Medal News magazine

01/03/2025

All the Answers at Crewe

Q – What’s happening at the March meeting of the Crewe Society?
A – The annual numismatic quiz, held every year since 1968.
Q – Is there a trophy for the winner?
A – There certainly is; the Quizzing Cup.
Q – What does that look like?
A – Here it is, being presented to Andy Andison, the 2023 winner, by quiz-master Steve Bentley.
Q – Are visitors welcome?
A – Members of any numismatic society are welcome to take part.
Q - Where’s the quiz held and when?
A - At the Memorial Hall, Wistaston, Crewe, starting at 7.30 on Tuesday 11th March.
Q – Do you want to join in?
A – Of course you do!
Q – Who should I contact?
A - The Secretary Stuart Hallworth on 07828 602611.

Steve Bentley – Chairman

22/02/2025

Tomorrow, Phil is representing the MEDAL NEWS team at the Yate Medal Fair in Bristol. The fair will be at its usual venue of the Yate Leisure Centre, Kennedy Way, Yate, Bristol, BS37 4DQ and runs from 10.30am - 2.00pm (preview at 9.30am). Preview admission is £4, while general admission at 10am is £3.Accompanied children can enter for free.

Phil will have all of our Medal books and magazines so please pop over to say "Hello!" and see what deals are on offer. If you're thinking of taking out a subscription to MEDAL NEWS magazine, Phil will happily talk about your options regarding digital subscriptions, hard-copy subscriptions and prices.

We hope to see you there! 😃

21/02/2025

MEDAL NEWS March 2025 has gone to press! This is definitely an issue you don't want to miss! We have: our NAM feature "A champion of the Unsung Heroes
(Belinda Day), "William Shaw, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders" (David I . Walker), "The Hut Tax Wars—Part 3" (Andrew Wilson), "Called to Arms to defend the Empire" (Ray Alcorn), "Battlecruiser Clash—The Battle of the Dogger Bank—Part 1" (Chris Bilham), "An Air Gunner in khaki— Part 1" (John Stackhouse), "Marching Along With a Smile and a Song" (Jim Carlisle), our regular Talking Miniatures feature "Just a gap filler" and all of our usual features such as News and Views, Auction Highlights and much more . . .

MEDAL NEWS March will be available in all good newsagents from February 28 and will be posted out to subscribers a week earlier. To subscribe today, call us on 01404 46972, email [email protected], or visit https://www.tokenpublishing.com/subscribe/medal😃

19/02/2025

This Sunday (February 23), Phil is representing the MEDAL NEWS team at the Yate Medal Fair in Bristol. The fair will be at its usual venue of the Yate Leisure Centre, Kennedy Way, Yate, Bristol, BS37 4DQ and runs from 10.30am - 2.00pm (preview at 9.30am). Preview admission is £4, while general admission at 10am is £3.Accompanied children can enter for free.

Phil will have all of our Medal books and magazines so please pop over to say "Hello!" and see what deals are on offer. If you're thinking of taking out a subscription to MEDAL NEWS magazine, Phil will happily talk about your options regarding digital subscriptions, hard-copy subscriptions and prices.

We hope to see you there! 😃

13/02/2025

COIN NEWS March 2025 has gone to press!

This month, we have: "East meets West, Part 3— The Hellenistic world and the rise of Parthia (Ed Archer), "Some ancient coins of the Northern Black Sea - a portrait of the civilisation" (Alexey Sh*tvov), "Meet Some Imperial Family Members . . . on the reverses of a selection of Roman coins" (Ted Fletcher), "The reign of King George IV (1820–30) and the birth of the modern Sovereign— Part 2" (Clive King), "An Introduction to British Milled Coinage 1662–1971— A time of Change (Part VII)" (Elizabeth Norfolk), "The Enigma of a Lead token with a Gladiator—The Island of Mallorca, Balearic Islands" (Sergey Firsov), our cover story "Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Medal Set" (Jeremy Cheek), "Russia’s Emergency Money—Yakutia’s Wine Banknotes" (Sergey Firsov) and all of our regular features too!

COIN NEWS March 2025 is available form all good newsagents from February 26 and will soon be arriving through subscribers' letterboxes and inboxes. If you're not a subscriber, you can call us on 01404 46972, email us at [email protected] or visit https://www.tokenpublishing.com/subscribe/coin to start your subscription today!

01/02/2025

The Inimitable Pam
On 11th February 2025, The Crewe and District Coin and Medal Society will be hearing from a distinguished speaker. She is Pam West and she will be giving the annual Brian Edge Memorial Lecture. Banknote expert and dealer Pam is the Chairperson of the London branch of The International Banknote Society and the editor of English Paper Money, the definitive work on the subject, now in its 10thedition. The somewhat enigmatic title for her talk is ‘The Inimitable Banknote’.
In March we will be holding our popular annual numismatic quiz. In June we look forward to a private visit to Manchester Museum where we will be able to see see highlights of their collections. This date has been changed from the September date previously advertised. At our September meeting we will now be hearing from our own Andy Clark on ‘British Military Tokens’ and in November we welcome Tom Hockenhull, manager of the British Museum coin room, to talk on ‘Sir Hans Sloane’s Legacy to the British Museum.’
Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of most months at the Memorial Hall, Wistaston, Crewe. Visitors are always welcomed. Please contact the Secretary Stuart Hallworth on 07828 602611 for details.

Steve Bentley – Chairman

26/01/2025

**NEW** and IN STOCK "The Azoff Campaign 1855" by Peter Duckers and Neil Mitchell

A look at the Azoff Campaign during the Crimea War, including a chronology of the campaign, letters and despatches sent and received (giving an insight into the campaign from the people who actually fought in it) and a full roll of those entitled to the Azoff clasp by ship, from the Agamemnon to the Wrangler! There is also a full roll of those awarded gallantry medals for the campaign.

This paperback book is 256 pages, priced at £10 and available at https://www.tokenpublishing.com/shop/product/8165/18

26/01/2025

**NEW** and IN STOCK

Brand New from Token Publishing Ltd comes "Bravery and Long Service Medals awarded to Members of the London Fire Brigade (1878-1954)" from Charles McDowell - a brand new book looking at, well, the Bravery and Long Service Medals awarded to Members of the London Fire Brigade from 1878 to 1954! It does exactly what it says on the cover! Order your copy today for £40 at https://www.tokenpublishing.com/shop/product/8164

23/01/2025

MEDAL NEWS February 2025 has gone to the printer!

This month, we have:
“King Charles III’s Ribbon Chest” (Michael O’Brien),
our NAM feature “A Professional soldier in the Boxer Rebellion” (Melanie O’Brien-Price),
“Saving Lives at Sea” (Allan Stanistreet),
“Killed by a bayonet wound” (Nick Tucker),
“The Hut Tax Wars—Part 2” (Andrew Wilson),
“Second Time Round—The Life and Death of Charles Old” (Chris Bilham),
“Awards of the State of New Jersey” (Jim Carlisle),
“Roscoff’s Airman—a tale linked by two World Wars—Part 2” (John Stackhouse), and all our regular features such as Talking Miniatures, Auction Highlights, News and Views etc.

MEDAL NEWS February 2025 will be sent out to subscribers soon and will be in all good newsagents’ from January 31. To secure your copy now, call us on 01404 46972, email [email protected] or visit https://www.tokenpublishing.com/subscribe/medal 🤩

02/01/2025

Crewe Clocks Up 600th Meeting
The Crewe and District Coin and Medal Society was formed on 10th January 1968. From then until now it has met in an unbroken sequence which now spans almost 57 years. Over all that time, its meeting place has always been The Memorial Hall, Wistaston, near Crewe (shown here), although during Covid, of course, the society was obliged to meet remotely using Zoom.
Our meeting on 10th December, coinciding with the AGM, was the society’s 600th and to celebrate it we held a ‘Good Old Days’-themed evening featuring talks and displays about the early days of the society and how members started collecting. Following a tradition beginning in 1970, members then voted for their favourite talk and the Roy Griffin Trophy was awarded to the winner. Appropriately, this was Diane Edge-Robinson, daughter of Brian Edge, one of the driving forces in setting up the society all those years ago. A very well-attended evening was finished off with a buffet supper.
The society is in a healthy state. Although membership dipped during and soon after Covid, in the last couple of years it has grown thanks to a lively programme of events and links with local metal-detecting clubs, which have shared interests. Visitors are very welcome at our regular meetings on the second Tuesday of most months. Our next meeting will be in February, when we shall be hearing from banknote expert Pam West on the topic of ‘The Inimitable Banknote’. Please contact the Secretary Stuart Hallworth on 07828 602611 for details.

02/01/2025

The Token Publishing office (bringing you COIN NEWS and MEDAL NEWS) are back open again today form 10am. 😀

01/01/2025

From the Directors and all the staff at Token Publishing, we would like to wish you a very Happy New Year. Here's to 2025! 😀

25/12/2024

The Team at Token Publishing (COIN NEWS and MEDAL NEWS) wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

20/12/2024

The team at Token Publishing who bring you COIN NEWS and MEDAL NEWS magazines are now on their Christmas holidays. We will re-open on Thursday, January 2, 2025.

Thank you for all your support this year!
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