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. Volume XVI Number 32. . . .April 23, 2010
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Warning: This �book� could possibly �cost� you another $28.03. (Read on to find out how.) The middle page of the coin folder holds the 24 quarters that were issued in 1999 and 2000 as a result of the Millennium Coin Design Contest. Twelve different quarters, one per month, were minted, with the designs of those of 1999 utilizing the theme �Drawing on the Past� while those of 2000 related to �Designing the Future.� This page also has slots for the obverse and reverse of a regular caribou 25-cent coin. The folder�s right-hand page has spaces for another 8 quarters that were issued to commemorate special events, such as the centennials of Alberta and Saskatchewan, or to recognize special years, such as 2005's �Year of the Veteran.� This page also provides for a �regular� toonie, loonie, dime. nickel and penny, plus some �special� versions of these coins. The other part of this �package� is the 32-page booklet authored by Laura Mehaney & Tammi Salzano which provides information about the specific coins which are to be placed in the folder. Each coin (with the odd exception of an illustration of the August 2000 �Family� quarter) is illustrated in full-colour and is accompanied by a brief description of the coin�s design and the reason for its creation. Six pages are given over to the history of Canada�s �circulating� coins, three pages to commemorative loonies, and a single page to toonies. The booklet�s final three pages describe how coins are made. Since the coins to be placed in the folder are all relatively recent and are of the �circulating� variety, filling the 69 slots should be attainable by persistent new coin collectors who will want to go through everyone�s loose change in search of coins needed to fill vacant spaces (hence my earlier warning of this book�s possibly costing you $28.03 more than its cover price). Because of the �consumable� nature of the coin folder, the Deluxe Canadian Coin Collecting Album package is obviously meant to be an individual, rather than a library, purchase. Nevertheless, libraries should still consider buying it just for the booklet as it contains useful information, and its illustrations of the coins, alone, might attract reluctant readers. Recommended with reservations. As a middle schooler, Dave Jenkinson was a tyro numismatist. Appropriately, Dave lives in Winnipeg, MB, the home of the Royal Canadian Mint.
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The Deluxe Canadian Coin Collecting Album is actually a package that contains two parts, with one consisting of a triptych-like folder having slots in which a budding numismatist can place 69 coins. However, the spaces for the 3 toonies, 10 loonies, 46 quarters, 3 dimes, 4 nickels and 3 pennies are not to be filled by just any coins of the correct denomination. The 14 labeled slots on the coin folder�s left-hand page are for the 12 twenty-five cent pieces that were minted to commemorate the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with each coin recognizing a different sport. That page also has room for two 2010 �Lucky Loonies,� so that the dollar coin�s obverse and reverse (heads and tails) sides can be displayed.