2012 Calgary RCNA Convention Awards

J. Douglas Ferguson Award - Daniel W. Gosling
Henry Nienhius photo
Daniel W. Gosling (right) receiving the J. Douglas Ferguson Award from Ron Greene (left).

The J. Douglas Ferguson Award is the highest award in Canadian numismatics and is given annually to the living numismatist who, in the opinion of the Board, has contributed most to the advancement of numismatics in Canada, through research, writing or publishing, or in any other manner, who has not previously received the award.

 

Paul Fiocca Award - Ronald Greene 
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Ronald Greene (centre) accepting the Paul Fiooca Award from Charles Moore and Bill Waychison.

The Paul Fiocca Award is the highest award given by the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association. The award is presented annually for “Long term meritorious service or major contributions to the RCNA” and is an award not just to recognize the elite of the hobby, but any individual who may have worked behind the scenes, often for many decades, for the betterment of the Association.
This award is strictly an RCNA award for RCNA members, and is not to be confused with the J. Douglas Ferguson award, the highest award in Canadian numismatics, which does not require membership in the RCNA.
Paul Fiocca was publisher of Canadian Coin News from 1989 until his retirement, remaining a supporter of Canadian numismatics and giving freely of his own time and expertise. He served as editor of The CN Journal for a number of years, and was serving the C.N.A. in that capacity at the time of his death in 2007. The award that bears his name is funded by donations from Trajan Publishing Corporation and others that were his friends.

 

Best of Show Ronald Greene 
Dan Gosling photo 
Ronald Greene (left) receiving the Sheldon Carroll "Best of Show" Exhibit Award from Tim Henderson.

 

Charlton Exhibit Award - Daniel Anderson
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Daniel Anderson (left) receiving the James E. Charlton Junior Exhibit Award from Tim Henderson.

 

RCNA Fellow - Barrie Renwick 
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Barrie Renwick (left) receiving Fellow of The Royal Canadian Numismatic Association from Tim Henderson.

 

RCNA Fellow - Scott Douglas
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Scott Douglas (left) receiving Fellow of The Royal Canadian Numismatic Association from Paul Johnson.

RCNA PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS  -  2012

Sgt. Tony Farahbakhchian (photo not available).

John Jaciw (photo not available).

Presidential Award France Waychison
Henry Nienhius photo
France Waychison (right) receiving a Presidential Award from Bill Waychison.

 

Presidential Award Barrie Renwick
Dan Gosling photo
Barrie Renwick (right) receiving a Presidential Award from Bill Waychison.

 

Presidential Award Henrey Nienhius
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Henry Nienhius (right) receiving a Presidential Award from Bill Waychison.

 

Judi Gosling,  Julaine Scott, and Daniel Gosling receiving Presidential Awards
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Judi GoslingJulaine Scott, and Daniel Gosling receiving Presidential Awards from Bill Waychison.

 

Presidential Award Serge Pelletier
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Serge Pelletier (right) receiving a Presidential Award from Bill Waychison.

 

Presidential Award Ian Bennett, President, Royal Canadian Mint
Dan Gosling photo
Ian Bennett, President, Royal Canadian Mint (left) receiving a Presidential Award from Bill Waychison.

 

Presidential Award Chris Boyer
Judy Blackman photo
Chris Boyer (left) accepting his Presidential Award from Brent Mackie (right), Area Director Western Ontario.

 

Presidential Award Régent St. Hilaire
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Régent St. Hilaire (right), Area Director Quebec accepting a Presidential Award on behalf of Yvon Marqui from Bill Waychison.

OTHER  RCNA  AWARDS  -  2012

Guy Potter Award - Joe Kennedy
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Joe Kennedy recipient of the Guy Potter Literary Award for his article "Canadian Ten-cent Errors From 1968" in the December 2011 issue of The CN Journal.

 

Jerome Remick Award - Serge Pelletier
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Serge Pelletier (right) receiving the Jerome Remick III Literary Award from Bill Waychison for the best article in a RCNA member club newsletter, for his article "The Coins of the 1709 Siege of Tournai" in the July - December 2011 editions of Moneta.

 

Club of the Year - Windsor accepted by Brett Irick
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Brett Irick (right), Windsor Coin Club receiving the Louise Graham Memorial "Club of the Year" Award for 2012 from Bill Waychison.

 

Best Regional Club Newsletter accepted by Al Munro for Timber Talk
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Al Munro (left), President The Canadian Association of Wooden Money Collectors, receiving the Best National/National Newsletter Award for Timber Talk (a publication of the Canadian Association of Wooden Money Collectors) from Bill Waychison.

Best National Editor Judy Blackman 
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Judy Blackman (left) accepting Best National / National Newsletter Editor Award for Timber Talk (a publication of the Canadian Association of Wooden Money Collectors) from Brent Mackie, Area Director Western Ontario.

 

Best Local Club Newsletter accepted by Serge Pelletier for Moneta
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Serge Pelletier (left), editor Moneta, (a publication of the Ottawa Numismatic Society / Société numismatique d'Ottawa), and Steve Woodland (right), President ONS-SNO, receiving the Best Local Club Newsletter Award from Bill Waychison (centre).

RCNA EXHIBIT AWARDS - 2012

Tim Henderson (left), Convention Head Judge and Exhibits Chairman

Category A Winners
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Category A: Canadian Coins & Tokens
1st Randy Nelson (right) "A Timeline of the Canadian Cent" 
2nd Albert Kaiser (centre) "Canada's Unwanted Nickel Dollars and Their Commemoratives"

 
1st Randy Nelson "A Timeline of the Canadian Cent"
2nd Albert Kaiser "Canada's Unwanted Nickel Dollars and Their Commemoratives"
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Category B Winners
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Category B – Canadian Paper Money, Scrip and Related Paper Items
1st Ron Greene (second from right) "Western Banknotes"
2nd Henry Nienhuis (right) "Edme Henry – A Man and His Bank"
3rd Albert Kaiser (second from left) "Hudson's Bay Company"

1st Ronald Greene "Western Banknotes"
2nd Henry Nienhuis "Edme Henry - A Man and His Bank"
3rd Albert Kaiser "Hudson's Bay Company"

Category C Winners
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Category C – Canadian Medals, Orders, Decorations and Other Numismatic Items Which Are Not A Medium of Exchange
1st Ron Greene (right) "The Treaty Eight Medal"

1st Ronald Greene "The Treaty Eight Medal"
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Category D Winners 
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Category D – Non-Canadian Coins and Tokens

1st Patti Brace (second from left)"Edward I Sterlings"
2nd Ermin Chow (second from right) "Three Cent Type Coins of the United States"
3rd Daniel Anderson (right) "L'Auguste de Bordeaux"

1st Patti Brace "Edward I Sterlings"
2nd Ermin Chow "Three Cent Type Coins of the United States"
3rd Daniel Anderson "L'Auguste de Bordeaux"

Category E Winners 
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Category E – Non-Canadian Paper Scrip and Related Paper Items
1st Brett Irick (centre) "National Bank Notes of Mount Gilead"
2nd Randal Haigh (right) "Encased Postage Stamps"

1st Brett Irick "National Bank Notes of Mount Gilead"
2nd Randal Haigh "Encased Postage Stamps"
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Category F Winners 
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Category F – Non-Canadian Medals, Orders, Decorations and Other Numismatic Items Which Are Not a Medium of Exchange
1st Randy Nelson (right) "J.C. Boyd and His Battery"
2nd Albert Kaiser (centre) "Kennediana"

1st Randy Nelson "J.C. Boyd and His Battery"
2nd Albert Kaiser "Kennediana"
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Category G Winners 
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Category G – Junior Exhibits by Persons Age 16 and 17
1st Ermin Chow (right)"Twenty-Five Cent Type Coins of Newfoundland"

1st Ermin Chow "Twenty-Five Cent Type Coins of Newfoundland"
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Category H Winners 
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Category H – Juvenile Exhibits by Persons Under 16 Years of Age
1st Daniel Anderson (right) "The 1974 Klondike Dollars"

1st Daniel Anderson "The 1974 Klondike Dollars"
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