OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 1962

WATERLOO, ONTARIO

1969 - 1971 0 . N. A. OFFICERS

Past Presidents R. R. REKOFSKI (1962-65) L. T. SMITH (1965-67) W. ENGLISH (1967-69)

President Don Flick

First Vice-President Chas. B. Laister

Second Vice-President Walter Griggs

Secretary Mrs. Pat Lambert

Treasurer Bruce H. Raszmam

MAILING ADDRESS Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario

DIRECTORS Area 1 Howard Whitfield Area 2 Me1 Fiske Area 3 J. Edward Stahley Area 4 Jack C. Dietrich Area 5 Ken Prophet Area 6 Vacant

Area 7 Charles Miller Area 8 Earl C. Grandmaison Area 9 John McKay-Clement8 Area 10 'Elliott Jephson

Historian Walter Griggs

Publicity Bob Voaden Ontario Paper Co., Thorold, Ont.

Librarian Mrs. Hazel Munro

Audio-Visual Service Chas. B . Laister No. 3 Highway Tillsonburg, Ont.

Chairman o f Display Cases Walter Holst 4 Maple Court Waterloo, Ont. Phone: 576-7831

Speaker's Circuit Service Ken Prophet CFMTC CFB BORDEN, Borden, Ont.

Editor W. E. Pat Lambert 57 Emmett Road St. Catharines, Ont.

Volme 9 Apr i l 1970 Page 30

By Alex M. Sweeton, IVIILITARY J%EDALS ISSUZD TO CATJADIATJS have

occupied r.ly nonents of n u r ~ i s n a t i c research f o r t h e p a s t couple of nonths ,and I wish t o explore t h i s sub jec t ,

ANATWY OF A MEDAL -- THE i3RITISH MILITARY MEDAL was t h e outstanding nw-lismatic d i s p l a y a t t h e 1969 Canadian N m i s n a t i c Associat ion Conven- t i o n a t Toronto, but was d i s q u a l i f i e d fro^ conpe t i t ion on thc t e c h n i c a l i t y of a n ovePsize d i sp lay case. This d i s q u a l i f i c a t i o n was, of course, e n t i r e l y j u s t i f i e d b u t frora ny viewpoint i t d id seen unfor tunate t h a t no award or honour- ab le enti ti on was nzde t o John S. Newnan f o r hav- ing had such an excel len$ e x h i b i t made up f o r viewing a t the Convention as a non-conpetitve d isp lay . Even nore th , a f e e l i n g so r ry f o r Jolm Newnan, however, I ax more than a l i t t l e peeved a t nyse l f f o r having p roc ras t ina ted so nuch a t t h e Convention t h a t I took no no tes on t h i s d i s p l a y o ther than t o j o t down the t i t l e .

Ross W. Irwin, an engineering professor a t t h e Universi ty of Guelph, has produced a note- worthy n m i s n a t i c research book i n 1969, e n t i t l e d rlWAR PBDALS kW DECORATIONS OF CANADAtt. It has been rly good fo r tune t o add t h i s valuable r e f e r - ence book t o ny n w i s ~ l a t i c l i b r a r y . Quoting f r a n Professor I rwin t s PBSFACE: "This guide has been p r e p x e d t o present i n a convenient f o r n a d e s c r i p t i o n of each aw,ard given f o r n i l i t a r y ser- v i c e i n C,anada, or t o organized groups of Canadians r ep resen t ing t h e i r country i n f o r e i g n landst1. One very s l i g h t on i s s ion which I have discovered i s t h a t no mention i s nade i n t h e Sook of the Dist ing- uished Service Order, which was i n s t i t u t e d i n 1886 t o recognize t h c d is t inguished se rv ices of off5cers who have perforncd actgof g a l l a n t r y i n the f i e l d , wi th b a r s f o r subsequent d i s t ingu i shed serv ice . A s t he author says, tlCanada followed the B r i t i s h sys teu of honours which was b u i l t up over nany y e a r s a s t h e need aroseI1, And " the re a re rzany pub l i ca t ions dea l ing with t h e Orders, Decorations and Med,ds of Great B r i t a i n , however, no atteempt has been nade, I be l i eve , t o conpi le those awarded

P a ~ e 31 i n Canadau, whcrc I add a ;;reat b i z llThmG YouTT t o Prcrfcssor I rwin f o r having achievcd such a thorough conpilat ion. Dccor a t i o n s conf e rn r ed by His Majesty Icing George V l on Personnel While On St rcngth of the Lincoln and Wclland Reginent of C,mada during World W a 11 were: s ix a w a ~ d s of t h c Distinguished Scrvice Order; f i v e l i i l i t a y Cross; one Distinguished Conduct Med'd; twelve M i l i t a r y Medal; onc Mcnber Of The Most Exce l l en t Order Of The B r i t i s h Smpire; ,md twenty-four Men- t ioncd i n Dispatches.

C. No A. 1969 Convention Display winners i n t h c I1Military MedalsH category were: l s t , Joe S h b a r e t , Ottawa; 2nd, Ross Irwin, Guelph; 3rd, Bruce Beat ty, Ottawa, and i n t h e llNon-Milita.ry Medals and Medal- l i o n s u : l s t , J a m s PI. Reid, Toronto; 2nd, Douglas Wark, Smaso ta , F lo r ida , U. S.A.

London Nuaisnatic Society d i sp lay ca tegor ies t h e p a s t few y e a s have taken connizcznc~ of t h i s br'mch of nWlisnat ics i n a preferable r-lanner by inc iuding t h e one category lfMed,ils md ~ e d a l l i o h s ~ ~ . London Numisnatic Society B u l l e t i n published f o r Deceuber , 1962, included an a r t i c l e by ne on i 6 ' ~ e d a l s , Milit,?ryti, where I uns nbinly descr ib ing t h e John Watt c o l l e c t i o n of n i l i t a r y ned,ds i n t h e Vic to r i an House Museu~ of London History, I

Nwllisi~atic Information has been very d i f f i c u l t t o f i n d , bu t Ross I rwin t s new book w i l l fill t h i s void f o r MILITARY MEDALS ISSUED TO CAXAljIANS; R'wity of nuxi.snatic n a t e r i , d i s n func t ion of the n in tage 'and t h e homding or d e s t r u ~ t i o n of the u a t e r i , d , so t h a t here again, Ross I r w i n r s new book w i l l be ~ o s t v,KLuable. The condi t ion of 5L1 MILITARY MEDALS ISSUZD TO C&\TADIANS w i l l l i k e l y be About Uncirculated or Fine. The v d u e of MILITARY MEDAZIS ISS-UED TO CAiiADIAi'JS w i l l l i k e l y never be ca tdogued s ince the n e d d i t s e l f i s Itnot intended f o r currency1r. Howevcr, i ~ e d d s ( t o r:~y ~ 2 n d ) r?xs l e g i t i n 2 t e i t e c s of nmi i sna t i c s a s t h e lTsciencc and study of coins and a e d d s N .

A NOTE F R O M T-HZ ROYAL CAiiTADIAN M I N T BROCHURE- - (Thcmks t o LoN.S,)

Canada, a union of t e n provinces ,md two t e r r i t o r i e s tale i n t o i t s present forr.1 over a period of 82 yc,ars s incc Confederation i n 1867, wi th Newfoundland joining as r e c e n t l y as 1949,

I n 1870 Maiitoba joined Confederatiom t o 11ecol:le t h e f i f t h prov- i n c e , ,and t o c e l e b r a t e the 100th Anniversvy of t h i s event the ROY‘?^. C m a d i m Mint by a u t h o r i t y of the f e d c r d governnmt i n Ottzwa comis - sionsd the design of a ~ o ~ v ~ ~ l c r ~ o r ~ t i v e dollcar co in dep ic t ing t h e prairie crocus -- Mmitobal s flor'al cl:!blell!,

Since 1908, t h c y c m Canada bcgm stri lr i l ig i t s own coin2gej nota~ble events have been c o ~ ~ ~ e n o r a t e d by t h e Mint md continuc t o bc a source of g ~ e & i n t e r e s t t o t h e c o l l e c t o r . The years 1971 m d 1973 w i l l see t h e 100 th a m i v e r s w y of e n t r y by B r i t i s h Co1u:lbi.a and Prince EdwL~d I s l m d and we a n t i c i p a t e the i s s u e of e s p e c i a l l y designed coins, ******** ******** ******** ******** ******** TI333 OIVTARIO NJMIsiATIST i s published nonthly by t h e Ontario N m i s n a t i c Assocf a t ion . The p u l ~ l i c a t i o n rxay be obtained wi th r-1e~bershTp i n one of t h e fo l lowins ca tegor ies . L i f e ncr~bership-$w., Regular nenber ship-$3 ., yem;y, Juniors-42; (up t o 1 8 years of age) , Husband and Wife (one journt- al)-$i;rS. year ly , Club-$10. year ly . Specia l 0. N. A. S t e r l i n g S i lve r Lapel Pins (scrcw back or p in back) only $2,50. Reni.tt,mcc (p lus bank exch,mge i f p a d by cheque) payable t o the Ont,ario N u ~ i s r ~ a t i c Association, P.O. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario.

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TFX GROAT To Edward 1 (1272-1307) i s a t t r i b u t e d the honour of f i r s t s t r i k -

ing or i s su ing a g roa t , and t h i s d e n o ~ i n a t i o n was continued u n t i l the r e i g n of C h a l e s 11 (1649-1685) wiien tha;l four s n d l s i l v e r coins were f i r s t genera l ly accepted as being s t ruck f o r use a s :Boyd Alns f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n on Maundy T h ~ ~ s d w ~ The fourpenny piece or v o a t as op osed t o the Maundy coin was reintroduced i n 1836 under ~J i l l ia~ 1 V (1831-37). S i r Joseph Hme M. P. f o r t h e County of Middlesex (1830- 37) was responsible f o r tlie l e g i s l a t i o n author iz ing the i s s u e of the llJoey" as it was t o be soon nickw:~cd.

These g roa t s were nokahle f o r the f a c t t h a t t h e design of B r i t a n n i a appe,zred f o r the f i r s t and oiily t i n e on an InperiLi l S i lve r Coin, It i s i n t e r e s t i n g a t t l i i s t i n e t o note t h a t the 30 Oboli s i l v e r piece s t ruck f o r tlie Iolzian I s l a n d s i n 1834 wi th t h i s design was i ssued two years before t h e f i r s t groa t of 1836. Or ig ina l ly i ssued f o r hone use o.KLY, they c i r cu la ted u n t i l withdrawn i n 1887 even though n o t n in ted a f t e r 1856, but i n the i n t e r i n had a chequered career , p a r t i c u l a r l y the e.ru?lier i s sues .

The coins were no t actu,dly i ssued f o r Colonial use u n t i l 1888 I

b u t i t i s o f f i c i a l l y recorded t h a t i n 1834 and 1842 c o n s i g ~ e r t t s of g r o a t s were sent t o Ceylon, A t t h i s s tage Ceylon had progressed f ron t h e Ceylon Governrxnt i s s u e s t o t h e Rix Dol la r s ,and the supporting 2, 1 and $ s t i v e r coins.

Also i n 1840 a l o c a l proc1x:ation i n B r i t i s h Gui,ana f ixed the a:zrlount a t which t h e Dutch Guilder was t o c i r c u l a t e a t Sterlinp: wi th the ob jec t doubt less , of g roa t s being accepted as-equiva lent t o t h e 2 Guilder or "1 bitI1.

The re- i ssue of 1888 fea tured a d i f f e r e n t bus t of Queen V i c t o r i a b u t thc sx:e legends on the obverse ,and reve r se ; £2000 worth or 120,000 pieces were s t ruck foY Coloni,d use only, n a ~ e l y B r i t i s h Gui,ma ,and t h e West Ind ies , h order i n Council of 9/5/1871 a d a subsequent R o y d P r o c l a ~ ~ . . t i o n recognised the Colonies m d authorized t h e inc lus ion of t h e i r n x ~ s on t h e r eve r se of the coins. This prac- t i c e continued u n t i l 1916 when the legend B r i t i s h GuiLzna only appear- ed on thc reverse .

(Thanks t o City of Ottawa Coin Club)

X u l i s n a t i s t s , s t m p collectors, x e t i s t s , conposers, poets , q o r t s - mcn e t c . dl wcmt l7PEACE1' and w i l l continue as b e s t they ca l l , t h e w,ms of thw world t o fol low t h e i r hob5ies ,and work. This neans t h a t i f dl ilen co l l ec ted coins 2nd s t 3 i3sg corlposed ~xus ic , wrote poet- r y , painted p i c t u r e s ,and indulged i n s p o r t s t h e r e would be no w a r s ( o r f a r l e s s of thea. True t h e r e would be l e s s r ~ e d a l s s t ruck but , then, t h e r e ,are a n i l l i o n other sub jec t s f ,a nore plcasLmt than cor-menorating wars ,and g e n e r d s i n ned,ds of bronze, s i l v e r or gold.

One of the na in reasons I do no t se r ious ly c o l l e c t ned3ls i s t h a t , t o ne, each one r e p r e s e n t s a nan who has e i t h e r given, or r i sked h i s l i f e i n se rv ice f o r h i s country, ,and i n a n;,wer of speaking: ?!TO 01NE ZLSE I S REALLY ENTITLED TO J3lVE TXAT YGDAL.

I r e c e n t l y read i n a B r i t i s h newspp-per of ,m old r ~ m who had t o s e l l the r?ed,d he had won f o r bravery i n order t o g e t the r-ioncy f o r food. I r~ay bc overly s e n t i i ~ e n t a l , but , t o 1 . 1 ~ ~ t h i s s t o r y was one of the saddest of our ti!-!es.

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n i l i t m y n e d d c o l l e c t o r s t h a t I have interviewed. . ,none of them had won ,my medds thcl-.;.selvcs, ,although they were i n t h e r i g h t age group t o havc done sou.

The Een who fought , and gave t h e i r l i v e s f o r freedoll i n two world w a s , and on other b a t t l e - f r o n t s , descrve our r e s p e c t m d honour f o r t h e se rv ices they perforned i n good fLai tho

Governixents i s s u e these ncd,ds f o r se rv ices r e n dered, ,and f o r bravery tlnd valour0 A l a r g e percentage of these Een m e now gone from our n i d s t , and t h i s coluzn w a s w r i t t e n , YLEST WE FORGET".

Ricky Morse ******** ******** *** :k f *+* 96******* *******

CASSmDRA SAYS

A s t h i s i s t o be r y fi;i,d v t i c l e (under the above rimed caption) anyway, I thought perhaps i t would only be r i g h t t o th,ank those of our r eaders who took the e f f o r t t o w r i t e give t h e i r views on v,v- i o u s t o p i c s discussed -- be it coin-col lect ing, d e d c r s or what have you -- even t o inc luding t h e doubtfulg-end= of yours t r u l y -- happily t h i s appe~ars t o have been s e t t l e d i n favour of t h e n a l e of the species .

I s i n ~ l e out t h r e e of ~y correspondents f o r connent -- t o Arthur Honour, ou? t h e r e i n Vancouver, a b ig thank you and r:ay I say i n passing, how very c lose t o guessing r;y identy you were-- t o Ricky Morse who, soix of our r eaders anyway thought was hcmd i n glove wi th Cassandra, r big th,mk you f o r your f r i e n d l y encouragenent-- you too d id a wee b i t of f i s h i n g ,and you were correct-- ,and f i n d l y , t o John Mackay-Clo~ents, t o whou I ~1 [lost ~ ~ n t e f u l f o r h i s f r i e n d l y , encourag- ing l e t t e r s , even h i s hoxe t r u t h s were good f o r ny soul ! !-- however, John, your guess w 2 s way out , b u t t h e ~ r r i t e r cons iders i t qriite a coe~plL~~ent - -so havingsaid 1 . 1 ~ p,artinz piece, I l e a v e you, 1:1y r eaders , wiser and happier t o havc n c t you -- So long f o r the present ,

D I D YOU ICNm - AIICHOR I4OlWY w 2 s s ~ . ~ d l s i l v e r coins , s t ruck i n 1820 ,md 1822,

f o r use i n M a w i t i s , t he West Ind ies , and other B r i t i s h Colonies, One- h d f , onc-quarter, b n c - e i ~ h t h m d on&sixteenth of a d o l l a r were issued. The reve r se of the coins s h o ~ ~ s an ,anchor crowned.

BARBER HEAD COINS was any coins or p a t t e r n s designed by Auer icm n i n t engraver C h L ~ l e s E. B,wber, but used specif ic , i l ly t o r e f e r t o the L ibe r ty Head d ine , q u m t e r , a d h d f - d o l l a r of tho 1892-1916 i s sue .

SAINT-GAUDENS - Augustus Saint-Gaudcns k l e r i c n n scu lp to r & ~ c l t h e a s s igner of t h c b e a u t i f u l and z r t i s t i c Double Eagle (;rj20.00) and a l s o the Eazle ($10.00) f i r s t i ssued i n 1907 and considered by n m y t o be f i r s t i n rank mong l seaut i fu l Rr~eric,m coins.

W I F E , MONEY- When coin has a sh,arp r i n ,vound i t s p e r i n e t e r i t i s s a i d t o have: wire edge, Sor~e of t h e 1907 Saint-Gaudens eagles m d double eagles hzve wire edges.

UVERSTRUCIC - A coin s t ruck upon the fl,m of e x i s t i n g coin in- - s t ead of upon a bl,mk i s sa id t o be overstruck.

FLAN - I n French o r i g i i i a l l y a f l a t cake 01- pie. I n n w ~ i s r i a t i c s n e t d c u t t o the shape of a coin but y e t unsttti:lped.

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I lcre 's a saying I 1 n su re youTve h e a d , ( Anonynous ) Pad you've probably stopped t o think; I1W a t e r , water everywher e , But no t a drop t o d r inkH. Shipwrecked s a i l o r s shout fo r i t A s thsy d r i f t upon t h e sea, I t br ings the saddest t e a s of a l l To thc eyes of you ,and Ee0 But t h ~ s2ddest cry I ' v e cver hc,md So f u l l of woe a d s t r i f e , I s t h e cry you hc,x when you lend an ear To the Coin Collector s wife; "Money, noney cverywhcr e , But not a cent t o spend1', I o f t c n s i t ,and nuse aloud J u s t when w i l l t h i s th ing end? Money i n the d r c s s e r drawer, And noncy on t h e s h e l f ; Thcre ls hardly even one t h i n d ine To spend upon nyse l f . Lincoln Cents ,and Mercury D i m s And Washington Quclrters too; Sorx of then a c old ,and worn, And soae of then a r c new. I even f i n d then row on row I n a p r e t t y l i t t l e book; I wish ny husband cLwcd as r~uch Allout the way I look, The p2ycheclc he br ings houc a t n i g h t Means no t l ing a t dl t o 1-.le; 'Ccusc hubby, b l e s s h i s l i t t l e hc,vt , Needs m '09-S VDB.

As soon as he e r n f i n d thak coin, Eel11 be out sceking m o t h e r ; I th ink t h a t I ' d be b e t t e r off I f I vent hone t o no thc r , One dzby i n desperation sheer , I took a ha l f a d o l l L v ; He s ~ ~ i 2 i t was a r e a l S C ~ C C co in? You should have lleard bin h o l l e r !, Anothcr t i n e I took a coin . . . He sa id i t was a PROOF; When I sa id I had t~ spend the th ing , I thought hc ld r a i s e the roof , So lly advice t o you s i n g l c g i r l s , I f you w a n t a happy l i f e ; Don't ever r;,xrry a Nunisr:atist, And be a Coin C o l l e c t o r t s Wife. Shouting "Money, :-loney cverywhcr e , B u t not a cent t o spend1' ; Don't cver l e t a Coin Collector Bc r:ore thLm j u s t a f r i e n d . (Thanks, Me1 Fiske,

Note t o Ann-Do you agree?)

To help clubs decide upon a slnow d a t e t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th m o t h e r club i n i t s ,area we ,me l i s t i n g below proposcd d a t z s ,, which we now have on hand. Apr i l 4 - Woodstock Coin Club Spring Show i n t h s Old S t . Pau l ' s

Church H d 1 f r o r ~ 10.00 a.r~. t o 6.00 p.n. wi th a bmque t i n t h e evening,

Apr. 4 - 5 - Waterloo Coin Society 1 1 t h Annual Coin Show ,and B'mquet i n t h e 'dalper Hotel, Kitchencr,

Apr . 11-12- C,madim Nuc~isn?.tic V,wiety Col lec tor s Associat ion Convention i n t h e Westbury Hotel, Toronto, In fo rnz t ion " f r o n CNVCA, P. 0. 30x 91, ~ t n t i o n ' " B ' . , o r The Secre tary C c n t r d Coin Club, 306 J,mvis S t . , Toronto.

Apr, 18 - Bay of Quintc Nu~isn? . t ic A s s o c i , ~ ~ t i o n Annud Cc~in Show i n t h e Q u i n t e Hotel , B c l l e v i l l e , corncr 3 r idgc ,and Pinnaclc S t r c ~ t s . E ~ h i b i t o r s t o supply own cases ,

Apr. 19 - Kent Coin Clu l~ Socond Annu,il Coin Show a t t h c Iloliday Inn, Kci l D r , , Chathai, Ont. Bourse Chairl im - David Cregg, 192 Richr~ond St . , Chnthm. d x h i b i t Ch,airn,m - 3il l Waite, 67 Finch St . , ,and Show Chairl-1a.n - H. T o l l , Port U n a , Ontario.

Mgy 2-3 - Hwonia Nurxl.sncitic Associat ion w i l l hos t t h e 1970 O.N.A. Convcntion a t t h ~ R,wrie Curling Club. Boursc Chairnan - Howard Johnson, P.O. Box 243, B a r i e , Ont. Guest speak- e r w i l l be Gohn J. Fittn,m, Pres ident of t h c C,N.R.

May 9-10 - Ci ty of Ottawa Coin Club Exhi1;ition and Show at t h e Chateau Laur ier Hotel. For d c t n i l s w r i t e t o P.0, 3ox 6094, S t a t i o n I1Jv, Ottawa, Ont.

May 16 - S t , Tlio~las Null ismtic Associat ion h u r d Show i n Gracc United Church H , d 1 , B d z c l a v a S t . , S t . Thoc~as, Ont.

Junc 6 - Ingcr s o l l Coin Club Rnnu~L Show ,and Bmquct a t t h e Inger s o l l C o ~ x ~ u n i t y Centre Audi t o r i w ~ , Mutu,d S t r c ~ t , Inger s o l l , Ontxrio.

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One of thc b e s t cor:ncnts wo h m c seen on thi! Yhi tc Paper was given i n the Executive :::agazinc f o r F c b r u ~ ~ y . It quotes M r . F. 8. Poutney, President of Houston Willoughby & Co, who quoted Abrahm Lincoln as fol lows: "You cLmot br ing about p rosper i ty by discour- aging t h r i f t . You cannot strengthen thc weak by weakening the s t rong. You c,uznot he lp the wage earner by pu l l ing down the wzge pqyLr. You c,znnot he lp t h e poor by destroying the r i c h . You c,annot e s t a b l i s h sound secl i r i ty on borrowed noney. You cannot b u i l d character clnd courage by talciiig away nanr s i n i t i a t i v e and independence. You cannot he lp Den pern,mently by doing f o r the!-.1 what they could do f o r thcn- se lves .

BRAI'TTFOED NUMISMATIC SOCIETY - The March nee t inx fea tu red a t a l k 11y

Gcorge Brunsden on t h e coinage of tho ex-King ~ d w a d V l l l , wi th a Sccond f e a t u r e being a Coin Quiz by t h e Pres ident , Fred -Hiuser, Also norc p l m s f o r thc Tenth k n i v e r sary Show i n Octobzr wi th Major Shcldon C,mroll, Bank of C-mnda, gues t speaker, BAY OF QUIPJTE PLIMISPIiITIC ASSOCIATI ON-

Spc3ci,al work i s bciiig done t o prepme f o r t h c Annual Show on Apr i l 18 th , All bourse t ~ L . b l e s a rc sold a d a l l th ings poin t t o r s p e c i d show, Also a Quiz on C m a d i m Coins ~ n d B i l l s t o sh,mpcn thz w i t s ,and a l i v c l y auct ion conducted by Andy h-derson. Char l ie Mi l l c r wishes a I'Happy St . P a t r i c k ' s Day ,md rmny llorc of thcrzl' t o dl.

C I T Y OF OTTAkJA C O I N CLUB- Right now the only th ing hcLard around

the Club i s thc Exh ib i t ion and Auction t o bc lield i n May, The Bcst of Show Winner w i l l be avarded the llNorval Pzrkcr Mcnorial Trophyu i n honour of the forrlcr Master of the Mint m d l i f e ~lelliber of t h e Ottawa Club. Also i n t h e uTokenll category a l ove ly trophy donated by Mr, J. D o u ~ l a s Fereuson and a placque by iifajor Sheldon C m r o l l f o r the b e s t i n "World CoinsH. Inforrlntion f r o u t h e Secre tary , P. O.Box 6094, S t a t i o n llJ1l, Ottawa, This i s dl the n..en?bers can t a l k about so cone ,and see f o r yourselves,

GALT &lD AREA C O I N CLUB- T11c h i g h l i g h t of -the l a s t 1::eeting was

tlie showing by Vincc iileviden of the F r a ~ k l i n Mint f i l n e n t i t l e d : I1Ultir_latc AchicvcnontI1 wi th s u i t a b l e conrlentzry and t o nake it b e t t e r tho f i l n i s i n colour , A l i v e l y auct ion was ,also held m d t h e club I-lcr-bers were asked t o he lp irnprovc t h c adver t i s ing t h e c l u l ~ i s doing. Two now s igns were prescntcd t o the club f o r usc on t h e l i b r a r y b i l l - board a d a downtown s t o r 2 window t o ,.mnouncc tlie ~::_oetinss.

HANILTON C O I N CL'rn - i3onorars Me111bcr sh ips ,xrc beinz cxtonded

t o Arthur iIonour, Pas t Pres idcnt , now in B.C. n n c l - ~ l ~ ~ u d c ~ c w i c ~ f o r h i s p u b l i c i t y in t hc "Spec. " These :r..cnbcrships ,ve foY 1970 2nd show tlic c lub1 s apprec iz t ion f o r wort!iwhile e f f o r t s . The !.-lain a c t i v i t y of the 1 s t noct ins wzs 2 l i v c l y auction.

HUROYJIA i'~;rCTi~Iisi\I11TiC ASSOCIATION - Fror! iluronin c o ~ l s s t h e s l z t c of new

o f f i c c r s f o r 1970. Tlicy ,vo :- President-Kcn Prophet, Vice-President - Stcve blJiggins, Trcasurcr - Ceci l S h x p o , S e c r c t m y - Fr,mk F i shz r , Edi tor - B i l l Gage., To Ken zoes t h c s p c c i ~ l honour of havinc been t h c Pres ident thc f i r s t y c v of t h e club .md hc w i l l be president a t t h c 1 0 t h ,-tnnivers,my which w i l l sec thc- O.N.A, cone t o B,mric f o r t h e f i r s t t im. Right now ,dl wc hcar f r o n Huronia i s 0. T\T. A. Convention which proniscs t o be n success i f B x r i o has ,mything t o do wi th it. So thc d a t e i s Xay 2 ,and 3 , t h e plzce - t h c Curling Club, 3,mri.c. Sce you,

IXGZRSOLL C O I N CLU3 - The Mxch m e t i n g fea tu red Jack G r i f f i n -

as gues t spcakcr ,and t h e h igh l igh t was 2. Dutch auct ion ,and draw f o r a C ~ i i , ? . d i ~ proof-l ike s o t 2nd proof- l ike d o l l a r wi th ,dl proceeds e o i n ~ t o t h c Eas tc r Se,d Fund, Great idea , sone of us should do l ikcwlsc .

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A-ttend'mce i s ~ e t t i n p ; t o lje a problen. It soellzs t o be decli i i ing. A t t h e ncxt m e t i n g dl nerlbers- a r c t o corze prepar- ed wi th i d c a s f o r ir.:proviiig t h e nee t ings ,md t!ic attendance. Thcrc w i l l ,dso be ai auction.

KITCHENm C O I N CLUB - - A s h o r t t ,dk on coins followed by a questioli ,and

answer period fez tu red t h e MLwch ilceting. Already plLms ,?re bcing ~ic7,de f o r the Oct, 4th. show i n t h e Walper I-Iotel. Also thcilc was a c l i ~ n c e t o swap c ~ i n s wi th fe l low n e ~ b e r s . +IJ_w.z~ys ,m i i i t c r e s t i n g t i r ~ e , PORT CREDIT C O I N CLUB

A rcpJ f e ~ . t u r e of tho MLvch nce+,iiig was a v i s i t ,and address f r o n M r . A. Maknov7 thc F i r s t Sccrc tary of t h e i-iussim Enbassy a t O t t a t ~ ~ . 13s t o p i c was I1Coin Col lec t ing i n i ? ~ s s i a ~ ~ , This was inforf ia t ive .?nd gave 2 g l inpse of what i s done i n nw5.snat ics i n Russia,. Thc i-zcetin:.; P-t thi. end of M~zcli w i l l f e z t u u 3 coloured novie p resen ta t ion of lSwitzcrlando

ORILLIA CFU.MPLAIi\T C O I N CLUB - Thc l a s t ~ c e t i n z fea tured a study of soue p a r t s of

the Cons t i tu t ion (and sorx changes were n2de, ~ h c r e - seeus t o & in- crease af i n t e r e s t i n coiiis m d s tcups i n thc club, which i s good.

SARiVIA NUl1ISPIATIC SOCIETY- - The 0. i\l. A. filr:! "Coins of the Biblc1! was slzown a t

thc l a s t i;ai.ting. 1 ' n i c k e l - s i l v e r c i e d d l i o n 3nd S i l v e r Med'd NO. 100 was donzted t o thc Centennial Display i n the S n n i a City HLil.1, It w2s decided t o take ,my n icke l - s i lve r n e c l ~ l l i o n s l e f t t o t h c Med,ds ,md Tolcens Slicw i n Fenton, Michigan, Apri l l9t!t. ST. THOMAS ?\TCTMISI/IATIC RSS3CIriTION -

Guest speaker at t hc l a s t r e e t i n z was the M,magcr of t h e Cm?.dim I r - ~ p ~ r i , i l BLmk of Cmz.da ,md d s o a 1::ccber of thc club. Thc noetin;: was talclron up wi th pl,ms f o r our b,mquet on May 16tI1.

WATFBLOO COITJ SOCIETY - An 0.N.R. f i l n on the 5~2 piece was sliown z t t h e

M a c h ~ e c t i n z . Also I r i s h coins ,md col lcct i rsns i n honour of S t . - P a t r i c k 9 s Day wero fea tu red , d o n g 1.sith thc I1Tr ?.ding ,' F i n . 9 plLms ~ z e i n prozress f o r the Apr i l 4 t h ml! 5 th Show, i n the W,dpcr Ilotel. Education w i l l be s t r e s sed wi th thc fils-1 '!The Fr,mlrlin Mint" being shown, Thc i::cd,d strucli: f o r t h i s show w i l l show ,an c ,v ly power s t a t i o n used t o opera te a rill i n B l a i r County, There w i l l c l s o be bingo f o r the l z d i e s . Scc you t h c r s . ******** ******** ******** ******?'># ******** CANADIAN PAPER MONEY s OCIETY rmJ s RELEASE

Frederick C. Jzwett h2s resigned 2s Editor of the Cm?.di,m Papcr Moncy Society JournLiLo He has beell Edi tor s ince t h e inception of t h c Socicty, a g r c a t r.lcasurc of the success and growth of the Society rlay be a t t r i b u t e d t o t!ic d i r e c t i o n Fred has given tlic Journ,d., For person21 reasons ,md because of other c o u - ~ i t n e n t s , Fred hns de- cided t h a t he no longcr c a l car ry on, We owe Fred 2 deep debt of g r a t i t u d e ,m-d we w i l l s t i l l b c n c f i t f r o e h i s hc lp a s a Direc tor . To take h i s 2lacc, W~I. H. McDondd has been appointed as E d i t o r , , L ~ ~ C ~ F ~ E . Carpenter w i l l be A s s i s t a t Edi tor wi th H. Don Allcn as Associate, Best of luck t o t h e producers of t h e Journal.

QUEEN ELIZA3ETi-I HALF DOLLARS 3y J e r r i lYixon,

Queen El izabet l i took the throne on J ~ m e 2, 1953, a t Wcstninster Abb'ey. I n 1953 t h e r e were two h a l f d o l l = s issued. The f i r s t had a s n d l d a t e ,and on t h e obversc t h e r e was no shoulder str2.p. M a y G i l l i c k designed both of these obverses. 3er i n i t i d s appoLul a t t h e lower p m t of t h e bus t , The r e v e r s e of the 1953 h d f doll,^ w a s designed by lCrugcir Gray. (The design of tlie f h n o r i a l Bearings of Cmada was designed i n 1937 and. w2s used u n t i l 195'3. A Roy,& Proc- l m a t i o n spec i f ied :-llBetwe~n suppor ters t h e ans igns Arnori4?l of C,m- ad2 i n a sli ield suraounted by t h e fioyjl Crown1I.) His i n i t i ' d s appear on the r e m s e , one on e i t h e r s i d c of the sh ie ld between thc f l ags ;

111 1959, t h e n2w design f o r the r cve r sc was prepared by Thonas Sl?ingl~s, The p r i n c i p a l chmzcs were t o a i:lore pointed s h i c l d and t h e s u b s t i t u t i o n of the Royal Crown f o r tlie InperL,d Crown,

I n 1965 the obverse of the ha l f d o l l n r was chmgcd, Tlic new des ign was executed by Arnold Machin. The Queen now appezrs b ~ i t h a diaden on her bed.

Thc 1967 h d f d o 1 1 2 was designed by Alex C o l v i l l e , 2 C,madi,an a t i s t of in te rnn t ion ,d reputa t ion . The rcve r se d e p i c t s a wolf, l lunfortunately no longer coixon, i s herc s y ~ b o l i c of t h e vas tncss ,and. l o n e l i n e s s of Cxtc~da, and thus our t r a d i t i o n and, t o a degree, of our prescnt condi t ion , Yet t h e wolf i s no-t a p a t h e t i c croaturcO1l

Thc 1968 h,df d o l l a r was different f r o n t h e prcvious h a l f dol l - ,vs i n a s ~ u c l ? as t h e net,al was ciimged t o n i c k e l ,and t h e s i z e ,and weizht varied., The new s p c c i f i c a t i o n s werc 1.00 n i c k e l wi th a diz- ~ e t c r of 1.068 inches. Both the r eve r se ,and obversc designs r c ~ a i n - ed the sc?J::e as t h s 1966 h d f d o l l a r ,

Froc 1953 - 1967 t h e nct,d of the h d f doll,^ w a s .800 s i l v e r 2nd ,200 copper. The d i a z c t c r was 1.,170 inches ,and i t s wcizht was 11,66 g r m s .

(Th~nlrs t o I n g c r s o l l Coin Club through London N o S.) ******** >k******* *****:*** ******** ******** THIS ' N THAT

I paid 3- v i s i t t o t h e Cxixlim P2pcr Money Society Con- vent ion a t tl3c end of February which scel:~ed t o be I"air1.y successful as f , ~ as the dc,dcr s were concerliecl, ,dtilougl? I do n o t th ink at tendances were too high --- Exhibi t s , ,dthough few, wme of an e x c e l l c n t q ~ x d i t y m d I saw b i l l s t h e r e on e x h i b i t i o n n o t l i lce ly t o be scen again f o r sorAc t i r x t o cono --- One wonders i f perh3ps we a re holding too ilz,any I1Big ConventionsTf i n too s h o r t a t i n c ? It would appsar so--- f i r s t llTorcxlt -- then CoPoMoSo ShowI1 'and i n c s h o r t t i n e t h c l lC .NoV.CoA, Showf1 i n Apr i l --- I th ink perhz-ps o r g m i s c r s would look w ~ 1 1 t o t h c i r calz-nd,ars next year 3s none of thzn w i l l draw rmch of n crowd --- Why n o t spacc they.:. fu r the r ap,art? -- J u s t a wcll-Llean- i n 5 thought fro12 an i n t o r e s t e d m d at tonding by-stander --- Meno -to thc Zdi tor of t h e Por t Cred i t Coin Club - plecse addrcss r?o c o r r c c t l y OE your news w i l l be gain2 stLiLc -- Iri:: a MI.STE3 --- Also 2 rerlinder t o B i l l Gage, - P l e z s ~ ~ B i l l s t h e r e i s no I1El1 La-lbcrt on 2. R, $i- -- Youlrc luc l : :~ I received your news l e t t e r --- I cannot s t r e s s too !-:uc~ t h 2 t I? IS TIU CL-UB~ i ~ m s THAT :HELP T O KESP om BULLSTIN Irmm- ESTING (we hgpe) -- we, the re fo re , t r y t o give everyone ow: c o r r e c t

rime m d address -- Again a ,ItPat on the Back1I t o Club Secre t ,x ics who so regu1,mly send u s t h e i r club news -- sone clubs ~ a y be a l i t t l e l a t e -- bu t thcrl we keep over till thc ncxt bul let in--- A rec inder t o Ch,arlic Lais te r - once agr2in = b u l l e t i n news froli your clull--bJhy?--This i s two i-lonths without ,my IICWS, good, bad or i n d i f f - erent--- Convention t i ~ e i s drawing n e m -- A rcninder t o those r.:~er-1- lmrs who intending t o s t ay i n Bar r i e -- Book your acco~x:~odztion NOW -- or you azy be disappointed -- There i s , m o t h a Convention on - a t t h e sx1c t i u c a t t h e Holiday Irm, ~hihici? we f e e l su re w i l l s t r a i n t h e acco~u~oda t ions t.0 t:hr Curlin? Cuil ing Club a r e a where our Con- vent ion i s t o bc held -- The TropiE,iL Fish l o b l ~ y i s t s ,are holding t h e i r Convention a t tlie I3oliday Ilin on May 2 m d 3 -- So ~ n y of our merzbers i n t e r e s t e d i n Tropic,d Fish -- jiizrcl s a clia-~ce t o zt tcnd t l i e i ~ show, "cus g e t t i n g double value f o r your tr ip--- F in ,d ly a few words t o t h c FLXRD IJ\TOHCIXG CLW COPINITTEES -- I !mow how hard you boys ,md g d s work t o put on a goodd~~low -- so wonl t you l e t r:e he lp you a l i t t l e b i t ? J u s t give ue a c l i ~ n c e by sending ne b r i e f d e t a i l s of your Bourse Chaira,m, addresses, e t c . , ,md t i u e s of shows, e t c . -- So n2ny t i i x s I could he lp pub l i c i se a club1 s show and ~ , ~ l o t be- cause I have n o t t h e necessary in fo rnn t ion --- 1'11 help i f you @ive nc a chznce -- so a reuinder t o Ottawa Club, S t . Thonas, I n g c r s o l l , Kitchener, S t , Cath,uincs, S , ~ n i a -- A l l f o r now,

Yc Ed.

LILT%, LATE IFLASZ - - Til lsonburg Coin Club have c o n f i r ~ c d thc follow-

ing:- 8 t h &mud FLd1 Show, Sunday, Oct, 25th a t thc Orange H a l l , Brock S t r c e t Eas t , Ti l lsonlmrg. Date has been chcmged so as n o t t o c c n f l i c t wi th Er,mtford. 1111 clubs note. *******$ *********** ****>:***9; ********* **** ****

The fol lowing a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r membership 112.v~ becn rece ived . If no w r i t t e n objec t ions are receil-cd, t h e i r acczptz-ncc w i l l bc aclmow1edgc.d in t h c Nay i s s u c of t h e h-tcario Nurr,ism~tist . Thc; a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r mcmbsr s h i p t h a t appcc..rcd i n t h e march i s s u c have now b ~ c n acceptccl .

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762 -- Fir Carl Id. Qucrbacli, Box 173 Sandwich P.O., Mindsor 1 0 Ontxrio.

763 -- ijlrs. Carlyn .i,. Querbach, 3ox 173 S a n d ~ ~ i c h P.O., ;rIindsor 10 Ontario.

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Delinquent members hevc ;not. r c.c cived t h e liarch o r i , p r i l Ontar io i\Tuniismatist.. . . , . *

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