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Bickels Coin and Medal News: Index Vol 5 No 1 (August/September 1969) - No 6 (June/July 1970)

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Vol 5 No 1: August/Sept 1969

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  • PHOTOGRAPH: WE ARE BUYING MEDALS p.1

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: WHO KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT THESE TOKENS p.2

    • Dear Sir, I enclose two photographs of the obverse and reverse of a token I have in my possession. 

  • ONS 5DE VERJAARSDAG – BOODSKAP VAN DIE REDAKTEUR p. 2

  • GOOD RESPONSE TO KRUGERRANDS p.2

    • The South African Mint reports a strong response to 10,000 Krugerrands which will be on this sale.  

  • OUR COVER p.2

    • A group of South African World War II medals –symbolic of our country’s medallic traditions.  

  • BOODSKAP VAN DIE TRANSVAALSE NUMISMATIESE VERENIGING – 4DE NASIONALE  NUMISMATIESE KONVENSIE p.3

    • Die Transvaalse Numismatiese Vereniging, onder die leiding van die President, Mnr W.S van As, en ‘n bekwame Konvensie-komitee, sal verantwoordelik wees vir die 4de Nasionale Numismatiese Konvensie, wat in die Stadsaal vanaf 19-24 Oktober.1970 gehou sal word.   

  • NUWE VOLKSKAS KATALOGUS VIR GOUE MUNTE p.3

    • ‘n Prag katalogus waarin goue munte van die wêreld in kleur afgebeeld word, sal eersdaags deur Volkskas beskikbaar gestel word.

  • PRICE LIST (CONTINUED) p.3

    • Just in – Austria -50 Schillings silver coin of 1969, Maximilian I – brilliant - uncirculated 

  • DR J.E. HOLLOWAY SPEAKS ABOUT MONEY TO TRANSVAAL COLLECTORS p.4

    • One of the most interesting meetings of the Transvaal Numismatic Society was held at Grand Central Flying Club last month when Dr J. E Holloway, the well-known South African Financial expert spoke on “What is money?”  

  • HOARD OF RARE PAENION COINS FETCH R40,922 AT SOTHEBYS p.5

    • One of the most academically important collections of ancient coins, termed the Paeonian Hoard, was sold at Sotheby’s on April 16, for a total of R40,922.  

  • EVER SEEN A COIN LIKE THIS BEFORE? p.5

    • A revamped view of the old reverse of the South African Penny? No, the reverse of the new Chilean 10 Pesos coin – a remarkable similarity

  • JAMAICA GETS NEW COIN SET p.6

    • Jamaica, an island nation in the Caribbean, gained independence in 1962 after 300 years of British rule.   

  • AMERICAN AIR DIVISION ISSUES SMART MEDALLIONS p.6

    • Combat exploits of the 101st Airborne Division spanning a quarter century in five battle campaigns have been memorialized in a commemorative medal issued by the American Division Association to salute the 25th anniversary of the 101st Airborne Division.

    • BELGIUM DIVER FIND OLD SPANISH GOLD UNDER THE SEA p.7

    • A Belgium diver has discovered the wreck of a second Spanish Armada galleon off the Irish coast and has already brought up 1000 coins from it, 140 of them gold and some in excellent condition.

  • CANADA’S SHERRITT MINT REMEMBERS WHEAT p.7

    • The Pioneer Cerealist who developed the wheat variety that revolutionized grain production in Western Canada, is featured on THE SHERRITT MINT MEDALLION for 1968. 

  • NEW ZEALAND'S COOK DOLLAR P. 7

    • Designed by Australia’s Stuart Devlin, a new 50-cent piece commemorating the 200th anniversary of Captain James Cooks discovery of Australia’s East Coast is now in the first stages of production. 

  • CARDBOARD MONEY IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA - BY W.L. SPEIGHT OF CAMPS BAY p.8

    • A few days after the declaration of war in 1914, South West Africa was cut from all communication with the German Fatherland. 

  • PRICE LIST  (CONTINUE) - SMALL SELECTION OF S.A.WAR MEDALS p. 9

  • SHEKELS FETCH R760 p. 9

    • One or two Jewish shekels off the First Revolt have appeared in auctions in Europe and America recently.

  • MEN ROBBED OF R100,000 COINS p.9

    • Three White gunmen robbed 2 Indians of R100 000 worth of Kruger and British sovereigns between White River and Bushbuckridge recently.  

  • VERY RARE USA COINS CONFIRM UPWARD PRICE TREND P.9

    • Many of the finest silver and copper United States coins of their date and type in existence were auctioned by Stack’s in New York on April 10-12, the total realized being R 391, 345.

  • THE SOYOMBO SYMBOL OF MONGOLIAN COINS p.10

    • The Soyombo symbol has been known as a sign of freedom and independence to the Mongolians probably since the middle ages. 

  • MONGOLIAN COINS PRICE LIST p.10

  • JOURNAL OF ISRAEL NUMISMATICS ISSUES MEDAL p. 10

    • The Journal of Israel Numismatics has issued a 1968 Chanuka Medal, marking Israel’s 20th anniversary, for the members of the International Israel Numismatic Society. 

  • BICKELS COINS AND MEDALS PRICE LIST p.11,12

    • S.A. proofsets, S.A. Mint twin gold sets 

  • MORE COINS FROM ANCIENT TIMES – PRICE LIST (p12-15)

    • In this issue we again offer a selection are very old coins dating back to times of B.C. and a few 100 years A.D.

  • AUGUST SEPTEMBER SPECIALS p.15

  • GOLD OF THE WORLD p.16

  • The South African Krugerrand (1967 – 1969). The popularity of this coin in South Africa and overseas, has created in a very short time, a steady demand all over the world.

 

Vol 5 No 2: Oktober/November 1969

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  • PHOTOGRAPH: MOON ON MEDALS

  • EDITORIAL: ACTIVE OVERSEAS COIN MARKET REFLECTS IN S.A. p.2

    • The numismatic world is certainly on the move. 

  • COVER p.2

    • Our cover this month shows a montage of current Moon medallions on a background of the moon.

  • U.S.A. ONE DOLLAR FOR IKE p.2

    • Numerous American Congressmen have gone on record as favouring the introduction of an appropriate monetary tribute to the late Dwight David Eisenhower, and many of them have offered bills calling for the portrait of Ike to be incorporated on the quarter, the proposed non-silver dollar coin and regular dollar notes. 

  • S.A. MINT DIRECTOR PROMISES LATEST MACHINERY AFTER VISITS TO 7 MINTS p. 3,4

    • The new South African Mint – which is due for completion in 1972 - will incorporate the latest automatic machinery following an extensive visit to overseas mints by the Director, Mr. J.J. Groenewald.

  • U.S.A. SPACE FEAT PROMPTS FLOOD OF MOON MEDALLIONS p. 3

    • Dozens of different medals and medallions commemorating man's first Lunar landing have appeared on numismatic markets throughout the world. 

  • MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE TRANSVAAL NUMISMATIC SOCIETY – 4th NATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONVENTION p.5

    • The response from coin collectors and numismatists throughout the Republic has been overwhelming.

  • BIG CASH PRIZE TO DESIGNER OF CANADA’S NEW $ p.5

    • A total of 901 designs were submitted in a recently concluded contest to determine what the reverse of Canada’s 1970 dollar would feature. 

  • UNDERSTANDING ROMAN COINS - BY DAVID MILLER p.6

    • Mr. Miller is head of the Roman and Greek Departments and also the Bank Note Department of a well-known British firm of coin dealers. 

  • ENGLISH HOARD OF COINS FETCHES R1,200 AT LONDON AUCTION p.7

    • Coins which were unearthed on the 28th August 1968, on the site of a new girl’s school at Halfway Minster Road., Sheerness, Kent fetched nearly R1,200 at a London auction recently. 

    • PISTRUCCI’S DESIGN SURVIVED HIS CRITICS p.7

    • Those responsible for the designs of a country’s coins can be eternally certain of two things: First, that the present design will be displeasing to a large segment of the public: second, that any attempt to change the design will result in a flurry of horrified outcries against this tampering.

  • GOUD WAARMEE DIE BURGERSPONDE GESLAAN IS – DEUR MATTY ESTERHUIZEN p.8,9,11

    • Versamelaars van munte ken algar die Burgerspond met sy variasies van die dikbaard, ylbaard, rooi- en geel-goud. 

  • CHARLIE SELL, DCM BY F.K. MITCHELL, FELLOW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY p.10

    • Some fifteen or twenty years ago, I found in a junk shop - and bought – a trio of medals named to “C. Sell”. The first was the medal awarded with royal approval by the British South African Company for the Matabele Rebellion  - the medal for “RHODESIA 1896”.  

  • VOLSKAS STEL HOOF VAN NUMISMATIESE DEPARTEMENT AAN p.10

    • Volkskas is vasberade om so spoedig moontlik hul eie numismatiese afdeling onder toesig van opgeleide personeel in werking te stel.  

  • MORE CHARLES MEDALLIONS p.11

    • It became the fashion some years ago to mark many important occasions by producing commemorative medallions. 

  • PRICE LIST CONTINUED MONGOLIAN COINS EXCLUSIVE TO BICKELS p.11

    • We have been allocated three complete sets of Mongolian coins by the European agents of the Mongolian State Bank.   

  • GOUD WAARMEE BURGERSPONDE …. VERVOLG VAN BLADSY 9, p.11

  • BICKELS PRICE LIST p.12

    • South African coins

  • BICKELS PRICE LIST CONTINUE p.13

    • Kruger coins, Rhodesian coins, Great Britain, Australia

  • BICKELS PRICE LIST p.13

    • Rare S.A. banknotes 

  • GOLD 22 CARAT MOON MEDALLION p.14

    • To commemorate the first moon landing of the Appollo II spacecraft in 1969 

  • LUNAR LANDING MEDAL WITH ROCKET MOTIF p.14

  • APPOLLO II EAGLE MOIF MEDALLION p.

    • A heavy 1 ¾” diameter South African produces moon medallion in fine (1000) silver and copper.  

  • 100 PHILATETELIC MEDALLION p.15

    • In 1869 “die Suid Afrikaansche Republiek” (Transvaal) issued its first postage stamps and in 1969 the Centenary of this event is being commemorated by a National Philatelic Exhibition to be held in Johannesburg 6-11 October 1969. Official GOLD, SILVER and BRONZE will be struck for this occasion.

  • MAGNIFICENT NEW GOLD COINS  - p.15

    • Coins from Uganda, Anguilla, Guinee, Jordan, Albania, Haiti etc. 

  • CHOICE ITEMS FOR INVESTORS p.16

    • Mostly proofsets from S.A. 

 

Vol 5 No 3: Dec 1969/Jan 1970

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  • PHOTOGRAPH: NEW OBVERSES FOR S.A. COINS NEXT YEAR p. 1

  • BOODSKAP VAN DIE PRESIDENT VAN DIE TRANSVAALSE NUMISMATIESE VERENIGING- 4DE NASIONALE NUMISMATIESE KONVENSIE p.2

    • Oor slegs 10 maande word die Numismatiese Konvensie te Pretoria amptelik geopen. 

  • MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, TRANSVAAL NUMISMATIC S0CIETY - 4TH NATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONVENTION p.2

    • In about 10 months the Numismatic Convention in Pretoria will be officially opened. 

  • CHRISTMAS WISHES – KERSWENSE p.2

  • NEW OBVERSES FOR S.A. COINS IN 1970 p.3

    • South African coins will have a new obverse next year. From the silver R1 to the new ½ cent coin, the Republic’s coat of arms will appear on the obverse of all coins.

  • MIS-STRUCK COINS HAVE NOT EXTRA VALUE p.3

    • Many South African coin collectors often regard mis-struck coins and coins dented in the striking process as being of value. 

  • VOLKSKAS SE GOUE MUNTE KATALOGUS EERSDAAGS BESKIKBAAR p.3

    • Volkskas kondig me genoeë aan dat ‘n voorraad van bogenoemde katalogusse teen ongeveer die middel van Desember in Johannesburg beskikbaar sal wees. 

  • UNIQUE COIN REPLACING THE TEN SHILLING COIN – BY LORDE FISKE, CHAIRMAN OF THE DECIMAL CURRENCY BOARD p.4 - 5 

    • Probably no country in the world has undergone such drastic changes as Britain since World War II; yet the popular image of Britain is still that of a country where the past is preserved and where long traditions prevail.   

  • COINS OF THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE – BY DAVID MULLER p.6-7

    • The First British Empire is how the area ruled by the late Roman Emperor, M. Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius and his successor has been described.

  • NO SALE FOR £9,000 PENNY p.7

    • A firm cash offer of £9000 for the unique 1954 penny owned by the Paramount International Coin Corporation of Englewood, Ohio, was declined recently. 

  • ANOTHER V.C. TO AUSSIE

    • Less than a month after Warrant Officer Rayene Steward Simpson was awarded his VC for bravery in Vietnam comes the news that another Australian has won this coveted award. 

  • THE FASCINATION OF MEDAL COLLECTING - BY JOHN BENTLEY MITCHELL p.8, 9

    • Some years ago, I acquired from a local housewife a pair of medals which had belonged to a long-dead relative of her late husband’s. 

  • ‘n TALER IN DIE TYD VAN MOZART – DEUR MATTHY ESTERHUYSEN, FOTO: D. ESTERHUYSEN p.9 -10

    • ‘n Taler of dollar is seer sekerlik van die mooiste munte wat iemand in ‘n versameling kan hê. 

  • COINS VS. STOCK MARKET - BY BERNARD ZURNAMER p.10

    • In mid-February this year the stock market, as we all know by now, went mad.  

  • BICKELS PRICE LIST – CHRISTMAS GIFTS SUGGESTIONS p.11

  • CHRISTMAS GIFTS WITH A DIFFERENCE p.12

    • A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Price list for gold coins of Guinee, Jordan, and Fujairah.   

  • KERSGESKENKE IETS NUUS p. 12

    • ‘n Pragstuk om op trots te wees. Silver coins: Chile, Anguilla, Haiti “B”, Uganda 

  • CHRISTMAS GIFTS SUGGESTIONS p.14

    • A pair of gold coin cuff links 

  • NEW ISSUES p.14

    • Britain, New Zealand, Israel 

  • 22 CARAT GOLD MEDALLION OF SIGMUND FREUD p.15

  • LEGAL TENDER p.15.

    • Gold coins with Apollo 11 and 12 designs, Emirate of Fujairah, Christmas gifts with a lunar link up. 

  • GOLDEN COINS: A BOOK TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF MANY – GOUE MUNTE: ‘N BOEK OM U LEWE TE VERRYK– VOLKS BEPERK/VOLKSKAS LIMITED  p.16

    • Many a collector of and investor in gold coins will profit handsomely as a result of the knowledge obtained from this book./Menige versamelaar van, en belegger in goue munte sal baat by die kennis opgedoen uit hierdie boek.   

 

Vol 5 No 4: Feb/March 1970

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  • PHOTOGRAPH: OFFICIAL S.A. MINTAGE FIGURES FOR 1969 p.1

  • VOLKSKAS YOUR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CONTACT (ADVERTISEMENT) p.2

  • BOODSKAP VAN DIE PRESIDENT, MNR.W.S. VAN AS, TRANSVAALSE NUMISMATIESE VERENIGING. 4DE NASIONALE NUMISMATIESE KONVENSIE p.3 

    • Vir die inligting van muntversamelaars en alle belangstellendes in hierdie gewilde en winsgewende stokperdjie word die volgende inligting in verband met die konvensie weereens beklemtoon: Datum – 26 tot 31 October 1970. Plek: Stadsaal, Pretoria 

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITORS – ERRORS DO HAVE VALUES p.3

    • Dear Sir, in response to the article on page 3 of the Dec/Jan issue of your magazine, which says that mis-struck coins have no extra value, I’d like to point out that it is not the mint officials who determine whether or not mis-struck coins has extra value. 

  • 1969 S.A. 50c & 20c COINS ARE RARE p.4

    • The South African 50-cent and 2-cent coins for 1969 are relatively rare and have not been released for general circulation. They are available only in proof and uncirculated sets. 

  • THE RARE 1942 ¼ D  “TICKEY HEAD” EXPLAINED p.4

    • Since advertising this extremely scarce coin for sale a few months ago, many of our readers have asked us to explain just what we mean by the Tickey Head.  

  • RHODESIA’S CHANGE OVER THIS MONTH p.4

    • Rhodesia will decimalize its currency on February 17, with a switch from pounds to dollars.  

  • PHOTOGRAPH OF SHERRITT MINT MEDALLION  FOR 1969 AND SHORT HISTORY p.5

    • Two hundred years ago, Samuel Hearne, set out from Fort Prince of Wales on Hudson Bay to investigate the report of a rich copper mine near the Arctic Ocean. 

  • BITS AND PIECES: NEW S.A. ½ c, p.5

    • The new South African ½ cent coin has been struck and is ready for circulation.

  • BITS AND PIECES: CANADA’S ban, p.5

    • Canada in mid-October became the first nation in the world to find it necessary to invoke regulations barring the export of non-precious metal coins. 

  • R2,300 FOR BOER WAR V.C. p.5

    • One of the features of Sotheby's Sale during October last year was the price of R2,300 paid for a VC won during the Boer War. Total proceeds from the sale were more than R26 000.

  • BICKELS 1970/71 - S.A. NUMISTAT p.5

    • A great deal of work has already gone into revising, updating and expanding the latest edition of the S.A. NUMISTAT. Several new features will be added. 

  • VOLKSKAS SE PRAGUITGAWE – ‘’GOUE MUNTE’’  p.5

    • Soos verwag, is daar reeds honderde eksemplare van Volkskas se boek GOUE MUNTE verkoop.

  • RARE COINS FROM 268-YEAR-OLD WRECK FETCH R12,500 AT GLENDINING’S p.6, 7

    • One of the largest collections of coins salvaged from underwater wrecks was sold at Glendining & Co, towards the end of 1969. The coins, which come from the ship “De Liefde”, fetched more than R12,500 and were all from the Netherlands...

  • UNIQUE COIN FROM EAST AFRICA p.8,9,10

    • The great Portuguese navigator, Vasco de Gama, rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1497 and opened a vast area bordering the Indian Ocean to European Influence.   

  • THE MAGIC CARPET OF NUMISMATICS p.11

    • Reprinted with the kind permission of Pastor J.F Rowlands, of Durgan, who wrote this article for the Third Convention Brochure.  Everyone should have a hobby! The stress and strain of living make this imperative.

  • PRICE LIST – BOOKS FOR SALE p.14

  • PRICE LIST - ZAR AND SOUTH AFRICAN MATERIAL p.14-15

  • PRICE LIST - GOLD COINS OF AFRICA AND MILITARY MEDALS p.16

 

Vol 5 No 5: April/May 1970

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  • PHOTOGRAPHS: MEDALLIONS FOR THE 4TH S.A. CONVENTION p.1

  • VOLKSKAS YOUR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CONTACT p.2

  • 1970 PROOF SET PRODUCTION AT S.A.M. DOWN AGAIN p.3

    • The South African Mint has struck another convincing blow to preserve the rarity of the Republic proof sets by ordering a further drastic reduction of proof set quantities for 1970. 

  • 4TH NUMISMATIC CONVENTION – PRETORIA, 26TH -31ST OCTOBER 1970 p.3

    • Truly the greatest ever Numismatic Exhibition to be staged in the Republic. 

  • ALI BACHER TOSSES THE KRUGERRAND p. 4

    • South Africa’s unique gold coin, the one-ounce Krugerrand, was on sale at the Rand Easter Show, for the first time this year.  

  • BICKELS COINS & MEDAL NEWS GET NATIONWIDE U.S. PUBLICITY p.5

    • The enclosed clipping appeared in my weekly coin news column. 

  • U.S. EXPERT FOR 4TH S.A. COIN CONVENTION p.5

    • The Fourth South African Coin Convention to be held in Pretoria during October this year has scored one of the great firsts in South African numismatics – it has attracted a visitor from as far as Sunvalley, California, a distance of nearly 10000 miles. 

  • DRINKS ON CEASER p.5

    • Four men unknowingly bought what could be the costliest round of drinks ever. They recently gave a bar owner in Murcia south-east Spain, a third century B. C. Roman coin.

  • MEDALLION FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES p.6

    • These are the first pictures of the Victory and Commonwealth medals being struck for the ninth British and Commonwealth Games to be held in Edinburgh from July 16. 

  • VALUABLE MEDALS FOR AFRICANA MUSEUM p.6

    • Four valuable medals may be acquired by the Johannesburg City Council on approval for inclusion in the collection exhibited in the city’s Africana collection.  

  • U.S. HONOURS GENERAL BRADLEY p.6

    • America’s last remaining five-star military officer, General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, and the Normandy Breakout at St. Lo were commemorated on bronze and silver medals released following the 25th anniversary of the historic military manoeuvre.  

  • NEW BICKELS NUMISTAT p.7

    • The enlarged and expanded version of the Numistat will not be published at this time.

  • COIN AND MEDAL CLUB FOR WESTERN TVL. P 7.

    • Western Transvaal Coin and Medal Club has been reconstituted as of 25/2/70. 

  • COIN BITS AND PIECES p. 7

    • Industrial tension at the Royal Mint rose to a peak last month, following a walk-out by over 600 coin-makers.

  • ‘N DUBBEL MEDALJE p.8

    • In die muntversameling van die Nasionale Kultuurhistoriese en Opelugmuseum, Pretoria, is ‘n medalje van lood met ‘n dubbelkop op beide die voorsy sowel as die keersy. 

  • OWL SYMBOL OF ATHENS 26 CENTRIES AGO – BY PETER F. HAMILTON, JANUARY 1970 EDITION OF WORLD COINS p.9, 12

    • The first recognized form of coin known to man comes from an area named Lydia, now part of Western Turkey. 

  • PIDYON HABEN COIN p.10

    • The precept of redemption of the first-born, by which the father redeems his first-born son with five Shekalim. 

  • PRICE LIST: BICKELS’ COINS AND MEDALS (PTY) LTD p.11

    • S.A. proofsets: short sets (without gold), long sets (with gold), S.A. Mint twin dols sets, S.A. prooflike crowns.  

  • PRICE LIST (CONT.) p. 12

    • Uncirculated crowns, silver one rand, a set of selected UNC S.A coins, and S.A. gold coins. 

  • PRICE LIST (CONT.) p. 12

    • Proofset from New Zealand, Fuji proofset, Australian Crowns 

  • PRICE LIST (CONT.) p.13

    • Royal visit 1970 New Zealand Dollar Crown (UNC. R350)

  • THE PIDYON HABEN COIN – ISSUED BY THE BANK OF ISRAEL,  p.13

    • Description of the coin: Obverse: The emblem of the State on a shield to the left. On the right, the year of issue and its equivalent in Hebrew lettering. 

  • PRICE LIST (CONT.) p.14

    • The 1970 Israel Specimen set, Federal German Republic – legal tender. Legal tender, coins of the moon.

  • BICKELS NUMISTAT p.15

    • Available about the middle of May 

  • 1970 CONVENTION MEDAL p.15

    • It is a pleasure to offer the strikingly beautiful “FOURTH S.A. NUMISMATIC CONVENTION MEDAL” to all our readers.  

  • RARE AND VALUABLE LESOTHO GOLD COINS p.16

    • Legal tender – limited issue. Only 3,000 proof sets of rare and valuable 22ct gold coins, of which 2,100  sets are already sold, have been struck under the auspices of the Government of Lesotho to commemorate the World Agriculture Plan of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Organization.  

 

Vol 5 No 6: June/July 1970

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  • Photograph: New World Cup Football Coins p.1

  • 4th COIN CONVENTION PLANS 6 MONTHS RICKELS  AHEAD OF SCHEDULE p.3

    • The Convention Committee is at present well ahead of schedule

  • SA GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW BRAVERY AWARD p.3

    • The Department of the Prime Minister has announced that the State President has approved the institution of an award, to be known as the “The Woltemade Decoration for Bravery”

  • FUJAIRAH AND THE RUSH FOR MOON COINS p.4

    • The affiliated Apollo 13 moon probe in April, triggered one of the heaviest demands for a commemorative coin issue ever known.

  • NEW ZEALAND HERO WANTS TO SELL V.C. P.4

    • VC Hero the Rev. Keith Elliott, of Wellington, New Zealand, may have to sell his Cross because he is penniless

  • WINNIE THE POOH MAKES IT ON MEDALS p.4

    • In a second in a continuing series of medals honouring figures in the field of children’s literature

  • Churchill Honoured by D-Day Medallion p.5

    • Oscar Nemon, London artist who was selected by the Royal Mint to design the five shilling Churchill Crown in 1965 has completed a commission

  • DOUBLE TALK EARNS MEDALS FOR INDIANS p.5

    • During World War II, commanders were doing mental gymnastics

  • COINS OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA p.6

    • This is the second article on the coins of British Africa by Bob Clarke

  • ‘n Medalje Toegeken aan ‘n Seiljagvaarder p.8

    • In die Nasionale Kultuurhistoriese en Opelugmuseum, Pretoria, is ‘n medalje op bruikleen wat tydens die Suid Afrikaanse Spele in 1969 verower is deur John Mackay

  • FAMOUS GERMAN NUMISMATIC AUTHORITY VISITS SOUTH AFRICA p.9

    • Dr Kurt Jaeger, of Stuttgart, Germany, recently visited South Africa. Impressions first printed in the American magazine, World Coins

  • New Coins for Gambia p.10

    • A new 8s coin is now to be added to the very popular and attractive Gambian issue of 1966

  • AMERICANS GO CRAZY FOR “SHARPENED’ 70-S CENT p.11

    • The first major numismatic discovery of the new decade, the 1970-S large and small date cents

  • Bickels Price list p.12

  • Floating Coin Cube Paper Weight p.14

  • Legal Tender FOOTBALL COINS commemorating World Cup p.15

  • Choice & Rare coins p.15

  • Never Before a South African Proof set as unusual as this one p.16

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