News-Antique.com - Mar 26,2008 - This edition has many even more interesting features to celebrate Token Publishing's 25 years in the business.
In this issue , we present:
Gladiators in Roman London
Coins inspired by a savage sport
Sir Isaac Newton - Master of the Mint
The famous scientist's 30-year association with the Mint
Sir Isaac Newton - Master of the Mint
The famous scientist's other career
Bronze Pennies 1860-1970
A fascinating period for this humble coin
Taranto
The coinage of an ancient city
The Castlecomer Colliery tokens
A peculiar practice in 19th century Ireland
Early years of public transport
A ticket to ride...
A numismatic polymath
John Andrew talks to the Rev Richard Plant
Anniversary feature
Token's silver celebration
Sizing up your collection
Achieving a well ordered collection
Bank of England Post Bills
Beating the robbers with an obscure issue
Papermoney
Condition - a point of view
Is condition everything?
Regular Features:
Editor's Comment
Coin news & views
Around the World
New issues coin update
Royal Mint Bulletin
Market Scene
Price Guide to sixpences & fourpences
The Lexicon
Coin Classroom
Coin Caution
The Sovereign
Banknote News
New issues banknote update
Price Guide to five pound notes
Dealers' lists
Coin Clinic
Letters
Fair Diary
Auction Diary
Societies Diary
Semi-display adverts
The Web Page
Classified advertising
Coin News
April 2008
Volume 45 No. 4
Celebrating 25 years
Onwards and upwards—the way ahead
As you can’t have failed to notice (I hope!) this month marks the 25th anniversary of Token Publishing Limited. It is hard to believe that 25 years ago, my then wife and myself took the decision to turn our backs on “steady work”, strike out on our own and become our own bosses; but we did and now, a quarter of a century and one divorce later, the company has grown considerably—from a small rented office above a plumber’s shop in Hampshire where just two of us could work, to an office “complex” complete with warehouse and 14 staff in beautiful Devon. We’re still very much a family business though and I’m both proud and honoured that my wife Carol and son Philip are very much an integral part of the business, indeed now as I reach my mid-sixties and take a step back a little, it is they who are eager to take Token into the next 25 years.
Inevitably though that brings us back to the question of how we’re going to achieve that—just how are we going to ensure that COIN NEWS and Token Publishing survives another two and half decades and more? On the medal side it’s fairly straightforward at the moment: the surge of family history enthusiasts and the “Who do you think you are?” brigade have injected new life into the hobby and as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are constantly in the news, so too are stories of bravery and courage and stories of the medals that are used to reward them. Military history is “trendy” again and whilst medal collecting is not yet completely mainstream
