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Maundy
/ Karen Needs

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...
Read moreCoronation Medals
/ Karen Needs

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...
Read moreStop Thief
/ Phil Mussell
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...
Read moreThe last Anglo-Saxon king
/ Karen Needs

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...
Read moreLost Battleships
/ Karen Needs

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...
Read moreMarking a milestone
/ Karen Needs

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,...
Read moreWomen at War
/ Phil Mussell

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...
Read moreWildlife coins
/ Karen Needs

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,...
Read moreFighter Ace
/ Karen Needs

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...
Read moreGetting their man
/ Karen Needs

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...
Read moreCoin of Empire
/ Karen Needs

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...
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