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News-Antique.com - Nov 22,2007 - Articles in Coin News this month:
Out and About 30
The first emperor
The forging of an empire and the stabilisation of its currency
Ancients 33
Roman success and disaster in Germany
The highs and lows of a conquering army
Coin cabinet 36
Regal copper coinage of Scotland Part IV
A casualty of the Union
Insight 39
A closer look at the coins of the Gambia
Big issues from a small nation
Medallic Miscellany 43
Medals of confidence
Beautiful tokens from a time of economic turmoil
On the fringe 46
Difficult West Country tokens, tickets and passes
Identifying numismatic oddities
Tokens 48
A Rochdale poser
Discovering the man behind an interesting token issue
Back to basics 61
Egyptian currency as a tourist's guide to Egypt
Taking a tour with local currency
Papermoney 70
On a poetic note
Scotland's much-loved national bard
Banknote feature 72
Fun and games with "short snorters"
Battered relics of troubled times
Regulars
Editor's Comment 2
Coin news & views 14
Around the World 20
New Issues update 22
Royal Mint Bulletin 24
Market Scene 26
Profile - STEPHEN LOCKETT 51
Price Guide to Farthings 53
The Lexicon 57
Coin Classroom 59
Banknote News 65
New Issues update 66
Banknote Market Scene 67
Price Guide - issuing banks of Scotland 74
Bookshelf 77
COMPETITION 79
Coin Clinic 81
Letters to the Editor 81
Dealers' lists 83
Fair diary 85
Auction diary 86
Societies diary 88
Semi-display adverts 89
The Web Page 91
Classified advertising 93
The First Emperor
A marriage of convenience
SO the “season” is once again fully upon us and as we go to press the Token Team has been working for no fewer than eight straight weekends attending coin, medal and banknote fairs up and down the country—and there are more to come before Christmas too! As always the commencement to this frenetic activity was the “big three”—the showcase events in London for the three hobbies we are involved in. The OMRS Convention for medals on September 22, Coinex for coins the following week and the IBNS Convention for banknotes a week after that. The succeeding weekends were then taken up with myriad smaller shows in venues as far afield as Bristol, Aldershot and Leeds, shows that often had all three collectables on offer—making our job infinitely easier! Eddie Smith’s show at the Cedar Court Hotel, Wakefield (held on the last Sunday of each month) was a classic example of a fair that manages very well to have all three hobbies nestling side by side—there were banknote dealers, medal dealers, coin dealers and some with everything all happily stalling out next to each other and, judging by the numbers through the door, it was an arrangement that worked very well. Other shows, of course, do the same and it occurred to us that perhaps our work load, and that of many others, could well be cut, particularly early on in the season when there’s so much going on, with a strategic alliance or two.
