TIE U I K W R OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION

F i r s t Vice-president -- l~Ji.llim English 1 1

WATERLOO. ONTARIO 1

Second Vice-president -- Frank G. Ut t ley II

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Secretary -- Xrs. l h t h I h e l l e r 239 Lancaster S t ree t W., Xitchener, Ont .

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Treasurer -- Bruce H. Rsszmann

PRESENTS

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F I F T H A R N T J B L C O f i J V E N T I O N

0 . B. L. OI;%ICmS

Past President -- R, R. 3elcof s k i

Presiclent -- Lloyd T. 3nith

Place : Granite Club, F i t chener, O ~ t a r i c

Time : Nay 26, 27, 28, 1967

Host : TJaterloo Coil1 Society

Val. 6--NO. 4 April, 1967

! ! !ITS THAT TIM3 AGAIN! ! I

OI\TTrlRIO lWl.!ISE:\TIC ~LSSOCII~TTON

Speaker: Zzfajo~ Sheldon S. Carrol l Curator of the Bank of Canada hh i sma t i c

Collect ion

Bourse : Forty dea le r s

Auction: Two-session ( J. Diet r ich)

I ' 5 Vacant ' I 6 illex iiiunro I f 7 &a.rles i;iiller I ' €3 Vacant

9 John 14cICay-Clement

XT13LICITY 91"CTOR - -. ::lllim Znglish, F. 0. Box 4.) 1 !ar,terl~o, Ontario.

Krs. ClauGia Pelkey. 4.40 Fineland ;\venue, Oa!mille, Ont .

I-Irs . Hazel ~ ~ ~ u n r o , .

3 703 Kingston %ad, Scarborough, Ontario.

See next page f o r o ther Service Directors

Pr izes ! ! !

Don't for,get t o purchase your coimnemorative l1rnedall1

f o r a l a s t i n g souvenir

It ' s going t o be a. ItBonanza1' Centennial COlJ"K3NTIONI ! !

Tel l your friends!!!

Bring the family! !!

See you a l l Iky 26, 27, 28, 1967

Applications publsihed i n the I~hrch i s sue of the Ontario T h i s m a t i s t have now been accepted. The following appl ica t ions have been received. I f no wr i t t en objections a r e received, t h e i r acceptance r 8 1 i l l

be acknowledged i n the i%ty i s sue of t h e Ontario Numismatist :

579. Steve Kiss, 954 Concession S t r ee t , Hamilton, Ont.

Cont .

" - 5 89. Stenhen ii. d iggins , Stroud, Ontar io.

581. P i s . Gwen S a ~ e r , 97 West Bridge S t r e e t , B e l l e v i l l e , Ontar io ,

STR.;TFOTZD COIRT CLUB 5 t h hnua l . Show and .'Luc"son, St,. Josephs Par i sh FIall, S t r a t f o r d , Ontar io.

ST, THOM.1S I,TIJIII IS?L'LTIC 'SSOCI '.TIOM 4 th dnnuel Coin Sho~\l, Banqvet and ------ ~ l ~ l c t i o n , 10:OO a , m . t o 10:OO p. m. - Grace United Church. General Chairman - D , Far th ing . Display Chairman - Les McGregor; i luction - G. Lonnoy, 3anquet - ElIrs. Gale, Bourse - C. J. iliederna, Ticke ts - Les FIcGregor,

I h y 26, 27, 28 - OhlT,'ZIO NUIKL'STL",TIC - -- ASSOCI TIOK 5 th Annual Convention, Kitchener , Ontar io , Ilost : i.'at,erloo Coin Society. General Chairman - John Sha1.1, P. 0 . Box k l , !:aterloo, Ontar io. Bourse Chainnan - P h i l i p If~1.eller, 239 Lancas-ter S t r e e t i r e s t , I i i tchener , Cntar io .

31, Sept . 1, -, C 'JT-',DI.',M lWFIISII.'LTIC ,2SSOCL;TION 1 4 t h l ~ m u a l Convention, Chateau -- and 2 Laur ie r Hotel, Ottawa, Ontar io.

Cctober l k -- GUIkTPEX SHOVr ( ~ a ~ of 'uinte 7Jumis;~aCic i l s soc ia t ion) . Combination of stamps and co ins . B e l l e v i l l e pLrnouries . Displays . . . . :~uct ions . . . . Bourse .... Competitive cxh ib i to . For informat ion contac t : Club Secre ta ry , Box 125, B e l l e v i l l e , Ontar io.

CH'.IVGES OF I.T!~T:IL COI\TTEI'TT IN CC::I'TAT,'LDI:~!T COINS --- by

George I.loore-Gough, P re s iden t , Canadian K~~mismatic Variety Co l l ec to r s L;ssociation Reprinted from t h e , ' i ssociat ion ' s monthly ERValR DIGEST

The long awaitecl announcenient has been made, a l though it has no t a s y e t been c r e d i t e d a s being abso lu t e . ?.lention has beer1 made i n t h e p re s s t h a t t h e Royal Canadian IIint a r e about t o change t h e meta l conten t of Canadian s i l v e r co ins . h e t o t h e eve r

Cont Id. OTHER SERTTICE DI??.ECTOSS .--.------

Display Case Serv ice ----.-- Frank G. U t t l e y 136 Joseph S t r e e t , Kitchener, Ont.

lZudio V i w a l Se rv i ces

David Ashe, 1069 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakvi l le , Cnt .

The OVT'i'210 lJU141SlIL'LTIST i s publ ished monthly by t h e Ontar io I ' hn i smt i c ."-ssociation The _nublication may be obtained w i t h memberships of one of the f o l l o ~ v i n g ca t egor i e s : Regular rnernbers -- $2 y e a r l y ; Jun io r s -- $1 y e a r l y (up t o 18 y e a r s of age ) ; h s b a n d and 'Tire (one journa l -- $3 yea r ly ; Club -- $10 y e a r l y . Spec ia l C. F. A. S t e r l i n g S i l v e r Lapel P ins (screw back o r p i n back on ly $2.50).

Reni t Lances (P lus bank exchange i f pa id bv cheque) p y a b l e t o t h e Ontar io R~mis - m a t i c , '~ssoc ia t ion , F. 0. Box 33, ?raterloo, Onter io.

i ~ u t h o r i z e d a s second c l a s s m a i l by t h e Post Off ice Department, Ottavia, ancl f o r ,<-lapent of postage i n cash.

increas ing shortage of world s i l v e r , t a l k s have been going on t o f i nd a means of conserving whatever stocks t h a t a r e now present and it appears t h a t Canada n i l 1 f o l l o ~ l ~ s u i t and mint coins of metals o the r . t han s i l ve r . The press items suggest s trongly t h a t t h e subs t i t u t e metal w i l l be nickel , a mineral Canada %as plenty of .

,'I CBC broadcast communicated t o t he l i s t e n i n g public t h a t the Royal Canaclian IEnt ~ i ou ld change the metal content of Canadian coinage. It was s t a t ed t h a t the ?.lint i ~ o u l ~ l i n a l l p ~ o b z b i l i t y use pure Nickel. To date enquir ies have ga.ined no fu.rther i n foma t ion than t h a t issued i n December.

It i s si-ncerely hoped t h a t t he ?fint w i l l not chanse t he metal content of t h e silvel- c o l l a r This coin today i s one of the , i f not the most beau t i fu l , coin minted i n the world and a s such it should remain,. It i s r ea l i zed t n a t the re i s a r!orld shortage of s i l vey and t h a t new f i nds a r e negl ig ible bu-t it i s a lso rea l i zed t h a t the Canadian

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do l l a r i s not used a s a da i l y media of exchange but r a t he r e x i s t s a s a co l l ec to rs i t e m ; collec-Ling not so le ly practiced by t he numismatist, but by a l l and sundry. Since 1935, t h e f i r s t year of i ssue , more young 1s.dies and gentlenen have receivec! s i l v e r do l1a . r~ f o r purposes t o conmemorate t h e i r bir thdays. This p r ac t i s e has so developed t h a t it i s - i

almost an i n s t i t u t i o n not withstanding +he f a c t t h a t it i s t r a d i t i o n . Thny of our senior c i t i z ens have received t h e s i l v e r d o l l a r on t h e i i p o r t a n t anniversar ies of t h e i r P ~ l l l i v e s and these same s i l v e r d o l l a r s over t he gears have found t h e i r wajr i n t o the banks of granclchildren, nenhews and nieces. I f only f o r the sake of traclitioz?, it i s t o be hoped t11a.t t he Ifint ~:~i!-l, i n the coming years, continue t o mint t he .sil-crey do l la r . I n t r u t h it i s not believed t h a t the minting of s i l v e r do l la r s v i l l serious13 c k ~ l e t e t he s t o r e rooms of the nation.

CLUB W!S

BR'JTTFOl'iD C O I N CLUB President , B i l l S ~ ~ t o r , presided over the regular moi?'chl:; - -

meetiiig Sunciay evening, FeSrual-.~ 19th. !'!:alter Griggs headed an i n t e r e s t i ng discussion on t he Brant Centennial f4edal. Two other members, Robert S. Comer of Simcoe and ?!illy F. I k h r t of Delhi, offered t:, represent t h e Brantford Coin Club i n t he pror~~otion and s a l e of t he Brant County Centennial IiIedal.

CAPIT?L CIlT C O I N CLUB (~ttav.!a) held t h e i r January meeting with 26 me~nbers and 3 riuests present . President Jack Roberts !.felcomed I4r. Norval Farker, Piaster of the Royal L,

Canadian Hint, and presented him with an Honorary Life E.Iemnbership i n the CCCC. The menbership was given i n recognit ion of h i s contributions i n t h e f i e l d of Canadian Xumismatics. Itr. Parker ta.lkecl t o t he club about t!le 1967 Cent.ennia1 coins ancl discussed t he i:Zntls col lec t ion, a l l of which was donzted b-T the pu j l i c . A t t he close of h i s address, IJr. Parker presented t o Zd- Forres t , a 1967 Centel~nial 14edal f o r h i s award- nixning exhibi t from the c lub ' s December meeting. President, Jack h b e r t s then introduced the Hon. k b e r t X. Thompson, l eader of t he Social Crecli'i Fs.rty end rnember of .the I-louse of Conlm~iis representing Red Deer, ;'.ilberta. ink. Thompson ta lked t o t he club about h i s co l l e c t i on and soFe of i t s most outstanding pieces. The most prized of h i s collec.tion i s 2 bronze coin t h a t he personally clug up from t h e palace grounds of t he far!~ous Queen .

of Sheba. This coin was struclc approxim2tely i n 5000 B. C. On h i s l a s t v i s i t t o Canada, t he h p e r o r of Ethiopia, Hal l ie Selass ie , presented I k . Thompson with a golcl coin from the same period a s t he one he dug up.

CERTLJ, C O I N CLUB o or onto) had a very s ~ e c i a l speaker a.t one of - thei r recent meetings . . . . 1:hjor Sheldon S. Ca.rrol1, cura tbr of t h e IJumismtic Col-lection of the Sad-

of Ca.nacla, Ottawa. Seventy-six persons had t h e p r iv i l ege of hearing f h j o r Carrol l t a l k on "The His-tory of Canadian Faper Noney" . . . from the v~o r ld ' s f i r s t paper money; e a r l y banks; Huclson's Bay paper money; municipal money; prisoner-of-war money; pl.a.ying card money; sl i inplasters ancl the new Centennial notes.

- Cont .

&,'J'iILTOM C O I N CLUB had f i f t e e n members and t h r e e g u e s t s o u t t o t h e i r - February meeting. Eugene Culp was unanimouslp e l e c t e d t o t h e presidency. Gerald E. Glasser , tlze c l u b ' s newest member, w i l l spear-head a p r o j e c t t o s e t up a Centennial d i s p l a y t o be shown i n ?-ppropriate l o c a t i o n s around t h e C i ty of Hamilton.

I2JEOI:IL ?LTUE,!ISL'-TIC .ISSOCI.'iTION Feb-ruaqr meeting, 1qa.s a t t ended by over 20 persor,s i n s p i t e of seves-e wea.ther condi t ions . %e f i l m "The Story of Sculpture", was presented f o r t hose p re sen t .

II\JGERSOLL COIhT CLUB members were very disappoilitecl. t11a.t t, h e i r gues t spealtell, Percy E l c i e , 1:ras ill and unable t o a t t e n d . But, Norman Barns brought a long h i s p r o j e c t o r awl a s e r i e s of s l i d e s he took wh i l e on hol iday i n Scotland. So, t k e 24 members ancl g u e s t s were h igh ly e n t e r t a i n e d . Added t o t h e en.jo:;rl;rent of t h e evening was a Cel l tcmia l Quiz provided by Norm Barns;

LO?~DOM !\?Jl.IISlZ'.TIC SOCIETY had fo r ty - f ive members and g u e s t s brave. t h e n ine be lo^:^ zero temperature i n o r d e r t o a t t e n d t h e i r February meeting. Pres ident , Tom Iks - t e r s intror~u.cacl t!le gues t spe-aker of t h e evening, 1Ir. TKLl i am I1?3ud" I,leasor, who gave a very intcres-Ling t21k on Canada and P!orld Coins. L. M. S. i s a l r e a d y making' ~ l a n s f o r ano the r banquet i n September. . ,

!\iOXFGLI< COI3J CLU3 i s syonsoring a menhership $ r ive f o r t h i s Ckntennial yezr . Every member who " r ings 2 gues t w i l l r e c e i v e one po in t ; f o r each new member, f i v e p o i n t s . In. June (and aga in i n ~ e c c m b e r ) t h e member with t h e h ighes t p o i n t s w i l . 1 r ece ive f i v e S i l v e r Do l l a r s . . . Very Nice!!! JJew o f f i c e r s f o r 1967 a r e : P re s iden t - Doc Heat!leri.ngtofi; Vice-presiclent - !.::'illy I h h r t ; Sec re t a ry - E l s i e Fick; Treasurer - Edna Smith; D i rec to r s - Geor,ze Smith, 16ck Herming, Fred Crahb, I k l Txtarka an6 Don Beaton.

OL1KVILLE C O I N CLUB members were e n t e r t a i n e d a t t h e February meeting wi th i.5e showing of 0. I. -.lurlio-Visual, "Canadian F r a c t i o n a l Cur ren~- j r .~~ It provided ail oppor t imi ty f o r a l l p r e sen t t o not on ly s e e t h e changes t h i s currency uriclel~~rent h u t a l s o hear t h e I

e x ~ l 2 n a t i o n s f o r them. Two d i s p l a y s %rere presented b7.r members f o r v iewing plcnsure. I

RICMlOI'?!I HILL C O I N CLUB . . . lielcome ! ! ! . . . This i s ou r f i r s t b u l l e t i n from t h i s c lub arrc! it, looks like a r e a l t h r i v i n g club. Thir ty- three li?,elnbers and g u e s t s nttencled 'ihc J m u a r y meeting ancl were p u t t i n g f i n a l .touches on t h e i r banquet t o be he ld on Ei3rch 25th.

S;,RNI",. ?\?U1419:f.'.TIC SOCIETY had 30 nembers out, t o t h e i r Februar-- meeting and presen.ted -tile 0 .?T.Lai . ,;udio -Visual, tlCan3.dian Voyageur Dol la r . This j.s t o be followed i n !hrch by a- qu iz program t o f i n d out . just how much t h e nembcrs p r o f i t e d by t h e showing of t h e s e slicic s .

ST. C.',TI-L';IZIFsES C O I N CLLTR w i l l f e a t u r e L l o ~ d T. *th, P re s iden t of f,hz Onter io T.J~u:~isn,?.tic ~,ssocia-Lion, a s gues t spcalier i n i h r c h . :.IT. ,311itli r ~ ~ i l l d i s c u s s t h e juclging o f clisp1a.y~. 3Irs. R i t ch i c , who i s al?.l~-z:ys proa inent i n t h c c l u b ' s s o c i a l a f f a i r s , 112s been confined t o h o s p i t a l . We j o i n t h e c lub i n wishing h e r a speedy recovery.

ST. Tii_Ol;CL2 X.JI.DSiI',TIC .',SSOCIATIOJV a r e making g r e a t p l ens f o r t h e i r 4 t h Coin Sho?~.. Eleven c a t e g o r i e s a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r d i s p l a y s and they w i l l be judged by m e r i t r a t h c r t h a n t h e po in t system.

THISTLETO?iN C O I N CLUB J-znu3ry maet ins f eaturccl a n 0.7:. A. Audio-Visual presentetioon rlS:iFps on Coins", by ,;lex FiIunro. Tt took t h e vierr,~ers ba.ck i n h i s t o r y t o S i b l i c ~ l C- r i~cs and thcrl clor!n -t;hrougll t h e ages t o o u r 1949 Canadian S i l v e r Dol la r which f e a t u r e s Cabot Is s h i p t h c " l ' t t hewu . E l e c t i o n of o f f i c e r s i s ss fo l lov~s : Pres . - Bryan ?.!itchell-; Vicc-president - John J c f f e r i e s ; S e c r e t a r y - Gcorgc Bancls; Treasurer - Dennis TCckman; 2 . i ~ ~ c t i o n e e r an6 Pas t P re s iden t - Ronald Scovell..

TORONTO C O I H CLUB have e l e c t e d t h e i r o f f i c e r s f o r 1967 as fol lows: Fast-presiclent - ,;. L. llu!nro; Pres ident - F. C. Jewett ; F i r s t Vice-president - !Tinifred ?,lather; Vice- p r e s i d e n t - Louise Graham; S e c r e t a r y - John Ga l i l ee ; Treasurer - Ilarvey Faerow; L i b r a r i a n - Tau1 Petchg Di rec to r s - D r . J. S. Wilkinson, Ceci l Rhodes 2nd. In spec to r R. J. F. Hat!lcr.

1i.irs. E t h e l Sentes, k m i l t o n , i l l u s t r a t e d he r t a l k on Chinese coinage wi th two of he r adward-- winning e x h i b i t s .

* - . ' .LLTC3L00 C O I N SOCIETY members had a n i n t e r e s t i n g and en.joyable February meetiiig , lsut

Touncl tl13.t t h e r e i s till a g r e a t d e a l t o l e a r n about Canadian numismatics a f t e r John Sliavi conclucted a Coin quiz .

"!OODSTOZK C O I N CLUB had 40 members ou t t o t h e i r February meeting. Pres ident , -"Llbert Cole repor ted t o t h e members t h a t t h e i r medal f o r 1967 was i n t h e hands of t h e engravers anc! liould be a v a i l a b l e about t l ie end of I 'krch. Guest speslter, Les Coles, sllowed some b e a u t i f u l s l i -des of Oxford County. It i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o no te t h a t even t l~ouzh t h e r e i s e c!$cli.ne i n co in i n t e r e s t , t h i s c lub en ro l l ed n ine new nenll3ers a t t h i s meeting.

T'!Ijl'DSOR C O I N CLUB helcl t h e i r annual meeting r e c e n t l y and- new o f f i c e r s were e l ec t ed . The y e a r l y r e p o r t shows e steecly i n c r e s s e i n a t tendance . The change of meeting p lace i s b r i n s i n g out a number of members th2,t have not been a t t end ing . Tlie show w a s t h e c l u b ' s Cen-tenniel p r o j e c t and it was a very rewarding slio~t~ i n good%~ii l l and d e a l e r s s a t i s f a c t , i o n a s v~e11 2 s a f i n a n c i e l success f o r t h e club. New o f f i c e r s a r e a.s fo l lows: Fres ident - Carl Querbacli; 1st . Vice-president - Guy Jmieson ; 2nd. Vice-president - John Yocom; I

Treasurer - l i i s s D. Lauct.ie; Sec re t a ry - Iqrs. G. E. Pomeroy; i:uction Convenor - Ken A ~ ~ n e t t ; I

Regis t r? . t ion - Nrs. C . Querbach; L i b r a r i a n - Mrs. 5. ;'irmour; 9 i r e c t o r s - Pks. 7.:. Howells; I.frs. E. 2-mour, 1;. Ya.pp, L. Johnston and G. E. 130merog.

By Ken Hedges F i r s t appearing i n "Ln-Lercoin"

Con-tinuec! from last month's b u l l e t i n .

Other r e s t r i k e a c t i v i t i e s a r e i n f o r d i scuss ion bes ides t hose mentioned. b h i l e m~1c1-i c r i t i c i s m o f t e n i s i n o rde r , some c e r t a i n l y i s no t , and t h e gold co ins i s sued by 5paj.n % r e a case i n p o i n t . 1; Spanish gold co in i s qui-be obviously struck- f o r purposes o ~ h e r %!Ian a c i r c u l a t i n g medium, b u t t h a t i s no s e c r e t --- France s t ruck t h e 10-Franc s i l v e r crown f o r a s i m i l a r , non-c i rcu la t ing reason. The method of d a t i n g Spanish gold co ins has been a sub,ject of g r e a t c r i t i c i s m , bu t i n r e a l i t y t h e r e i s no problem f o r c o l l e c t o r s f a m i l i a r wi t11 Spa.nisli coinage : LLL Snanish co ins bea r t h e t r u e d a t e i n n i c roscop ic n ~ m e r a l s w i t h i n s t a r s whi le t h e l a r g e d a t e inc1i.cates t l ie d a t e of t h e law unc'er lh~h-ich t h e co in i s s t ruck . Other coun t r i e s , s i ~ c h a s . 'Lustria, may be c r i t i c i z e d f o r res t r i lc ing co ins w i th e a r l y d a t e s , ancl Spain might even be c r i t i c i z e d on o t h e r grounrls, b u t t h e cleting of Spanish gold r e s t r i k e s i s n e i t h e r rlishoiiest nor su r r ep t i - t i ous , being done i n accord wi th normal d a t i n g p r a c t i c e s of t h e coun t r r . Other o l d types of co ins a r e o f t e n r e s t ruck , such a s t hose of t h e Netherlanck s t l ~ ~ c l r ~ l i t h o l d e r d a t e s , bu t i i i t l ? e a s i l y d i s c e r n i b l e mintmaster symbols, o r i n o l d e r t ypes wi th new clrttes. .'.11 t h e s e a r e h igh ly c o l l e c t a b l e i n t h e i r orvn r i z h t and deserve not t h e c r i t i c i s m l e v e l l e d a t tliem.

L r t ~ { a l l e r i e s ancl v a r i o u s o t h e r t ~ r p e s of s t o r e s a s a r e g u l a r p r a c t i c e s e l l repro- duc t ions of pa in t ings , s t a t u e s , ancl o t h e r t ypes o:f artworli. Coins and medals a r e i n t h e i r own way must a s v a l i d l y considered works of a r t a s t l iese o t h e r s , and one o f t en wonders j u s t what t h e d i f f e r ence i s . ;'i c o i n seldom i s reproduced a s a ~ ~ ~ o r l c of srt, bu t it i s o f t e n reproduced f o r o t h e r purposes. One of t l ie ch i e f of t h e s e reasons i s t o provide a rneaiis of holding meta ls --- gold i n most ca ses o r s i l v e r i n t h e case of France ' s 10-Franc c o i n i s s u e d i n i m i t a t i o n of t h e o l d 5-Franc p iece . This p r a c t i c e i s not i n h e r e n t l y T , f roq , and such i tems a r e produced i n f u l l accordance wi th t h e laws of t h e country i n which they a r e made --- and t h i s ~ u s t be t h e f i n a l a u t h o r i t y concerning t h e s t r i l t i n g of t h e s e co ins . I n most ca ses it i s t h e use t o which such a co in i s put t h a t b r ings t h e trou-hle, and he re t h e o n l y f e a s i b l e answer t o t h e dilernma i s educa t ion of t h e c o l l e c t o r . :lie can only be unequivocal ly opposed t o r e s t r i k i n g of coins f o r f r a u l u l e n t 13urposes and t o u s e o f co ins resJinlck f o r o t h e r purposes i n a f r audu len t manner. This w r i t e r does ~ o t

condone such deceptive pract ices , but he does f e e l t h a t we must be ca re fu l t o place t h e blame nhere it belongs.

Coins may be reproduced f o r o ther reasons a s well , a common way, pa r t i cu l a r l y i n European countries such a s .';ustria, being t o reproduce, usual ly from new d ies , an old coin design with a l l d e t a i l s es on t he o r i g ina l save f o r an added modern da te i n an a rea v~here no da te appears on t he o r i g i n a l coin. This has been done t o commexorate an anniversary i n t he in t roduct ion of a famous old coin type, o r t o mark o ther h i s t o r i c a l events connected with the coin reproduced.

14entionin.g h s t r i a b r ings up another famous r e s t r i k e : the Haria Theresa Thaler . This coin was res t ruck f o r a purely economic reason --- i t s continued use i n t h e markets of t he 1.Edclle East. t hen ,';ustria undertook t o produce proof s t r i k e s of t h i s famous coins, they were en thus ias t i ca l ly received by co l lec to rs t h e ralorld over. m e coin recent ly has cone i n f o r i t s share of c r i t i c i sm i n t h a t it i s an i s sue produced merely fo r co l l ec to rs some going so f a r a s t o say it i s not even a coin a t a l l , but a medal, token, o r some - such thirig. It i s t r u e t h a t t h e proof & r i a Theresa Thaler i s not s t r i c t l y a t r ade coin, j u s t es proof United S ta tes coins a r e not c i rcu la t ion issues , but t o sa.y t h a t a proof

Theresa Thaler i s not a coin i s jus t pa ten t ly r idiculous.

Enough f o r coins. The f i e l d of meda.1~ has come i n t o t he r e s t r i k ing p ic tu re e s wel l . Ehny numimz.tic grcups a r e on record as opposing r e s t r i ke s , but it occurs t o t h i s wr i t e r t h a t they might be more ca re fu l before i s su ing blanket conciemnations. The United S ta tes nilit i t s e l f has been i s su ing r e s t r i k e s of i t s medals f o r rnalzy years, and ? t r i l l cont inue- to do so. The Par i s mint i n France l ikewise i s sues r e s t r i ke s , and i n t h i s case, a t l e a s t , it i s apparent t h a t new d ies a r e made when old d i e s become unserviceable, s ince t h i s w r i t e r has keen older medals with diebreaks and newer i-ssues of t he same medal i n perfect condition. .'L case i n point here i s t he beau t i fu l medal. issued i n 1833 t o marlc t he v i s i t t o the mint of the royal family of France. The medal i s a beau t i fu l example of t he die- cu. t ter 's art, ancl. it i s ava i lab le today from t h e Pa r i s mint. second case i s the necial s t x c k during the re ign of Louis X V I I I and featur ing t h e Greek s ta tue , Venus de Illilo. J'L r e s t r i k e of t he medal can be obtained today from the same mint which o r i g ina l l y issued it --- Par is . The Br ig i t t e 5srdot medal i s no t ' y c t ' . a r e s t r i ke , but given a few years it w i l l be i n t h e same category a s t h e o thers and w i l l be res t ruck t o fill whatever demand i s present f o r i t s re lease .

The venerable English medall ic f i rm of Pinches, Ltd., has recen t ly issued a s e r i e s of res t ruck h i s t o r i c a l medals o r i g i n a l l y issued by t h e i r f i rm o r f i rms which they have s ince t3ken over i n mergers. These medals a r e offered a s reprocluctions, from o r ig ina l d ies , of famous medals, and are offered i n lLhitecl quant i ty t o make ava i la3 le examples of neda l l i c a r t which would be otherwise unrepresented i n modern co l lec t ions . Vho i s t o say whether such a pract ice i s unethical , e spec ia l ly s i nce - t he company owns t he d i e s and n l l r i g h t s t o t h e i r use. f u r t h e r p i n t i s involved here, however, and i% i s t h a t these r e s t r i k e s a r e guaranteed. t o be t o a c e r t a i n q u a n t i t ~ . I f f u r t h e r r e s t r i k e s of t he sane medals were l a t e r t o be n-ia.de, t h e p ro tes t s from the co l lec to r would r i g h t l y be i n order.

There a r e ways t o t e l l these recen t ly res t ruck medals Prom o lder so-called l 'originals". The i s sues from finches, f o r example, bear a modern hallmark and guarantee stamp, ra~hile t h e more recent ly issued Pa r i s mint products bear t he mark of t he mint (a cornucopia) ancl the metal of which the medal i s composed s t ruck incuse on t he edge. For those in te res ted i n i s sue quan t i t i e s , age, and such th ings , t h i s knowledge may be of ~ral-~le. But if one i s

i n a r t i s t i c and h i s t o r i c a l neda l s f o r t h e i r value a s works of a r t o r mementoes offer ing record of h i s t o r i c a l i n t e r e s t , then the re i s no reason why modern examples c ~ n n o t serve a s wel l a s any others .

Before concluding, a resume of my major points may be i n order. F i r s t of a l l , t h i s wr i t e r , as a l l of us, I ' m sure, i s una l te rab ly opposed t o r e s t r i k ing o r any form of

reproduction undertaken with i n t e n t t o misrepresent o r defraud. hs f o r t he plethora of ot!-:sr types of r e s t r i ke s , such a s those of Hunpr ,~ , we may question t he motives o r the l ack of bu.sjness sefise invol.ved here, but we cannot question t h e r i g h t of these gmerm-ents -Lo r e s t r i k e t h e i r own coins. Frobably no one, o r & l e a s t very few, would com?lain if the United S ta tes mint were t o s t r i k e a 1965- o r 1966-dated proof s e t , pe t t h i s i s exact ly r:,rhst T-Iungaqr i s doing when she s t r i k e s proof condition coins of e a r l i e r years: she i s producing specimen coins t o meet co l l ec to r demand. As f o r rest.rj.king regs?-lar i s sue - s i l v e r and base metal coins, it ms t be real ized t h a t t h i s i s benef ic ia l t o Hunga.ry, i n th?-t i'; brings i n t h e ready cash so wi l l ing ly offered by t he co l l e c to r and so important t o ally nation. Since I3unzary i s i n business f o r Hungary, t he whole th ing makes a grea t dea l of sense. Tir~ese countries c e r t ~ . i n l y make no sec re t of t h e f a c t thslt coins a r e re- s t ruck, and a s long es no zua.ra.ntee ex i s t s , the re i s no r e a l reason t o coml,l_c..in when a mintage i s exceed&. o r increased., regarclless whether o r not, co l l e c to r s have deluded themselves o r been deluded by dea le r s t o t he contrary.

Rri ' tain7s Royal ?.tint has come i n f o r i t s share of c r i t i c i sm i n t h i s l i g h t , a s have o ther mints which produce coins f o r o ther nations under contract . S i e r r a Leone and Greece a r e t h e most well known examples, but m a q y o the r nations have ordered add i t iona l quan t i t i e s of coins lc~hen supplies ran low due t o co l l ec to r interest , . ,',n anno~mced mintage and a ~ua. rantzed mintage a r e two qu i t e d i f f e r en t things, and. t he former should not be taken f o r - t h e l a t t e r . These mints a r e commercial producers of a prcduct ordered by o ther cowtr ies , ancl hen a fu r t he r order i s placed, it i s f i l l e d . To f a i l t o do so vou.ld be bad business, ?.nd t o do so should not earn c r i t i c i sm f ron anyone.

Second, reprocluction of medals end coins st a l a . i e r time, par t icula . r ly when the re i.s a d is t inguishing f ac to r such a s proof surface o r ident i fy ing mark, when done l e g a l l y a.ncl openly, has a s maqr mer i ts a s forbidding t11e same practice. I, f o r cne, have many medals which I would not otherwise be ab le t o own, and !.vhich I co l l e c t on t h e ba s i s of t h e i r '

importance a.s works of medall ic a r t . Others may strong1.y disagree with me on t h i s poi>%, 2nd t h a t i s t h e i r r i gh t . On t he o the r hand, no one disa.grees if you buy a p r i n t of an old. map, a reproduction of a famous pa.intFng, o r a ca s t of a we l l known piece of sculy?turc . . -. ., i n f a c t , coins snd meeLals a r e %hemselves works of scul?ture.

The k h a n t i t r i b e of 'f!:est . '9rica has long been Itno~.\!n f o r i t s use of gold dus t - a s currency, and f o r i t s cas t ing of counterweights ( t o weigh t h i s gold) i n many plant , a.ninla1, and human forms. Recently museum reproductions of these . l i t t l e bronze weig1i.L~ have become avai lable through a r t g a l l e r i e s , where they a r e sold, r i gh t fu l l y , a s works of pr imi t ive sculpture. But the :khanti gold wsights a r e t r ac l i t ione l ly highly co l lec tab le numismatic items, and our l i t t l e nluseum reprod-uction becomes, i n i t s Jwn way, a r e s t r i ke . I don ' t know about you, but I woulcl ancl I w i l l continve t.o exh ib i t him f o r b~h2-L he is: an ticcurate reproduction of an o then i i se unobtain251e exmple of an area of numismatics i n which I have g rea t i n t e r e s t . Let us be careful before we c r i t i c i z e o thers f o r doing the same.

DON ' T F0RC;ET THE3 CO~J?~NTIOW - 0. N. A. Convention News +%- 1,ky Show

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ITaterloo Coin Societ?. f o r t h e Second time w i l l host an Ontario ?IIumismtic -'Lssociation Convention. i n 1962 a t the Founding Convention t h i s w i l l be an e l ec t i on ye2.r.

I n a shor t f i v e years t he 0. N. A. has grown i n s t a t u r e and r e sgons ib i l i t y t o the hobby. 0. LT. ii. sponsored services a r e being used a t near ly every meeting o r coin

show held i n Ontario. A few examples of these services a r e 't Audio Visual Service * T:ldging guide system 3:- Display Cases 4:- Ihnthly h b l i c a t i o n 4;- Club organization ass is tance

-> Speakers Circui t * Library.

The 0. N. A. has shown recognit ion t o the advancement of numismatics by a~filarding an illscribed gold medal t o ''The 0. N. A. Medalist of t h e Year". %jar Sheldon 3. Carroll- gained t h i s honour i n 1966. Major Carroll w i l l be the Banquet Speaker a t t h i s yea r ' s convention.

L well-rounded programme w i l l please a l l co l lec to rs whether a beginner o r an advsnced numismatist : Special court of honour displays provided by the various banks : 42 cases of displays by the "3.terloo Coin Society rnernbers : ITine conpeti t ive display categories : Fine Auction : Ladies ?.ct ivi t ies ( includes a bingo) : Bourse dealers : d e l e ~ e t e s meeting : Speakers : and f i lm and s l i d e presentations.

A specia l comemorative medal has been struck i n gold, gold-fi l led, s t e r l i ng s i l v e r , and bronze. The new heraldic 0 . N. A . design w i l l be on one s ide and t he City of - - !.laterloo Crest on t h e other.

Kith a l l t!lese numismatic goodies awaiting you a t t h i s y e a r t s show it i s easy t o see why t h e co l lec to r w i l l be king. ii warm inv i t a t i on t o a11 i s extended by 0. N. J'L.

President L. T. &ith, and In[. C. S. President Phs. Shir ley English t o attend: Plan your reservations by contacting Convention Chairman, Nr. J. Shaw, Box 33, !'iaterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Banquet.: Ticket and !idmission $4.50 General .idmission: 50 cents each day.