This weekend was quite a weekend guys!
As some of you may know I love local numismatics, if it comes from Carleton County, New Brunswick or Aroostock county, Maine I want it.
I posted a picture of a local Wooden nickel to the Facebook page "WOODSTOCK NB.MEMORIES OF THE PAST AND TODAY".
I know those are awful pictures, I have no camera. These pictures do however get the point across for a local history group.
These would have been given out by Bruce Smith. He was the former Liberal MLA from Woodstock. He was part of the "Liberal Sweep" of New Brunswick after another local feller', Richard Hatfield, came out of power. Serving 17 years he (Hatfield) was our province's longest reining premier
Anyways Smith's son got in contact with me via Facebook and offered to sell me all his father's old trade tokens and wooden nickels. Bruce Smith was a numismatists. I was once told a story by our coin club's vice president about him. Apparently he and 3 other guys would all drive up from Woodstock to Florenceville for the monthly coin club meeting. They called themselves the "Fabulous Four".
Every year as my mother decorates our Christmas tree (and I try to make out what is going on behind her on the TV) she tells me why every Christmas tree ornament is special." This one belonged to your great Grandfather", "this one says, Babies first Christmas 1994, your aunt got that for you" etc. etc.
Well here is a Christmas tree ornament I can get excited about.
It is not my picture (as I mentioned, no camera) but this was in Smith's collection. The
Royal Canadian Mint made a pewter Christmas tree medallion in 2002. It is Tom Thomson's "The Jack Pine". It was based off the famous painting of the same name.
I just think it is really cool our family CHristmas tree will have an ornament on it not just made by the
Royal Canadian Mint but an ornament that also belonged to a former MLA.
Posted 12/18/2016 5:44 pm
