Canadian Coin News (CCN) Mistakes

The reason I started this thread, and one or two others, was the hope that someone from CCN would realise their paper was full of factual errors, typos, and just plain stupid mistakes and FINALLY do something about the situation. Well, I seriously doubt that will happen.

I am glad "Sonny" will not lose his job. That was never my intention. I hope that, in the long run, this will be a learning experience for him. If I ever encounter him at a show I will suggest we go for a beer or ten.

5:18 on the Atlantic coast. My aunt came through the door at 5 and said that some co-worker's daughter was selling magazine subscription and I need to pick something out for Christmas. My sister picked out McCall Quilting and I passed on C.C.N. and oppted for Canada's History.

I am not doing this completely because of this thread but the issue in question, which just arrived at my door, was too addy and had no real content beyond the basics. I fell as I job hunt and save money that in the new year I will just join wooden money and token societies and that the specialty new letters will serve me well.

I suppose I will start a new thread as oppose to de-railing this one but I am sure there are other periodicals out there for the collector.

Err... Just to clarify, It's CCN not CNN Colhand1..

Thanks for the clarification.

Since I missed Coin Expo, I imagine I'll have a short chat with Mike Walsh at Nuphilex.

You know, I do think that his paper can fill a niche within Canada, and I want to support a Canadian Numismatic publication, but it needs to be restructured to fit the current times. The paper is basically using the same format as the pre-internet era, which really does not work anymore. I liked Jesse's enthusiasm, and go-and-get-it approach, but I think he underestimated his papers clientele, and those in the hobby in general.

I really like how the RCNA and CN Journal has evolved... and will continue to contribute to it.

I agree wholeheartedly and truly hope it finds the right formula.

Not to resurrect an old thread for no reason, for what it is worth, Jesse introduced himself to me last year at the ONA in Kingston, and apologized for "getting off on the wrong foot". I actually had trouble remembering this thread at the time, but I told him that life is too short to hold grudges, and that I had even renewed my subscription to CCN. Not because I actually get much out of it anymore (especially since I don't do coin shows as a dealer anymore), but because ultimately, I want to support the hobby in Canada.

I always liked getting my issues of CCN. I live in the USA, the coin club that I did belong to had no one interested in Canadian numismatic items. CCN gave me a connection. But I did find that the trends prices never changed - in fact I compared a copy from 2009 to 2019 and they looked very similar. I allowed my subscription to run out before I moved to another state. Shortly after moving here I joined the local coin club. They are interested in what I collect and I believe I have created new interest in Canadian coins/banknotes. If one thing it has done is create an new outlet for selling my collection then just on ebay. I think that an issue could concentrate on 2 denominations at a time rather than having the entire run.