The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 17, April 29, 2007, Article 18

ARTICLE: EARLY TOKENS A FAVORITE OF AUSTRALIAN COIN DEALER

Dick Johnson writes: "A headline caught my eye this week, 'Token Economy,' 
but the article was even better than the headline. It was about Jim Noble, 
a Sydney Australia coin dealer, who is also president of the Australian 
Numismatic Dealers Association.

"An excellent written article tells how he became enamored with early 
tokens of his native country that were widely available and undervalued 
by today's standards. 

"He began to take his hobby seriously in 1960 when he placed advertisements 
in newspapers offering to buy tokens. These proved to be a good source 
because few others appreciated the significance of Australian tokens. 
He certainly did. He was studying economics at university at the time 
and realised these coins were important as 'a statement of social history,' 
as he puts it. His already considerable collection was greatly boosted 
when he bought another collection in 1966."

"All tokens have a story to tell. A collection from the mid- to late-1800s 
(they were produced in New Zealand until that time) represents a snapshot 
of the commerce of the day and which trades ruled the economy: grocers, 
general stores, drapers, haberdasheries and pawnbrokers."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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