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Missing out ONE of the consequences of any big event these days is the plethora of souvenir memorabilia that accompanies it. From mugs to tea-towels, from postcards to silly hats and, of course, coins. Royal events, such as the recent Coronation, have been magnets for such memorabilia since...

Fair or not? AS we go to press, we learn that there is to be NO Orders and Medals Research Society (OMRS) Annual Convention this year. This is not unexpected inasmuch that we would normally have heard long before now were a Convention to have been in the offing. To be honest, we aren’t...

STOLEN in a distraction burglary at a family home in Warwick on April 12 (a horrid thing, the occupants were both at home and tried to confront the robbers, luckily they weren’t hurt) six groups of miniatures including those attributed to: Sergeant A Mountain VC; Commander A Auten VC, DSC. RN...

A guiding hand SO, the Harrogate show has come and gone once more and whilst it wasn’t the busiest of fairs (it never is compared to other fairs in Yorkshire, no idea why and I wish more people would support it, if you don’t it won’t be around forever) it was nevertheless enjoyable. Harrogate is a...

Happy birthday to us . . . SOMEHOW, it is April 2023 and that means that Token Publishing Ltd is 40 years old! We officially became a limited company on April 5, 1983, and somehow, four decades later, we are still here! We’ve come a long, long way in those 40 years, from publishing just one...

Happy birthday to us… SOMEHOW it is April 2023 and that means that Token Publishing Ltd is 40 years old! We officially became a limited company on April 3, 1983, and somehow, four decades later, we are still here! We’ve come a long, long way in those 40 years, from publishing just one title,...

Tell us more! THANKS to all those who responded to last month’s editorial (“Of interest?”, February 2023) on the subject of whether or not articles and news pieces covering the medals costing £1,000s, the world records, etc., should continue. For those of you who didn’t see last month’s...

Over to you THANKS to all those who responded to last month’s Editorial (“Too High?”, February 2023) on the subject of whether or not articles and news pieces covering the coins costing £100,000s, the world records, etc., should continue. For those of you who didn’t see last month’s magazine,...

Of interest? I RECEIVED an interesting letter just before Christmas, it was from a gentleman who told us that it was “depressing to read articles every month of people buying items for hundreds of thousands of pounds with limited or no coverage for other collectors like me”. Now, I have to...

Too high? I RECEIVED an interesting letter just before Christmas. It was from a gentleman who told us that it was, “Depressing to read articles every month of people buying items for hundreds of thousands of pounds with limited or no coverage for other collectors like me”. Now, I have to object...

Just for fun THESE days, it’s quite common to find media outlets talking about modern coins, usually in relation to how much somebody has listed a coin for online, with headlines such as “Rare 50p selling for £5,000— have you got one in your pocket?”. However, it is less usual to find ancient...

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON WELL we made it, we finally got to the end of a full year without any Covid-related lockdowns! Certainly, things aren’t “back to normal” completely, Covid is still around, and it sometimes feels as if we’re “waiting for the other shoe to drop” and living permanently under...

An odd year indeed AS we watch 2022 draw to a close, I can’t help but reflect on what a very odd year it has been. The first year since 2020 with no lockdowns has meant that coin shows are again open and auctions can have live bidders attend once more, but in reality things are not what they...

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