OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION WATERLOO, ONTARIO

1967 - 1969 1 Volume 7 ~ u l y Page 59

0. N. A. OFFICrnS Past P ~ e s i d e n t s

R.R. Rekof ski (1962-6 5) L.T. Smitli (196 5-67)

President W i l l i a m English

F i r s t Vice-President .

Alex Munro Second Vice-President lidalter G r i g g s

Secretary Mrs. Pat Lambert

T r e asur e r 3ruce H. Raszmann

Mailing Address : .Box 33 Waterloo,

Ontmio DIRECTORS

k e a 1 Howard Whitfield 2 Arthur Honour 3 J. Edward Stahley 4 Don F l ick 5 E l l i o t Jephson 6 John Regitko,Jr, 7 Charles Miller 8 Ear l C. Grandmaiso

f! 9 John McKay-Clement PO Charles B. Lais ter

HISTORIAN - Walter Griggs

PUBLICITY- L O T o Smith (Temporary)

LIBRA-RIAN- Mrs, Hazel Munro, 3707 Kingston Rd., Scarborough, Ont,

AUDIO VISUAL SE)RVICE Charles B. Lais ter . NO. 3 mghway,

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Tillsonburg, Ont. EUGDITrn-

W.E.P. Lambert, 57 Emmett Road, S t , Catharines, Ont,

THE CASTING COUNTER by

Rev. Lloyd D. Smith, B,A.,B.D. ( concluded from June)

Jet tons appearwd f i r s t i n l3:mce during the r e ign of Louis 1X (1226- l27O), A t t h i s time they were con- nected exclusively with the royzJ- house. I n the time of Ph i l ip 1lI . , ItLe Hardill (1270-1285) , priiices of blood and the higher nob i l i t y ~.,P~C! jet tons. Soon the p rac t i se was taken up by l e s s e r magnates, oorprra- t i ons , and f i n a l l y the general pL?-hlic,

Having begun i n France, tlicg aze bes t known deriving from t h a t c ~ u n t ~ y . Indeed, the ones known i n Cansd:; lz.?ere of French origin. But they tse-e used a l so i n England, I t a l y , the Low Countries, Germaay and Portugal,

In France they died out w i t h the in t roduct ion of the decimal systen a t the Revolution. After t ha t , .th:?zz issued were used only as counter 7; fo r play or as medalets or t rade 2<.;-!1.~t- isements. Their use i n England Cied out towards t he end of the l7I;k: century,

Final ly , then, how were thcy used? I have been able t o study t e n d i f f e r e n t systems of t h i s 1tma3?ual a r i t h r i e t i ~ ~ ~ , each claiming t o be the best. They all seem t o be var ia t ions of a system publisl~ed by Robert Recorde i n 1542,

His counting-board had s3-z horizontal l i n e s representing f r c a the bottom t o the top ones, tens, hundreds, thou- sands (marked by a s tar) , ten- thousands, and hundred thous- ands. The spaces,

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then, r ep resen t f i v e s , f i f t i e s , five-hundreds, f i v e thousands, m-6 f i f ty- thousands, P-s c n ~ l example, I have marked on t h e diagram je t tone i n t h e pos i t ion f o r 287,966.

To add you l a y ou t j e t t o n s f o r t h e second nwnber t o the r i g h t of t h e cen t re l i n e , Then one row a t a time you shift them t o the l e f t , moving coun ding as needed. B l o w i s an example: 287,966 plu b12,545*

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It w i l l be noted immediately how s i m i l a r t h i s i s t o using Roman numerals. Cer ta in authors claim t h a t these methods of lTocular a ~ l i t h m e t i c ~ ~ helped t o preserve the use of Roman numerals i n t h e faae of the r i s e of t h e superior Arabic system which we now use ,

Notice, a l so , how c lose t h i s i s i n method t o the Chinese form of t h e abacus, However, i t was never q u i t e as f a s t , I n a French-English d i c t i o n m y of 1530 we rezd: Y Augry-m,algorisme. To counte, recken by cyfe r s of agryme (a r i thmet iu ) , e n c h i f r e r , To c a s t an accomptes i n aulgorisrne (ar i thmet ic) wi th a penne, ench i f re r , a f t e r t h e aulgorisme manner, t o c a s t an accomptes wi th counters ( j e t t o n s ) , c a l c u l e r , To cas te an accomptes a f t e r the comen maner, wi th counters, compter par jet.;, I s h a l l recken i t syxe t imes by aulgorisme (c ipher ing) or (before; you can c a s t e it ones (once) by countersOl1

ADDITIONAL 0. No A, SERVICES Display Case Chairman Speaker s ' C i r c u i t Service M r . Walter Holst , Mrs. Ruth Mueller,

4- Maple Court, 239 Lancaster S t . West, Waterloo, Ont. Tel-, #7b3-2331 Eitchener , Ontario,

THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIST i s published monthly by t h e Ontario Numismatic Association, The pub l i ca t ion may be obtained wi th memberships of one of t h e following ca tegor ies , L i f e membershi s $50.00, regular memberships $2. year ly , Jun io r s $i. yearly, ?up t o 18 yea r s of age) , Husband and Wife (one Journd.) -- $3, year ly , Club - $10. yea r ly . Specia l 0.N. A, S t e r l i n g S i l v e r Lapel Pins ( screw back or p in back) only $2.50.

Remittances ( p l u s bank exchange i f paid by cheque) payable t o the Ontario Numismatic Association, Po 0. Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario.

Authorized as second c l a s s m a i l by the Post Office Departnient, Ottawa and f o r payment of postage i n cash,

Page 6 1 NXWS FROM THE C O I N CLUBS

CENTRAL C O I N CLUB Members and gues t s were r e a l l y t r e a t e d t o a wonderful

s i g h t a t t h e l a s t meeting, whgn, Ingr id Smith appeared a t t h e Experts Table wi th her c o l l e c t i o n of PORCELAIN MOmY OF GERMANY, cons is t ing of 4-00 pieces i n UNCo condi t ion, Ingr id i s our Champion Pr ize Winnen: f c r winning BEST OF SHOW, both i n Canada and t h e UoSoA. She answered . ,:. . I -: Ja ques t ions i n regard t o her d i sp lay , and proved once again t h a t she j-s a t r u e Numismatist of the h ighes t ca l ibe r .

BRANTFORD C O I N CLUB The theme f o r t h e June meeting i s Indian A r t i f a c t s .

and our gues t speaker w i l l be Mr. E l l i o t Moses, well-known Indian I

h i s t o r i a n and l e c t u r e r who has again accepted our i n v i t a t i o n t o spaak on Ind ian f o l k l o r e and c u l t u r a l customs of t h e Indians i n e a r l y Canada, M r 0 Moses a l so displayed numerous Indian m t i f a c t s and t o o l s used by t h e Indians years ago. The Hamilton Coin Club met with us and a l so t h e Norfolk and Woodstock clubs, The meeting was very i n t e r e s t i n g ,

Edi tor --- John Barchino,

CWPLAIN C O I N CLUB - ORILLIA Our June meeting was held on the 6 t h ,

M r . Russel Heard, Pres ident of t h e Woodville Club and a member of our club was present and i n v i t e d everyone t o t h e Woodville Banquet on June LStho Your e d i t o r attended t h e l a r g e coin show held r e c e n t l y a t the Continental Inn a t Barr ie . There was a l a r g e number of d i sp lays m d many d e a l e r s with a wonderful d i sp lay of coins i n a l l p r i c e ranges wi th some r e a l bargains. The fol lowing i s by M r . W i l l i a m Irvine------

Watch f o r these valuable o ld Newfoundland Coins, 1885 and 1888, they could be worth four teen t o one hundred d o l l a r s each.

Coins of Newfoundland u n t i l r ecen t ly , haven1 t appreciated i n value t o t h e same e x t e n t as those of t h e r e s t of Canada. Co l l ec to r s and d.ealers i n Canada and t h e United S t a t e s , a re now taking a second look a t these coins , s ince they w i l l now be i ssued again under Newfoundland! s nane,

To-day every 1g piece ever i s sued by t h e I s l and Province has a p.Te- m i m e Two of the more valuable a re l a r g e cents , about t h e s i z e of to- d a y ' s qua r t e r s , dated 1885 and 1888. Only 40,000 dated 1885 were made f o r Newfoundland a t t h e London Mint and shipped overeas. This compares wi th Canada's present production of cents i n t h e t e n s of mi l l ions ,

Newfoundland d id n o t order any more l a r g e cents i n 1886 or 1887, as t h e number already i n c i r c u l a t i o n proved s u f f i c i e n t f o r the needs of i t s people. By 1888, however, a s c a r c i t y of cents was again noted and an order was placed i n London f o r 50,000.

I n average condi t ion these now bring a premium oB $10.00 each OT more i f they are i n e x t r a f i n e condition.

Edi tor ---Gordon Horne.

HUROfJIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATI ON This club has been n o t i f i e d by t h e

Ontario R e t a i l Sa les Tax t h a t they w i l l have a r ep resen ta t ive - examine t h e books of the club. Other c lubs may expect t o have t h e i r books ex- m i n e d at any time i n the fu tu re . O u r coin show was very s u c E e s s f ~ ~ l - f o r t h e club, as we show a p r o f i t of over $150.00 and t h i s money w i l l Se used mainly t o improve our show next year. A t t he l a s t meeting it w a s f e l t t h a t r ibbons and awards should be given :* r e g a r d l e s s of t h e poin-ts scored by t h e display. The main f e e l i n g was t h a t i f a member takes the time too make up a d i s p l a y t o t h e b e s t of h i s a b i l i t y , he should nr,t be t o l d i t i s n o t good enough f o r f i r s t p r i ze , I f he was t h e orJy one wi th

page 62 enough ambition t o make up a d i sp lay i n t h a t category he should be gl.-;en f i r s t , i f no t f o r the d i sp lay , f o r t h e e f f o r t made t o br ing it. Tha major i ty of t h e members went along wi th t h i s l i n e of thought.

LONDON TTIIMISMATLC SOCIETY --- June 4 t h was o?n Annual Disp lay N i ~ h t . t h e

theme was 1tTOKE3JS110 Sever dl member s presented a varied" d i sEla? of tokens from Inmy c o ~ m t r i e s , Ssver a l bourse d e a l e r s operated t a b l e s and a few coins changed hmds between co l l ec to r s . There was no -regul.ar auc t ion but t h e r e we?e t ~ j o drai,rs and Jack D i e t r i c h won a 1964 Canadiz:,:1 S i l v e r Dol lar and Lloyd Smith a s i l v e ~ Centennial medallion, A t t he J U y meeting we w i l l be t r e a t e d t o P=t 1 of the s l i d e s of Roman coins pmch- ased some time ago f o r our club, This s e t w i l l be llCoins of the Roman RepublicI1 and M r . Grr.ham P s l e ~ w i l l g lvs u s a commentary on the coins ,

a d i t o r ---- Lloyd T o Smith

NIAGAFiA FALLS C O I N CL-@ - June 3-9th was the l a s t meetinn before t h e

Summer holidays, M r . & Mrs. ~ & t had some in te res t ingWgood coins t o show from t h e i r t r i p t o England, The gues t speaker was M r O Francis S o P e t r i e who i s the local- I-listorian, Ilis t a l k w i l l be ltCoins ref lec-6 much h i s t o r y n , Did you know t h a t Wildcat Money got i t f s name from t h e i ssuance of c e r t i f i c a t e s of l e g a l tender as a bounty f o r k i l l i n g off ~ m l v e s , p a n t h e ~ s and wi ldca t s i n Missouri i n 1816, La te r t h e term w i l d c a t w a s used t o desc r ibe no tes of quest ionable banks, Wildcat bmk- ing ended i n 1866, ?lX)BLPKS were n o t e s of banks organized under tl.2.e f r e e banking a c t of 1838, Enjoy your vacat ions bu t please d r i v e ca re fu l ly , I:Je want you back i n t h s Fa.11 i n B r i l l i a n t Uncirculated Condition. R:.nc;-.hr. -% every o t h ~ r driaer- on the ro2.d or highway i s a n accident i3ok- ing f o r a place t o happen, so give them a l o t ~ o o n and d o n ' t become a s t a t i s t i c ,

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CSHAWA C O I N CLUB - The f i n d plans have been made i n regards t o t h e

club s F a l l coin show wj.kh displ-ays t o be :ic~:.;d i n 14 d i f f e r e n t sec t ions i n the huge event , bz hzla Ln t h e Genosha Hotel, Oshawa on Nova 2,1968. The club w i l l r e c e s s fox- the summer months, and resume meetings again i n September,

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RICHb'IOND HILIE C O I N CCTJrn - ..---- M a n event of the l a s t meeting w a s a Canadian

Coin Quiz, cons is t ing of -I-zenty quest ions t n a t could 6e answered from J, Eo Charl tonf s Standard Ca2;a,logue f o r 1968, Ricky Morse conducted t h e quiz wi th a l l t h e mernbws, inc luding t h e Evecutive and d e a l e r s joining i n t h e fun, and th ree p r i z e s donated by Ricky f o r t h e b e s t answers over 6 5 out of a poss ib le 100 po in t s , The Sepjzember meeting should f i n d the club i n i t s new q u a t e r s i n the Lions H a l l Community Centre, on t h e frhird Tuesday of the month,

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The Club' s 100th meeting was held on June 3 6 t h w i t h 9 1 members and 22 gues ts i n attendance. ~ h 6 s e present were re-) minded of the Annual Coin Show and Banquet, t o be held on October i g t h , 1968 i n Welland Ave. United Church Par i sh H a l l . John Pitman w i l l be t h e gues t speaker and thce.e' w i l l be t e n ca tegor ies , one j u s t f o r d e a l e r s , The p a s t pres idents of t h e club were presented wi th a s i l v e r d o l l a ~ i n a cube designat ing t h e year he was P r e ~ i d e n t ~ P r e s i d e n t Bet ty Lou Bell..o;.ss presented Vic Sne l l wi th h i s cube, He was p res iden t i n 1958- 59-60 ZQU again i n 1964, Vic i s a t present Edi tor of the C O N o A. B u l l e t i n and. Pres ident of t h e C o N . A o D r . E a r l Hunt presented Cy Di l l011 w i th h i s cube, Cy w a s Pres ident i n 1961and i s cur ren t ly e d i t o r of the club bullet:-11, Bob Prince, Pres ident i n 1962-3 was given h i s cube by Rose T h o m p s o ~ ~ Following Bob as Pres ident was Bob Cassidy i n 1965 and Fred Barley g?.-fe Bob h i s cube, Bernard ltCookiell Cook Pres ident i n 1966 was presented wi th h i s cube by f i r s t vice-president Pat Lambert,Betty Lou Bellows gave Lloyd Dorsey, our p res iden t i n 1967 h i s cube. Al l were p leasan t ly su rp r i sed as t h i s had been kept a s e c r e t , The members and gues ts we?:s wined dined - wel l , dined anyway, on sandwiches and cake along wi th t h e usual coffee and cold dr inks. Everybody sure seeined t o enjoy thsm- s e l v e s the way t h e Ygrub4L disappeared, A good time was had by all. It c e r t a i n l y was n i c e t o see all t h e old f a c e s again.

Editor-----Re Voaden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O O D O O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 2 , i o . * .

TORONTO C O I N CLUB We were all saddened by t h e dea th on May 22nd of Barnilton

Ao Craig, the Honourary Pres ident of t h e Toronto Coin Club and D r o Wilkinson moved t h a t t h e Toronto Coin Club consider t h e e s tabl ishmsnt ,

- a t a l a t e r da te , of a I'lMLTON. A.CRAIG MEMORIAL FUND, t o be p r e s e n t d annually t o a Canadian w r i t i n g a numismatic a r t i c l e published i n thz Canadian Numismatic Journal . Cale J a r v i s announced t h a t t h e f i r s t all- n i c k e l d o l l a r of Canada was s t ruck by t h e Royal Canadian Mint on M?.y 23rd. The Pres ident announced t h a t a de legate t o the CoN.Ao Convention ir Calgary wo~CLd be appointed. M r . Willeg had an extens ive d i sp lay 0%'

s i l v e r medals a t t h e meeting, one of which was a Wyon medal of Quse:~? V i c t o r i a , He s t a t e d t h a t t h e engraver, Heath, who was the designer of t h e famous very r a r e halE-penny black stamp, worked from a sketch oP t h i s medal. The p o r t r a i t t h a t was of the diademed head of Queen V i c t o r i a , which appreared on c o l o n i a l coinage, inc luding t h e Canadian 50- cent piece , Editor --- Winifred Matk;r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 0 0 0

W OODST OCIC C O I N CLUB Many of our members kept reques t ing a meeting i n

which they could have a g rea te r opportuni ty of exchanging coins wi th fe l low club members and the June meeting gave them t h i s opportuni tyo We wish t o thank a l l our menbera f o r t h e i r keen p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n our Dutch Auction l a s t month r a i s i n g a t o t a l of $35.00 f o r the Rotary Crippled Children. It was a l so a p leasure t o r ece ive t h e words of a r e a l dedicated nunismat is t i n the person of Walter Griggs of Brantford. We a l so apprec ia te his ac t ion i n s t a r t i n g a l i b r a r y fund f o r our co in c l u b , We express apprec ia t ion t o M r , Stan Gregory f o r h i s e f f o r t s i n making 7:rhat we have ava i l ab le a t each meeting. Full use of what we have i s n o t r_gw being f u l l y i t i l i z e d so perhaps more members w i l l t r y t o use our l l . ; l i a ~ y . Any donations t o our new l i b r a r y fund a re welcomed, See you i n th? F a l l .

Your Edi tor

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SIAMESE PORCELAIN TOKENS USED FOR GAMBLING I N LIEU OF COINS By Nathan N. E g l i t - World Coins, ~ e p t . / 6 4 .

The porce la in p ieces t h a t , f o r the f i r s t time i n numismatic ceramics ac tua l ly bore designes with s e t values and symbols of an i s s u i n g ah thor i ty a re the Siamese tokens. These tokens were c a l l e d "Pee" or l lP i f l . Quiggin s t a t e s t h a t .!!In 1744 Siamese h i s t o r y records a short- age of cowries, and s m a l l r ed clay s e a l s ca l l ed prokab were stamped wi th var ious designs and i ssued as substitute^.^^ The majo r i ty of these pieces were i ssued by companies and t r a d e r s i n Bangkok and were i ssued i n denominations of one f o u r t h t o one a ik tygf o - d t h ..dfsa %f cal .

The values appeared on the r eve r ses and a re genera l ly insc r ibed i n blue. They were l e g a l l $ accepted i n c i r c u l a t i o n u n t i l they were declared i l l e g a l by decree i n 1871.

LeMay s t a t e s t h a t they were used almost exc lus ive ly i n the gambl- i n g houses as s m a l l change and then goes on t o quote another source which s t a t e d t h a t : "These counters , being used under a u t h o r i t y granted i n t h e gambling l i c e n s e o r concession, r a p i d l y became a f avour i te medium of exchange and were found t o f i l l a l o n g - f e l t want of small money so w e l l t h a t the c i r c u l a t i o n went much beyond i t s l e g a l sphere.

llSuch a f a c i l e f i e l d f o r fo re igners was n o t long t o be l e f t unex- plored by the e n t e r p r i s i n g c e l e s t i a l , Gradually a l a r g e quan t i ty of i m i t a t i o n s was thrown i n t o c i r c u l a t i o n and i n self-defence t h e gambling llhongsll were compblled t o c a l l i n and exchange f o r money t h e i r cour ters , which they cont inual ly s u b s t i t u t e d by new ones of var ied co lo r s and shapes. I n t h i s way o r ig ina ted $he r e a t v a r i e t y of counters cons is t ing , B as far as I can a s c e r t a i n 9 of about 90 d i f f e r e n t kindsI1.

LeMay f u r t h e r s t a t e s t h a t " these Pee a re s t i l l t o be found i n l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s i n Bangkok, i n t h e s tal ls of the pawnshops i n the Sampeng quar t e r ; and a t one time c e r t a i n e n t h u s i a s t s used t o endeavour t o make complete c o l l e c t i o n s of them t o the number of about 2,000 sets.It

The l a r g e c i r c u l a t i o n of these convenient tokens made them acceptable t o the merchants of the d i s t r i c t s ince they were redeemable very e a s i l y by the gambling houses where issued. However, t o c u r t a i l coun te r fe i t ing p r a c t i c e s these tokens were c a l l e d i n ak t h e f i r s t of each year , and a f t e r a two-week period of grace were no longer redeemable as new tokens were issued. Since many of the tokens were never redeemed because tliey were kep t as souvenirs or a s c o l l e c t o r l s i tems, or e l s e v e r e broken or l o s t , t h e gambling houses o f t e n i ssued more than they needed i n t h e "qrdinary co6-rsc- of business. ~ h u s they developed another gimmick t o add t o t h e i r gambling p r o f i t s .

The Tokens were made by the Chinese porce la in producers, who i n t h e i r in imi tab le f a sh ion crea ted a g r e a t v a r i e t y of designs and shapes f o r t h i s purpose. They took the shapes of f i s h , b u t t e r f l i e s and b i r d s ; and were oval and rec tangu la r ; had se r ra ted and scal loped edges; and came i n many other shapes and d i f f e r e n t s i z e s . They were made of t h e famous white Chinese porce la in , and were insc r ibed with var ied colored designs. On one s i d e would appTear the name of the gaming house and on t h e other the denomination. The s c r i p t was Chinese bu t a few a re known wi th English words,

I1A b ig thank you t o the London Numismatic Society and Lloyd Smith Edi tor .

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PROPOSED C O I N SHOdS

To he lp clubs decide upon a coin show da te t h a t w i l l n o t c o n f l i c t wi th another club i n i t s a r e a we a re l i s t i n g proposed show dates . I f a show has been previously confirmed f o r the same d a t e p lease contac t t h e l i s t e d c lub(s) w i t h i n seven days so they may know how t o proceed wi th t h e i r plans. J u l y H5-16-17 - Canadian Numismatic Association Annual Convention at

Calgary, Alberta. Come and see t h e stampede a t t h e same time.

Sept. 14 - London Numismatic Socie ty 1 7 t h Annual Banquet, Auction axd Exhibi t , Hotel London, London, 0nt.Guest speaker--*, Fred C. Jewett . Bourse Chairman - Percy E lg ie , Thamesford, Ont, Display Chairman-L.M. Smith, 691 S t r athmeyer St . , Londcn; Information-\J.N.Cla~ke, 167 Delaware S t , , London.

Oct. 5 & 6 -0. N. A. ConventionHost Club-Kitchener Coin Club a t t h e Grani te Club, a t c h e n e r , Qnt. Please hooto- t h e bourse t a b l e s a re going fas t - d o n ' t w a i t t o o long, g e t i n on the $10.00 savings d e a l ( ~ u g , 1s t i s t h e deadl ine and t h e $5.00 savings i s the 1s t of ~ep tember ) - a f t e r t h i s you pay t h e f u l l price--See you a t t h e show,

Oct. 6 - Bluewater I n t e r n a t i o n a l Annual Coin Show and Banquet, ic. a s soc ia t ion wi th S m n i a Numismatic Socie ty ,

Oct, 1 2 - Bay of Quinte Numismatic Association llCoin-Aramall, i n ti.23 Pinnacle Roomt1 of the Hotel Quinte--10. a.m. t o 10. porn, Bour se--Competitve displays--Auction. Information - Bay of Quinte ~Tumismatic Assockation, Po 0. Box 125, B e l l e v i l l e , Ontario.

Oct, 1 - St , Cathar ines Coin Club Annual Coin Show and Banquet i n Welland Ave. Pa r i sh H a l l , Welland Ave,, S t , Catliarines, Ont,

Oct. 27 - Til lsonburg Numismatic Society Annual Coin Show a t t h e Orange H d l , Brock S t r e e t , Til lsonburg, Ontario.

Nov. 2 - Oshawa Coiih Club Annual Banquet - Displays, etc.-- More d e t a i l s l a t e r .

Nov. 16 - Hamilton Coin Club proposed Show and Auction.

Nov. 16-17- Windsor Coin Club Annual Show at North Palmer. Enquir ies r e Exh ib i t s , e t c , , t o Guy Jarnieson, 3199 Dominion Blvd,, Windsor, Ontario.

_1969 Mar. 22 - St , Thomas Numismatic Association S ix th Annual Coin Show

and Banquet a t t h e Grace United Church, St. Thornas? Ontario. Mar. 29 - Waterloo Coin Socie ty Annual. Banquet and Coin Show-

d e t a i l s l a t e r .

Oct. 4-5- Kitchener Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet. We w i l l have full d e t a i l s l a t e r .

Be sure t o send i n the proposed or confirmed d a t e s of your c lubsT Banquets and Coin Shows e a r l y so we can l i s t them on t h i s page, then we w i l l n o t have c o n f l i c t i n g shows,

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'!This Nl Thatff They showed a photograph t o a s m a l l ch i ld and asked him what he saw. '!It's a p l a t e of spaghet t i , I1 he r e p l i e d . Actually it was an a e r i a l view of a bathing beach on a hol iday week-end. The U.S. has 3, 00 mi les of coas t l ine , bu t one day t h e r e '11 be no rooB f o r you on t h e geach. Golfers l i n e up before d a y l i g h t t o t e e o f f a t noon. Campers d r i v e up t o see I1Sorry - Camp Fullrr Boaters a re now pu t t ing q u a r t e r s i n parking meters. The wide open spaces are under siege. Shor ter working hours Lnd more income mean more people are looking f o r more space t o play. But itr s being gobbled up f a s t f o r homes, f a c t o r i e s and highways,

Of t h e publ ic a reas designated f o r outdoor r e c r e a t i o n , only i s . i n t h e nor theas te rn Uo S. which has 25% of our people. A k n o w h g m& s a i d , I1Recreation i s n o t a luxury; it i s e s s e n t i a l t o l i f e . " I f you want a place t o play, you'd b e t t e r go t o work. This i s happening i n t h e United S ta tes . Could it happen

17Courtesy of t h e Royal Canadian Legion, Brench. # E e ?

, I l e a v e you wi th a s h o r t quota t ion from I b i d -- "I f you are g r a t e f u l f o r anything on any p a r t i c u l a r day, by t h e time you wake up next morning, i t ' s probably been taken away,"

So long till August Ye Edi tor

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Sa t r day , C") c t 5 ONTARIO NmIsmTIc AssocIATIo SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION -

S U n d a )/ , 0 c t. 6 HOST CLUB - KITCHENER C O I N CLUB

GRANITE CLUB, 69 AGNES STREET, KITCHENER, ONTARIO

CHECK THESE EVENTS AND YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO ATTEND: ------ ::: G r e a t e s t show i n Onta r io =:< E x c e l l e n t Hotel and Motel Accommodation

:k Large Bourse Area, w i t h 20 t o 40 Dealers

:# Acres of F ree t a r k i n g

:: O.N.A. General Meeting

:: Two Big Auctions

Show i s nea r t o downtown shopping

:$ Banquet - Awards - Guest Speaker

:$ Competi t ive Disp lays

::c Bus Tour

::: Ladies A c t i v i t i e s

TWO EXCITING DAYS TO WAm THE HEART OF ANY NUMISTPiATIST!

Wil l we see YOU there?