Volume 56 – #18

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Volume 56#18

December 11 – December 24, 2018

Some of the tri-metal tokens issued by the Royal Canadian Mint this October as part of its ‘R+D Lab Collection’ were recently discovered with die cracks through the centre of the obverse.

Tri-metal test token die crack discovered

An undetermined number of one of the Royal Canadian Mint’s recently released test tokens has been discovered with a prominent die crack through the centre of the obverse. Several of the Mint’s tri-metal tokens, which were issued as part of “R+D Lab Collection” this October, were found with die cracks by at least two southeastern Ontario dealers shortly after their release. Continue reading →

Features
Armistice coin designer meets collectors at exchange
Page 1
Halifax club celebrates 60 years
Page 1
Communicating, marketing for 21st-century hobbyists
Page 11
Admiral Gardner made five round trips before disaster
Page 24

Regulars
CCN Trends
Focus on Canadian 10 cents
Page 16
CCN Marketplace
Are you buying or selling?
Page 22
Show & Bourse
Check out the shows in your area
Page 25
Columns
Stanley Clute
Ancient Money
Pompey’s family, associates on various Roman coins
Page 8
Tim Grawey
Colonial Tokens
Bout de L’Isle tokens used to cross Montreal bridge
Page 10

John Regitko
Errors & Varieties
Nice clashed dies extremely hard to come by
Page 12
Jeff Fournier
Numismatic Fringe
Armistice, Kirkland Lake centennials commemorated
Page 14

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