Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a wonderful 2024!
Our first show of the year takes place at the York Racecourse on January 19-20. We'll see you there!
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Weird & wonderful money
Volume 62, Number 3 / March 2024
A digital future? THE Bank of England Museum in Threadneedle Street, London, is holding a new exhibition entitled The Future of Money which starts on February 28. In addition to showcasing the new King Charles III banknotes (see “Banknote News”), it features a look at the new “digital pound” that the Bank of England is working on. In January of this year, the Bank published their response to the year-long consultation on the digital pound (otherwise known as a Central Bank Digital Currency or CBDC) and their website (www.bankofengland.co.uk) highlights how it might be used. They are, it...
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The worlds' only independent magazine devoted to medals and battles. Published 10 times per year, the magazine features articles, news, auction reports and the world renowned Medal Tracker service, invaluable when searching for lost medals and trying to re-unite broken groups. This service, like the classified advertising, is free to subscribers. Also included is the "what's on" section that lets collectors know about fairs, societies, auctions etc.
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Volume 62, Number 3 / March 2024
On the shoulders of giants RECENTLY, we have decided to have a bit of a clear out. We’re closing one of our storage units and, in the process of sorting, came across the entire Medal Tracker archive, stretching back decades, and thought “these may as well go too”. It was a logical decision, a sensible decision, and we decided to keep just the last five years and burn the rest (we always burn or shred any documents that have personal information on, we never simply throw anything away, so you don’t need to worry about that!). The filing cabinet full of old Tracker forms was due to be...
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Bridge 277
On the shoulders of giants RECENTLY, we have decided to have a bit of a clear out. We’re closing one of our storage units and, in the process of sorting, came across the entire Medal Tracker archive, stretching back decades, and thought “these may as well go too”. It was a logical decision, a...
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A digital future? THE Bank of England Museum in Threadneedle Street, London, is holding a new exhibition entitled The Future of Money which starts on February 28. In addition to showcasing the new King Charles III banknotes (see “Banknote News”), it features a look at the new “digital pound”...
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"If I should die . . ."
At the movies WHEN I ask people why they collect British medals I generally get one of two answers—either the collector has medals themselves, they served in the military or in the police usually and collect related to their own service, or they have an overall interest in military history....
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