Notice of November Annual and General Meeting

The next meeting of the PEINA will take place at the library of Colonel Gray Senior High School, 175 Spring Park Road, on Monday, November 18, 2002. The meeting time remains unchanged, 7 p.m. for the early arrivals with our formal session starting at 7:30 p.m.!

On The Agenda

Thanks to the generous contribution of numismatic friend Harry Eisenhauer, we'll begin the meeting with an auction of some interesting items he has donated to the club, including an unusual radar note. These items were displayed at the October meeting; a list will be available at the November meeting, before the auction begins.

According to our constitution, we select a new executive for 2003 at the November meeting. You might want to bring along your copy of the constitution, to aid in our deliberations.

Also on our agenda: the spring 2003 APNA coin rally, which at the last meeting we decided, upon motion, to host here in P.E.I. Your busy executive has checked with Rodd's and while they report a very busy spring, a weekend in May is available and has been booked in our name. To the best of our knowledge, this weekend does not clash with other spring activities and events traditional to this time of year. Here we go again!

Our last venture of this nature was May 11-13, 2001, so it will be two years since the last time.

We must give thought to our weekend, and in particular, a subject for our medal, table prices, and the matter of an organized dinner and a speaker. We must also go further with the suggestion that we invite our philatelic colleagues to join us for the bourse, and the weekend.

Also, further to our discussion regarding a proposal from Earl Salterio, we should have some ANA publications to examine.

Finally, members are welcome to bring along items for sale, trade, or simply to be passed around and (we hope) identified.

At The Last Meeting

We had a most enjoyable evening watching the Discovery Channel video "Treasures of a Lost Voyage", about the wreck and recovery of the steamship Central America and in particular, its considerable cargo of gold coins and bars. Quite a thrilling adventure, and one which made quite a splash in the auction rooms a few years ago.

We also, as is mentioned elsewhere, voted to host the Spring 2003 APNA show and had a few pleasant moments looking over the items for next's month's auction. With a show next spring, we can certainly use the money which this auction will raise. Remember: bid early and bid often!

CNA Library Listing

Thanks to CNA Librarian and President, Geoff Bell, we have received a new listing of all the items in the CNA library. I will have this with me at the November meeting, in case any member is interested. This library, though small, has some wonderful material and is very useful when attempting to identify material or expand our knowledge of numismatics.

A.P.N.A. News

The special introductory membership fee of $5 is being offered for 2003 and is still open. This deal includes the lively and informative newsletter, The Atlantic Numismatist. The APNA membership form was included in the last PEINA newsletter. Send in your $5 before you forget.

Prince Edward Island Numismatic Association

c/o 10 Edinburgh Drive

Charlottetown, P.E.I.

C1A 3E8

(902) 566-5837

Member of the Canadian Numismatic Association

(# 12576) since 1976 and

the Atlantic Provinces Numismatic Association (# 64)

Club Executive 2002

President

Mark Holton

<holton@islandtelecom.com>

Vice President

Ralph Dickieson

Secretary

Harley Ings

Treasurer

Gloria Houston

Website

Gary Woodhouse

Club web site

www.angelfire.com/art/peina

This newsletter

...is published every month except July and August by the P.E.I. Numismatic Association.

.Annual General Meeting

As mentioned above, November marks the time when we have a change-over in the Executive. For 2002 we have had the 2001 folks still in place. Anyone interested in playing a role in the club is more than welcome to put their name forward.

Book Review

Paul and Bente Withers, British Copper Tokens, 1811-1820, including those of Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales: Galata Print Ltd., 1999 [ISBN 0-9516671-5-7] USD $129 with postage

"Buy the book before the coin" is a slogan which has been around for some time now, and time has not diminished the value of this sage advice. But once we have assembled a basic reference library, then what do we do?

For the collectors of early Canadian tokens, the appearance of this book is a delight. Let me state right away that while the primary focus is on British tokens, many of these tokens saw circulation in Canada and for that reason, this book is a most useful reference work. It is a big book -- I am still reading in fact -- so this short review is more a notice of publication than a detailed, critical review.

I recall first coming across a reference to this book in some Internet pages, where the title suggested to me that this could be very helpful with the Wellington series of tokens.

This book is indeed very good. The text is intelligent, the commentary informative, and clearly the many collectors who contributed to this book deserve to be congratulated for this super piece of research. The photography is first class, and the section on edge markings opens up new possibilities for further research.

The Tiffin series of token is included as well as many others which saw use in Canada. The book is also very useful for identifying those tokens which did not make it into Breton or Leroux, but nevertheless circulated in British North America and can now be found in "junk boxes". This writer has found, for example, several Dublin-issued Wellington tokens in eastern Canada. Last week, Canadian Coin News printed a photo of a Birmingham token found in a Canadian junk box. The photo caught my eye, as I had seen (and bought) an identical token at the last APNA show! Early tokens offer an area of research heretofore overlooked and deserves further attention; perhaps this book will stimulate some collectors to have a second look at early B.N.A. numismatics

In the limited space available here, I can only say that this book, while expensive compared to others, will prove to be a most useful reference work. I hope it encourages further research. The authors deserve much praise for this publication.

Reminder

That the next meeting of the PEINA takes place in the Colonel Gray library, on Monday the 18 of November, 7 for 7:30 pm.