[cndcoinerrs]: Re: Greetings!!
- From: Tony Hine <tony.hine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cndcoinerrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:53:43 -0400
On 7/29/06 9:48 PM, "David Morencie" <dmorencie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> CEVA is fine with me.
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> Dave
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>> From: Fenix <mailto:fenix@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: cndcoinerrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:30 PM
>> Subject: [cndcoinerrs]: Greetings!!
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>> Hello Everyone
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>> I want to apologize for taking over a week before sending an update.
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>> I have been trying to verify the email address for a number of people who
>> expressed interest during the founding meeting at the CAN convention. That is
>> taking a little longer than I had thought; I am still working on 11 names.
>> Not including these names, our list consists of approximately 30 members.
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>> Well what happened at the meeting.
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>> I am very happy to report that there were approximately 22 people in
>> attendance. Bill English gave an informative presentation on minting errors
>> and their causes. There seemed to be a number of very interested people.
>> After the presentation there was show and tell session, where a number of
>> very interesting error coins were passed around for interested parties to
>> view. Bill has a very comprehensive collection of planchet punching errors.
>> Fascinating!
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>> Following this we had an open discussion with respect to interest in forming
>> an Error and Varieties association. I want to say the feedback was a
>> unanimous YES!
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>> There was a great deal of excitement expressed. A number of very positive and
>> interesting ideas were discussed.
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>> We talked about the format of the club; either land based or virtual. The
>> overwhelming majority of the feedback indicated an informal, virtual club
>> based on a mailing list type approach would satisfy the greatest number of
>> people. A number of people mentioned successful clubs that are using that
>> effectively. Some names (the names are not necessarily accurate) I captured;
>> Bi-Metalic Collector?s Club, Cuban Numis. Assoc., Elongated Collectors Intl,
>> and Numis. Bibliomania Soc.. I have researched some of these.
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>> There was also general interest in a regular (not sure of the frequency yet)
>> eNewsletter. We discussed a Club website that could be used to collect and
>> distribute knowledge to the membership. An archive area might be available
>> for discussion digests and the newsletters. We talked about trying to
>> share/collect information from the CCRS site as well.
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>> There was interest express in collecting specific ?databases?, one such idea
>> was to collect the statistics (weight, size, alloy) on all planchet types
>> used at the RCM for both local and foreign coins. This would be very useful
>> in attributing wrong planchet strikes. An extension to this would be to
>> include known examples with images.
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>> These are all very exciting ideas? and there is much more that can be
>> accomplished as well. Let?s not start out too aggressive though. I would
>> suggest starting with this mailing list and then grow into a website when we
>> have enough material to make it worthwhile. The only thing that can prevent
>> us from our goal of a successful association is lack of interest or a lack of
>> contribution. The way to our success is from membership contribution, there
>> is a vast knowledge base that we can build on and grow. In my opinion no
>> contribution is too small. I welcome your feedback. I believe we should start
>> thinking about and collecting articles for our first newsletter as soon as
>> possible.
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>> The first order business as I see it is to decide on a name for our
>> association. There have been a few ideas put forth in response to a
>> questionnaire I distributed.
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>> 1. CEVA [Canadian Errors and Varieties Assoc.]
>> 2. CEVCA [Canadian Errors and Varieties Collectors Assoc.]
>> 3. EVEA [Errors and Varieties Enthusiasts Assoc.]
>> 4. CCEVA [Canadian Coin Error and Varieties Assoc.]
>> 5. CCIA [Canadian Coin Irregularities Assoc.]
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>> I know that naming can be a very subjective and personal thing. There was a
>> very long discussion in the Newfoundland club meeting on this subject. In
>> order to try and avoid this long debate I would propose that we choose a name
>> from the above list and ask for your feedback.
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>> I would like to propose the name ?Canadian Errors and Varieties Association?
>> or CEVA which seems to represent the essence of what the members are
>> interested in. It is short, concise and versatile. Depending on the level of
>> feedback I would like to limit this discussion to no later to next Friday,
>> August 4th, and have the name officially announced on (or before) Saturday
>> August 5th so we can move on to more details.
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>> I would like to thank everyone for their continued support.
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>> Henry
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Dear Henry:
Bill English mentioned Inco as a source for planchets. I believe Sherritt
was also a source. I think their former sub Westaim sued the RCM for
stealing the bimetal twonie planchet idea and switching suppliers.
Best regards,
Tony Hine
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