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How will you celebrate Canada 150?
The year was 1967 and I was a wide-eyed, happy, somewhat rambunctious little four-year old. At the time, I didn’t know what the significance of that year was to Canada, but I had certainly noticed that odd-looking fish dime that I would eventually spend at the convenience store up the street. I was bedazzled by... 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 →
Canadian dealers have you covered
We receive inquiries on a regular basis from individuals seeking help to sell or evaluate a collection of coins or banknotes they have inherited or are trying to sell on behalf of a family member. We reply by offering two options. First, we recommend any dealer advertising in Canadian Coin News and secondly, we refer... 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 →
Your feedback will help forge a better CCN
By the time you are reading this column, we have released a comprehensive readership survey to more than 3,500 readers who are on our email list. I am hoping you are one of them. If not, I would urge you to email or call me (my direct line is 905-646-4820) for a copy of 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 →
Small, local shows offer change of pace
I recently had the opportunity to take in three local coin shows and I was really quite impressed. I love the big shows – the ONA and RCNA conventions, Torex, Toronto Coin Expo and the many others that I have had the opportunity to attend over the years. But there’s something about a smaller show... Continue reading →