Ferguson Foundation launches 'overdue' digital repository The J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation has launched a first-of-its-kind online repository of Canadian numismatic resources offering a freely accessible digital archive for researchers. The website, dubbed Canadian Numismatic Resources (CNR), is available at cnr-rnc.ca. Its creators hope the CNR will soon serve as the most complete resource of Canadian numismatic documents with at least 20,000 pages of digitized material added each year. As of mid-January, the website holds more than 10,000 pages of original sources, … [Read more...]

2022 ENS Coin Show ~ Hammered Tokens "A Show Success" The 2022 Coin Show token(s) styled after a "King Richard II Groat" were struck in a late mediaeval style, using engraved dies and a sledgehammer. The metal for the planchet blanks were made available in Copper, Aluminium or Brass and subsequently struck by the show attendee(s). Due to the nature of being hand struck, each token features’ it’s own irregular shape due to the nature of being hand struck. This method of hand striking simulates the way ancient late mediaeval style coins were minted 2000 or more years … [Read more...]

The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS)   The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) is an educational association founded in 1979 to support and promote the use and collecting of numismatic literature. Numismatic literature includes books, periodicals, catalogs and other written or printed material relating to coins, medals, tokens, or paper money, ancient or modern, U.S. or worldwide.   Are You Receiving Your Free Weekly E-Sylum Newsletter? If you’re not already on The E-Sylum mailing list, Click here to subscribe today! It’s a free weekly newsletter edited by Wayne Homren … [Read more...]

300 ANS D’HISTOIRE / 300 YEARS OF HISTORY (1721-2021)   "Special edition" Wooden Tokens, now available for purchase! Following an invitation launched by the Institut Québécois de Numismatique (IQN), fifteen (15) numismatic organizations from Canada and the United States joined together to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the issuance of the 9 denier coin in 1721, the first copper coin issued especially for the French Colonies. The aim of the project is to issue a 38 mm laser-engraved wooden token with on one side a reproduction of one of the sides of the original coin as … [Read more...]