LIFESTYLES Coin collectors converge on Vancouver ONE OF the biggest coin exhibitions in North America gets under way this week at the Hyatt Reveney Hotel in Vancouver, and this year the show is being hosted by a North Shore group. By Surj Rattan News Reporter Friday marks the start of the Canadian Numismatic Soviety’s (CNS) annual! coin show, which is the largest in the organization’s 37-year history. The last time the national ex- hibition was in Vancouver was in 1977, and this year's event is be- ing hosted by the North Shore Numismatic Society (NSNS). NSNS member Ray Mah said one of the highlights of the show will be an auction in which a rare Canadian Centennial dollar coin will be up for bids. The dollar is rare because a Canadian mint employee struck the coin twice, giving it a double image of a wolf on one side and Queen Elizabeth JJ on the other. “The coin was confiscated by the RCMP two years ago because they said it was countertfeit,’’ said Mah. ‘‘Four months ago the RCMP returned the coin to the NEWS photo Mike Wakefield RAY MAH of the North Shore Numismatic Society looks at a fist tull of kissi pennies from Sierre Leone. The kissi pennies were used as a form of currency at one time and, according to Mah, six bundles of the kissi pennies would have bought one pig while three bundles would have bought a wife. The kissi pennies are one of several items which will be auctioned off during the Canadian Numismatic Society’s annual exhibition which opens Friday in Vancouver. ss B > to 45% oft . regular and specialty solarized pleated shades .. :. Offer ends Aug. 34 SHADE BETTER 1877 Marine Drive, Nerth Vancouver . ; Parking. in rear tosed.o gn 'B. Cc. Day (Mon., ‘Rug. 6/90) a 1058 MARINE DRIVE. NORTH VANC. AT MCKAY 987-8611 “FAX: 964-4478 984-4104 JOGGING FLEECE 150 cm width. Poly/cotton. Wide variety of colours. Reg. $8.99/m Sunday, August 5, 1990 - North Shore News - 27 44 /f people don't come to this show, thev ll miss out on seeing items that have never been here before and will never be here again. 99 — Ray Mah dealer because they said they said Mah. ‘'This is what couldn't prove if the mint numismatic is all about. This is employee deliberately struck the more than just a coin show."’ coin twice or if it was an acci- dent.” Six different world mints will be at this year’s CNS show, including the Royal Canadian Mint and the British, Dutch, Australian, French, Thai and Mexican mints. “If people don’: came to this show, they'll miss out on secing items that have never been here before and will never be here again,’ said Mah. Other items that will be auc- tioned off include compressed tea bricks and metal rods called ‘‘kissi pennies’? which were used in Asia as a form of money. “What is money? Money is something used to make a trans- action. All this (tea bricks, kissi pennies) was used to trade for goods and, in some cases sfaves,”” VANCOUVER AT 11th ~ 736-5004 “There are so many different things that at one time or another have been used for money. In World War It cigarettes were worth money. You could get any- thing for a pack of cigarettes,” said Mah. ‘Money is in the eye of the beholder. That's what this hobby is all abour.”’ The North Shore Numismatic Society is 26 years old and, ac- cording to Mah, ‘‘is probably recognized as the best coin club in Canada.”" “Everyone looks up to us,"’ said Mah. The Canadian Numismatic Society’s exhibition gets under way on Friday and will then be followed by the American Numismatic Society’s convention in Seattle, Washington. (AT MCKAY) ‘NORTH birt ie - (BESIDE MARK’S WORK WEARHOUSE) . | nm: QUALITY IMPORTED FABRICS AT POPULAR PRICES See What’s New for Fall 1990 Linens, Silks, Cottons, Rayon, Woolens Patterns Vogue, Butterick McCalls