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Hi everyone, Happy New Year and all the best for 2020!  The next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is on Tuesday, January 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. Please note that the next Coins, Stamps and Collectibles Show is on Saturday, January 25th at the Nikkei Centre.  For more information, please refer to our website www.northshorenumismaticsociety.org. Program: Michael Souza will present a PowerPoint entitled “Greek Coins”.…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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  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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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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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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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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This is a reminder that the North Shore Numismatic Society is hosting the Coins, Stamps & Collectibles Show on Saturday, September 8th at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby, BC. Here is the Google Map location: 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. Please note that this was supposed to be a 2-day show, but because some dealers were unable to commit to the show, we had to change it to a 1-day show. In addition, please note that…

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Hi everyone, The next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is on Tuesday, May 15th. The meetings are now held at the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre (across the parking lot from the Main Building where we used to meet) in Burnaby in the Multipurpose Room upstairs. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meetings 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 on the “Dominion of Canada Bank Notes”. We wish to thank the London Numismatic Society for preparing and sharing this PowerPoint program. Please remember…

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Hi everyone, The next North Shore Numismatic Society Meeting is on Tuesday, November 21st.  The meetings are now held at the Bonsor 55+ Senior Centre (across the parking lot from the Main Building where we used to meet) in Burnaby in the Multipurpose Room upstairs.  Doors open at 6:30 pm and the meetings start at 7:00pm.  The meeting is open to both members and non-members, so everyone is welcome. Program:  Michael Souza will present another popular “Guess The Country, Quiz #12”.  He will show you one side of a coin and give you a multiple choice of three countries.  All you have to do is select the country that…

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