Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2020 i World Coin News

It’s a challenging time for coin shows and businesses everywhere because of the coronavirus. During May, our editorial offices received official statements regarding the cancelation of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association’s 2020 Convention that was set for July 20, and the Summer FUN Show in Orlando, Fla. that was set for July 9-11. In their statement, the RCNA said, “Our thoughts are with each of you in our collector society, your families, your clubs and their members, and your broader communities. We wish each of you the best, and an optimistic hope that this will pass safely for all of us in due course. “It is with sadness that we must announce that The Royal Canadian Numismatic Association’s 2020 annual convention, planned for July in Halifax, has been cancelled. We…

What is behind the idea of issuing holey dollars, (coins made by punching the center from an existing coin) then having both that center and the outer ring each circulate as a separate coin? Holey dollar coins were issued in New South Wales and Prince Edward Island during 1813. The mutilation of the Spanish silver 8-reale coins into two coins was due to a lack of coinage in circulation coupled with a desire to discourage this coinage from being exported. What value did the holey dollar and dump coins have? NSW Governor Lachian Macquarie had convicted forger William Henshall begin turning Spanish 8-reale coins into outer ring of five shilling and center plug or dump coins of 15 pence value, respectively. This totaled six shilling, three pence value or 25…

Welcome to the 2020 Coin Show & Auction Guide. This special supplement to Numismatic News, World Coin News and Bank Note Reporter features the hobby’s most complete listing of coin shows and auction firms. The guide is divided into three separate sections. First, the Auction Guide pages provide an alphabetical listing of auction firms. Next, the Show Guide section provides geographical details about numismatic shows scheduled for the year. Finally, for a chronological listing of coin shows, turn to the Showdex section.…

JUNE (CANCELED) Jun 2 IL, Niles. 1st Sunday Niles Coin Show. Jun 6 TN, Knoxville. Knoxville Coin & Currency Show. Jun 6-7 MD, Frederick. Frederick Coin & Currency Show. Jun 7 IL, Peotone. Peotone Coin and Currency Show. Jun 7 MN, Bloomington. Coin and Currency Show. Jun 7 NY, Albany. CDCDA Coin & Hobby Show. Jun 13 MI, Grandville. Grand Rapids Area Coin Show. Jun 13 NJ, Colts Neck. Coin, Currency, and Stamp Show. Jun 13 VA, Norfolk. Norfolk Coin Show. Jun 14 AZ, Chandler. Camelback Collectibles Coin & Stamp show. Jun 14 GA, Marietta. Greater Atlanta Coin Show. Jun 14 MA, Auburn. Sunday Coin Show. Jun 14 MA, North Attleborough. Second Sunday Monthly Coin Show. Jun 14 NJ, Burlington Township. Burlington Coin Show. Jun 14 PA, Pittsburgh. O.N.R. Coin…

IRAN IS ABOUT to follow a time-honored tradition among nations that are being decimated by inflation – the nation will lob several zeroes off its existing currency. The idea has never worked well anywhere. Arab Gulf States Institute (Washington) resident scholar Robert Mogielnicki said of this one, “The redenomination of Iran’s currency does not address the underlying weaknesses at the heart of Iran’s fragile financial system: economic isolation owing to sanctions and, to a certain extent, economic policy mismanagement. Believing that this decision alone will have a positive impact is roughly equivalent to thinking that one can extinguish a fire by painting the fire hydrant a new color.” On May 4, parliament passed legislation that, according to the Iran’s Students News Agency ISNA, will “remove four zeros from the national…

PETER THE GREAT, who ruled Russia with an iron hand from 1689 to 1725, cared little for the accident of birth in choosing those who served him. To the Czar, loyalty to the State was far more important than being born to some ancient and noble family. Perhaps nowhere was this seen more clearly than in his choice of an empress to rule by his side. She, who was to be known as Catherine I, had the most lowly of births. Martha Skavronsky was born in Livonia, on the Baltic Sea, in 1684. Both parents died while she was very young and she went to live with a Lutheran pastor, Ernest Gluck, and his wife. Although considered a family member in a loose sense, she was not given an education.…

AAA Historical Americana - World Exonumia, P.O. Box 4143, Rockford, IL 61110; (815) 226-0771; fax (815) 301-9696; email hartzog@exonumia.com; website www.exonumia.com. B. Ahlstrom Mynthandel AB, Radmansgatan 21, 114 25 Stockholm, Sweden; (46) 08-10-10-10; fax (46) 08-678-77-77. Stephen P. Alpert’s Exonumia, P.O. Box 335441,North Las Vegas, NV 89033-5441; (702) 473-9071; email quadra1@cox.net. Archives International LLC, 1580 Lemoine Ave., Suite 7, Fort Lee, NJ 07024; (201) 944-4800. Arneson Auction Service, 6902 Icon Ave., Sparta, WI 54656; (608) 797-5086. Astarte S.A., Via Cantonale, 1/A, CH-6900 Lugano, Switzerland.; 0041 (0)91 923 3640; fax 0041 (0) 91 922 55 74; email info@astartesa.com. Auctions Unlimited, P.O. Box 5595, Phoenix, AZ 85010; (480) 998-4001. Baldwin’s Auctions Ltd., 11 Adelphi Terrace, London WC2N 6BJ, England; (44) 171-930-9808 or (44) 171-930-6879; fax (44) 171-930-9450. Harlan J. Berk Ltd., 31…

ONCE AGAIN TAJIKISTAN was in my news feed. They had a problem with their COVID reporting. It turns out they actually have it all over the place and they just don’t know how bad it is. Health reporting infrastructure has problems. There was also a news bit about their president, and how he is trying to maneuver his son into the succession. That ancient dynastic impulse is alive and well in Central Asia. Continuing our story, the arrival of the Arabs and Islam essentially started the modern era in that region. We can call it the “Era of conquering religions” if we wish. Before that there was this general understanding of different gods. The new approach was basically “Our god is the only god, do it our way or else.”…

PLATINUM MAY NOT be as flashy as silver, but nonetheless it is “the other white metal.” The spot price of the once-glamorous metal can politely be termed “soft” at the time this article is being written, but demand for platinum bullion coins is surprisingly high under the circumstances. According to World Platinum Investment Council statistics, the automotive industry’s year-on-year demand for platinum has declined by 17 percent, while forecasting indicates another 14 percent decline by the end of 2020. The automotive industry, not coins, is the largest consumer of the white metal. On May 19, WPIC Chief Executive Officer Paul Wilson was quoted by Mining.com as saying, “Reducing CO2 emissions remains a global imperative and automotive manufacturers in Europe have been preparing for this for several years. In 2020, we…

POSSIBLY AS FAR back as the dawn of civilization, gold has been treated as the one internationally accepted “currency.” On April 29, Shanghai Gold Exchange President Wang Zhenying called for what he referred to as a “new super sovereign currency.” The Shanghai exchange is the world’s largest physical spot price gold exchange. It is an irony that at a moment when the price of gold has been slowly closing in on the record price of the precious metal, the head of such an exchange would call for a new international currency to replace the yellow metal. Wang’s motivation was likely China’s desire to offset the global dominance of the U.S. dollar. In addition to heading the Shanghai exchange, Wang is a senior officer in China’s central bank and author of…

Everyone around the globe is adapting their ways of life and work to function as well as is possible during a pandemic. We all need to do our very best in both those areas, even when they begin to overlap and mesh together, as many of us have experienced. In our hobbies, it’s likely that adapting means going online for everything. That’s definitely what we are experiencing in numismatics. For these articles, we are talking with many people to gain the broadest swath of information possible within our field. While it would be impossible for us to talk with everyone, we want you to know that we do care about everyone and hope that you all remain healthy and involved in your hobby. If you have a story to tell…

The Show Guide section provides geographic information about numismatic shows scheduled for 2020. To look up a show quickly by date alone, or if you first need to find out where a particular show will be held, use the Showdex section beginning on Page A23. Show dates and locations are sometimes changed at the last minute, so it’s best to call the promoter or show site before traveling a long distance. Except as otherwise indicated by the name of a sponsoring organization, shows listed are commercially sponsored events. If no listing appears for a state, there are no shows in that state during the covered period. Abbreviations used: A – admission charge; T – number of tables; ( ) – number of primarily numismatic tables at a multi-hobby shows; F…

GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN recently stimulating their dormant economies financially as businesses shut down due to the global coronavirus pandemic begin to re-open. What is the best way to get money to these businesses, how quickly and efficiently can it be done, and how much of the money will be via digital rather than by physical cash payments or checks are all questions being addressed. An underlying question of concern to anyone who wants to see coins and bank notes continue to be used as money is the long-term impact of digital payments. In a recently published De Nederlandsche Bank (central bank of the Netherlands) bulletin, the bank establishes an agenda predicting the eventual prominence of digital money both domestically and globally. According to the bulletin, government-supported digital money will “promote…

The World Coin News club show and commercial events calendar is a guide to events with a focus for world-coin collectors. Domestic events scheduled up to 10 weeks in advance of the issue date and foreign events up to six months in advance are listed. Abbreviations used: “A” – Admission charge; “T” – number of tables; “F” – Table fee; “N/A” – not available. Other data required for submitting a listing: name and address of show site, and name and address of bourse chairman or other contact person. JULY Jul 1-4 CO, Colorado Springs. 2020 Colorado Springs Coin, Currency, and Collectibles Show. Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd.. SH: , Fri. 9am - 6pm, Sat. 9am - 4pm (Dealer set up Wed and Thu). SP: In association with…