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Matt,
I won't make it for the January one, but I can try for February. It really sucks being so far away from all the action, but I've been talking to some guys here about starting up a small club/get together once a month or something. It's so dead here.

HI Matt;
I liked your two videos. Funny as hell. Is there a way to download them so that I can show them at a local club meeting? We don't have internet where we meet.
BillW

Yes, I did find the two videos very funny. I have since loaded a a downloadhelper and a Wimpy flash player. I even played the two videos at our Feb club meeting. I also downloaded several other flash flies from Youtube and will be using them at future shows. Our club is small-sized so using a laptop to play these seems to work well. I also have a large screen laptop so that helps.

Downloading flash files is new to me but given the exposure on both sites like this one and that of Youtube makes me believe that this would be a great media to distribute certain types of numismatic educational material.

I am a bit surprised that 40-50% of the ENS members do not have computer access but do understand. Our small club in Northern Ontario has a high percentage of members above 65yrs old and a similar situation.

I do however agree that the age of the printed newsletter/text/reference is not gone and I doubt seriously if it ever will totally disappear. For one I know of several "coin collectors" whose sole or at least main collecting interest is numismatic literature. Given that, isn't it strange that one of the most popular e-newsletters is the E-Sylum, a publication produced by Numismatic Bibliomania Society, the very group founded on collecting and researching numismatic literature.

The fact of the mater is that publishing is changing and is no longer limited to the printed word. It never really was. In medieval times through the 19th century, balladeers and the spoken word from rumors to pulpit lectures have also conveyed knowledge. The 20th century brought telephones, radio and later TV.

The 21st century, I believe, has the revolution led by the Internet. The forms for sources of information now include sound and video podcasting, flash files, social networking sites, selected web sites, and more to come. I do not see these as replacing printed text totally, however, they offer specialty publications/clubs the opportunity to expand their horizons and membership.

We will never have free pages of paper text (in for example the Globe & Mail) delivered to collectors but we can have podcasts or flash files posted on club web sites and more importantly posted on ITunes and YouTube etc. Our clubs need to reach out to the Internet audience to communicate with both current members (at lower cost than using the post) and to engage new potential members.

The internet has also changed how and what we collect in numismatics.

As regards attending live coin shows and conventions, once one attends an ANA or RCNA convention I believe it is like eating peanuts, you come back for more, again and again.
Best,
BillW

hi ,

how ru. i am monti from Gujarat,India.i am mainly specializing in british India silver coins and banknotes.also i am also interested in world coins and banknotes . So I am very much enthusiastic to connect with u and start something in coins and banknotes.

also add me as ur friend-so that we can keep in touch with each other on this beautiful coin network site
Waiting for ur reply,

Thanks,

Regards,

Monti

India

0091-9924633880

prince_monti@yahoo.com

Matt,
What coins are you interested in collecting?

I do have a collection of coins from both Canada & some of the colonies that are now Canadian provinces in my collection.

I also have a few Canadian banknotes,including a Bank of Montreal $5 note from Quebec dated 1935,in my collection.

Aidan.

Matt,have a look at this.

Aidan.

Matt,
There's a new Canadian numismatics group that will be of interest to you.

I've uploaded some photos of some older Canadian banknotes,plus a few coins & traders' currency tokens.

Please let me know what you think.

Aidan.

please send me ur mailing address and mail id, i will send a beautiful coin or unc banknote from india (coin mailing no:1), i am planning to send more such coin mailings. After u receive it if u are happy with it , u can send me any coin from ur country. please join the club, i will initiate the exchange, please respond, no risk on your side, if u think that sending a single coin or note is not worthwhile then we could decide on increasing the number of coins and unc banknotes, so that our friendship will blossom. This is the initiative of the group called coins for friends join it, make me your friend. i like to have atleast 100 coin mailings to 100 different friends throughout the world by the end of this year.