The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 1, January 5, 2003, Article 8

NEW PAMPHLET: KRUGER POND IMITATIONS

  Paul Withers continues: "We chose the 2002 Token Congress
  to publish 'Kruger Pond Imitations'.  Now whilst publishing is
  not exactly a new event for us, this was is a first inasmuch as
  our pamphlet is entirely illustrated with digital images and
  printed on a laser printer, instead of our more usual offset-lith
  machine.  The quality is, we believe, comparable with, and
  may even be superior to that which can be achieved by
  traditional methods.  Interestingly, the phone number of one
  of the advertisers in our little pamphlet has changed since he
  sent us the text for his advert, so we were able to change the
  number for the second printing.

  A copy of 'Kruger Pond Imitations' was sent to the British
  Museum.  An e-mail came back from the Department of
  Coins & Medals thanking me for it and saying that it would
  be useful, but it caused a problem, as they couldn't decide
  where to file it !

  O.k., so you try :  Forgeries ?  No, because they are not;
  indeed the pieces themselves, for those that do not know them,
  clearly state that they are 'imitation'.  They are not fantasies
  either.  Jetons seems to be the best place, because they were
  almost certainly used as counters.   Is this a wise decision,
  because clearly they do not really fit into the traditional 'jeton'
  category?  In one of the most used sections of our little library
  (4,000 volumes, and growing) we have a 'paranumismatica'
  section, where everything that isn't straight currency / coinage
  goes. What do other bibliophiles think ?"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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