1998 CNA/NESA Educational Forum

	The 1998 CNA/NESA Educational Forum

	The Canadian Numismatic Association Educational Committee is pleased to announce that the 1998 C.N.A. / N.E.S.A. Educational Forum will take place during the annual convention in Edmonton, Alberta. This event will take place on Saturday, August 1 beginning at 2:00 P.M. Three outstanding speakers have been selected to address the audience on a variety of numismatic topics.

Brian Cornwell Toronto, Ontario 2:00 P.M. Saturday, August 1 COIN GRADING AND COUNTERFEIT DETECTION	COIN GRADING AND COUNTERFEIT DETECTION Grading coins and tokens is an art, not a science. This simply means that different graders can and do have opinions of a coin's grade. Furthermore, it is human nature for a coin seller to have a tendency to overgrade a coin whereas a buyer of that coin has a built-in bias to undergrade. This presentation will help the audience with some of the confusing real-life issues. The presentation begins by focusing on the three fundamentals of accurate and consistent grading. These are knowledge, technique and objectivity. This is followed by a photograde review of the Victorian 50 cent series with a detailed discussion of the fine points that distinguish one grade from another. Throughout the presentation, there will be liberal use made of visuals. The role of and proper use of third party grading companies will also be covered. The presentation concludes with a hands on look at "coin problems", specifically those that are cleaned, altered or counterfeited. Many physical examples will be available for everyone to examine directly along with pointers on how best to identify and avoid them at a future date. Brian's presentation is similar to one that he has used during CNA / NESA one day Canadian numismatic courses that have been widely publicized. If you want a taste of the one day course, you will want to attend this instructional session. Brian Cornwell is President of the International Coin Certification Service, a third- arty coin grading company based in Toronto. He is a regular columnist for Canadian Coin News and is an accomplished writer, counting a reference work on CNA Medals and Awards as one of his accomplishments. Brian was a member of the core committee in the development of the CNA / NESA Numismatic Correspondence Course. He is one of seven instructors in the CNA one day Canadian Numismatic Course which has been presented three times during the past few months.

Lub Wojtiw Edmonton, Alberta 3:00 P.M. Saturday, August 1 ALBERTA PROSPERITY CERTIFICATES: A Financial Experiment of the Alberta Government	ALBERTA PROSPERITY CERTIFICATES The right to issue banknotes is now reserved for the Bank of Canada, however, such was not the case in the 1930's when in 1936, the newly elected Social Credit Government of William Aberhart issued prosperity certificates as a financial experiment for the Alberta economy to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression. This proved to be a short lived experiment, because of its unpopularity with the public. The presentation will examine the historic and economic background regarding the release of prosperity certificates and their contribution to numismatic collecting. Lub Wojtiw is a foremost authority on Bank of Canada banknotes, European notes and notgeld issues of Germany and Austria. He is also a collector of Canadian cheques, lottery tickets, political scrip, Canadian Tire money and bank related material. Lub has been a contributor to the Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Government Paper Money, Canadian Chartered Banknotes and the Pick World Paper Money Catalogue. An author of more than fifty articles on paper money and related items, Lub has served as a Regional Director, Editor, Vice-President and President of the Canadian Paper Money Society. He has served as an exhibit judge at various C.N.A. conventions and at local and regional coin shows in Western Canada. Lub has been a member of the Canadian Numismatic Association since 1968 and holds membership in many organizations.

James Kindrake Edmonton, Alberta 3:40 P.M. Saturday, August 1 World Bi-Metallic Coinage	World Bi-Metallic Coinage When Canada issued a $2.00 bi-metallic coin in 1996, it joined the ranks of many other world nations who have struck a similar type of coin. James Kindrake will discuss early examples, attempts and patterns of bimetallic coinage as well as the revival of these coins in 1972 using updated moderm technology. He will review the technological process, the variations of the coinage and discuss particularly artistic interesting examples. This will be supplemented by a representative display of coins on view as well as slides. One can form a sizeable collection of bimetallic coinage from around the world at a reasonable cost and James will provide an in-depth review of the topic. James Kindrake is a member and director of the Edmonton Numismatic Society. He has presented numerous seminars to a variety of groups on foreign coinage. He is also a member of the World Bi-Metallic Coin Club and has studied this topic for a number of years. James is a partner with Lucas Bowker & White Barristers & Solicitors.

Moderator: Bruce Brace Ancaster., Ontario	The moderator for this CNA / NESA Educational Forum will be Bruce Brace of Ancaster, Ontario. He is currently a member of the CNA Education Committee and has served on the committee for many years. Bruce is also President of the Classical and Medieval Numismatic Society and a long time supporter of education in numismatics.

	You are cordially invited to attend this numismatic event during the 1998 C.N.A. convention in Edmonton. These seminars are always one of the convention highlights. Be sure to attend!

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