Volume 57 – #13

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Volume 57#13

October 1 – October 14, 2019

Toronto Coin Expo owner and organizer Jared Stapleton said the show’s venue, the Toronto Reference Library, is popular with the research-focused collectors who are drawn to numismatics.

Toronto Coin Expo set to roll out auction, seminars and bourse

Alongside millions of books, monographs, films, maps and other related research material, the Toronto Coin Expo is set to return to the downtown Toronto Reference Library on Oct. 4-5. This fall’s Coin Expo will feature more than 35 coin and banknote dealers on the bourse plus a pair of numismatic workshops, but show-goers have also come to expect camaraderie out of the long-running biannual show. “Collectors’ Corner is something a lot of attendees enjoy,” said show owner and organizer Jared Stapleton, of the show’s social area, “but we actually have collectors that come to the show and spend half a day in the library to do research for their numismatic papers or collections.” Continue reading →

Features
Harbour Grace general store tokens ‘well-appreciated by public’
Page 1
Another ‘R+D’ offering among latest Mint release
Page 1
Club delegates offer thoughts at RCNA breakfast meeting
Page 6
‘Mountie money’ a captivating collecting area closely tied to Canadian history
Page 9

Regulars
CCN Trends
Focus on Maritime coins
Page 20
CCN Marketplaceq
Are you buying or selling?
Page 30
Show & Bourse
Check out the shows in your area
Page 33
Columns
Tim Grawey
Colonial Tokens
Ampersand distinguishes ‘Ships, Colonies and Commerce’ vari
Page 8
John Regitko
Errors & Varieties
Clashed dies not a thing of the past after all
Page 10

Stanley Clute
Ancient Money
Roman ancients bring mythical history to life
Page 14
Sean Sinclair
Commemorative Coins
Austria among first countries to issue euro coins in 2002
Page 18

Jeff Fournier
Numismatic Fringe
Meet Alberta ‘fringe’ researcher Eric Jensen
Page 24

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