Wound-Up Their Affairs and Paid Part or All Their Liabilitiesg" Again, this is a fairly broad group that can be sub-d.ivided. The two subsections cover quite a large number of banks which are found over a wide geographicd range, (A) 3anks which paid their circulation in full but other liabilities only in pmt. (B) Danks which paid in full both their notes outstanding and all other liabilities. It is important to observe Ln, passing that some of these banks voluntarily wound-.up their affairs and paid their liabilities. Others were forced to do aa because they were illiquid but notwithstanding, - tlzey redeemed all their outstanding circulation. In other words, if notes had been presented during the winding-up period they would have been re;,"eemed. In a wayg this creates a sub-category of subsection (A) because in some of these cases quite a few notes have survived and are not considered to be in the raTe ca-Legory, What may have happened is that some of the winding-up procedures were hurried pwposely to avoid having to redeem all the notes, In other cases, the notes were so widespread and ~o~unicationswere so slow that by the time holdets - became aware of theBm!zb faillure, itwas toola-be, Now of course, since asscts asno longer available for such purpose, any surviving notes are not now redeemable. The baqks which failed or wdund-up their affairs md paid pat of their liabilities are numerous, bu4b the following examples me 2eshap s typical. THE BANK OF P'dIbTCE EDIJL9D ISLmm ($20,00, Jm, 1, 18721 The head office of the Bank of Prince Edward Island was In Chm- lottctoTm and it was operated from $856 to 1881. In its early yeas it was healthy and profitable, Later, in 1881 the Cashier, an early name for the General Manager, absconded and losses of $400,000 were discovered. Tl~eremay have been a general breakdown of control since large weak loans were also discovered, Liquidation took severall. yeas. At the time of the failure notes outstanding were $264,000 and deposits $463,000, After the assets were realized there was sufficient to pay about 40$ of all the liabilities* TEIE: MECB.ANBANK,fi ($10.00, June 1, 1S72) This Bank prospered in the early years after it was chartered. The economic crisis of 1875 created difficulties but by reducing capital and bringing in new funds these were overcome. Its future was shop& lived, however, the continuing adverse economic sonditions and pressure from the other banks which thought The Merchants1 circulation - excessive, At the time of the banlauptcy its liabilities totalled $54712380 The public lost $249,000 notwithstanding 57% was paid on all liablliti~sand the double liability of shareholders was invoked by the liquidators, Page 7@ Tm UNION BANK OF N~lrFOU~L~,ST, JOHN, KJ'E~~FouNDLA~D TI33 COMMZRCIAL B,iWIC OF NEiJFOUNIjLAJWa-STa---. JOHN, ~~~JFO~~@ (Union 21, March 1, 1867 & Commercial $2,00, July 1, 1884) Thc3se areq of course, two separate banks, The Comme~cialBank of Newfoundland wlth head office in St, John's commenced operations in 1857 with no suggestion of trouble in the early years. On Doc. 10, 1894 - which later becane known as Blaclr Monday - both the Commercial and its counterpart The Union Bank of Newfoundland, failed witlout prior warning, This caused widespread havoc and was a virtual disas- ter to the economy, Upon investigation it was shown that the banks had been ~isrnanaged,2nd the dhrectors were prosecuted, The government stepped in and guaranteed repapent of the notes outstanding - Sn the case of the Cormercial to the extent of 20 cents on the dollat. and the Union 80 cents on the dollar. To give effect to this guarantee the notes were ciLled in and endorsed by signature of the appropriate gov- ernment officid, Tlne public faith was, however, shaken by these events and there was little circulation of the endorsed notes, The Canadian. banks moved into tlze Island mcl the two Banks in question, were event- ually rqound-up, Endorsed notes of both Banks me stLJ1 redeemable at the rate mentioned which in a way puts the notes of these two Banks in a class by themselves, TFE MABITIY&- l3,rii'J.K OF THl? DOIGINION OF CANADA, ST, JORN, IELJ BRUNSviICR ($10.00, Oct. 2, 2.881) In this sme category Is The Mmitimc Bank of tlze Dominion of Canada. It opezatcd in St. John, New Brunswick, f~om1877 :to 1887. The fir st years wore checlrered but successful. In 18b4 it required to be reorganized, but its life was to be relatively short due to bad management, It, :ailed in March 1807, Siowever, dl1 its $314,488 in notes ou'tstmr?f n2 were paid off, Other creditors received 10~6%of thsir lia'oilities except the Crown, which under the Royal Preference, was paid its claim of $275,000 in full. In the two years between suspension and redenption of the notes discounts of up to 49% were taken, TI33 %;CCRMTGE-- BATiC OF CAitADA,"- MONTREAL ($5.00, Oct, 1, 1872 - OVP "AylmerU) The Excliange Bank of Canada, with head office in Montreal, is a similar case. Chatered in 1872 by quite responsible incorporator si It enjoyed satisfactory and rofitable years of opmations, Later ~ts hjstory becxae varied, In 1i 79 it suspended payment but afterwards recovered, Find failure, howevey, came in Sept~mbex1883 as a result of dishonest maaa.gement, in spite of govermmt support in the form of a $300,000 loan early in 1883. The Managing Director owed the bank $226,000 md the double liability of shmeholders was invoked, There were sufficient assets to ~edeenin full the $380,218 in notes out- standing, but only 664% was paid on the other liabilities. The public lost z total of $690,000 but it is interesting to note that stpeet discounts in this case never exceeded lo$, /--. We now come to the fins1 subgroup (B) - "The Banks Which Failed or Voluntarily Wound-Up Affairs and Paid in mil the Notes Outstanding and U1 Other Li~bilities.1~ This group is probaly nuch larger than most people realize and includes some f acinating stories of Canadian banking activities. P:.:2 73 THE FAREXRSt BmR OF RUSTICO, RUSTICO, PEI ($2000~Jmn zq 1872) Typical of this third group is the Famer st Bank of hstico, probably 'c'ne s!nallest bail< in Canadian, history, Located in Rustico, P~inceEdward Island, it had a successful career from 1863 to 1892. It was incorporated by Act of the Prince Edward Island Legislature with a capital of $1,200 Island Currency, It was open only one day a week, but was 7~reZL-run and paid dividends regularly, The stringent requirements of tho Dorninion Ba~11qing Act of 1871 foreto1.d its demise though it managed to keep going by obtaining extensions of its pro- vincial charter, The last financial return made to 1891 shows capital of $8?212, outstanding circulation of $12,W8 and assets of fb2I9lZ9. Thereafter it just faded out of existence after paying all its liabil- ities and redeeming in full all the nates that were presented, FEDERAL BANK OF CANADA, TORONTO, ONTARIO ($5.00, July 1, 1.774) The Federal Sank of Canada located in Toronto was incorporated in 1872 as The Superior Bank, but its name was changed in 1873, The next year it obtained a charter. The Management of this bank was enterprising ad ambitious, In 1.883 capital funds of $1-i-million were raised at a 40% premium. However, by over reaching its limi-ts in 1.884 the bank suffered large losses in lumber deals and a clom~vad trend began, By 1888 the other banks were forced to advance $2,7 million to avoid pmic, The bank was wound-up, all the outstanding circulation ~edeemedand alrflost a11 of the other liabilities paid in full * noNOVA SCOTIA (:34.00, Jan. 2, 1874) Chmterad in 1873 with an office in Pictou, Nova Scotia, this bank seems to have operated sati sf actorily for sever a1 yeas though little information is readily available, At the time i.t; ceased oper- ations it had a paid-up capita of $200,000 and ~otesin circulation of $bi@,571. I-ts deposits outstanding were $17,4711. The voluntnry winding up was directly attributable to lmge losses suffered as a re- sult of the failure of some principa debtors of the bank. There were sufficient proceeds from thc sale of assets to pay &I liabilities in full and to return $68,000 to the s:~areholders. TEE COb?SOLIDATBD BANK, MONTREAL ($4.00, July 1, 1876) The Consolidated Bank of Canada, was the result of a merger in 1875 of the City Eank in Montreal and the Royd Canadian Bank of Tor- onto. The City Bank had been stated in 1833 and had enjoyed a long career, weathering successfully econonli c and political difficulties. SAr Francis 9incks, was the President at the time of the merger which was precipitated by the 1875 recession following closely on some major losses, priraaily the ~esul'cof loose management under Yne previous President. Times were not easy, but the mdn difficaty seems to have been a legacy of bad and weak loans in existonce before the ner er, ,-,, lack of sufficient reserves and weak management controls. By 1798 the decision was made to >rind up the Consolidated Bmkl s affairs, Prose- cutions resulted for making f -dse reports to the goverm~ent, (to be concluded in the November Bulleton) ?apt '50 -----..-mT IWTRODUCTION TO CQU3IJ@EEITIEG (From a tolk presented by the R,C.H.P. at Stratford) Approximately one million dollars (R. C ,Ma Po statistics) in count- erfeit money is produced mually by Canadian criminalsr Though the most m? ' .--amethcds of police scence are employed against the-count- erfeites, the e.;:\r:t=,ness and vigilance of the general public are still the rcost effecti-rrc~;dcf'erLces against this crime, Counterfeiting is a crime as old as currency itself, It has been comaitted by i.ndividuals and practiced by whole nations, It can be motivated by persona interests or political desires, It may have, as its purpose, the rgcnetmy gain or economic loss, It trnows neither sex nor station, neither race nor colour. It is an offence never committed by accjdent, nor by ignorance, nor in. heat of passiong nor in extreme p~vcrty. 1.t is a crime not of courage but of deceit, not hastily ex-, ecuted but of planned design, A crime against .the sovereignity whose victim is the citizen, It is an evil of all, and of all ages, The pages of history me full of fascinating cases, Nero fiddled with his own Romm cuinage until the peoplest confidence in it was shaken, Then he spent his ill-gotten gains on new ways md means 05 preserving his money1s integrity, Claudius, or the master of his mint, evidently counterfeited, In France, Countess Jeanne de Boulogne count- erfeited Rovnl coins in the cellms of her clzatem, 'IIemy VlI1 made counterfeiting logal for his favourite nobles, The fj.rst white settlers in North America counterfeited wanpum to oheatthe Indians - and each other -, and every generation since then has repeated the offenceon On the Internatir~nalscene the picture 1s even more intriguing, The Germans successfully counterfeited 3ri.tish currency during World WEKT 11, an idea su;~gzstedto the allies that was discarded largely be- cause of B~itish objections, The Germans were victims of Russian counterfeiters in thz 19201~~The Russians had been victimized by the French &ray under Nnpcl,eon, F~enchcurrency was violated by the Eng- lish in 1806 and beforo that, during the French iavolution counterfeits made in En~landdrove the Revolutionay Gova~nn1elz-Linto bankruptcy, The same technique was used by the British in the 1770rs on his continent to render continental currency worthless, Kistory recards toop the bloody efforts to suppress crime and punish the offenders, Ooviously counterfeiting has been held as an putrage against society which justified rigorous pendlties, For cent- uries the death sentence was imposed upon th? coimterfei-ter and report- edly still is in Ccminunist. China and Pussia. As recently as 1915, men were executed for the crime on this continent in Mexico, The law of ancient Rome provided exposure to the beasts, labour in the ivin~sand deportation, In Constartine s time, counterfeiters were burned at the stake, German and other laws punished tlne crime by amputation. of the right hand. Anglo-Saxon lauss, not content with this, ,decreed that the sep- arated hand be hurtg on the door of the culprit" house, Later, both hands were cut off, and still later, as an additional measure, both n eyes were go~gedout, In the days of Edward 111 culpr" ts were dram and hanged, It is said that in France counterfeiters were "sewn into a be= of leather along wi.th a cat, a snake and a cocl: and thrown into the t.aterl' and then hanged, Page 81 Othel: penalties wei:c also S-nflicted, such as pulling an em off the mlprit or piacing him in a caldron of boiling water From cent- ury to century, ~x~itilated,tortured, burnt, hanged counterfeiters have continued. to be the enem4.es of humanity, ButS penalties not withstanding, cou.nte~;f5if;er s have continued to be, Todsy? although counterfeiters are treated more humanely, count- erfeiting 1s stJJ?L ~egardedas a most serious offence, The Criminal Code of Canada proscr;:. 2s a sentence of up to 14 years imprisonment for any person convicted of ~alcing,being in possession of, or pass- ing counterfcjt noney, no hanks to Ken klilmot, Stratford) * * * ::< >k* ::: ::: *>:**>:3+.*;:: .+ ;% .',.',,,.,,. ,,<" 9; *3;< * *>3****>:: ******* -.CAIIADIAN MAT1 ONAL E1I;iIBITSON By Tony Gordon, Chairman Once again another Canadian National Exhibition has come and gone md this year agah the 0.X.A. participated, with the help of Central Coin Club of Toronto. This included a L1.2 c~sedisplay by the O.N.A. arld Central Coin Club membcrs, the Militmy Medal Scciety and also the members of the Ancient Coin Bcrciety, to whom I wish to say thanks publically as it was not possible to do, duo to one thing md another on Labour Day. There was the usual information booth set up to anstrcr t~hatever qriestions could be answered on odd coins, area clubs, e-tc., ~nannedby the Central. Coin Cl-ub, Also wc co~aiss:oned Tlse Jacques Cartier Mint to strike the customxy medal. :Coy the C,lT,iI,, hut due to the T,T,C, strike or short- age of money, we had a ?anther poo~response to our efforts to sell same. Thercr'o-e, .to the meual collecptor, C.N.E. ones in particular, we have avai.l.a.b1~ a few SL~VCI Proofl Antique Silver and Bronze medals I all in presentation c~1.s~~at the foJ,lowing prices:.. I Both Si.lve:ii Medals 8 $22,50 plus ($1.50 Tax Bronx Xedcls 10 $ 3-50 plus 256 tax LUso Ire still hsmu a very limited q~~antityof 1972 and 1973 Bronze medals at the same cost as above. Orders for sane can be sent, to get he^ with remittance to eltheat- Melvin Pi sir-. , M,.G al Chairrnm, 779 5 aeaverdams Road, Niagara Falls, Ontario L2R XR6 -I! Y' Tony Gordon P.0, Dox 1777 lieston, Ontario M9N 3M6 C. A~Z,Chairman. ******** ****+**>k * * * * * ;> * * ******:k* **%***** N.BJS AEOUND TBZ- COIN CLU3S CFU&lPLAIN COIN CLUB --.--.A --.--.A Thc Champlain Club resumed normal meetings after the sumer break with pictures shown of the Bar B Cue held during the swmer, It wzs nnt.26 at :-.2 meeting that as the price of silver and p. gold has incroasefi. wk!!atcvnr you are collecting will' accordingly in- crease in value so make a special effort to find those "specialu coins. 1 COLLfNGLdOOD & DLSTBZCT hXMISMATIC ASSOCIATION At the last meeting z. motion was made fox the club to oper- a 1 ate supply tabLc so tke members were asked to bring in a list of the I Page 82 supplies.oach*member needs and they will be ready for the next This is a good idea, as it will result in quite a saving to the members# LOT~OMN"DblI3lATIC ASSOCIATIOK There were 42 members and guests present at the fir st fall mqting and they beard Graham Esler give a very compseliensive r egor t on the C, >To A. Convention in Barnilton, The feat- ure of the evening was a talk by Mr. Chris I3~ook.e~on "The Coins of British East AfricaH with colour slj-des of the coins, This section of ATrica consisted of four sepaate British territories united fop administration--iCenya, Tm-ganykia, Uganda md Somaliland. They dl gained their independence be tween 1960 and 1963. These coins represent a complete segment of numismatic hLstory. NIAGARA FALLS COIN CLUB .. At the firat meeting of the fall season the guest speaker was Mr. Pat Hminbert, President of the O*WoAw and his topic was "Wl~at should Collectors Col1ect?lr A report olz the financial. condi- tion of the club after the convention was given by Marl Colem=m and it was very encowaging, The Club xo holdilzg a bmquet on 0c.Z;. 25.t;h, The meeting closed with a lively auction conducted by Pqt Lanbert, assisted by Peter Kostyk and Cal Coleixm, CITY OF OTTAWA COIN CLUB - At the first meeting after the summer break, tho guest speakor was Mr. ICaslove and. his talk was thoroughly enjoyed by all the members. There was sornc- discussion on the grsat increase in the dues for members of the C.N.A. and this was to be further gone into at a later meeting. Dick Nash shoved a Singapore $610. bill and P, pointed out the low mintage of sane, ST, CATSIARIMES COIN CLUB The fall season opened with 48 members and guests present. The member ship chairman reported a member ship of 98 seniors and 8 juniors. Chairman Pat Lmbert reported that all bourse tables have been sold for the Oct. 19th show. This ye* the club me following the London form of judging a-t the show. Fred Barley as0 reported on the C. N.A. Convention and said the club members won four prizes. SARNTB NU4ISMATIC SOCIETY Tlze President, F~cdWebb, welcomed 44 members and guests to the first fall meeting. The guest speaker, adon lbltz, president of the Port Xuron Coin Club gave an interesting talk on the history of Ancient Coins, starting with the fir st on record, the Phoenicians and telling about the Greeks, Romans and Egyptian coins. The meeting closed with a lively auction conducted by Carl Uillimson assisted by Loren Ihlells, STRATFOZD COIN CL'ifB 23 members and guests brought in the fall season at whic?~the main topics were the Show to be held on Oct. 27 and the quizz held. Regarding tho Show, all 8 bomse tables are sold with 2 more anxious to take part. The Show will be 3rom 12.00 noon to 6.30 p.m., with displays and a good auction. The quizz was on the large Canadian Cent a~clthe members were divided into four groups with a. junior the captainof eachgroup. It proved veryintcresting. TORO?JTO COLH CLUB At the last meeting Ingrid Smith gave a very interest- I ing talk on Counterfeit Coins with examples o:€ the real and ~~IKtte~feit I items. Ray ?leauts one coin display cion 75 points by the 3 judges SO I Pa~e 83 the club was $5,00 richer <;hanks to Marvin Kay regadilzg the offer he had with Ray on displays, WATEBLOO COIN SOCIETY For the fir st meeting of t5e fall season the feature was the O;M,A, slide series !'The ist tory of CoinsH adDave Barper gave a report oa t3e C,!im A, Convention ilz Hamilton, 00000080 0~000000 00000Q00 00000000 0000D000 p& OP 0SZD C 0 IT$ S1iOi.J S Liseed below are the proposed coin club shows with dates and bau~qucts, Please check to see if my of then1 conflict with your clubls show date. Oct. 10-13- Torex 174/~~orthYork Coin Club a*b Toronto International Centre of Commerce, 6900 Air o~tRoad, Mississauga, Ont, R111 details from - Torex '7{, 347 Bay St., Suite 1000, Toronto, Oat. M5R 2R7, Oct. 19 - St, Catliarincs Coin Club ,4Ymual Show and Banquet in West- minster United Chmch 8al1, Queenston St, Enquiries to eithe?, Chairman-Pat Lmbert Box 311 or R. Voaden, 63 3ighlmd. Avenue, Quest speaker - Lloyd Smith, London. Oct. 27 - Stratford Coin Club Pmal Show at the Roy& Camdim Legion, St, Patrick St., Stratford. hrther information from Box 262, Stratford, Onto N~A6Tl Apologies to Tillsonburg on conflicting dates, Oct, 27 - Tillsonsburg 8umXsmatic Society hilual Show and Banquet n at the Orange Hall, Brock St, East, Chairmau? - Bill Dodg- son, 35 Joseph St,, Tillsonburg, Mov. 9 - Canadian Young bTumismatists 2nd annual convention at the Four Seasons Sher aton Rotel, 123 Queen St. Wost, Toronto, For details re bourse-Jon Jones, 7 T~lyrshmCre~c., Eexdal~, Chafrsan-J, Potheringham, 127 Elgin St,, Thornhill. xi25 Apr . 26-27- Ontario Numismatic Association annual conventioll to be held in the Victorian Motor Inn, Stratford, Ont. For details ontact-ken Wilr:~ot P,0. Box 76 Sebringville, Ontario NOJC 1x0 **$****:> + :: ?:: >k::e **+::;c.~, .,. .I,,,. ,]: >> + $c ::c :k ::: :> :k :> $*2>2:<**** IN MrnORIAIJI Sympathy is extended to the f aviily of the Late Gladys Walkcr of Strat- ford who passed away during the summer. Gladys was blind, but she could see. She did this through acute senses. FIer touch, hearing and sense of smell gave Gladys more enjoynent in lLfe t5an many more fortunate will ever achieve, She was a Charter Plember of the Stratford Coin Club azld contributed greatly to meetings with hc~quick wit and 'timely suggestions, Those of us not from the S-tratford Club who knew Gladys will also miss her and will be the better for having known her. *******:$ *****::<** ***9g:::*** **:$<<*>::>::: ** Juniors, have you been saving to buy a few coins or medals for a rela- tive or friend? Perhaps some juniors have a paper route or do odd jobs xowzd the house tc earn some pocket money. Of course we all trfr to save as much as possible and rvl~cnyou spend you hard earned rnoney on colns for your collection no doubt you will be eager to shotlr then to Pa~e84 a fellow collector, But there me always t5ose who look at a coin Or collection and then say "You have mostly junk1'. If{hy don't You buy extra line or uncirculated coins? These persons never seei;l to think that perhags the Junior collector cant.t afford the top graded coins. But to them their coin collection is something to be proud of and they love to show tiieir coins to others and display them at coin shows. Remeber the Junior collector is not always rich. The Juqior collector with a low grade of coins has ju.st as much fun and takes as much pride in the hobby as others who only buy uncirculated coins. Deders at coin shows have what they call "Junk BoxesH on their tables. Not so, for I myself, when I first started collecting, found coins in the so- called junk boxes which were not jur,;: at all. So, Juniors, donrl; be afraid -Lo look through the odd box of so-called junk. I would like to see the defiers get rid of the "junku box altogether avid per- haps alter thc sign to I1Bargain Boxi1. 3veryone woulci feel better if they could say "I found this coin in a bargain box" eather than a junk box. Junior members don't get discouraged by older members if they from on your collection. Be proud of sorilething which most youngsters of yous age no nothing about. As you get older you can always upgrade your coins. Let1s see all collectors, young and old, refrain from the term ltjunkI1 when aduliring a Junior. (or friend) collections but instead encourage him by saying ltyou just keep on collecting and one day you'll have a fine collection of which youtll be very proudH. (Very True, finrico, seeyouoaNov. 9th) YeEd * * 4: >:c h? ::: + ::c )k**>k:$*.::::: )fL * >g;p:eg:::::> 3k :! >$hk 2% ::c a> $**o$$*>k* ?GId MfiYBmS Applications gubli shed in the September issue of the Ontario IYU.~~mat- ist have been accepted. Tho following application has been received, if no objections are received, this acceptance will be aclmoi~ledged in the ITovenber issue of the Ontario Nuo?isrnatist. C77 Collingwood & District ZTurlismatic Association, P. 0. Box 565, Collingwood, Ont. * * * * * * ::: ::: *a"****** ******::::: ***:x:::k:::::: stc*:k**b T1-IJ.S 'N THAT First of all, Ye Xd has been the recipient of some caustic reports about editors in general and a certain Canadian coin publication for the unkind and many 'thought, uilnecessary harsh comments by the publisher of this sane paper, wi-th reference to the recent C.N.4. Conve~tionin IIainilton. Now don't get ne wrong, there was plenty of room for criticisn but I felt personally after two days in and out of the hotel that the griticisn should have been levelled at the Sheraton- Connaught rather than the Hamilton Coin Club. Every editor has the riglit to his om opinion md I think the least said the sooner mended -- Ye Ed has bee~trying to get around to soEe or^ -the clubs in Ontario, one of which was our newest club, Collingwood, where I spent a very pleasant evening last week, if enthusiasm is any critzria for success, then here is a club whuho will be coun.ting their ncnbers in the 50-60 group in the next few months. It is mos-t refreshing to shae with a club in their for helping the hobby at the sage tine helping thcmse1ves.--- Iloping to see any of you in and around the showsg all for now OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 1961 WATERLOO. ONTARIO I 1973 - 1975 I Volume 13 November 1974 Page 85 0. N. A. OFFICERS BIOGRAPHY OF ANTI3ONP MANN Past Presidents DESIGNER SERIZS OLYMPIC COINS R. R. REKOFSKI (1962.1965) 11 - L. T. SMITH (1965-1967) By Ruth McQuade - City of Ottawa Coin Club Wm. ENGLISH (1 967-1969) D. FLICI< (1969-1971) Anthony Mann was born near Sheffield, C. B. LAiSTER (1971 - 1973) England, October 18, 1927. He Was educated President at Manchester Gramma School, then studied W. E. PAT LAMBERT industrial design at Manchester College of First Vice-President Art from 1943 to 194.5'., Wm. R. GAGE The next two years was spent completing Second Vice-President his National Service. In 1947, he resumed MEL H. FISKE his industrial design studies at the College Secretary of Art and Design In London, graduating in MRS. PAT LAMBERT 1951. In 1952, he married and has one child, Treasurer & Membership Timothy, 4. BRUCE H. RASZMANN @ter graduation Mr. Mann worked for Mailing Address 2 years as an industrial designer with the Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario General. Electric Company in London. He then entered private practice as a consultant de- DIRECTORS slgnes. during which time he was involved with Area 1' Haward Whitfield Elliot Jephson several major commercial exhibitions in North Area 2 Ken W. Wilmot Aftrica, Nigeria and London. Most of his work Area 3 Victor G. Potter Area 4 vacant however, was London-based - designing show- Area 5 John Crai~ rooms and commercial interior s. Area 6 Richard A. Ford Area 7 Tony Gordon In 1962, Kr. Mmcane to Canada since Area 8 Ray Pleau Area 9 Ciifford Shipman which time he has been best lrnown as a graphic Area 10 Gerald Albert designer. From 1.963 to 1966 he was Creative Historian Director of Cooper and Reatty Ltd., a typeo- WALTER GRiGGS graphic l~ousein Toronto. It was here tha* Publicity he designed the stylized maple leaf made up BOB VOADEN of the eleven triangles which symbolized the Ontario Paper Co. 1967 Official Centennial Symbol, Thorold, Ontario Librarian More recently, Antinony Mann was commis- Wm. R. GAGE sioned to design the 1973 Conunemorative RR 81, Shanty Bay,' Ontario Prince Edward island stamp. As a member of Medal Committee Design Collaboratives with offices in Toronto MEL FISKE 'm Montreal, Mr. Mann spent four years in 7795 Beaverdams Road Niagara Falls, Ontario general consultancy work associated with four other designer S. Audio-Visual Service & Display Case Shvice Of his cormnission to interpret motif S CHAS. B. LAISTER 83 Highway, from ancient Olympia into coin designe for Tillsonburg, Ontario The Olympic Coin Program's Second Series, Mr. SpeaHer Circuit Service Mann says:ItIt was an interesting challenge and KEN PROPHET a rewarding experience for two reasons: First, Box 226, Barrie, Ontario the job required traditional Breatment and as a Editor W. E. PAT LAMBERT Box 311, St. Catharines, Ont. Page 86 designer who has always worked in the modern idiom this was an inter- esting challenge, Secondly, I had never done a coin design before and I discovered that designing for this type of production technique is most intriging..,I should like to do morev. Mr. Mann is curr.3ntly Associate Professor of Design at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design at Halifax where he teaches history of design and would like to make the ltreconciliatior*with traditional de- sign and the modern movementu. "Designing the second series of Olympic coins has aroused my interest in decorative design which I'd never felt bef oreft. Mr. Mann was the first chairman of the design division at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. His future plans include combining traditional and modern techniques into the manufacture of wooden toys in England - as well as continuing to teach and consult this side of the Atlantic. .WCIENT OLYMPIA is the source of the motifs selected for the second of the seven series of Olympic- - coins. HEAD OF =US - $10, Appropriately, Zeus, the God to whom the Olympic Games were orig- inally dedicated, features as the first of four motif S comprising Series 11. Zeus was the mythical father of the ancient Greek Gods. His legend ,was the ii1spira'l;ion for young early Grecian Olympians to swnmon maximum efforts in tineir athletic endeavours. The square chiselled features which &ithony Mann uses on the head of Zeus, renders him a powerful figurehead. He accentuates this impression by mingling the flow of lines representing his hair and the flames from two torches burning on either side of his head. Zeus thus reigns supreme on the first of the two $10. coins, as he did at ancient OPjmpia. By combining the head of Zeus with torches, Mann compliments two illistrations. Cen'turies before the Olympics were born, torches symbolized a re-kindling - a re-birth. And the Godhead Zeus portrayed a constant to which the periodic re-birth of events such as the Games could be anchored, ATHLETE WITR TORCH - $5, - Mannt S second design aband.ons the mythicdl. for the personification of the participant himself whom he interprets as depicting both the equal and noble alitletic ideals which character- ize the Olympic Games, Illustrating one of the two $65. demomination coins, Mannts athlete appears in classic cameo with closely-cropped hair encircled by the traditional and triumphant crown 0% glory - a 1aw:el wreath. In his hand, the athlete ccvries a flaming torch, synlbol of the constant re-birth of the spirit of the Olympics, TEMPU OF ZEUS - $10, - For his third design, Anthony Mann ei~ibodies ythology and reality with The Temple of Zeus existant on emth as well !S !S in legend. As a temporal focal point for the early Games, it prov- ided a tangible contact between the living and the mythical pantl~eonpf Gods who surrounded the ancient Greeks. The temple once housed the ******** ******** ******** ****W*** **a***** THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST is published monthly by the Ontario Numismatic Associationc The publication can be obtained with membership in one of the following categories starting January, 1975: Life Membership - $SO,, Regular Membership - $5. annually, Juniors (up to 18 years of age) - $3. annually, Husband and Wife (one Journal) - $7. annually, Club Mem- ber ship - $10. annually.. Special O,N,A, Silver Lapel Pins - $2.50. Remittance made payable to The Ontario Numismatic Association, c/o Mr. Bruce Raszmann, P.O. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontwio, l Pa~e87 l collossal gold and ivory statue of 5eui at Olympia which was fashioned l l by Phidias in the 5th century B,C. 0n.e of the seven wonders of the ! Ancient World, itreputedly towered 40 feeti However, all trace of the statue has long since been lost, except for its repto&xt;tion on coins. Mann emulates the. inherent symmetry of Greek archLteCt'ure for the Temple of Zeus by utilizing a bold relief for the tqmple froht on the seoond $lOLO.coin. bn so doing he enables the engraver $0 clearly contrast the difference in finis& between field and relief i OLYMPIC R1NG.S .m&L@EA$I-I..G 965% - For his foukth and final design, Mann features the wild olive wreath on the second $5. coin of the series. The olive twig bent into a head wreath was one of the earliest accol- ades presented '20 victorious Olynplc athletes. A positive, tangib10 and commomplace sight to which the Greek populace could associate .the I wreath elevated its wearer S stat.us above that of his fellow spdrEsmen. Its simplicity and total lack of monetavy value was one, of the ancient elements leading to the presen.t day concept of mateurism in the Olympic ideal. Immediately behi.nd the wild olive wreath is engraved the familiar five ring symbol of the modern Olynpic Gmes. -Archeolo- gists, when examining the site of the original Olympic Games at Olympia found the curious five ring symbol. The symbol was origl.nally discov- ered on the Iphitos altar in Greece, but the meaning of the five inter- locking rings remains clouded in antiquity. In 1920, Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France, founder of the modern Olympic Games, officially codified the symbol to represent the five continents of the world and the interlocking friendship of nani The obverse of all four coins bears the uncrowned effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabe-th the Second, designed by Axnold Machin. (My thanks to the Royal Canadian Mint for sending me this material R.M.1 &******* X******* *******,:c ******** ***X**** LETTERS TO TI-IE EDITOR In answer to Mrs. McQuade in Sop-tember Bulletin: Dear Sir: I have read with interest the letters of: MP; Boss Irwin in July-.August Bulletin and now Mrs. McQuadets reply in the September Bulletin and find that in relation to Mrss. Quade's letterb 1 must make one small correction. In the next to last paragraph she states that at the 1774 O.N.B. Convention the Canadian Decimal and Canadian Tokens are one class. I do not know where Mrs, McQuade obtained this erroneous information, but erroneous it is, If she had taken the trouble to read the Aprll issue of the O.N.Ai,Bulletin, page 37 lists the eight categories used end winners of the sameo these cate ories being:- (1) aTuniors, (2) Canadian Coins, (3) Tokens and medalsn (47 Topical., (5) World Coins, (6) Canadian Paper Money, (7) Miscellaneous, (8) Clu'bs. I hope that this will cle,v up any misunderstainding that members and more especially, the exhi'bitors, may have had after reading the letter of Mrs. McQuade, Nurnisrnatically yours, Tony Gordon Display Chairman, 1974 O.N, A, Convention Page 88 NOTE ISSUES OF SOME EliRLY CANADIAN BANKS W" 3y W, H, McDonald (continued from the October Bulletin) P.t the time of the winding-up, the no-tes outstanding amounted to I ' $428,819 and other liabilities $1,130,934 - all of which were paid in full. Shareholders who had previously suffered a 40% red~~ctionin worth of their shares received 23% losing aboult: $3,000,000. -.-.vTHE ROYAL C.4NADIAN BANK, TORONTO, ONTARIO ($4.00, July 1, 1870) THE CITY BANK, MOIfTREAL ($1.00, Aug. 1, 1834 - First Issue) ;After :.:.:S ,two banks merged the notes presented for redemption were, of course, redeemed at face value? or in exchange for notes of the new Consolidated Rank, which ~wose0u.t of the merger. Since there was a period of four years during which such notes could be redeemed it is not surprising thet they are very scarce, The publ.ict S only loss in the winding up of the Consolidated Bank as far as the circulation is concerned? was the discount on notes sold between the time of suspension and the -I;~.meof redemptj.on. There are numerous other exarnples coming within this group of banks which failed or voluntarily wound up their affair S for other reasons, and many of them have fascinating stories to -tell. The foregoing should serve to illustrate this particular category and the variations that make it up, Tha third group, it will be recalled, is "Notes which are no Longer Current, But For Which Provision for Redemption was Made and Continues to ExistoU 'When one speaks of "non-current or obsol.ete~~paper raoney this could refer to the notes o:C the present Canadian chartered banks which are still. redeer~iablebut which are not now current, and literally speaking are, -ther2i'ore, obsolete. The chances are, if you presented one of these notes in the payment of a debt it would be looked 'upon with suspicion, and might even be refused. Legally, of course, it niust be redeemed by the Canadian Balks and they in turn recover payment frog the Bank of Canada in. Ottawa, Two notes which are obsolete or non-current but are redeemable are $20.00 Bank of British Columbia, June 1, 1879 and the $5.00 Western Bank of Canada, Oct. 2, 1882. In thLs s~wevein, alnlost any itern of paper money which is not now current or legal tender could be included as obsolete currency. Items zch as the £1 note of the Province of Nova Sco-tia, June l, 1854 could all coim within this category. The poi.nt is, of course, that the words ttobsoletelland "non- current1' are not synonymous with "non-redeenableI1 and indeed confuse nore than they clarify when used in connection with Canadian paper money. Getting back to the other perhaps more important part of Group 111 there -ae several banks which will illustrate this group, two of which can be inentio~~cdbriefly, BANK VILLE MARIE MONTREAL The Bank Ville Masie of Montreal, Quebec, was chartered in 1872. It operated successfully for a tine but as a result of corrupt man- agrenen.t j.t failed in 1.899, Prosecutions resulted and 'two of its off- icers were jailed, At 31e time of suspension notes mounting to $261,870 were out::tanding. Deposit liabilities Were $l,50k1.,665. The Palre 89 deposit creditors received 17*% of their claims but noteholders who presen-ted their notes received payment in full, In fact sucl? notes . are still redeemable in full upon presentation to the Bank of Canada which reported that as at December 31, 1969 there was still outatand- ing $5,808.82 of .this b,mk's notes& TIG ONTARIO BANIC, TORONTO Organized in 1857 with a capi-La1 of $15k9880 at Bowmanville, Ontario, the 'bank later moved to Toronto. It prospered in the early yeas. By the .turn of the cen.tury assets werb about $15,000,000 and capital and reserves were $2 million. It was plagued in -the later years with bad nanagerner~.twhich terminated by 1906 with su'bstantial losses. The General. Manager was convic.ted and jailed for speculating in the bankf s stock and securities, Over $"p00 million in transactions were involved and l.osses of $1-3/& million resulted c The Bank of Montreal agreed. to assume the liability and take over the assets provided the other banks assumed a proportionate share Qf the losses. The financi,al position at this time, October 13 1906, was assets $17,432,177; liabkli-Lies $15,229,685 (the latter included outstanding circul.ation $1,3~1,)102and deposits $12,656,034). The capital and reserve stood at $2,200,000. Nearly 3 years were spen.t in winding up the bank. The capital account was wiped out, but 92,$ of the loan and overdue accounts were collected. The noteholder S .were thus paid in full and the depositor S either received casn or transferred their accoulzts to the Bank of Montreal. It was necessary, however, to invoke the double liability clause of -the shareholders to -the extent of over $1,2000j000~ Any notes now outstanding can be redeemed at the Royal Trust Company which has branches 1.n the principal cities in Canada. While it is not the purpose of .this article to lecture oil termin- ology, mentioning 5.t prominently is difficult to avoid if good corn& unications are to be achieved when talking abou-t this group of Canadian Bank notes. A few final torments, therefore, are in order. The use of certain words to describe Banks and their bank notes that axe too broad and general in their meaning can be confusing; lxoreovor, it night be qui-te misleading. Specific, more exact .wording should perhaps be used and the fol-loving terms nay be more appropriate when discussing the notes of Canadian banks: Redoernable : Currently, and includes any obsolete notes. Redeemable - R.P.E. (Redemption Period Required) : Notes which could hava been redeemed at one time. It must be assumed the notes were issued under proper authority. Non-Redeenable - Isss :Legally issued notes not now redeemable. Why, is im.iateri.al. Non-Redeemable - Unissued : Includes fraudulen-tl-y issued notes and those described as l~s~urious~f.Would also include notes rel.eased after a bark ceased to exist, commonly called 'lremainder.sll. To know the differences and to clarify the way we speak about these Banks and their notes is important if a proper understanding of Can- adian paper money is to be obtained. &-together9 several hundred banks companies and iner chants issued paper money before and after Confedera- tion, Their notes range fTom the uninteresting to the fascinating* from very comlon. to extrerriely rare; and they include some of the finest Pane 90 exani~lesknown of the en~ravers'at. Mam Canadian notes have. ~ a.~ lib- oral- shae of history atxached to then and" in a country with such a short history it is something to be prized. For the numisl~iatist, Canadian. bank notes are both a groat pleasure and a tough chLallenge - they make his life quite interes'ting. , ., v-? BIBLIOGRAPHY . - CANADA - An E~~cyclopaediaof the County by CastCLl Ho lrins - Vol. 1 (Linscott PublishLng CO,, Toronto, 18 98) THE CAXI1DIAN BAPPKING SYSTEM . 1817 - 1890 by Roeliff Morton Breckenridge, PhrD. (Journal of the Canadian Banker S Association 'Vol. 11, September 1894 - August 1895) CANADIAN MONXTARY BARKING AND FISCAL DEViLOPMENT BY R. Crdg McIvor (MacMillan Co. of Canada, 1958) FI'FTY YEARS OF BANICING S'ER'LICli: 1871 - 1921 - History of the Dominion Bank Privately printed 'uld written, 1922 FOUNDERS OF CANADIAN BANKING By Adm Shor t't ( Journ,d of the C cu~ndian Banker S Associ ation Vol. XXXll, No, l and Vol, XXXLl1 No. 1) A 61STCIKY OF BANKING IN CANADA By B. E, Walker, General Manager of the Canadian Bcanlr of Cormerco (Torontos 1899) KTSTOlIY OF TIB CANADIN BANK 017 COMMBXCE, Vol, Z 6e 11 By Victor Ross Toronto University Press, 1920 ,and 1922) ~STORVOF C.RNADI~CCURHENCY, BANKING m11 EXCIIANGE by AdaLl Shor tt (Journal of the Canadim Baiki~~gAssociation - various issues) A HISTORY OF THE BANIC OF MONTREAL by Merrill Donison (McClelland and Stewarts Toronto, l965 and 1967) REPOBT OP THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON BR1\TKIl\TG AND CURRENCY IN CANADA, 1933 (The MacMillm Report) The Kings Printer S, Ottawa. *****?ic:k* ***:l<***+ ***S:<::*::::* ***;k:C*** *>@tX$t**** NWS AROUlW THE COIN CLUBS CHJMPLAIN COIN CLUB- At the last neoting two inport,ant Itens were bzboup;ht up. Firstly, it is reported that the Isle of Man is onsider- ing ~ssuingits own (silver) Maundy Money. Up until now only tile U.K. has issued Maundy Money, Socondly, Maj. Sheldoa Carroll expressed concern for the poor educational progratl (in nur3isnatics) at the roe cent C.N.A. Convention in Hmil-ton, He feels collectors do not read enough boolrs on nunisnlatics and tinat there are no nore t11m1 24 true nunisuatlsts (students of the science) in Canada. Food for thought, Page 91 CITY OF OTTAWA COIN CLW - The last meeting saw 29 members and 5 rruests in attendance. Mr. M. Allan headed a discussion on an objection the 03.ymp3.c coins were selling above their face value and there was also a discussion on the C.EJ,A, increase in dues. The club was also informed t?iat .they had won the A.N.A. Bulletin Award for the best Bulle~Linsin 19'73. Congratulations, I INGERSOLLAOIN CLUB - At thc last meeting the club enjoyed a film from the Franklin Mint entitled "A Tribute to Heritageu which shows a new section of the Mint displaying the medallions depicting history of the United States., Charlie Laister announced that due to the increase in shipping and express rates the O.N.A. had decided to sell the display cases to the member clubs desiring to purchase same, KITCIIEN.rn COXIT CLUB - Let us all pull for .the Kitchener Club as they are i.n the middle of deciding whe.ther to try to continue in view of the low level of interest or to close down. It is always a disappoin- tment when a club loses ground, especially one that has been active for ten years as Iiitchenr has. We hope to hear better things soon. LONDON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY - The highlight of the regular meeting was the 23rd Anniversary Banquet along with a special Mail and Flo6r bid Auction. The Editor. Llovd T, Smith. uraised those who had taken the .time to write articles for the %ulletih and certificate awwds were given to those who had contributed the ~ost, The meal put on by 'the ladies of Rowntree United Church was enjoyed by all, ' NIAGARA FALLS COIN Cm , The club held a Fall Banquet at the Oakes Dr. Motel which took the form of a Smorgasborg. The highlight of this event was the presentation to Melvin Fiske of Life Member No, 1 in appreciation of his war); for 'the club oveY the yews and especially in the two 0,N.A. Conventions the club has hosted; NORTH 310riIc COIN CL- - The highlight of the last meeting was the show-~.~ .. ing by Mrs. Louise Graham of'.a copy of .[;he design for %he 197$-dollar coin which was won by G. Bouey, A report was given by S'tan Clute on the C.N.A., Convention in August and by Ray Pleau 011 the A.N.A. Conven- tion and the ETuror~ia Show in BwTiea This meeting was the first for the Pandora's Box for Junior members and to start it off each junior present was given two, not one, coins from the box, ST. CATIT.!!IN@S COIN CLUB Seventy people sat down to the roast beef dinner put on by the ladies of Westminster United Church for the annual show and banquet which was one of the most successful in history. The guest speaker was Mr. Lloyd T. Smith whose interesting and informa- tive talk on Jetons was enjoyed by all. The dinner was followed by a lively auction onducted by Uoyd Dorsey. SARNIA NUM4MATIC SOCIT.2 - Forty-one members and guests at the last meeting enjoyed an enlighten.ing tall; by Torn Masters on the Bank of Cmada, Ottawa, which next year will begin work on a permanent nuis- matic mrc3m to open in 1977 which will display 1 500 ancient Greek and Ronan coins, 10,000 foreign coins and 25,000 pieces of foreign , 7 Page 92 pap@??money, among other interesting items. He also had two cases showing the Twelve Tribes of Israel in sil.ver and oddities of paper cnoney . snwcpoix.r, COIN CLU~- The last meeting was mostly taken up wi-th find arrtmgonents for the forthcoming show whSch seems .to be shaping up as a good one. Uso soine items for the O.N,A, Convention in .the spring- were discussed. *****W** ***;k:c*** ***%**:X* *****$#W ***Q+** NEW MEMBERS App1ication.s published in the October issue of the Ontwio Nunismat- l ist has been accepted. The following applications has been received, i if no objections are received .their acceptance will be acknowledged 1 in, the December issue of the bntwio Nurixismatist. 940 William h. Underwood 200 William Street, Stayner, Ont, LOM1,ED 941 Bruce R. Watt, 1153 Northridge S.L., Oshawa, Dnt. L1G 3P3 COORECTION - Ye Ed wishes to correct an erroyiii .the Septenber Bulletin i under New Mbmber S. Please note that Mr. Roy D. I-IeaZe S Nunber should be 939 & 1938. Sorrys Roy. *******\v *******h\. ****<***S!: *******$a ******Q Pli'OPOSEQ COIN SHWS Lis.ted below axe the proposed coin club ghows with dates md banquets. Please check to see if any of these dates conflict with youX club date. Nov. 9 - Canadian Young Nw.lisma-tis'ts 2nd annual convention at the Four Seasons Sheraton Ifotel, 123 Queen St, West, Toxon.to. For details re bourse, etc. contact Jon Jones, 7 Tayshm Crescent, Roxdde. m Mm. 22 - Nor.th York Coin Club Annual. Show, Bour se, Book & White Elephant Sale; at the North York Colx~unityHrfil, 5090 Yonge St., Willowdalo, Onti from 10.00 a.mc to 10,OO p,r:ii For information please contact P, 0, Box 2943 Willowdale, Ont Apr. 26-27" Ont,wio NumJ.sr.latic Association animal convention .to be held in the Victorian Motor Inn, Str atford Ont, For de- I tails re bour se, etc, contac-t Ken Wilmot, b.0, Box 76, Sebr ingville, Ont. N0.K 1XL) &*&*h*** ******** ****X*** ******** ******* CAiiAllA' S CENTENNIU- 1VIEDALS A book Zis.ting over 250 types of 1967 Centennial medals contains 14.4. pages and cover has been conpleted. Photos of each type are shown ~CLoiig with sizes, weights and in many cases designer, number minted and producing mint given. Two years of research and compiling all the ava.il.ab1.e informa.tion was co~pletedby Jack Roberts and further in- fornation can bo ob-tained by writing him at P.O. Box 38, Kemptville, Onta~io,Canada, KOG 1SO. It is a limited serially numbered first edition and those interested should write him now. ,! ', Pax 93 IT MAKES YOU THINK..,,.. **W* In a recent Bulletill from the ICi-tcheiier Coin Club91 Toad whereldue to the lack of membership interest and/or pat- icipation this club is seriously considering closing down -- This to me is one o:e the saddest tines cand circumstances that 'my club has to face, but it occ&,s to ne that this situation would never have arisen where it not for lack of enthusiasn in the club, irr the hobby ,and in nunisnatics generally. When you cone to think of all the energy that has gone into the rnaking of this club it seems a pity that it should suddenly be all in vain. May 1 as an individual ask the president l 8 and executive of the Xi-tichener hub if .there is anything we can do to ward off this seeningly inevitable conclusio?i, They say a lit'tle ~ help goes a long way, We are offering the help of our executivd ,and members if you should need it. ****** Over the years in ny association with the hobby, there have been tines ~h~hcllone becomes most discouraged, e ,g. ;/ Ye Ed has been the recipient of three or four lettors of late which to say the least were far from cor:iplirnentary, in fact one particular letter I have in tlind 'blmed all the troublo, past a~dpresent, on poor old Ye Ed, hence MINE EGO INS DONE JEC;OKE DGWN 'iJITB -4 BUMP, perhaps. .this is good for me, I happen to 'be the sort of person who can take crlticiGm, however tiisdirected i-t may be. I on.ly trust that the writers of these letters fe1.t as good at sending .then as I felt bad in receiving then! sone-times we all tend to take ourselves too seriously, so sonothing good has to be said for vitrolic type lottors, They bring you down to earth--- These thoughts, are to keep our clenbers in the picture of some of the trials and tribulations which beset those who are trying to do their best for the hobby. CAOMMENTS ON THE ABOVE INVITED. ******** ***::CS*** ****W6*9$ ***g**** ******* AUCTION TENDERS INVITED To all interested auctioneer?, professional or amateur, we the exec- utive of the O.N,A., are invlting you to tender for the 19f5 convention auction. This is to be held in Stratford, April 26 and 27, which is a bare six months away. We would like co see a first class auction which will take much planning and effort on the part of the succ~ssful bidder. We therefore request that if you are at all interested, let us have your bid by Dec. 15th at the latest in order to give you plenty of tine to (a) asserable material, (b) mail out your auction sheets md (c) to generally publicize the fatxt that you will be the official auctioneer at the 1975 Convention, remernber this is election year and we are hoping for a first class show. Please senQ all bids to Mr. Chas. B. Laister, No, 3 Highway, Tillsonburg, Ontario, N4G 351, who is chairrun of the Convention Com~i.ttee. ******96:k *******>K ******** ******** ******* THIS 'IT THlT - As you can see I have very small space for ny ramblings so withou,t further ado, here are my cor:iments---Your Bull-etin is late this ~llonth, this is due because Ye E:dl s best (?) half took it upon hereself to take one giant step down a flight of eight stairs at Strat- ford, results, 17 hours spent visiting vnrious hospitals and X-Ray Departments .to get her back on track, which thank goodness she now is--- The last page of this Bulletin is for the election of officers for 1975-77, please use it, See you at C.Y.N. etc., until next month, -U1 the best in nunisnatics, sincerely, Ye Ed. ' I. Page 94 ELECTION OF OFFICJBS FOR 1-975 -. 1977 In accordance with our By-Laws, article 7, section 4, we quote, "in LW election year., the President shall nake a call for nominations of elected officers six months prior to the opening of the Annual Genoral Meeting in tlie official publication, and at the same time shall appoint an election coI:u:ij.ttee, consi.sting of a Chairnan and 2 members", This yeatS Election Committee is nade up of Chairnan, Charles R, Laister and nenbers Elliot Sephson and Noward Whitfield. Also we quo.te, "All nor.iinatioiis shall be uade iii writing, signed by .two nenbers in good standing and sent .to the Chairclcm of the Election Com.~ittee. I3i.s address is as follows:- Charles R. Laister, No. 3 Highway , Tillsonburg , Ontario, N)hS 351. Pre~ider~t...~.~...~~~~.~.,~~~~~~~~~~.~~.~~~~~~~~~ First Vice-President...... i,, ...... Second Vi~e-President...,,,.~.~~,~~,.*~.~....~.. Secre~tary...... ,..~.....,.o.,,...,.,o..o.....~. Trea~urer.....,,.,.~~i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~a~~~~~~i Director Area No. 1.,...,...... ~....~~6~~~~+(I.Ct. Director Area NO. 2,,~....i...p.ebo...*~i3*b*i~~~ Director Area No. 3...,....,....,..a,~0~~~b~O~dd~ Director Rrea No. b., ...... Director krea No. 5...... *i...... Director Area No, 6,....,...... ,....000~~~.00.e~ Director Area No. 7,....,.0.....,~...ee0~aiOdd01. Director boa No, 8..,....,...,....~..L1.d.~.~..~ ...... Director Area No, 10...... o...... ~...... N,dARD OF MWTT. . Nme....,,,...... ,..,...... ,...... ,...... Please list the reasons for your nomination for The 1975 Award of Merit of the Ontario Numismatic Associat;ion on a separate sheet and sign .the of the person or organisation making the nomination and send to the Chairmm of the Awad of Merit Coliu?iittee, Mr. R. Voaden, c/o 0ntario Papor Go., ~Thorald,OntGio, (List achievement S, Special services, Wri-ting, Reseach, Advancement of numismatics, etc.---) OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO ~UMISMATICASSOCIATION : FOUNDED Iq6Z , WATERLO0,ONTARlO 1973 - 1975 Volume 13 December 1974 Page 95 0. N. A. OFFICERS Letters to the Editor Past Presidelzts October 28* 1974. R. R. REKOFSKI (1 962-1 965) '302 ~albbtSt,, L. T. SMITH (T965-1967) Wm. ENGLISH I1 967-1 9691 LONDON, Ont* D. FLICK (1969-1971) The Editor: C. B. MISTER I1 97 1 - 1973) Dem Sir: President I,would like to my E. offer solution W. PAT LAMBERT to the present concern over the judging Pi~st Vice-P~eside& of displays at coin shows, There are Wm, R. GAGE ~'PFO'st! and ltconfslrwith each system, but &cond Vice-President before we get on to the shows the main MEL H, FlSKE point to be considered is l'why am I dis- Secretary playing at aJZ?" MRS, PAT LAMBERT There are two answers to this Treasurer & Mefnbsrshi? BRUCE H. RASZMANN question,; firstly, to win prizes (awards, trophies, cash, etc.?) and secondly, for illailifig Add~ess the pleaswe of sharzng one's coins and Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario lmawledge with other collectors and the n DIRECTORS - genaraJ. public who attend coin shows, The Area 1' Howard Whitfield only displays which fall into the second Elliot Jephson category at this time, are the non-competi- Area 2 Ken W, Wifmot Area 3 Victor G. Potter tive or '~ourtof Iionourf displays. Area 4 vacant . Area 5 JohnCralg No matter what system of IudgTng Area 6 Richard A. Ford is the whole point df conpbt&tive Area 7 Tony Gordon used, Area 8 Ray Pleau display is defeated by incornpetant judging, Area 9 Clifford Shipman It is impr$ctica3, to expect anyone to bow Area 10 Gerald Albert everything about one series of coins, but Histmian to expect a judge to know everything about WALTER GRlGGS svery series of coins, is ridiculous in Pub l,icity the extreme, BOB VOADEN Ontario Paper Co. 1 To have competitive displays at Thorotd, Onta ria all defeats the whale object of nunisma- Librarialz tics, it is only a ww of saying, 113C3ve Wm. R. GAGE got mare coins than you've gotn or vgMy RR #l, Shanty Bay; Ontario coins ads better than your coins", or grIfm Medal Committee richer than you met1, The sharing of MEL FlSKE knowledge and the pleasure of showing coins 7795 Beaverdams Road Niagara Falls, Ontario with historical and numismatic interest Audio-Visual Service & will fm,out-weigh the acquisition of Display Case S&vice trophies to the true collector, The money CHAS. 5. LAlSTER . spent by clubs on trophies could be used #3 Highway, to present the displayee with a medal or Tillsonburg, Ontario exhib- '-7 Spmkw Circuit Serdce certificate of merit, thanking the KEN PROPHET itor for' sharing his display, his time and Box 226, Barrie, Ontario effort, This would solve the problem of Editor W. E. PAT LAMBERT Box 31 1, St. Catharines, Ont. Page 96- .the ill-will which Bs generally felt when an inferior display geta an awzd, andw~uidmakeour coin shows~rhatthey should be - afriendly atnosphere of fellowskii.p, instead of being in competition wit12 each ' other to the disaLvantage of everyone, Your s very truly, Signed: Chris Brooke~, BOOK REVIEd 197'5 STANDARD CAT,W;OG!?B OF CAj!T,ADIAN COINS, TOKEMS AND PAPER MONEY FIRST EDITON BY: J, E, CHARLTOiV When considering how tc approach this review of the paper money section of the 1975 standzL.d Catalogue of Lanadian Coins, Tokens and Paper Money, it is necessary to ask; ':Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news first?': 213 remain forever an optimist the good news will be covered first, There arz quite a few favourable things that can be mentioned, Fir st of all, the a-krccj o-ds numbeying system used in .the 1.974 Catnlgue for the Domicion Governm~ntand Bank of CcLada notes has disappeared replaced by a six;l.pli.f~cdsystem of cbrog.o;ogfca2 nunbers prefixed by an alphabetical code: TXS -* 3~minionTo Canzda 3C -d Bank of Smada,, etc, This is an 5.np.rovexon.'; that wil.1 appeal to even the most cursory users, ' - It will not, on. the other hanr!, be adequate if used to ~~umbe?the chartered banks o:r merchant r,ot.es bu-t these presunably do not nee2 numbering a,t -Liz2 2r~scnl;ticie, hathm bf g ircprovement is i33 the format fo~the banks and rner- chant nobLes, 'These me listed shgle column across a full page u.sing lwge~type and whe~cnew il9:?.atrations are used they too haw been increas~din size, I'his is a great benefit and in itself is wort2 the increased prLr.:2 of 55p' for tlze Catalogue. More ~.'klustrationsme used in the 1975 Cat(XLogue, Virtually every Sank has at least one note shown and the increased use of photographs is even mo?e pronounced in the merchants' not(+s section, The photographs are of uniformly high quality. -!l these changes ar~a significant step in the right direction, Now for the other news -, the prici.ng, The Standad Catalogue would be a good refererice source without the prices because they do not mzke mxch nore sense than they did last ye=, With the possible ex- ception of the fazt that greater- USE is mado of brackets or ranges of prices, the 1975 edition can not be, to put it mildly, considered nich of an improvement, The main reasons are, of course, the strange agproach TllE ONTARIO NfPMZSMA+TIST is published monthly by the Ontario liswnismatic Association, The publication can be obtained with menbe~shipin one of the following categories starting Jarmay, 1975: Life Membership .- $SO., Regulm Membership .- $5, mually, Juniors (up to 18 years of age) - $3. annually, Husband adwife (one Journal) - $7. annually, Club Menber ship - $10. annuLly,, Special OO,N,A, Silver Lapel Pins - $2,50, Remittance made payable to The Ontario Nunismatic Association, c/o Mr. Brum Rasznm, T.0, Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario, I 1 Page 97 . to price changes and to the continued practice of assigning prices to 5 or 6 grades of notes. Many rare notes never cone on the mwket, if - indeed ,they exist at a31 in my grade, 0d.y one exrn~le,chose11 at random, need be mentioned to illustrate the point: The first issue $1.00 note of the Bank: of Britlsh North J~lericadated 1837, The prices me supposed to be: V,G ,-$100,00 Fine--$250,00, V, Pine-$300.00, E . ~ine-$3 50~00, and ~nc.-$i456.00. B the way, how can an uncirculated note of this yea be worth only $550.00 if a $4.30 note of this bank issued in any of the years from 1841 50 1877 is war th $~OO.OO to S'p800.001 This raises the oths? difficult pat of the subject -- the Inconsistency of the prices. These exist bo-bh in absolute terms, as in the exan~plcmentioned, and in the price changes between the 1974 and 1475 editions. Some, noTeover, have been in the catalogue for some time notwithsta~dingattention nas been previously dram to them. i St14a.ngely enough the market price increased only for the govern- ment issues this past year as the chartered bank notes virtually show no increase In price -- or can it be that the prices were too high in the 1971.t.edition? In samary -[;here me good and bad points to the 1975 edition, Each reader can decide which out-weighs the other, On balance this reviewer still finds the Stmdmd Catalogue gives the most complete coverags of CL2nadia;z paper money -- just remember to resist having it quoted as an absolute authority when discussing price, By W. H. McDonald * * * * * 4: * 96 ******$*c ******** ******** ******** --TREASURERS FOUKD AT WORK Thanks to R, McQuade and City of Ottawa GO:'~ Club, Tijroughout the centu~ies,many of Bri tainfs treasurer s have been found by worlmeil in the course of their employment. For example, workms carrying out alterations to Pillaton Ed1 in Staffordshire in 1742 found 810,000 in gold coins in a hidden cu&board. A few years later, 25 leather purses containing nearly ~6,000were discovered nem by, At Dean in Badfordshire, labourers found numerous gold coins in a cartload of debris taken fron a house which they were demoljslzing in 1875; in the following year men digging for iron ore at Desborough in N~rthar~ip-tonshirefound a 7th-century necklaca in a grave, One of the most ht~iguingfinds in the region was at Nottingham in 1880, when worben excavating an old house found 200 silver pennies, d from the 13th centmy, The coins had beon subjected to intense heat and were -"used together, but experts established that they had been deposited between April and Decer~ber11% in the period when much of the town was destroyed by fire ~Ttera siege by the Earl of GLoucester . At St, Jlbans in He~tfordshire, several oak beams were removed from an old hev-se in the 1880'~~Eventudly deciding to use one of them for firewc~e,a 50y employed at the yard where they were stored started to chop 6neine. As he split it with his axe, a hoard of 15th and 16th centwy gold coins of the reigns of Edward 1V to Henry in11 fell f~onholes that had Seen bored in the wood - p~obablyat the tine I Page 98 ' of the Di ssmlution of the Monasteries (7 The most vauablc medieval coin ho~dfound. in Britain was w.11 . eazlthed by ~~o~lalennear Fishpool in Nottinghm in 1966, More than 1200 gold coins f~ornt'ne reigns of Edwad II to Edward 1V (1327- 1483) asld jewllery, were excavated with a mechanical digger* The find was wcrth about 240,000, *P****Y* ******** ******** *+**+*** **a**** GERM-US PRODUCE FAISZS From Vancouver International Coin Ent'nusiasts P.o. BOX 35484, station E, Vancouver, 3.c. 4G8 In a recent article which zppeared in Coin, Stamp and Antique News, September 28, 1974 on page 30, a wonderful new series of count- erfelts ltcoinsrl is reporLed. The article is entitled l1GlIFNANS PRODUCE F-KK4KEStt, and covers these tfcoinsl!in some detail. It goes on to state that Itthe German states, German New Guinea, German East Africa and the German Weima Republic1' coins are being offered, Attached is the price list of the per son offering this material, We have had the three parts numbered 1, 2, and 3 and offer a transla- tion from the German, 1 Selection from The Big Offering of The Year 1974: Silver Coins - just Like Originals of Cain Rarities - Scarce Items, from the German Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich, $2. All coins in silver - desirable gifts - first class collection completers, Obverse, Reverse, edge and silver just like originals. Kuniber according to Jager s catalogue IfDie Dsutschen Iqunsen seit 187111. For your order please use simply the following order form, cut it out and place it in an envbaope with b Pfs. postage. #3. A11 152 diff'erent silver coins together: special price of DM. 10,000 - Every customer receives the big coin offering. Also available 120 different struck copies, faithfully reproduced, with correct gold content, of 5, 10 and 20 Mark gold pieces ofthe empire of emperors, kings, princes and cities. Please ask for special offer. This article and the price list could cause me to wonder. I an i asking myself what next? Also how can we stop these things, or at least how can we keep then from being sold as tfGENUINE COINS1'??????? We would like your cornants on this. Even if YOU do not collect German coins. What do you think? Please write and let us know. Send your comments to- W. E. Pat Lambert, P.O. Box 311, St, Catharines, Ontario L2F. 6T7 or Dennis Lane or Bill Ziogler, P.O. Box 35484, Vmvoucer, B.C. V6M 4~8, Any replies sent to Ye Ed will be published here for all to read. ******** **+****$ k*f **+** ***I.(.**Vi $**;iC***$ SMILE - "My wife is always asking me for moneyv complained a friend. --, IfLast week she wanted $200.00. The day before yesterday she askedme for $150.00. This morning she wanted @125.00~~."That's crazyw I said, I "What does she do with it allil. "I don't know11 said my friend, "1 never give her myff, Page 99 aIsPLhy CASES /- , Due to many problems with our Display Case Service to coin clubs over the Province, mong whkch was the impossibility of replacing worn and broken cases, the original nanufacturer having gone out of business, and also the high cost of repairs to glass covers, fran~es,etc, has made it tc-day an expense your Association cannot afford. bur Execu- tive have decided to dispose of dl of its cases to our members clubs at a small cost of $25,00 per crate of five cases, A limit has been set of one crate (of five cases) per club until we see how many clubs are interested. Some ciubs have requested 2 or 3 crates , however your wxecu-Live thought it snly fair to limit one crate per cfub until exact orders have been received - my surplus will go to clubs who signify they could use more than one crate, if available. All club orders should be sent to:- Mr. Charles E. Laister, No 3 Hi&ht.~ay,TILLSONBURG, Ontario N~G3J1, Please state how nany crates (if more than one is desired), with cheque or money wder for $25,00 made payable to the O.W,A, for the initial order of one crate containing five cases. It will be readily under- stood that these cases will be required for our @onvention at Strat- ford in 1975. The nenber clubs ordering crates nay pick them up at the Convention at Stratford, which will save tho cost of transporting ! them to the va'ious clubs, **%f**+* ******** t*t***** ******tS **::****** ---, A CHALLENGE FBOM "rn ED" Have you ever thought you could be a budding editor? To formulate and direct and express the tl~oughtsof your readers and members? Here is a chancc for you to express ysurself md put your ideas into practise. The Editorship of the O.N.A. Bulletin is open to any interested party. Pe Ed, afEer eight years, wishes .to retire, Aqy interested party dircct your enquiries to:- Charles 3. Laistor, Chairman of the Nominating Committee for the officers for 1975-77, No. 3. Highway, Tillsonburg, Ontario, ~ki3J1. If you want further details on what is involved, etc.? drop Ye Ed a line and I shall be only too happy to give you all the mformation and help 1 can. I ******** ******** ******** ******** ******* I CONVENTION NEWS - 1975 Just to rocind our readsrs that the is passing, with nany items still to be solvedr- To our Dealer Friends, please reserve your tables as early as possible so we can finalize details well in advance of the Show --- To those Auctioneers who are interested, will you also, please submit your bids in the next few weeks so we can start publicising the event --- To our xember s, be sure you submLt your nonination for the O.N.A.'s Award of Merit - send your selection to Mr. Robert Voaden, C/O Ontario Paper Company, TilOROLD, Ontario, again as exly as possible --- and finally, elections are the big event at this year s Convention-- Eave you submitted your list of names for the various officers to ? serve on your behalf for 1975-77 -- if not? may I suggest you do so 1 without delay. Send them to the Chairman of the Nominating Conmittee, Mr. Charles B. Laister, No. 3 Yiighwzy, TILLSONBURG, Ontario B~G3J1. Thank you, W, E, Pat Lmbert, President* I1 Paae 100 PRESS RELEASE ,330P.I STRATFORD RE CONVENTION '75 n The Stratford Coin Clubi s plans for the O.N.A. Convention on April 26 and 27, 1975 are moving ahead in excellent fashion. Within one week of the mouncenent that bourse reservations were be- ing accepted over 30% of the 43 tables had already been reserved, The tables PJ~allocated by the locations requested at a cost of $55.00 for the table (approximately 8 x ~'6~~), This cost includes one banquet ticket and two registration packets for each request. Inforna- tion can be obtained by writing, Bourse, Stratford Coin Club,P.O. Box 2627 STRATFORD, Ontaio. Stratford, noted for its Festival, Furniture Manufacturing, Fine Shops and accomodations is out to make this a Show not soon to be forgotten. Plans for tours through the Festival and Furniture Show Rooms are well advanced dong with the gener a1 preparations. Persons requesting accomodations are requested to forward their requirements to Accomnodations, Stratford Coin Club, P.0. Borr 262, Str atford, Dntmio, The Victorian Inn, one of Stratford's finest Motor IIotcls, will be the . site of the '75 O.N,A> Convention, The main theme of this year's show will be I7Stratford, Where Iiospitality BeganH. We hope we can show everyone that this is not just a saying. From Show ChaLrnan, Ken Wilnot ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** 7--. O,X,A, l4EMBEBSlXCP Once again it is nernber ship renewal. time, when I nust send you a renewal member ship application, As you know, annual membership dues are payable on a calendar year basis. Would you, therefore, please complete the enclosed re- newal r~enbership application and return it along with your renittance in the encJ-used self addressed envelope at your earliest convenience. After three years, nenbers ~f this association are eligible to apply for Life Membership. Have you ever considered a Life Membership. Yours sincerely, Signed: Bruce He Raszmann O,N,A. Treasurer & Menber ship Chairmano -p*so As time permits, membership cards and receipts will be nailed. Please be patient, the job of being treasurer and nenbership chairnan is a labour of love. ******** ******** f *+***** ******** '975 SILKi?& DOLLAR - Thanks to City of Ottawa Coin club. DonWd D. Pater son was the winner of the conpeti tion which wss held to secure a design for a Silver Dollar to comernorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the City of Calgary. Tho design depicts a rider md horse conpeting in the Calgary ? Stanpede. The wordssCANADA and DOLLAR appear above the rider ad the datas 1875 CALGARY 1975 appear belnw. , The Royal Canadian Mint soens to have started a group of issues, .Do- ynu think they can rightly be cdled COlKS, or are they COLLECTORS ITEMS? Page 101 REPORTS ON C,Y,N, SBOq IM TORONTO First From Stan Clute, North York CoLn Club /-'- The Second Pmua3 Convention of the Canadian Young ~~mismatistsAssoC- i ation, which was held at the Four Seasons Sher aton Ilutel in Toronto on Saturday, Novcnber 9th was, by all appexances very successful. Most of our own junior members turned out to support this show, with sever d entering conpetitive numismatic exhibits. Congra-hlatiins to members Joa 3ones, Ton Reckett, Ted Balining and Dime Getgood on dm- ing exhibit awards, Altogether, I noticed more than a Water of the North York Coin Club s total nembership in att~nda;ncee now a very brief report on the mectiogs held at the show, The Ancient Coin society meeting was held during the morning and was highly s~cc~~~ful~It was highlighted by a talk by Professor Malcolm Wallace of the University of Toronto, about some very umsud€$reek silver coins issued In Southefn Italy around 530 to 490 B.C. These coins have as a reverse type whqt- ever appears raised above the field of the coin on the obverse, only it appeazls sunk beneath the background on the reverse, The Canadian Paper Money Society uafortunately had to cancel their planned meeting at the show, at the laat minute due to circumstances beyond their con- trol, I had the honour of b~ingtho guest speaker at the C.Y,N. General Meeting, following which Robert Aaron presented C,Y,N, with a cheque for fj4.00. The only real problem with the Show was the diffi- culty in finding its location in tho hotel. The show, itself, was very well run, The C,Y,N, members and executive who organized and ran the Show deserve a lot of credit. Also, credit is due to ~ickeyMorse who was the auctioneer at the COYON. neeting. /-.. Second Fr~mTed Banning s Letter in the C. X. Me bfessenaer The Convention culminated in the banquet, and the most notable thing about this banquet was not the awards, nor the introductions, nor even the food, but the speech of Major Sheldon Carroll. The talk was ce~tainlyhumorous, thc snilcs and laughter were evidence of this. It was obviously well-plamod, although the Major had announced that he would jump from topic to topic, he did so with such a skillful flow that coherence and continuity seemed, at lcast, to be preserved. But most importantly, it was underlined with a seriousness which provoked thougilt, I think, frcn everyone in the audience; he was questioning and quite rightly the validity of the very name of the Canadian Numis~~~aticAssociation. What had the genar al member ship ever done to earn the titlo of ilfluumisnatistll?. Most nenbers were only collectors, accumulators, dealers and investors, t aking little trouble to actualy study their coins, tokens, inedals and paperI1...... Major Carroll also mentioned, among other topics, tho careless habit auong many of us of referring to our Canad.ian coins as quarters, clines and nickels. These terns are only rightly applied to American coins. In Bvlada our coins are called cents - twenty-five cents, ten cents, etc. - ' Ted says he's read so nuch about the terrible effects of snoking that he s decided to give ap reading. "Youlr fare, young lady, said the hadsone train conduc- or. She smiled at hin sweetly, llUsx're not so bad yourself11. Page 102 NEWS AROUND THE COIN CLUES n CITY OF OTTfihJA COIN CLUB St -the last meeting in the Mw lluseum 37 nenbers and guests listened to a very interestingtalk and pictures by RZ. Driega who had ~ecentlyreturned from a trip to Russia adhe also had Fame Russian stmps which created comnent, Tlze meeting' closed with a lively auction conducted by Dick Nash. HAPILLTON COIN CLUB At the last meeting in the IoOoOoFm Hall, 64 Well- ington St, North, 19 members and guests enjoyed an excellent showing of slides on ItMaundy Money1' by Pamela White, The Senior display was won by Eugene Gulp with the largest and snallest silver coins of the 20th century and the Junior display by Terri Roach with two Identical. Westmof eZmd Bmk NoLes. MISSISSUAGA COIN CLUB At the last meeting in the Fairview Public School the feature was "Coin Grading ~orksho~llwhich has proven ever populm with seniors and juniors dike. This explains why each person may grade coins difforcntly. T~Qclub reposted that they had obtdned " 1 r' ,rU sokle new members at the rc*c&rr.bTorcx G'hQG* C. LC-. I"- . 17, -NORTH PORK COIN CLUB The last meeting saw the room packed to hem the guest speaker, MY, Donald Paterson, explain how he designed his wim- ing entry in the 1975 Cdlgay dollar coin contest. He showed sketches and explained how he began his design and followed through to the finished product, MT, Frank Rose also presented the club with a chequc for $250.00 for thcir worked at the Torex show, -RICIIMOND HILL COIN CLUB At the last meeting reports ~zrere given on the success of the recent show and the progress being made for the Thistle- town Show. It was stated thxt the OoNoAmwill be discontinuing their case loan service at the end of the year thus will not be providing any service to the club after that, md the latest developments of the Olympic Coins Program was discussed, SARNIA NUMESI?lATIC SOC TETY -> Forty-two members and guestsat the last meeting of the club heard Ton Masters give an enlightening talk on the Bank of Canada, Ottawa, which next year will begin work on a permanent numismatic miseum scheduled to open i.n 1977 and display Ancient Greek and Roman Coins, Por~ignCoins and Foreign Paper Honey. It was reported that the zecent show was a decided success both nunisuatically and f inmci dly, ST. CATHBPINES COIN CLUB Fifty- two menber s md guests attended the last meeting of the club and heard a very interesting talk by William Mitchell on the "Wonderful World of Watch Fobsv. W,Mitchell had a display of the fobs he had collected and answered a number of questions on the szbjact. 3ay Plezu of the Oshawa Coin Club said a few words and presented the junior nenbers ~~~iththe Oshawa trade dollar which has i been struck to corxlenor,ate the 50th Anniversmy of the city. Claude Trudel. reported 2 1974 d.ollar with bezds that appexeed to be attached giving the effect of a string. A lively zuction closed the meeting. Page 102 , TORONTO COIN CLUB The last neeting of the club featured a varjety of reports on the A,lfLT.A. Convention by Ray Pleau and several members told about the Torex Show from different points of view, nanely, a dealer's thoughts md those of an ordinary member walking around on the had concrete floor of the Commerce Centre. It seemed the consensus of opinion that the show will be better back downtown in hotel surround- - ings. One of the nenber s, Marvin Kay, showed a zedical. nedal honour- ing thc 200th anniversmy of the birthday of Dr. F. McDowell who was a U.S. surgeoc, The lagest auction yet concluded the neeting. WATEEILOO COIru' SOCIETY At the last meting held in the Waterloo Public Library, 35 Albert Street, across from the police building featured a talk by two detoctivos of the Waterloo R~gionalPolice Farce on the subject "Brealc and Enter1' and such a talk is sure an eye-apaner. At the previous noeting tho draw for $7.00 was missed by Travis Kaylor as he was not present. That ,iiways happens, doesn! t it. *******% ******+>;< ******** ***+***$ ******** PROPOSED COIN SHWS Listed bclow ae the proposed coin club shows we have with dates and banquets. Please check as you decide on a dntc! for your forthconing show to see if any of these dates conflict with your club date, .9_2.5 Feb. 8 Iiuronia Humismatic Associationfs 2nd annual Mini-Show, featuring coins, s-tmps ,md antiques during Winter Carnival Weelr at the Bayficld idall, Bayfield Strset, Iaarrie, Ont. Enquiries re bourse, displays, etc. to Richard A. ForB, P. 0. Box Zk+3, Barrie, Ontario. Mar. 22 - North York Coin Club Annual Show, Bourse, Book and White Bleghanl; Sale, at the North York Community 7W1, 5090 Uonge Street, Willowdale, Ontario from 10.00 awn. to 10.00 pen. For inforrlation please contact P.O. Box 294, Millowdale, Ontari~. Apr. 26-27 -Ontario Nu~gismaticAssociation annud convention to be held in the Victorian Motor Inn, Stratford, Ontario. For details re bourse, displays, reservations, ctc., please write Stratford Coin Club, P.O. Box 262, Stratford, Ont. *******$$ =k**::**t:* :k*****:*a% *******>: ******* THINK CoNSIDEFiATXON - TO CARRY: INTO 1975 I an a little thing with a big meaning I help everybody I unlock doors, open hearts, dispel prejudice I create friendship ad good will I inspire respect md admiration Everybody loves me I bore nobody 1 violate no law E cost nothing Many have praised me, none has condemed ne I an pleasing to those of high ad loti degree 1 an usem every nonont of the d2y I AM COURrnSY. Page 104 - -'$HIS [TJ TIUT n ? Elset~herein this Bu1l.e-Gi.n our readers will note an aticle on the striking of replica or to use the proper term, counterfeit, coins which arc presently being struck in Germmy, Our readers will also remember that Ye Ed brought this preblen to the attention of our readers ealier on this yea. I: believe that the tim~has cone ~I'ienwe, as col_lectors, sshould try to have this question of counterfeiting settled once and for dl throughout the nmisnatic world. I draw our readers attention to the fact that our orm Cmadim $20~00gold siece has been the victim of counter- feiters, I also am given to understan& that nmy of the United States gold pieces, in particular the rarer pieces? are being ro- produced in the fa31 East. In other words perhaps lt is about -t;i~re that the counterfeitera and so-called technological experts who direct their otherwise brillianttalents into nore legal- type pract- ices ---- I would like to ~zalrt3 fair colnnent with. referonce to a re- cent report or' the Richnond Hi11 Coin Club at their last meetlng, It would appear that Vlco-President Ricky Morse who s.t;ates, ad 1: quote, lithe O.H,h. will be discontinuing its display case loan service at the end of this yemiT and he adds? and 1 quote !!that he feels that the organization w111 not be providing the club with a~? red service, once thc cascs xe discontinuedtf. 1 should like to correct Rickg and any of our readers who red Stan Clutels excellent monthly bulletin that such s remark was not correct, Fir st c0 dl, what about our audio-visuall. service to member clubs, the speakers circuit, the library service which f s at the dispasd of any club - my menls~r and also I should claify one point ad that is whfle we are &iscontinuing the display case service we will be keeping a smd-3. nunbe? of cases which with specid mrangements may be borrowed by clubs who do not purchase their own cases, 1 only stress this to cl,arify any doubts that could arisc f~omRickyl s rernaksq-- Further to my short article entitled "A Challenge" I should like to take the readers of this and that into ~iyconfid~nce and expldn in a very few words why Ye Ed has decided to retire. First of all, not being a typist of any known repute I have to rely upon the good off ices of S. Ye Ed. .who, up until -two years ago gladly md willingly pounded away nonth in and nonth out to produce this Bulletin, however, tines have changed and through a physical disability Mrs. Ye Ed can no lon~ertype OUT stencils so I feel that among our members there must be someone who will take on this nost important task, printing the views expressed by many of ou~member 3 (and non-aenbers) In order to keep you, the collector as well-inforned as we possiblg .$an. The challenge is issued. Hre you big enough to accept it????---- Findly, the festive season is fast approaching, so in conclusion, may we wish you ancl yours, everywhere, a MZRRY CHRISTMAS, JO%EUX NOEL, YE Bd and Mrs. Ye Ed, and for those who have net him, from Whiskey Ye Ed.