The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 6, February 6, 2005, Article 30

SUBSCRIBER PROFILE: STEVE WOODLAND

Steve Woodland is a collector of Canadian,
Newfoundland and Maritime Decimal Coinage and Paper
Currency. He is a member of the Canadian Numismatic
Association and is the Program Director for the City of
Ottawa Coin Club.

He writes: "I just read the 2nd issue of the CNA E-Bulletin
and am drafting a note telling them how your archive of
newsletters resulted in my reading them for two hours one
night and submitting my NBS membership application the
next day (yes, the cheque - "check" for US of A folks - is
in the mail!). I am also recommending that CNA archive
their E-Bulletins to their website as you do.

My first exposure to collecting coins came from my grandfather
in the early 1960s, when he encouraged me to collect 10-cent
pieces in a long, tube-shaped bank that held $20 in dimes.
These coins were then deposited into my bank account for
later use. (Sigh, if only I had known then what I know now
about coins, I would have kept a few aside.) As he lived in
Milltown, New Brunswick right on the border with Calais,
Maine I also got to see lots of US coinage. My collecting
never went beyond this until my daughter, Christine, was
born in 1995; I then started buying RC Mint proof sets for
her. Then, a couple of years ago, she and I began to collect
the Millennium series of quarters, then the US State Quarters
series, and then whatever Canadian coinage we could find
in our pocket change. By involving family and friends, we
had a lot of fun, we learned a lot about Canadian coins,
and we were actually quite successful at amassing a collection
of circulated coins. Finally, last summer, I decided to move
on to Newfoundland and Maritime decimal coinage, and
have been working on this since then.

What I have learned about coin collecting so far: Find a
Mentor to help you learn; get involved with a local club;
read the books BEFORE you buy; and caveat emptor
(buyer beware)!

I am currently a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Armed
Forces in the field of Telecommunications and Information
Technology. I live 30 minutes south of Ottawa with my
wife, daughter, horses, dogs, cats, fish and other assorted
wildlife."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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