Category: Club News

Vancouver Rare Book, Photograph & Paper Show, October 12 – 13

{drum roll} Mike and Gene (from our club) will be on reception at the upcoming… Vancouver Rare Book, Photograph & Paper Show! October 12 – 13, 2019 Heritage Hall, 3102 Main St., Vancouver, Canada A beautiful historic venue, housing a delightful selection of top quality antiquarian material on offer by some very knowledgeable exhibitors. A special treat – five of these exhibitors are new to vrbppShow: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (Toronto); Sorensen Books (Victoria); Thompson Rare Books (Hornby Island); Kestrel Books (Vancouver); Massy Books (Vancouver). To learn more about what will be on offer, have a look at…

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Next club meeting is on Tuesday, October 15th / War of 1812

The next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is on Tuesday, October 15th. The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room in the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre in Burnaby. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting start at 7:00 pm. The meeting is open to both members and non-members, so everyone is welcome. Program: Michael Souza will present a PowerPoint entitled “The War of 1812 and Canadian Numismatics” The presentation will deal with the War of 1812 and Canadian banknotes, tokens and medals that were issued during that conflict. The PowerPoint was created by a member of the Ontario Numismatic…

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Club meeting Tuesday 17th September 2019

King George V

hello, there’s a North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is this coming Tuesday, September 17th. The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room in the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre in Burnaby. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting start at 7:00 pm. The meeting is open to both members and non-members, so everyone is welcome. Program: Michael Souza will present a PowerPoint entitled “Coins of Former Nations and Territories – Part 2”. The presentation will cover a brief history of each former nation or territory with a map of its location and an example of the coins issued by the…

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Coins, Stamps & Collectibles show is Saturday, September 14, 2019

Hello everyone, Our Coins, Stamps & Collectibles show is on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. There’ll be 40 tables of coins, stamps and collectables. Buy – Sell – Trade. There’ll be dealers in Canadian coins, world coins, ancient coins, stamps, covers, postcards, medals, tokens, bank notes and MORE. For more information, please refer to our website www.northshorenumismaticsociety.org The show is held at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre located at 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, 4 km east of Metrotown near Kingsway & Sperling.   Sperling becomes Southoaks Crescent south of Kingsway.  Easy access by…

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Club Meeting this Tuesday evening June 18th, Guess Country Quiz! Pizza!!

Hi everyone,  The last North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting before we break for the summer is this coming Tuesday, June 18th.  The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room in the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre in Burnaby.   Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting start at 7:00 pm.  The meeting is open to both members and non-members, so everyone is welcome.  Program: Guess The Country Quiz #14 and Pizza Night.   Michael Souza will put on another numismatic quiz and we will be ordering pizza to herald the start of our summer holidays.   Also a friendly reminder that some of…

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Club meeting Tuesday, May 21st starting 7pm

Hi everyone, This is a reminder that the next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is this coming Tuesday, May 21st. The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room in the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre in Burnaby. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting start at 7:00 pm. The meeting is open to both members and non-members, so everyone is welcome. Following this meeting, the next Coins, Stamps & Collectibles Show is next Saturday, May 25th at the Nikkei Centre. Program: Guest Speaker Tom Sparks will be making a 90-minute presentation on “The Short Snorter Project – Still Keeping the…

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Our Spring Coins, Stamps & Collectables Show is tomorrow, Saturday from 9am to 3pm

JuanPerezDollar

It’s time for our Spring fair. There’ll be a full hall of 40+ tables of coins, stamps and collectables.  Buy – Sell – Trade! There’ll be dealers in Canadian coins, world coins, ancient coins, stamps, covers, postcards, medals, tokens,  bank notes, bank tokens, bric a brac and MORE! The Vancouver Coins, Stamps & Collectables Show is held at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre located at 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby Saturday, 9 am – 3 pm Admission: $2, age 16 and under FREE 1999 $1 The Voyage of Juan Perez, 225th Anniversary – Sterling Silver Dollar Thank you Canadian…

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Club meeting this Tuesday March 19th 7pm

reverse of silver coin with coloured cherry blossoms

Hi everyone,  The next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is next Tuesday, March 19th.  The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room in the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre in Burnaby.   Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting start at 7:00 pm.  The meeting is open to both members and non-members, so everyone is welcome.   Program: Michael Souza will present a PowerPoint entitled “Military Payment Certificates”.  This program was prepared by the London Numismatic Society and we thank them for sharing it with us.  Please don’t forget to bring your floor submissions for the auction and bring small change to…

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Reminder – Meeting this Tuesday February 19th

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Shinplaster

Hi everyone, Happy Family Day weekend Our next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is next Tuesday, February 19th. The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room in the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre in Burnaby. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting start at 7:00 pm. The meeting is open to both members and non-members, so everyone is welcome. Program: Michael Souza will present a PowerPoint entitled “Guess the Country – Quiz #13”. He will provide with one side of a coin or banknote and a multiple choice of three countries. All you have to do is select which country…

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Happy Lunar New Year / Show success / meeting is on Tuesday, February 19th

Canada Post pig stamps

Happy Lunar New Year everyone! Our Coins, Stamps and Collectables Show  on January 26th turned out to be a success with attendance up, some good feedback,  all of our tables booked, and a small “profit” for our non-profit club. If we have a profit at year end, we donate it to support local charities such as the BC Children’s Hospital, the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, and the Union Gospel Mission. The next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is on Tuesday, February 19th.  The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room in the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre in Burnaby.   Doors open…

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2019 our first Meeting is Tuesday, January 15th 7pm

Benevolent Dragon on the coin

Hi everyone,  Happy New Year and all the best for 2019! The next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is on Tuesday, January 15th.  The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room in the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre in Burnaby.   Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting start at 7:00 pm.  The meeting is open to both members and non-members, so everyone is welcome.   Program: Michael Souza will present a PowerPoint entitled “Canadian Chartered Banknotes of the West Indies”. The presentation will deal with Canadian banks that have branches in the West Indies and the issuance of banknotes for use in the…

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Merry Christmas! Chantou International Coin and Stamp

It’s our club policy to promote local collectables businesses and we’d like to remind you of .. Chantou International Coin and Stamp! They are the perfect place to pick up some last minute Christmas coins or bank notes or stamps. Chantou are official distributors for the Royal Canadian Mint and they have a huge stock there. Worldwide milled coinage, world stamps, Canada coinage including early tokens, covers, stamp and coin catalogues, coin and paper money supplies, stamp supplies and this is just what I noticed walking around. They are also offering members of the North Shore Numismatic Society a 25%…

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Happy Christmas! meeting on Tuesday Dec 18th

RCM Murano Holiday Reindeer

  Hello Everyone,  I want to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  The North Shore Numismatic Society Christmas meeting is on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room at the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre across the parking lot from the Bonsor Recreation Centre Main Building. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting will start at 7:00 pm. The meeting is open to members and non-members, so everyone is welcome. Instead of a program, this meeting is an opportunity for you and your significant other to…

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Club Meeting this Tuesday 20th + Wooden Nickels

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Bad Girls of Vancouver wooden token

Does anyone remember wooden nickels? Many can remember being cautioned not to take a wooden nickel! Does anyone remember using them in shops ? I’ve been reviewing my collection of B.C. wooden tokens. Most are adverts for local businesses in Vancouver and British Columbia.  A few have ‘made in USA’. Was there a local B.C. firm producing them as well ?  We may find out more on Tuesday 20th 6.30pm at the North Shore Numismatic Society club meeting at our usual Bonsor 55+ .I’ll bring a selection of these fascinating pieces of British Columbiana. Here’s one from our sister club…

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Collectibles show coming – Saturday, November 24th..

Buyssen coins saved his life

Hi everyone,  This is a reminder that the North Shore Numismatic Society is hosting a Coins, Stamps & Collectibles Show on Saturday, November 24th at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby, BC. Here is the Google Map location: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Nikkei+National+Museum+%26+Cultural+Centre/@49.2175751,-122.964433,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xcae9963c2ae4342d!8m2!3d49.2175751!4d-122.964433 The show hours are from 9 am to 3 pm.   Admission is $2, and age 16 and under is FREE if accompanied by an adult. For more information, please refer to our website at: http://northshorenumismaticsociety.org/ Thank you Michael Souza President btw BBC news clip from the recent Armistice 2018 coverage: These coins both endangered and saved the life…

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NS Numismatic Society Meeting is this coming Tuesday, October 16th

www.allcoinvalues.com Based on European Grading System Values are in UK Pounds Abbreviation guide Help us keep our website 'free to use' for everyone. We rely on income from our advertisers. Please 'whitelist' this site in your adblocker program. If you prefer not to see ads, would you consider letting people know we are here instead? 1844 United Kingdom Half Farthing

Hi everyone, The next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is this coming Tuesday, October 16th.  The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room in the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre in Burnaby.   Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meeting start at 7:00 pm.  The meeting is open to both members and non-members, so everyone is welcome. Program: Michael Souza will present a PowerPoint prepared by the London Numismatic Society entitled “Canadian Coin Savings Banks”. The presentation will deal with some savings banks issued by Canadian chartered banks and other financial institutions. Thank you to the London Numismatic Society for creating…

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Remembering Norman Williams (1924-2018)

Norman Williams

Norm was born in 1924 at Fernie, B.C. to a Ukrainian-Canadian family.  His baptismal name was Vladimir Waslykow, which he later changed to “Norman Williams” before practising law.  His father ran a restaurant in Kamloops, B.C. – a fact that he would mention to servers whenever we were at a restaurant.  Norm attended the University of British Columbia’s law school and set up his law practice in New Westminster.  In the 1980s when I telephoned him at his office, he was often at the Elks Club for lunch which extended into afternoon card games.  His first wife was a Hungarian…

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North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is this Tuesday, September 18th

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Hi everyone, Welcome back from your summer break. In case you did not see my earlier email, I am sad to announce that Norm Williams passed away on July 23rd. He was 94 and over the decades, he was very active in both the Vancouver Numismatic Society and the North Shore Numismatic Society. Norm will be missed by everyone, so please join me in offering our deepest condolences to his wife Silja. This is a reminder that the next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is next Tuesday, September 18th. The meeting is held in the Multipurpose Room in the Bonsor…

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Welcome Ancient & Medieval Coins Canada

We’re pleased to welcome Ancient & Medieval Coins Canada to our Coin Show this Saturday at the Nikkei  AMCC are based in Kelowna, British Columbia and hold an auction twice a year (May and October) on the international biddr.ch platform. Thomas Callaway is the numismatist at AMCC and he will be at the Show to meet people. Thomas is accepting consignments and the fees are very low. https://amcoinscanada.com/ Thomas Callaway, numismatist info@amcoinscanada.com Kelowna BC V1Y 9T1 AMCC is Canada’s only auction firm dedicated to ancient and medieval coins. Greek and Roman coins are our central focus in ancient, but we also…

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