Volume 59 – #05

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Volume 59#05

June 8 – June 21, 2021

Toronto collector and lawyer Ian Speers advises collectors to properly plan for the future by maintaining an organized collection, drafting a will or estate plan with a lawyer or specialist, choosing an appropriate executor and communicating your plans with all involved parties.

Common tax, financial issues encountered in estate planning

Collectors can encounter several common tax and financial issues, particularly with so-called “capital gains,” when drafting a will or planning an estate. While people can use certain methods to minimize some taxes, capital gains is typically the “biggest tax issue” for collectors, according to long-time Toronto collector and lawyer Ian Speers. Canada’s federally mandated tax laws require 50 per cent of a capital gain’s income to be taxed, but the rates at which gains are taxed varies by province. Continue reading →

Features
RCM’s new ‘One Mint’ strategy reworks ‘areas of focus’ without numismatics
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Low-mintage gold, Bluenose centennial highlight May RCM new releases
Page 1
‘Symboles du Québec’ novelty note series continues with McGill issue
Page 6
Prominence Sale III draws 600-plus bidders, $600K in sales
Page 12
Counterfeit toonie sells for nearly $150 on eBay
Page 14
Dozens of banknotes mailed for certification now missing
Page 23
Bidders vie for ‘beautiful, genuinely rare artifacts’ at latest Partrick sale
Page 24

Regulars
CCN Trends
Focus on Canadian $1 and $2 coins
Page 16
CCN Marketplace
Are you buying or selling?
Page 26
Show & Bourse
Check out the shows in your area
Page 29
Columns
Stanley Clute
Ancient Money
Revisiting Janus, god of transistions, many months into pand
Page 8
Tim Grawey
Colonial Tokens
Historic Québec town Coteau-du Lac yields archaeological t
Page 10

John Regitko
Errors & Varieties
Readers respond to past columns on waffled coins, erroneou
Page 22

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