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/-- OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ONTARIO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDED 1962 WATERLOO, ONTARlO

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1971 - 1973 0. N. A. OFFICERS

Past Presidmts R. R. REICOFS~ (1962-65) L. T. SWITE (1965-67) W. ENGLISH (1967-69) D. FLICK (1969-71)

President CHAS. B. LAISTER

First Vice-President W . E . PAT LAMBERT

Secosd Vice-Presa'dmt KEN PROPBET

Secretary TED TURANSKI

Z'rdasww and Mem bws& BRUCE H, K A S Z M A ~

M ~ i l i n g Addres~ Box 33, Waterloo, Ontario

DIRECTORS Area 1 Howard Whitfield

- -?I Area 2 M o l Fiske . Area 3 J. Edward Stahley Area 4 Jack Craig Area 5 Wm. R. Gage Area 6 Jack C. Dietrich

Frank Lleshout Area 7 Charles Miller Area 8 Paul L. Sullivan Area 9 John McKay-Ctement~ Area 10 Elliott Jephsm Historiafi

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n Rorclen, Ont. Editor W. E. PAT LAMBERT 51 Emmett Road St. Catharines, Ont.

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Volume 11 April 1972 Page 33.

OUR 10th ATWJAL CONVENTION Here we are, the tenth p a r t of a century

behind us, all s e t f o r another convention in the Convention City o f Niagara Fallst scene of one of the many wonders of the world, md, as is so often emphasized - The Honeymoon CapftdL of the World - a place f o r Sun and &so a place fo r serious business.

5 think we should give serious thought to where we are headed. We have changed considerably since the fowlding convention a t Waterloo in 1962 -- noticeably in our efforts t o promote the hobby by means o f sepvice to our members (who, incidentally, now number over 300) by way of the Audio- Visual, the Disp lay Case service to member clubs, the Spe &ex s C L r cui t, the Judging ser- Yilce to club shows, t he O.N.A, Library, the Bulletin - to say nothing of our s e r ~ c e s used in s e t t l i n g disputes, e t c ,

This is good. But is t h i s enough? Could we not be looking further ahead and, as the younger g e m ~ a t i o n say "Get With It1', By t h i s I mew t o open our minds, do more to bring our juniors in to the clubs -- give them more of a challenge by asking them what they want in the clubs -- do the things tha t will In teres t them, lLke providing mental

lines of tlHow can we Coin Collecting?" or

s a y it - 5 s it necess-

us ca l l thjs, not but the "Challenging . l 1 Come to Ni ag a~ a F a l l s and add to the above,

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S(]ME NOTES ON Tm COINAGE OF Ef l ITISK ~ ~ I A I

~illia N, Clmlce, London Numismatic Society. 1 he coinage of India .can best be didldea i n t o four main categoy- I - ies :- T h e Native Coinage, 'Coinage of the E a s t India Co., Imperial I

Coinage and the Coinage of the Republic of India. To thf 4 list may I

be added the coinages of the Dutch, French and Portugese settlements I

i n Indla, Tkis paper deals w i t h the coinage of The East India G o m p w and

the Imper ia l Coinage t o 1901. The first established t r a d i n g company received its charter i n 1600 from Elizabeth 1 Inder the t i t l e !'The Governor and Company of Merchants of London t rading t o the East Indies* This Company traded throughout the whole East Indies but by 1624 was forced o u t of the islands by the Dutch trading companies and establi- shed i tself on mainland India. During the Civil W a r per iod (1649 - 1660), in England, the protec t ion of fered by the Charter was lost and notice was given by the East India Company that they would withdraw from Indian trade, T h i s resulted in a new charter being g ~ a n t e d by Cromwell i n 1657, wklch guaranteed the r igh t s of t h e company under the o r ig ina l charter of 1600.

A fur ther blow to the Me~char"; of London carne in 1698, when William 111 gran ted a duplicate trade monopoly t o the "English Compwy Trading t o the East LndS_es".

The resu l t ing rivalry could, of course, have only one reasonable solution and in 1702, a provisional agreement was reached followed by union of the two companies i n 1709, The United East India Company followed a course of complete c o n t ~ o l over Indian affairs, From the B d t l e of Plassey 1757, and Buxor 1763) the Company controlled a l l - finances and revenues as well as j u d i c ~ d powers over the Bengal Behar and Orissa d i s t r i c t s , the most populous and richest i n ~ n d l a . By t h i s time, the Company a l s o had i t s own army and na and wielded 3 tremendous power unt i l t h e Indian Mutiny of 1 3 7 . In 1 58, when peace was r e s t o r e d , the East India Company ceased t o exist and all i t s powers were surrendered t o the Crown, The country remained a Crown colony until l f '77 when V i c t o r i a was proc ldmed Ehpress of India.

The f i r s t coinage of t h i s per iod was struck in 1600-01 a s e t of four co ins valued at 1 d o l l a r , 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 d o l l a r s . h e s e 'tPo~tcullis Moneyti named f o r the design on the reverse were to be struck from s i lver t o the value of' ,€6000 per voyage by the Campany and were a l s o to compete wi th the Spanish Dol lar as a trade piece, How- ever, the coins were not well received and the Company was able t o avoid its o b l i g a t i o n t o coin f l z r t h e ~ issues of these pieces,

The next a t tempt t o coin money f o r trade was made in 1671 f o r the Bombay d i s t r i c t . This and succeeding issues were we11 received and the Company cont imed to s t r ike coins for u s e in India. ******** ******** ******** * * * * * S F * * ******** TEE ONTIIhRIO NUmISMATIST IS PUBLISHED MONTmY BY THE ONTARLO NUMISMATIC ASSOCIA'IIION, The publ ica t ion may be obtained with membership in one of the f oLlowing categories :- Life Member ships - $53, Regma Member- ship - 83. yearly, Juniors - $2. year ly , (up t o 18 years of age), Husband and Wife - $5, yearly, (one journal), Club - $10. yearly.

,--. Special 0. N. A. Ster l ing S i l ve r Lapel Pins (Screw back or p i n back) only $2,50, Remittances are payable to the Ontmia Numismatic Association9 P.0, Box 33, WatePloo, Ontario,

Page 33 ~ m i n g the l a t e 1700 1 s, the great coinel Matthew B o a t 0% along I James Watt, harnessed steam power to t h e i r coining Presses at

/---- Birmingham. with us mint in fli~l operation B o a t o n was able to complete an prder f o r 100 tons of copper coins f o r the West India I

Company, Bengal d i s t r i c t . I

Further issues of the Company for the Bombw Presidency 1794-1833 9

Bengal P~esidency l.791-1853 and the Madras Presidency from 1758-1835 fur ther i l lustrat6s the powers held by the East India Company.

The f i r s t actual coinage f o r all India was issued in 1835. T h i s handsome issue has the bare head of Ung W i l l i a m IV on the obverse, while the reverse legend includes the words East India Company - date and value. T h i s issue stands out as an interesting exmple of the conibination of public administration and p r iva t e enterprise. All coins

A of this reign and issue are dated 1835~ although they were struck u n t i l 1840. The next issue, perhaps better described as a double issue is tha t of Queen V i c t o r i a dated 1840/41.

The first of these two coinages was the work of the native on- graver Kasinath Dass. This type i s known as the continuous legend type as the legend l 'Victor la Queen" continues across the t o p of the coin on the obverse.

It was not until 1849 t h a t d ies were received from &gland pre- pared by W i l l i a m Wyon, chief engraver at the Royal Mint with the t ype two or divided legend coins -- a l l dated 1840. This issue a l s o includes some major varieties of irnportance:

On the type 1 issues of the Madras Writ, the letter USt appears '--. on the truncation. This is the InLtial of the mint roaster Major J,T,

Smith who was master d w i n g the complete ooinage of t h i s series, 1 8 ~ / & 1 t o 1850/51, a l l dated 1840/41. (Note - the silver ru ees, hal f rupees and quarter rupee pieces were f i r s t issued in 18L and the quarter rupee or t w o m a piece was added t o the series i n 18413.

The 1835 coinage of W i l l i a m IV struck at t h e C a l c u k t a Mint has the i n i t i a l s R , S , and F, on the Truncation, These a re the in i tLals of Rober t Saunders, mint master from 1826 t o 1836 and Captain, later Lt. Col. W i l l i a m Nairn Forbes R.E., master from 1836 t o 1855.

The type two 1840 issue has the i n i t i a l s W,W, on the truncation, the i n i t i a l s of W i l l i a m Wyon of the Royal Mint, However, the coins s t ruck a t the Madras Mint have the i n i t i d s W.W. and I S ' and W.W. and '33' for Major J. T. Smith and his successor Major J. H. B e l l ,

No new issues were struck until 1862, by which time the 1840 dated coins had Tun into several millions of pieces.

FoZZowing the closure of the East I n d i a Company in 1858 and under the Gothic revival in coin design in England, it was decided to strike a complctel. new issue f o r India, Patterns for the new coinage were % s t ruck in 1 1 and wi th l i t t l e change, the regular issue was struck dated 1862, Tlhc legend O n t h i s issue reads simply Victoria Queen. In 1862, the three former E a s t I n d i a Co. Mnts at Bombays Calcu t ta and Madras were s t i l l in operation and were put into sewice to strike the new coins. The complete issue consis ts of: Gold, L Mohur, 10 rupees and 5 rupees; Si lve r , one, h d f and quates rupees and two anna;

T-, Copper, half and quarter m a s , hal f pice and onemWt;welf-t;h m a s , The Madras Mint was closed in 1867 afte~ striking more than 25

million pteces. Although t h i s number is quite impressive, it does not compme with t h e total number af 1E62 coins struck at Bombay and

P x e 24 CdLcutta, being about 408 and 270 mil l ion rupees respectively. T h i s - issue was struck with the 1862 d a t e until 1874, when the date was changed.

In 1y77, the t i t l e Empress of India was bestowed upon Victor ia , mainly at the insistence of the colourfvl statesman Benj amin Disr aeli, a service for which, as well as other p o l i t i c a l feats such as the Suez C a n d purchase he was created Earl of Boaconsfield. T h i s issue is i d e n t i c a l ?o the 1862-74 issue except tha t the obvorse legend now reads V i c t o r i a Emp~ess. T h i s des ign was t he l a s t of the reign zsnd was issued u n t i l the death of Queen Victor ia in 1901, On collecting Indian coins. 1. I believe 5% would be advisable to col lect by type only* 2. Indian coins a re not general ly scarce, par t icu la r ly in the poorer

conditions . 3. It wou ld be advisable t o obtain the best specimens possible. I

have Found t h a t the coins of India include some of the nost beaut i ful ly de sianed and executed coins ava i l able to-day . -

4. Even though there were very l a r g e quantities of coins made, it is difficult t o obtain specimens, pa r t i cu l a r ly in the minor copper issues, in very fine t o uncirculated condition. As most of the series was struck in India, very few specimens were put aside by o f f i c i a l s o r government personnel, nearly a l l were re- leased for circula t ion.

YE ED'S NOTE - Om thanks again to Mr. W i l l i a m Clarke f o r a very i n t e ~ e s t i n g a r t i c l e . MY, Clarke contributes regu la r ly to these pages and we a re very grateful t o him f o r these excellent ar t ic les , T hanlcs, B i l l , ******** ******** ******** ******** ******+*

of Interes t ing information- The earl iest incidents of exchange barter took place between tr ibes rather than individuals, Sea Tortoise Shel ls , among t he most valuable of ancient Chinese monies, were available only i n Cochin, China and Annan. B a n d s tribesnen of the Congo carry the shel ls they u s e for cmrency in a c i r c u l a f"pursew made from reods, HAMILTON C O I N CLUB

The l a s t meeting featured a s l i d e show of Austral- - i a n coins e o n the C , X , A . l ib rary . Also J.A, Peddie, F.R.N,S, gave an interest ing t a l k and d i s p l a y on Scot t i sh Bank Notes. Also me O.N.A, President, Chas, B, Laister, spoke b r i e f l y on the present and future a c t i v i t i e s of the Association, HlJRONIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCZA~ION

At the l a s t met ing Bill Cage gave an interesting Glimpse at Cape B ~ e t o n , History is where you f ind it and no place is more steeped in his tory than the I s l and of Cape 'Breton, P. It i s an o l d is1,md da t ing back m a n y years when life centered around. the Fort at Louisbwg, It was t o this is land tha t a young man sajled to from Jersey in the Ch,mel Islands. John Robin arrived on Cape Breton and se t t led at kicha-t; in 1764 and t h e m established his fishing and gene ra merchandise firm, Two years Inter U s brather, Charles

Pwe 35 arrived at Arichat. The patent to t h e i r land i s dated 1787. Soon the fIrn proy~ered and they began t o branch out, f i rs t to Cheticaop and thcn to Gaspe. The firm s t i l l stands today mute testimony to the hard work and planning of these brothers whose fores ight in thei l and helped t o shape the future of t he Island. In passing, this firm handled money from every point of the compass whether it be Spanish doubloons, English copper and silver or West Indian dollars. LONDON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY

A t the l as t meeting the speaker was Tom '

Masters who gave a. t a l k on Phi l ade lph ia and the Liberty Bel l on U.S. coins ~ 5 t h a d i s p l a y and sl ides. Brochures from the Wellings Mint were a l s o displayed: NIAGARA FALLS C O I N CLUB

At the l a s t meeting the s l ides on the Cana- dim f ive cent s i l v e r series nera shown by-pat Lambert, and were enjoyed by dl. A lively auction concluded the meting. ORILLJA CEIAMPLAIN C O I N CLUB

At the l a s t meeting plans went forward f o r the b:',g Coin, Stamp and Antique show coming up and it was sta ted tha t some tables were already sold. Mr. Elwood MccJlaughlin showed slides ent l t led ltClose Ups of Wild FlowersT~ which were much enjoyed.

STRATFOFUI C O I N CLUB The executive fo r the next two years are as

follows:-Pres. - Ken Wimot, Vice-Pres.-John P a r t r i d g o , Sec.-Ted Thorup, - Tress.-Jim Ellison,Editors-Gerri and Bryan Njlscon. A l l the best to these- people i n thh future of the club. SARKCA C O I N CLUB

Thc s p e c i a l guest at the Last meetLng was AZ, Berniston .Prom Chathm. The program committee f o r 1972 are:- && Robertson, J i m Anderson and Ger t~ude S c o t t . hrangenents are being made f o r %he Banquet on May 3rd. +ST. CATHARINE$ COIN CLUB

The last meeting was held on Sunday March 20th wi th 67 members and 7 guests present. Due t o the unfor~unate cancellation of a v i s i t by Don Thomas it was necessmy to re-arrange the program which was ably f i l l e d by an interesting t a l k on "Campdgn MedzlJ-~~~ by Vic tor Po t t ep who is an enthusiastic club me~ber , Victor SnelZ gave a brief outline of the forthcoMng C.N.A. Show in August and Pat Lambert gave f i n a l de ta i l s on the O,N,A, Convention Zn N i a g s a F a l l s . A lively auction by Lloyd Dorsey and Goupany closed the mceting, THISTLETOWN C O I N CLUB

Are e i ~ h t years t h i s year and me celebrating th i s happy event, ~nte res t i f ig t -dks were given a t the last meeting by S t a n Ella on '~Counterfei'cingf~ and Howmd DeGeer c m e UP with some in t r igu ing facts concerning h i s fami ly tree and the connection with medals issued i n comernor ation of the f9rst landed p l l g r i m s to North h e r i c a ,

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'ID mQ! ~n many i n s t a o e s the names of coins were or ig ina l ly the names of weights, or were derived d i r e c t l y from the names of weights, . such as the talent, c r i g i n d l y a Babylonian weight ,

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PROPOSED COIN SHmS,

L i s t e d below are the proposed coin club annual show dates and banquets. I

Please check t o see if any of these daCes will conf l i c t with y o u club k propposed dates. A p r i l 8 - Thistletown Coin Club m u d . show and bourse in the fibion

H a l l , eas t end rotunda, 11.00 a.m. to 8.00 P.m. Details re bourse, etc., to Norm Bolsten, 37 Neanes Crescent, Downsview, Ontario,

April 8 - Woodstock Cpin Club klrlud Show In Old St. P a ' s P a i s h H a l l , Dundas St., with banquet at 6.30 p.m. Information Te bourse - P.0, Box 631 Woodstock and re di sp lay - Bert Cmter,P.O. Box 159, lnnerkip, Ontario.

A p r i l 16 -Kent Club 4 th Annual Show at t h o Holiday Inn, m g h w ~ 2 and Keil Road, Chatham, kt. 10.00 &m. to 6.00 Detai ls re bourse, etc. to Jack Sands, 14 Gregory Dr.East, Chathan.

Apr. 22- O.N.A. 10th Annu,fl Convention at Sheraton Brock Hotel, 23 Niaeara F a l l s . Details r e bourse, e t c . to Chairman - Me1

Fiske, 7795 Beaverdams Rd., Niagara F a l l s , or Howard X11, 1 Hves St., St,. Catharines. Acconnodations - Mrs. Marg@ Smith, 5138 Willmot St., Niagara F d l s , Ont.

~ a y 3 - S a n i a Nunismatic Society hmal Banquet in Paterson Menor- i d H a l l , Russell St., S a n i a . No fur ther detzdls available.

May 13 - St. Thomas Annual Coin Show md Banquet in Grace United Church Auditorium, D e t a i l s re bourse, e t c , to St. Thomas Ntmisnatic Association, P.O. Box 187, St. Thomas, Ontario.

Ma 13 - OriZlia Champlain Coin Club Annual Show In the Orange H a l l , Mississaga St. West, Orill ia, Details re bourse, otc, t o Hamy Booth? 270 Nottawascrga St., O r i Z Z i a .

M a y 27 - Peterborough Numismatic Society Annual Coin Show at the Orange H a l t 184 Bxack St., Peterborough, h t a r i o . Details r c bourse and d i s p l a y s t o lh. Paul Johnson, 375 Rogers S t , , Peterborough, Ontario.

June b - Welland Coin Club Coin Show from 1.00 p.m. t o 6.00 p.m, Details next bulletin.

June 12 -Stratford Coin Club Dinner Meetjng with Guest speaker, Details l a t e r ,

Aug, 5-6- Joint C,N,A.-C,P.M.S. Convention at tho Hol iday Inn, Civic Square, Toronto, OntarLo, Details re bourse to Jack Veffler, P. 0. Box 7, Stat ion "Sit., Toronto, General Chairmar - Victor Snell, P,O. Box 2186, Station "Dlt . , St, Catharlnes.

Oct. 1 - Kitchcner Coin Club Arulujl. Show at the Hol iday Inn Fairway Road ICitchener. Details re bourse, etc., to Ted !Curonski, 111 Lancaster St. 2 , ICitchener, Ontario.

Oct, 21 - St, Catharines Coin Club Annual Show and Banquet Sn West- minster United Church Parish Hall9 Queenston St,, St, Catharines. Details l a te r .

Oct, 21 - S a n k Bluewater IntcrnationdL Coin Show a t The V i l l L a g e , 7% N o Christine St., Sarnia. Detjl ls r e bourse t o Norm.. Scott, Box 89, Corunna, Exhibits - Robert Sargent, 1212 Bancock St,, Port Hwon, Mich, and General Chairman Lo C a r 3 Williamson, 931. Greendale St. Sarnia, Ont.

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Oct. 22 - Strat ford Coin Club Annual Show and Auction with e ight (7 bourse dealers land a 100 l o t auction, Detafls r e the

above to S t r a t f o r d Coin Club, P. 0. Box 262, Stratford, ht. Oct. 29 - Tillsonburg Nunisnatic Society Annual Coin and h t i g u e

Show in the Or a g e H a l l , Brock Street , Til ls~nQWg, Ont= Details re bourse t o Chas, B. L a i s t ~ r , No* 3 a g h w a ~ , Tillsonburg, Gsner d Chairman - George Re~naer t , 41 Park Avenue, Delhi.

JULY 15-16- C i t y of O t t a w a Coin Club bth Annud Show in the Chateau Laurier Hotel. D e t d l s re bourse, d i s p l ~ s , etc, t o P. 0. Box 6094, Station "J", O t t a w a K2A IT2.

******** ******** **sgc***** ******** ******** TIi@ CANADIAN FIVE CENT PIECE - 1943

By Lloyd T, Smith. The "VV Victory reverse design on the reverse of tho 1343 f i v e

cent piece was int~oduced w i t h , t h e a i m of mr'chering the w a effor t , They were made of To~.~bac (88% copper, 12% zinc) m d were twelve. sided as were the 1942 tor;lbac f i v e cent coins,

The obverse is the sme as thc 1942 issue, except t h a t rim dent ic les were added. The torch V on the reverse synbolizc sac* r i f l c e and v ic to ry , Instead of r i ~ den'ticles l i k e the obverse, a dot-dash pattern forms the inner rim, The dot-dash pattern forms the Lnternatiorral Code message, "WE W I N WmN WE WaRK WILLINGLY,tQtarting

-, below tho llN1l in CENTS, The designer was the Royal Canadian Mlnt s chief engraver, Thomas Shingles (TS at . t i g h t of tth t o r c h ) , who c u t the master matrix ent i re ly by hand -- a f ea t few present-day engrav- ers can ~ccomplish,

Th i s issue nay be considered a t r ibu te Lo Samuel B, Morse, the inventor of the Morsc Code and t h o talegraph system (18433. The tombac f i v e cent of 1943 was issued ju s t 100 y e a s nftcr Mr. Sm~e l B, Morss was granted a patent on h i s invention. The message an the coins is in the Sntcrnat iond or Cont inentd Code though and not the Morse Code.

This i s d s p the f irst d i e made en t i re ly at the Roy& Canadian Mint I n Ottawa. It is interesting tha t the 12-sided pos i t ion differs from the E n g l i s h 12-sided threepence coins by a 15 degree turn. The tonbac alloy was replaced w i t h chroniunaplated steel i n 1944-45 because the copper and zinc were needod f o r the w m ef for t .

(Thmks t o t h e London Nmismatic Soc i e ty W l e t i n )

LATE C O I N NEWS NCsRTH YORlC C O I N CLUB -

The l a s t neot ing f catured the twclf th amiveraary o f the club and was h i g a i g h t e d by a d i s p l a y by Michael Zig l cx on banhnotes of the People s Republic of China and Fred Jewett s t a l k on the Fenian R a i d per iod i n Canadian h i s t o ry accompanieZl by Q, d i s p l a y of sevefal Br i t i sh "Fenian Raidlf service medals, and Mr, R. Strong gave

,? a very informative t a l k on the e a r l y Fkench regime and i t s effoc* on Canadian nutrjsmatics. It was a l s o announced that the bourse and show held recently was a great success,

m 1964, 72-25 per cent of coins produced I n Canada were cents.

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,- As a nation we have always been noted f o r our h o s p i t d i t y - - and I see no reason t o note any change in one of the nicer of o w t rzdi- t i o n a l tr,dts -- which b r i n g s ne t o the p o i n t of these musings -- Each year it a p p e a r s to g e t nore and more difficult t o f ind one of our clubs who is prepared t o give us a old-fashioned "InviteTt for next ye,* ! s Convention -- We ask executives and members to mull over these thoughts and see if you feel you are prepared to host the O.N.A, Convention in 1973 -- Then s i t down md surprise us 7 lqe m e w,aiting t o be s ~ p ~ i s c d a - All wo can p ~ o m i s e is t h a t you will have . l o t s of work, d e t a i l s g a l o r e , e tc . -- But in the f i n a l analys is -- The personal sa t i s fac t ion of seeing a successful show and even naking a few d o l l a r s i n t o tho b a r g d n -- Letts hem from you, huh? ? ******** ****+*** ******** ******** ********

rn MEMBERS Appl i ca t ions published in the March issuc of' t h e Ontario Nunismatist have now been accepted, A p p l i c a t i o n s f o r membership will be publf shed in the May issue of t h e Bullc t i n , ******** ********** ******EL** f ******* ****** THIS ' N THAT

As our 10th Convention draws nearer I was kind of cogi t - at ing on how many of the club delegates dl1 turn up to the ~elegates' Meeting -- a very irL1portant p a t of ,my convention -- p a t i c u Z a r l y when there m e so many itcrns which we should be discussing; f o r inst- ance - Why me so n m y club members apathetic when i t cones t o club - a c t i v i t i e s and work t o be done? One of the hwdest things is t o g e t w o r k ~ r s who w i l l do 'things f o r their club and tho hobby -- This L s o n l y of the pressing problems which should be discussed at our gencrcd meeting -- we should bc g e t t i n g to the itty g r i t t y on the b i g question of a Judging Systen which i s acceptable t o d1 clubs and dl exMbitors -- here ,?re 3QJJf2 problens which require ca r e fu l consldera- t i o n by om delegates and the rnernbcrship of t h e O.N.A. -- we t r u s t t h a t t h i s y c m w i l l see lots of dc lcgn tes w i t h p l en ty of h in ts t h a t dll. stirnuLatc t h i s yca r l s meeting and l ead to a b e t t e r Association who will be noted f o r bojng a pregressive one, will ing to l i s t o n t o those who cane t o give thc benefi t of t he i r experience f o r the better- ment of the i r hobby --Finally, I w a n t t o express the sincere thanks of the execut2ve of tha 0, N, A. to sorneonc who has worked hwd, and contributed m c h in a personal and a business capaci ty t o publicizing t h i s y c m r s convention, I mean t h ~ grand e f fo r t of Don Thomas, the publisher of Coin, Stmp m d Antique News, who has, t o say the least , done a t e r r i f i c job in pronoting t h i s Conv~ntion -- The hundreds of rcaders of his excelLcnt paper w i l l have no doubt as t o where, when and whzt is going t o hsppen on A p r i l 22nd-23 a t Niagara Falls; Don, I t r u s t you w i l l accept thses thoughts as our token of g ra t i tude f o r a swell job of promotion at i t s h ighes t l e v e l -- Looking f o r w a d t o seeing many of you f o l k s at the Convention, so long f o r now,

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