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Scam operating in County Continued on page 14 By Rebecca Ring A passionate group of numismatists (coin col- lectors) celebrated their 10th anniversary as a club at their monthly meeting in Rockwood on April 4. The South Wellington Coin Society (SWCS) is a non- profit organization made up of about 50 members. The club was formed in 1997 by the original six: Bob Zmija, his son Tony, Scott Douglas, Matthew Fleet, Bruno Kerkhof, and Mike Hollingshead. Doug- las met Bob and Tony Zmija at a coin show in Paris, Ontario. They discovered that they were neighbours living in Acton. All very keen coin collectors, they discussed the lack of a club in their community. They agreed to meet later with the other three men. They decided to form a club, sent out flyers, and held their first meeting on April 2, 1997, at the Era- mosa Community Centre in Rockwood. About 30 members signed up in the next couple of months and the rest is history. Ten years later, the club still holds true to its pur- pose, which is to educate, create awareness and bring people together in friend- ship. It is a chapter of the Ontario Numismatic As- sociation, and subscribes to its constitution, rules and regulations. The SWCS meets on the first Wednes- day of every month at the Rockwood Library. They have donated numismatic books and funds to the library in gratitude. Bob Zmija hopes that people from Rockwood will dis- cover the club and join, because there are members from Georgetown, Acton, Guelph and other areas but none from Rockwood. Commemoration medal To commemorate their anniversary, each mem- ber received a gold-plated medal depicting the clubs logo with his or her name and membership number on the back. Zmija designed these and other medals. He is the clubs resident expert as his trade is precision tool and die making. At 86, he has since retired and is able to dedicate his time and tal- ent to his passion. Like many other collec- tors, the seeds of interest were sown in Zmijas child- hood. Back in his native Poland, at about six-years of age, he found a coin in an old Roman camp. On one side is the head of Minerva, goddess of crafts, wisdom and war, and on the other, Romulus and Remus suck- ling the She-wolf. They were the twin-brothers in Roman mythology who were raised by wolves then went on to build Rome. Zmija says the coin was first minted before 800 AD. The Romans took the dies with them throughout their empire and minted new ones wherever they found copper. He says some Ro- man coins were never in Rome. He found two such coins, and still keeps one as a memento. Douglas is the resident historian whose love of coins, tokens and medals connects him to Canadian history. He says, My mis- sion is to convert people from just collecting coins to seeing the historical value in why they were made. It opens the door for Canadian history. He sometimes brings 50-cent pieces to Tim Hortons so he can watch the reaction of the young people who have never before seen one. He says, The young guys scratch their heads but the girls show enthusiasm, often exchanging their own money so they can take the coin home. He hopes this will result in even one more collector. In addition to the com- memorative medals, each member was given a nicely bound history of the soci- ety, written by Douglas. An unusual and very rare note was also reproduced and given to each member. This note was issued by the Guelph and Dundas Road Company in 1848 and it was basically a promissory note given to workers as pay because the contrac- tor, William Cook, was in financial straits and had not yet been paid for the road they were building. It read, The District of Wellington promise to pay William Cook, or bearer, ten years, after date, at the office of the treasurer in Guelph, and not elsewhere, the sum of five shillings currency, with ten years interest for value received. The note was discontin- ued in 1849 because bankers and merchants were averse to having money tied up for so long a period. Rumour has it that large amounts of these notes that lay in the countys vaults for over 100 years fell into the hands of collectors and dealers in the 1980s and 90s. The first two coins de- signed by the SWCS were released in 1998 and 99. The first , dated 1997, depicts the Wellington County Museum, which was originally a workhouse in the 1800s. The second, dated 1998, depicts St. Johns Anglican Church in Rockwood. Thirty-five of each were made in bronze, silver and gold-plated and were accompanied by a signed certificate of au- thenticity. Each meeting involves an auction. Items are listed in their bulletin and begin at half their price. They also have a draw, or popular Pandoras Box, intro- duced in 2004. This was the brainchild of the current president, Art Stephenson, now in his fourth term. Each person can submit up to five old world coins, tokens or wooden coins, Coin Society celebrates anniversary in Rockwood