The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 1, January 5, 2003, Article 7

NEWS FROM THE U.K: 2002 TOKEN CONGRESS

  Paul Withers writes: "At the beginning of November my wife
  and I attended the 2002 Token Congress, held in Cheltenham.
  For those who are interested in 'paranumismatica', i.e., struck
  or cast bits of metal that have served a purpose of one sort or
  another, from money to tool checks, to a representation of
  money for fruit picked, and just about everything else that you
  can think of, this event is a must.  From 2.30 on Friday
  afternoon through until we finished lunch on Sunday, it was a
  whirl of events, beginning with a visit to Gloucester museum,
  which was followed by lectures and talks, and a bourse and
  we were kept gainfully employed.

  As well as selling at the bourse, I was able to get around and
  found some items for our collections and some several bits
  for resale.

  With an attendance of around 100 - nobody stayed still long
  enough for me to count all the legs twice and divide by two,
  this was a record.  Only one visitor from the US this time;
  someone who had stayed on after Coinex.

  The event was ably organised by Barry Greenaway and his
  wife Di.  Sadly, since then Barry has died and will be sadly
  missed by those who collect tokens.  Barry was a dealer
  who was not known widely abroad, but found many
  interesting pieces for interesting specialist collectors, tracking
  down elusive material.  He was also a tireless worker for
  charity, which few people knew.

  The expertise available at the event is astonishing, with dealers
  such as Alan Judd, John Whitmore, Nigel Clark, Gavin Scott,
  and Richard Gladdle present, to mention but a few.  Authors
  present, besides ourselves, included Alan Henderson, Michael
  Dickinson, Alan Judd, Yolanda Courtney (Stanton), Andrew
  Andison, Bryce Neilson, Alan and Noel Cox, Bob Lyall,
  David Magnay, Gavin Scott, and, of course, Gary Oddie,
  editor of the Token Corresponding Society Bulletin, who hit
  us with some interesting research which has enabled him to
  re-attribute several 17th century tokens previously thought
  to have been from St. Ives, Cornwall, but which are quite
  clearly St. Ives, Cambridgeshire."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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