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Pocket Change Radio casting ‘favourable light’ on numismatics
Rick Dupuis is host of Pocket Change Radio broadcast live on 91.3 FM Bluewater Radio in Hanover, Ont. The show airs on Tuesdays.
Rick Dupuis has returned after a short hiatus from the world of radio broadcasting, and he’s bringing numismatics back with him. In recent years, Canadian numismatic radio shows have become a rare offering, but Dupuis, a disc jockey for more than six years, is hoping to change that with his new show Pocket Change Radio,... Continue reading →
Brantford first Canadian club with women in executive roles
Lisa McPherson, left, and Cassidy Stroud are vice-president and president, respectively, of the Brantford Numismatic Society. Photo by Jeff Fournier
While numismatics is often considered a male-dominated hobby, one southern Ontario club is bucking the trend with three women holding key positions on the club’s executive. Earlier this year, Cassidy Stroud became president and Lisa McPherson became vice-president of the Brantford Numismatic Society, a first for Canada. They are joined on the executive by club... Continue reading →
First ever concave coin shows off Library of Parliament
Sandra Hanington, president and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint (right) with Matt Bowen, the artist who engraved this amazing coin. Photo by Serge Pelletier.
The Royal Canadian Mint is celebrating the 140th anniversary of the Library of Parliament with its first ever concave coin, whose ultra-high relief shows off the amazing detail of the Library’s architecture, as seen from the inside of its domed ceiling. This coin was unveiled Jan. 28 before senators, MPs and special guests assembled at... Continue reading →
2016 silver dollar marks ushering of global communications
The S.S. Great Eastern will figure prominently on all 2016 silver dollar products while the Mint’s 2016 gold coin features the Parliament buildings fire.
History plays a starring role as the Royal Canadian Mint celebrates a wide range of themes in its first offering of new 2016 collector coins. The historic ocean liner S.S. Great Eastern, which laid out the first transatlantic telegraph cable to link North America and Europe via Newfoundland and Ireland in 1866, figures prominently in... Continue reading →
Several coin clubs celebrating anniversaries
The Moncton Coin Club’s Railway historical medal commemorates the official opening of the First Branch Line of the Intercolonial Railway (ICR) between Moncton and Dorchester in December 1868. The reverse shows a map of the three Maritime Provinces and part of Newfoundland with Moncton’s strategic position shown within a wheel as the ‘Hub of the Maritimes.’
Coin clubs and numismatic associations are the lifeblood of the numismatic hobby. Many clubs have been around for decades, but a few will be celebrating significant anniversaries in 2016, including: the Ingersoll Coin Club (55 years); London Numismatic Society (65 Years), Moncton Coin Club (55 Years); Nickel Belt Coin Club (60 years); Peterborough and District... Continue reading →
Not a typical year-end review
The SNO medal shows the giant acrylic plastic sphere located 2,000 metres below ground and filled with 1,000 tonnes of heavy water, while the reverse shows the Big Nickel Monument and the snowflake shaped Science North Building.
am not a fan of your typical “year-in-review” formula for media of any type. I believe that instead of a recap, readers of print publications at least, might better appreciate some thoughts about what made the previous year different from any other. In relation to numismatics, perhaps a look at how certain events impacted the... Continue reading →
Local coin shows offer big opportunities
Online dealer John Masterson shows off one of his handmade silver ingots at the Scarborough Coin Club Show.
Several small, local shows were held on the weekend of Nov. 7 - 8 in southern Ontario which provided an opportunity to explore the advantages these shows offer collectors. Although these shows were small in comparison to Torex, the Toronto Coin Expo, or shows held at conventions hosted by the Ontario Numismatic Association and the... Continue reading →