OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOClATlON FOUNDED 19.2

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By Paul Nadin-Davis

1985-1987

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C . B . L a i s t e r (1971-73) W.E.P. Lambert (1973-75)" E. Jephson (1975-77). Bruce R. Watt (1977-80) F.C. J e w e t t (1980-83) S t e l l a Hodge (1983-85) * Deceased

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C a n a d a ' s t o k e n co inage . F r o m left: N o r t h W e s t Co. t o k e n ( B r - 9 2 5 ) . B a n k of U p p e r C a n a d a p e n n y (Br-719) . N o v a S c o t i a

Prices keep going h a l f p e n n y ( B r - 8 7 2 ) .

B y P a u l N a d i n - D a v i s

Once the preserve of a small number UP for Canada's a b o u t s a n d pedigrees of t h e known

of rather academically inclined collec- diverse, classic examples of Br-501, t h e "CIorianl

tors, the field of "Breton" tokens (Cana- Regni" sols, and the results of this sur-

dian tokens cataloged by Pierre Napo- tokens , vey are eagerly awaited. leon Breton in his book, I l l u s t r a t e d Increasing upward pressure on the

History of the Coins a n d Tokens Relat- early Friday pieces is caused by demand ing to Canada, [1890: reprinted 19841) from collectors of early American and

h a s b e e n u n d e r g o i n g a d r a m a t i c , each of t h e various fields co;ered by Canadian coins. Indeed, when par-

increase in interest throughout the early Breton. titularly pleasant pieces surfaced a t

1980s. T h e increase in interest can be I t is also appropriate to mention that Stack's of the Roper a

a t t r i b u t e d t o several fac tors , chief the fires may rekindle later this year, year and a half they were purchased

among them Lepczyk9s 1982 Toronto when Nadin-Davis Auctions presents an by at prices fa r bey0nd

sale of the Buckley collection, Nadin- o u t s t a n d i n g co l lec t ion of B r e t o n th3se predicted by Canadian d e a l e r s

Davis Auctions'sale of the Virginia col- material from an old Quebec collection present in the room.

lection a year later, and the republics- which has not been publicly displayed tion in Ottawa of Breton's two classic or offered. T h e auction will take place a t The French-Canadian (Br- reference works, the Illustrated History the Toronto International Coin Fair in 510 519) and his 1912 simplified text, the Popu- November, and the prices realized a t lar Illustrated Guide. this sale,may enable me to complete my This attractive series is accessible to

While t h e b o ~ m - ~ n d - b ~ s t cycle is longstanding project to publish a com- b~ virture of the exis-

nowhere near as evident in the field of prehensive price guide for the Breton tence of at least series of

early Canadian tokens a s it is in t h e series. the latter of which includes mulings of

field of Canadian coinage in general, it many of the types. While a distinction appears that we have reached the end of T h e French R e g i m e C o i n a g e (Br- tends to be made between restrikes of

a cycle of re-adjustment , a n d prices 5 0 1 - 5 0 9 ) the first issue (where the bronzes typi-

have settled down to a fairly predictable cally have a very dark tone) and later level. There are no major promotions While it is not particularly difficult to issue(s) (where the pieces tend be taking place in the field, and many of locate nice examples of the billion mar- particular difficulty

t h e more establ ished collectors a re ques and half marques, Br-508 and 509, be encountered in a rep-

b rea th ing a sigh of relief a s things most of the coins in this early series are resentative group of these pieces. The retarn to a more normal footing. I t is extremely difficult to locate. Research is are a appropriate a t this time to review the continuing under t h e auspices of t h e activit.ies and difficulties encountered in Bank of Canada into the present where- ( B R E T O N S , P a g e .2.14

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different story; they are rarely seen. and, in my opinion, rather underrated in They tend to bring very strong prices current catalogues. Only two pieces, the when offered in very fine or better, with "Indian in Lilies 1751" and "Argonauts' the pennies fetching upwards of $1,000 Vessel," turn up from the original issue and the halfpennies performing nicely with any frequency, and even these a t around half that figure. bring prices of $100-$150 in very fine Another rarity of this series is the condition. The whole series appears to "error" or "mule" penny of 1837, a me to be very scarce. Where original Bank of Montreal penny with the leg- pieces turn up, I would recommend pur- end "City Bank" on the ribbon of the suing them with vigor. reverse cres t . T h i s token usually

appears in higher grades and brings The M a g d a l e n I s l a n d s P e n n y (Br - about $225 in nice extremely fine condi- 520) tion.

In low grades, this penny is encoun- tered fairly frequently by active token T h e B r i d g e (Br-634-557) dealers and collectors. By low grades I mean about very good and worse. In fine This fascinating series, which some and 'eft:Jetons1 and better it is a rare, rare token, and writers maintain was struck entirely for Br-512 5B5* are the prices given in the current Krause- collectors and is not a t all original, nev- scarcer than their prices might Mishler ca ta log ( 1985) a r e , q u i t e ertheless attracts the attention of trans- indicate. Middle left: T h e Quebec frankly, nonsense. Unfortunately, I fre- portat ion collectors and Canadian- tokens (Br-521-22) quently receive want lists based on token specialists. The tokens are inter- are "Ome Of the most common these prices (very fine, $30; extremely esting because they exist in both clipped Breton tokens-Just the 'pposite fine, $60; uncirculated. $120). More and unclipped forms. All tokens in this is true the 's'ands realistic levels would be: problem-free series are scarce, with clipped tokens penny (Br-520? very fine, $125; extremely fine, $300; trading in the $200 range when avail- uncirculated, $400; brilliant uncircu- able, and unclipped pieces making $300 is always poorly struck, and their his- lated, $900. (Incidentally, I have never or more. The proof set from Br-546-557 tory is open to some dispute. *lthough seen a brilliant uncirculated specimen. exists in bronze and silver. T o my B~~~~~ and his followers cataloged only However, such pieces are known; the knowledge, there are no recent sales of two there are in fact many last sale price I recall was $3,000, paid silver sets; these are extremely rare, and sub-varieties, and it is my by a U.S. dealer in 1982 to acquire the would perhaps make $8,000 or more if ing that some serious research is being piece for a client.) offered. A bronze set was sold a t the pursued in Ottawa into this series. One

McKay C~f%lents auction in Toronto in hopes that a worthwhile publication will T h e Quebec F ron t - a n d Side-View 1976 for $2,500 Canadian. I t will be sold convey the results of this research. T o k e n s (Br-621-627) a t auction again in November, and will

doubtlessly attract a very high final bid. T h e ~~~b~~ ~~~~h~~~ and Miscel- The front-view tokens of this series are, in all grades up to extremely fine, T h e V e x a t o r C a n a d i a n s i s ( B r -

Iraneous T o k e n s (to Bs-669)

exceedingly common and trade in bulk 558-559) This hodge-podge series of tokens lots a t prices reflective of this reality ($1 contains many rarities and some very, to $1.50 per piece). T h e side-view This intrieuina oair of tokens, each of tokens, Br-523 and 524, however, are a which occurs in lbbth copper and brass, (BRETONS, P a g e 2

very common tokens. Knowledgeable numismatic historians have been known to eschew collecting this series by Bre- ton number; the fact is that there are many tokens contemporary with those listed by Breton which he simply had not heard of, so they do not appear in his listing.

Nevertheless, the majority of collec- tors who follow Breton are content to fill in the numbers, though a few of the pieces create major difficulties: t he R.W. Owen, Montreal Ropery token (Br-564)'rarely appears, and the Br-567 Hunterstown piece is seen perhaps once in five years. The rarity of this latter is compounded by the fact that it is keenly sought in the U.S. by collectors of lum- ber tokens.

A specialized area has been created within th is series with the work of Richard Buckley, Joe Foster and others

The bouquet sous require I determination to collect.

Still, there are few tokens as beautiful as a bouquet sou with a little origianl luster.

on the counterstamped coins and tokens of Devins and Bolton (Br-569a). While Devins and Bolton stamps appear on many coins and tokens, most commonly they are found on contemporary Quebec bank tokens and on U.S. large cents. Again, the latter group appeals to a wide variety of collecting interests, and there is significant in teres t in collecting according to the date and variety of the host coin.

Some' of the rather inconspicious tokens of this series are rather difficult to acquire, perhaps in par t because many of them float around as mavericks are not readily recognized. Examples of these are the series from Br-620 onward, which bear legends such as "VR", "FS" or "GN". Each of these pieces bring prices in the $20-30 range in higher grades and are worthwhile looking out for in miscellaneous merchant-token lots.

T h e Bouque t S o u s (Br-670-716)

One of the most popular of the spe- cialized series in the Breton listing, the bouquet sous are attractive and require a certain amount of determination to collect. While some pieces (e.g.'Br-715) a r e exceedingly common in lower grades, there are many elusive pieces in the series, and a i least one probably does not exist. In high grades, all bou- quet sous are very rare, though there are few eaily tokens as beautiful as a bou- quet sou with a little original luster.

Br -670 , t h e b o u q u e t sou of T . Duseauman, Belleville, N.J., is a very

chets, but there are also early restrikes which are scarce and valuable. The token is also known to occur in pewter or white metal, with and without a col- lar, and from two or three different dies. T o the budding numismatist looking for an area to make a good research contri- bution, here is a good opportunity - and the Bank of Canada's collection would be an excellent place to start!

T h e O n t a r i o T o k e n s (Br-717-856)

I t is difficult to generalize in this I'arge area. Overall, however, it is fair to say that the Ontario series is not the stron-

O n t a r i o a n d Quebec t o k e n s p o s e a n u m b e r of v a r i e t y a n d condit ion p rob lems f o r t h e collector. Le f t a n d bottom: A n U p p e r C a n a d a s loop ha l fpenny (Br-731). Below: A M o n t r e a l a n d Lach ine Ra i l road

popular token in U.S circles as well, and is sought a s a hard-times token. All s,pecimens have a major die break, which tends.to give them a rather unbal- anced appearance. As th i s d ie was obviously in a bad way, the token did not strike well either, and the piece is, to say the least, rather difficult to grade.

Br-689 (18 leaves, two asters) is an intriguing piece. I have been tempted to wonder what the real Br-689 looks like, for there are a t least a dozen various restrikes, off-metal strikes, varieties and fantasies based on this piece which turn up. T h e easiest to weed out are the Elder restrikes, which are struck proof- like on perfect, thin, lightweight plan-

gest area of collector interest a t the present time, though there are some highlights within the series. The St. George series, long the poor cousin of the entire. Breton family, has been enjoying a resurgence of interest; a few specialized collectors have been trying to put together collections according to Courteau's listings, and a n Ontario buyer has pu t in an order for many thousands of pieces t o be used, we understand, for decorative purposes. The rare "Copper Company of Upper Canada" tokens, particularly the mules with U.S. pieces, have showed up a few

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times in auctions in Europe and the U.S., and have enjoyed very strong demand. In the merchant area, a few small hoards have turned up, making available very high-grade pieces in small numbers. This was the case with Breton gone a tremendous resurgence in the numbers 788 (Ottawa Canning Co-), last three years. High-grade maritime 799-801 (Or~helinat St- Joseph) and 802 tokens have made excellent prices a t (J.R. Ormond, Peterborough). In gen- major auctions, and there are standing era11 however, many of these tokens want lists for the major rarities. Particu- remain rather elusive in high grade, and larly sought after are ~ r - 8 7 2 with the . it is a _daunting task to Put together a erroneous 1382 date, the New Bruns- set. - wick 1861 half ceht, the Br-914 McDer-

One problem with virtually all current ,,tt, and Charlton-17Pa, the M ~ c ~ ~ + listings is their lack of attention to the land penny. importance of metal varieties. Many of B~-924, the Arise Canot tokens in five the merchant tokens were struck in two, denominations, a r e now generally three or four different metals, and Some agreed not to be Canadian tokens. Nev- of the "off-metal" strikes may have ertheless, Breton listed them and many been made in very limited number collectors pursue them; they are rare in collectors. The tendency of current cat- all denominations and appear on many alogs is tu give prices for the most com- want lists a t significant prices. mon metal. This can occasionally create T o p lef t a n d above: T h e Hudson's a pitfall for the unwary seller, who may The North Weet Company Token B a y CO. tokens , inc luding t h e have a very scarce copper example of a s c a r c e York ton pieces, a r e n o t a l l token, but prices it as though it were the hi^ intriguing piece comes in two l i s t ed i n B r e t o n b u t a r e enjoying issued aluminum variety of the same metals, brass and copper. Virtually solid popu la r i ty nonetheless . Top: piece. Naturally, this also creates oppor- always holed, the piece is rarely found in t h e N o r t h W e s t CO. token. Middle: tunities for knowledgeable buyers. better than very goodlfine condition T h e anchor-money q u a r t e r d o l l a r

and has generally been buried. Repu- (Br-$E$). T h e Anchor Money (Br-857-860) tedly, the majority of known pieces have

come fom grave sites in Oregon. enjoying tremendous popularity. Breton Four p ieces of Br i t i sh colonies Curiously, the 1977 Charlton Catalo- listed only four pieces, Nos. 926-929, the

Anchor money, from the 1/16 dollar to gue (still the best handy reference on four brass pieces with no location speci- the halfdollar, are listed and illustrated Breton tokens keenly sought after fied. T h e y come with a n d wi thout by Breton. Each occurs in two varieties, by collectors) lists the copper piece a t a punch-cancel marks, and most collec- with a clear 1822 date and with the last lower price than the brass. However, tors today attempt to acquire cancelled 2 recut over a 1. With the exception of experience shows and recent auction and uncancelled specimens of each type. the half dollar, the series is rather easy results have confirmed that the copper They trade, according to condition, in to complete and one rarely sees fierce piece is scarcer and generally brings a the $50-$100 range. bidding a t auction except in the case of higher price. Collectors can expect to Charlton adds four further sets of Bay exquisitely conditioned pieces. pay $400 or more for a decent very good tokens in aluminum, from the quite

brass example and a premium of about common 1946 issue of five round and T h e Nova Sco t i a a n d N e w B r u n s - $100 to $200 for copper pieces. one square tokens to the scarce Yorkton w i c k C o i n s & T o k e n s ( B r - 8 6 9 - pieces. There are, however, others which 924) T h e H u d s o n ' s B a y C o m p a n y canoccasionallybefound;Iamawareof

T o k e n s a recent transaction a t $750 for a scarce Maritime collectors are among the northern Saskatchewan Bay token.

keenest and most dedicated in Canada, hi^ series, accompanied by ~ ~ d - and their historical currency has under- son*s B~~ artifacts and documents, is (BRETONS, P a g e ' 2 1 7

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T h e N o r t h W e s t T e r r i t o r i e s P ieces (Br-930-933)

Territorial tokens, as in the United States, are very popular with Canadians and keenly sought after. The rarity of the series is the "Edmonton Hotel" token, Br-933.An example will be offered a t the Fall Toronto Interna- tional auction and is expected to bring several hundred dollars.

Br i t i sh Columbia (Br-934-935)

Considerable excitement was created a little over a year ago when Bowers and Merena offered examples of the very rare British Columbia $10 and $20 pat- tern pieces. That these incredible rari- ties appear on the market only once in each few decades resulted in very spirited bidding for the main item, a $20 gold proof, which eventually returned to British Columbia in the hands of a col- lector who parted with the equivalent of approximate ly $80,000 (Canadian funds). Gilt silver specimens performed less spectacularly; despite their being somewhat unattractive in appearance, they are incredibly rare and brought respectable five-figure sums.

N e w f o u n d l a n d T o k e n s (Br -952- 956)

Newfoundland tokens and paper have undergone a rise in popularity since the publication by a Canadian foundation of a comprehensive work on the coins and currency of Newfoundland. Com- prising the work of several authors, the work has simulated interest both locally a n d nat ional ly in Newfoundland material, and some considerable part of this attention ha! spilled over into the token field. That the field is popular is not suprising; many of the tokens have attractive designs (e.g., the Rutherford token which has a hanging sheep, and the many ship tokens), and there are really only two major rarities in the Bre- ton listing: the 1858 ship token and the McAuslane token. Both of these can be acquired in the $400 to $600 range with a little perseverance, and thus the New: foundland series can be completed and enjoyed over a span of perhaps two or three years.

T h e Anonymous a n d Miscel lane- o u s T o k e n s (Br-957-983)

These orphans of the Breton world have enjoyed some research attention, and most were ascribed to definite loca- tions by scholars by the mid-19709. I do not now know of any collectors with specialized interests in the series, though most collectors of Breton tokens do attempt to complete a type set (this can cost as little as $50-60) for purposes of comprehensiveness. I t goes almost without saying, however, that there are surely many times as many various imported tokens which were missed by Breton, and the feeling of completeness engendered by filling this series is per- haps a little illusory.

T h e Wellington T o k e n s (Br-964- 988)

This frustrating series has some legit- imate claims as being Canadian, for many of the pieces circulated here. Some, however, perhaps did not, and again Breton certainly missed some varieties. Nevertheless, Breton's list forms a satisfying framework for accu- mulation, and the Wellingtons make a good display collection, as well as a good way of introducing beginning collectors to the delights of seeking out minor varieties. Their historical content also runs rather high, with their documenta- tions of various sea-battles.

S h i p s , C o l o n i e s a n d C o m m e r c e (Br-956-1001)

Breton's listing of this series has been rather overshadowed in favor of the work of Judge Lees, whose documenta- tion of varieties of Br-997 is a classic in Canadian numismatics. Collector inter- est in this series runs rather high a t present, with several want lists out for the rarer varieties.

I t is worth noting that there is now serious reason to doubt the existence of Br-1001, the Shiplno legend token.

Conclusions

While this article has not attempted to mention every token or even every discrete area, an attempt has been made to give an overview from the vantage of a professional numismatist heavily involved everyday in the Breton arena.

What emerges is that interest in most Breton-related areas is running a t rather a high level; this is as it should be, for early Canadian tokens are among the most easily accessible artifacts of Canada's past, and provide a real and documentary link with our colonial his- tory. While the work of several other scholars has greatly expanded Breton's original effort, his book remains as a classic for the generalist, and nothing has taken away the lasting value of his contribution..

Book documents Spanish pieces

Several years of compilation, study and research of types and varieties of Span i sh a n d Spanish-world eight escudos have come to a head with the publication of the Onza Main Book: The Gold Doubloon of Eight (Gran Libro de la Onza), a complete guide and catalog to the popular pieces.

The book lists all known issues of the eight escudos, including coins of the peninsular mints as well as Spanish provinces in Latin America and the E ~ s t , s tar t ing with Phil l ip I1 and progressing in chronological order.

In addition, the book explores the name and etymological origins of the word "onza," covers geographical areas of striking and describes coining .pro- cesses.

After the catalog portion, the book covers all known countermarks, imita- tions, restrikes, fantasies and counter- feits, and concludes with similar coins minted by independent Latin American republics.

The catalog portion is fully illustrated and provides values in pesetas and dol- lars.

The book is available in the United States through Terris C. Howard, 6535 Seaview N.W., 303B, Seattle, Wash. 98117.

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ST. THCMAS NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION

On Monday, J u l y 8 th , 6:30 P.M. t h e S t . Thomas Numismatic Assoczation he ld i t s Annual Pot Luck Picnic . The club provided t h e t a b l e c l o t h s , beverage and s e r v i e t t e s .

Ray Else family provided an i n t e r e s t i n g assortment of games and c o n t e s t s f o r everyone.

The turnout was very successfu l and everyo.ke enjoyed them- s e l v e s .

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HURCNIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION

The June 20th, 1985 meeting was he ld i n t h e Adult f ehab i l - i t a t i o n Centre, 175 Bayfield S t . , Bar r i e , Ontario, 8:00 P.M.

Pres ident Ken Prophet cha i red t h e meeting..Joyce Prophet looked a f t e r t h e c lub supply t a b l e . A small number of members and gues t s a t tended t h e meeting.

Joyce Prophet won t h e contents of t h e old coin box and Ed Monk~.an won t h e voucher f o r $2.50. Plans were made f o r t h e Anniversary Dinner t o be he ld i n September.

NORTH YORK C C I N CLUB

The meeting was he ld a t 4812 Yonge s t r e e t , a t 8: 15 @.M. on Ju ly 2 3 , 1985.

The attendance was very good a t t h e f i r s t meeting a t t h e new l o c a t i o n . The s l i d e programme from t h e C . N . A . Library was en- joyed by a l l on t h e Money I n Early America. Several members t o f i l l out t h e balance of t h e programna, g iv ing d e t a i l s on t h e recent C . N . A . Convention i n Regina.

Draw P r i z e Winners were t h e following: Frank Dennis, Bas i l Latham, John C u r t i s , L u c i l l e Colson, J i m Heif e t z , Terry CIBrien, Costas Adamopoulos, Glen Williams, B i l l Van Laethem and Marvin Kay.

CHAMPLAIN C O I N CLUB

The June meeting was a d e l i c i o u s b u f f e t supper with f i f t y - f i v e members and gues t s s e t t i n g down t o eat . . It was held a t t h e r egu la r meeting place S t . David's Anglican Church.

The winners of t h e draw were, B i l l Huggins, J e l l e Hessel ius 3 ' Kay P o r t e r , Patsy Robbins and Jane Bagg.

There was a l s o a l i v e l y auct ion he ld . To end t h e evening, Linda Huggins showed a f i lm from t h e Library on t h e l i f e of Arthur S h i l l i n g . The f i lm was very e n t e r e s t i n g and en- joyed by a l l . M r . S h i l l i n g i s a t a l e n t e d p a i n t e r from t h e O r i l l i a a rea .

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION of WOODEN MONEY COLLECTORS

CAWMC ELECTION RESULTS:

There were 102 b a l l o t s rece ived , wi$h a number i n d i c a t i n g votes f o r only one or two i n d i v i d u a l s . The r a c e was c lose , with only seven votes sepe ra t ing t h e t o p 3 and 10 votes sepa ra t ing t h e l a s t 5 . The e l e c t e d members of t h e Board of Governors a r e : Garry Braunwarth, Don Robb, Scoop Lewery, Gary L i t t r e l l , I an Graham, and Russe l l Brawn. The un- successfu l candida tes were: George P a r f e t , Albert Kasman, and Don Smith.

The o ther execut ive p o s i t i o n s were f i l l e d by acclamation and a r e a s fol lows: Edi tor- Garry Braunwarth, President: Norm Belsten, Vice-President- Ear l S a l t e r i o , and Secretary- Treasurer- A 1 Munro, Memkership Chairman- Don Robb, Fund Raiser- Garry Braunwarth, and Auction Coordinatcr- A 1 Munro.

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ANNUAL SHOW of COLLECTIBLES AT CLAYTON, N.Y.

by BRUCE R. WATT

The seventh annual Thousand I s l ands Stamp, Coin, Postcasd and. C o l l e c t i b l e s Show he ld i n t h e Clayton, New York Arena, on Route 12, on .July 27-28, 1985. The event was sponsored by f3y t h e Thou- sand I s l a n d s Chapter, AFS, i n co-operation with t h e Empire S t a t e Numismatic Associat ion. Dr,., John S . Eppoli to and D r . George W. Forbes were co-chairmen of t h e event , and M r s . Vivian Black i s President af the. :Thousand I s l ands Chapter, AFS.

There were at. l e a s t 70 d e a l e r s i n at tendance, with a t l e a s t 140 t a b l e s s e t up t o d i sp lay t h e i r s a l e i tems. This year t h e 10 d e a l e r s who have been a p a r t of t h e Show s i n c e it was s t a r t e d i n 1978 were honored and each of t h e i r booths was designated by a "blue r ibbonv.

There were 2 2 stamp d e a l e r s s e t f o r t h i s show. With mc.re persons t r a v e l l i n g overseas t h e s e days, t h e fo re ign stamps increased i n i n t e r s e t , a s wel l a s t h e l a r g e i ssuance of U.S. cornrnemorat.ives i n recent years . To paraphrase t h e pos ter i n t h e U.S. Post Off ice, "people continue t o be c a r r i e d away with p h i l a t . e l y n , a s have t h e 11 percent of t h e U.S. p ~ p u l a t ~ i o n who c a l l themselves "stamp co l l ec to r s f l .

Harold Carpenter, coin dealer of Clayton. uees a mag- sand Islands Stamp, Coin, Postcard and Collectibles nifying glass to appraise a coin collection at the Thou- Show at Clayton.

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Coins and numismatic i tems a t t h e show was t h e ch ie f i n t e r e s t t o t h e second l a r g e s t c o l l e c t i n g group - t h e coin and paper money savers . A p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t t o t h e ' c o l l e c t o r s were t h e s i l v e r . monetary coins i s s u e d t h i s year f o r t h e . B r i t i s h Virg in I s l a n d s . On t h e s e i s t h e f i r s t new p o r t r a i t of Queen El izabeth i n 2 0 yea r s .

I n postcards, t h o s e of t h e Thousand I s l a n d s a rea were i n g rea t evidende and i n g r a e t demand. From t h e s s a l l f r y t o t h e ve teran c o l l e c t o r , t h e l o c a l cards continued t o be gary popular . However, s p e c i a l t i e s such a s "b ig l e t t e r s " cards of town names, cards c a r r i e d by zeppl in mail , o r f a v o r i t e animals, c o l o r s , e t c . was a v a i l a b l e t o o What s t a r t e d i n Vienna i n 1869 continued i n Clayt in i n 1985.

This year t h e Thousand I s l a n d s Show had made a s p e c i a l push t o encourge school-age ch i ld ren - from approximately 8 yea r s and o lde r , t o come t o t h e show.

This show was very success fu l t o a l l who a t tended. The l o c a l c o l l e c t o r s and c lub members s t a t e d t h a t next years.,-~y&ar show w i l l b e t t e r again.

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Postcards are just one exampleof the many collectibles and Collectibles Show July 27 and 28 at the Clayton to be seen at the Seventh Annual Coin, Stamp, Postcard Arena.

Everybody wants to eat at the government's table but nobody wants to do the dishes.

CCN c o l u m n i s t Stanley Clute of High River, Alberta will lead the Canadian Numismatic Associa- tion through the next two years following his narrow election victory a t the 32nd annual CNA conven- tion.

Clute, who held the title of first vice-presi-

dent for the past two years , polled 541 votes to overcome a challenge by Toronto lawyer and numismat- ic writer for CCN and other publications, Robert Aaron.

A total of 1046 bal- lots were cast. Aaron lost by just 45 votes.

In the other con- tested positions for di-

r e c t o r s h i p s , P a u l Johnson had 65 votes to 38 for William Cross to take the Tor- onto seat. Richard Becker became the new Eastern U.S. di- rector with 101 votes 44 for Gary Lewis. In the central U.S. Geor- ge Beach defeated Maxwell Brail 78-52.

The newly elected executive committee of the Canadian Numismatic Association held their first meeting a t the Regina Convention. They include: (not all present in photo) President: Stanley elute, Past President: Geoff Bell, 1st Vice-president: A1 BBiman, 2nd Vice-President: Scoop Lewry, Nova Scotia/Nfld. Director: Bernie KBiaae, N.B.1P.E.H. Director Tim Henderson, Quebec Director: Yvonne Marquis, Montreal Director: Barry Urnan, Ontario Direetor: Don Robb, Manitoba Director: Nick Gerbinski, Saskatchewan Director: Dennis Naphin, Alberta Director: Garry Braunworth, B.C.lYukon Director: Ralph Burry, Western U.S. Director: Chuck Moore, Toronto Director: Paul Johnston, Central U.S. Director: George Beach, and Eastern U.S. Director: Richard Becker.

Canadian Coin News

Coins' iegai-fsder stagus

By Patrick J. Curran, Ph. D. . ..

When is money not money? An e&nomi'st looking a t tha t question would say that money is not money when it is not "legal tender." In other words, the government decides what you may offer (tender) as money and what the other person must (legally) accept. Did you ever borrow $10 and then have the lender continue to annoy you until payday? Were you tempted

Alloy unusual The authorization bill for U.S. .

gold bullion coins expected to be passed when Congress recon- - venes in September specifies a 22-karat (.9167) fineness, a n alloy not used for American gold coins since 1834, but the U.S. Mint anticipates no difficulty in . producing it.

According to a Mint spokes- man, U.S. reserves contain raw

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gold in all generally recognized degrees of fineness and the 22- kara t s tandard wi-11 pose no problems.

The earliest U.S. gold pieces were .9167 fine. That fineness was chosen for the proposed American bullion coinage by Sen. J. James Exon, D-Neb., principal author of the current legislation, to match exactly the specifications of the Krugerrand with which it is designed to com- pete.

The -9167 standard of early American gold was adopted from the British gold coins of the period and it is still used for the sovereign and other Brit@ ggld,

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to pay the lender back by giving him a roll of quarters? Would it be legal?

Last spring a resident of Kit- chener, Ontario, decided to pro- test his municipal taxes by tak- ing a bag of unrolled one-cent pieces in the total amount of his tax bill, to the city tax office. The collector of taxes% refused t h e bag of cen t s a n d t h e n decided to find out if his refusal was legal. After many calls to banks, to provincial authorities and to Ottawa, he received his answer.

In the Canadian Federal Cur- rency and Exchange Act, chap- ter 39, section 7(2) one finds the legal-tender status of coins:

Any amount in gold coin $10 for dimes or greater

value coins $5 for nickels 25 cents in cents. Any amount in bank notes.

In atternping to find out the s ta tus of coin in the United States, I contacted the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City. I t took a while, but they came back with some interest ing information. I t seems that until Sept. 13, 1982, there was an actual limit on the legal-tender status of U.S. coin. Prior to that date, Title 31 of the U.S. code, sections 459 and 460 proSided that cents and nickels were lim- i ted as legal t ender t o t h e amount of 25 cents, dimes, quar- ters and half dollars to the amount. of $10. Other sections sanctioned silver dollars and gold to any amount.

However, since that date, the governing law is section 5103 of Title 31 (recodified by Public Law 97-258). Section 5103 pro- vides simply that:

"United States coins and cur- rency . . . are legal tender for

all debts. Foreign gold and sil- ver coins are not legal tender for debts."

Going further, the U.S. Trea- sury's definition of legal tender is:

"Money which by law may be tendered by a debtor to a credi- tor in payment of a debt, when tendered in the correct amount and a t the proper time and p1ace:The effect of the tender, if refused by the creditor, is to stop the running of the interest of the debt, but not to extinguish the debt. Thereafter, the debtor is to keep the tender available for payment."

Does this mean that here in the United States we can pay the t a x co l l ec to r wi th bags of unrolled coins? Reading the sec- tions of the law that are applica- ble, one might think so. But, in the cover letter sent with the information, the writer stated:

"These citations appear to imply that the limitations on the use of coin as legal tender are based on precedent and practi- cality rather than on actual restrictions."

The situation in Canada is set. Statute limits the legal status of coin. It looks like we will have to have an irate citizen in the United States try to pay his tax bill in coin before we have a solid answer south of the U.S./Cana- dian border. In addition to being adjunct

professor of government at Suf- folk County N. Y . , Community College, Dr. Curran is an acid numismatist.

SHOP BY MAIL

lbhc~uade receives Fergwon award Mrs. Ruth McQuade, Ottawa, Her citation, signed by Geof-

Ontario, Canada, was named frey 6. Bell, CNA president, and . winner of the J. Douglas Fergu- Kenneth B. Prophet, CNA exec- son award for 1985, according to utive secretary, was presented a t Major Sheldon S. Carrol l , the recent convention of CNA in Ottawa. Regina, Saskatchewan.

The award, a 24-karat gold A Young Numismatist essay medal, is presented annually to . contest sponsored by t h e J. the living numismatist who has Douglas Ferguson Historical contributed most to thk science Reseach Foundation named of numismatics in Canada. I t is Todd Gee, Essex, Ontario, win- the highest award of the Cana- ner. Mr. Gee died March 24, dian Numismatic Association. 1985. Second place winner was Cited accomplishments of Mrs. Jona than Radick, Fonthil l , McQuade include numismatic Ontario; he received an all- features in publications of the expense paid-trip to the annual CNA, Canadian Paper Money Summer Seminar of the Ameri- Society, editorship of The Inter- can Numismatic Association in pam Book in 1981 and a book ColoradoSprings. s h e w r o t e , B a d g e of t h e Baronets of Nova Scotia. T h e historical foundation

She has been active in the City made a contribution to the home of Ottawa Coin Club and serves club of the winning essayist and as president of the Canadian also to research of Reye's Syn- Numismatic Research'Founda- drome and its effect in memory tion. of Mr. Gee.

Proof set orders climb Sales of 1985 U.S. proof sets climbed to 2,705,041 as-af

Aug. 2, leaving the total only 25,000 short of the 1984 mark of 2.73 million.

Of the orders received to date, 98 percent have been shipped, according to a Mint spokesman, under a speeded-up system in which' orders are received and started through pro- cessing several times daily.

Demand for proof sets breached the one million mark for the first time in 1957 and reached its peak in the Revolu- tion Bicentennial year of 1976, when almost 4.15 million reg- ular copper-nickel six-coin sets weresold.

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' While on her way to the maternity ward, a woman I

suffered a brain concussion in an auto accident. When she regained consciousness after five days, the doctor told her she had delivered beautiful twins - a boy and a girl - and that in their state, a child must be named, for the record, within three days. The doctor said it had been necessaryto go through the new mother's purse .- there he found her brother's address and phone number and asked him to name the children.

"My goodness," said the woman, "you shouldn't have done that. There's no telling what that numbskull brother of mine might name my babies. What did he come up with '"

"He named the little gii.1 Denise." replied the doctor.

"Why, that's a lovely name. I couldn't have done better myself. And what did he name my baby boy?'

"De Nephew," answered the doctor. ! I

Are You Willing? Are you willing to forget what you have

done for other people, and t o remember what other people have d o n e for you?

Are you willing to ignore what the world owes you, and to think what you owe the world?

Are you willing to admit that probably the only good reason for your existence is not what you are going to ge t out of life, but what you are going to give to life?

Are you willing to close your book of complaints against the management of the universe, and to look around you for a place where you can sow a few seeds of happiness?

Are you willing to d o these things even for a day?

Buffalo on displa The head of Black Diamon k the bison that James Earle Fraser

used as model for his design of the Buffalo nickel will be on display at the American Numismatic Association convention in Baltimore, according to John Wolcott, Easton, Md., who is acting as agent in any potential sale of the stuffed and mounted head by the present owner.

Black Diamond was in the New York Zoological Gardens when Fraser was working on his nickel design. The animal was eventually sold for slaughter to a wholesale poultry business. However, the head was preserved and displayed at the firm. Present owner is the daughter of one of the partners in the firm.

OTTAWA (UPI-Special) - The federal govern- ment, under pressure from transit systems and auto- matic merchandising organizations to issue a dollar coin, could be courting disaster unless there is suffi- cient public support for such a move.

The $1 coin met with outright rejection in 1981 when the U.S. issued the Susan B. Anthony dollar.

Canadians would be will-

followed, the bill will by an 11-sided, seven- f transit and telephone

Daubney was behind -year transition period. ans will ever fully s u p

y conducted on a $1 coin, by transit and automatic

s, 60% said the coin would

to receive a dollar bill as not like carrying coins. And ut the disappearance of the

Canadian Mint

d cost twice as

it will not be an other 10 to 15

Mint set orders rising .

OTTAWA (UPI) - Can- ada's Maple Leaf gold coin, trading on a wave of civil unrest in South Africa, is poised to overtake the South African coin in North American and European markets a s the choice of precious metals buyers.

Mike Kramer, senior gold coin trader with Manfra, Tordella and Brookes in New York, said the firm's sales of the Maple Leaf recently have been outsell- ing the Krugerrand by a margin of 9 to 1, a dramatic change from two months ago when sales of the two coins were about even.

"I see no reason for any- one to invest in the Kruger- rand," said Kramer, whose firm is one of the largest U.S. bullion dealers. "Pee ple are concerned about the Krugerrand's liquidity and they see no point in taking a risk with it."

MTB will continue to make markets in the South African coins noting that it has an obligation to protect customers who already own them.

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Orders for 1985 U.S. uncircu- lated coin sets passed the half- million mark by Aug. 2, standing a t 564,510 sets two weeks after t h e o rde r ing pe r iod began, according to figures supplied by the U.S. Mint.

Shjpping had not begun as of the same date, but a Mint spo- ,

kesmen said that actual distri-

bution would begin "very soon." T h e s e t s , w i t h a n e w l y

d e s i g n e d p a c k a g e , c a n b e -ordered for $7 each from the U.S. Mint, P.O. Box 7743, San Francisco, Calif. 94120-7743. There is no limit on the number of se ts t o a n order. Personal checks made ou t t o t he U.S. Mint are accepted in payment.

Grandma and grandpa had a busy day with well- wishers for their 50th wedding anniversary. Finally they were settled in their recliners, thinking it all over, when grandpa said, "Mother, I'm proud of you."

"What's that you say?'she asked. "You know I can't hear you without my hearing aid."

"1 said, 'I'm proud of you.' " "That's all right," she murmured. "I'm tired of you,

too."

mA wise person once said that there are two things in the world that are no good unless they are shared - love and knowledge. (Si lks, Spices and Fmpire, by Owen and Eleanor Lattimure). This might be borne in mind W e reading the following. French article in the June 1985 Canadian Numismatic Journal ; (with my translation) :

Mt Yvon Marquis, C.P. 283, PoFnte-au- Pere, P. &6,, COK 1G0, a fonder une association ayant pour but de regrouper tous les numimates francophone du Canada. Les buts et objectifs de cette nouvelle organization, qui est appel6 nllAssoci.ation des Nudsmates F'ranca- phone du Canadan (A.N.F.C, ) sont connne suites:

Le but p~emier est de permettre aux clubs cperantAau niveau local ou r6gional dr meme gu 'aux collection- news isoles dlavoir un moyTn de commur?icper entre eux et dletre in- form& adequatement ,sur llactuaUte nuaaismatique en &nerd. Un second but est de promouvoir ce passe-temps magnifique qu'est la collection de monnaie auprGs des francophones ,

Au niveau des objectifs, le premier en importance consiste h fournir aux numismates des textes en fran~ais. Actuellement il existe tres peu de documentation en francais sur la numis- matique sandienne, et la fondation de llA.M.%.C. a pour mission de combler une partie de ce manque. A cet effe:, un Bulletin d'information sera publie tous les deux miset remfermera des

Lnformation et nouvelles relatives la monnaie, au papier-monnaie, aux jetons, dollars de commerce, etc. Le premier num6ro paraatra 2 la fin de mai.

Hr.'.rYvon Marquis, P.O. Box 283, Pointe- au-Pere, P.Que,, GOK 1G0, has founded an associatien intended to muster-.all fiench-speaking -numismatists. of' Canada. The aims and objectives of this new organization, named,wTlie Association of French-speaking Numismatists of CanadaM (A.F.N.c.), &re as follows:

The first aim is to enable clubs at the local or regional levels, as well as isolated collectors, to have a m a n s of colnmunicating among them- delves, arid of beinn adequately informed about current nunismatic.,. news. in general, A- second ' aim is to promote the- .maryellow pastime of ..:

coin-collecting, for the benefit of French-speaking people.

The first and most important objective fa to provide numismatists with texts in FFench. Actually very Uttle. documentation of Canadian numisratics exists in French, and the founding of the A.F.N.C. aspires to make up for this lack, in part. To this end, information Bulletin will be published every second month which will contain information and news about coins, ' papereney, tokens, trade dollars, etc. The first issue will ap3ear at the end of May,

k, Yvon Marquis was mentioned in M C 84-35 as being a member of The h'umismatic Society of Quebec who was working on a book on Canadian Coins. His invitation to join the A.F.R.C. should result in stimulation of research of the bench regime in Canada. I hope that it wlll also establish a wise program of translation and sharing of numismatic information about the rest of Canada. If the fine examples set by LeRowc and BretoniiFt:notignored, and Ff the A.F,H.C.-does-not lead to pblarization' and isolation, then Canadian numismatics should benefit. knne chance avec votre nouvelle entreprise, M. Marquis.

* A Xerox-type record of the coinage deposited for the "Sea-Eusn of Vancouver is reproduced on the reverse of the receipt/transfer, so that a record of payment can be checked. The Sea-Eus is part of the Hetro Transit System which operates across Burrard Inlet, from the Vancouver harbourfront to North Vancouver,

* WTl&AN- ( ol p g9?g\ ) and K U ~ N f i 1 ( p u.$ ) are recorded on the early East India Company Bombay rupees. of 1 2,

Frank Feaco 1985 07 09 C i t y of O t t a w a C o i n club

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* Cherish the past, and keep i n touch with t h e present. - Confucius.

* LUustrated a t r i g h t is an A gauche nous voyons un jeton aluminum token of Gabon ::. en aluminium, de Gabon. Il dated 1929,' and bearing. - -. i l l u s t r e un rhinochros, e t the . image of . a rhinocesus. e s t dat6 de 1929. D1apr&s la According t o Spink c o b vente des rnonnaies aux en- Auction No. .U,: it '.is.an cheres NO 42 de Spink, c e t t e unrecorded type and date , piece n t e s t pas encore and is extremely rare , i n s c r i t , e t e s t trks rare,

In the book on monetary and UL'KistoFre Mon6taire e t numismatic h is tory of colo- Nmismatique des Colonies e t nies and of the b e n c h Union de 1'Union F'rayaise 1670- 167001952, by Jean Mazard, . . . 1952", par Jean Mazard, en- the-following. are:.recorded: : r eg i s t r e l e s types suivantes:

# 174 1925 elephant # 174 1925 ;l+hant # 174B 1925 elephant .&' MC ' # 174B 1925 dlephant & MC # 175 1926 panther # 175 1926 panthhre # 176 1927 buffalo head # 176 1927 t 8 t e de buff le # 177 1928 pelican # 177 1928 ~6 l i ca .n

Documents describing Nos, 174 t o 177 indicate t h a t they served as checks of the payment.of taxes. They bore no indication of value, however they eventually were used with a value which varied according t o t h e animal depicted. Because of t h e be l i e f t h a t the horn of t h e rhinocerus was a good aphrodisiac, these pieces must have had a high value M e e d .

Les documents d g c r i t s sous l e s 174 177 serv i ren t de contremarque au

kyement des imp&; i l s ne portent aucune indicat ion de valeur, cependent ils furent par la s u i t e u t i l i s g s pour une valeur variable suivant 1 'animal repr6sent6. A cause de l a Srogance que la corne du rhinoc6ros e t a i t u.n bon aphrodisiaque, la valeur des pigces d o i t avoir 6th bien dleve/e.

* Y"ere was the d e v i l t o pay, and no p i tch hotll. The l a t t e r p a r t of this phrase is sometimes omitted; but, when complete, the words al lude t o the f a c t t ha t , a f t e r caulking with oakum, a sh ip ' s seams were a t once Itpayed1l over with melted pitch, whicn was always done, i f possible, before any water came near them, O f course, with a long length of canlker l s work ready, o r waiting f o r pitch, there would be the d e d t o pay, etc. (llOld Sea Wings, Ways a i d WordsI1 by R.C. Leslie 1930 rep r in t of an 1890 book).

* QUOIN - The means used t o e leva te the breach of a gun, consis t ing of one o r more wooden wedges. (same souce ) .

* As Charles Iamb s t a t ed t h a t news should be t rue, I therefore must make a correc- t i on t o MC 85-27 in the spe l l ing of t h e Argentinian name f o r the Falkland Islands, which should read - Islas Malvinas. I am surprised t h a t no-one has brought t h i s t o my at tent ion.before.

'ihe Anglo-Argentinian conf l i c t over these is lands ul t imately toppled the govern- ment of the loser ; whose m i l i t a r y junta had used the w a r as a public a t t en t ion diversion from i t s i n e f f i c i e n t administration. The new government renounces any immediate plans t o reclaim the Islands. Therefore one way t o remember the name klvinas is to think of nElad Wine1@ made from I1Sour Grapest1! \

* To banish sickness, wrap a few small c o b s i n red paper and throw the packet i n t o the road. Whosoever picks it up w i l l carry away the sickness and the pa t ien t w i l l be cured. Mottoes may be wr i t ten on the paper, as f o r example, "I s e l l out my i n t e re s t in a bad cold. 4Old Chinese l o r e from !#The Dragon Book? by E.D. Edwards > Rank Fesco 1985 07 U- a

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+ After all the serious stuff lately, it must be time for some subtle Daniah.hunou,r. Here are a couple of tales translated from the book, "Godt Folk og Andre Gavtyve1#, by Albert Ehgstriim:

Priest (being approached by a beggar ) : wHere is a skillhg.,, , but what was your occupation before you becam unercployed, and were reduced to this?

Beggar: (pocketing the coin): "Thank you . . . I repaired coffins. " . - - - I

Widow: "How much do you charge for a death notice in this newspa~er?~

Clerk: "20 gfre per ma

Widow: God help me! My husband was two metres tall!"

9 nLIowrage de la ~erriire et Colombani (La Numismatique en 10 Le ons) a pour ambition de former de\s co f l ectionneurs et de les encourager a devenir des nd-tes. Le numismate est un collec- tionneur qui 6tudie, qui travaille et qui publie le r6sultat de ses recherches. Ne croyer pas qu1i.l soit dces7aire pour autant dz sortir dlune grande ecyle, mais il faut etre intelligent, cultive, enthou- siaste, avoir'le gout de l'histoire et de bvart, lire lea revue numismatiques, as?ister ?ux conf6rrbnces et aux c o w s ~ ~ c i d i 3 8 ~ . " C'est un extrait de la &face d'un ban petit U w e que j'ai trowe dans la bibli0t&~ue.d'0ttawa, Dans les 240,pages des dix lecons, lee. auteurs donnent les renseignements pour devenir un collec- tiomem, st de l'lnformation sur les rnonnaies grecques, romaines, byzantines, celtiques, royales frantaises (2 parties), f d d e s , contemparaines, aussi sur le papier-monnaie et les jetons. Il est complet avec un petit lexique et une bibliographic des Uvres europeans,

The work by perrigre and Colombani (Numismatics in 10 ~essons) aims to develop collectors and to encourage them to become nmdsmatists. The numismatist is a collector who studies, works at, and publishes the results of his researches. Do not ass- that it is necessary to have graduated from a prominent school, but it is necessq to be intelligent, studious, enthusiastic, ha-ie'a taste for history and art, to read numis- matic Uterature, assist at confer- . - .

ences and at specialized courses.

This is an extract from the preface. . of a fine little book which I found in Ottawa's Public Library. In the 240 pages of the ten lessons, it presents advice on how to become a collector, and information about Greek, RomanJ Byzantine, Celtic, F'rench regal (2 parts ), feudal and contemporary coins; ilso about paper money and tokens. It is complete with a small glossary and a bibliography of European books,

Je recommends ce l i m e pour les cadets et I recommend this book for juniors les autres collectionneurs francaphones and other French-speaking collectors qd sont curieux de la numismatique. La who are curious about numismatics, r bibliot\eque m ' a laisse le liwe pour The Library let me keep the book for trois semaines . three weeks, (1t is h. French?; .- .- . . Ottawa's OC Transpo must have got the messages from Len Fletcher's suggestion that they use tokens, and Hles Allan's search for a participating dealer who would accept the 1985 Trade Dollar. Starting 15 June bus riders can pay their &es withit, Xepeanls kyoybr Ben Franklin was shown in The Citizen, selling the psornotion.al $1 tokens to bus riders at the Woodroffe Avenue transitway station. a h i s might bode well for the forthcoming official $1 coin, to counteract the strong Union and political lobby groups who are trying to kill its introduction.

* Parkhson's Law of Delay is that it is the deadliest form of denial.

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* I was very pleased t o receive a c a l l from one of our members who had taken up my question about the l e g a l i t i e s of i l l u s t r a t i n g Canadian paper-money. (8542) and h a s gathered information on it, which w i l l be reported l a t e r . It dawned upon me thait I

perhaps one of t h e reasons t h a t I hear so l i t t l e in reply t o my questions is t h a t I have not given my phone number. Here it is: (613) 523 3659. If you have news items, questions o r answers, please f e e l f r e e t o ca l l ,

+ Well, the Canada Post Corporation has done it again - raised pos ta l r a t e s - 6 s t h i s time, This i s approximately twice the na t ional inf la t ion . ra te , ' s o ' t h e ' - - " . . . ,, implication is. t h a t the' service. i s ' l e s s economical.--and e f f i c i en t . Camels .are I& f o r t h e ~ l t o load, and all we. do- io - sp i t .

* SOUDAN CENTENARY 1885-1985. On Wednesday, U t h February, 1885, Sydney received news of the death of General Gordon a t Khartoum. W.B. Dalley, ac t ing Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, immediately offered t o despatch a Contingent of Infantry and A r t i l l e q within two weeks,

When recru i t ing closed, over 500 men were mustered on the s t rength of the Infantry Rolls. These men were t he first in a long l i n e of Citizen so ld ie r s who were t o serve Australia in the Boer War, two World W a r s and the wars since. The'ir d i r e c t successor i s today's Ropal New South Wales Regiment.

The Contingent departed from Sydney on Tuesday, 3rd March, 1885, saw ac t ion in the Suakin area, from which comes the first Bat t le Honour in the Australian Army: "UAKIN 188518, and arr ived back i n Sydney on, Friday, 19 June, 109 days a f t e r its departure.

A 30 mm medallion has been s t ruck by the Regiment t o commemorate t h i s event. It is avai lable i n oxy-bronze o r brass g i l t Q $4.50,. and i n S te r l ing s i l v e r @ $35.00 plus postage,,from the Regiment's agents: "Ye Olde Curiosity Shopper', 89 Albury St. Holbrook, N.S.W., Australia.

Comment: The speed with 'which t h e Colony- bf. N.S.W. acted must be some kind of a record. To have ra i sed , t ra ined, shipped, m i c i p a t e d and returned a force in a l i t t l e over three months i s indeed incredible! - and half way round the world, a t that1 ( ~ u s t r a l i a n Coin Review - May 1985)

*Recurrence Coincidence: I had jus t f inished my short a r t i c l e on Chronograms (8546) when World Coin News of July 16, 1985 published a much more extensive a r t i c l e by Dudley L. McClure on t h e same subject. He covered f i f t e e n d i f f e ren t examples from mine, with i l l u s t r a t i o n s of some of the pieces from the A.N.S. collection. To l i s t a l l t h e chronograms would be both too lengthy and would smack of plagiarism. However, t o demonstrate t h e range of time periods and issuing s t a t e s , t h e i r basic i d e n t i t i e s a r e tabulated here:

Sweden medal 'dorms t a l e r Nurnber g 5 ducats

n L a b of Cod gold Hanau medal Saxe-Weimar double ducat Holy Rom b p medal Essen t h a l e r

1632 Russia medal 1617 Osnabruck tha le r 1698 Wurzburg tha le r 1703 Stolberg t h a l e r 16.5 8 Saalf e ld Gucat:: 2

1658 Gotha t h a l e r 1676 Augsberg medal 1680

Two of the pieces a re pa r t i cu la r ly noteworthy - the Russian medal has two d i f fe rent chronograms, one on the edge.and one around the reverse f i e l d , and. the Saalfeld ducat of John Ernst V I I I bears 3 date^: It had the numerical.date 15/17'since it commemorated the second centenary of the Reformation, and two chronograms, one on t h e obverse and the other on the reverse. It i s i l l u s t r a t e d in the book, "Historic Gold Coins of the World1#, by Burton Hobson (page 81).

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* Because .I!.m::going onlvacatforrp:.these news bullet ins a re being written early, so that I w i l l not have a chance t o gather al.1 your chronagram entries. There- fore the contest wlll be extended u n t i l the next month. Each of the entr ies that are submitted w i l l be published..-.:in t h v - a r e in languages other than French or English, please h c l u d e a translation. I fin& upper -and lower case l e t t e r s are awkward t o read, so I s h a l l use a l l upper case, and underline the Roman numerals. Here are four.; entries:for the 1985 chronograrn contest; so far:

- . 1. 2 KNUd THAT -- 5OLIB W T ' S : E X C E L I X N T _ - I A F ; g N ' L N - . q S '-:. '

2. EXCESSIVE ADVICE ABOUT ECCELUNT - MINTS @AYS LNANE.

3. C O ~ T O R S R S L N G FOR LNFNZON ABOUT THEB BZG COLIECT~ONS LN IARLOUS WENSUE BOOKS ABOUT - COINS - ME;-:NE_VER SUEESSFUL_.

4, ETES EOg POURQUO2 &A VIE EST BEI&Ej XOUS h i S UN COLLEC'QONNEUR ET VOUS A S Z msfi UN VERRE.1: - -

* Professor Kerry Rodgers has a column in' the Australian Coin Review, called, 'Tiodgers Reportsm. In the Hay 1985 issue he speaka of some of variet ies tha t are occurring in t h e i r coinage, which involves the Royal Canadian Mint, vfz:

from 1980 t o the present all circulating coins (of New zealand) have been struck a t the Royal Canadian h t , while all collectorsf sets , UnciFculated and proofs, have been produced by the Royal Mint (Uantrisant , Wales).

From the f i r s t it was apparent t h a t different obverses were being used in Canada (Ottawa,Winnipeg) from those in Wales. Not only were there clear differences in

. numeral style, but the Machin eff igy of the Queen show small but pronounced variations.

The easiest way t o t e l l a Canadian-struck coin of 1980-83 for the l $ t o 20$ denominations i s from the fold l i ne s of the Queen's gown, which are strongly incuse. However, the 5O$ coins have different effigies... The best way t o t e l l Canadian struck 50# pieces are by numeral s ty le differences.

I n a l e t t e r of August 10, 1983, a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mnt had t h i s t o say on the subject of the differences: 'The master dies for all the New Zealand coins were supplied by the New Zealand *easury and the obverses have no re la t ion t o Canadian coins. If any modifica- tions were done t o the Hachin por t ra i t , it was done before we became suppliers.'

This point i s most in teres t ing in v iew of the whole new b a l l game tha t confronted the collector in 1984. A completely new version of the Machin effigy of Her Majesty was used by the R e C e M , f o r the circulating coinage, and, for the f i r s t time it appears t o be consistent from l# t o SO#.

The problem confronting collectors of New Zealand's coins i s t o obtain choice specimens of those produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. Nice pieces with in tac t lus t re and minimal minting marks a re going t o command a premium over those from so-called collectors1 sets. What collectors real ly want are specimen se t s of those die-diff erent R .C .K. .circulating coins. " I wonder i f Mints and die a l t e r e r s are aware of how closely t he i r products are being inspected; t h i s applies a lso t o the quality degredation of shipping containers and methods. International quauty--prestige is-multi-facetted! . Canadian collectors are well aware of the variations in George V I coinage due t o wartime relaxation of qual i ty control,

* The dollar sign i s used by three countries which do not have dol lars - Portugal (escudo), Honduras (lempira) and Brazil (milreis). (see 8 5 4 r e Mexico)

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* Chrommam Cantest-- 1985. No guidelines have been s ta ted f o r the contest;.-only the examples shown from ac tua l coins l i s t e d on 85-40. In the examples shown there was no use sf the negative case. For example IV f o r 4, M f o r 9, XL fo r 4' etc., were not used. Thus HCM reably should not be acceptable. A l l numerals arb ~ ~ ~ t : . a r r & n g e d in descending order of magnitude, then consolidated upward, e. g. , XXXXWV = LV. Brevity might be a. desirable feature; ingenuity, appl icabi l i ty t o numismatics and general appeal e g h t a l s o be a t t rac t ive . Here are more entr ies:

5: TH3 KCJ?J&EXg OF S w QIWDgOLNS 2s A B O F mY O m LSSUE.

6. THIIS SOLN g L Z ; E C T I N G - - - SLTUATION a - VERY SELDOM -.-- VEXES .- EPERTS.

7. w-NE COINS . CAREFUGY & - - - DEVELOP - EXPERIENCE - - - I N SAZNG.

8. TESTS SmObf, LF m, AsH-W EXAGTTNESS; BUT LT WII HAPPEN 'GTH GTRA GARE.

9. EOMpETLTLONS RE3UF mY WOE VJSUASZATI_ON; SON_CENTRAqON ELpS LF YOU WANT TO EXPRESS - YOUR - v m EAS_ILY.

10. & TO _PIAG$lE THAT REASOM_NG BACKED- BY LNTU&TI_ON EXCELS O F THE GPRESSLON OF EOGIC.

11. E3J2N ----- MEDAL COLLECTORS THE IAZOUR THEY - VIE74 L N Ex_HLB&TS.

12. EREVJE, CLARITY AND_ gPRFsSpSS ARE E S S E W - FOR AI& GTRA WOE GOLN 13. EXHIBITS - I - EXPRESS - ADDITIONAL -- DELIGHT- EX-WCE.

L!+, -- INCIDENTALLY, - ~ l R A - WORTH RESGTS FROK &MTRLNSE gF. .I\BOVE LABOW . P E N S a - - 15. THE EARAH EAYS OF TME WAR, BRLTGH BREWERIJS PROZU-CED- GASES OF l 1 X 2 M _ " BEER,

BUT NOT LN GANS, OF GOURSE.

16. MCELT,F.NT - LIVING WAS VINDICAm- BY -GENT SAUSES.

17. ~ ~ V A G A N C E - - KXHAUSTS - , ~ O D E R A ~ O N - INVIGORATES & ABSTI,NEN_CE ~EXTALNL_Y COATUSES . 18. RECCGQTZON THAT WE E X S T AND_ H A F WORTH TO OUR FEW-MAN - NOT JUST TO

o m m AUNE - LS B[AmTI_ONA&.

19. S P ' G E S 'S m-FE, &ANWPE, 2s- A SsOg. & A - VWY - - - C&lARRELSOME - - .SHRE'EJ-, BUT SHE. - Lorn- H_%S Fx_m g8Im. - -

20. 'QJ(JllRE OF LOLINE GAN BE APPLIED- TO DISINFECT Ex_'WdEOUS ABRASUXS, EXCEPT Ips SENSLW AREAS. -

21. 3 S T FIX IT, sON_CENTRATE LT, LNVVGORATE LT, EXAGGERATE - I T , BUT - A BLG BUT - CONCLUDE LT. - - -

22. ----- MEDICAL CLINICS EXPOSE - A-mGE LIVING KTRAS.

23. Ex_-& ACTNITFS S A N SOm DECELENT -- - I-TS - - G T H - CON-CERN.

24. - I KNCM THAT CKFIONOQLAM - - CREA'QON S A N EEVJ3LOP - LNTO A EXHAUST= - SFtAENG. 25. .I LISTEN ! WHAT HAVE 2HRONOGRAMS - TO DO WITH COLLECTING ? STOP EXPOSING US TO - - -.--- - -

VEXATIOUS NQNSENSE .. - - - 26. - MORE MONEY - GAM FLUX_ YOUR TAX_ BY Hw . (Ed: Totals - 2186)

27. - VERY - - MUCH XCX - BUNKS YOUR EM>. (Ed: Totals - 2686)

As stated ea r l i e r , the contest w i l l be held open f o r another nonth so t h a t all who wish, may have an opportunity t o submit t h e k efforts . G i v e i t a try, .It can be fun. h c e you have t r i e d , you w i l l understand what the early coin and medal designers were faced with, and.why the vogue continued so bong. It would be good t o see more French, and some Latin ones - also; Spanish, I t a l i a n , etc.

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* A beerkeg has the fow,of a powderkeg, but explodes only into suds - Anon, * During the Second W a r , at the Ascot horse racetrack of Windsor in England, there was a tall black tipster dressed in plumed African garb,who would sell his wbning selections to the gullible betting public, His dancing image, with elephnt tail whisk, was brought .to mind by the recorded recommendations of a financial analyst, in the Hontreal Gazette of July 2. This analyst suggests that investors bqy U.S, $2,500 worth of gold llsurvival coinsn for each family member. He d s o recommended that investors prepare to buy silver and copper, since demands for both of these metals is decreasing supplies,

I am naturally suspicious of such prognostics, after having as a fellow comuthg neighbour the former metal editor of Toronto's popular "Northern YSnern. I recall, from our many trip together down:and UD the Don Valley Parkway, information about the unpredictable dumping on the -world's markets of gold by the U.S .S .I?. , ancf of silver by Mainland China, which upsets normal price trends, I am also aware of the telephone industry's trend to convert to fibre optics cables which use Ught, rather than electrical transmission, thereby eventually freeing up untold masses of copper. Caveat aptor,

* A Canadian Press report of June 21 stated that a bill to create the first U.S. fine silver dollar since the 1890's (Ed: Actually 1935 in 9,900 fine - N&C 85-33) and to sell it for at least U,S. $6 was passed by the Senate on June 21. The rider was attached to a bill to mint special gold and silver coins for refurbish- ing the Statue of Liberty, Senate Energy Committee Chainaan James McClure said that the coin would coatah one troy ounce of 0,999 fine silver.

*Tlash item from the recent C.N.A. Convention in Regina ,,. Ruth McQuade has been given recognition for her many contributions to numismatics, both in her researched and published articles, and in her acceptance of the responsibility for the leadership and administration of numismatic organizations, by being presented with the Douglas Ferguson Award. This is a brief preliminary report to offer the C.O.C.C,'s congratulations to Ruth for her well-merited honour.

* Although I checked the C.O,C,C, records before spelling Miles Allan's name (this is the correct version), I was told that I had erred. Please accept my apologies, Miles, Secretary, Treasurer & Editor please note,

* The dies for the 25-Mils coin of Israel: were made by Moshe Monro, and some of the coins were struck in August .1948 bg Alfred Salvaan in a Jerusalem machine shop owned by Derech Beit Laclhman, The rest were later strnck at Tel Aviv, Because of the poor quality, the

I

coins were almost not issued, 'heir release was delayed until 6 April 1949, along with the 1949 25-Mils coins; a total of 693,000. These were the first coins of Israel struck after Independence, In the same year 1949 the currency system was changed to 100 Prutot = 1 -a, The new reduced size 25-Brutot cupro-nickel coin replaced the larger 25-Mils afminum coin, but it retained the same basic grape cluster design. Both are shown ar right, . .

* Can anyone vouch for the effectiveness of the following process described in "The Teach Yourself Guide to Numismatics1' by C.C. Chamberlain?: "Every c o h collector hows the exasperating experience of nearly being able to decipher a worn inscription, but not quite. The inscription can be made temporarily more legible if the coin is placed on a red-hot poker. The words appear in a greenish tinge, which fades away as the heat passes offon

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C H I N E S E L A N G U A G E . . C H A N G E S . - . . . 2 3 3

.. _., .. ..._. . ... ...- . ... I... . . ..- . . . - . ........ . I . -. ._.. . .. . . I n 1952 a Chinese research committee was formed t o consider all aspects of t h e i r wrt t ten language. B i t e r same experiments it decided upon K ! N as the o f i l c i a l system of romanization of the Chinese sc r ip t . This was agreed to be the quickest of all systems to l earn because it uses fewer ' l e t t e r s per sound than any other system, and because it uses only one extraneous mark, the d iaeres is , over the l e t t e r ff hen i t is t o be pronounced l i k e the French XJ. Ins ide China,marks a r e not used f o r the fou;r tones (upper even, r i s ing , f a l l i n g then r i s ing , f a l l i n g ) of the Peking (Bei j ing) Mandarin d ia lec t which was established as the national spoken language. However, f o r foreign students these a r e a s e s sen t i a l as the short vowel d i a c r i t i c a l marks of Arabic.

- - Although PINYIN was designed f o r nat ive users , so as t o heve one common base language, it i s a lso of value as a pronunciation guids f o r Yesterners because, i n general i t p a r a l l e l s western m p e a n equivalents. There a r e cer tain exceptions:though, viz: 9 i s used f o r the p a l a t a l C9; X f o r pa la t a l RS; ZH f o r t h e r e t ro f l ex 3; and C f o r the f r i c a t i v e Ts.

Most soc ia l changes a re upset t ing, i n t h e short t e r n view, but a r e usually f o r the long t e r n good. One of the upset t ing areas is f o r numismatists, because most past research on Chinese coins was done and published before the present regime introduced these changes. frost a l l geographical names which have kecome established and fami l ia r A.am . the Zumpean colonia l i s t days, have been changed. 'Ibis paper i s intended t o help co l lec tors to recognize the new names of the geographical divisions. .9n ou t l ine map has been provided below for reference to locations l i s t e d on the next page.

A uniform system of simplirled Chinese s c r i p t characters has also been. adopted, with its afm t o reduce t h e number of strokes required t o m i t e (draw?) them, so as to. reduce. b o t h learning and. writing time,. Additional changes to t h i s syatem a r e continuing to be made, Simplified characters are shown below i n parentheses a f t e r the old ones. A rudimentary trans- l a t ion or the area names is included, to indicate t h e i r origins.

\ / 1 Heilungkiang ~ e i l o n g jyang F S ;;na1\&)31 B l a c k d ~ ~ ~ g o n r i r e r

2 g i r i n J& S f i ~ u c k y f o r e s t / I

3 Liaoning Limning ( ) ( 1 Distant peace 4 Hopeh ~ g b 2 i A $5 River of the north

5 Shantung sh&d;ng JJ 2 ($3 Mountains of the east

6 Kiangwr ~ i - k g ~ z n & @I) River reviving

7 Cheklang Zh>ji:ng ;'$f x Reducing r i v e r t \

8 ZWden Rjian ?E&! Good fortune established

9 ~nhwei b - 2 2' f$2 Peaceful honour

10 Kiangsi JIG-- ;I 3 River of the west

11 E~angtung GU&& ( f ) 3 (s) Extensive east \ J

12 Inner Mongolia Nei bbnggu r?$# Inner aoncealed ancients

13 Shansi sha-nxi- Jlt!!l Mountains of the west / /

14 a n a n Henan Aifj River of the south \

15 Hupeh Hubei :%I $k Lakes of the north

Hunan Kwangsi

Shensi

Szechuan

Kaei chow

Yunnan

Ningsia

Kansu

T singhai

Tibet

Sinki ang

Lakes of the south

Extenaiva vest

Etn. passes of the west

:%ur strearcs

Zonournble region

ClouCs of the aouth

Paecef u l summer

Pleasantly respectful

"Pue marshes

%st hidclen

New f r o n t i e r

%en B r i t a q l s 99-year l ease on Hang Kong (plus iiorrloon and the New Terri tor ies) expires i n 1997, aad t h i s coastal trzding centre i s restored to China ( ~ o s s i b l y e a r l i e r ) , i t s name, no doubt, w i i l 3e chsnged t o ~ i E n g ~ & ~ (Fragrant lagoon) , Numisrnstist s w i l l probably lose another interest ing se r i e s of coins, as t h s mainland coicege is ado9.ted' there.' .

9 Refer t o the City of Ottawa Coin Club bul le t in 85-42, 85-43 f o r exact information.

# Modern simplif fed characters are shown i n parentheses fc$loving the old ones. I

Although the i n t e n t o r t h i s paper was not to teach Chinese, perhaps the related sounds o r the Pinpin romanization might be of i n t e r e s t . A list is provided below which gives an approximate pronunciation of the l e t t e r s and some of the l e t t e r combinations. It is only a f a i r subs t i tu t ion f o r the tape recordings supporting educational courses i n Chinese. It shows typical words with the equivalent sound underlined.

A f c r , bar -- B - ba&,&m

C k i t s , whi - tsun ( strong)

D - desk, Aid E hzr, wzre

EI d z , h x

F - root, ~ i v e

G b i ~ s e&& H - her,..&im (strong)

I - ea t , t ee th - ( sir, a f t e r l e t t e r s : - C, ch, r, s, sh, z , zh)

N no, own - -. - NG six, t h i x

0 law ;pall ' . -9 - -

P pr, cEen (s t rong)

cheek, ch i se l ( long) 4 - - i?-

R barracks, parrot ( hard) I -

S ~ i z t e r , s i x - SB ship, shore - - T top, tune (s t rong) - - U too, m o r - -

adieu, - jeu - ( ~ r e n c h )

V very, wave (foreign words) 0 -

IZ yes, p g t a p w-ant, z i s h

S Jeep, maJor X rajahs; - amahs - (RS, ap?osite t o §I)

K &id, - k i s s (s t rong) Y (semi-vowel of I)

L - land, t a l l - M =e, them -

Z zero, la-q - ZH azure, seizure ( strong) - 0

% The h a r d - b i t t e ~ Peking - 33 su f f ix - is charac ter i s t ic , but d i f f i c u l t to show.

The two changes reported i n t h i s paper deal only with the recording of language, and not necessar i ly with the communication of ideas, o r the changes in meaning, Some languages adopt a new foreign vord in to t h s i r s c r i p t system phonetically. Chinese gsneral ly z rea tes 'mul t ip le character words f rom those e x i s t i w , t o c rea te new words. This aspect of change t o the Chinese language, although very in teres t ing , i s not covered ,here.

Some references: - gJ A Concise ~ n g l i s h - ~ h i n e s e D i c t i ~ n a r y (19El) by the Jo in t ?ub l i s l ing Co., iz:, +, 9.~1; 4 (How gong Branch); uses simplified Chinese characters.

Mathewsv Chinese-English Dictionary (1931) 11th pr in t ing - 1969, by the 2 Harvard University Press; mainly o ld characters, with tonal numbers.

fi Zlmentary Chinese P a r t s I & 11, printed i n mainland China f o r foreign ' ' students o r Chinese. (1974 version) : uses pinyin, tonal. marks .& simple sc r ip t . E& About Chinese, by Richard Newnham (1971) reprinted 1980; a Penguin book;

Fl a del ightful l i t t l e book f o r anyone who i s the l e a s t curious. 7E -

National Geographic Journal Vo1.158 No. 1, July 1980; has a la rge i r s e r t map with locat ion nemes i n Pinyin. The l i n s draning was reduced from t h i s .

The Far East, by Joe Cribb; Chapter ,XX of "Coinsw edited by. M. J. Pr i ce (1980).

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THE ROYAL CANADIAN KXNT BUILDINGS RENOVATION' - OTTAWA 2 3 6

It is &st d i f f i c u l t not t o be c r i t i c a l o f t h e R.C. Mint administration, even a f t e r a press conference by t h e Master, James Corkery, and h i s right-hand man, Dennfs Cudahy, on June U t h . In it they attempted t o j u s t i f y t h e i r plan and actions i n embarking on d r a s t i c renovations which involved the demolition and rebuilding of a la rge portion of t h e buildings and facade on Sussex Drive in Ottawa - fn which they were tenants only, and without proper authority!

I f it had not been f o r t h e a l e r tness of t h e press, t he penetrating journdlism of the C.B.C., t h e i ra teness of t h e property custodians, and sane vocal public eyewitnesses, Mint o f f i c i a l s might have b l i t h e l y continued unhindered.

AB it turned out, t he media outcry caused a halt of the improper act ions, an immediate consultation wi th . the required controlling bodies, and a quick revis ion t o the plans (as f a r as was possible, considering the damage already caused) so as t o meet the requirements of t h e building custodians,

Facetiously admitting lack of 20-20 hindsight before proceeding, t he o f f i c i a l s attempted t o jus t i fy and defend t h e reasonableness of "going t h e City routen t o excuse t h e i r blunder; t h a t - i s - t h e i r a p m c a t i o n . f o r Municipal r a the r than Federal approval, which inc iden ta l ly they d id not completely receive before proceeding. In re t rospec t they gave no indicat ion t h a t a l t e rna t ive ac t ion would have been more appropriate, when asked by a press representat ive, "If you had it to do over again, would you have acted different ly?" Their only s t a t ed m e e t s were t h a t they had not done enough Public Relations work in advance.

That the decisions were made and ac t ions taken, presumably with t h e approval of t h e i r Board of birectors , by o f f i c i a l s who a r e professional engineers, without Proper approval by those who a r e responsible f o r the custody and protect ion of national heritage property, appears on the surface t o have been incredib ly . naive or doWnright stupid. The underlying reasons can only be assumed t o have been a del iberate p o l i t i c a l power confrontation, an impatience with bureaucratic delay, o r an a t t i t u d e which i s seemingly prevalent among Crown Corporation executives t h a t they a r e above and beyond e i the r public o r p o l i t i c a l control.

O f t h e i r own statement, they consider themselves t o be a business unto themselves, with p r o f i t a b i l i t y as t h e i r prime objective, and t o whom n o d company controls do not apply. ?hey s e e m t o have overlooked several key points, in s e t t i n g t h e i r own operating boundaries, viz:

(a) they have the privileged posi t ion of a monopoly, without t h e hindrance of competition, nor the r e s t r a i n t of regulation, t hus ' e th i c s a r e essent ia l ;

(b) they provide a nat ional senrice, hence have na t ional obligations; (c ) they are vested with a public trust t o not only function economically, but

t o s e n e a public need, and t o behave responsibly towards public property; (d) they a re a na t ional body which requires public confidence, a s wel l a s the

sa t i s fac t ion of its Directors, t o continue in t h e i r appointed of f ices ; and, (e) t h e i r operations must meet na t ional ecological standards t o prevent polution - of the atmsphere, waters and environment. (Kothing was mentioned about

' t h i s aspect, in t h e expansion of i ts re f in ing f a c i l i t i e s . )

L" there i s t o be any fu ture f a i l u r e , then l e t it be on t h e s ide of greater control of the Mint operations, r a t h e r than the l e v e l of control t h a t permits Such independence of action. And, l e t not the t i t l e wMasterm be construed in Fn i t s broader sense!

The views expressed above a r e those of the author, and do not n e c e s s a ~ i l y represent the opinions of t h e City of Ottawa Coin Club, nor i t s other members,

"When the dragon whispers, the shouts of men are drowned.* - Marcuse . .

bank Fesco 1985 07 16 C i t y of O t t a w a C o i n C l u b

Second sunday of each Month Ottawa Coin & Stamp Dealers' Associa- tion Show . Neapean Sportsplex, Nepean, Ontario; Hoilrs, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Dealers, enquiries welcome!

Last Sunday of Every Month except December Central Ottawa Show Nadin-Davis Numismatics, Hotel Rox- borough, Downtown at MetcalfeILaurier Sts.; Admission, free; Hours, 10-4; Additional info, 1-613-744-4077; Contact, P.O. Box 95, Stn. A, Ottawa, Ont. KIN 8V1

Sept. '14, 1985 St. Catharines Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet St. Catharines C-oin Club, United LAuto Workers Hall,. 124 Bunting Rd., St. Catharines, Ont.; Admission, free; Hours, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Dealers, over 20; Addi- tional info, free parking, displays, draws and auction; Contact, P.O. Box 1492, St. Catharines, Ont. L2R 7J9

Sept. 15, 1985 Fall Quarterly Collectible Stamp and Coin Deer Park VFW; Admission, free; Hours, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Dealers, 40; Additional Info, Special Cachet 6th in Series "Honor- ing our Long Island Heritage"; Contact. Address, P.O. Box 821, Valley Stream, N.Y. 11582, Ira Meltzer (516) 841-3678.

Sept. 15, 1985 Fall Quarterly Collectibles Professional Coin and Stamp Dealers Association of Long Island, Deer Park -VFW Hall; Admission, free; Hours, 9:30. a.m.-4 p.m.; Dealers, about 40; Additional info, special show, cover, cachet "Honouring Our Long Island Heritage"; Contact, Stan Roe, P.O. Box 354, Lynbrook, N.Y. 11563, (516) 667-7538

September 22, 1985 Metro Toronto Coin Exhibition Ingrid K. Smith, Bond Place Hotel, 65 Dun- das St. E., Toronto; Admission, $1.00, refun- dable on $10 or above purchase; Hours, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Eealers, 27; Contact, I.K. Smith, P.O. Box 865;Adelaide St. P.O.,

' Toronto. M5C 2K1 (41 6) 920-6461

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Sept. 28,1985 25th Anniversary Coin-A-Rama .

Oshawa and District Coin Club, Oshawa Cen- tre; Admicsion, free; Hours, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Dealers, 20 tables; Contact, Bruce R. Watt, P.O. Box 212, Oshawa, Ont. L1H 7L1, (416) 728-1136.

Sept. 29, 1985 94th Annual Fall Lockport Coin and Stamp Show Lockport Coin and Stamp Club, Best West- ern - Lockport Inn, 515 South Transit St. (Rte. 78); Admission, Free; Additional In- fo, Door prizes, exhibits, post office; Con- tact, Norman Trimmer, 6452 Halter Rd., Newfare, NY 14108, (716) 778-9823.

Oct. 11-13, 1985 - .

TOREX Metro Toronto Convention Centre; Admis- sion, $1; Hours, Fri. and Sat. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sun. 10a.m. -5p.m.; Dealers, 52;Ad- ditional Info, Educational Seminars, work- shops on grading, photography, etc.; Con- tact Address, Ingrid K. Smith, P.O. Box 865, Adelaide Street, Post Office, Toronto M5C 2K1 (416) 920-6461.

Oct. 11-13, 1985 Atlantic Provinces, Numismatic As- sociation Fall Rally Halifax Coin Club, Holiday Inn - ~ a l i f a x Centre; Admission, free; Hours, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Dealers, 22; Additional Info: Souven- ir medalllion, door prizes, exhibits, educa- tional forum banquet; Contact Address, Halifax Coin Club, Box 5024, Armdale *.Ow, Halifax, N.S. B3L 4M6.

Oct. 18, 19, 20, 1985 94th Annual Coin and Stamp Show Greater Buffalo Coin Dealers Association, Buffalo Convention Centre; Contact, Dell Reitz, 2197 Broadway St., Buffalo, N.Y. 14212.

Oct. 20, 1985 Tillsonburg Coin Show Tillsonburg Numismatic Society, Tillson- burg Community Centre; Admission, 25 cents; Hours, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Dealers, 20 bourse tables; Additional Info, Hockey, baseball card dealers; Contact. Bill Baxter. 46 Queen St., ills son bur^, 0nt . N4G 3 ~ 9 ; (519) 842-5286.

Oct. 27, 1985 Annual Coin & Stam Show Cooper's Cave Coin 8 ub, Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, Wes t Glens Falls, N.Y.; Admission, 50 cents; Hours, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Dealers, 22; Additional Info, I12 mile off Northway towards Glens Falls; Contact Address; Philip Mahoney, 2 Linden St. S., Glen Falls, hT V 19Qnl /K1 Q\ 7 0 9 - K K Q 7

SOME BASIC QUESTIONS: AND TEE ANSWERS.

Why a Canada's Capital Trade Dollar? Essentially, they're an excellent way to create visitor awareness regarding the Canada's Capital area.. Last year, many were kept as souvenirs, and we're hoping history will repeat itself in 1985.

Who sponsors the Canada's Capital Trade Dollar? - - - . . - - - -

The Canada's Capital Visitors and Convention ~ureau and its memb.ership initiated the trade dollar as an awareness program, to help promote the Canada's Capital area, while at the sametime, generating a little extra income for CCVCB endeavours. Once again,welre hoping that hist- ory-will repeat itself in 1985.

Is The ~anada's Capital Trade Doll-ar Legal Tender? Yes, it's worth $1.00 for goods or services at participating outlets. The Canada's Capital Trade Dollar was deemed to be legal tender by proclamation of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. In ~ddition, many other area municipalities,including Hull, have endorsed and declared the Canada's Capital Trade Dollar lega tender. The period extends from May 1,1985 to October 31,1985, for the entire Canada's Capital area.

Is There Anything Special, be Should Know About?

Yes. The Bonus Bucks. There are only ten and they have a special touch, a different look. But, the real difference is, they're worth $100.00, and can be redeemed at the Canada's Capital Visitors and Convention Bureau offices, 222 Queen St., 7th floor, Ottawa. The Bonus Bucks will be distributed and sold in the same manner as all the other Canada's Capital TradeDoTlars, for $1.00. it'll be up to you to find the difference.Welll be announcing the difference at 5 p.m.,November 29,1985.

Are Tlrcre Collector's Editions of the Canada's Ca~ital Trade Dollar? --

There is a Commemorative Series, featuring an uncirculated 1984 and 1"s coin, packaged in an attractive case, suitable for collectors. But, also, they make attractive gifts and can be obtained from participating outlets or directly from the Canada's Capital Visitors and Convention Bureau.

THE CANADA'S CAPITAL TRADE DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE AT MOST FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, LARGER RETAIL CENTRES, HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.

Technical S~ecifications

Material: High grade,pure nicke

Diameter: 33 mm

Weight: l23g

Production: Royal Canadian ~ i n t

The design of the 1985 Canada's Capital Trade Dollar continues with the tradition of highlighting a feature and a point of interest with national significance. -- - rnis year, ill con junction with the centelldry celebrations of Parks Canada, the seven-steps view of the Rideau Canal locks has been selected, to compliment the Guardsman of the Governor-General's Foot Guard.

THE CANADA'S CAPITAL TRADE DOLLAR IS A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE,

SPONSORED BY CANADA'S CAPITAL VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU, 7th FLOOR, 222 QUEEN STREET, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA Telephone 613-237-5150 .

Capital Dollar de la Capitale

Sales Policy - Individual and Bulk Mail Order Sales/ Politique de vente - Par la poste, individuelle ou en quantitE

151 or more pieces/ $1.25 each/chacune $1.65 each/chacune et plus pikces

Commemorative Sets (1984 and 1985 coins in a special holder) - $4.50 each postpaid./Serie commEmorative (pikces 1984 et 1985 offertes dans un Etui spscial) - $4.50 chacun franc de poste. *All prices Postpaid. Orders shipped at your risk. If you wish registered mail, please add $2.00 to your order. Ontario residents, please add 7% sales tax. Prices shown in Canadian Funds. Payments in other currencies must include $1.00 bank service charge.

*Le prix comprend les frais de poste. Les cornrnandes sont exp6diEes 3 vos risques. Pour envois recommandBs, veuillez ajouter $2.00 3 votre comrnande. Rssidents de ltOntario, veuillez inclure taxe de vente de 7%.

'Please make payments payable to Bonavita Ltd. and send to:/Les frais sont payable S Bonavita Ltd. et doivent gtre remit 3:

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Canada's Capital Visitors and llOffice du tourisme et des Convention Bureau congrss de la Capitale du Canada

7th Floor 7e stage 222 Queen Street 222, rue Queen Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5V9 KIP 5V9

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Your worst enemies are not those who disagree with you - they're the ones who pretend to agree with you.

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Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were *ht?

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When aU the world seems to doubt you, press on - for all the world has not been born yet.

Woman to husband: "We would make a great couple except for you."

Exercise is good for you. So is laughing - and you don't have to ask the doctor before yo11 start.

:7 17 Ci The nice th~ng about the secret ballot is that you can diways claim you didn't vote for the guy.

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THE STRATFORD COlM

23rd Annual

Sunday, October 27, '85 ' C I Kiwanis Community Centre 4

Lakeside Drive, Stratford

For Information Write Box 262 - Stratford N5A 6T1

or See Any Coin Club Member

D'EALERS DISPLAYS LUNCH

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OSHAWA CENTRE

,Oshawa, Ontario