Published for the past 59 years, CCN has reached its 60th volume with the latest issue, dated April 12. On June 3, 1963, Wisconsinite Chet Krause – soon to be a renowned coin collecting icon – launched one of his first endeavours, Canada Coin News. While Krause lived in Iola, Wisc., the publication’s first editor was a Torontonian, Cale Jarvis, who later wrote an award-winning numismatic column for the Globe & Mail. In his opening editorial of Canada Coin News, Jarvis said the publication would strive “to be all things” to Canadian numismatics – a mission it continues to uphold today. Continue reading →
The first issue of what was then known as Canada Coin News hit the newsstands in June 1963.
