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News-Antique.com - Jan 28,2008 - This month we have articles on:
Sun nin fai lok
Cashing in on lunar festivity
Roman Rhine frontier and coinage
Successful campaigns along the Rhine and Danube
Coinage and Berhtwulf
A leader with a politically strong impact
Money matters
A visit to Britain's newest banking museum in Edinburgh
Canteen tokens in Gloucs & Somerset
An interesting record of local and national history
Collecting error coins
Rare mistakes that escape the Mints
Cornish Stannary Parliament
Notes from an ancient organisation
The country banks
Banking throughout the provinces
An enterprising collector
John Andrew talks to Michael Trenerry
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EDITORIAL
The Year of the Rat
Just what is it worth?
The Royal Mint has been the subject of numerous letters to the Editor in recent months in particular with regard to the 1953 “Coronation” set they are offering and also in regard to the possibi1it or perhaps hope, that they would stimulate collecting with a programme similar to the United States “States Quarters” that has proved so popular. On the face of it these two subjects appear unrelated the first a clamour by collectors and dealers that the Royal Mint was charging well over the odds for a product that could be bought more cheaply from elsewhere; the second a desire to have the Royal Mint help the hobby in this country with a dedicated coin programme aimed purely at encouraging new collectors. However the two topics aren’t as far removed as it may seem.
The matter of the year set was dealt with fairly quickly it was, it appears, a mistake on the part of the Mint to suggest the coins were only VF, they are, we are told, “Proof”, and whilst any numismatist will tell you proof is not a gradeper se we have been assured that all coins offered are of uncirculated quality. True, it seems that even for proof coins the price is on the high side and a number of dealers have ointed outto us that they can be bought cheaper from elsewhere. We were asked by one dealer why we didn t condemn the ivnnt s pricing policy (at least with regard to this set), after all wasn t selling coins like this bad for the hobby? Wouldn’t it simply put collectors off? Well, our response is a simple one we wouldn’t condemn anyone for charging what they want for their coins it is a free market and we are not the people to police it. If one dealer wants to charge ten times what another does, and still manages to sell his wares, then who are we to say he is wrong? We publish the COIN YEARBOOK
