A group of enthusiastic collectors of 1967 medals, tokens and other numismatic items related to Canada's centennial year, will be holding the inaugural meeting of the "1967 Centennial Collectors" club at the 2014 Royal Canadian Numismatic Association Convention. The meeting will take place on Saturday August 16 from 4:00 p.m until 5:30 p.m. in the Garden Studio at the Delta Medowvale Hotel in Mississauga.

"With the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation in 2017 just around the corner, the timing is right for organizing collectors of centennial medals and tokens", says Paul Johnson, one of the interested collectors who is spearheading the meeting.

"A meeting at this convention is ideal, since collectors are coming from all across Canada and the USA", added Johnson.

The meeting will bring collectors of 1967 material together in an organized manner. One of the main topics of discussion will be the preparation of a new book on Canadian centennial medals and tokens.

"It's hard to believe that it's been over 40 years since Jack Robert's landmark book on Canadian Centennial Medals and related items was issued. Brian Thomson's last book on the subject was released back in 1996 and since then, most of us collectors have been collecting on our own with those publications as our guide and/or corresponding/meeting with a small handful of other like-minded individuals", added Jeff Fournier, a long-time collector of Canadian commemorative medals and tokens. "A meeting like this and an updated catalogue makes sense and is long overdue."

Len Kuenzig is another centennial collector who worked hard to make the inaugural meeting a reality and agrees with Johnson and Fournier.

"The upcoming meeting will be a good opportunity to help organize centennial collectors. We're hoping to have a non-competitive exhibit of 1967 centennial medals and tokens to add some interest to the meeting. And who knows, there may be a few more surprises", says Kuenzig. "You'll have to come out to the convention to see exactly what's in store for centennial collectors."

For more information about the 1967 Centennial Collectors Club, please contact Jeff Fournier at:

1205 Fisher St., P.O. Box 22004,
North Bay, Ont., P1B 9P5
Email: jfournier14@gmail.com or phone: 705.474.2141