Canadian numismatics suffers great loss with death of Charles ‘Chuck’ Moore

This picture of Charles ‘Chuck’ Moore was taken in January 2015 at the FUN Show in Orlando, Fla., where he was promoting the Legacy II sales, held in February in Toronto.

Born in Detroit, Mich., on Aug. 5, 1946 where he also attended college on a football scholarship, Moore eventually moved to Canada during an escalation in the Vietnam War, which had seen many young Americans shipped off to fight communist forces in the jungles of Southeast Asia. It was a controversial war with no clear... Continue reading →

Bank of Canada acquires ‘amazing’ note from Ontario dealer

Gary Fedora, right, hands an 1813 $1 army bill to Paul Berry, chief curator of the Bank of Canada’s National Currency Collection. Photo courtesy Henry Nienhuis.

The Bank of Canada has bolstered its collection once again with the addition of an ultra-rare military banknote – the only of its kind known to exist – that tells the history of paper money and banking in Canada. Sold by Georgetown, Ont. numismatic dealer Gary Fedora, the $1 banknote was originally issued in 1813... Continue reading →

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