The January 2021 convention of the Canadian Association of Numismatic Dealers (CAND) has been cancelled due to the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

The annual harbinger of Canadian coin shows, the CAND Convention is held each January in Hamilton, Ont., where dozens of dealers from Canada and the United States gather for a two-day bourse and auction. But as the pandemic's "second wave" began in early October - and with the Canada-U.S. border closed for the foreseeable future - organizers were forced to put the brakes on next year's show, which was slated for Jan. 30-13, 2021.

"We certainly didn't want to take this action, but we had to make this decision sooner, rather than later, before the cancellation of our contract, without penalty, was in jeopardy," said CAND President Michael Findlay.

The announcement - emailed to CAND's dealer members in mid-October - came about two weeks after the Ontario government implemented stricter public health measures as the province set a COVID-19 case record.

"With the current restrictions in and around the Toronto area of 10 people, with the prospect of this being in force for another month or more, it is only a matter of time before other large population centres, like Hamilton, Kitchener and London, become affected by the same limitations," said Findlay, who also cited additional travel restrictions for travellers from the Maritimes and United States.

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